Turn 242 [continued turn] AD1660
I was really hoping Vara and Tlat would become somebody else's
problems, but I guess they're still mine for a few turns.
I hire a merchant in Vara. It'll still grow into unhealthiness in
two turns, but with all that excess food, that's probably not
such a big deal. I do add a harbor to its queue.
I leave Tlat as it is. I think when Tenoch finishes its courthouse
I'll swap the clam and cow tiles between the cities to get some
more hammers for Tlat, and then stagnate Tlat's growth. The
mausoleum in Tenoch. should finish before Tlat grows again.
Turn 243
Delhi is at 413/1500 for SoL.
Patty finishes a workboat (for those southern clams) and I start
it on a mausoleum. It has room under both caps, so I
de-stagnate it.
Lahore finishes a mausoleum. I start it on a harbor. I hire a
merchant so that it won't grow before the harbor comes in. I think
two turns of that merchant should do it, and I'll send him back
out to the tiles if I remember in two turns.
Turn 244
Pop up: Suleiman demands cows. I refuse.
Churchill and Washington make peace with AC and Gilly. Awww.
Churchill and Washington will trade rifling.
Churchill only needs Constitution from us, and that's not
enough for him to part with rifling.
Washington would trade us rifling for Democracy, and maybe
we should do that after SoL is complete.
Delhi: 514/1500.
Bombay finishes mausoleum. I start it on a stable, I guess.
Vara grows to size 11 and into unhealthiness. It finishes its
university and starts a harbor. It's also at its happy cap.
Turn 245
Agra grows to size 12 and finishes a grocer. I start a colloseum.
VJ finishes a grocer. I start it on an aqueduct.
I stagnate Vara. Note that it will emerge from stagnation in
four turns when it finishes its harbor, and it is at its happy cap.
Delhi: 615/1500.
Turn 246
Astro comes in. I set research for chemistry in 4 turns at 40%.
Washington and Churchill will trade Divine Right.
Hide-a-bed grows to size 7.
Tlat finishes its courthoues and starts the Maoi statues. It really
needs those hammers.
Delhi: 716/1500. I burn the great engineer, and we're up to
1476/1500. SoL next turn!
Turn 247
Churchill, Washington, and Sully all get Great Prophets.
Madurai grows to size 4.
Bombay completes stable and starts observatory.
I finally remember about firing the merchant in Lahore. Harbor is
now in 2 turns and growth in 3. (Darn, missed by a turn.)
And...
28 base overflow hammers *1.75 will become 49 actual hammers for
Oxford in Delhi. The free specialist brings Delhi out of
starvation, at least temporarily.
Going Forward
a) Bombay hasn't put any hammers into the observatory yet if you
want to change it to something else.
b) I think that when Tenoch finishes its mausoleum next turn, Tenoch
and Tlat should swap the cow tile and the clam tile. If Tlat had the cow
tile, it'd be easier to get it to an even number of food, and easier to
stagnate it. Plus, it really needs the hammers more.
c) We have a new specialist in every city. I made no attempt to
optimize them. They may all be artists, for all I know. So Liq or
whoever goes next should make sure they're set ok.
d) Delhi has come out of starvation. [Edit: That is, it's food
flow is positive again. We never actually lost population due
to starvation there.] It's also running only two
specialists, I think. Maybe we should hire some more scientists
there? Or should we leave it as it is until Oxford finishes?
Anyway, please have a look.
e) There are techs out there to be traded for: rifling, divine right.
