GotM 169 Spoiler

[grigor]

I thought at the time that I played this phase very efficiently - I built something in Chicago almost every turn. Science came every 2 turns and wonders fell into place well. In retrospect, I should have spent more time irrigating Chicago for later growth - it stayed in size 14 from 140ad to 480ad. Is it possible I should have stopped everything and build a round of settlers? What is the optimum civ size before Democracy? I got to 40 cities, but maybe 6o is better?

Status at 225BC: 21 Cities, 6 Settlers,
HG, MPE, Wall, Cope’s, Colossus.
MC this turn. Use for growth and expansion.
Tons of Barbs now in Pennsylvania should be repelled by phalanxes.
--a city in Victoria will save a turn and prevent some unhappiness -- ditto in Detroit.
-- settle Ireland? I didn't get there until 1000 years later.
-- Get Pyr from French? (walled on a river) -didn't happen
-- Want irr in LBH, Great Falls and Dubuque. Want Roads around Milwaukee.
Goal by 1AD: Engineering, Med, San, Shakes.

200 Tenochtitlan builds GL. We can capture it! Bemidji builds MC. Celebrations in Dubuque, Chicago, Cheyenne, Seattle, Crow, LBH. Quebec founded. Cherokee captured.
175 Russians get Curr. French in Republic. Chinese CB. LBH builds settler and continues celebration. Fort Hays founded.
150 Dubuque Wine to Chicago (u, 44) Minneapolis cloth to Chicago (u, 46). Dallas, Hamilton founded.
125* Engineering => Med Chicago size 8. Chicago buys Aqueduct

75 Des Moines Wine to Chicago (u, 64).
50 French develop Bank. They won’t trade.
25* Medicine => Univ. Chicago Hides to Moscow (d, 502) Crow Oil to Chicago (u, 156)
1AD Chicago MP Univ ->San. Chicago buys Univ.

Status at 1AD: --26C, 2 Settlers, 5 Vans, 3 boats.
-- researching Sanitation. Tech path: San, Bank Chem, ToG, Inv
Chicago size 11 should build something every turn. Tech comes every two turns.

20 Russians get Eng. Chicago size 12. Cheyenne Gems to Chicago (u, 132) Chicago builds Univ, buys CH. Chicago hides to Moscow (d, 520). Remains of huge English Barbs immolating on Vet Phalanx in Ontario
40 Moscow builds KRC Sanitation => ToG. Chicago builds CH, buys Sewer. Thedford (27).
Dubuque Gems to Chicago (u, 66). Cheyenne Gems to Chicago (u, 162).
60* Chicago builds Sewer, Buys van.
80 ToG =>Chem. Des Moines Cloth to Chicago (u, 80). Mason City silver to Chicago (u, 74 Mason City Wine to Chicago (u, 90))

Rest. Want INC ASAP. No advance this turn – about halfway to Chem. (832 beakers)
8 INC vans can come from: Dubuque, Milw, Minn, Des M, Thedf, Bedji, Chi (food) Mason C.
- Des Moines will build van in 3 turns, then 3 turns to Chi, so looking at 200AD for INC.
- tech path Chem, Bank, Bridges.
-- adjust workers for Science. PRB in Van cities.

100. Japanese IW. Chicago builds Gold van.
120 Barbs get BW! Chinese: get Maps, peace. Chem => Bank. No build in Chicago Victoria founded. Great Falls Gems to Chicago (u, 106). LBH Coal to Chicago (u, 130) Duluth Gems to Chicago. (u, 132).
140* Banking=>Bridges. Chicago builds Coliseum, buys van
Cheyenne Silver to Chicago (u, 178) Chicago size 14
160 Chicago Salt Van. Milwaukee Copper to Chicago (d, 148) Barb leader in Russia 200g
180 Chicago Bank. Bridges => Econ. Memphis founded. Walla Walla founded Minneapolis wine to Chicago (u, 82)
200 Japanese: Maps, peace. No build in Chicago. Duluth Silver to Chicago (u, 138). Taxes to 70
220 Econ => Feud (following the plan of Theology before Demo if possible) Bemidji Copper to Moscow (d, 312). Chicago still only size 14 – needs irrigation.
240. Houston refounded. LBH Gems to Chicago. (u, 138)
260. Feud => Inv Green Bay founded. deliver vans. Cheyenne Cloth to Chicago (u, 178).
280 Chicago builds INC Charleston founded. Crow Gems to Chicago (u, 200). Barb Leader (200g)
 
Rest, plan
Status 280AD: 33C, 4 Sett., 15 in production.
14 vans, 9 in prod – need more.
35 techs res Inv (next turn). Beakers: 411/turn at 60%; 342/turn at 50%; 474/turn at 70%
advances: 962 beakers
Chicago: 50% - 222; 60% - 264; 70% - 306
10-turn plan:
15 cities
Ontario: 2; Core: 4; NW: 2; SW 1; South: 6 – 8
Irr near Dubuque, Des Moines.
tech path: Inv, Demo, Theo, Guns, Expl,, Chiv
Setup for 1tech/turn
Leo, Bach, Sun Tzu, Shakes
At least 2 trade routes in the core.
Build up Vicksburg
Libraries in LBH, Cheyenne, Crow
Plan for bribing English cities? didn't happen

Need Bach (2/8), Sun Tzu 90/6) in 8 turns.
LBH needs an aqueduct and infrastructure.
Settlers can come from: Duluth, Bemidji (after another trade routs), Dubuque, Des Moines (with irr) Thedford, Green Bay, LBH

300* Inv => Demo. Barb Leader 200g. Deliver vans for Leo. Tax to 60.
320. French develop Phil. Aztecs get Mono. Ottawa builds Leo. Memphis: Granary. Russians: Invention for Peace.
340 Demo => Theo. No build in Chicago. Chicago gold to Moscow (u, 324) Chicago Spice to Moscow (u, 324)

Demo => Corporation. Tech Plan: Theo, Guns, Expl, Nav, Phys, Magnets, Steam, RR.

360. Theo => Guns Fort Francis, Calgary founded. Tsingtao subverted.
Revolution. Aztecs 100g, English 200g. Chicago still size 14

380 Duluth: Harbor. Russians: Peace. Aztecs 100g. North Bay, Wichita founded. gov: Demo adjust production at 30 Lux. Maybe 40 until Bach?

Status at 380AD: 40C, 9 Sett
1 phalanx, 21 pikemen, 3 horse, 1 crook, 3 Trireme, 11 vans (8 in prod)
HG, Colossus, Wall, MPE, Mike’s, Leo, INC
38 techs res Guns

 

[grigor]

@jokemaster:

how do you manage a republic before Mikes? Did you have temples everywhere?

I only had one turn of non-Mike Republic. I ran lux at 30% and it was OK for happiness but not growth.

 

[grigor]

Status at 380AD: 40C, 9 Sett. Gov: Democracy. Lux at 20 seems to be fine.
1 phalanx, 21 pikemen, 3 horse, 1 crook, 3 Trireme, 11 vans (8 in prod)
HG, Colossus, Wall, MPE, Mike’s, Leo, INC
38 techs res Guns

400 Wichita. Many celebrations. Chicago builds a settler to help with irr. (now size 13)
420 Guns =>expl. Chicago salt to Moscow (u, 384) Cheyenne gold to Chicago (u, 96)
440. Moscow builds Oracle. Russians develop Gunpowder. Expl => Chiv. Chicago Spice van. Bemidji cloth to Chicago (u, 60)
460 Alliance founded. Great Falls wine to Chicago (u, 63) Crow gold to Chicago (u, 109)
480 Chiv => Leadership. Vancouver founded. Mason City gems to Chicago (u, 54) Saskatoon founded Cheyenne Cloth to Chicago (u, 100). Chicago grows back to size 14
500 Lead => Nav Omaha founded in 4-special

Rest and Plan
46C, 9 Sett (12 in prod) 10 vans (11 in prod)
42 techs res Nav (2 turns).
Beakers: 527/turn at 50%; 641/turn at 60%; 752/turn at 70%
Chicago: 282/turn at 50%; 336/turn at 60%; 396/turn at 70%
advances: 1144 beakers

How did we do with the 10-turn plan of 280AD?
Plan: 15 cities – only 14
Ontario: 2, Core: 5, NW: 2, SW 1, South: 6 – 8 – only 4.
√ Irr near Dubuque, Des Moines. Yes
√ Inv, Demo, Theo, Guns, Expl,, Chiv – also Leadership
Setup for 1 tech/turn – still far away
Leo,yes -- no Bach, Sun Tzu, or Shakes
√ At least 2 trade routes in all core cities: yes.
Build up Vicksburg – now size 5, Granary. Needs roads, MP, Lib
Libraries in LBH, Cheyenne, yes -- not Crow
Plan for bribing English cities – not started.

Next 10-year plan:
17 Cities
Ontario: Toronto, Churchill, London
Core: Wabash, Indy, Detroit. Chicago irr size 20. All roads
NW: Juneau, N. island, Portland. Trade routes with Chicago.
Conquer Moscow (oracle)
SW: Yuma, Santa Barbara, Bakersfield..
South: Las Cruces, Seminole. New Orleans, Jackson, Laredo. Roads to Vicksburg. Trade with Chicago.
Last Irr for Dubuque
Tech Path: Nav, Phys, Magnet, Steam, RR, (Darwin), Ind, Corp.
Bach, Sun Tzu, Medicine, Magellan.
RR connection in core.
Build up Omaha.
Work up foreign trade. SoL and Fundy for cash? Didn’t happen
Bribe Coventry (didn’t happen)
Trade with London, Moscow, Chicago

520 Lusk founded. 2 Barb leaders captured in Seminole 400g.
540* Nav => Physics Seminole captured.
Dubuque Irr finished. Now get Chicago to max
560. Chicago size 17
580 Phys => Magnets Bach
620 Magnetism => Steam Shakes Foreign trade begins, Charleston, Ottawa, Los Angeles. Set tax to max.
640* buy vans in core for Darwin
660 Steam Eng => RR. Chicago Spice to Moscow (u, 470g
680 RR => Atom Theo. No more HG. Barb leader 200g
700 Cheyenne gold to Chicago (u, 78). Chicago size 21.
720 Sun Tzu in Amarillo Atom Theo => Ind. Darwin In LBH , Ind, Corp => Gen Eng. Milwaukee Coal to Moscow (d, 380). An eventful turn!

Status at 720AD:
51C, 17 Sett.
HG(defunct) Colossus, Wall, MPE, Mike, Cope,Sakes,Leo,BachNewton, Darwin
50 Techs res Gen Eng.
Beakers: 954/turn at 70% 821/turn at 60%; 677/turn at 50%;
Chicago: 70% -480 60% - 414; 50% - 348;

 

[grigor]

Results after the Plan of 500AD

Build 17 Cities – only 5
Ontario: Toronto, North Bay, not London
Core: none. Built a mine in Chicago (Boo! but earning 10 shields saved a lot of RB gold) More RR might have been higher priority.
Wanted Wabash, Indy, Detroit.
Chicago irr size 20. Yes – size 21.
NW: Vancouver, not N. island, Portland. Trade routes with Chicago. – no. Conquer Moscow (oracle) – no, and not desired yet. Still good trade.
SW: Yuma, not Santa Barbara, Bakersfield..RR started.
South: Las Cruces – no, built RR instead. Seminole - yes. Not New Orleans, Jackson, not Laredo. Roads to Vicksburg. Trade with Chicago - en route. Also Hides to London.

√Last Irr for Dubuque
√Nav, Phys, Magnet, Steam, RR
√Bach, Sun Tzu, Medicine
not Magellan yet.
√RR in core. - starting
√Build up Omaha.
Work up foreign trade. SoL and Fundy for cash? Maybe this round
Bribe Coventry – not even close

Regrets:
Should I have built mine in Chi? It does get us to 10 shields.
I really wanted more cities.
More Libraries in post-Chicago cities so the post tech advance footprint is bigger
LBH should be size 12 by now.
Do we need Sun Tzu?

 

[grigor]

I got fairly consistent 1-tech/turn for this entire cycle. I didn't keep track of Chicago size - after Refrigeration in 920 I started making farmland, and when Chicago maxed out at size 29 I was able to get 2 techs/turn.

Status at 720AD:
51C, 17 Sett. Chicago size 21
HG(defunct) Colossus, Wall, MPE, Mike, Copes, Shakes, Leo, Bach, Newton, Darwin
50 Techs res Gen Eng.
Beakers: 954/turn at 70% 821/turn at 60%; 677/turn at 50%;
Chicago: 70% -480 60% - 414; 50% - 348;
Tech path: Gen Eng, Refine, combust, metal, elect, refrig, steel, auto

General thoughts:
Need to get 1 tech/turn. Need more cities. Need foreign trade, esp with transports.
Magellan ASAP Cure for Cancer so celebrations can start again. Suffrage if I want war. SoL for Fundy turns for $$. Adam smith to fund all the libraries.Libraries in the Core. Need to build Transcontinental Railroad. Also north to south.
One could almost double cities in 5 turns. One could add 30 engineers.

Plan:
Lux had been at 30 (I mis-stated in earlier post) - can set to 20 until CfC. (1027 beakers at 80%)
build 30 engineers and swarm.
Magellan in 3 turns
Libraries in all post-Chicago cities

740 Russians: sneak attack. .Japanese – still at peace. French develop Astro. Gen Eng => Refining. Tax to 50.
760 LBH Wine to Kiev (d, 325)
780 Magellan in Mille Isle. Refining=> Comb. Thedford Copper to Moscow (d, 216)
800 Combustion => Metal Chicago Gems to Moscow (u, 470). Vicksburg hides to Marseilles (d, 252). Cherokee hides to Marseilles (d, 276)
820 Metalurgyl(no more Wall => Communism. Vicksburg Silk to Chicago (u, 166). Chicago size 22
840 Communism cancels MPE. => Electr. Japanese: War.
860 no advance this turn. LBH Gold to Moscow (u, 152). Minneapolis Coal to Moscow (d, 405)
880 Electricity => Espionage Chicago Spice to Moscow (u, 480). Barb Leader 200g. Duluth Oil to Moscow (u, 182) Pueblo cloth to Chicago (u, 136) Dodge City Wine to Chicago (u, 131)
900 Espionage => Refrig. Amarillo Copper to Chicago (d, 312) Chicago Spice to Moscow (u, 260).
920 Refrig => Conscr. Little Rock Coal to Chicago (d, 345). Chicago Cloth to Sevastapol (u, 366). CHicago still size 22
940. Conscription =>Tactics. Cherokee Coal to Paris (d, 455) Apache Wine to Paris (u, 184) Vicksburg Cloth to Paris (u, 190). Nara bribed. Dallas Wine to Avignon (d, 400)
960 Tactics => Steel. Houston Wine to Besancon (d, 185) Great Falls Hides to London (d, 344) North Bay hides to London (d, 212) Barb Leader 200g.
960 Steel => Machine tools. Mille Isle Hides to London (d, 300). Mason City Hides to London (d, 328) Montreal Coal to London (u, 162)
980 Machine Tools => Electr
1000 LBH Wine to Kiev (d, 475) Cherokee Wine to Grenoble (d, 360)
1020 Electronics => Miniaturization, Anarillo Coal to Chicago (d, 405)
1040 Miniaturization => Auto. Is it too soon? Chicago builds CfC. Ottawa Hides to London (d, 260) Mason City Hides to London (d, 340) Great Falls Hides to London (d, 356)
1060 Auto => Mass Prod . Mille Isle Hides to London (d, 308). Seatttle Hides to London (d, 600) Duluth Hides to London (d, 412)

Status at 1060AD:
67 Cities, 25 Engineers (a better ratio). Chicago size 26
15 Transport
18 Freight (38 in prod)
HG(defunct) Colossus, Wall (defunct), Sun Tzu, MPE (defunct), Mikes, Copes, Shakes, Leo (defunct), Bach, Newton, Darwin, CfC
65 Techs res Mass Prod

In a few turns I started getting 2 techs a turn, which continued until the end.

 

[WildPony]

"this is still my slow area" "5 wonders and the most cities at 1AD"

Btw: how do you manage a republic before Mikes? Did you have temples everywhere?

I love Rep over monarchy since it responds so much better to the luxury setting. Sometimes 40% lux, sometimes 60% depending on what is best for the civ overall at the moment.... which vascilates back and forth as different threshold city counts are reached. If i remember correctly 36 cities is a key threshold in deity to make most size three cities celebrate at 40% lux and with one elvis, and that this begins to happen with some cities at about the 24 count. Myself i almost never use temples unless i am building super trade cities that might for whatever reason sometimes (most often not) need them for celebration growth beyond size 8 and/or size 12. Of course HG is extremely useful if able to get it, but i favor early rep and ics over monarchy even without HG. When the number of cities while in Rep causes multiple size ones to have a red face and/or black hat, usually this is a good time for 60% lux.

 

[Ali Ardavan]

Having grossly underestimated playing time for GOTM 167, which most of you skipped, I got a very late start here. I have played past -1000 but not quite to -500 yet.

I just read all the early logs.

Now for the pre-game comments:
1. Players will consider not founding Chicago/Wounded Knee where the settler starts, but will then do so. The third city will be at (60,20).

There is no reason not to found Chicago immediately. I would have done so even if the settler was None which it was not. My third city was further away on the river. I typically space my cities out.

2. Most (all?) will become a Monarchy in -2450.

As far as I could tell from the logs no one made that date but all 3 reported ones are before -2000. In contrast mine was much later at -1450. Here is how that happened. Right from the start I decided to get burial from Aztecs so I sent my warrior south immediately. I started with Alphabet. Next Laws were not available and I did not want burial so I chose writing which is a useful tech and I knew from reading the opening comments that we cannot research straight to Monarchy anyway. After writing I did laws and then started on burial. All this while my warrior was moving south. I was hoping to run into Aztecs along the way but did not. I had to reduce tech spending from 60% to 40% to avoid discovering burial. Finally in -2150 I reached Tenochtitlan. The Aztecs demanded Code of Laws. I refused. They declared war. Next turn Burial was reluctantly discovered. To make matters worse, Monarchy was not a choice so I picked Bronze. I could have set science to zero and waste 40% on unneeded lux but I decided against that. In retrospect that was a good decision because when I reached peace with Aztecs the next turn they only exchanged for Laws (must have already discovered my other techs) and I got Bronze. [/quote]

3. Sending exploring units in the direction of the three other cities in North America will pay off.

While I have been fairly lucky with barbarians so far (no city loss) I had too many encounters with them and could not spare explorers for quite some time.

4. A key variation will be how a player manages growth in number of cities in the early game.
5...
6. Everyone will build HG. Anyone considering space rather than conquest will also choose Colossus.

Like Major, French built Hanging Gardens in my game and it was not even close. Without that, deity is hard to manage with many cities. I have already built Marco and I am hoping to beat the English to Colossus.

Jokemaster,
Please go ahead and submit whatever you can come up with. With the small number of players we have it is a shame for a game not to be submitted even when there is no chance of a medal or star.

Grigor,
Looks like you are way ahead of everyone in the early game. Great job!

 

[Ali Ardavan]

Strategy Notes
Obviously build Chicago with the settler and make it the science city. Send a warrior south to meet Aztecs and get their techs. Send another warrior east to meet the English and the French.
Get rid of Barbarians in America.
Space ship and conquest both would work fine. Chinese, English, and French are not trireme reachable. In Spaceship strategy settle all the islands quickly to take advantage of trading with them.

Date Notes

-4000 Chicago founded. Warrior moves south.
-3950 -> Alphabet.
-3750 Alphabet -> Writing.
-3550 Barbarian warrior between LittleBigHorn and Chicago. Both cities are protected by a warrior now.
-3300 The game could have been over but my warrior survived barbarian horseman and turned vet. Writing -> Code of Laws. First settler produced.
-3150 Cedar Creek founded. Barbarian horseman approaching Chicago. Warrior -heading to gold mountain.
-3000 Warrior on mountain survives barbarian horseman.
-2750 Code of Laws -> Ceremonial Burial.
-2650 Slim Buttes founded.
-2400 French start Hanging Gardens.
-2150 Finally reached Tenochtitlan. I was hoping I will meet the Aztecs along the way but I did not. I have reduced science spending to delay discovery in hopes of exchange. They demanded Code of Laws. I refused. They declared war. Fortunately I am on a hill. My power is moderate. Aztecs were mighty.
-2100 Burial -> Bronze. Peace, Code of Laws -> Aztec (5) -> Bronze. Three Forks founded. Riot factor kicked in.
-2050 -> Monarchy.


Status at -2000
Population: 0.09M; Cities: 5; Techs: 5; Government: Despotism
Gold: 16; Cost: 0; Trade routes: 0D0F;
Wonders:
Units: 2 settlers, 4 warriors
Goals: Expansion, Monarchy, Trade
Russian: no contact
Japanese: no contact
French: no contact
Aztec: no embassy
Chinese: no contact
English: no contact

-1950 Stony Lake founded
-1900 Killdeer founded.
-1850 Russian warrior near Slim Buttes.
-1750 Met Russian warrior. They are pathetic. Refused their demand for Bronze. They declared war.
-1700 Stupid Russian warrior attacks Phalanx on river and makes it vet.
-1600 Barbarian archer shows up near my land.
-1500 English start Colossus.
-1450 Barbarian archer kills my warrior. Monarchy -> Currency. Monarchy established. T3L0S7. Monarchy -> Aztec -> Currency.
-1400 Barbarian archer dies in attack on my vet Phalanx. Another archer appears near capital. -> Mapmaking. Capital just built a settler, so it is size 1.
-1350 Two barbarian Archers step by the capital. Vet warrior kills one.
-1300 Looks like someone wants me to play this game to the end. Fortified settler survives barbarian archer and turns vet. Aztec -> Mapmaking.
-1250 -> Trade.
-1200 English warrior near Chicago.
-1150 Peace -> English -> 150g!
-1100 French build Hanging Gardens. Power is still mighty; I was expecting supreme by now. Cease fire -> Russian (0) -> 0g.
-1000 Russians declare war over my demands


Status at -1000
Population: 0.13M; Cities: 7; Techs: 8; Government: Monarchy
Gold: 66; Cost: 0; Trade routes: 0D0F;
Wonders:
Units: 5 settlers, 9 warriors, 3 Phalanx, 1 diplomat
Goals: Trade, Marco?, Colossus, capturing barbarian cities
Russian: no embassy; nominal war with me
Japanese: no contact
French: no contact
Aztec: no embassy
Chinese: no contact
English: no embassy

 

[Ali Ardavan]

-0975 Trade -> Literacy. T7L0S3. Diplomat runs into French Phalanx on its way to New York. Trade -> French (6) -> Horseback riding. Discovered English city of Hastings. Trade -> Aztec -> Masonry, Construction.
-0950 Diplomat sent back to capital. Cease fire -> Russian-> 0g. Aztec -> 100g. English declare war over my demands. Bear Paw founded.
-0900 Big Mound founded. Peace -> English -> 50g.
-0825 Barbarian archer near capital. Wood Lake founded. Mapmaking, cease fire -> Russian -> 0g.
-0800 Warrior lost in attack on barbarian archer. Second warrior succeeds and turns vet.
-0750 Barbarian chariot comes out of darkness and kills my settler about to build a new city. Horseback riding -> Aztec -> Mysticism, 150g. Russian -> 0g.
-0725 Vet Phalanx survives barbarian horseman. Marco built. Warrior kills wounded barbarian chariot and turns vet. English -> 0g. Hastings bribed for 168g. Got 11g and Phalanx.
Russians have lost their capital. No wonder they are pathetic.
Chinese demand 50g and declare war.
Mapmaking, Construction, Ceremonial Burial -> Japanese (1) -> peace, Wheel, Iron Working.
Aztec (4) -> maps
-0700 Wounded vet warrior lost in attack on yet another barbarian chariot coming from Canada to Michigan. Trade, Construction, mapmaking -> Chinese (3) -> peace, Literacy, maps. T7L0S3
-0675 -> Bridge Building.
-0650 Dead Buffalo founded.
-0625 Literacy -> Aztec -> 150g. Chariot kills barbarian horse and turns vet.
-0600 Chinese are about to finish Colossus! They started way after English. I am poised to build it in 2 turns. Masonry -> Chinese in hopes of them switching away from Colossus at the last minute. Just discovered that the barbarian warrior in the fort at 61,5 is a ghost. I had a Phalanx parked in front of it for many turns; what a waste.
-0575 Beijing builds Colossus. English change to lighthouse.
I need to decide how to proceed. Space ship without both Colossus and Hanging Gardens would be an unusual endeavor. Shall I build Pyramids instead? Shall I save the vans for Copernicus or Michelangelo? Shall I switch to a war game and save the vans for Sun Tzu or the Great Wall? There is going to be some warfare in this game. I need to take the barbarian cities and likely have to take out Russians, French, and Japanese. This is also barbarian wrath. Somehow playing a war game on this map does not excite me, so I think I still go for space but build the Great Wall now.
-0525 Barbarian horseman killed.
-0500 Barbarians capture Tours. Crow discovered; it cannot be bribed. Crow is defended by a single none settler!

Status at -0500
Population: 0.38M; Cities: 12; Techs: 16; Government: Monarchy
Gold: 16; Cost: 0; Trade routes: 0D0F;
Wonders: Marco
Units: 4 settlers, 22 warriors, 5 Phalanx, 1 legion, 1 horseman 1 chariot, 5 vans
Goals: Great Wall, Bridge Building, Philosophy, Monotheism, capturing barbarian cities
Russian: 3 cities, 2 techs; nominal war with me
Japanese: 4 cities, 9 techs
French: 10 cities, 11 techs; Hanging Gardens; war with Aztecs and English
Aztec: 3 cities, 14 techs; war with Fench
Chinese: 4 cities, 13 techs; Colossus
English: 6 cities, 7 techs; war with French and me

 

[Ali Ardavan]

-0475 Aztecs build Pyramids and English build Lighthouse. Point of Rocks founded. Several black heads appear.
-0450 Barbarian settler in Crow killed. Somehow that counts as a leader and I got rewarded 200g. Crow captured.
-0425 English lose a warrior attacking me. First structure, a temple in Chicago, is built. Raging Brook founded.
-0400 Bridge Building -> Philosophy. Bridge Building -> Chinese -> Republic. Republic -> Aztec -> 100g.
-0375 Hastings settler barely survives an English horseman and turns vet. Cheyenne discovered.
-0350 French take charters back from barbarians. My power is finally supreme. Arapaho discovered. Provoked Japanese into declaring war. Revolution started.
-0325 Barbarians capture Tlaxcala. Asked everyone for tribute. Aztecs gave Math and English offered 150g for cease fire which I gladly accepted; others ignored me. Killed archer defending Cheyenne and then settler and leader for 200g each. Size 1 Cheyenne captured. First bridge built. Republic established. T0L6S4
-0300 Barbarian legion kills a warrior. Power back to Mighty.
-0275 Barbarian chariot asks for 183g to spare Point of Rocks. I refuse. They take the city. I lose a legion and 10g. Great wall built.
-0250 2 barbarian units killed in attack on me.
-0225 Another 2 barbarian units killed in attack on me. Barbarians capture Kiev.
-0200 English warrior bribed for 22g. Accepted English offer of 50g for peace. New York subverted for 2x159g. Got 1g, a phalanx, and 2 barbarian warriors!? The barbarians are disbanded. Cherokee discovered. T1L6S3
-0175 2 defenders of barbarian Arapaho killed; size 1 city spared.
-0150 Barbarians capture English Warwick. Running Bear founded in the middle of Michigan.
-0125 Silver Moon founded.
-0100 Cease fire -> French -> 200g. T0L6S4
-0075 Legion on hill survives barbarian chariot. Power is still Mighty. Barbarian leader for 200g.
-0050 Power is still Mighty.
-0025 Power is still Mighty. Wheel -> Chinese (4) -> Banking. I am hoping the extra tech is sufficient to push me to supreme.
+0001 Barbarians kill an exploring warrior. Chinese build Great Library. Chicago build Library. Still Mighty. Senate hands peace to Russians.

Status at +1
Population: 0.8M; Cities: 18; Techs: 20; Government: Republic
Gold: 76; Cost: 2; Trade routes: 0D0F;
Wonders: Marco, Great Wall
Units: 3 settlers, 17 warriors, 6 Phalanx, 2 legion, 1 horseman 1 chariot, 1 Trireme, 2 diplomats, 8 vans
Goals: Philosophy, Monotheism, capturing barbarian cities, trade with Aztecs
Russian: 5 cities, 2 techs
Japanese: 5 cities, 11 techs; nominal war with me
French: 13 cities, 14 techs; Hanging Gardens; war with Aztecs
Aztec: 3 cities, 17 techs; Pyramids; war with French
Chinese: 4 cities, 18 techs; Colossus, Great Library
English: 5 cities, 8 techs; Lighthouse;

 

[Ali Ardavan]

This is a very unusual game. It has presented me with challenges rarely seen before. Thanks Inkerman.

Having lost Hanging Gardens to French, it was getting too difficult to stay in Monarchy because of the black heads. I switched to Republic but I have had to keep lux at 60% just to keep the rioters away; never mind celebrations. Even Chicago, with plenty of arrows and a temple cannot celebrate at size 3. It should be size 4 soon and I hope it will celebrate to size 5 but perhaps it will get stuck there again.

Another big challenge is to become supreme so I can be my own key civ. I have more techs, more cities, and more money than the French who are currently supreme, but their cities are larger than mine. With tech costs being higher than usual already this hurts a lot. I keep telling myself that the next new city is going to put me on top and it does not. (I could have tech bombed the English but I refrained hoping they would discover polytheism which they have been working on for some time.)

In retrospect, I have two regrets. One is not having studied the new regime of tech hiding and missing Monarchy by a long shot which hurt in early expansion. The other is not sending a dip early on to check out the defenses of barbarian cities. I got writing in -3300 and could have done this a lot earlier than I did (in -500). Not only some of these cities are decent size (right now Crow is my largest city at size 5, I have none at size 4, and a few at size 3) but also the settler defending them counts as a leader so you get 200g for killing it.

The decision to build Great Wall when I missed out on Colossus was a very good one. I should have planned for that from the outset given the barbarian wrath setting. While I have not seen any hordes yet, there have been a lot of barbarian attacks on my cities. Now I am not worried about them anymore. It also makes capturing those lucrative leaders a bit easier.

Having said that, I should have used my vans intended for Colossus and built Pyramids in -550 rather than wait for the Great Wall. Without the Gardens, celebration at odd sizes is next to impossible and Pyramids could have helped my cities grow faster. The Great Wall could have waited a few more turns.

 

[Ali Ardavan]

+0020 Barbarian leader for 200g. Wildcat Valley founded east of New York.
+0040 Barbarian legion dies in attack on my city. Power is still Mighty. Barbarian Arapaho finally goes to size 2 and is captured. Barbarian leader for 200g. Single defender of Point of Rocks killed; size 1 city spared.
+0060 Power is still Mighty
+0080 Point of Rocks captured. Navajo discovered. Its settler defender killed for 200g.
+0100 Philosophy -> Astronomy -> Polytheism. Navajo captured. Great River founded. Montreal subverted for 2x171g. Got 5g, Seafaring, Phalanx, and Barracks. T2L6S2
+0120 Chicago builds Copernicus. Power is still Mighty?!!
+0140 Aztecs liberate barbarian Tlaxcala; my dip was to bribe it this turn! Chicago celebrates. Power is finally supreme. Seven Brothers founded.
+0160 French capture barbarian Seminole. Chicago is size 5 and still able to celebrate. Power is still supreme. Iron Working -> Chinese -> University.
+0180 Wildcat Valley survives barbarian legion. Chicago is size 6.
+0200 Wildcat Valley survives 2 more barbarian legions; thank you Great Wall. Chicago is size 7 and unable to celebrate anymore.
+0220 Barbarians capture St. Petersburg. A third of Russia is now barbarian!
+0260 Senate hands cease fire to Japanese. Gifted them to cordial and got their map. Snake Canyon founded. Barbarian settler defending Cherokee killed for 200g.
+0280 Cherokee captured. Barbarian horseman killed.
+0300 Cherokee survives barbarian horseman thanks to Great Wall. Horseman killed in attack on my fortified warrior. Barbarian horseman poised to attack Cherokee killed. 2 Caravans are approaching Aztecs land. T2L8S0
+0320 Aztecs switch to Republic! Thank you Aztecs. English finally discover Polytheism which they have been working on since -150. LittleBigHorn celebrates. Construction, Literacy, Republic, Trade, Seafaring -> English (1) -> Worshipful but they refuse to exchange? They gave me maps and immediately reverted back to uncooperative. This is not MGE, why this behavior? Thankfully I have a diplomat near one of their small cities.
First Wind founded.
+0340 2 more cities celebrate. Barbarian horseman killed. Hides from Chicago to Aztec Teo for 450 establishes the first trade route and overflows the tech box.
+0360 Horseman kills barbarian horseman. Yellowtree founded.
+0380 Apache discovered. English Liverpool subverted for 2x124g. Got 24g, a Phalanx, and most importantly Polytheism. Yet another barbarian horseman killed near Cherokee. T0L8S2
+0400 Barbarians kill an exploring warrior. -> Monotheism -> Medicine. Silk from LittleBigHorn to Tenochtitlan for 485. Philosophy, University, Astronomy -> French (5) -> Enthusiastic, maps, but not tech exchange.
+0420 Yet another barbarian horseman killed near Cherokee. Salt to Chicago for 148 establishes the first domestic route.
+0440 Medicine -> Chemistry. Michelangelo built. Settler defending Apache killed for 200g.
+0460 Domestic delivery for 52. Apache captured. Chief's Crag founded at the first city on the US west coast.
+0480 Barbarian horseman near Apache killed. T2L8S0
+0500 Barbarian horseman near Apache killed. T2L7S1. Seafaring -> Aztec -> Economics

Status at +500
Population: 3.2M; Cities: 32; Techs: 28; Government: Republic
Gold: 93; Cost: 7; Trade routes: 4D2F;
Wonders: Marco, Great Wall, Copernicus, Michelangelo
Units: 11 settlers, 16 warriors, 8 Phalanx, 3 legion, 1 horseman 1 chariot, 1 Trireme, 3 diplomats, 18 vans, 1 explorer
Goals: bribing French Cherbourg, finishing exploration of Americas and capturing any undiscovered barbarian cities, bribing capital-less Russians away, overseas trade, sanitation, invention, explosives, Shakespeare in Chicago.
Russian: 5 cities, 2 techs
Japanese: 6 cities, 16 techs;
French: 16 cities, 21 techs; Hanging Gardens;
Aztec: 5 cities, 24 techs; Pyramids;
Chinese: 4 cities, 28 techs; Colossus, Great Library
English: 6 cities, 15 techs; Lighthouse;

 

[Ali Ardavan]

+0520 T4L6S0
+0540 Chicago reaches size 12. Chicago's Temple sold. T2L6S2. French Cherbourg subverted for 2x76g. Got 5g, Pottery, Phalanx. Japanese chariot shows up near Apache. Reached peace with Japanese.
+0560 Domestic delivery for 72. All cities are out of food or unable to celebrate any longer. T3L4S3.
+0580 Japanese build King Richard and exchange Engineering with Aztecs. Medicine -> Aztec -> Engineering, maps. Morning Rock founded.
+0600 Liverpool disbanded into a settler. Domestic deliveries for 50, 300. Chicago now has 3 routes.
+0620 Accepted Russian offer of 100g to ally against Japanese. Chemistry -> Sanitation. Buffalo founded.
+0640 Domestic deliveries for 70, 94. Discovered Japanese Nara on the west coast of US.
+0660 Japanese build Oracle. Shakespeare built in Chicago. Santafe founded. Bronze, Construction -> Russian -> maps. Moscow and St. Pete are gone. Only Kiev is barbarian. But it is size 7, while the largest Russian city is size 3. Nara bribed for 198g. Got 34g, Phalanx, and Warrior Code.
+0680 Japanese chariot kills warrior defending Apache.
+0700 Several barbarian legions land near New York. Japanese take Apache. Senate hands cease fire to Japanese as I was about to attack it! Sarnia and Calgary founded. Beads to French Charters for 72.
+0720 Sanitation -> Navigation. Domestic delivery for 264. Hides to Aztec Tlax for 372. Charters subverted for 2x300g. Got 21g and 2 soldiers. T4L4S2.
+0740 NY survives barbarian legion. First barbarian horde observed in unsettled US north east coast. If the horde moves west English cities of Oxford and New Castle will be on its way. Deadwood founded.
+0760 NY survives another barbarian legion. French liberate Tours from barbarians. Domestic Cloth for 64.
+0780 Navigation -> Physics. Chicago builds Sewer and goes up to size 13. Navigation -> Chinese -> Chivalry. Navigation -> Aztec -> Invention.
+0800 Cherbourg disbanded into a settler. Princeton and Albu founded.
+0820 Hastings survives barbarian legion. Barbarian leader for 200g. St.Louis and Ottawa founded. Russian warrior bribed for 27g.
+0840 Akron founded. Domestic deliveries for 69, 12. Wine to Russian Minsk for 40. Russian Sevastopol subverted for 2x256g. Got 62g, warrior, and barracks.
+0860 Alabama founded. Domestic deliveries for 46.
+0880 English liberate barbarian Warwick. QuCity founded.
+0900 Domestic deliveries for 165.
+0920 Physics -> Democracy. Domestic deliveries for 75. Niagara founded. Apache subverted for 2x76g. Got 39g and Phalanx; Japanese lost 2 units.
+0940 Chinese build Adam Smith. Accepted Chinese offer of 450g for alliance against Japanese. They also slipped me Feudalism.
+0960 Leo built. Kansas founded. Accepted Japanese offer of peace to save my city from their loose chariot. Domestic deliveries for 20. T2L4S4.

Status at +1000
Population: 6.4M; Cities: 49; Techs: 38; Government: Republic
Gold: 232; Cost: 20; Trade routes: 28D4F;
Wonders: Marco, Great Wall, Copernicus, Michelangelo, Shakespeare, Leo
Units: 27 settlers, 30 Pikemen, 3 legion, 1 elephant, 1 knight, 3 Caravels, 3 diplomats, 20 vans, 1 explorer
Goals: Democracy (next turn), bribing capital-less Russians away, overseas trade, explosives, Newton
Russian: 6 cities, 4 techs; war with Japanese, allied with me
Japanese: 7 cities, 19 techs; Oracle, King Richard; war with Russians and Chinese
French: 17 cities, 26 techs; Hanging Gardens;
Aztec: 6 cities, 31 techs; Pyramids;
Chinese: 4 cities, 37 techs; Colossus, Great Library, Adam Smith; war with Japanese, allied with me
English: 9 cities, 16 techs; Lighthouse;

 

[Ali Ardavan]

Folks, could you please post further log updates?

Inkerman: past +1
Major and Grigor: past +1000

 

[Ali Ardavan]

+1020 Democracy -> Magnetism. Russians dissolve alliance over my refusal to share Navigation. English give me 100g in tribute. Others ignore me. Japanese chariot killed. Reputation sank to atrocious. New Orleans founded. Minsk bribed for 192g. Russians declare war. Got 44g, Phalanx, and barracks. Democracy established. T0L4S6. Wine to Tenochtitlan for 225.
+1040 Domestic deliveries for 72, 63, 35. T2L4S4
+1060 Magnetism -> Theology. Nebraska, Purdue, and Sask founded. Odessa bribed for 186g. Got 47g, soldier, and barracks.
+1080 Pikeman survives barbarian horseman. Gold to Russian Smolensk for 240.
+1100 French build Magellan. Domestic deliveries for 45.
+1120 Theology -> Theory of Gravity. Wine to Aztecs for 157.
+1140 Lexington founded. Domestic deliveries for 37.
+1160 Cherokee survives 2 barbarian legions. Theory of Gravity -> Steam Engine. Bach built. Domestic deliveries for 123, 44. Sverdlovsk bribed for 122. Got 29g and Phalanx.
+1180 Domestic deliveries for 147.
+1200 Steam Engine -> Gunpowder. St.John and Nashville founded. Crusader kills wandering Japanese phalanx. Domestic deliveries for 75. T4L4S2
+1220 Barbarians pillage Russian irrigation. Bozeman founded. Domestic deliveries for 32.
+1240 Sevastopol survives barbarian legion. Austin and Naperville founded. Vet Crusader kills barbarian legion near Kiev. Steam Engine -> Aztec -> Gunpowder.
+1260 -> Leadership -> Explosives. Gems to barbarian Kiev for 444. Edmonton founded. Russian warrior killed. Russian Tblisi bribed for 180g. Got 49g, barracks, and Phalanx. Senate hands cease fire to Russians. Russian Yakutsk subverted for 2x114g. Got 22g and warrior. T0L4S6
+1280 Niargara survives barbarian legion. Barbarian legion killed attacking my musketeer. Newton built. Explosives -> Railroad. Juneau founded. T3L4S3
+1300 Musketeer survives barbarian legion. Japanese chariot kills an engineer and is killed by a nearby musketeer. Barbarian leader for 200g. Yonge founded. Monotheism -> Chinese -> Railroad, maps.
+1320 Barbarian defender of Kiev killed in attack on my musketeer. -> Atomic Theory. Waco, Valdez, Biloxi, Phili, Yukon, and Columbus founded. Silver to Aztecs for 162. Two legions defending Kiev killed, leader in Kiev captured for 200g, and the city captured. English Oxford (located in NE America) subverted for 2x368g. Got 107g and 2 Phalanx.
+1340 Atomic Theory -> Industrialization. Bribed Smolensk for 168g. Got 57g, Phalanx, and barracks. Russian civilization destroyed. Celts appear. Railroad, Navigation -> Celt -> maps. They have a single settler in Baja California. Coal to Chicago for 198.
+1360 Celtic civilization destroyed by barbarians. Romans appear. Tech bombed Romans to get their map. Rome is size 7 and just north of San Francisco bay. Auburn founded.
+1380 Industrialization -> Corporation. T1L4S5. Lincoln and Atlanta founded.
+1400 Corporation -> Genetic Engineering. Hamilton and Los Angeles founded. Domestic deliveries for 54, 47, 22. T2L4S4
+1420 Iowa and Cincinnati founded. Domestic deliveries for 50, 42, 138.
+1440 Genetic Engineering -> Refining. Domestic deliveries for 210, 137, 188.
+1460 Japanese land a legion next to Los Angeles; senate hands them cease fire. Aztecs develop Metallurgy and obsolete my Great Wall. Aztecs build Eiffel. Chinese develop Communism. Refining -> Combustion. Railroad -> Aztec -> Metallurgy. Refining -> Chinese -> Communism. Domestic deliveries for 84, 60, 70, 24. Hides to Aztecs for 134, 156. French Bayonne subverted for 2x190g. Got 18g, courthouse, 4 soldiers and a settler!
+1480 Combustion -> Electricity. Lauderdale and Springfield founded. Hides to Aztecs for 144. Domestic deliveries for 78, 168, 20. T0L4S6
+1500 Electricity -> Espionage -> Electronics -> Refrigeration. Darwin and Cure built. T3L3S4. Domestic deliveries for 34, 72, 65, 46. RiverHead and BlackFeet founded.

Status at +1500
Population: 22.1M; Cities: 88; Techs: 58; Government: Democracy
Gold: 32; Cost: 75; Trade routes: 93D9F;
Ancient Wonders: Great Wall
Medieval Wonders: Marco, Copernicus, Michelangelo, Shakespeare
Industrial Wonders: Leo, Bach, Newton, Darwin
Modern Wonders: Cure
Units: 41 Engineers, 44 Muketeers, 4 dragoons, 3 transports, 5 Spies, 28 vans, 1 explorer
Goals: Overseas trade (2 ships on their way to England), superhighways, Hoover, SETI
Russian: Destroyed by me
Celt: Settler killed by barbarians
Roman: 1 city; no embassy
Japanese: 6+ cities, 19+ techs; Oracle, King Richard; war with Chinese?
French: 16+ cities, 26+ techs; Hanging Gardens, Magellan;
Aztec: 6 cities, 31+ techs; Pyramids, Eiffel;
Chinese: 5+ cities, 40+ techs; Colossus, Great Library, Adam Smith; war with Japanese?, allied with me
English: 7+ cities, 16+ techs; Lighthouse;

 

[Major Advantage]

It was not one of my best games...


1020 Become Fundy, rough time for science, but at least we can raise some money, set lux to 70 to start some celebrations; Bear founded
1040 Delivery 125; Real Toronto, Wood founded
(English settler marches into empty Slim Butt! Ouch! Refuse their offer of cease fire)
1060 Bribe New York 308(21); Subvert Russian Tblisi(Vancouver) 2*213(27+Math); a galleon is sailing down the St. Lorenz, 3 engineers, 1 musceteer on board, settle in Scotland, rush an army, conquere english home territory, main target is London with Pyramids and Magellan, too bad they already have gunpowder...
(Montreal builds Adam Smith)
1080 Coal to Chicago for 170; sign peace with England; Rush some Crusaders in Canada to take french colonies
1100 Just as our dip arrives at Aztec Calix, they turn to Demo...
1120 Washington, Point of Stones founded
1140 Subvert Sevastopol 2*142(19); New Jersey, Sleeping Bear, Golden Moon
1160 Maps + 225g from Japan, they have taken a city in russian home territory; subvert Odessa 2*276
1180 Steam->Railroad (When we get it, build Darwin to get straight to Corporation); Deliv. 162, 165
1200 Demand French tribute, they declare war; we take Montreal (39+Adam Smith)
1220 Conquer Chartres (21g+economics); deliveries 165; Boston, Tallahassee, Glasgow founded
1240 Delivery 324;
1260 RR->Industry (get Astro from AI and Darwin should bring Ind&Corp); Sneak attack Russia and take Minsk 34g
1280 Astro+375g from Aztecs
1300 Ind->Corporation->Gravity; Darwin built; delivery 216, 160,
1320 Capture Grenobel(14), no more Frenchmen in Canada; 222, 172
(Barbs in the Rockys. Finally one of those large stacks)
1340 Subvert japanese Nara 2*210; 284, 46, 190
1360 Gravity->Metallurgy; Sneak attack England, take Leeds, bribe Hastings, Oxford (in America), capture Dover in England, English hail us and we sign peace;
Our crusaders fail against Moscows city walls, capture St. Petersburg... Oops, forgot to bribe Liverpool...
1400 Ouch, there are still 76 more barb units in the Rockys stack...maybe we should give up some of our cities...
1420 We retake Sleeping Bear
1440 Metall->Refining (Conscription not available; mostly acquired by trade not mentioned here)
1460 French city Serniole destroyed in Florida; prepare strikes on Moscow and Canterbury
1480 We take Moscow (147g and LH), bribe Smolensk for 360(63), Russians destroyed, Celts respawn?? Now we also have to deal with respawns? They immediately trade techs with France, get Celt map, they are in Florida; demand english tribute, none, we wait one more turn
1500 Demand tribute again, get none so we attack Canterbury, take it (16g), bribe Nottingham for 1332(46), bribe Brighton 268(17), bribe Liverpool 920(33), subvert Kagoshima (California)2*468, capture Rheims (on Cuba) 48; six english cities left (2 England, 2 Ireland, 2 eastern Canada; So far we have bravely fought off the barbs, still 50 in the stack

Stats at 1500AD:
pop.: 6.99M; Cities: 104; techs: 48; gold: 2154; Gov.: Fundy; wonders: Marco Polo, Colossus, LH, Sun Tzu, Michelangelo, Shakespeare, Leonardo, Bach, Liberty, Adam Smith, Darwin; TR: ?D/?F
units: 53 engineer, 2 settler, 111 musc, 44 crusaders, 12 cannons, 9 boat, 1 ironclad, 5 dip, 16 vans

 

[Ali Ardavan]

+1510 Refrigeration -> Conscription. Domestic deliveries for 197, 350, 32. Wine to barbarian Norwich for 455. Wine to English Dover for 335. Vladi, Norman, Houston founded.
+1520 Conscription -> Steel. Domestic deliveries for 90. Denver founded.
+1530 Rifleman survives barbarian legion. Steel -> Automobile. English embassy established. English NewCastle subverted for 2x76g. Spy turned vet. Got 27g and phalanx. Delaware and Murmansk founded. Roman embassy established. Wine to Aztecs for 192. Provocation results in French declaring war. Hides to French Seminole for 156.
+1540 Hoover dam built. Automobile -> Mass Production. French embassy established. Senate hands cease fire to French. Pasadena and Comanche founded. Domestic deliveries for 50.
+1550 Bayonne relocated. Kharkov founded.
+1560 Mass Production -> Tactics.
+1570 Japanese chariot goes by undefended Denver but does not attack. Aztec embassy established. Wine to English for 575.
+1580 Tactics -> Machine Tools. Deliveries to English for 245, 252. Domestic deliveries for 132. T1L3S6
+1590 Aztecs deliver to Big Mound. Machine Tools -> Recycling -> Mini. Domestic deliveries for 72, 45, 56, 525. Wine from NY to London for 450. Hides to London for 204. Gold from Montreal to Aztec Teo for 618. DC founded. T0L3S7
+1600 Mini -> Computers -> Mobile Warfare. First pollution appears near capital. Seattle and Astarakhan founded. Domestic deliveries for 275, 100, 360, 72, 162. Wine to Aztecs for 210. English Brighton subverted for 2x326g. Spy escaped. Got 91g, 2 soldiers, and courthouse.
+1610 Mobile Warfare -> Robotics -> Nuclear Fission. SETI built. Dayton founded. Domestic deliveries for 120, 110, 17, 24. Salt to barbarian Norwich for 320. Wine to English Warwick for 560. T1L3S6
+1620 Japanese build obsolete Sun Tzu. Nuclear Fission -> Nuclear Power -> Guerrilla warfare. Domestic deliveries for 617, 120, 138. Deliveries to English for 284, 306, 180. T2L3S5
+1630 Guerrilla warfare -> Laser -> Flight. Domestic deliveries for 72, 152. Deliveries to Aztecs for 110, 157. T3L3S4
+1640 Japanese sneak attack and kill a spy. Flight -> Radio. Japanese chariot killed. Richmond and WV founded. Domestic deliveries for 84, 60, 168, 250.
+1650 Japanese kill an engineer and lose a chariot attacking Nara. Radio -> Advanced Flight. Japanese chariot killed. Domestic deliveries for 408, 40. Silk to Aztecs for 156. New Castle relocated.
+1660 Japanese lose another chariot attacking me. Advanced Flight -> Amphibious Warfare -> Rocketry. Domestic deliveries for 84, 315. Undemanded Hides to Aztecs for 29. ChappelHill founded.
+1670 Rocketry -> Space Flight. Domestic deliveries for 52, 58, 52, 102, 262, 338. Deliveries to English for 192, 278, 237, 227.
+1680 Space Flight -> Environmentalism -> Combined Arms. Domestic deliveries for 234, 110, 128. Wine to English for 217. Spice from Chicago to Rome for 1068. Japanese embassy established at their freshly founded outpost on the west coast. Tijuana founded.
+1690 Aztecs build Suffrage. Combined Arms -> Plastics -> Superconductor. Domestic deliveries for 18, 350, 102, 280, 475. Tactics -> Chinese -> maps. Japanese Matsuyama bribed for 66g. Spy turned vet. Got 32g.
+1700 Superconductor -> Labor Union. Apollo built. Chicago maxes out at size 30. Domestic deliveries for 84, 300, 363. Beads to Rome for 296. Volga, Baltimore, and Vancouver founded.
+1710 Labor Union -> Stealth -> Fusion Power. Space race starts. First airport built on the west coast. Domestic deliveries for 40, 165, 96, 30, 117, 272. Windsor, Charles, and Kerman founded.
+1720 Romans steal plastics; I declare war. French steal space flight; I do not get a chance to declare war because we are in this weird state of not war not peace. Fusion Power -> Fundamentalism. Domestic deliveries for 42, 222. Bahamas founded. T4L3S3
+1730 French build statue of Liberty. French join the space race. French and Aztecs sneak attack. They each kill a commodity van. Fundamentalism -> Future Tech 1. Domestic deliveries for 54, 54, 138, 132, 129. Vermont and Utica founded. T3L3S4
+1740 French elephants back off rather than attack my riflemen. Aztec elephant kills another commodity van. Future Tech 1 -> 2 -> 3. Aztec elephant killed. French elephant killed. Domestic deliveries for 215, 896, 46, 132. Cloth to barbarian Norwich for 247. Hides to English for 190. Fairbanks founded.
+1750 French Ironclad kills spy defending Bahamas. Aztecs deliver to Raging Brook. Future Tech 3 -> 4 -> 5. Deliveries to English for 139, 177. Domestic deliveries for 194, 595, 48. Stealth fighter kills 5 French units. French Seminole captured for 34g and marketplace. Senate backs me up in not accepting French offer of peace. T5L3S2

Status at +1750
Population: 59.8M; Cities: 119; Techs: All+4FT; Government: Democracy
Gold: 151; Cost: 337; Trade routes: ?D?F;
Ancient Wonders: Great Wall
Medieval Wonders: Marco, Copernicus, Michelangelo, Shakespeare
Industrial Wonders: Leo, Bach, Newton, Darwin
Modern Wonders: Cure, Hoover, SETI, Apollo
Units: 67 Engineers, 1 Phalanx, 42 Riflemen, 1 Paratropper, 3 dragoons, 1 tank, 1 stealth fighter, 6 transports, 8 Spies, 32 vans
Goals: Launching in 3 turns
Russian: Destroyed by me
Celt: Settler killed by barbarians
Roman: 1 city; 44 techs; war with me and Chinese
Japanese: 7 cities, 24 techs; Oracle, King Richard; war with me
French: 17 cities, 38 techs; Hanging Gardens, Magellan; war with me
Aztec: 6 cities, 44 techs; Pyramids, Eiffel; war with me
Chinese: 5+ cities, 40+ techs; Colossus, Great Library, Adam Smith; allied with me
English: 6 cities, 26 techs; Lighthouse;

+1752 Japanese kill my spy. French Ironclad attacks Seminole and kills my paratrooper. Future Tech 5 -> 6. Stealth fighter kills 5 French units. Roman diplomat killed. Domestic deliveries for 24, 32, 94, 128. Hides to French Matinique for 128. Deliveries to English for 291, 134. Sirjan founded. T3L3S4
+1754 English declare war in support of French. Aztecs steal Fusion power. Future Tech 6 -> 7. Roman catapult killed. Cloth to Aztecs for 47.
+1756 Future Tech 7 -> 8. Full space ship launched. Dashtestan founded. Senate hands peace to Romans.
+1757 Future Tech 8 -> 9 -> 10. Domestic deliveries for 618, 578, 278, 126, 332, 60. Aztec diplomat killed. Hides to English for 107. English Leeds bribed for 430g. Spy lost. Got 199g and 2 units.
+1758 French trireme killed in attack on my transport. Future Tech 10 -> 11 -> 12. There are 9 polluted tiles. 2 Aztec units killed. 4 French units killed. Wine to French Rouen for 307. Domestic deliveries for 52, 76, 22, 96. Hides to English for 200, 120.
+1759 Future Tech 12 -> 13. Despite massive cleanup, there are now 15 polluted tiles. Domestic deliveries for 320, 42. Copper to French for 227. 1 Aztec unit killed. 3 French units killed.
+1760 Aztec elephant dies attacking my tank. Future Tech 13 -> 14 -> 15. Down to 14 polluted tiles. Japanese chariot killed. Aztec diplomat killed. Domestic deliveries for 58, 72, 354, 52. Coal to French for 380. Idaho founded.
+1761 Aztecs join the space race. Aztecs lose a musketeer attacking my tank. UN built; Chinese abandon. Future Tech 15 -> 16. Polluted tiles are down to 10. Aztec diplomat killed. Schenectady founded. Deliveries to French for 210, 208. Domestic deliveries for 96, 44.
+1762 Future Tech 16 -> 17 -> 18. Polluted tiles are down to 8. Japanese knight killed. 2 French units killed. Domestic deliveries for 54, 324, 244, 25, 1339, 94, 67.
+1763 Future Tech 18 -> 19 -> 20. Still 5 polluted tiles left. Senate hawks come to my rescue and allow me to kill Roman units in my city radius! 3 Roman units killed. 2 Japanese units killed. 1 Aztec unit killed. Domestic deliveries for 89, 60, 15, 487, 320, 52, 45, 90, 85, 70, 97.
+1764 Future Tech 20 -> 21 -> 22. Remaining 2 polluted tiles cleaned up. Deliveries to English for 294, 203, 394, 254, 397, 222, 146. Domestic deliveries for 56, 102, 47, 78, 91, 26. Kuhestan founded.
+1765 Chinese join the space race. French space ship maxes out on structurals. Future Tech 22 -> 23 -> 24. 1 Roman unit killed. 2 Japanese units killed; Sapporo on the west coast razed rather than captured which caused the loss of a vet stealth fighter. Domestic deliveries for 626, 134, 95, 42, 72, 7, 17, 11, 10, 11, 18, 42, 12, 106, 70, 62, 8, 30, 100, 2, 40. Beads to French for 134. Rudsar, Wheatfield, and Connecticut founded. Phili relocated. T0L3S7
+1766 Future Tech 24 -> 25 -> 26 -> 27. Manhattan built. Midland, Frenchport, Tippoint, and Endgame1 to 6 founded. Domestic deliveries for 92, 2, 27, 138, 24, 22, 14, 69. T0L10S0
+1767 Space ship arrives