Monarch Student^ IV - Tokugawa

Research Calendar. ASAP. This is a powerful starting move in FfH if you have those resources. But in BtS? Hmm... let's think this over.

Also, I want to see Samurai in action. The only reason you won't have iron is if you don't expand to your second city. So there's no excuse not to field Samurai.

I didn't get to take much of a look at this map, so I'm in the dark enough to play my own shadow game.

Gandhi of Arabia

So far from the attachment downloads, I presume no one wants to play the unrestricted game, so I bite. I will be using Hammurabi cosplaying as Tokugawa of Japan.

Settle in place.

Bad luck strikes at the start of the game.


Since the poor warrior met his early demise, I had to just go stay at home watching the eons pass by, while other civs contacted Japan.


Come to think of it, Pacal and Victoria look very much alike.
Note: There is a bug with Mehmed in my computer. Tried upping the Mehmed fix, same problem.

By 2025 BC I had research Agri, Pottery, Mining, BW and Masonry. I still have only one city, because it just built the Great Wall--I expect barbarians to be a total downer on this map.

Against TMIT's wishes, I decided to beeline Calendar, starting with Writing, here, and going to Mathematics.


Soon after, Osaka was founded to claim the Bronze...


Along the way, the Americans and Russians were expanding AWAY from me, giving me time to claim my land. But it wasn't long before the Americans were encroaching on what was rightfully mine:



When Math came in, Washington had Alpha, so this trade was done to speed up Calendar:


Soon after, the third city was founded to block off the advancing Russian settlers:


(to be continued next post)

Soon Washington was making an arrogant demand, to which I accede as Huayna and the Incans are halfway around the world.


Gandhi had spread his religion to my capital. And by the favor of the gods, it spread further throughout Japan.


Thanks to the power of the Great Wall, worker and barbarian can live in harmony.


As more civs gain the knowledge of Alphabet, more trades were made:



The technology situation seems bleak after Mathematics was passed around like bottles of beer.


However, a great spy has joined the Japanese as a super "research" specialist:


...and after he revealed everyone's demographics, he started to focus his efforts on the Russians.


Meanwhile Japan's fourth city was founded:


...it wasn't long before the world is torn apart by war, which currently doesn't concern the Japanese people:

(Note: Did you see that... that's Gandhi declaring war!)

Ok, now it does concern us:


The Japanese finally learn the secrets of Calendar at 165BC:


...and they shared its secrets with the world, just like some other leaders would've traded Aesthetics.




Julius Caesar was convinced to aid us in the fight against the Incas as a result:


The history of the Japanese people ends prematurely at this point, but there are some appendix pages in this book:




Final notes:
Neighbors are peaceful and friendly. I expect GNP to improve after the calendar resources are... well, improved. The plan so far is to tech peacefully to Civil Service through Currency. After that, we may attack a neighbor (probably Russia or Arabia) with Samurai and Trebs. Someday they will be joined by Cuirassers or Cavalry or Riflemen.

Definitely did not have any metals until I lucked into copper from a random mine around 200AD! Where the heck did you put your second city