Inherited Turn
Looking at F4 we have the following deals about to expire:
Peace + 21gpt with the Romans expiring in 6 (+21)
Spices for 6gpt with the Romans expiring in 9 (-6)
Spices + 3gpt for Incense with the Chinese expiring in 9 (+3)
34gpt with the Chinese expiring in 9 (+34)
So we should be picking up 52gpt by the end of my run. I am thinking I will just renew the Spices for Incense deal after we had to up the ante last time we renegotiated.
Change Madrid from Library to Galley. Suicide galleys awayyyy!
380 Madrid Galley=>Galley
I China starts Copernicus
390
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I Rome starts Magellans. I will continue running suicide galleys but I should be the last player to do it. Our window of opportunity is slamming shut fast.
400 Madrid Galley=>Galley
Seville Harbor=>Granary
Gibraltar Harbor=>Aqueduct
Rome, Vikings and England have Printing Press.
410 We lose a suicide galley 1 turn west of Seville.
I Vikings start Copernicus
420 Madrid Galley=>Galley
Valencia Harbor=>Temple
I England calls and demands our TM + 29g. Brighton is safe so shed have to come to the mainland to lose her troops and our people could use the happiness boost if she declares. I tell her to bugger off and she does!
430 Harbor=>Colosseum. Can be changed but I am kind of stuck as to what to build. At least Colosseums help our never ending Happiness problems.
Vitoria Marketplace=>Aqueduct
Another galley goes down 1 turn west of Santiago
A galley goes down 2 turns west of Brighton
I get sick of the carnage and change Madrid to a Colosseum, same scenario as above.
I Ceasar appears and we renew our peace deal
The Iroquois build the Sistine Chapel in Salamanca
The English get Copernicus in Warwick from the cascade
440
Romes deal expiring have left us with and income of 50gpt and 291 in the bank, lets go shopping
Just one thing to do first, move our galleys.
CONTACT
Suicide Galley #129 makes contact with Persia. Suicide Galley #130 breathes a sigh of relief.
They know the Zulu and Iroquois, and know Monarchy, Feudalism and Engineering. We can afford Printing Press and Education.
I am not going to do anything this turn. I am 1 turn away from meeting the Iroquois, but they want ~22gpt for contact. Ill trade next turn.
450 Some good news, some bad news.
Bad news first. By
1 tile away, I should have said SEA tile. Suicide Galley #129, plummets to the depths like MC Hammers career. Persia also knows Education
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Now some good news. The Iroquois border expanded and we got contact, they must have thought the frantic waving of the crew a welcoming gesture.
Trade England: WM + 14gpt + 259g for Printing Press
This is 2gpt + 20g cheaper than last turn.
Trade Iroquois: Printing Press for Feudalism + WM + 10gpt + 41g + Contact with Zulu.
Trade Persia: Printing Press + 6gpt + 4g for Engineering
Trade Zulu: Printing Press + 12g for Chivalry
In total we get Printing Press, Chivalry, Feudalism, Engineering and a WM for 10gpt + 234g.
I leave it there for now. We can trade a lot more, for example
England: All contacts + WM + 20gpt + 98g for Invention + Education
But next turn we have deals expire that get us an extra 31gpt to play with. We only have one shot with the Contact selling, so I hope they dont make contact this turn.
Change Colosseums to Libraries.
460 Pamplona Marketplace=>Aqueduct
Nobody has made contact. I have 93gpt + 144g and contacts to play with. It seems I cant count and its next turn that the Spice deals expire.
470 All of our Lux deals were killed by the AI so Madrid goes into disorder. I flip ahead to stop any other cities from going into disorder
Toledo Aqueduct=>Granary.
I go through and return all the Taxmen to workers to get out income back up.
I notice that neither Persia nor Iroquois has any native Horses, but the Zulus have 2. Its Persia that has to buy, but until we get Navigation and a Harbor in Brighton we cant sell. Both the Vikings and Rome have spares.
Ahhh, the power of Contacts, its not what you know its who you know.
Trade Iroquois: All contacts + 2g for Invention + Education. They go from Cautious to Annoyed????
Thats all they have except Monarchy, same for the Persians and Zulus, everyone has Monarchy except us.
In our neck of the woods:
Rome, Banking, Astronomy, Gunpowder, Furs and needs Spices
China, Astronomy, Gunpowder, Dyes, Incense and needs Spices
England, Astronomy, Gunpowder, Banking
Vikings, Astronomy, Gunpowder
We can afford Banking,hehehe.
Trade England: Zulu, Persia + WM + 35gpt + 224g for Banking
Set Scientist to Democracy
Trade China: Zulu, Persia + Banking + WM + Spices + 1g for Astronomy + Dyes + Incense
Trade Vikings: Zulu, Persia + Banking + WM for Gunpowder
Trade Rome: Zulu, Persia + Spices + WM for Furs + 6gpt + 1g
Rome still doesnt have the Ivory by Lutetia hooked up!?!?!
Rome, China, England and the Vikings all have Navigation and Chemistry but all our 51gpt gets us is doubtful. Navigation gets us our UU, its expensive now but will be dirt cheap once Magellans is finished.
Change Libraries to Banks.
Notes
We have Saltpeter but it isnt connected yet. There is a Worker already on the tile roading it, but if you decide we would be better with Pikemen tell him to stop.
Pay careful attention to the build times. By switching to coastal tiles near completion I was able to boost income by as much as 15gpt. Madrid and Barcelona can swing as much as 7gpt each.
After Aqueducts finish we have to make sure that a Granary will finish before growing or itll take forever to get to 8 and beyond. We also desperately need courthouses in all our cities, as shield poor as we are we cant afford to waste any. The increased Commerce will also help.
If we irrigate all the regular Grassland up by Toledo we will be able to use both hills and the Iron Mountain.
Look into mining some of the Plains near Madrid so that it can pull 20spt. Its nearly there now and its already 12 so excess food is wasted. Let Seville fish if it has to.
Santiago and Zaragoza are set so that the Aqueduct and Market both finish faster, but may need reworking depending on what is built next in both cities. Zaragoza still needs a Temple.
If Seville uses the Forest for 2 turns and then lets Madrid use it, the Granary will build in 4. If it fishes it will build in 5. After that let it fish. It makes a nice 5spt for even build times.
I also shuffled Valencia and Gibraltar so Gibraltar could get to 5spt.
We have ~50gpt to spend lets rush some improvements.
Add the Zulus to the list of Criminal land wasters. Im disgusted with them. Any of the starting AI positions would have been better. Surprisingly F11 lists us as 7th in size.
We could try and snag Smiths. The Palace is 600 shields, the same as Smiths. Barcelona has 23 turns to go. We could manage that to slow it if necessary. If we go this way we should set the Scientist to Economics
SAVE
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