GPS to Tom.
My neighbors, the Mayas, expand fast!
Hopefully they'll become friends, because I have the forboding that times will come, where we Americans need to stick together. There have been reports that those white gods in their huge canoes are no gods, but indeed quite human: reports say they have already pillaged and burned peaceful villages, and their behaviour when drinking "strange water" is quite outrageous!
My neighbors, the Mayas, expand fast!
Hopefully they'll become friends, because I have the forboding that times will come, where we Americans need to stick together. There have been reports that those white gods in their huge canoes are no gods, but indeed quite human: reports say they have already pillaged and burned peaceful villages, and their behaviour when drinking "strange water" is quite outrageous!
In fact I purposely set the difficulty level to Emperor, because in "Rise of Japan" the AI was only Regent and absolutely useless later-on because it's so backward... Trading (resources, maps, techs, ect) is an important aspect of the game and makes it more interesting. So I vote for it. (Also when I decided to play the Aztecs, I figured that getting some help from the Mayas and Incas was my only chance of getting out of my hopeless position... 
These meso-american techs are incredibly expensive, especially with only one town of size 3...!) All of you have contact with the Netherlands, so there won't be any advantage or disadvantage to anybody. Just trade when you can get a good deal. (This will also make the Netherlands "polite" and reduce the risk of an attack...)
