OK the situation is dire: swapping Babylon from unimproved bg of food 2 to unimproved fp of food 2 does not relaly help the situation the settler will be produced before the growth to size 5
We actually need all fp tiles irrigated which will take quite a long time with only one non-ind worker. Actually 14 turns
So after long pondering I decide to work 2 unimproved fps and 2 improved bgs which will time pop growth to 5 and settler coming out in 5 turns, we are only producing 2 extra food atm so that will actually gain time on growth of Babylon.
Also I am a bit surprised we did not start a Poly min science gamble ASAP in this game, running min science
on Alphabet does not make sense and we have too many units, I nix reasearch !
1-2510bc : Exploration towards Purple border continues..Romans met and they have all techs except Masonry, no deal possible though...
Our worker starts irrigating the fp.
2-2470bc :exploring
3-2430bc : exploring
4-2390bc : Settler produced with babylon going back to size 3, Flood plain is now irrigated, we have +3 food.
Babylon seton Temple, to wait for other fp to be irrigated.
5-2350bc : Worker irrigating other fp. Settler moving towards site along river.
6-2310bc : exploring
7-2270bc : exploring
8-2230bc : exploring
9-2190bc : Ur founded on river with bgs and cow : it can later share the cow with the wheat site if we have time
to settle it, we might not go for ICS but we will need a dense build.
Now that we are relieved of unit support, finally a trade opportunity : 100g and 1gpt to Zulus for Masonry.
Romans do not have Masonry so I hesitate a long time about which tech to do the 2fer and unwillingly go for Iron Working instead of Alphabet, and that because without being able to take cities we might want to rush for this strat resource to settle with our next settler, it would definitely make our lives easier.
Iron Working from Romans for Masonry, 16g and 3gpt.
The only reachable Iron source (from what I can see) is in deep jungle...
10-2150bc : Worker finishes irrigation of 2nd flood plain and moves on to the 3rd flood plain, roads can wait right now, Temple is due in one and Babylon can then go on to Settler and follow the Arathorn plan *once* the 3rd flood plain is irrigated which will be in 4 turns.
No change on the diplo/tech front.
We're really crammed and I dont see how we can turn this around but hey what do I know ? I had the same feeling in RBP6 and LotR6...
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads5/HammerOnThem_of_the_Babylonians,_2150_BC.zip