Some semi-random thoughts...
At this point I think we need to try and get some settlers on the islands... and possibly look at settling some more jungle to the southeast. I was seriously tempted to switch to a market in New Berlin and rush a market for happiness purposes...we will need to watch that city as it grows.
I'd like Gengis to take a look at this, and see if he has any ideas for speeding up the tech pace.
Though Universities would certainly give us a boost, I don't want to see our military lag too much... we need to build some Knights, because they defend as well as pikes. I'd like to have a couple of knights for each of our southerly border cities, to skirmish in the event of a war.
As this game develops we may see war break out on the other continent. They're getting built out over there, and all 3 of those civs have a UU that comes with Chivalry. We need to maintain an even number of AI (an odd number of civs) so that the UN vote won't be a tie... I have my doubts that Russia can survive this game, and it may make sense to assimilate some Russian cities at some point. We need to get bigger to guarantee a spot on the UN ballot.
As much as I dislike this, we need to keep France in this game. The AI plays France well, and I think the best chance of getting the UN on this continent is if the French build it. If we must capture the UN, it will be easier if it's on our landmass.
Order of go:
Gengis Khan: on deck
Tallanas: warming up
scoutsout: just played
Mistfit: UP!