Wild_Woojsha
Scourge_Of_G0d
@Fydor
Spoiler :My build order was Scout x3 - Settler x2. Also purchased a settler with El Dorado gold. One scout got an archer upgrade, so I kept exploring with it for potential barb camp quests, the other two I sent home to protect civilians and tile improvements. Moved the archer back home after I got one quest done, sent the other scouts to finish exploring once there were no barb camps left near my borders. I stole 2 workers from Byzantium and 2 more from Vatican. I like to have at least 1.5 workers per city when playing Tradition, so I hard-built 2 more a bit later.
Nineveh: Start worker - Granary - Caravan - Finish Worker - Library. Worked El Dorado for the first few turns to get Tradition opener quickly, then switched to cattle to grow. Worked cattle + hill on pop 2, cattle + sheep + El Dorado on pop 3. The extra culture from El Dorado really helps, I finished Tradition on T68.
The caravan will be sent to Byzantium, I like to send the first trade route to an AI on Deity. I didn't make peace with Theodora until the caravan was finished, hoping to get extra workers. Once the caravan was built, I made peace, sent the trade route and get a quick DoF with her.
Nimrud: Granary - Caravan - Library. That city had good early production with double horses, cattle and a forest chop, so I figured I could get a caravan out of it and still finish the Library in time. This time I sent food to the capital, and once the first trade route finished I switched it to food as well.
Kar-Tukulti: Start Granary - Library - Finish Granary. Not the greatest city for early production and settled later than others, so I finished the library before the granary. I don't like doing this, and in retrospect I could've gotten Hanging Gardens in the capital and delayed NC a bit, giving Kar-Tukulti enough time to finish the granary first.
Assur: Workboat - [purchased 2nd Workboat] - Worker - Granary - Lighthouse - Library - NC
Afterwards I built some basic buildings in expos like watermills and stables, Writer's Guild in Nineveh, and got Oracle and Hagia Sophia in the capital.
Hope this helps.
Spoiler :
I see all those funny farms you built too by turn 100 too, that had to help immensely as well. I used to always forget to send my first caravan to an AI, but its so powerful on Deity to get the extra 5 beakers per turn that I make it a major priority now.
I haven't had time to start my round on this yet, or finish CDG 1, but now that I have gone and spoiled it all for myself, I am wondering if it would be a good idea to take the 3-5 turns to move my capital to El Dorado and then send my settler bought from El Dorado Gold to the starting location or a better expo spot and build from there? Settling in place looks like it works great too, but maybe it'd be nice to have El Dorado in the capital? I am not sure.
I haven't had time to start my round on this yet, or finish CDG 1, but now that I have gone and spoiled it all for myself, I am wondering if it would be a good idea to take the 3-5 turns to move my capital to El Dorado and then send my settler bought from El Dorado Gold to the starting location or a better expo spot and build from there? Settling in place looks like it works great too, but maybe it'd be nice to have El Dorado in the capital? I am not sure.