So, aside from some weird stuff happening in this game (I think I forgot to mention swimmings barb warriors and the fact that barb cities are extremely expensive to bribe), this turned out to be a really fun game. First part of my log:
pre-game: After 3 landings in a row, it is time for conquest. We would need Mono, Sun Tzu, then Demo for SoL and Fundy. The special-city could be receiving vans for power-fundy. Keep the mongols until we have their map.
-4000 pop hut: Horse! That's awesome!
-3950 Move next to Karakorum again, but not contacted??? 50g from eastern hut, horse moves towards barb warrior
-3900 Moskau founded
-3850 Research Alphabet
-3800 Barb warrior killed, horse is vet
-3700 Advanced tribe from northern hut. So much for size-1-settler...
-3650 Horse stumbles into barb city of Vyatka, move away since only 2/3 left; Moskau builds horse; Warrior approaches Karakorum again, not contacted, open F3 and there they are get mm and burial, peace, gift tech, no maps
-3600 Kill horse in Vyatka, cannot raze
-3550 Kill another horse there, city destroyed; Krakow discovered
-3500 Moskau horse dies attacking Krakow, phalanx there
-3400 Warrior discovers Vilnius, maybe we shouldn't run around blindly
-3200 Discover Orenburg on river, rather not attack
-3150 Discover Kungur; Archer from hut, horse turns vet killing barb warrior, Voronezh discovered
-3100 Attack Kungur, horse killed, city razed for 27g; kill warrior in Voronezh; Pskov discovered
-3050 Discover Persian caravan that is blocking our movement
-3000 Alph->Writing; Persian caravan out of reach, discover Arkangel
-2950 Settler built, finally! Chariot from hut near Pskov; Podolsk discovered, is this where Lukas is from?
-2900 St. Petersburg builds temple, sells temple! Should have built a settler to disband the city instead...; Meet persian caravan, get Trade and BW from them, exchange maps
-2800 Chariot kills warrior in Pskov, warrior takes the city for 20g;
-2700 St. Petersburg disbanded into settler; Kiev founded
-2650 Capture Podolsk (16g)
(Mongols offer 50g for alliance and war with Persians, we say yes)
-2600 Mongols are still only neutral, won't get them to worshipful for map exchange
-2550 We are supreme, so gift all techs to Mongols, making them cordial and we get their map.
-2500 Minsk founded
-2450 Vilnius captured (21g)
-2400 Attack on Krakow fails, phalanx-defendet
-2200 Try to attack Warsaw and Mongols have helped to repair??? Akindofmagic founded, someone else is working spice already...
-2150 Writing->Laws;
-2000 Orenburg would be 700g...a little too expensive, not sure if bribing will be an option
Stats at 2000BC:
pop.: 180k; Cities: 7 (3 former barb); techs: 10; gold: 72; Gov.: Desp; wonders: -; TR: 0D/0F
units: 1 settler, 3 warrior, 1 Archer, 2 horse, 1 chariot, 2 dips
Goals: Get to Monotheism somehow... BTW, why are there barb warriors sleeping on ocean tiles???