Pre-flight check.
Worker will be finished roading next turn. Excellent.
Cities:
Change queue in Berlin to warrior. Done next turn. Growth next turn without MM. Good.
Change Leipzig to worker (6)
Hamburg to Warrior.
Diplo Check
Russia has contact with England and France, and can trade contact. This tells me 2 things:
1) Russia has writing
2) At this stage of the game (pre-map making) England and France are on this landmass... remember to discuss research priorities with team
Buy Alphabet from Russia for 70g+6gpt
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IBT - Barb warrior attacks our warrior and dies.
Berlin Warrior>Warrior
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Turn 1 (2110)
I take a screencap of Berlin - with the BG tile NW of the city, it is producing exactly 5spt, and 5 surplus fpt.
Worker begins mining tile NW of Berlin
Scouting warrior near Moscow moves west to make contact - sees an orange border!
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IBT -
Hamburg Warrior>Archer (7)
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Turn 2 (2070)
Hit F3 - Barb warning near Leipzig, new warrior moves W from Hamburg
Western warrior moves west next to English border. We have met the English
Elizabeth (polite) up Writing, Masonry, has 3 cities plus London, 64g and contact with France.
Check Russia. Up writing, Masonry, Has one city besides Moscow (St. Petersburg). Has a worker for sale!!!!
I buy a Russian worker for 3gpt.
Slave worker goes to help mine BG NW of Berlin
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IBT -
Berlin Warrior>Settler
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Turn 3 (2030)
This could get touchy here... Berlin (Size 5) needs the warrior for MP duty. MM citizen on unmined BG to forest next to river. Grows in 4, Settler in 4.
Hamburg warrior NW to Leipzig
Continue to move scouting warriors into the fog...we must find the french
Diplo Check - Russia is now up Iron Working
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IBT - Nothing
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Turn 4 (1990)
Push warriors into the fog
Diplo check, nothing new
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IBT - An English Warrior moves into York
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Turn 5 (1950)
Push Warriors into fog
No change in Diplo
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IBT - A barb warrior appears out of the fog to the east (way east)
Leipzig Worker>Worker
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Turn 6 (1910)
Leipzig worker moves to Ivory (we need the lux)
Skip Warrior in Berlin (for settler escort)
Move Eastern scouting warrior to jungle tile...
Move our worker NW to work on road to Leipzig
Move slave SW of Berlin to start roading
No change in diplomacy
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IBT - Barb warrior kills our eastern scouting warrior
Berlin Settler>Warrior
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Turn 7 (1870)
Trying to remember Offa's 4-turn unit/factory trick... it seems the magic number is ten shields in a single turn. We need a pop 5 city when we build the escort...
Settler Pair East
All worker start roads
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IBT - our western warrior is killed by barbs...
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Turn 8 (1830)
Move a warrior N near Leipzig, spot a barb camp.
Southern scouting warrior continues to push into the fog.
Settler Pair NE
Diplo check, Russia has a worker for sale, but I can't afford it.
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IBT
Hamburg Archer>Warrior
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Turn 9 (1790)
Settler pair towards green site
Archer towards settler pair
2 barbs are in camp N of Leipzig, fortify and hope one attacks across river...
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IBT - Leipzig is now connected to Ivory
Barb warrior attacks our warrior and dies, our warrior promotes
In a precedent-setting
move, our team's fearless "leader" mis-clicked and set the queue to "Archer" instead of "warrior" in Berlin, missed the mis-click and the city's growth, and ....
Berlin Riots (WHAT!??!?!)
check berlin - was set to Archer?
Berlin Hires a taxman.
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Turn 10
Found Konigsberg
Move Archer next to Konigsberg
Whack a barb camp and collect 25g, warrior promotes to elite
Diplo check - Russia will now offer us Masonry for 35g+3gpt. I think we'll wait an buy it when it's cheaper.
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