Gotm 149 *spoiler*

[Major Advantage]

With #150 being set up, it seems like high time for the #149-spoiler. Having skipped #148 due to little RL-time, I had started this one rathe early. I hope more people are into this game as well.
Log until -1000:

-4000 Moskau founded, start on settler (plan: s1-settler>warrior>trireme>settler)
-3950 Research Alphabet
-3750 Alph->Mapmaking
-3350 settler>warrior
-3200 Mapmak.->Burial, Warrior>trireme
-2900 trireme completed, change of plans: ship settler over to walrus island first
-2650 Burial->Laws
-2600 Walrus City founded (on cont. 17; not producing food right now, but 3 arrows)
-2100 Laws ->Monarchy(60)
-2000 set sails with two settlers on board
-1250 Monarchy(est.)->Currency; Finally Moskau has food and shield surplus again, begin lighthouse
-1100 settlers dropped off on island #4
-1050 Kiev founded on river mouth
-1000 Minsk founded on river knee

Stats at -1000:
pop.: 40k; cities: 4; techs: 8; gov: Mon, gold: 76, cost per turn: 0, Trade Routes: 0D/0F
units: 0 settler, 1 defence army, 0 offence army, 0 dip, 1 boat

Maybe Walrus City was not worth building, maybe I should have sent only one settler north, so that Moskau still had food and shield surplus...

 

[haleewud]

I decided that I would go for the Lighthouse rather than hopping the ice. This seemed to give me a choice.
I could either start like OCC until after the lighthouse, or I could get a little help.
I chose the latter. I decided to use the size 1 settler trick. After that, I had the settler put a road on the plains to the SW of Moscow and then move to the Furs. There a second city was created.
This helped improve the science output as well as giving more shield production.
Moscow then built a second settler (to create a third city on the Silk) before starting the Lighthouse.


-4000 Moscow founded
-3950 Start Alphabet (10)
-3850 RB 1sh
-3750 Alphabet -> Code of Laws (22)
-3650 Switch worker to Silk (for size 1)
-3350 Size 1 Settler
-3300 Size 2
-3250 Code of Laws -> Ceremonial Burial (33)
-3150 South Moscow founded on Furs
-3000 Move South Moscow worker to ocean (more science, only 1 shield needed for warrior)

stats at -3000:
pop.: .04M; cities: 2; techs: 5, gov: Depostism, gold: 28; trade routes: 0D0F; cost/turn:0
units: None
wonders: None
Footprint: 2 cities in Russia

Babylonians: No Contact
Vikings: No Contact
Egyptians: No Contact
Americans: No Contact
English: No Contact
Mongols: No Contact


-2950 South Moscow warrior, Moscow Settler, Start on Colossus (will switch to LH when available)
-2900 South Moscow worker to forest
-2850 CoL -> Monarchy (48)
-2750 South Moscow warrior, East Moscow founded (on Silk)
-2450 Monarchy -> Map Making (60), Monarchy established
-2250 East Moscow and South Moscow build Archers
-2150 Map Making -> Currency (72)
-2000 Moscow Size 3

stats at -2000:
pop.: .10M; cities: 3; techs: 8, gov: Monarchy, gold: 120; trade routes: 0D0F; cost/turn:0
units: 2 Warriors, 2 Archers, 1 Horsemen
wonders: None
Footprint: 3 cities in Russia

Babylonians: No Contact
Vikings: No Contact
Egyptians: No Contact
Americans: No Contact
English: No Contact
Mongols: No Contact


-1850 Currency -> Trade (91)
-1750 RB South Moscow 2sh, Moscow disbands 3 archers, 1 horse and 1 warrior
-1700 RB East Moscow 7sh+10sh+10sh
-1500 East Moscow Trireme, South Moscow Settler
-1450 Trade -> Writing (), Moscow build Lighthouse, Trireme with 1 settler heads NW
-1050 Writing -> Literacy (126), Settler lands on strip
-1000 Settler builds road (had 1 charge)

stats at -1000:
pop.: .14M; cities: 3; techs: 11, gov: Monarchy, gold: 159; trade routes: 0D0F; cost/turn:0
units: 1 Settlers, 2 Warriors, 1 Trireme
wonders: LH
Footprint: 3 cities in Russia

Babylonians: No Contact
Vikings: No Contact
Egyptians: No Contact
Americans: No Contact
English: No Contact
Mongols: No Contact

 

[Inkerman]

What a big map. A veritable Tour de France (3 weeks) size map.

So first there is the prologue - getting a trireme off and settling elsewhere. I didn't find it easy to decide what to do, and just picked one of the options....

I wasn't sure how quickly it is possible to get to Navigation - I welcome any comments on that - so thought I would do Lighthouse. That would leave more choices for settling more widely, as haleewud notes. As it turned out, Navigation was so long coming that I made journeys to all corners of the world using triremes. I also went for more than one city on the starting continent. So in both these respects my prologue is like haleewud's rather than the Major's.

My trireme set off in 1000BC, somewhat later than the other games so far reporting. I built one other city on the first continent - at (160,86), after felling the trees. The felling sacrificed some speed for structure that may compensate - or very possibly may not, now that I see it is 8-10 turns slower - which is a lot.

4000- Found Moscow. Work silk. Start on Alphabet. Priority size-1 trick.
3750- Discover Alp -> CoL.
3400- Complete settler. Will go for size-1 trick again, worker on silk.
3350- Settler starts road SW of Moscow.
3250- Settler starts irrigate plains sq.
3100- Discover CoL -> CB.
3000- Settler moves onto woods.
2950- Settler starts feeling trees.
2800- Settler built (size-1 trick again) - moves south-east. Moscow starts wonder.
2750- New settler moves onto hills. Other settler completes chopping.
2700- Found StPetersburg.
2450- Discover CB -> Monarchy
2000-
Babyls start HG.
1950- Discover Monarchy -> MM.
1900- Revolution.
1850- Become Monarchy.
1500- Discover MM -> Currency.
1150- Moscow builds LH. Discover Currency -> Trade.
1100-
1050-
Babyls nearly done HG.
1000- Trireme sets off with 2 settlers.

Status.
Note: Thebes is now American.
Cities:2. Pop:5. Gold:26. Techs:9. Monarchy. LH. 2 settlers, 2 army, 1 ship.

 

[Inkerman]

Actually, Major Advantage's game is not so much of a contrast as my previous post perhaps suggests. As in the other games there is a second city before the big journey - in this case it's the Walrus - and a plan for Lighthouse as the first wonder.

 

[Ali Ardavan]

I broke one of my rules and started this one before finishing the previous GOTM. I just could not resist it anymore. I just played till -1000. Will post my log tomorrow.

My approach was different than all of you though most similar to Major's. Like Inkerman I went for two size 1 settlers back to back. These were followed by a trireme which headed north hopping the ice carrying both settlers. Like Major I established a city on the walrus island. This was to get some help with the tech and relieve shield support. The second settler reached island 4 in -1550.

Looking at the -1000 stats, the biggest difference in our 4 games is the footprint.

 

[Ali Ardavan]

Date Notes

-4000 Moscow founded. Working Silk (for size 1 settler) building settler.
-3950 -> Alphabet
-3750 Alphabet -> Code of Laws.
-3350 size 1 settler produced. Going for a second size 1 settler.
-3200 Code of Laws -> Mapmaking
-2750 Second size 1 settler produced.
-2700 Moscow is size 2.
-2500 Mapmaking -> Burial.
-2450 Trireme produced. Production changed to Phalanx.
-2200 Production switched to Colossus.
-2150 Sealsburg founded on the Seal island (17). Trireme rehomed to eliminate support cost in Moscow.

Status at -2000
Population: 0.04M; Cities: 2; Techs: 6; Government: Despotism
Gold: 30; Cost: 0; Trade routes: 0D0F;
Wonders:
Units: 1 settler, 1 Trireme
Goals: Monarchy, Trade, settling island 4 by ice hopping.
Babylonian: no contact
Viking: no contact
Egyptian: no contact
American: no contact
English: no contact
Mongol: no contact

-1900 Burial -> Monarchy.
-1550 Landed on island 4.
-1400 Kiev founded on island 4.
-1250 Monarchy -> Currency. Monarchy established. T3L0S7
-1200 Horseman from hut.
-1050 Moscow is size 3.
-1000 Kiev is size 2. If I put both citizens on ocean producing 5 arrows, only 1 is left after corruption. This is horrible. While Monarchy may have been worth it, researching Currency afterwards was a mistake. I should have gone straight for Republic. After Currency I may as well go for Trade (if it is available) and Marco hoping to get at least writing and possibly Literacy from rivals.

Status at -1000
Population: 0.1M; Cities: 3; Techs: 8; Government: Monarchy
Gold: 14; Cost: 0; Trade routes: 0D0F;
Wonders:
Units: 1 Warrior, 1 Phalanx, 1 Horseman, 2 Triremes.
Goals: Expansion in 4, Republic, Trade, Marco. Long term goal: Democracy as soon as possible.
Footprint: 1 in homeland, 1 in 17, 1 in 4.
Babylonian: no contact
Viking: no contact
Egyptian: no contact
American: no contact
English: no contact
Mongol: no contact

-0950 Currency -> Trade (easy choice as writing was not even an option).
-0925 Minsk founded.
-0875 Horseman disbanded to speed up settler production.
-0775 Trade -> Writing. T7L0S3.
-0750 Smolensk founded.
-0700 Marco built. My power is Inadequate. T3L0S7
Trade, Monarchy, Mapmaking -> American (0) -> Writing, Masonry, alliance, 0g
-0675 -> Pottery. Power jumped to Strong. Writing, Trade -> Egyptian (5) -> Pottery, maps, no alliance.
-0650 -> Literacy. Power down to Moderate.
Mapmaking, warrior code -> English (1) -> peace, maps
Mapmaking, warrior code -> Mongol (2) -> peace
Mapmaking, Trade -> Viking (5) -> peace, Iron working
Monarchy, Trade, Masonry -> Babylonian (4) -> peace, alliance, 50g
-0600 Iron Working -> Mongol -> Alliance, 0g
-0575 Odessa founded.
-0525 Sevastopol founded.
-0500 4 techs to key civ English but no alliance.

Status at -0500
Population: 0.22M; Cities: 7; Techs: 14; Government: Monarchy
Gold: 3; Cost: 0; Trade routes: 0D0F;
Wonders: Marco
Units: 2 Warriors, 1 Phalanx, 2 Triremes, 1 Caravan.
Goals: 2 more cities in 4, Republic, Colossus. Long term goal: Democracy as soon as possible.
Footprint: 1 in homeland, 1 in 17, 5 in 4.
Babylonian: 4 cities, 12 techs; allied with me, war with Vikings
Viking: 3 cities, 8 techs; war with Babylonians
Egyptian: 4 cities, 9 techs
American: 4 cities, 8 techs; allied with me
English: 3 cities, 13 techs
Mongol: 5 cities, 9 techs

 

[haleewud]

I probably should have devoted some of my gold to building more triremes. Travel over the ocean was very slow, especially since I only had 1 trireme during this period.


-950 Moscow Food, St. Petersburg founded
-925 South Moscow Food
-875 East Moscow Food, 65g spent on RBs
-850 38g spent on RBs
-825 South Moscow Settler, Moscow Settler
-800 Literacy -> Mysticism (150), 2g spent on RBs
-775 2g spent on RBs
-750 6g spent on RBs
-725 2g spent on RBs
-675 2g spent on RBs
-625 Moscow Food, 4 food vans to Moscow
-600 Americans start Pyramids, Moscow builds Colossus
-550 Barb Chariot near St. Petersburg, St. Petersburg warrior dies attacking Chariot
-525 Babylonians destroyed by Vikings, St. Petersburg Settlers survives Chariot attack (veteran), Mysticism -> Philosophy (165)
-500 Egyptians start Pyramids, Trireme kills Barb Leader (50), becomes Vet

stats at -500:
pop.: .09M; cities: 4; techs: 13, gov: Monarchy, gold: 232; trade routes: 0D0F; cost/turn:0
units: 3 Settler, 2 Warriors, 1 Trireme
wonders: Colossus, LH
Footprint: 3 cities in Russia, 1 city on SE strip

Babylonians: Destroyed by Vikings
Vikings: No Contact
Egyptians: No Contact
Americans: No Contact
English: No Contact
Mongols: No Contact


-475 East Moscow food
-425 South Moscow Food
-400 Kiev founded (East Island)
-350 Minsk founded (East Island)
-325 Vikings start GW, 23g spent on RBs
-275 Moscow Library, Philosophy -> Pottery -> Seafaring, Hut -> Horse
-250 Contact with Zulus near eastern shore of eastern island, Peace, give MM+Myst+Literacy, exchange maps, Hut -> 50g
-225 Smolensk founded (north shore of South Island), Hut -> Wheel (252)
-200 4g spent on RBs
-175 Hut -> Iron Working (270)
-125 St. Petersburg Settler, Hut -> 25g, Hut -> Horse (NON), 13g spent on RBs
-75 East Moscow Food, South Moscow Food, Moscow Food, 4 food to Moscow
-50 Moscow builds Hanging Gardens (WLTCzarD), Hut -> Advanced Tribe -> Odessa (East Island), 38g spent on RBs
-25 Vikings abandon GW, Seafaring -> Republic (288), Hut -> Nomad
+1 Sevastopol founded (on SE strip), 35g spent on RBs

stats at +1:
pop.: .30M; cities: 9; techs: 18, gov: Monarchy, gold: 381; trade routes: 0D0F; cost/turn:1
units: 3 Settler, 6 Warriors, 3 Horsemen, 1 Trireme, 1 Caravan
wonders: HG, Colossus, LH
Footprint: 3 cities in Russia, 2 cities on SE strip, 3 cities on East Island, 1 city on South Island

Babylonians: Destroyed by Vikings
Zulus: No Embassy
Vikings: No Contact
Egyptians: No Contact
Americans: No Contact
English: No Contact
Mongols: No Contact

 

[Inkerman]

My Russians made their first overseas settlements on the east centre land, so yes a different footprint.

Ur (Babyls) builds HG.
975-
950-
925-
900- Re-home warriors to StP.
Ams start Pyramids.
875- Moscow makes trireme.
850- Land both settlers on continent north of homeland. Ship sets off back.
825- Found Kiev(160,44).
800-
775- Discover Trade -> Polytheism.
750- Found Minsk(154,46). Kiev builds horse which sets off to pop hut.
Moscow and StP complete settlers who get on ship and head north.
725- Horse pauses by hut.
700- Hut: Barbs - one horse, killed by ours. Switch to tax to help buy vans.

 

[Inkerman]

575- Found Smolensk(147,49). Hut:Nomads.
550- Hut:25g.
525- Vans built in Moscow, StP. Hut:Polytheism. Nomads found Odessa(155,37). Found Sevastopol(140,56).
Pirates appear by one of our ships.
Start on Writing.
500-

Stats.
Cities:7. Pop:12. Gold:52. Techs:10. Monarchy. 1 settler, 4 army, 2 ships, 2 vans.
Footprint: 2 cities at home and 5 on east centre.

 

[Inkerman]

475- Hut: AT Tblisi(139,35).
450- Hut: Feudalism.
425- Hut: Elephant. Found Sverdlovsk(163,41).
400-
375- Hut: Elephant. Van, Moscow-Smolensk, Gems, for 120g.
Ams nearly done Pyramids.
350- Discover Writing -> Literacy. Hut: Iron Working.
Washington builds Pyramids.
325-
Babyls(6) meet our ele heading north along strip and demand 100g - we say no, they declare war.
300- Ele kills Babyl horse. We are Mighty.
275- Hut: Mysticism.
250- We are Supreme.
225-
200-
175- Found Yakutsk(148,46).
150- Pile vans into wonder.
125- Kiev completes MPE. Found Vladivostok (142,32).
100- Swap Trade to Ams(4) for Literacy.
Found Novgorod(116,68) on big south land. Pop nearby hut - 8 barb horse. Ele kills one.
Ele lost, but Novgorod is not attacked, luckily.
Start on Philosophy.
75- Ams ignore tribute demand. Babyls reconfirm war. Vikings(2) give 100g.
Eyptians(0) give 100g. English(1) give 200g. Now have too much money to ask Mongols!
Science to 70%.
50-
25-
1AD-

Stats
Cities:12. Pop:24. Gold:216. Techs:16. Monarchy. 3 settlers, 11 army, 2 ships, 4 vans.
Wonders: LH and MPE; others have HG and Pyramids.
Footprint: 2 cities at home; 7 cities on east centre, 2 cities on strip, 1 city on big south.

Russians: (6) Us - Supreme/Spotless
Babylonians: (5) Enraged/War, 5 cities, 12 techs. Working on Mys.
Vikings: (2) Unco-op/Peace, 4 cities, 7 techs. Working on HBR.
Egyptians: (0) Neutral/Peace, 1 city, 3 techs. Working on BW.
Americans: (4) Receptive/Peace, 6 cities, 12 techs. Working on NONE.
English: (1) Neutral/Peace, 2 cities, 8 techs. Working on MM.
Mongols: (3) Unco-op, 4 cities, 9 techs. Working on Mys.

Elephant on strip to Babyl land is “near Ellipi”.

 

[Major Advantage]

It seems my progress was slower than yours through the BC-years. I think it would have been a good idea to have another city on the homeland-furs in the beginning (and maybe starve it down when Moskau is growing).

Actually, Major Advantage's game is not so much of a contrast as my previous post perhaps suggests. As in the other games there is a second city before the big journey - in this case it's the Walrus - and a plan for Lighthouse as the first wonder.

Actually, the wonder I started as LH in Moskau was finished as Maco Polo, one van was contributed from Walrus City. LH was contructed a little later on cont. #4.


-875 Curr.->trade
-700 Legion from hut
-675 trade->writing
-650 Smolensk founded
-575 Babylonians finish Pyramids and are about to finish HG
-550 Babyls build HG
-475 Egypt builds Colossus
-400 Sevastopol founded
-375 Moskau builds Marco Polo: Hail egypt, get writing, peace, maps; hail mongols, get myst., peace, maps
get iron working from England (they might be wiped out by mongols soon); babylon: peace, maps
-350 Research Literacy
-300 get Literacy from Egypt
-275 Research Polytheism
-200 Lighthouse built in Odessa; now going for southern and eastern continent
-175 Vikings destroyed by Babylon
~-150 Poly->Philo
-25 hail Egypt to gift some techs, they offer alliance, accepted, ask for gift, get seafaring. Not bad, but we didn't want it now
And just noticed the french respawn, almost where I was about to land my settlers

Stats at 1 AD:
pop.: 280k; cities: 7 (5 on cont. #4); techs: 16; gov: Mon, gold: 35, cost per turn: 1, Trade Routes: 0D/0F; wonders: Marco Polo, Lighthouse
units: 3 settler, 7 defence army, 0 offence army, 1 dip, 2 boat, 1 van

Babylon: Enth., peace
France: Enth., peace
Egypt: Enth., alliance
America: Neutral
England: Cordial, peace
Mongols: Enraged, peace

 

[Inkerman]

20-
40- Found Krasnoyarsk.
60-
80- Found Riga, Rostov.
100- Discover Philosophy (in Kiev) -> Monotheism -> Chivalry. Reduce science. Choosing a military path.
Van, Minsk-StP, Hides, for 72g.
Mongols capture York from English.

120- Found Astrakhan. Get 50g from Ams.
Mongols start Colossus.
140- Disorder Minsk. Get 50g from Vikings.
160-
180- Disorder Yakutsk.
200- Found Kharkov.

 

[Inkerman]

220- Found Grozny. English give the Wheel.
We have little money so we risk approaching the Mongols - we get 100g.
Egyptians offer 50g to fight Ams - we accept.
240- Disorder Moscow, as it makes the last van we need for Mike's.
Found Dnepropetrovsk. Hut: Legion.
Ams start GL.
260- Disorder Krasnoyarsk. StPetersburg builds Michaelangelo's Chapel.
280- Found Maikop. Hut:50g.
300- Found Kursk. Get 150g from Vikings.
Vikings start Colossus.

320-
340- Found Kuibyshev. Get 50g from English.
Mongols capture London from English, destroying English - Greeks appear.
360-
380- Found Magnitogorsk.
Mongols nearly done Colossus.
400- Riga completes Sun Tzu War Academy.
Hut: 8 barb horse - that'll be the end of the Novgorod horse.
Give Lit to Egyptians - they do not have MM so cannot swap maps.
Give Wheel and Philosophy to Greeks, and swap maps - they are next to the barbs we just sprung, at the west end of the big south land.
Karakorum builds Colossus. Vikings abandon. Horse duly lost.

 

[Inkerman]

420- Hut(in city radius): Legion.
Give Trade and Writing to Egyptians.
Give Lit, Whe, Tra, Mys, Phil to Vikings, to swap maps. As hoped we learn about Babyl-land too.
440- Babyls offer 100g for ceasefire - we take it. But continue to prepare invasion.
Babyls get Lit, Trade, Philosophy, Wheel from Vikings, for Masonry, Seafaring, CoL, Curr.
460-
480- First building - a temple in food-rich Sevastopol.
500- Hut: Construction.

Stats
Cities:23. Pop:59. Gold:134. Techs:21. Monarchy. 4 settlers, 30 army, 4 ships, 7 vans.
LH, MPE, Mike's, SunTzu.
Others have Pyramids, HG, Colossus.

Russians: (6) Us - Supreme/Spotless
Babylonians: (5) Neutral/Ceasefire, 5 cities, 18 techs. Working on Con.
Vikings: (2) Neutral/Peace, 4 cities, 17 techs. Working on Con.
Egyptians: (0) Worshipful/Allied, 1 city, 6 techs. Working on BW.
Americans: (4) Receptive/War, 6 cities, 14 techs. Working on Maths.
Greeks: (1) Enthusiastic/Peace, 1 city, 13 techs. Working on NONE
Mongols: (3) Unco-op/Peace, 8 cities, 12 techs. Working on Eng.

Pause: we are losing a lot of money in corruption - not so much production - so it is probably worth moving the Palace to the island with most cities on - perhaps should have done this before. Maikop seems practical choice as we can start building this turn.

520- Swap Construction to Vikings, for Seafaring. Get 150g tribute.
Rush new palace - Russian capital moved to Maikop.

 

[Ali Ardavan]

Sticking to my original strategy I am playing a lean early landing.

-0475 Power jumped to Supreme for the first time.
-0450 Literacy -> Republic. Literacy -> Egyptian -> Seafaring. Literacy -> Babylonian -> 25g.
-0425 Tblisi founded.
-0400 Egyptians build Pyramids.
-0300 Sverdlovsk founded as the last planned city on northeastern island 4.
-0250 Seafaring -> Babylonian -> Math.
-0225 Bronze -> Egyptian -> Republic.
-0200 -> Mysticism.
-0150 Revolution started.
-0125 Colossus built. Republic established. T3L3S4
-0100 Moscow celebrates.
-0075 Mysticism -> Philosophy. Moscow is size 5. Germs from Kiev (on 4) to walrus city (17) establishes the first trade route for 156. T2L3S5
+0001 Moscow finishes temple.

Status at +1
Population: 0.4M; Cities: 9; Techs: 19; Government: Republic
Gold: 8; Cost: 1; Trade routes: 2D0F;
Wonders: Marco, Colossus
Units: 3 Settlers, 1 Warriors, 1 Phalanx, 2 Triremes, 1 diplomat, 5 Caravan.
Goals: Philosophy, Hanging Gardens, Michelangelo, Construction. Long term goal: Democracy as soon as possible.
Footprint: 1 in homeland, 1 in 17, 7 in 4.
Babylonian: 4 cities, 15 techs; allied with me, war with Vikings
Viking: 4 cities, 10 techs; war with Babylonians
Egyptian: 4 cities, 14 techs; Pyramids
American: 4 cities, 11 techs; allied with me
English: 3 cities, 15 techs
Mongol: 5 cities, 14 techs; allied with me

+0020 Moscow celebrates again. T3L3S4
+0040 Moscow is size 6.
+0060 Philosophy -> Polytheism -> Construction. Moscow is size 7. T4L2S4. Math, Republic, Philosophy, Mysticism -> Mongol -> Construction. The ungrateful brutes dissolve the alliance when I ask for a gift.
+0080 -> Monotheism.
+0100 T3L4S3
+0120 Moscow builds Harbor and celebrates.
+0140 Moscow is size 8. T6L2S2. Americans have almost completed Hanging Gardens.
+0160 Americans decide to switch to Great Library at the last moment even though I gifted them Literacy turns ago. T4L3S3. Philosophy, Math, Mysticism, Pottery -> English (1) -> Bridge Building.
+0200 Moscow finishes Aqueduct. T4L4S2
+0220 Moscow celebrates.
+0240 Moscow is size 9 and unable to continue. T4L3S3
+0280 No longer demanded domestic Hides for 56. T1L3S6
+0320 Egyptians build Great Library. Babylonians and Americans switch to Hanging Gardens, Vikings to Lighthouse.
+0340 Babylonians build Hanging Gardens, Americans switch to Great Wall, Vikings build Lighthouse; I have to wait for Copernicus instead of Hanging Gardens.
+0400 T4L3S3.
+0420 Monotheism -> Astronomy. Domestic Hides from Minsk (island 4) to Moscow for 352.
+0460 Michelangelo built. T2L4S4
+0480 Moscow celebrates.
+0500 Moscow is size 10. English demand Mono and declare war.

Status at +500
Population: 0.9M; Cities: 9; Techs: 24; Government: Republic
Gold: 18; Cost: 6; Trade routes: 6D0F;
Wonders: Marco, Colossus, Michelangelo
Units: 4 Settlers, 1 Warriors, 1 Phalanx, 3 Triremes, 1 diplomat, 9 Caravan.
Goals: Copernicus (6 turns), Sanitation, Democracy, Navigation. Court houses in island 4.
Footprint: 1 in homeland, 1 in 17, 7 in 4.
Note: None of the rivals have bothered getting off their mainland though Babylonians have an archer roaming my fully populated island 4.
Babylonian: 5 cities, 20 techs; Hanging Gardens; allied with me, war with Vikings
Viking: 3 cities, 11 techs; Lighthouse; war with Babylonians
Egyptian: 4 cities, 19 techs; Pyramids, Great Library;
American: 4 cities, 15 techs; allied with me
English: 3 cities, 22 techs; nominal war with me
Mongol: 5 cities, 23 techs;

+0520 Moscow is size 11.
+0540 Babylonians land a settler on island 4. They have access to a lot of land much closer and they land here! Moscow is size 12. T4L2S4
+0560 Astronomy -> Navigation.
+0620 Copernicus built.
+0700 Americans built the Great Wall; Mongols abandon.
+0760 Navigation -> Medicine.
+0840 Coal to Moscow for 416.
+0860 Medicine -> Wheel. First Caravel produced. Navigation -> Babylonian -> University. University -> American -> Banking. Undemanded Hides to Moscow for 184. Moscow has 3 routes.
+0880 Magellan built. Moscow builds settler for further improvements. Domestic offshore Cloth from island 4 to island 17 for a disappointing 90. Sealsburg now has 3 routes as well.
+0900 T2L2S6
+0940 Wheel -> Chemistry. Silver to Moscow for 480.
+0960 Mongols build Oracle. Chemistry -> Engineering.
+0980 Yaghut built on island 6.
+1000 Copper and Silk from island 4 to Babylon for 124, 270 establish the first foreign trade routes.

Status at +1000
Population: 1.5M; Cities: 10; Techs: 31; Government: Republic
Gold: 559; Cost: 19; Trade routes: 13D2F;
Wonders: Marco, Colossus, Michelangelo, Copernicus, Magellan
Units: 6 Settlers, 1 Warriors, 1 Phalanx, 1 Trireme, 2 Caravels, 1 diplomat, 1 Caravan.
Goals: Sanitation, Democracy, Explosives, Leo
Footprint: 1 in homeland, 1 in 17, 7 in 4, 1 in 6.
Note: It has been a while since my last map of either Mongols or English, but none of the other rivals have bothered getting off their mainland. Babylonians still have a settler roaming my fully populated island 4 not doing any useful work.
Babylonian: 4 cities, 24 techs; Hanging Gardens; allied with me, war with Vikings
Viking: 4 cities, 12 techs; Lighthouse; war with Babylonians
Egyptian: 4 cities, 23 techs; Pyramids, Great Library;
American: 4 cities, 18 techs; Great Wall; allied with me
English: 3 cities, 23 techs; nominal war with me
Mongol: 6 cities, 23 techs; Oracle

 

[Inkerman]

540- Found Uralsk.
560-
580- Found Kazan.
600- Bribe barb legion for 82g.
Get 75g from Babyls and then attack them - not unreasonably we are now “questionable.”
Capture Nineveh.
Babyls get Construction from Vikings, for Writing, and sign a peace treaty.

620- Start sending triremes west from main area.
640- Moscow and StPetersburg complete courthouses.
660-
680- Van, Moscow-Vladivostok, Spice, for 150g.
Mongols start KRC.
700- Discover Chivalry -> Medicine.

720- Van, Sverdlovsk-Ellipi(Babylon), Dye, for 72g.
Van, Smolensk-Kuibyshev, Dye, for 72g. Found Vologda.
Ams develop Maths.
740- Found Murmansk. Hut(south-land): barbs.
760- Capture Babylon. Bribe Ur for 483g, getting HG, 110g, 4 blgs, 3 units.
Capture Ashur. Babyls have 1 city left. Found Vitebsk.
Murmansk destroyed by barbs.
780- Found Batum.
Egyptians lose Memphis to Ams, and are destroyed, solving our problem of having an alliance.
The Aztecs appear.
800- Found Tiflis (land #13), Bryansk (west-land).
Hut(west-land, in radius): crusaders.
Ams nearly done GL.

820- Found Tula in far-NE-land (continent 4.)
Give Philosophy to Aztecs.
Washington builds GL.
840- Vikings withdraw. Hut(south-land): Theology.
Aztecs meet us in west-land. Mongols develop Astronomy.
860-
880-
Barb landing

900- 50g from Vikings. 150g from Mongols. Agree peace with Babylonians.
Ams develop Medicine.
920- Found Kalinin, on strip nr Greeks.
Aztecs acquire Polytheism (i.e. a hut) so Ams get from GL. Greeks develop Invention.
940- Re-found Murmansk.
960- Hut(west-land): AT Yaroslavl. Hut(west-land): barbs - too many for crusader.
Found Omsk (in south-land.) Found Emmot, on strip nr Babyls.
980- Hut: Engineering (Ams get from GL.) Found Omaxa.
Vikings start GW.
1000-

Stats
Cities:41. Pop:108. Gold:591. Techs:26. Monarchy. 13 settlers, 55 army, 20 ships, 3 dips, 19 vans.
LH, HG, MPE, Mike's, SunTzu. Total cost:8g.
Others have Pyramids, Colossus, GL.
Footprint: Most on east centre, 2 cities on west centre, 6 on big south, 4 taken from Babyls, 1 on continent 4.

Russians: Us - Supreme/Spotless
Babylonians: Receptive/Peace, 1 city, 19 techs, working on BB
Vikings: Unco-op/Peace, 4 cities, 19 techs, working on Maths
Aztecs: Receptive/Peace, 1 city, 17 techs, working on Maths
Americans: Unco-op/War, 7 cities, 18 techs, working on Astro
Greeks: Unco-op/Peace, 2 cities, 16 techs, working on Gunpowder
Mongols: Unco-op/Peace, 8 cities, 14 techs, working on Writing

 

[Ali Ardavan]

+1020 Engineering -> Sanitation. T0L4S6. Last Trireme disbanded towards a Caravel.
+1040 English Trireme appears near island 4.
+1060 English land an explorer. Freshly produced crusader kills the English explorer and turns vet. Caravel sinks English Trireme and turns vet. T2L4S4
+1100 Sanitation -> Theory of Gravity. T3L4S3
+1120 T4L3S3
+1140 Explorer lands on East central island and gets a legion from hut.
+1160 Moscow builds Sewer and becomes size 13. Explorer lands on southern island and discovers an advanced tribe founding Shush of size 4 with a temple. Tus founded on east central island. Gifted Vikings to Cordial and exchanged maps.
+1180 Moscow is size 14. Silver to Uppsala for 230. Tabas founded on east central.
+1200 Moscow is size 15 and unable to continue celebrating. Feudalism from hut. T3L5S2
+1220 Crusader and 100g from huts.
+1240 Theory of Gravity -> Chivalry. Invention from hut. Eight barbarian horsemen from hut on southern continent. My explorer does not stand a chance. Production of a second city on this land has to be delayed to prepare for defense. Silk to Kaupang for 162.
+1260 Advanced tribe founds Merv of size 4. 100g from hut.
+1300 Beads to Ur for 208. Advanced tribe founds Ghuchan of size 4 and Astrakhan of size 3 both on the east central island.
+1320 Domestic Beads for 66. 50g from hut.
+1340 Barbarian horseman (from hut tipped 5 turns ago) dies in attack on Shush now defended by pikemen. Silk to Uppsala for 234. T1L6S3
+1360 Chivalry -> Democracy. Salt to Trondheim for 196. T0L6S4
+1380 Another barbarian horseman dies in attack on Shush. T2L6S2
+1400 100g from hut. Harat founded. Silk to Thebes for 720! Wow; did not expect a capped payout. T4L6S0
+1420 Democracy -> Gunpowder. Egyptians ignore my demand for tribute, Mongols and Vikings declare war. Democracy established. T1L4S5
+1440 Eshghabad and Sarakhs founded.
+1480 Dezful founded.
+1500 Gunpowder -> Explosives. Sabzevar founded. Spice to Ur for 324. Reached cease fire with English. T2L4S4

Status at +1500
Population: 5.4M; Cities: 21; Techs: 40; Government: Democracy
Gold: 9; Cost: 55; Trade routes: 14D9F;
Wonders: Marco, Colossus, Michelangelo, Copernicus, Magellan
Units: 7 Settlers, 6 soldiers, 4 Caravels, 1 diplomat, 18 Caravans, 1 explorer.
Goals: Explosives (3-4 turns), Leo (2 turns), Shakespeare (2 turns), Bach, Magnetism, Newton, further expansion in east central and southern, settlement of small islands.
Footprint: 1 in homeland, 1 in 17, 7 in 4, 1 in 6, 9 in East central, 2 in Southern.
Note: Babylonians still have a settler roaming my fully populated island 4 not doing any useful work. Egyptians have established a city on the strip below their mainland.
Babylonian: 4 cities, 33 techs; Hanging Gardens; allied with me
Viking: 4 cities, 22 techs; Lighthouse; nominal war with me
Egyptian: 5 cities, 35 techs; Pyramids, Great Library;
American: 4 cities, 25 techs; Great Wall; allied with me
English: 3 cities, 25 techs; allied with Mongols
Mongol: 7 cities, 25 techs; Oracle; allied with English, nominal war with me

 

[Inkerman]

1020- Hut: Legion. Found Aswan, Tata
1040-Discover Medicine -> Invention. Minsk builds JSBach Cathedral.
Found Kapgorod, Dniepr.
Attack Vikings. 100g from Mongols.
1060- Viking Uppsala destroyed.
Van, Sebastopol-Ellipi(Babyl), Spice, for 90g.
War with Vikings going badly - heavy losses.
1080- but capture Kaupang, and Hladir, Vikings down to 1 city.
Found Halifax, on American strip, Dnyk.
1100- Hut(radius): crusaders. Attack Washington (6 vet crusaders) - kill defenders but no capture.

1120- With aid of more troops, capture Washington, with Pyramids and GL.
Sell Babylonian granaries.
Van, StP-Vologda, Beads, for 104g.
Van, Minsk-Moscow, Hides, for 92g.
Mongols nearly done KRC.
1140- Bribe New York for 140g - it has barracks.
Van, Maikop-Krasnovodsk, Silk, for 78g. Found Duck. Barb leader 50g.
Hut(radius): Legion. Rush KRC - just to stop Mongols.
Greeks develop Gunpowder, and demand withdrawal from Sparta.
1160- Yakutsk completes KRC, Mongols change to Copernicus.
Buy Viking Aarhus.
Karakorum builds Copernicus.
1180-
Americans bribe Halifax, taking Iron Working - we had let our money go too low.
1200- Ceasefire with Ams.
Capture Tenochtitlan from Aztecs - 1 city left.
Capture Trondheim from Vikings, destroying them, French contact us - they are in south-land.
Found Talamis.

1220- Destroy Teotihuacan and Aztecs, Spanish appear near Greeks, and us.
Spanish get Gunpowder from Greeks.
We get Gunpowder from GL.
Agree peace with Greeks, give Maths, swap Chivalry for Invention.
Found Albany.
Ams start GW.
1240- Start on Republic. Found Orburg.
Give Iron, Invention and WC to Mongols - swap maps.
1260- Discover Republic -> Banking.
Found Smuev. Mongols ignore threats. Rename ? to Brisnovodsk.
1280- Disorder Ashur.
Van, Moscow-Kalinin, Silk, for 138g. Found Oslo, Tba, Vikbaby.
100g from Mongols.
1300- Found Kremlin.
Give Republic to Ams.

1320- Found Empathy.
1340- Disorder Dniepr, Magnitogorsk, Dnepropetrovsk.
1360- Found Asda, Dna, Tumouth.
Give Republic to Greeks, they ignore our threats, although 264g.
Mongols start Leonardo.
1380-
1400- Get 100g from Mongols then attack. Capture Tabriz, taking Astronomy, and Karakorum, - capital, with Colossus and Copernicus.
We have a potential SSC, and it is in a corner of the large map - although most cities are on the same continent so trade bonuses not so great as they might be.
Found Teoti.

1420- Subvert Am Halifax for 66g x 2.
1440- Bribe Samarkand for 305g. 40g back. Barracks are taken.
And Bokhara for 295g, 30g back.
Found Oddly, Ballymena.
1460- Capture London from Mongols. Raze Kashgar. Ceasefire with 2 cities left - York, Aleppo.
Give Republic, Gunpowder and Seafaring to Mongols.
Ceasefire with Ams expires, capture Boston. 4 cities left (all with walls.) Ceasefire.
Van, Grozny-Bryansk, Copper, for 34g.
Science to 70%.
1480- Discover Banking -> Democracy. (discoveries 7 turns, next turn is OEDO, then 1540.)
Peace with Mongols, give Philosophy, Feudalism, Banking.
Give Invention and Banking to Ams.
Give Pottery to Greeks.
Van, StP-Athens(Greek), Salt(und), for 120g.
Found Obligation, Karol. Lux to 30% for some celeb to get discovery quickly.
1500- Give Astronomy to Ams. Found Bearly, Tina, Zephyr (in far south-west).
Some city renaming: Odessa -> Adessa, Murmansk -> Ormansk,

Stats
Cities:81. Pop:254. Gold:264. Techs:33. Monarchy. 36 settlers, 84 army, 33 ships, 8 dips, 22 vans.
11 wonders. Total cost:27g.

Comment: 7 techs behind Ali, who is already a Democracy, but many more cities.

Russians: () Us - Supreme/Spotless
Babylonians: () NeutralPeace, 1 city, 19 techs, working on BB
French: () Hostile, No cities
Spanish: () Hostile, No cities
Americans: () Neutral/Ceasefire, 4 cities, 23 techs, working on NONE
Greeks: () Unco-op/Peace, 3 cities, 24 techs, working on Leadership
Mongols: () Neutral/Peace, 2 cities, 24 techs, working on BB

Plan
With Democracry so close, and so many cities, it seems worth holding off on conquest - although that seems very likely to work now all land masses are covered. We are blocking two of the AI from settling, and have the rest under control too. We are now running down money as we try and achieve Democracy in next OEDO. Karakorum has been a help (Colossus, Copernicus) and we have rushed a courthouse and a library.

 

[Ali Ardavan]

+1510 Kuibyshev founded.
+1520 Leo and Shakespeare built. Shushtar founded.
+1530 Explosives -> Physics. Democracy -> American -> Physics.
+1540 -> Magnetism. Gunpowder -> Egyptian -> Steam Engine. Domestic Gems for 363.
+1550 Coal to Babylon for 390.
+1560 Magnetism -> Theology. Gold to Ur for 540. Mashhad founded. Egyptians are exploring west central. T3L4S3
+1580 Theology -> Metallurgy. Kazan founded.
+1590 Americans discover Theory of Gravity and switch from Adam Smith to Newton. Advanced tribe founds Ahvaz of size 4.
+1610 100g from hut. Silver to Philadelphia for 785. T2L4S4
+1620 Metallurgy -> Leadership. Advanced tribe founds Andimeshk of size 2.
+1630 Bach built. Balkh founded.
+1640 Americans nearly completed Newton. Domestic silver for 252. 100g from hut. Rushed 100 shields to beat Americans.
+1650 Leadership -> Electricity. Newton built. Americans switch to Statue of Liberty. Bam founded. Silk from Moscow to Heliopolis for 990 (capped).
+1660 Americans build Statue of Liberty. Electricity -> Conscription. Foreign deliveries for 336, 202. Ghaznin and Tula founded. Advanced tribe founds Bryansk of size 2.
+1670 Egyptians build King Richards. Conscription -> Refrigeration. Foreign deliveries for 294.
+1680 Behbahan founded.
+1690 Kabol and Gonbad founded. 50g from hut. peace, Invention -> English -> maps.
+1700 Refrigeration -> Railroad. 100g from hut.
+1710 Egyptians build Eiffel; Babylonians switch to Adam Smith. Foreign deliveries for 186.
+1720 Railroad -> Tactics. Domestic deliveries for 135, 103. T3L3S4
+1730 Foreign deliveries for 179.
+1740 Tactics -> Atomic Theory. Adam Smith built. Kerman founded. Domestic deliveries for 164. Zomorrod founded.
+1750 200g from hut. Zabol, Zahedan, and Qandahar founded. Domestic delivery for 147.

Status at +1750
Population: 20.7M; Cities: 40; Techs: 52; Government: Democracy
Gold: 581; Cost: 56; Trade routes: 22D18F;
Wonders: Marco, Colossus, Michelangelo, Copernicus, Magellan, Shakespeare, Leo, Bach, Newton, Adam Smith
Units: 14 Engineers, 6 soldiers, 5 Galleon, 1 diplomat, 10 Caravans, 2 explorer.
Goals: Darwin (4 turns), Corporation, Cure, further expansion in east central and southern, settlement of small islands.
Footprint: 1 in homeland, 1 in 17, 7 in 4, 2 in 6, 17 in East central, 8 in Southern, 2 in Southern-E.Central strip, 2 in Babylon/Viking-E.Central strip.
Note: Egyptians, American, and Mongols have established cities on the strips below their mainland.
Babylonian: 4 cities, 41 techs; Hanging Gardens; allied with me
Viking: 5 cities, 25 techs; Lighthouse; nominal war with me and Babylonians
Egyptian: 5 cities, 44 techs; Pyramids, Great Library, King Richards, Eiffel;
American: 5 cities, 34 techs; Great Wall, Statue of Liberty; allied with me
English: 3 cities, 28 techs; allied with Mongols
Mongol: 7 cities, 28 techs; Oracle; allied with English, nominal war with me

 

[Inkerman]

Having got to this position it'll be a spaceship. The Russian civ is big and dominant, so it is not very difficult.

1510- Discoveries now every 4 turns as celebrations and tactical builds kick in - we will make it to Democracy in the next OEDO.
Found Oxtail.
Give Pottery to Mongols. Give Polytheism to Greeks.
1520- Found Blenker.
Give Seafaring to Ams.
Give Republic to French, who have now founded Paris.
Give Maths to Spanish, who are still trapped without a city.
1530-
1540- Greeks develop Leadership. Discover Democracy -> University. Become Democracy.

Short term aim is to grow a bit...we have 280 people just now.
And the army will also shrink - we have 86 army units just now, it was always too many.
Lux to 30%.

1550- encouraging number of WLTPD.
Give Polytheism to Mongols, Democracy to Ams, Banking to the Greeks, Republic to the Babyls.
Hut (in radius): musketeers.
Found Manatee.
1560- Van, Dnepropetrovsk-Thebes(Am), Dye, for 94g.
Give Monarchy to Ams, Chivalry and Medicine to Mongols.
Invention, Banking, Pottery to French, swap maps to find where Paris is - it's not going anywhere.
1570- Discover University -> Chemistry.
Found Miditsk, Ostokand
Van, Kharkov-Kalinin, Hides, for 124g.
Give University to Mongols.
Put lux to 40% .
Babyls develop Bridge Building.
1580- Give Invention and Banking to Babyls, they are worshipful but won't tell about BB.
Fortunately Ellipi revolts (155g x 2), and we get 162g plus BB. Babyls out. Zulus spawn.
Found Tibula.
1590- Discover Chemistry -> Explosives.
Found Additsk
Van, Nineveh-Philadelphia(Am), Copper, for 116g.
1600- Kursk builds Shakespeare's Theatre.
Van, Babylon-Halifax, Silver, for 147g.

1610- Discover Explosives -> ToG.
Van, Riga-Karakorum, Silver(und), 134g - a poor choice of origin city for one van to get this far.
Give Chemistry and BB to Mongols.
Give BB, Astronomy, University to Zulus, swap maps, Zimbabwe is in the old Aztec lands.
Found Otranto
1620- Discover ToG -> Navigation.
Karakorum reaches size 12, but we keep at 40% one/two more turn for a few other cities.
Van, Krasnoyarsk-Athens(Greek), Silver, for 207g.
1630- Vitebsk completes Leonardo's Workshop. Lots of upgrades esp settlers -> engineers.
Discover Navigation -> Physics.
Lux down to 30% - worth extra 170g /turn.
Population now 589, army 64 - further reduce this to 59.
1640- Found Huddersfield, Okra
1650- Give Navigation to Mongols.
Van, Tiflis-Dnepropetrovsk, Spice, for 261g.
Hut(radius): 100g.

Am capital moved to Philadelphia, and they develop Sanitation.
1660- Discover Physics -> Economics.
Van, Nineveh-Karakorum, Gems, for 384g.
Van, Nineveh-Karakorum, Coal, for 320g.
Ams decline tech swap. Give Physics to Mongols. Give Navigation to French.
Found Tellurium.
Greeks develop BB.
1670- Discover Economics -> Steam Engine. Kursk completes Magellan's Expedition.
Give Physics to Greeks, who swap Leadership for Navigation.
Give University to Ams, who still won't trade Sanitation.
Give Explosives and ToG to Mongols.
Van, Yakutsk-Tabriz, Silver, for 322g.
Van, Krasnoyarsk-Tabriz, Silk, for 384g.
Van, Aarhus-Tula, Copper, for 184g.
Van, Tbilisi-Zephyr, Cloth(und), for 209g.
Found Emvy.
1680- Discover Steam Engine -> Railroad.
Give Leadership to Mongols.
Van, Karakorum-Astrakhan, Silk, for 471g.
Van, Karakorum-Ur, Gold, for 486g.
Bribe barb caravel for 82g.
Found Omega.
1690- Discover Railroad (cancels HG) -> Metallurgy
Karakorum builds Isaac Newton College.
Steal Sanitation from Ams (yes, it was risky.)
Give Railroad and Sanitation to Mongols. Give Railroad to Americans.
Give Railroad and Navigation to Zulus, swap maps.
Bribe Spanish Settlers for 164g - Spanish re-spawn, so maybe not a good idea.
Van, Emmot-London, Silk, for 140g.
Van, Duck-Bokhara, Dye, for 108g.
Van, Teoti-Babylon, Wine, for 134g.
Van, Bokhara-Kuibyshev, Wine, for 290g.
Spanish destroyed by barbs, OK never mind then.
1700- Discover Metallurgy -> Industrialization
Aztecs are present.
Give Metallurgy to Mongols.
Van, Kaupang-Karakorum, Silver, for 178g.
Accidental delivery for 66g.
Van, New York-Maikop, Dye, for 83g.
Found Odesert.
Rush two universities (will make 3) and four libraries (will make 14).

1710- Discover Industrialization (cancel KRC) -> Conscription.
Karakorum = size 13.
Give Industrialization, Monotheism, Democracy to Mongols.
Van, Aswan-Karakorum, Spice, for 260g.
Van, Rostov-Samarkand, Gems, for 142g.
Van, Vladivotsok-Samarkand, Beads, for 118g.
Found Teepee.

1720- Discover Conscription -> Corporation
Maikop completes Darwin's Voyage, discover Corporation -> Atomic Theory -> Magnetism
Give 4 techs to Aztecs to find them on an island we haven't colonised.
Rename our Tenochtitlan to Teatree.
Van, Novgorod-Karakorum, Silver, for 372g.
Van, Tula-London, Gems, for 570g. (inter-continent.)
Van, Dnyk-Kabul(Mongol), Hides, for 162g.
Van, Grozny-Karakorum, Spice, for 494g.
Vam, Talamis-Karakorum, Silver, for 892g.
Give Conscription, Atomic Theory to Mongols.
Give Railroad to French.
Found NWIsle, Tacy, Omouth, Kallum.
Senate sign peace treaty with Ams.

1730- Discover Magnetism (cancels LH) -> Genetic Engineering > Electricity
Give Magnetism to Mongols.
Van, Kuibyshev-Karakorum, Spice, for 952g.
Van, Karakorum-Uralsk, Dye, for 418g.
Found Sustain, Macintosh.
Ams change to SoL.

1740- Discover Electricity (cancels GL) -> Refining -> Steel
Vitebsk discovers Cure for Cancer. Celebs ensue.
Give Refining and Steam Engine to Mongols.
Van, Adessa-Karakorum, Spice, for 578g.
Van, London-Minsk, Gold, for 240g.
Van, Bokhara-Tata, Coal, for 377g.
Van, Samarkand-Talamis, Coal, for 490g.
Found Typeface, Centre.

1750- Discover Steel -> Combustion -> Automobile.
Give Steel, Trade, Monarchy, Electricity to Mongols.
Van, Samarkand-StP. Wool, for 674g.
Van, Samarkand-Moscow, Cloth(und), for 324g.
Van, Tumouth-Samarkand, Dye, for 332g.
Van, Tumouth-Tabriz, Coal, for 460g.
Found Hynde, Boulder.

Status at +1750
Population: 29.7M; Cities: 107; Techs: 57; Government: Democracy
Gold: 7582; Cost: 162; Trade routes: ?D?F;
Wonders:
Ancient:5 - Pyr, HG, Colossus, LH, GL.
Renaissance:7 - SunTzu, KRC, MPE, Michelangelo, Copernicus, Magellan, Shakespeare
Industrial:4 - Leonardo, Bach, Newton, Darwin
Modern:1 - C4C
Units: 63 Engineers, 27 rifles, 28 dragoons, 37 transport, 8 dips, 52 freight, 2 explorer.
Goal: Spaceship.

Zulus: 1 city, WestLand
French: 1 city, BigSouthLand
Aztecs: 1 city, Island Number 14
American: 4 cities, NorthWestCentralLand
Greeks: 3 cities, SouthWest strip.
Mongol: 3 cities, NorthWestLand.