Poll: Trades for Literature

Do you agree with the following trades?

Aztecs give Mathematics

We give Literature, 15g, 1gpt (35g total)

America gives Code of Laws

We give Literature, 22g, 2gpt (62g total)


This poll is in Yes/ No/ Abstain format and will run until the beginning of tomorrow's turnchat.

Relevant Discussion

There are several reasons why we should only make these trades for Literature at the beginning of the next turnchat:

1. By using gpt instead of a full lump sum, there is a good chance that we can keep America and the Aztecs from signing an alliance with Egypt. A commitment of 1 or 2 gold per turn is still a commitment, and these civs will most likely not want to ruin their reputation. If they do, we keep the remaining gold on the contract. Plus, the upfront gold we would save can be used to continue the Legion upgrade process.

2. We can use Mathematics to build the ocassional Catapult.

3. We do not really need Map Making right now as we have no port cities.

4. We do not need Philosophy at the moment, as it seems we are more geared to head for Monarchy than Republic. Plus, I believe that making a deal to ward off a possible alliance with our enemy is more important than the additional 11 gold we would receive from either civ for a Philosophy trade.

5. I also checked our lump sum opportunities for these trades and found that we could only save about 10g total by paying lump sum only. Once again, the benefits of the gpt deal would outweigh the extra gold.

New point of view. I agree to get Maths and CoL with a twist. The twist is: sign the 2gpt Literature to the one MOST LIKELY to declare war on us ! If they do it will save us some gold. If they are considering it this might just be the straw that breaks the back of their war plans. So instead of asking: Do we want these trades ask: Who is most likely to attack us. America or Azteca ?