Turn 1:
Starting area looks quite nice, beelining to Calendar to get the bonuses from my Wine, and Silk when city borders expand. Making a Scout so I can get a decent view of the world asap, and maybe nab a few more ruins
Turn 3:
Meet Budapest, first City-State. Get some gold for the trouble
Turn 12:
Meet Venice. I'm not the first civ to have done so though, so there must be another civ neraby!
Turn 13:
Hello Bismarck!
Turn 19:
Find my first natural wonder, +1 happiness
The game crashed between turns 20 and 30 (first time this has happened to me, and I've completed several games before with no issue) so I had to reload from the turn 20 autosave, but did nothing differently. I hadn't even discovered where any enemy civs were by this point.
Turn 28:
After some exploring, it seems that Berlin is basically cutting me off from exploring any more of the world. Will probably try to sign Open Borders when Writing is finished.
Turn 33:
Bismarck offers me a Pact of Cooperation. Sure, why not, I'll pretend to be your friend before mowing you down
Turn 36:
Open Borders for Open Borders? I'll take that. Start building the Great Library in Rome, I've got a plan for that in mind.
Turn 45:
Meet Singapore, again I'm not the first civ to do so. Maybe I'm close to another civ again?
Turn 49:
How about no?
Turn 50:
Meet Helsinki, not the first.
Also meet Wu Zetian, on the same turn.
Turn 51:
Great Library is completed, and my master plan goes underway: free tech Iron Working, then go to build a city by it using the Settler I bought the previous turn! (getting tons of gold from Rome, not to mention looting barbarian encampments)
Also meet Warsaw. Bloody hell there are a lot of City-States. Germany declares that it is protecting Warsaw.
Turn 52:
Meet Monaco.
Turn 53:
Another Pact of Cooperation offered, another signed while I cross my fingers behind my back