Got it, and opened it up for a look. I will probably not be able to play tonight, but tomorrow I should be able to get round to doing something.
530BC: State of the Nation (a la Smurkz)
Things are a bit messy... better to step back and take some stock, see where we really are. I wouldn't normally do this but:
Long-term goal
World domination, along very organized non-cultural lines.
Short-term goals
Remove Persia, Carthage, and the Iroquois from our continent (but not necessarily in that order).
Turnset goals
- Hook up Horses, switch Sword production over to Horses.
- Build more settlers, make more cities!
- Kill more Persians and Iroquois.
- Make more friends/victims with our wandering Galley.
- Start learning Currency.
Economy
Cities: 15
Gold: 30, +3gpt @ 80%
Research
0%, set to Currency.
Entertainment
20%, Gems, Dyes.
Silks are available, Incense too but distant.
Military
1 Settler
13 Workers
1 Scout
6 Warriors
1 Archer
18 Swords
3 Cats
2 Galleys
1 Curragh
Total: 46
Allowed: 15
Support: 62gpt
There are a number of regular warriors that can be safely disbanded for shields. There are no barbarians on this map so settlers can go unescorted into the fog, we don't need to keep warriors around for escort.
Acquaintances
Persia:
Diplomacy: WAR (will talk)
Gold: 1
Cities: 6
Military (vs Us): Weak
Resources: +Horses,-Iron
Techs: +Construction, -Mysticism,Republic
Workers: 2
Trades: Construction+Worker+1g for peace
Iroquois
Diplomacy: WAR
Gold: 0
Cities: 5
Military: Weak
Resources: +Horses,-Iron
Techs: +Construction, -Mysticism,Philosophy,Horseback Riding
Trades: Construction for peace
Carthage
Diplomacy: Embassy, Peace (permanent), MA vs Iroquois (10 turns remaining)
Gold: 0
Cities: 8
Military: Weak
Techs: -Mysticism,Republic
Trades: None available
Japan
Diplomacy: Peace
Gold: 15
Cities: 7 (known)
Military: Weak
Resources: +Horses,-Iron
Techs: +Polytheism, -Mathematics,Code Of Laws,Philosophy,Map Making
Trades: CoL+Maths for Poly+15g (probably others but this strikes me as the most sensible)
Babylon
Diplomacy: Peace
Gold: 80
Cities: 9 (known)
Military: Average
Resources: -Iron
Techs: +Polytheism, -Republic
Trades: Republic for Poly+80g, but Republic will have better trade value for his free MA tech.
Cities
Mayflower(Size 3, 4/10 food +4fpt): Settler pump, but it's got out of synch. I'll re-synch it.
Emperor Club (5, 6/20, +2): Building Swords (->Horses) but not a good number of shields, I'll see if I can micro it probably to 6spt rather than the 7 it is now.
Spitzer (5, 10/20, +2): Building Swords (->Horses), looks good to go.
Moonlight (5, 6/20, +2): Building Swords, looks good to go.
Capone (3, 8/20, +2): Building Barracks (23/40). Not sure it's a great investment - will switch to Settler.
Chicken Ranch (1, 2/20, +2): Building Barracks (1/40). Still growing, will take its time but a good build nonetheless.
Playboy: (3, 19/20, +1): Building Sword, looks good to go.
Jungle Mansion: (3, 0/20, 0): Building Swords, probably okay, will be a while before it's productive. Possibly build a Harbor there so it can grow & work water tiles for better food & extra cash.
Plain Jem: (1, 16/20, +1): Building a Catapult, okay for now, then a worker.
St Silky: (1, 14/20, +2): Building Barracks (14/40). See Chicken Ranch.
Bordello: (1, 18/20, +2): Building a worker, next up will be a worker or settler.
Golden Ranch: (1, 16/20, +2): Building Barracks (16/40). See Chicken Ranch.
Farmer's Club: (2, 8/20, +2): Building Settler (6/30). Okay, but its wheat ought to get irrigated sooner rather than later.
Rusicade Ranch: (1, 9/20, +3): Building Spear (6/20). Will switch to catapult. Getting water to its cow is a good plan, but the water's a way off right now.
Horse Ranch: (1, 0/20, +2): Building Spear (0/20). Switch to Worker right away. Get horses hooked up ASAP.
Commentary
We're in good shape militarily and should be able to handle war on two fronts without any trouble. The large stack heading into Persia should more than take care of business there. Horses will be online soon and they can quickly get up to the front to lend support, as well as take up the strain against Hiawatha.
Once the Iroquois are gone, we should move the Sword+Cat stack against Carthage. Overall they will be more effective at *killing* Numidians than Horses, but we can still use Horses to ping them and hope they retreat.
Long-term, there's definitely a Lighthouse-navigable passage to the other continent. Carthage switched to the Lighthouse after losing the Pyramids, it might be good to keep Maps out of the hands of as many others as possible (Babs know it though) so as to give them the best chance of completing it for us. The Iros are also building it but Salamanca is NOT on the grid so we would lose it if they built it!
Domestically our cities need a bit of micro to get them in better shape, some are working at less-than-optimum shields per turn. And the settler factory is borked
again 
A number of obsolete/worthless units can be disbanded for shields to free up some more gold.
Trade-wise, I'm going to go ahead and trade for Poly from Japan. Construction is another matter... I've no objections to grabbing it from Persia, then immediately re-declaring, if we want to take the risk of someone on the other continent making contact before our immediate neighbours are dead. I'm inclined to wait 'til we know everyone (and possibly Currency too) and see if we can get a peaceful deal done for it.
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Tad, you around?
