So, I pick up the save, and have a look inside the game. We're doing pretty well, but we have very small cities, and a low happy cap.
I decide that my ten turns will be used to make peace with Beery, kill of Perp, but mostly build up our Economy.
First of all, I check which trades can be make, and hit up Perpentach:
Why research Trade when you can trade it with a rival you will soon take out?
I give my thanks to the Clown King, promising him we will return, soon...
Beery:
He originally offered a city, but I just took all his thanks and promised him we would return soon.
Alexis makes it clear she wants a visit from us too.
As you can see in the screenshot, I took a detour and headed towards Sanitation first, as we really need to grow our cities.
Erm, I'll think about it...
A religious tech we got for free? Sure thang!
Hmm, why haven't we opened borders before? I immediately Open borders with Cassiel as well. Erm, we still didn't revolt to Kilmorph??
Halfway my turnset, I moved enough Firebows towards the Western Front to take out a small annoyance:
Hey Perpy, we're baaaacckkk!
Two turns later I feel confident we can reach Taxation by the end of the Golden Age, so I launch it:
Balseraphs are killed soon after:
I soon realised we wouldn't have enough cash to get Taxation before the end of the GA, so our civ organised a yardsale:
Special mention:
We STILL haven't gotten any Adepts, so I went ahead and built a Mages Guild here and a Cave of Ancestors will finish soon. The Adept is halfway built. Finish it!
Overview:
I haven't touched the hammers yet, so Mardoc, if you remember, just make some Scouts and bring the hammers to Ithralia. which will get the NE.
I didn't really understand where Darrell wanted the HE, so I just started building it in a decent city closest to our next target.
The Save: