GOTM_131 Spoiler

[Ali Ardavan]

Date Notes
-4000 Number one goal is rival contacts. Lack of Marco, and their advanced state makes this urgent.
-3950 -> Alphabet. Chose 50g over unit and tech from hut (no nomads or advanced tribes).
-3900 Delhi builds temple and starts settler.
-3700 Delhi is size 1.
-3650 Warrior runs into Celtic city of Porth. Celts (5) demand Mapmaking; I refuse; they declare war. My power is Pathetic.
-3500 T6L0S4
-3350 Alphabet -> Writing.
-3250 Size 1 settler produced.
-3200 Delhi is size 2.
-3100 None settler builds Bombay to allow Nomads from huts. Hut on island 20 founds Madras by Advanced tribe. Would have preferred Nomad but apparently if the game can give you AT it will not give you a Nomad. Hut on homeland gives Nomad.
-3050 Power is still Pathetic. Found Kyoto. Mapmaking -> Japanese (1) -> peace, Mysticism. I was hoping they had other stuff.
-3000 Bangalore founded in homeland. Japanese (1) -> alliance, maps, no gifts. Their map is strange: their homeland is one island but part of it is island 16 and part of it 21! I have never seen anything like this before.

Status at -3000
Population: 0.06M; Cities: 4; Techs: 4; Government: Despotism
Gold: 6; Cost: 1; Trade routes: 0D0F;
Wonders:
Units: 1 None Settler, 2 Warriors (1 None), 1 None Trireme
Footprint: 3 cities in India, 1 on island 20.
Goals: Finding rivals, Monarchy, Trade
Celts: No embassy; nominal war with me
Japanese: No embassy; allied with me
blue: No contact
Aztec: No contact; Marco
American: No contact
Carthaginian: No contact

-2750 Writing -> Code of Laws. Writing -> Japanese -> Bronze, 0g. 100g from hut. T4L0S6
-2550 Calcutta founded in homeland.
-2300 Code of Laws -> Monarchy. Japanese -> 25g. Lahore founded on island 20.
-2250 Mapmaking, Mysticism, Writing -> Celts (6) -> peace, Wheel, alliance, no gifts. It took a lot of tries before a polar hut yielded Monarchy. T6L0S4
-2200 -> Literacy. Celts -> maps. Power is weak.
-2100 Revolution.
-2050 Monarchy established. T7L0S3. Karachi founded on island 25. Madras uprooted.

Status at -2000
Population: 0.08M; Cities: 6; Techs: 9; Government: Monarchy
Gold: 29; Cost: 1; Trade routes: 0D0F;
Wonders:
Units: 3 Settlers (1 None), 2 Warriors (1 None), 1 Phalanx, 2 Trireme (1 None), 1 Diplomat
Footprint: 4 cities in India, 1 on island 20, 1 on island 25.
Goals: Finding rivals, Trade
Celts: No embassy; allied with me
Japanese: No embassy; allied with me
German: No contact
Aztec: No contact; Marco
American: No contact
Carthaginian: No contact

-1950 Kolhapur founded next to former Madras on island 20.
-1850 Aztec embassy established at Atlantis. Wheel -> Japanese (2) -> Currency, 50g. Monarchy, Mysticism, Currency -> Aztec (0) -> Literacy, Trade, Seafaring, peace, alliance, maps. Their map shows Carthage and Washington. Now only Germany is unknown. 100g from hut.
-1800 -> Philosophy. T3L0S7. Literacy -> Celt (6) -> 100g.
-1750 Power is Mighty!
-1700 Jaipur founded on island 25.
-1650 Japanese embassy established.
-1500 Hyderabad founded in India with access to Fish, Whale, and Fruit; it will be my science city. Nomad from hut on the first try!
-1450 Philosophy -> Horseback riding (no other choice) -> Republic. Nomad builds Bengal on island 19.
-1400 Philosophy -> Celt (6) -> 50g.
-1350 Power is Supreme.
-1300 Germans build Pyramids; Aztecs Hanging Gardens.
-1050 Republic -> Banking. Republic established. T8L0S2
-1000 Chittagong founded.

Status at -1000
Population: 0.34M; Cities: 11; Techs: 16; Government: Republic
Gold: 25; Cost: 1; Trade routes: 0D0F;
Wonders: Colossus (next turn)
Units: 4 Settlers (1 None), 9 Warriors (1 None), 1 Phalanx, 3 Trireme (1 None), 2 Diplomats, 2 vans
Footprint: 5 cities in India, 2 on island 20, 2 on 25, 1 on 19, 1 on 29.
Goals: Finding Germans, contacting Americans and Carthaginians, Trade routes.
Celts: 4+ cities, No embassy; Allied with me, war with Japanese
Japanese: 3 cities, 19 techs; Allied with me, war with Celts;
German: No contact; Pyramids
Aztec: 3 cities, 16 techs; Marco, Hanging Gardens; Allied with me
American: No contact
Carthaginian: No contact

-0975 Colossus built. T6L2S2.
-0950 T2L6S2
-0925 3 cities of size 3 celebrate. Nomad on first attempt from hut.
-0900 Another city joins the celebration.
-0825 Punjab founded on island 18. T2L8S0
-0800 American embassy established. Republic, Philosophy, Seafaring, Mysticism, Horseback riding -> American (2) -> peace, Construction, maps. With science city and capital at size 8 and all other cities already dropping out, celebration phase ends having added 15 citizens. T6L3S1
-0775 Celts build Great Library. Dacca founded.
-0725 Construction, Seafaring, Monarchy -> Celt (5) -> Iron Working, Polytheism, maps
Iron Working, Polytheism -> Aztec -> Banking.
-0700 -> Monotheism.
-0650 Bridge Building from hut. Aztecs demand Bridge Building and cancel alliance when I refuse.
-0625 Bridge Building -> Aztec -> Engineering.
-0550 Americans build Great Wall and Lighthouse. Celtic embassy established. Banking -> American (3) -> Math, maps. Astronomy from hut.

 

[Bestbank Tiger]

What did you build in your cities along the way? I didn't do too well with this GOTM--the Germans are well ahead of me, but I do want to pay attention to what the better players did so I can see what I did wrong.

 

[Ali Ardavan]

What did you build in your cities along the way?

By -1000 the only structure I had was the original temple (you can tell that from the log since my cost is 1). I built units in all my cities except one that built Colossus with the help of food vans of course.

I didn't do too well with this GOTM--the Germans are well ahead of me, but I do want to pay attention to what the better players did so I can see what I did wrong.

Please post your log regardless. We all started as Pathetic in this game, which is actually good in the begining. It allows you to get gifts from allies. I got a few of those before reaching Supreme. If you have found the Germans, try exchanging techs with them and send vans to their cities.

I played till +500 last night. I will post a log soon.

 

[Inkerman]

What did you build in your cities along the way? ...what the better players did...

Hello Bestbank,

Welcome, we met briefly in a previous spoiler, thank you for your interest here. You are in a common position and everyone gets better by browsing the forums and playing the game. If you haven't already you will come across lots of discussions on the lines of what works in which situation.

Just to set the scene in Ali's case we are not just talking a "better player" but rather one amongst the best. It is not the only measure but only Peaster has more GotM points than he has; even if Ali were to stop now it would be several years before the third placed person in the Hall of Fame, our moderator, could overhaul him.

Thirdly, the answer to your question is that for the period covered by the log, cities mostly build settlers, or caravans once trade is available, some military, and only rarely a building. In fact a strong player may have more wonders than buildings in the early and middle stages of games on normal maps. In this log it seems there is one building ("Cost: 1") in 1000BC.

If you've not already please see Tip and Tricks for new players

regards, Inkerman.

 

[Bestbank Tiger]

D'oh!! Didn't think to keep a log. I'll have to do that with the next GOTM.

But thanks to everyone for the answers--I can see some of what I did wrong based on those.

 

[Ali Ardavan]

Just to set the scene in Ali's case we are not just talking a "better player" but rather one amongst the best. It is not the only measue but only Peaster has more GotM points than he has; even if Ali were to stop now it would be several years before the third placed person in the Hall of Fame, our moderator, could overhaul him.

That is some mighty praise. Thank you.

the answer to your question is that for the period covered by the log, cities mostly build settlers, or caravans once trade is available, some military, and only rarely a building. In fact a strong player may have more wonders than buildings in the early and middle stages of games on normal maps. In this log it seems there is one building ("Cost: 1") in 1000BC.

If you've not already please see Tip and Tricks for new players

Great advice. Exactly on point.

 

[Ali Ardavan]

-0475 Beads to Aztecs for 352 establishes the first trade route.
-0450 Monotheism -> Navigation. University from hut.
-0375 Spice to Celts for 372. T0L2S8
-0350 Indus and Ganges founded. T1L2S7
-0325 Navigation -> Physics. Foreign deliveries for 468, 288. T4L3S3
-0300 Physics -> Magnetism.
-0275 T6L3S1
-0250 Copernicus built.
-0225 Spice to Celts for 222. University -> Aztec -> Medicine.
-0175 Japanese cancel alliance. Madras founded.
-0150 Michelangelo built. First domestic delivery for 114. Met Carthaginians. T5L4S1
-0125 Foreign deliveries for 96. T0L4S6
-0100 Magnetism -> Sanitation. Foreign deliveries for 288.
-0075 Foreign deliveries for 125. T3L4S3
-0050 Islamabad and Bhutan founded. Navigation -> Celt (5) -> Invention. Invention -> Aztec -> Pottery.
+0001 Sanitation -> Chemistry. Domestic deliveries for 74.

Status at +0001
Population: 3.1M; Cities: 18; Techs: 33; Government: Republic
Gold: 24; Cost: 23; Trade routes: 4D8F;
Wonders: Colossus, Copernicus, Michelangelo
Units: 4 Settlers (2 None), 12 Warriors (1 None), 1 Phalanx, 6 Trireme (1 None), 1 Caravel, 3 Diplomats, 14 vans
Footprint: 6 cities in India, 2 on island 20, 3 on 25, 3 on 19, 1 on 29, 2 on 18, 1 on 9.
Goals: Finding Germans, establishing embassies with all, more Trade routes, Magellan, Leo, Democracy, explosives.
Celts: 7 cities, 32 techs; Great Library; Allied with me, war with Japanese
Japanese: 3 cities, 16 techs; War with Germans
German: No contact; Pyramids
Aztec: 4 cities, 27 techs; Marco, Hanging Gardens;
American: 4 cities, 22 techs Lighthouse, Great Wall;
Carthaginian: No embassy

+0020 Wine from science city to Tenochtitlan for 572. Domestic delivery for 110.
+0040 Chemistry -> Democracy. Foreign deliveries for 118.
+0080 Barbarian legion lands near Bangalore. T6L4S0
+0100 Barbarian legion kills warrior. Barbarian legion bribed for 82g to save Bangalore.
+0120 Spice to Boston for 558. T8L2S0
+0140 Democracy -> Steam Engine. Instant revolution. Japanese declare war over my tribute demands; Aztecs and Americans ignore me; Carthaginians demand 50g to talk and declare war when I refuse. Democracy established. Silk to New York for 480. T4L4S2
+0180 Foreign deliveries for 88. Nomad from hut.
+0200 Steam Engine -> Gunpowder. Japanese Nara bribed for 75g. Got Warrior Code.
+0220 Celts built King Richard's; I build Leo.
+0240 Carthaginian elephant kills my None warrior. Foreign delivery for 150.
+0260 Navigation -> Carthaginian -> peace to save my None settler.
+0280 Celts build Shakespeare; Germans Sun Tzu. Nara turned into a None settler. Foreign delivery for 264.
+0300 Gunpowder -> Explosives. Foreign deliveries for 212, 356. T0L4S6
+0320 Explosives -> Theory of Gravity. Navigation -> Aztec -> Economics, maps. German Frankfurt discovered by Nara Engineer. Tech bombed Germans to Worshipful before they agreed to map exchange. Domestic delivery for 38. Foreign delivery for 220. T4L4S2
+0340 Foreign delivery for 412. Carthaginian settler, turned None, bribed for 344. German embassy established.
+0360 Theory of Gravity -> Atomic Theory. Foreign deliveries for 265, 276, 162. T2L4S4
+0380 Barbarian legion lands near Kolhapur. Atomic Theory -> Railroad. Magellan built.
+0400 Barbarian legion killed in attack on Kolhapur; leader captured for 100g. Senate hands Japanese cease fire before I get a chance to attack Kyoto. Foreign deliveries for 396, 295, 140.
+0420 Carthaginians build Oracle. Railroad -> Metallurgy. Domestic delivery for 138. Foreign deliveries for 232, 208. Aztec settler on Gold island bribed for 432g.
+0440 Metallurgy -> Conscription. Aztec Atlantis subverted for 2x117g. Got Masonry. There is a Celtic Warrior inside Atlantis! T3L4S3

+0500 Conscription -> Electricity. Foreign delivery for 232. Abskun founded on Gold mountain. Puneh founded.

Status at +0500
Population: 12.0M; Cities: 21; Techs: 46; Government: Democracy
Gold: 40; Cost: 87; Trade routes: 11D27F;
Wonders: Colossus, Copernicus, Michelangelo, Magellan, Leo, Newton (next turn)
Units: 15 Engineers (6 None), 3 Musketeers, 10 Riflemen, 2 Crusaders, 8 Galleon (1 None), 1 Frigate, 3 Diplomats, 7 vans
Footprint: 6 cities in India, 2 on island 20, 3 on 25, 3 on 19, 1 on 29, 3 on 18, 1 on each of 2, 9, 17.
Goals: Establishing Carthaginian embassy. Eliminating Japanese. Expansion to tiny islands.
Celts: 7 cities, 38 techs; Great Library, King Richards, Shakespeare; Allied with me, war with Germans
Japanese: 4 cities, 17 techs;
German: 6 cities, 26 techs; Pyramids, Sun Tzu; War with Celts and Carthaginians
Aztec: 3 cities, 34 techs; Marco, Hanging Gardens;
American: 4 cities, 27 techs Lighthouse, Great Wall;
Carthaginian: No embassy; Oracle

 

[haleewud]

I have always liked NON settlers. But this may be holding me back. Maybe someday, I'll figure it out. Regardless, I did not use the NON settler to found a new city. Instead, there was a lot of terraforming to do.

Date Notes
-4000 Trireme heads north. Settler moves to Oasis.
-3950 Start Alphabet. I popped the hut about 15 times. Had choice of 5 different techs (Myst, Pot, HBR, WC or Mason). Chose NON Chariot over gold or tech (no nomads or advanced tribes).
-3900 Chariot lands on Coast 1.
-3850 Trireme heads south (warrior still on board).
-3750 T/L/S = 6/0/4
-3700 Delhi builds Temple. Delhi is size 1. Start Settler.
-3600 Hut at 24,0. Again, lots of tech choices. Chose NON Chariot over tech or gold.
-3450 Meet Celtics (6). Peace. I am pathetic.
-3400 Alphabet -> Writing. Hut at 5,39. More tech. 50G is largest amount. Chose NON Elephant.
-3300 Meet Aztec van (2) on island 18. Peace
-3250 Violate Kells. Also find Porth.
-3200 Violate Armagh, withdraw? yes (2 units). Size 2 (maybe should have taken gold earlier for size 1 settler).
-3100 Hut at 23,43. Chose 50g over tech or supported unit.
-3050 Delhi builds settler.


Status at -3000
Population: 0.01M; Cities: 1; Techs: 3; Government: Despotism
Gold: 54; Cost: 1; Trade routes: 0D0F;
Wonders:
Units: 1 NON Settler, 1 supported settler. 1 NON warrior, 2 NON chariot, 1 NON Elephant, 1 None Trireme

Celts: No embassy; Peace
Green: No contact
Dk Blue: No contact
Aztec: No embassy; Peace; Marco
Lt Blue: No contact
Orange: No contact

-2850 Celts discover Currency. Contact Celts (5) they demand Map Making, given. Alliance. Get gift of Bronze Working. Bombay founded on Indian mainland.
-2550 Writing -> Code of Laws. Hut at 2,62. Chose Code of Laws (over gold or units). Hut at 9,47. Chose Monarchy.
-2500 start Currency. REVOLUTION
-2450 Monarchy established. Delhi builds Settler. T/L/S = 3/0/7
-2250 Hut at 24,54. Chose 100g
-2200 Bombay builds settler. Madras founded on island 25 (which I later found was not an island, but a continent with several different parts).
-2050 Delhi builds settler.

Status at -2000
Population: 0.07M; Cities: 3; Techs: 7; Government: Monarchy
Gold: 141; Cost: 1; Trade routes: 0D0F;
Wonders:
Units: 1 NON Settler, 2 supported settler. 1 NON warrior, 2 NON chariot, 1 NON Elephant, 1 None Trireme
Footprint: 2 cities in India, 1 on island 25.

Celts: No embassy; allied with me
Green: No contact
Dk Blue: No contact
Aztec: No embassy; Peace; Marco
Lt Blue: No contact
Orange: No contact

-1900 Bangalore founded on Indian mainland
-1850 Currency -> Trade, Bombay builds settler
-1800 Meet Americans (5) at 114,58. They demand writing, given. Peace.
-1700 Celts discover Trade. Contact Celts (6), trade writing for trade, exchange maps.
-1650 Aztecs contact me, War with Americans? No. Start Literact. Encounter Japanese (4) demand Map Making given. Peace, trade Monarhcy fr Mysticism, Give writing and currency, Alliance, exchange maps.
-1600 Madras builds settler. Calcutta founded on Island 19.
-1500 Delhi builds Spice van.
-1450 Lahore founded on island 25
-1400 Bombay builds Hides van. Hut at 42,58 Chose Literacy
-1350 Start Philosophy
-1300 Philosphy -> Medicine -> Republic. Karachi founded on island 18.
-1250 Tenochtitlan builds Colossus.
-1150 Celts discover wheel. Power level is Mighty. Contact Americans (4) Alliance? War on Aztecs? no, Alliance anyway. Exchange maps, no gift. Contact Japanese (3), exchange maps, no gift. Contact Celts (6), exchange maps, gift of 50g. Contact Aztecs (1), give Literacy, exchange maps.
-1100 Contact Americans, trade Philosophy for Republic. REVOLUTION
-1050 Republic estabished. Delhi builds Dye van. Contract Celts, give them republic. T/L/S = 0/6/4
-1000 Americans discover Math. Start Banking. WLTCD in 4 cities.

Status at -1000
Population: 0.35M; Cities: 7; Techs: 14; Government: Republic
Gold: 242; Cost: 1; Trade routes: 0D0F;
Wonders:
Units: 1 NON Settler. 1 Supported warrior, 1 NON warrior, 2 NON chariot, 1 NON Elephant, 1 None Trireme, 1 supported Trireme. 3 vans
Footprint: 3 cities in India, 2 on island 25. 1 on Island 19, 1 on Island 18

Celts: No embassy; allied with me
Japanese: No embassy; Allied with me
Dk Blue: No contact
Aztec: No embassy; Peace; Marco, Colossus
Americans: No embassy; Allied with me
Orange: No contact

 

[Major Advantage]

I had some trouble to come up with a decent game-plan, so I took some long breaks, but now (720 AD) things look pretty good. Here is the first part of my log:


Initial plan: build settlers, settle home island, keep none-settler for roads. Grab gold from island hut for size-1-settler, then drop of warrior on cont. #1

-4000 production to settler, choose HBR (to have something to trade for)
-3950 pop hut: tech,tech,tech,50g,tech,barbs,chariot(NONE). Ok, keep it for exploring cont.#1, leave warrior on ship
-3400 riding -> pottery , settler produced, hut on cont. 19: Legion (none), keep and disband into another size 1 settler, polar hut: 50g
-3200 2nd settler produced
-3150 No hut at 33,5! must be popped by AI, hut on home 50g
-3100 meet Celts, give MM, peace, trade riding for Bronze, no alliance, Bombay founded
-3000 Madras founded
(interturn) meet german chariot, get alph, pottery, peace
-2950 research to CoL
-2900 hail Celts, alliance for pottery, maps
-2750 hut(112,58): polytheism (wanted a good tech so monarchy will be available next)
-2700 join in Celtic war with germany
-2650 germans and celts sign peace
-2600 Bangalore founded (cont. #19)
-2550 hut(106,58): CoL
-2500 researching monarchy, gift CoL to Germany, cease fire
-2400 meet Aztecs, give poly, peace
-2300 mon -> writing; germany: give mon for peace, Aztecs: give mon, get trade, celts: 50g gift, revolution
(celts ask for for help against germany, denied, 100g offered, war declared, german kills our chariot)
-2250 Monarchy established, reputation ruined, stupid "Niebelungentreue")
-2200 Hail Aztecs, get writing for riding
-2150 Celts: give writing, get masonry, 100g from hut
-2100 Researching Literacy, meet Americans, give poetry, get Literacy
-2050 Research to Myst., Calcutta founded on cont. 18, America: Mon<->Construct.; Aztecs: Constr.<->Myst.
-2000 Research to Math (Philo not available)

stats at -2000
pop.: 110k; cities: 5; techs: 15 (math), gov: Monarchy, gold: 157
units: 4 settlers, 3 warriors, 2 boats
wonders: -
plan: build HG and LH, start some trading

-1900 Lahore founded (NE end of home island)
-1850 50g gift from celts, 2 vans produced
-1800 hut: math
-1750 researching philo
-1550 Delhi builds HG
-1300 hut: Republic, revolution
(Berlin builds Pyramids)
-1250 Republic established
-1100 philo->mono->Astro, LH built in Madras, 50g from hut
(Aztecs build Colossus in Tenochtitlan)
-1000 hail germans, give philo, cease fire, give trde, get bridge build.

stats at -1000
pop.: 420k; cities: 7; techs: 20 (Astro), gov: Republic, gold: 34
units: 3 settler, 3 warriors, 1 phalanx, 3 boat, 2 vans
wonders: HG, LH
plan: get trade going, build MC, conquer Tenochtitlan ??

 

[Ali Ardavan]

-1550 Delhi builds HG
-1100 philo->mono->Astro, LH built in Madras, 50g from hut
(Aztecs build Colossus in Tenochtitlan)

stats at -1000
...
wonders: -

Looks like you had 2 wonders by -1000 which is excellent. I barely had one.

 

[Major Advantage]

Looks like you had 2 wonders by -1000 which is excellent. I barely had one.

Oops, you're right, I corrected it. During that era, I hardly produced anything else but vans for wonders. LH (which I rarely build) seemed like a good idea to help trade with Celts.

 

[Ali Ardavan]

Indeed trading with Celts using Triremes and no LH would take about 4 times as long. I too thought about it but giving priority to Colossus lost it to Americans. The advanced state of the rivals meant a relatievely tight wonder race. By early + years all ancient and medieval wonders were built in my game. Celts have built 3 wonders. That by itself is a rarity.

 

[Major Advantage]

I skipped colossus as I didn't have an "SSCable" city. I didn't like the one you chose because of the deserts, plains and lack of grassland. However, the one I eventually chose required a lot of work too. Colossus was still very useful after I had my shipchain established to Tenochtitlan.

Next part:
-975 discover Frankfurt, gift some techs to germany, peace
-950 get IW from Celts, Astro from Aztecs, gift tech, maps
-925 researching wheel, 1st delivery spice(d) Delhi->Porth 384g
-900 Nomad from southern glacier-hut, Kolhapur founded
-850 Wheel -> engineering, Dye (d) Bombay->Caerdydd 216g, warrior contained in germany, so can't rech Carthagians, Dacca founded (near Calcutta)
-825 dye (d) Delhi->Teo 160g
-750 Beads (d) Bombay->Kells 216g

Take a long break, playing on without a plan where to go is no good. Some considerations:

science & landing:
- Colossus is gone, no city is SSCable
+ offshore trading partners nearby
+ made good progress in tech-tree already
+ possible SSC-site at 31,57 (2 spice, whale, grass-whale) (-needs some developement, huge distance for wonder-vans)
(supply wildcard: gems/copper; demand wildcard: hides/coal)

Conquest:
+ Crusaders available
- distance
- need attacking ships (at least ironclads)

At any case: need more cities (southern continent and northwest of celtics) and Michelangelo, so build some settlers and divert some vans to wonders

-725 Barbs near Bangalore, switch to Crusader
-700 Barbs killed, spice(d) Lahore->Caerdydd 228g
-675 silver(d) Bang->Madras 84g, Hyderabad founded on cont. 25, hail Aztecs, trade for seafaring
-625 Drop off Warrior near Carthagians, they want gold, denied, war
-575 spend gold, hail carthagians, give techs, peace, maps
-550 University -> Navigation, hides(d) to Kells 128g, Bengal founded on southern continent, city site on northern cont. in irrigation, 2 demanded vans en route to Tenocht
-525 Beads (u) Delhi -> Caerdydd 128g, Beads (d) Lahore > Armagh 96g, Hail Aztecs, get Nav., maps, Eureka founded at SSC-location
-500 Researching Invention, Michelangelo built

stats at -500:

pop.: 710k; cities: 12; techs: 27 (Inv.), gov: Republic, gold: 301; trade routes: 2D8F; cost/turn:0
units: 4 settler, 3 warriors, 1 Crusader, 6 boat, 2 dips, 2 vans
wonders: HG, LH, Michelangelo
plan: develop cities and terrain, esp. SSC, build Leonardo's and SSc wonders, next tech goal: explosives

-475 embassy with Aztecs
(-425) meet Japanese, peace
-425 Invention -> Medicine, copper (d) to Tenoch 216g, demands shift
-350 Dye (d) to Tlatelolco 152g, Celtics settle next to my designated city site
-325 Barb Legion next to defenseless Bombay, prepare bribe-back, rehome trireme, raise luxuries to compensate loss of Michelangelo
(Bombay captured by barb Legion)
-300 Medicine -> Chemistry, Bombay bribed back 104g (0+Legion), time for some celebration
-275 Punjab founded (south)
-250 North Point founded
-225 hides (d) Caerdydd 120g
-175 Cancel celebration
-125 Leonardo's Workshop built
-100 Chem. -> Gunpowder, Hail Aztecs, give Invention, get physics (make explosives available next)
-75 undemanded deliveries to Tenocht. 2*112g, Indus founded

stats at 1AD:
pop.: 1.92M; cities: 16; techs: 31 (Gunp.), gov: Republic, gold: 118 Trade routes: 2D13F; cost/turn:0
units: 4 settler, 3 warriors, 1 Legion, 1 Crusader,7 boat, 9 vans, 2 dip
wonders: HG, LH, Michelangelo, Leonardo

Celts: Enthusiastic, allied with me
Japan: Angry, peace
German: Bad mood, peace; Pyramids
Aztecs: Enthusiastc, peace, 9 cities, 28 techs; Colossus, Marco Polo
America: Enthusiastc, peace; GL
Cathagians: Cooperative, peace

plan: get explosives, develop southern continent, prepare for democracy (=get Magnetism for happy boats), build SSC wonders

 

[Major Advantage]

There is a Celtic Warrior inside Atlantis!

There is definitely something mysterious about Atlantis. Late in my game

Spoiler :

I took the city with stealth-fighter/paratroopers:
1.: Fighter kills aztec phalanx
2.: Fighter attacks aztec dip, a message pops up telling me I can only evict dips that are within my territory, then the attack is executed anyway.
3.: Paratrooper tries to land in Atlantis, now a message pops up that I can't enter my (celtic) ally's city!
So I had to cancel the alliance to prevent my fighter from crashlanding into the ocean. The city was taken next turn when I was at war with both celts and Aztecs.

 

[Ali Ardavan]

+0520 Aztecs deliver to size 1 Puneh. Newton built. Foreign delivery for 154.
+0540 Electricity -> Industrialization. Metallurgy -> Carthaginian -> maps.
+0560 German delivery for 232. Kish and Tonb founded.
+0580 Industrialization -> Corporation. German deliveries for 280, 363. Canary and Quetta founded. Domestic delivery for 176.
+0600 Corporation -> Genetic Engineering. Gheshm and Karthika founded. None Rifleman from hut.
+0620 Zahedan founded.
+0640 Americans build Liberty.
+0660 Genetic Engineering -> Refrigeration. Finally got Japanese to declare war. Single warrior defending the city killed and the city taken for 132g and Feudalism. Senate immediately hands peace to the Japanese. T2L4S4
+0680 Zabol founded. 100g from hut.
+0700 Refrigeration -> Refining. Salt from SSC to Germans for 740.
+0720 Barbarian Frigate killed in attack on my city. Refining -> Theology. Beads to Germans for 392. Seylan, Kharg, and Goa founded. T2L3S5
+0740 Celts build Eiffel; I build the Cure. Theology -> Steel.
+0760 T4L3S3
+0780 Steel -> Electronics. Tech bombed Aztecs who are about to build Darwin. Bushehr founded. Domestic delivery for 194.
+0800 Aztecs finish Darwin and get Theology and Electronics. Oh well, I am not going to get anything out of them. Domestic delivery for 355.
+0820 Electronics -> Chivalry. Milan founded. Domestic delivery for 95.
+0840 Foreign delivery for 390.
+0860 Chivalry -> Combustion. Foreign delivery for 508. Domestic deliveries for 78, 322. Japanese declared war again. Single warrior defending Satsuma killed and the city captured.
+0880 Combustion -> Leadership. Carthaginian embassy established. Foreign deliveries for 890. Kerman founded. Senate hands Japanese cease fire. Gift them to Enthusiastic and got maps to find their one unknown city. Japanese Edo subverted for 2x268g. T0L3S7
+0900 Leadership -> Tactics -> Machine Tools. Foreign deliveries for 300, 528, 212. T4S3L3
+0920 Machine Tools -> Communism. Bach built. Foreign deliveries for 210.
+0940 Foreign deliveries for 315, 208. Kagoshima subverted for 2x118g. Japanese civilization destroyed. T0L3S7
+0960 Communism -> Espionage -> Mini. Foreign delivery for 232. Domestic deliveries for 92, 187. Barbarian leader for 100g. T3L3S4
+0980 Mini -> Automobile. Domestic Silver for 210. T4L3S3
+1000 100g from hut. Foreign delivery for 528. Domestic delivery for 60. T0L3S7

Status at +1000
Population: 26.0M; Cities: 39; Techs: 64; Government: Democracy
Gold: 340; Cost: 186; Trade routes: 29D40F;
Ancient Wonders: Colossus
Medieval Wonders: Copernicus, Michelangelo, Magellan
Industrial Wonders: Leo, Newton, Bach
Modern Wonders: Cure
Units: 22 Engineers (6 None), 19 Riflemen, 2 Cavalry, 8 transport (1 None), 1 Frigate, 4 spy, 18 vans, 1 explorer
Footprint: 8 cities in India, 2 on island 20, 8 on 25, 3 on 19, 3 on 18, 2 on 1, 1 on each of 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 15, 16, 17, 21, 22, 29, 32
Goals: A few more cities; space race.
Notes: All but Carthaginians are in Democracy.
Celts: 7 cities, 46 techs; Great Library, King Richards, Shakespeare, Eiffel; Allied with me
Japanese: Destroyed by me
German: 7 cities, 34 techs; Pyramids, Sun Tzu; War with Carthaginians
Aztec: 3 cities, 56 techs; Marco, Hanging Gardens, Darwin;
American: 4 cities, 40 techs Lighthouse, Great Wall, Libetry;
Carthaginian: 5 cities, 22 techs; Oracle; War with Germans

 

[Major Advantage]

Finished!

I think I didn't write down all deliveries I made, here are the next 1000 years of my log:

20 Torfmoorholm founded (SSC helper accessing 2 peat)
40 salt (d) 96g
60 spice (d) 162g
80 Eureka Library
100 Explosives -> Banking, Eureka builds Copernicus, get Banking from Aztecs
120 Researching Magnetism
140 Embassy with Celts
160 spice (u) 106g
200 Magn. -> Democracy; foreign deliveries 216,128,118 dom 78, 47 rush lib in Delhi, Uni in Eureka, should pull the trigger next turn
220 It worked! Demo (revolt&establish)->Currency, Barb Legion ouside Calcutta, need more defenses, hail Aztecs, give Demo, get Currency
240 Researching Steam Engine, Calcutta lost (along with engineer&boat) & bribed back (+Legion)
-Stupid germans build Magellan but don't even have coastal cities (afaik)
300 Steam Eng. -> Railroad, start celebration
340 1st Eureka van, spice(d) >Tintagel 366g
360 RR -> Industry; Delay Shakespeare in favor of Darwin and Corporation
380 Args!! Darwin built, Ind (now communism replaces economics as joker)-> Metallurgy -> Economics
420 Eco -> Corporation
460 Corp -> Electricity, Celts pay 450g for me joining their war with germany, offshore coal to Tenoch 610g
500 Shakespeare built, celebration started

stats at 500 AD:
pop.: 2.75M; cities: 17; techs: 43 (Electr.), gov: Demo, gold: 1001 Trade routes: 5D20F; cost/turn: 15
units: 11 engineer, 4 musketeer, 1 Crusader, 7 boat, 7 vans, 6 dip
wonders: HG, LH, Michelangelo, Copernicus, Shakespeare, Leonardo, Darwin
plan: establish ship chain with Celts and Tenochtitlan, continue celebration-growth

Celts: Enthusiastic, 7 cities, 33 techs, allied with me, GW
Japan: Angry, peace
German: enraged, war; Pyramids, Magellan
Aztecs: Cordial, peace, 6 cities, 34 techs; Colossus, Marco Polo
America: cordial, peace; GL
Cathagians: Cooperative, peace; KRC

520 Electr. -> Refining
560 Ref. -> Gravity
580 Grav. -> Sanitation
600 Newton college in Eureka
640 Sanitation -> Steel; deliveries for 336,540,232
660 Steel -> Comb.; van for 228g, celebrations
700 Combustion -> Automobile, deliveries 62, 400, 402, 190, 174, beaker-box full, delay Eureka-van
720 My bad, box wasn't entirely full, zoom-to-Eureka only builds harbour; Automob.->Mass Prod., deliv 696g
740 Mass Prod. -> Nuclear Theor.; Eureka SH, 663g for undemanded cloth Eureka -> Teno
760 Nucl. Th.-> Electronics, deliv. 530, 530, 150
780 Electr. -> Nucl. Fission (delaying flight, so many trade routes with Teno), deliv. 663
800 Nucl. Fiss.-> Nuc. Power, embassy with Carths, deliv. 504,200
820 Power -> Flight, deliv 663, 774
840 Flight -> Radio; bribe german Frankfurt 1120g, (96 in return + 1 settler + Feudalism, still hoping to skip chivalry, Celts are working on Leadership), deliv 544, 163, 178
(german knight outside Frankfurt, cease fire, gift some techs, no peace)
860 Radio -> Conscr.; oil(d) North point>Eureka 822g, hail Celts, get Conscription + Chivalry
880 Theology->Leadership, deliv 138, 816
900 Leader -> tactics; 128,663,172, airports built in Frankfurt + Eureka
920 Tactics -> Machine Tools, Issus founded from german settler, Eureka no more food surplus, stop celebration, airport in Madras
940 Mach. Tools -> Adv. Flight, deliv. 256,300, begin storing vans
960 Adv. Flight -> Mini, deliv 450, 744, 287
980 Mini -> Computer
1000 Computer -> Laser(1742) What now?? Too few cities for a big spaceship! Small ship or conquest?
Techs to stealth: Mob.W., Robots,Rocket,Space,plastics,supercond. Will also need comb. weapons,commy & espionage (total 9 techs), might cap New York for SoL & fundy
box empty, need 1742 beakers, 90% science = 1572, SETI next turn will increase beakers by >50% => not more than 500g deliveries, 280 done

stats at 1000 AD
pop.: 12.72M; cities: 19; techs: 67 (Laser), gov: Demo, gold: 2732 Trade routes: ?D?F; cost/turn: 104
units: 13 engineers, 1 Legion, 4 musketeer, 1 Crusader, 1 alpine, 10 boat, 5 vans, 8 dip
wonders: HG, LH, Michealangelo,Copernicus, Shakespeare, Leonardo, Newton, Darwin (SETI next turn)
plan: keep doing 2 a/t, build up army & prepare high-tech-conquest, build Bach

Celts: Enthusiastic, 8 cities, 44 techs, allied with me, GW, Eiffel
Japan: Angry, peace
German: cooperative, cease fire; Pyramids, Magellan, Adam Smith
Aztecs: Cordial, peace, 6 cities, 37 techs; Colossus, Marco Polo
America: cordial, peace; GL, Liberty
Cathagians: Cooperative, 6 cities, 28 techs, peace; KRC Sun Tzu

Compared to Ali, at 500 Ad I was a little behind in both cities and techs, in 1000 AD I was far behind in cities but a little ahead in techs. So even though my expansion was rather poor, it seems like my trading and tech-hunting was quite ok. Fully equiped, Eureka was generating 132 trade arrows, and grew to size 34 in the end.

I might pick up my 1000 AD save at finish it as EL.

 

[Ali Ardavan]

Compared to Ali, at 500 Ad I was a little behind in both cities and techs, in 1000 AD I was far behind in cities but a little ahead in techs. So even though my expansion was rather poor, it seems like my trading and tech-hunting was quite ok.

Your progress between +500 and +1000 despite expansion is amazing. At +1000 you have half as many cities and half as much population, but 3 more techs, a lot more money, about the same wonders, and slightly more structures/city than I do. My only other advantage besides size, are the 13 extra vans I have. I am looking forward to the rest of your log.

 

[Major Advantage]

Your progress between +500 and +1000 despite expansion is amazing. At +1000 you have half as many cities and half as much population, but 3 more techs, a lot more money, about the same wonders, and slightly more structures/city than I do. My only other advantage besides size, are the 13 extra vans I have. I am looking forward to the rest of your log.

Thanks a lot! But I'll leave some more time for others to catch up before I post the rest of my log. For now: I went on with my final plan of high-tech-conquest, had all wonders and 1 future-tech in the end.
At the beginning of my 1000 AD turn (saved at that point for the alternate ending with EL), I had 16 vans, but have put a lot of them in SETI to be completed next turn.

 

[haleewud]

Next part:
-975 Japanese discover Masonry, Americans Banking. Power Level Supreme
-950 Kells builds LH, Barbs near Madras
-925 Madras builds diplomat, bribe Barb Chariot
-900 Banking -> Masonry. Bombay Hides (U) to Caerdydd for 132g (first delivery, hides were demanded by Kells when it was built in -1400). Trade with Japanese Republic for Masonry, exchange maps
-875 Japanese at war with Celts. Start Construction
-850 Trade with Americans Monarchy for Construction, Banking for Math.
-825 Start Astronomy
-800 Astronomy -> Pottery (choices were HBR, Pott and WC). Trade with Aztecs Republic for Pottery. Pottery is the 20th tech. Delhi Spice to Caerdydd for 346g.
-775 Start University
-750 Americans develop University. Trade with Americans Astro for Univ
-725 Celts develop Iron Working. Start Chemistry
-675 Chemistry -> Seafaring. Trade with Americans CB for Seaf. Delhi Dye to Tenochtitlan for 398g. Trade with Aztecs Philo for Poly
-650 Americans as war with Aztecs. Start Monotheism. Mono -> Economics. Delhi builds Hanging Gardens. Lahore Salt to Teotihuacan for 88g
-625 Kill Barb Chariots and Leader (100g)
-550 Trade with Celts Const for IW, Philo for Wheel. Madras Gems to Karachi for 168g
-525 Delhi builds Aqueduct. Kolhapur founded (on Indian mainland)


stats at -500:
pop.: 1.42M; cities: 8; techs: 27, gov: Republic, gold: 571; trade routes: 4D4F; cost/turn:3
units: 4 settler (1 NON), 2 warriors (1 NON), 4 Chariot (2 NON), 1 Elephant (1 NON), 5 Trireme (1 NON), 1 dips, 5 vans
wonders: HG
Footprint: 4 cities in India, 2 on 25, 1 on 19, 1 on 18.

Celts: No embassy; allied with me; LH
Japanese: No embassy; Allied with me
Dk Blue: No contact
Aztec: No embassy; Peace; Marco, Colossus
Americans: No embassy; Allied with me
Carthaginian: No contact, but can see 2 cities including Carthage


-475 Potsdam builds GL
-450 Economics -> Bridge Building, Jaipur founded (on island 29), Bangalore to Caernarfon for 312g. Bombay Dye to Philadelphia for 485g
-425 Bride Building -> Engineering. Delhi Beads to Porth for 488g
-375 Engineering -> Invention, Karachi Silk to Delhi for 306g, T/L/S = 3/7/0 (Science turned off, waiting for next van delivery for full price, not sure if this was a great idea).
-350 2 Harbors and 1 Library built.
-300 Japanese at war with Americans. 2 harbors and 1 Aqueduct built. Calcutta Spice to Porth for 520g. T/L/S = 0/4/6
-275 Invention -> Navigation
-250 Hyderabad founded (on continent 25)
-150 Americans capture Texcoco. Contact Americans exchange maps
-125 Navigation -> Physics, Bomnay builds Leonardo's Workshop. Karachi Hides to Delhi for 116g.
-100 Contact Carths. Give Nav, Peace Also give Construction and Math, Bangalore Salt to Troy for 164g
-75 Hut at 115,9 Nomad on 4th attempt
-25 Hut at 120,0. Choose Crusader (NON)
+1 Physics -> Democracy, Delhi Salt to Armagh for 228g, Karachi Hids to Bombay for 90g


stats at +1:
Population: 3.03M; Cities: 10; Techs: 33; Government: Republic
Gold: 674; Cost: 12; Trade routes: 6D9F;
Wonders: HG, Leo
Units: 3 Settlers (1 None), 2 Warriors (1 None), 6 Crusaders (4 NON), 5 Caravel (1 None), 1 Diplomats, 12 vans
Footprint: 4 cities in India, 3 on 25, 1 on 19, 1 on 18, 1 on 29.

Celts: No embassy; allied with me; LH
Japanese: No embassy; Allied with me
Germans: No contact; Berlin is visible on Map; GL
Aztec: No embassy; Peace; Marco, Colossus
Americans: No embassy; Allied with me
Carthaginian: No embassy; Peace


+20 Bengal founded (on island 11).
+60 Democracy -> Magnetism. Democracy established.
+80 Give Nav to Japanese. Washington builds Pyramids. Give Americans Democracy. Bombay Beads to Philadelphia for 400g.
+120 Japanese at war with Germans. Capture Munich. Americans peace with Aztecs. Magnetism -> Steam Engine. Calcutta Beads (U) to Washington for 172g. Chittagong founded on continent 25
+140 Delhi builds Magellan's. Delhi Gems to Porth for 396g.
+160 Porth builds Sun Tzu's. St. Engine -> Sanitation. Karachi Hides to Caerdydd for 284g. Delhi Spice to Kells for 354g.
+180 Delhi Builds University
+200 Celts develop Chivalry. Sanitation -> Gunpowder. Calcutta Wine to New York for 470g.
+240 Germans retake Munich. Gunpowder -> Explosives. Kolhapur Spice to Texcoco for 348. Karachi Spice (U) to NY for 184g. Karachi Beads to Texcoco for 200g.
+260 Contact Japanese, they want Gunpowder, I decline, Alliance cancelled.
+280 Explosives -> Theory of Gravity. Karachi Gems to Porth for 492g.
+300 Meet Germans, give them Sanitation, Trade, Monarchy and UNiversity
+320 Theory of Gravity -> Metallurgy. Bombay builds Copernicus's Observatory. Lahore Spice to Kells for 420g. Jaipur Beads to Tintagel for 152. Hyderabad Wool to Kolhapur for 76g.
+340 Metallurgy -> Atomic Theory. Bangalore Dye to Caerdydd for 252g. Madras Coal to NY for 460g.
+360 Atomic Theory -> Electricity. Jaipur Salt to Caerphilly for 224g. Madras Dye to Berlin for 312g.
+400 Electricty -> Conscription. Calcutta Dye to Potsdam for 308g.
+420 Give Sanitation to Americans. Delhi Spice to Caerdydd for 390g.
+440 Conscription -> Railroad
+460 T/L/S = 1/8/1
+500 Delhi builds Michelangelo's Cathedral. Hyderabad Dye to Tlatelolco for 276g. Delhi Salt to Armagh for 228g. T/L/S = 0/5/5.


stats at +500:
Population: 3.74M; Cities: 12; Techs: 44; Government: Democracy
Gold: 1701; Cost: 23; Trade routes: 4D22F;
Wonders: HG, Mikes, Copes, Magellan, Leo,
Units: 9 Engineers (1 Non), 1 Rifleman (Non), 6 Crusaders (4 NON), 6 Galleons (2 Non), 3 Diplomats, 5 vans
Footprint: 4 cities in India, 4 on 25, 1 on 19, 1 on 18, 1 on 29, 1 on 11.

Celts: No embassy; allied with me; LH, Sun Tzu
Japanese: No embassy; Peace
Germans: No embassy; Peace; GL
Aztec: No embassy; Peace; Marco, Colossus
Americans: No embassy; Allied with me; Pyramids
Carthaginian: No embassy; Peace


+520 Railroad -> Industrialization
+540 Give RR to Aztecs and Americans
+600 Industrialization -> Communism. Bengal Silk to Washington for 340g. Chittagong Silk to NY for 416g. Hyderabad Oil (U) to NY for 124. Japanese settler seen near Hyderabad. Contact Japanese, they demand 650G, I refuse, WAR.
+620 Engineer survives Elephant attach (vet). Communism -> Espionage. Karachi Beads to Texcoco for 190g. Delhi Spice to Caerphilly for 276g. Jaipur Gold to Hyderabad for 106g.
+640 Espionage -> Corporation.
+660 Nara builds KRC.
+680 Give Germans RR. Establish Japanese Embassy. Bribe Kagoshima for 225g (90g + HBR). Bribe Teotihuacan for 210g (73g + WC).
+700 Corporation -> Steel. Establish Aztec Embassy. Contact Japanese, Senate signs cease-fire but not peace. Punjab founded on Island 20.
+740 Establish Celtic and American embassies.
+760 Steel -> Electronics. Establish Carthaginian embassy. Dacca founded on Continent 25. Bangalore Spice to Caerphilly for 492g. Lahore Beads (U) to Caerphilly for 188g.
+800 Electronics -> Refining. Establish German Embassy. Kolhapur Beads (U) to Berlin for 156g. Hyderabad Hides to Caerphilly for 288g. Delhi Salt to Caerphilly for 324g.
+820 Refining -> Combustion. Bombay Spice (U) to Caerphilly for 172g.
+840 Indus founded on Island 15 (on Fruit). Karachi Salt to Caerphilly for 456g.
+860 Berlin builds Statue of Liberty. Combustion -> Feudalism
+880 Germans capture Carthage (get HBR). Calcutta Dye to Caerdydd for 296g. Trade with Celts, Gunpowder for Feudalism, RR for Chivalry.
+900 Start Theology. Theology -> Leadership. Contact Japanese. Peace treaty signed. Bribe Carth settler for 268g. Hyderabad Hides to Armagh for 212g.
+920 Lahore Oil (U) to NY for 290g. Bribe Celtic Trireme for 348g.
+940 Leadership -> Tactics. Bangalore Cloth (U) to NY for 260g. Hyderabad Wool to Teotihuacan for 134g. Bengal gold to Bangalore for 264g. Bombay Salt to Armahg for 292g. Contact Japanese, insist they withdraw troops. War. Dragoon lands near Kyoto and kills setter in city. Capture Kyoto (129G). Senate signs CF but not peace.
+960 Tactics -> Machine Tools. Bribe Japanese Phalanx (56g), Archer (84g) and Settler (224g). Subvert Nara for 276g (81g but spy captured). Hyderabad Hides to Armagh for 212g. Bengal Silver to Delhi for 285g.
+1000 Machine Tools -> Genetic Engineering. Kagoshima Beads to Texcoco for 232g. Delhi Spice to Tintagel for 324g. Bengal Oil (U) to Caerphilly for 256g. Delhi Gems (U) to Armagh for 138g.



stats at +1000:
Population: 9.14M; Cities: 19; Techs: 61; Government: Democracy
Gold: 1368; Cost: 62; Trade routes: 10D28F;
Wonders: HG, KRC, Mikes, Copes, Magellan, Leo, Darwin next turn
Units: 9 Engineers (3 Non), 3 Musketeers (2 NON), 4 Rifleman (2 NON), 6 Cavalry (4 NON), 3 Artillery, 1 Caravel, 8 Transports (3 Non), 3 Spies, 7 Freight
Footprint: 4 cities in India, 5 on 25, 1 on 19, 3 on 18, 1 on 29, 1 on 11, 1 on 15, 2 on 20, 1 on 21.

Celts: Enthusiastic, 8 cities, 33 techs, 2062g; allied with me, Peace with Japan and Carth; LH, Sun Tzu
Japanese: Neutral, 2 citites, 21 techs, 160g; Cease-Fire with me, Peace with Celts
Germans: Enthusiastic, 9 cities, 37 techs, 488g; Peace with me, Peace with Americans and Carths; GL, SoL
Aztec: Enthusiastic, 4 cities, 28 techs, 1050g; Peace with me, Peace with Americans; Marco, Colossus
Americans: Worshipful, 6 cities, 35 techs, 571g; Allied with me, Peace with Germans and Aztecs; Pyramids
Carthaginian: Hostile, 2 cities, 20 techs, 478g; Peace with me, Peace with Celts and Germans

 

[Ali Ardavan]

+1020 Automobile -> Mass Production -> Computers. Foreign deliveries for 342, 312, 184, 352. Domestic deliveries for 330, 72.
+1040 Computers -> Recycling -> Nuclear Fission. Domestic deliveries for 255, 410, 34. T4L3S3
+1060 Nuclear Fission -> Nuclear Power. Domestic delivery for 420. T6L3S1
+1080 Aztecs build Suffrage. Domestic Oil for 702.
+1100 Celts beat me to Adam Smith without warning; mine would have been ready this turn as well. Nuclear Power -> Laser. Domestic deliveries for 88, 602, 192.
+1120 Foreign delivery for 376. Hormoz founded.
+1140 Laser -> Guerrilla Warfare. Tokyo founded. Domestic deliveries for 315, 307.
+1160 Sirjan, AbuMusa, and BandarAbbas founded.
+1180 Barbarian Frigate sinks my None transport with 1 van on board. Guerrilla Warfare -> Labor Union. SETI built. Barbarian Frigate sunk by my Frigate. Domestic deliveries for 183. T3L3S4
+1200 First pollution appears. Labor Union -> Mobile Warfare. Domestic deliveries for 462. Foreign deliveries for 1043. Dubai founded.
+1220 Mobile Warfare -> Robotics -> Fundamentalism. Kashmir founded.
+1240 Fundamentalism -> Amphibious Warfare. Domestic deliveries for 318, 284, 104.
+1260 Amphibious Warfare -> Flight. . Foreign deliveries for 154. Domestic deliveries for 294.
+1280 Flight -> Radio. Foreign deliveries for 254. Domestic deliveries for 74.
+1300 Radio -> Advanced Flight -> Rocketry. Foreign deliveries for 424, 70. Domestic deliveries for 243.
+1320 Rocketry -> Space Flight. Ardabil founded. Foreign deliveries for 264.
+1340 Space Flight -> Environmentalism. Hoover Dam built. Foreign deliveries for 164. Domestic deliveries for 214, 234, 137, 220, 228.
+1360 Environmentalism -> Combined Arms. Foreign deliveries for 260.
+1380 Combined Arms -> Plastics -> Superconductor. Foreign deliveries for 96. Domestic deliveries for 304, 412, 242.
+1400 Superconductor -> Fusion Power. Domestic deliveries for 188, 216.
+1420 Fusion Power -> Stealth.
+1440 Stealth -> Future Tech 1 -> 2. Foreign deliveries for 382. Domestic deliveries for 168.
+1460 Future Tech 2 -> 3. Foreign deliveries for 654, 756, 228.
+1480 Future Tech 3 -> 4 -> 5. Apollo built. Domestic deliveries for 344, 195, 194, 190, 660. AbuDabi founded. T2L3S5
+1500 Future Tech 5 -> 6 -> 7. Space race starts. Foreign deliveries for 447. Domestic deliveries for 406. Amol founded. T1L3S6

Status at +1500
Population: 69.5M; Cities: 49; Techs: All+6FT; Government: Democracy
Gold: 4092; Cost: 582; Trade routes: 81D46F;
Ancient Wonders: Colossus
Medieval Wonders: Copernicus, Michelangelo, Magellan
Industrial Wonders: Leo, Newton, Bach
Modern Wonders: Cure, SETI, Hoover, Apollo
Units: 24 Engineers (6 None), 19 Riflemen, 2 Cavalry, 8 transport , 1 Frigate, 4 spy, 12 vans, 1 explorer
Footprint: 8 cities in India, 3 on island 20, 12 on 25, 3 on 19, 3 on 18, 3 on 1, 2 on 21, 2 on 10, 1 on each of 2, 5, 7, 8, 9, 11, 15, 16, 17, 22, 23, 29, 32
Goals: A few more cities; space race.
Notes: All but Carthaginians are in Democracy.
Celts: 7 cities, 54 techs; Great Library, King Richards, Shakespeare, Eiffel, Adam Smith; Allied with me
Japanese: Destroyed by me
German: 7 cities, 41 techs; Pyramids, Sun Tzu; War with Carthaginians
Aztec: 3 cities, 58 techs; Marco, Hanging Gardens, Darwin, Suffrage;
American: 5 cities, 47 techs Lighthouse, Great Wall, Libetry; War with Carthaginians
Carthaginian: 5 cities, 26 techs; Oracle; War with Germans and Americans