Some observations:
Delhi has the pyramids, colossus, women's suffrage and Marco Polo. I want all of these ASAP, we'll get some of $$ by selling granaries (and no maintainance costs), a freight production center and I want to know more about the Carthaginians (no embassy).
We can get lots of NONE units by sending a diplomat to the Nonnebakken island.
I really want to roughly double the number engineers we have (they are only 15), we need RR everywhere and we need lots of additional irrigation.
There are some huts I'd like to pop.
1420 AD (0): Rush buy some stuff, including freight demanded in Delhi (colossus). There are no engineers on the Japanese island so rush buy a few. Rush buy a few more engineers. Rehome some units. Rush buy some freight.
1440 AD (1): The Carthaginians sneak attack, sink two transports (one containing two units) near Lunde and a frigate kills musketeers in Lunde. The Romans sneak attack and kill musketeers next to Rome. The Indians sink a transport near Bombay but another transport survives. The Romans and Carthaginians exchange some techs. Decide to research espionage next. Civil disorder in Byzantium, Holmgard, Nagoya, Nara. We now have 29 engineers as opposed to 15 on the turn before. Barbarian cannon #1 recruited and becomes a NONE unit. Conscription really needed NOW so steal it from the Romans. Nara gold to Lahore (demanded; 582 gold).
1460 AD (2): Lahore (Indian) builds the UN which is nice because I wanted that city anyway. Carthaginians abandon the UN. We discover espionage
. We now have 32 engineers. Westness coal to Bangalore (demanded; 455 gold). Our spies show that both Rome and Washington are poorly defended. Birka silver to Lahore (demanded; 360 gold). Udal oil to Lahore (not demanded; 206 gold). Uppsala freight to Lahore (not demanded; 172 gold).
1480 AD (3): Ship magnet established in Lunde (coastal fortress+riflemen). AARRRRRGGGGGHHHH!! Cease fire with the Indians because of the #$*&?# UN. Jarrow dye to Delhi (demanded; 384 gold). Need SOL ASAP. Lahore is defended by 8 (!)musketeers and costs about 8000 gold to bribe. Osaka silver to Bangalore (demanded; 550 gold). Bangalore is a size 40 (!!) city.
1500 AD (4): Americans develop literacy. Carthaginian ironclads sink two emtpy transports. The ship magnet in Lunde does its job. ARRRGHHH!!! Indians acquire conscription from the Carthaginians. We discover steel. Rome captured, 393 gold plundered. Nara dye to Delhi (demanded; 444 gold). Delhi is defended by only 4 musketeers
. Bangalore is defended by 8 (!) musketeers. Kagoshima silk to Madras (demanded; 552 gold). Kyoto hides to Lahore (not demanded; 222 gold). Aldeigjuborg hides to Lahore (not demanded; 244 gold). Osaka gold to Bangalore (not demanded; 220 gold). Viborg spice to Bangalore (not demanded; 222 gold) and we'll get tactics next turn meaning all of the important (in the short term) techs have been acquired. Rush buy a few cruisers.
1510 AD (5): The war between the Spanish and the Indians ends. Romans acquire explosives, theory of gravity, communism from the Carthaginians. We discover tactics. Uppsala builds statue of liberty. What the $%%#//!!! Delhi is empty!!? This is too good an opportunity so accelerate the military plans one turn
. Calcutta and Bangalore are suddenly nearly empty as well??!! Looks like the Indians disbanded all of their musketeers (20+) as the first step towards getting riflemen instead?? Sigtuna silver to Bangalore (demanded; 365 gold). The entire Indian mainland will be MINE - Lahore and Madras are also almost empty (one cannon in Lahore and musketeer and dragoon in Madras). VIVA LA REVOLUCION! We break the cease fire, capture Delhi and with it the pyramids, colossus, women's suffrage, 180 gold plundered and theory of gravity acquired. Our reputation is now atrocious at last. Indian government escapes to Bangalore. Refuse any peace talks. Lots of partisans appear. Lahore captured, 296 gold plundered and the UN is ours. Bangalore captured (one cannon lost), 294 gold plundered and Isaac Newton's College acquired. Calcutta captured, 130 gold captured. Madras captured, 124 gold plundered. Disappointment: The Indians no longer want to talk to us. This means (probably) heavy military losses next turn plus some cities lost but still the Indians should be completely destroyed in a turn or two. 100 gold from hut.
1520 AD (6): Spanish develop magnetism. Indian government changed to communism. The Indians recaptue Madras and plunder 83 gold and get tactics. Remarkably most of the Indian partisans do not move so we only lose Madras and roughly 10 military units. Interim communism government established. The Indian cities are far more expensive than expected even though they don't have a capital. Madras liberated, 414 gold plundered. Refuse peace talks. Bengal bribed for 760 gold, 85 gold plundered. Democracy reestablished. Jarlshof dye to Delhi (demanded; 240 gold). Hispalis hides to Delhi (not demanded; 61 gold). 50 gold from hut. Some Indian partisans bribed.
1530 AD (7): Spanish acquire industrialization from the Carthaginians and Carthagininans literacy from the Spanish. Carthagininan government has been overthrown. Hyderabad costs 3361 gold to bribe??! Too expensive. City walls destroyed in Hyderabad. Lugdunum bribed for 432 gold, 205 gold plundered. Peace with the Romans (might not last very long
). Pisae wine to Hyderabad (demanded; 200 gold). Hyderabad captured, 385 gold plundered.
INDIAN CIVILIZATION DESTROYED BY VIKINGS. And *lots and lots* of partisans disappear from the former main Indian island. Time to concentrate a bit on infrastructure, our civilization is a bit messy since everything has been completely focused on destroying the Indians for the past few turns and a huge amount of resources spent on achieving that goal. Advanced tribe at (17,7).
1540 AD (8): The Carthaginians switch to democracy. Infrastructure related stuff. No military action (!) with the exception that one of our cruisers sank a Carthaginians frigate.
I decided to stop here even though turn 8 isn't completely finished. This gives my successor an opportunity to immediately decide how to organize shipchains and freight deliveries. Our infrastructure is a bit messy at the moment, our enemies sank several transports and everything suddenly got focused on the military in 1510 AD when all of the Indian cities suddenly became (almost) empty. This means that the shipchains are in a mess, some cities are undefended and we lost some military units to partisan attacks when destroying the Indians.
I was planning to found a city at (67,89). From there we can reach the Carthaginians (Kolhapur) in one turn, either for freight deliveries or military ops.
Amphibious warfare is becoming a nice-to-have class tech because our cruisers need to recover after sinking several enemy ships.
We now have all of the important wonders. The next wonder we want is HD and CfC would be nice as well.
What happened in 1510 AD (the empty/almost empty Indian cities) is one of the more bizarre things that has happened to me when playing Civ2.
