I ended up losing the space race with one component to go, though I should have lost far sooner. The tech leaders were at war and didn't get around to building space ship parts, I guess. I kept pretty good notes through the early middle ages, then nothing. My special unit survived to be upgraded to mech infantry and never promoted, giving me 5 tricky points, I think.
Settle in place, as instructed. worker to cow, start a scout, fortify spear, scout S,W, start CB.
road, scout to GH on mountain=deserted
Scout goes south-ish
3800 see ivory to south
3750 scout to granary, 2nd scout goes east
3700 meet Egypt, trade WC for CB+10 g
3550 Egypt has stack of 7 warriors headed north, ~10 turns from Karakorum! Switch from granary to barracks
3500 2nd deserted GH
3450 Egyptian warriors head south.
Build archer
3200 Meet Carthage, trade WC+CB+8 g for masonry. Building settler
settler headed between cow and wheat
2710 Meet Korea, trade masonry+CB for Alph, BW, Wheel + 60 g
2510 See first barbs, pop hut for 35g
2430 Sell wheel to Egypt & Carthage, getting IW and giving 20 g net
2310 Send settler and THG toward ivory/horses/iron
2230 Connect spices
2070 trade IW+HBR for writing, trade HBR around for gold
1870 settle ivory/iron/horses after a wait for barb horses to leave
1830 settle 3 NE
Egypt demands lit, refuse - war Ally Korea and Carthage
170 bc buy my way into middle ages with cash from min run on republic and expiring gpt from war payments. Still 11 turns to go on republic.
10ad revolt to republic - 3 turn anarchy
Take Giza, get a great leader
Eventually the leader rushes FP.
320 Korea makes peace with Egypt. I learn monotheism, make peace with Egypt - they give engineering and feudalism. I start invention as they don't have it but do have chivalry.
1794 Spaceship loss. I have 9 parts done, working on learning robotics.
