prethoughts (in descending priority order):
- we're low on power (dead last in fact): check the graph
- we lack infrastructure
- we lack tile improvement (and roads!)
- we're a bit short on workers (rule of thumb for me is one worker /city) + they are spread wide apart = not efficient.
- civics : good so (i will run Caste system probably at some point, for artists in the far side of the country)
- traded metal casting for calendar and HBR + money with JC and Cyrus. Here is the trading advisor after 1 turn (you can see I traded all I could
)
- traded wheat for 3 gpt to cyrus (he'll grow stronger that way = better cities for us
)
- rearranged tiles, whip catapult in iron wheat (west city)
- moved axe from banana split (south city) to the north
turn 1 : kashi wishnathing in technotitlan (T1 just isn't tasty
), hinduism in HE city, moved worker to forest hil near technotitlan, whipped forge in HE city
turn 2 : JC demands currency... No way! I'm currently building an army to march over your head, julius. Worker starts chopping for GL. Another worker starts cutting jungle, a third starts a cottage.
turn 3 : worker finishes chop = GL is done. troops gathering near cumae. cannot go for caste system yet
turn 4 : GL done, start catapult.
turn 5 : barracks done in coastal, start catapult, catapult ready in technotitlan,start forge. I revolt to caste system to culturally expand stonasis (east city) (1 turn with 3 artists is enough).
I trade metal casting + HBR to MM for theology.
turn 6: CS is researched. JC declares war on me! He captures south worker! I promote all warriors available to spears/axes.
turn 7 (375 AD) : Jc pillages a cottage in technotitlan. I sacrifice a catapult on his stack then send a jaguar and a spear to finish it. South stack suicides on fortified CG1 archer. I move the rest of my troops next to cumae.
turn 8 (400 AD): I switch to bureaucracy and theocracy, jaguar promotes for fast healing, axe promotes to medic to help him. spear moves next to cumae, cat bombards.
turn 9 : cat bombards, healed jaguar + other troops move to cumae
turn 10 : cats bombard, troops fortify, worker done in stonasis
turn 11 : cats bombard
turn 12 (500 AD) : cat bombard, cat attacks, jaguar attacks, spear attacks.
cumae is mine. roman catapult kills my reinforcement catapult
turn 13 (520 AD): machinery = macemen! I upgrade an axe to mace and start researching meditation (1 turn
) I fortify all my troops into cumae for now.
turn 14: mace kills roman catapult and promotes to CG2 for fast healing.
turn 15: Roman HA suicides on spears in cumae.
(i couldn't continue the turn log, it just took too much time, sorry)
among the other moves : captured a second roman city (just north of stonasis, Neapolis) and sued for peace (gold!)
I traded with FdR and MM for compass and optics and built a few caravels. I researched paper, nearly finished research on education (universities to be built!), MM and FdR have guilds
I also attacked cyrus, took 3 (or is it only 2 and one due next turn?) cities, including horse city (or is it due next turn?), he really is helpless vs macemen
Strategic thoughts :
- The caravels must find our oversea rivals (trade!) asap
- Liberalism is due. Others don't have paper (I didn't trade it!), it should be easy. I targetted astronomy as free tech, but don't take this as a must do.
- HE is due at the end of the turn. The city has both judaism and hinduism, so switching state religion isn't a too big deal.
- I started Hanging gardens in technotitlan but no hammer is invested yet, so a change isn't going to harm anything.
- Cyrus is a pain (land grab from being creative!), he's better dead, but I'm not sure we can assimilate all his cities without digging a grave for us.
- FdR is running away in tech, though in a wrong direction IMHO.
- I think we're safe from backstabbing in the south (being a member of the jew block is expensive (no cultural bonus, only one jewish city
), but it pays off to be safe from dogpiling. Check the power graph, we're in second place now, so any dogpiling should hit cyrus and not us :
- JC is pleased towards us, but I'm sure he's building units to backstab us again.
edit : corrected some erroneous data, now that i'm home and can see the game, added the promised screenies (in french, sorry
)