I suppose it's been a little while, but I've always planned to finish this game. And I've played a few different games over the past month and feel comfortable playing and writing up the rest of this one.
First thing to do: switch to Literature.
I've got marble and a perfect place to put the Great Library. In other news, Cyrus has a settling party heading for the gap in my territory.
I really wasn't in the mood to have him settle my backyard, so I adjusted the tiles in my capital.
This delayed the great scientist by one turn, but allowed me to 2-pop whip the settler on the next turn.
With the settler built, I revolted to Judaism to join the Jewish party going on on the continent.
Cyrus is now the only gentile on the landmass which should make my staying friends with everybody else slightly easier as Cyrus can be the lightening rod. That said, the people on this continent don't really care about religion super much.
Sure enough, I get to where I'm heading one turn before Cyrus gets there.
It's possible he was heading to the blue circle. But no matter. I'm happy either way. I closed borders.
The idea here is now Cyrus can't send the party through my lands to the unclaimed land to my north. Possibly he wouldn't have? I'm not really sure of the game mechanics here.
The Great Scientist heads over to Pyongyang.
Here he will build an academy at the future Great Library + National Epic site.
With Literature in, I decide to head for Civil Service.
This is sped up by trades. Yay trading!
The next turns carry on without drama. I settle another city up to the north. I build a few cottages and some basic city infrastructure.
After furious chopping around Pyongyang, the Great Library is complete.
And a few turns after that, I found Confucianism.
I've got no plans to do anything with this. But it's nice to the extent that nobody else on my continent will be founding it and messing up our love-fest. I stop play here.
State of the World:
The Empire:
The peaceful expansion phase is almost over. War is coming.
Key Cities:
Seoul is slow-building my final settler of the game. I don't really want to finish the Parthenon. I want the marble-powered fail gold from it. Going forward I plan to grow this city on its farms. Build the Heroic Epic and run Buro and use the city to churn out military units.
After finishing the National Epic, Pyongyang is going to run two scientists and put its citizens on the cottages along the riverside that are nearing completion. For the next 1000 years Pyongyang is going to pull double duty as the great person farm and major science center.
Tech Screen:
The following trades are available:
Frenemies:
Civics:
Going forward I plan to do the trades for Calendar and Monarchy and then revolt into OR and HR. I'm going to stay in slavery until the end of the medieval war. I'm planning to tech up to Civil Service. And then with maces, the Korean Hwacha, and an assortment of other units wage a war. I'm thinking of targeting either Bismark because he's backwards and has built several wonders or Cyrus, the likely target of JC's fist. I'll be taking a side-step to research music for the Great Artist (and subsequent golden age) and the trade bait it provides.
Your comments, questions, thoughts, and answers are all welcomed!