Gotm 95: https://forums.civfanatics.com/threads/gotm-95.308747/
4000: Built cap @ 22/4, desert/river with oasis.
3950: > Code of Laws.
3750: Warrior > Size 1 Settler.
3700: First Hut: Supported Chariot.
3650: 2nd hut: Horseback Riding. No more huts til government.
3600: Disbanding of warrior inside city to reclaim extra shield production. 9 > 10.
3450: 16 > 20 of 40. Will only rarely log these types of tinkerings hereforth.
3100: Code of Laws > Bronze Working (Ceremonial not offered).
3000 bc summary: Despotism, 1 city. Units: 1 chariot (supported). In progress: Settler @ 38/40 with 18 food in the box. Treasury: Aprox 9 gold.
2950: Size 1 Settler with 19 food in the box.
2900: Built 02, desert/river @ 21/1 with access to 2 oases.
2600: 02 with 12 shields and needing to set back settler production a tiny bit switches to warrior, buys it down to 10 shields, then switches back to Settler.
2500: Bronze Working > Ceremonial Burial (0 / 36).
2400: 19 gold of 19 rushes settler production in cap 32 > 40.
2350: Settler.
2300: Built 03, Desert/river @ 23/7 with fish.
2000: Anti-rushed Cap from 13 > 10 to slow settler production.
2000 bc Summary: Despotism, 3 cities. Units: 1 Chariot (supported). Settler production @ 34, 12, 10. Treas: 15 gold. 4 techs and 5 next turn: Have: Alph, Horse (bad hut), Code of Laws, Bronze (forced off path probably because of horseback). In progress is Ceremonial @ 34 / 36.
1950: Ceremonial Burial > Monarchy (2 / 50). With Monarchy in progress, choosing to return to the huts. 3rd hut: None Nomad. With all of the essential irrigation needed, will utilize this guy as a designated worker.
1850: 02 builds Settler.
1750: 1st road, oasis.
1650: 2nd road.
1500 bc Summary: Despotism (but Monarchy next turn). 3 cities. Units: 2 settlers, 1 Chariot. 5 Techs and Monarchy becomes number 6 next turn. Settler production: 29, 28, 14. Improvements: 3 roads, 0 irrigation. Treasury: 41.
1450:
Monarchy > Currency. First irrigation. 4th hut: Map Making.
1400: Built 04, desert/river @ 24 / 10.
1300: Settler.
1250: 2nd irrigation.
1150: 1st Trireme. Built 05, oil.
1050: Built 06, Desert with whale and oil. 6th and final hut on starting land: 25 gold.
1000 bc Summary: Monarchy, 6 cities. 7 techs and an 8th (Currency) next turn. 6 huts popped including one nomad. Units: 1 settler, 1 Trireme, 1 Chariot. 3 roads, 2 irrigations. Treasury: 70.
975: Currency > Trade (8 / 104). 3rd irrigation.
950: 1st and 2nd horses.
925: 4th road. Chariot dropped to mainland.
900: trireme heads back to starting island to pick up 2 horse.
850: Settler. 7th hut: Masonry. 3rd horse.
825: 4th horse.
800: 6th road.
775: 3rd current Settler.
750: Trade > Pottery. S > 30, T > 70. 8th hut: Legion (supported). 9th hut: Construction. 10th hut: Mathematics.
750 bc Summary: Monarchy, 6 cities. 12 techs. 10 huts popped including one nomad. Units: 3 settlers, 1 Trireme, 1 Chariot, 4 horse, 1 legion, 6 roads, 4 irrigations. Treasury: 35.
700: 11th hut: 50 gold.
675: 4th current Settler. Built 07: Desert with Whale and shared Fish.
650: Built 08: Oil. 12th hut: None Nomad.
625: Built 09, Continent 5 forest with Fish. 13th hut: None Nomad.
600: 4th current settler. 8th road. Built 10, "5", desert with 2 oases. Treas: 13.
575: 14th hut: Legion (supported). 3 steps from city 09 and he will disband into either a horse or towards a settler.
550: 9th road.
525: Built 11, "1" Oil. 15th hut: 50 gold. 16th hut: Elephant (supported).
500: Completion of: 1st and 2nd Wonder Caravans. 17th hut: 100 Gold.
500 bc Summary: 11 Cities, Monarchy. No Wonders but plan to have Marco's in 425 bc and Pyramids about 5 turns later (aprox 300 bc). No buildings. Units: 2 Wonder Caravans, 2 Settlers, 1 Trireme, 1 Elephant, 1 Chariot, 4 Horse, 2 Legion. 12 Techs and 74 / 204 towards Pottery. 9 roads, 4 irrigation. End of turn Treasury: 151.
475: Completion of 3rd Wonder Caravan, 6th Horse, 10th road and 5th irrigation. Disbanded supported Legion in continent 5 city 09 towards a trireme that is needed in the South since according to the open map the Northern trireme is unable to reach. 18th hut: Legion (supported). End of turn treas: 40.
450: Completion of 4th Wonder Caravan, 3rd and 4th Settlers and 2nd Trireme (to adventure in the South). 4 Wonder Caravans fill 200 shields for a mystery Wonder.
425:
Marco's . End of turn treasury: 4.
Assessment: China and Carthage have 3 cities each and China is the only civ building a wonder which is Colossus. Rome and the Azteki have but one city each. Available techs include: Pottery, Seafaring, Writing, Literacy, Warrior Code, Iron Working and the Wheel. Montezuma is researching Republic and i am inclined to leave him be to complete it (keeping his beaker cost as low as reasonably possible by not getting any extra techs in his hands except for possibly the bare minimum of 2 to keep myself from finding those techs in a hut).
The exceedingly food-challenged desert landscape leads me to stay in Monarchy for a significant time to come anyway, primarily due to the reduced food cost for Settlers and secondarily for the free unit support. King level makes lots of cities in Monarchy possible before anarchists become an issue, so the dedication of resources for HG can be postponed. I want to pick up every available tech so that any future tech from huts w (from this moment forward) will not be wasted on techs that one or more civs already have. Since i am likely the military powerhouse, i plan to take advantage of this status by demanding tributes. But as an initial priority, first i want the tech and the maps. In preventing any possible Gold tribute demands against me, i will spend the current treasury of 67 to below 50 before approaching the 4 civs (edit: this has been spent down to 4).
Actions:
1. Icy Carths: Tributed them Map Making, Peace, traded for the two techs they had, Pottery and The Wheel, traded maps and they fled.
2. Icy Chinese: Tributed a tech, Peace, traded for the one tech they had, Writing, gifted another tech then their in progres tech of Currency (they are now enthusiastic), traded maps, demanded Tribute and got 0.
3. Uncooperative Romans: Tributed a tech, Peace, Traded for the three they had: Seafaring, Warrior Code, Iron Working, now Cordial, Traded Maps and they fled.
4: Neutral Azteks: Did not tribute the tech they demanded (to keep their beaker count down), Peace, traded for Literacy. Held back on trading for their final tech of Polytheism until next turn since i want to be sure i am able to choose Republic and to otherwise have Poly as a backup. Receptive attitude and no map trade as yet.
Summary: Techs increased from 12 > 19 with one additional tech available to receive (Poly) which will likely take place next turn. Received 3 of 4 maps and 0 of 1 attempted Tribute. Will likely get the Azteki map after they complete Republic. Updated techs in progress by color:
Code of Laws, Republic, NONE,
Warrior Code. Underscored techs indicate those i intend to gift asap.
400: > Republic (110 / 620). 5th current settler, 10th road. Diplomacy: Traded for Polytheism (20th tech). Gifted tech as best i could towards those in progress. Demanded tribute from the Carths and was refused. 19th Hut: 25 gold. 20th Hut: Barb Horde which will eliminate my Legion.
375: 5th irrigation. 21st Hut: None Nomad.
325: 1st current wonder caravan. 13th road. 21st Hut: Mysticism. 22nd Hut: Elephant (supported).
300: Built 13, 4 special coastal desert on continent 5. Continuing with T 70 / S 30 as has been the case uninteruptedly since the completion of Trade.
275: Built 14, starting island desert with Fish and Whale. 23rd hut: Legion (supported).
250: Completion of 2nd and 3rd current wonder carvans, 14th and 15th roads. 24th hut: Elephant (supported).
225: 4th Wonder Caravan. Built 15, orig island, desert coastland with Oasis and Fish. Built 16: Cont 5 desert with 3 specials. 25th hut: Horse supported.
200: 4th current Settler. 4 Wonder Caravans fill 200 shields.
175:
Pyramids . 26th Hut: Horde of Horse.
150: 27th Hut: 50 Gold.
125: 6th current Settler. 28th Hut: 25 Gold. End of turn treas: 8.
100: 7th and 8th settlers. Built 18, Cont 5 grass/river with Banana and Spice. Ending treas: 38.
75: 29th hut: Chariot (supported).
50: 30th hut: Legion (supported). 31st hut: Engineering.
25: 8th and 9th Settlers, 1st wonder Caravan. 32nd hut: None Nomad. 10th current Settler.
1ad: 11th and 12th Settlers, 7th irrigation, Built 19, orig island desert coastland with a shared Fish. Built 20, Far southern Grassland on Cont 5 with peat and Fish. 33rd Hut: None Nomad.
1ad Summary: 20 Cities, Monarchy.
Marco's, Pyramids.
City sizes: 17 size 1's, 3 size 2's. No buildings (1 Harbor in progress)
Units: 11 Settlers, 1 Wonder Caravan, 2 Triremes, 3 Elephants, 2 Chariots, 6 Horse, 1 Legion.
22 Techs and 286 / 704 towards Republic. 24 roads, 7 irrigation. End of turn Treasury: 10.
20: 12th Settler.
40: 13th Settler, 2nd Wonder Caravan. Egypt (re-spawn of destroyed Azteks) develops
Republic. Traded for it (and their map @ cordial) and gifted Rep to the Chinese who were researching it as well as to the other 2 to stimulate swifter research. Updated all maps. Built 21: cont 5 desert with Whale. Built 22: cont 5 desert with Whale. Built 23: Cont 5 Coastal Desert with Fish and shared Oasis. Built 24: Cont 5 Jungle River with Fish and shared Banana. 33rd hut: None Nomad. 34th hut: Legion (supported).
60: > Philosophy (331 / 736). 8th and 9th irrigations. Built 25, cont 2 desert with Oasis, Fish and Whale. First size 2 city becomes unhappy as a signal that HG has become more pressing.
80: 10th Settler. Built 26, cont 5, swamp/river with shared Banana.
100: 10th Settler. Built 27, cont 5 grassland. Built 28, cont 5 desert with Oasis and Oil. Built 29, orig continent, desert with 2 Fish and an Oil. Built 30, cont 6, grass with Spice and Peat.
120: 7th Settler, 1st warrior (for civil defense).
140: 8th Settler. Romans acquire Philosophy and i traded them for it. Becomes my 24th tech. Built 31, orig island, desert coastland with 2 fish, a whale and a shared oil.
160: > Monotheism ( 420 / 858). 8th and 9th Settlers. Egypt and China each complete Banking in the same turn and Rome completes Astronomy. Traded for both techs, 25th and 26th.
180: 11th irrigation. 4 Caras fill 200 shields. Built 33, cont 5 coastal desert with Oasis and 2 Oils. 35th hut: Bridge Building (27th tech). Gifted to Carthage who was researching it.
200:
Hanging Gardens . 36th hut: Nomad. Built 34, Cont 6, grassland with Pheasant .
200 ad Summary: 34 Cities, Monarchy.
Marco's, Pyramids, Hanging Gardens. Would like to build Lighthouse fairly soon. No buildings (1 Harbor in progress) Units: 9 Settlers, 0 Caravans, 5 Triremes, 3 Elephants, 2 Chariots, 6 Horse, 1 Legion, 2 warriors. 27 Techs and 460 / 945 towards Monotheism. 36 Huts opened. Income: 91 Shields 55 Gold, 20 Beakers. 32 roads, 11 irrigation. City sizes: 11 size 2's, 23 size 1's. Population (Low!): 560,000. End of turn Treasury: 32.
220: 10th, 11th and 12th Settlers. Built 35, cont 5 desert with Fish and Oil.
240: Completion of 12th Settler and 1st Wonder Caravan. Carths acquire University and i traded them for it (28th tech). Built 36, cont 5 desert coastland with Oasis, Fish, Whale, Oil. Built 37, cont 5 desert coastland with Oasis and 2 Oils. Built 38, cont 5 forest with Peat and shared Spice.
260: Cities built: 39, 40.
280: 9th and 10th Settlers. Built 41 and 42. 37th hut: Legion (supported). Even with HG, Monarchy is not handling 42 cities very well and several of the size 2's are requiring martial law. This leads to
REVOLUTION!
300:
Republic . T 80 / S 20. Disbanding of multiple units within cities and will primarily utilize all terrain explorers in the near future. Maintaining some 2 movement units that are in a position to uncover nearby additional black, but those which are distant from new exploration are being disbanded within cities. Completion of: 9th Settler, 1st Harbor. Built 43 and 44.
300 ad Summary: Marco's, Pyramids, Hanging Gardens. Republic. 44 Cities.
Buildings: 1 Harbor.
Units: 1 Wonder Caravan, 7 Settlers, 6 Triremes, 1 Elephant, 2 Chariots, 2 Horse, 1 Legion.
28 Techs and 545 / 980 towards Monotheism. 37 Huts opened.
Gross Income: 115 Shields 135 Gold, 32 Beakers. 36 roads, 11 irrigation.
City sizes: 1 size 3, 16 size 2's, 24 size 1's. Population (Low!): 810,000. End of turn Treasury: 6.
