Settled on the rice because I new the coast was near in the north and I wanted to leave space for further cities. Happy with the gamble because of the pigs I got
Opened with warrior first
as it took 8 turns, as much as growing to size 2.
2 warrior were enough for the first 3 millenia.
Tech order:
- AH
- Mining
- The Wheel
- Masonry
Build order:
- warrior
- worker
- settler
- worker
- worker
I wanted to settle aggressively toward Isabella to avoid being cramped on my peninsula. The settler stayed idle actually while worker 1 and worker 2 were roading toward New York. I would have settled immediately if she was threatening my corn/elephant site.
By the time Masonry was finished I had 3 workers ready, allowing me to quickly connect the stone while Washington was starting on the Great Wall.
New York built a settler first, which was due to go North of the Peninsula and bring fish to America.
Next techs I researched were:
- mysticism for a monument in NY
- Bronze working
- Writing
After TGW, Washington spat a 4th worker and another settler for the Silver site. My techrate was miserable then
I was lucky to spot the south fish just in time to avoid misplacing Philadelphia and got horses in its BFC as a reward
Philadelphia worked the silver immediately while going for monument > worker
Boston up north went monument > workboat while groing on the farmed wine then a grass mine. A barb city prevented me to place Boston just near the fish (and next to the cow), where I wanted to locate it initially.
With the help of chopping, I promptly built Pyramids in Washington while roading to Isabella's town. She was kind enough to open borders before I could get to writing but too lazy to make any road of her own (learn the wheel, will you?) or to spread Buddhism to me.
This is my current situation and I am happy with it
My next objectives are:
- Build a few libraries and have some rep scientists take care of the research
- Get into the trade game (Aesthetics first I think)
- Add 2 more cities to my empire (clam/bronze then south fish)
- Get some axes and head north to fight barbs and maybe claim the triple gem
site.
Diplo will be fun as my only neighbor the queen of Spain is Buddhist while Hindu Persia/Portugal & Jew Zulus take care of her hm... behind
There is one more AI I need to find but my brave initial warrior is still alive and is mapping the land.
