Situation Assessment: It is 1200BC and we have 2 cities. To improve those 2 cities, we have a grand total of 1 worker. We are playing a financial civ and our worker has built exactly 0 cottages.
Washington, our capitol, is currently unhappy. The city governor is turned off. It does have 3 food resources, sheep, fish, and corn, making it a prime whipping site. It has currently built 1/3
rd of a Barracks.
New York, our other city, has been built in the middle of a desert. In order to access its lone food resource, some pigs, it will need a border expansion. It currently has a Library queued up with no hammers yet invested. Also sitting in the queue is a Barracks that has 1 turn's worth of hammers invested.
While a library is not a bad idea, we can get a border expansion quicker by researching mysticism and whipping the Obelisk. If my math is correct, we can whip the Obelisk in 6 turns, whereas it will take 13 turns to whip the Library. The Obelisk will expand the borders in 10 turns, while the Library will expand the borders in only 5. That is a savings of only 2 turns; I'm not sure if that is worth diverting our current research.
On second thought, maybe it is worth it. I ran some numbers in Excel. (And hopefully they are right). Basically, we can whip a Library and build a Worker in 19 turns. However, we can whip an Obelisk and build
2 Workers in 18 turns. And we could sure use more Workers!
We are currently researching Alphabet with 9 turns remaining. We have 13 gold and are adding to it at +1gpt with 90% on the research slider.
Objectives: Founding a city at yellow dot is the priority. After that we are going to need Workers and Archers. Hopefully, I can get the next person setup to build some Settlers.
Turn 0 - 1200BC: First thing to do is stop the starvation in DC. It is down to only 1 food in the storage bin. Next, I override the Library in NY for a Worker. Research is preempted to Mysticism.
And lastly, we revolt to Slavery! I find it ironic that use of the whip will improve the citizen's happiness.
IBT: A barb Warrior steps out of the fog heading towards DC.
Turn 1 - 1160BC: I
the Barracks in Washington. The angry citizen is now gone. I turn on the
avoid growth button to prevent the city growing into unhappiness again.
Turn 2 - 1120BC: Washington completes the Barracks. There is enough overflow to build an Archer, as well.
Turn 3 - 1080BC: Washington completes the Archer and starts another one. Meanwhile, that barb Warrior is in position to attack next turn.
IBT: Our newest Archer takes a few licks, but the barb Warrior is toast.
Turn 4 - 1040BC: Mysticism comes in and research resumes on the Alphabet. The Worker in NY is preempted for an Obelisk.
Boston, aka Yellow Dot, is founded. Work begins on an Obelisk.
Turn 5 - 1000BC:
the Obelisk in New York.
Turn 6 - 975BC:
er, uh, no, wait make that a
instead.
Turn 7 - 950BC: Washington trains an Archer and starts another one.
Turn 8 - 925BC: more
Turn 9 - 900BC: We meet Cyrus, whose troops are apparently visiting the Chinese city of Shanghai.
IBT: A barb Archer steps onto a hill outside of New York.
Turn 10 - 875BC: Washington completes the Archer and starts on a Settler. It should be able to be whipped in about 6 or 7 turns. Meanwhile, New York completes the Worker and starts another one.
After 10 turns, here is what our empire looks like:
Unfortunately, I did not get a whole lot done this set of turns. While I did get Boston in place, the iron is still not even close to being hooked up. It still needs a mine and the road needs to be built between New York and Boston. Oh, and that unit on the hill SE of New York is a barb Archer. I'm not sure if he is going to go after NY or our road crew Worker.
Honestly, I don't think the barbs are going to be much of a factor for too much longer. The AI's are expanding toward us which will eliminate the fog of war. I'm thinking the best thing we can do right now is to start spamming Settlers. If we hurry, we can get 2 or 3 cities down south, from the gems to the bananas, all the way back up to the flood plains of New York.
Here is a better picture if someone wants to do up a dot map. I took a shot at it, but frankly, I didn't really care for what I was coming up with.
I think our priority should be the area to the south. Once that is filled in, then we can start on the land to the east of DC. Personally, I think we should just keep building cities even if it does torch us financially. Hopefully, we can research/trade our way into Code of Laws and build Courthouses before we are totally out of money. This empty land isn't going to be around for too much longer.
