Ok the save is played. It was interesting to say the least.
I'm not going to give a full turn by turn report. After 5 turns I had filled up 4 pages of build orders and gave up in disgust.
First of all I took peace with Justinian for:
After that I give him back Istanbul and Trebizond, keeping the army in Istanbul.
As expected the Izzy stack heads 1N of Baghdad, I cannon it losing 3 and hit it with rifles from Bag, Jerusalem & Attalia losing 1. on the IT Sally kills the rest.
A few turns later Justy comes in handy with the following trade:
I know it's lopsided beaker wise, but it saves us Ass line and gives two techs that Justy can now skip.
As regards war, there was much talk of it across the seas with both Huayna and Monty wanting our "assistance":
But I said no as a certain Russian was annoying me with his medals and sashes and his sneering contempt for the "little yellow men of the east" (war dec T135):
Unfortunately as well as bringing in his vassal, Raggy, it also brought in the Burger King and Lois as well. They're nibbling away at Kiev, and due to a couple of bad dice rolls in the IT it could be lost next turn.
The war situation:
Well our main stack hit Kiev on turn 136:
And a secondary (cannon light) stack hit Anasazi a few turns later (138):
Our main stack is on the bank of the Moscva waiting to take the city:
I'd probably stop here for a turn or two if only to do some upgrading, so we can acutually push on.
The naval stack outside Hanoi has been slowly growing now with the addition of both Artillery and Infantry, and should be ready to go to the West to do some kicking whenevery you want.
Techs went Arty>Combustion. I traded Ass Line and Mil Trad:
and gave away Rifling to Ghengis because of:
Other than that I put Oxford in Benares, IW in Angkor (both not built), Nat Park in Turfan, where I'm now building spec buildings and Westpoint nowhere yet.
I'm plopping down factories in a lot of the secondary production cities (staggered to keep production going) and due to the war have almost completely forgotten about drafting Lin'an (just twice).
I've a feeling that going for Russia may have been a mistake (due to the declarations). Peter himself is a paper tiger, but BK and Lois seem to be a bit more dangerous. We won't lose because of it but we may have to retrench and hit back later.
Sorry again for the lateness of the game, and sorry for the scrappiness of the report (late game takes too long with the 50 build choices per turn).