Again the value of a week's break from the game means I come into this 50 turns with some new insights.
Health is the major late game problem, so I'm going to make a play for Hanging Gardens. I also want to try for Apostolic Palace, to stop the AI getting it.
Otherwise, complete the two quests and head towards Liberalism. Another 3-4 cities would be nice too.
After Banking, I go for Education (8 turns), therefore with a couple of turns left, I whip 1 forge and 1 stable.
Meet Mehmed, the last of the AI.
Forge quest, I take the free Engineer.
Gandhi builds Apostolic :grrr.
Stable quest, I take the extra food from stable.
The barbs save me from having to build a settler for here.
Get Hanging Gardens, which is somewhat of a relief after losing Apostolic.
I'm thinking about National Wonders as well and as I'm going space I need the capital to be a production powerhouse, so Moai Statues are built there.
Alex and Kublai decide to gang up on Gandhi. Gandhi builds the Statue of Zeus two turns later :lol.
Name says it all really.
I get the free Merchant from Economics, I've already got one and an artist lying about. Second Golden Age started.
Here's the capital with Colossus, Moai statues and Golden Age going on.
This is a pretty decent site actually.
This one good as well, notice I circumnavigate as well.
Another indifferent city.
I finish my GP golden age and build Taj Mahal with a GE for another.
Another Prophet appears and I use him for Taoist Shrine.
Delay Liberalism for ages (could keep going if I wanted to no-one has Paper yet) but decide on Assembly Line as getting factories up and countering the unhealthiness as early as possible is good.
I'm going to have to destroy my beloved Colossus and Great Library in the next 10 turns as after Railroad and Combustion I have no other techs to research, will probably get rid of Great Library first as I think I'm getting more benefit from Colossus.
I'm one turn from building Statue of Liberty (unaided by GE) in the capital. Here's what's happening in the rest of the empire.
Also, Alex's annoying city here started to steal tiles from Tarsus (had the rice and tile next to it flip, with 65% Greek ownership and it started to starve). So I built Hermatige, Confused Academy and Taj Mahal here. This city will flip to me and then it will burn :lol.
Alex/Kublai and Gandhi are having it out again, which is good as Alex has caught up to me in power and is annoyed. Some cannons and infantry will fix that.
Could easily just churn out the infantry for domination here but Corporations and Space will be investigated.
Major problem I see: Currently I have 4 happy faces in my major cities from elephants and fur (because of market). These will disappear as I tech into the SS techs. I need to find replacement happiness resources for these and the resources I am currently tading for using these. Broadway and Rock and Roll are the probable replacements (but only 2 happies).
Research: Banking, Theology (Prophet bulb), Printing Press, Education, Liberalism (all but last turn), Nationalism, Constitution, Democracy, Corporation, Construction (trade), Replaceable parts, Gunpowder, Engineering, Chemistry, Steam power, Steel, Liberalism, Assembly Line (from Liberalism), Railroad (not completed)