Here it is guys, and of course I had fun or I would have come home.
@Bede love the advisors, I dug them up in the C&C forum and dled them myself.
Pre turn We have wines and iron, but no horses. Take worker out of fields in Edrine in effort to build granary before growth. May have to MM Bursa for same effect when mine done. Drop sci to 50 for extra gold piece. Thats about it
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1325 bc (1) drop sci to 30 for extra 5 gold. Move warriors into position for some barb bashing. Sailing.
1300 bc (2) choose philo next (10turns). Get 25 gold from harrapan encampment. MM Istanbul, settler and growth in 2. See orange borders with western curragh.
IBT we put a new entrance on the royal cave.
1275 bc (3) We meet English. They have 35g and some gems they cant trade. 35 seems a bit light for HBR, so Ill make em wait a bit.
IBT Istanbul settler -> settler
1250 bc (4) I can see a coast across from Hastings, but at four tiles, Im not bold enough to try it.
IBT Iznik curragh -> worker
1225 bc (5) MM Edrine, granary in 1, pop in 2.
IBT Edrine granary -> worker.
1200 bc (6) See a lonely Dutch warrior 20 or so tiles up the coast from Utrecht. I expect to see another civ up this way soon
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1175 bc (7) What are these barbs set to? I find two more encampments this turn. Vikes now have Map and 50g, English still 35g. Philo in 7.
IBT Edrine worker -> temple. I want that iron.
1150 bc (8) Izmit founded, starts granary. Get 25g from Parthian camp, reg warr promotes.
IBT Iznik worker -> granary.
1125 bc (9) see more red borders with western (now actually furthur east) curragh.
1100 bc (10) meet Byzantines. Trade writing + HBR for math + 35g.
IBT Istanbul settler -> spear
1075 bc (11) nothing noteworthy.
IBT Bursa granary -> spear.
1050 bc (12) THE DAMN VIKINGS HAVE PHILOSOPHY NOW!!!! Obviously a gamble that didnt pay off. Not quite sure how they discovered it so quick tho. The most painful thing is that the English just got poly a couple turns ago. Trade English writing and HBR for Poly and 35g. Trade dutch math for map and 75 g. Trade Ragnar math for Philo and 50g. That leaves spain with 10g, everyone else broke, and were tech leader. Start research on lit.
1025 bc (13) more of the aforementioned nothing.
1000 bc (14) - Our vet warrior gets redlined attacking a barb, now he has to heal before dispersing the camp.
975 bc (15) Aydin founded, start granary.
Not too much to report here. Our curragh is about two turns away from landfall to the NW. We probably want a couple more spears for defense, until the rest of the island is settled. We may want to consider sending a settler or two to claim the incense north of Dutch. Still pretty mad about my little Philosophy gambit.
Anyway, heres the save:
Ragnar shall feel my wrath!!
And a screenie. On the minimap, western circle is England, Midddle in Incense, and Eastern is Byzantines.