Pre-flight check:
Tallanas mentioned our score, and I see part of our problem. We have a lot of our citizens who are only content, and many unhappy ones. Spices, Ivory, WM, 260g to Mao for Silks.
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IBT - some minor shuffling among AI
Frankfurt Market>Library
Stuttgart court>Worker (too much jungle)
We get a border expansion that gets a saltpeter, which is then promptly exhausted.
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Turn 1 (810) Some worker moves, and that's about it. Set Salzburg up to grow a little, since it's happier now.
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IBT - Bradenburg Market>Bank
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Turn 2 (820)
France, Russia, India, and China all have Economics.
Trade India Ivory for Economics to start the burn on Chemistry
Set Konigsberg to Smiths, Salzburg to Palace.
Rush a Library in New Munich to get some salt
New Berlin: Put a citizen on forest, join a citizen, and shave FP build to 23t.
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IBT - Not much
Stuttgart Worker>Market
New Munich Library>Market
The English are building Sun Tzu's
The Chinese are building Smith's
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Turn 3 (830)
Gift Economics to Japan
Stop a forest chop near New Berlin (Forest shields don't help small wonders...)
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IBT - China completes Sistine (Here comes the cascade)
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Turn 4 (840) mostly worker moves, and we need more workers in the south to hack this civ out of the jungle.
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IBT - Berlin University>Bank, New Nuremberg Library>Court
The French are building Smith's, Paris completes Leo's, in Paris, and Smith's trading company in Lyons
Japanese are building Bach's, Magellan's
Indians are building Bach's, Magellan's
Chinese are Building Bach's,
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Turn 5 (850)
Change K'burg back to Palace for Newton's...I wish it didn't already have Copernicus'...
Still can't figure out what to do with this settler...
Buy a Japanese worker for 30g
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IBT - 3 French swords poke their heads out of ...Stasbourg
Frankfurt Library>Knight (I want 2 more)
Nuremberg Aqueduct>University
Salzburg Bank>University
New Frankfurt Library>Market
The English are building Sun Tzu
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Turn 6 (860)
Take Science down, Chemistry next turn
Some worker moves, we have saltpeter now...
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IBT - Chemistry comes in, queue to Physics, ratchet up to get in 5
Hamburg Market>University
Cologne Knight>Musket
Russians building Bach's
French building Magellan's
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Turn 7 (870)
France, Russia, and Japan all have Chemistry
Sell it to India (gracious) for 40g.
China for WM+30g
Give it to England. 16g is chump change, and she's at war.
Continue whacking at some jungle...
By the way, I've been clearing the fog in the ocean with our caravels, to try to add some margin of value to our WM...
Crank Science to 90% to try to beat France to Physics
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IBT - Russians want a RoP & Alliance v. England.
I give her a gift of 10g as a token of my esteem
New Cologne Library>Harbor
We get a new front door for the Palace. Looking at this palace, it's hard to believe we're knocking on the door of the industrial age.
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Turn 8 (880)
I found Tallatown on the SE coast, among some jungle. For some reason Tallanas seems fond of jungle.
Joining another worker to New Berlin did not help our FP build.
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IBT - Dortmund Market>Rax
New Hannover Library>Market
Our Palace gets a second floor
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Turn 9 (890)
...mostly worker moves here.
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IBT - Hannover University>Bank
New K'burg Court>Market
ANOTHER Palace expansion
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Enlish are building Sun Tzu's...
Chinese are building Shakepeare's Theater...(hmmm...)
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Turn 10 (900)
Holy @%$#% the entire WORLD has Free Artistry...except Japan
Take science down to 60%, Physics due next turn
Change Frankfurt's Knight build to University
Change New Hamburg's Court build to a market (FP will fix NH's corruption problems, and it really needs a market)
Start working on a road to connect another incense (for trade...)
Some jungle cuts...
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IBT - Physics comes in, start ToG @ 70%, -10gpt, due in 5
French building Shake's
Why are the English continuing to reset their Sun Tzu build? I fear they are not long for the world...
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Turn 11 (910)
We are up physics on the whole world. [dance]
Let's see...shopping Physics...
France will offer us Free Artistry, WM, 74gpt, 20g...
China offers FA, WM, 48gpt, 90g.
I take china's first offer. I've been attacked by France before after a lucrative GPT for a tech deal. Take a somewhat more modest 20g+41gpt from France. Russia gives 60g+18gpt. Trade Physics and Free Artistry to Japan for Wines. This should make a nice dent in our happiness problems. Lighten Ghandi's wallet by 40g, and give Phsyics to England.
Science to 90%, +12gpt, Theory of Gravity in 4.
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IBT - Fireworks start popping off - it's We love the Chancellor Day in most of our cities.
Dortmund Rax>Musket
The Japanese are building Shakespeare's Theater
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Turn 12 (920)
France has Metallurgy, and will not trade it at any price.
We have one surplus incense, and with ToG due in 3, we might be able to trade for Metallurgy.
After a couple of worker moves, we also have a surplus spice now. Japan, India, and Russia all lack spices. My thoughts - hang on to the spices for the day we need to renew a lux deal with Japan.
some worker moves, and that's gonna do it for this round...