Preflight 30 AD Gandhi is playing a 4CC, I think he will be the focus of my attention, especially without iron or horses.
Mongols have horses. Rome has iron and horses. Persia has iron.
With science at 70%, we can get literature in 8 turns, with a -34gpt budget.
IBT - Kill a Persian archer.
Shanghai: horse=>sword
1. 50 AD Find a Persian settler pair NW of the former France.
Kills: Legion, Indian archer (3-0)
Thanks for the go-tos.
IBT Lose two swords to legions. Kill a legion and a Roman warrior.
2. 70 AD Kill Persian spear, collect two slaves.
Kills: Roman archer, 2 Legions,
Lost: 2 swords to legions, (9-4)
IBT Lose horse to Mongol archer. Kill Mongol archer, kill Legion
3. 90 AD Kills: Roman spear (12-5)
IBT Lose a sword to a Persian warrior. Kill a Persian archer. Lose our wine colony and the defending sword to a Persian archer. Kill a Persian archer, see an Immortal, Kill a Mongol archer.
Shanghai: sword=>sword
Canton: Galley=>sword
3. 110 AD Lost: 2 Horses to Persian Archers (12-7)
We know that Persia is NW of where France used to be.
IBT Lost a sword to a Mongol Archer.
4. 130 AD Retreat two horses. (12-8)
IBT Lost our gems colony.
5. 150 AD Science drops to 60%, lit due in 2.
IBT Shanghai: sword=>sword
6. 170 AD Kill: Immortal, Persian archer
Lost: sword to Persian archer.
Move next to Bangalore.
Science to 50%, lit due next. Get 25g from some barbs. (14-9)
IBT Immortal retreats a horse.
Canton: sword=>sword
7. 190 AD Change Shanghai to the Great Library and Sun-Tzu builds it in one season.
@ Bangalore Hawkeyes Army defeats the spear and the city autorazes. (15-9)
IBT
8. 210 AD Kills: Persian Archer, Immortal (17-9)
IBT Kill a Persian archer. Temujin wants to talk. He was nine cities. And he wont give all of them to us. Ha!
Lose a sword to a Mongol horse.
We learn Math from the library. Shanghai and Canton are switched over to catapults.
We also learn CoL, Construction and Polytheiesm.
9. 230 AD Three Mongols are just north of our fur colony. Move a warrior up to block the road. We might be in a bit of trouble. Change Shanghai back to a sword,
Up in Persia, Move a stack next to Sidon, an iron city. (17-10)
IBT Retreat two Mongol horses and a third kills our warrior.
Canton: cat=>cat
10. 250 AD Kills: Legion guarding settler, Immortal, Indian spear guarding settler.
Lost: sword,
@ Sidon Retreat a Horse, sword kills a spear, sword kills spear, raze the city and capture six Persian slaves. Persia has another iron source. (22-12)
After Action There is a stack of Mongols north of the fur colony. We have a Sod scattered up in Persia and France. Id gather it and head for either Rome or Persia.
I would press home the attack on India once the forces are healed.
Id keep one city building cats until we have about 50.
Lux slider needs to to be moved.
SITREP from NW front:
SITREP from NE Front:
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