Researched writing and alphabet after pottery, to start some tech trading.
IW from Julius:
Hunting from Justi:
And we asked a little tribute from the good old Pericles, wich promptly delivered:
The research path moved to Math and Construction to get some Catapults for Justi.
Nice random event:
A bully Justi knocks on our door:
What about the other way around? We ask, he delivers:
550 BC, our lone chariot finds the Greek empire, pretty far to the north. The Romans are to the east from there, not too close but not too far. There is a big desert between them, with some incense. We are ready to attack Justi and researching Currency and CoL, to fix the post-war economy.
Greek empire location:
525 BC, Costantinople belong to us and Scipio Africanus has been born in Oporto. He joins the army as a medic:
Some cash from Pericles:
We recovered a bit and Thessalonica is conquered in 300 BC. Poor Justi got his Great General right there:
250 BC, Galileo is born in Babylon, where we are running 2 scientists. He builds an academy in Lisbon:
Thessalonica, defended by an axeman, is re-conquered by a lone chariot. We are building some archers for defense in a couple cities:
150 BC, Confucianism is founded in Oporto, as we discover CoL. We converted to Taoism a while ago for the happiness, wich is Pericles' religion. Julius still doesn't have any:
100 BC, the army march on Adrianople:
150 AD, we reconquer Thessalonica:
250 AD is Nicaea's turn:
Some trading with Pericles:
450 AD, Justi is no more:
And I stopped at this point.
Tech path after CoL: compass, metal casting, machinery and Optics is almost done. Bulbed Aesthetics with our second GS.
The Portuguese empire:
We have 9 cities, and only 2 of them are on the coast, wich is a shame for Joao. That barbarian city NE of Babylon looks nice, and we may as well conquer it.
The economy is going to sink a bit, but not so badly. We are running 70% research at this moment, with -26 gpt. We can make 4 gpt with 40% research. A couple cities already have market and courthouse, and we are chopping/whipping them pretty much everywhere.
All the gold from the huts really helped, and we lost the Pyramids by 3 or 4 turns
. That cash helped as well.
The priorities now:
- Fix the economy with markets, courthouses and libraries everywhere.
- Pump out some workers. I have only 5 so far, and want at least 10-12.
- Happiness is becoming a problem. I'm going to connect that fur in Guimaraes very soon. There are some spices in Adrianople and a lot of dyes, sugar and gems in the jungle. So Calendar is on the list after Optics.
We need to spread Taoism in every city.
- Border security: there is a huge fogged area between us and the Romans/Greeks and we already registered some big barbarian activity up there. We need to fogbust the southern ice as well.
About that big area between us and the other guys, there are a lot of resources under that jungle, as well as a big river and some nice hilly spots.
I'm very tempted to burst out some settlers and claim the better spots, if not the whole jungle region. But the area is huge; we are looking at 5-6 more cities. Not sure if it's feasible. Julius looks interested too, and he moved south with Antium and Cumae.
The new frontier:
Roman empire. Another city south of Cumae, so he's definitely going to claim the whole jungle if I don't do anything about that. This makes a colonization burst even more interesting.
I may arrange a Greek-Roman war to keep them occupied.
The Greek empire is still uncharted.
Demographics are looking good:
Military screen:
Tech situation:
Optics is coming in 10 turns and I'm gonna chop a couple Carracks to see who's out there and circumnavigate the globe asap. Looks like they are having some fun anyway, as we already noticed 3 or 4 GG born oversea.
though. In order to survive massive REX you'll want more than just pop 4-5 cities and you'll want that cap up FAST. We'll see if the map cooperates.
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