Woah, that settler is farther than I imagined. Bold move by us. Genghis won't give white peace, he wants Adrianople. He's really going to be mad when we settle this city.
T60. Sell Nebby Gold for 2gpt + 1iron. Will send him Caravan next turn. Kill barb axe about to pillage our Gold mine. Found city of Nicea. Start Shrine. I really want to buy the bananas but Nebby won't like that.
T61. Discover The Wheel, start Construction. Great Prophet is born, I'll wait until settler is in position next turn. Oh we got lucky, a Mongolian Scout appears out of the jungle right next to our Settler. Send Caravan to Babylon for +5 science.
Interim. QC wants Marble, which we are conveniently going to get soon.
T62. Found the city of Antioch on a hill next to the mountain, still in range of Bison and Horses, and even Fish though not coastal. Work ElDorado since we're at only 1 happiness. Found the religion of Eastern Orthodoxy; Tithe, Pagodas, Mosques.
Interim. Furs from Budapest. Unmet player enters Medieval.
T62. Constantinople finishes Spearman, continues Granary. Reformation, not sure what to pick, probably not enough faith for JE or GtG so go for Sacred Sites to see if it'll work. At least we shouldn't have to worry about ideological pressure.
T63. Moving troops south because our Scout spies Mongol swords that may be moving toward Nicea.
Interim. Lol, now Genghis wants 3 cities for peace.
T64. Three Mongol swords and a spear heading toward Nicea.
T65. Troops trying to get south as fast as possible.
T66. Mongol Horseman appears near Antioch. Settler built in Andriopole, too dangerous to go south, so head for the northern location.
Interim. Pyramids built in a far away land.
T67. Mongol Horseman backs off of Antioch. Wtheck, a Portuguese city has appeared near the central Gems that we were talking about settling.
Interim. New unit from Budapest, couldn't have come at a better time.
T68. Our Scouts are playing cat and mouse with Mongol troops.
T69. Come on Nebby and William, get your troops out of our way, why they hanging around between Nicea and Antioch. Genghis seems to have backed off, maybe our two Scouts look fearsome. Acquire Marble, we're now friends with QC.
Interim. Nebby asks us if we want a DoF, why yes we do and maybe you can help us out with the Mongol Horde sometime in the near future.
Notes:
- Not sure why Genghis hasn't attacked yet. I've seen 3 swords and 2 spears south of Nicea and a horse near Antioch. He's got to have more troops. We have a few spears and archers/CB heading toward Nicea.
- The northern settler is in position to found in several different spots next turn, coastal or inland; the two mentioned by vadalaz in one turn.
- Our caravan to Babylon is probably going to get pillaged. But Nebby has sent us one too. There is a lucrative Cargo Ship route from Nicea to Dur-Kur that would be safe from Genghis if we had Sailing.
