GOZ-2 (Workers unite-stuff the Emperor)
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The Aztecs in 1050
950
Lux at zero, no issues with contentment.
Science at zero, lone scientist in Teno, Magnestism in 38.
Income 490
460 from cities(94%) 30 from trade(6%)
Expenses 360
114 Corruption (23% of income)
78 Maintenance (15% of income)
62 Unit costs (12%)
106 to other civs (21%)
Net 130gpt
Importing four luxes wines(India), furs(Zulu), spices(Rome) and silks (France)
Exporting horses(India), saltpeter(India), ivory (India, Greece, Zulu), Gems(Zulu, France, India)
Greece has incense for sale
62 Units
1 MI
7Jag
9 Cav
2 Knights
1 Musket
3 Pikes
8 Swords
14 Spears
17 Workers
Weak against America (Democracy)
Playground Status
Rome at war with Zulu and America (allies)
All others at peace with RoP's in place.
Abe is furious (PT with 36gpt to him expires in 990). Nothing to offer or bid except maps.
India is polite and wealthy (Ivory/Saltpeter/5gpt payment for tech expires in 1040; Wines and tech for Gems, Horses and 9gpt expires in 1090; 53gpt for tech expires 1365) Gandhi will pay 2gpt for RoP. As he no longer has any units in our territory and we might want him as counterweight against Abe, sign him up.
Ottomans are annoyed and poor. Could use gems or tech but have nothing to offer. No embassy 88g to build one. Trade him WM for his maps and 5g
Greece is polite and has incense to offer but won't trade for any reasonable amount, and has nothing to offer for gems. Ivory for tech deal expires in 1130. No embassy 88g to build one. Trade our TM for Alexanders's TM and WM.
France is wealthy and polite. French Silks for 3 gpt deal expires in 990 and 3gpt for Aztec gems expires in 1050. We have no embassy in France 88g to build one. Trade our WM for her maps and 2g.
Zulu are polite and poor. Aztec gems for 7gpt expires in 990 and Ivory for Furs expires in 1050. Trade him our WM for his WM, TM and 9g.
Rome is annoyed. Rome's 5gpt expires in 1030, RoP plus 15gpt expires in 1130 and Roman spice deal expires in 1150.
City Tour
Shift citizens at Xochi for granary in nine growth in 10.
Shift citizens at Caliente and Teoti for FP in 10 at Caliente and an other 3gpt from Teoti (Cav still in 4)
Shift citizens at Rikem for granary in 4 (food store would have filled next turn)
Shift citizens at Loco for granary in four and another 2gpt (now at starvation for a turn or so, but food box would have filled before granary finished)
Pull garrison spears form core cities and start towards frontier with America.
Upgrade pike to muslet for garrison duty at Ixa.
Abe is parading cavalry in the frontier.
T1 960
Upgrade vet knight to cavalry at Tanalco. shift build to walls due in 9.
Hire a tax guy at Ravenna for worker in 3 and growth to 7 in 4.
Income jumps to 145gpt.
Upgrade to vet swords at Ravenna to MI. Rename Elite sword to Leader Prayer.
Ixa gets its harbor, starts library. Citizen sent fishing for growth in 3.
T2 970
Shift swords and MI in north for garrison and ugrade purposes.
Abe comes calling wanting our territory map. Sorry Abe but Aztecs don't give away intelligence data.
Roman galley arrives on SE coast of America and Abe's workers scurry to cover.
T3 980
Loco's citizenry forsake Atkins diet and start a carb binge (granary in 3, growth in 4)
Rikem's citizens take up fishing (granary in 1, growth in 2)
Income 154gpt
Roman galley continues north
Zulu come calling wanting maps and money. No deal.
American workers cross our border.
Rikem gets its granary and starts library.
India learns ToG and sells it to America, Zululand, Greece and France and then start Newton's U in Antium (Investigation of Antium for 131g: pop12, 10spt, NU in 32)
T4 990
America will sell ToG for 60gpt
India for 60gpt
Greece will sell for Gems and 45gpt or will buy Gems for 10g+11gpt
France wants 55gpt.
Shaka wants 57gpt.
We could buy ToG and finish Newton's in 12 at Teno.
Leave it for a turn as I want to see what Abe is going to do on Treaty expiration (36gpt back in our pockets).
SIlks deal expires, France wants way too much for renewal.
Abe calls and seeks straight up renewal of the Peace Treaty. Done, then buy ToG for 56gpt, a net new cost to us of 20gpt for the technology and the time to build our military.
Loss of two luxes causes riot in Teoti, hire a taxman. Scroll thru cities to prevent spreading and in the process switch Teno to NU.
Zulu, French, Greeks, start NU.
T5 1000
Trade Alexander Gems and 15gpt for Incense.
America, France, Greeks, and Zulu have Magnetism and are wearing IA duds.
Looks like we are doing a fine job of subsidising the research labs of the other nations.
Aromatherapy brings on WLTKD all over the place and the people plant poplars at the palace.
French build Smith's.
America starts NewU on cascade from Smith's
Greeks and Indians start NewU.
Romans and Indians start the Globe (Shake's House of Thespians)
T6 1010
Upgrade program for spearmen begins at Tananlco.
Atlanta builds NewU and Zulu finish Globe.
T7 1020
Teno gets a really expensive church with gilded gargoyles.
T8 1030
Upgrade program for spearmen continues at Tanalco.
Rush market at Poxyx for 160g.
Abe is building railroads to the border.
T9 1040
Upgrade program for spearmen continues at Tanalco
T10
Forbidden Palace at Caliente finishes start library.
Ottomans learn Magnetism and will sell it for Saltpeter and they will throw in 2gpt. Done.
We are now in the IA. Start research on Medicine.
SitRep
Demographics
1050
Treasury 834g (up 4.5X) 184gpt net (up 41%). Pop 5.539.000(up 17%) Productivity 133mgt (up 13%)
Demographics
Military situation not much improved (couple of cav and some upgrades)
The Map
Northern Frontier
The Core
Looking ahead:
By the time the tech for gpt deal expires with Abe we could have 30 cavalry regiments and some muskets on the border, if we go all out military for the next fourteen turns (1190 is the year). He shouldn't have gotten more than rifles in his garrisons by then so the time would be ripe for a cavalry cavalcade into America.
Our conversion rate for gold to research is still abysmal as we lack libraries and universities so our research pace will not improve for some time yet.
Completing the FP in Caliente helped with our corruption problems but a mite (it dropped 4 percentage points on a higher income base of 583 vs 490 and net productivity only rose by 16%, a figure which does not factor terrain improvements or citizen re-assignments).
Pre FP
Post FP
Losing the race to Newton's and Smith's hurt our commercial and scientific capabilities.
Rome is hanging in there with 3 cities and their capitol.
Research set to Medicine at one scientist in Teno.
Steam power is on offer for ~2700g (close to par) from Shaka, but that would put a bunch of gpt in his pocket to support his science budget or tech buys from the others (He's broke now)
We could sell Ivory to the Indians for 5gpt which should be done in hopes of slowing down the research pace.
Probably would have been a better move to buy ToG from someone other than Abe, but I really wanted the insurance against another War Declaration before we were ready. It could have been done with more upfront money and not have tied our hands but then he would have had the money and could have hit us at his leisure.
950
Lux at zero, no issues with contentment.
Science at zero, lone scientist in Teno, Magnestism in 38.
Income 490
460 from cities(94%) 30 from trade(6%)
Expenses 360
114 Corruption (23% of income)
78 Maintenance (15% of income)
62 Unit costs (12%)
106 to other civs (21%)
Net 130gpt
Importing four luxes wines(India), furs(Zulu), spices(Rome) and silks (France)
Exporting horses(India), saltpeter(India), ivory (India, Greece, Zulu), Gems(Zulu, France, India)
Greece has incense for sale
62 Units
1 MI
7Jag
9 Cav
2 Knights
1 Musket
3 Pikes
8 Swords
14 Spears
17 Workers
Weak against America (Democracy)
Playground Status
Rome at war with Zulu and America (allies)
All others at peace with RoP's in place.
Abe is furious (PT with 36gpt to him expires in 990). Nothing to offer or bid except maps.
India is polite and wealthy (Ivory/Saltpeter/5gpt payment for tech expires in 1040; Wines and tech for Gems, Horses and 9gpt expires in 1090; 53gpt for tech expires 1365) Gandhi will pay 2gpt for RoP. As he no longer has any units in our territory and we might want him as counterweight against Abe, sign him up.
Ottomans are annoyed and poor. Could use gems or tech but have nothing to offer. No embassy 88g to build one. Trade him WM for his maps and 5g
Greece is polite and has incense to offer but won't trade for any reasonable amount, and has nothing to offer for gems. Ivory for tech deal expires in 1130. No embassy 88g to build one. Trade our TM for Alexanders's TM and WM.
France is wealthy and polite. French Silks for 3 gpt deal expires in 990 and 3gpt for Aztec gems expires in 1050. We have no embassy in France 88g to build one. Trade our WM for her maps and 2g.
Zulu are polite and poor. Aztec gems for 7gpt expires in 990 and Ivory for Furs expires in 1050. Trade him our WM for his WM, TM and 9g.
Rome is annoyed. Rome's 5gpt expires in 1030, RoP plus 15gpt expires in 1130 and Roman spice deal expires in 1150.
City Tour
Shift citizens at Xochi for granary in nine growth in 10.
Shift citizens at Caliente and Teoti for FP in 10 at Caliente and an other 3gpt from Teoti (Cav still in 4)
Shift citizens at Rikem for granary in 4 (food store would have filled next turn)
Shift citizens at Loco for granary in four and another 2gpt (now at starvation for a turn or so, but food box would have filled before granary finished)
Pull garrison spears form core cities and start towards frontier with America.
Upgrade pike to muslet for garrison duty at Ixa.
Abe is parading cavalry in the frontier.
T1 960
Upgrade vet knight to cavalry at Tanalco. shift build to walls due in 9.
Hire a tax guy at Ravenna for worker in 3 and growth to 7 in 4.
Income jumps to 145gpt.
Upgrade to vet swords at Ravenna to MI. Rename Elite sword to Leader Prayer.
Ixa gets its harbor, starts library. Citizen sent fishing for growth in 3.
T2 970
Shift swords and MI in north for garrison and ugrade purposes.
Abe comes calling wanting our territory map. Sorry Abe but Aztecs don't give away intelligence data.
Roman galley arrives on SE coast of America and Abe's workers scurry to cover.
T3 980
Loco's citizenry forsake Atkins diet and start a carb binge (granary in 3, growth in 4)
Rikem's citizens take up fishing (granary in 1, growth in 2)
Income 154gpt
Roman galley continues north
Zulu come calling wanting maps and money. No deal.
American workers cross our border.
Rikem gets its granary and starts library.
India learns ToG and sells it to America, Zululand, Greece and France and then start Newton's U in Antium (Investigation of Antium for 131g: pop12, 10spt, NU in 32)
T4 990
America will sell ToG for 60gpt
India for 60gpt
Greece will sell for Gems and 45gpt or will buy Gems for 10g+11gpt
France wants 55gpt.
Shaka wants 57gpt.
We could buy ToG and finish Newton's in 12 at Teno.
Leave it for a turn as I want to see what Abe is going to do on Treaty expiration (36gpt back in our pockets).
SIlks deal expires, France wants way too much for renewal.
Abe calls and seeks straight up renewal of the Peace Treaty. Done, then buy ToG for 56gpt, a net new cost to us of 20gpt for the technology and the time to build our military.
Loss of two luxes causes riot in Teoti, hire a taxman. Scroll thru cities to prevent spreading and in the process switch Teno to NU.
Zulu, French, Greeks, start NU.
T5 1000
Trade Alexander Gems and 15gpt for Incense.
America, France, Greeks, and Zulu have Magnetism and are wearing IA duds.
Looks like we are doing a fine job of subsidising the research labs of the other nations.
Aromatherapy brings on WLTKD all over the place and the people plant poplars at the palace.
French build Smith's.
America starts NewU on cascade from Smith's
Greeks and Indians start NewU.
Romans and Indians start the Globe (Shake's House of Thespians)
T6 1010
Upgrade program for spearmen begins at Tananlco.
Atlanta builds NewU and Zulu finish Globe.
T7 1020
Teno gets a really expensive church with gilded gargoyles.
T8 1030
Upgrade program for spearmen continues at Tanalco.
Rush market at Poxyx for 160g.
Abe is building railroads to the border.
T9 1040
Upgrade program for spearmen continues at Tanalco
T10
Forbidden Palace at Caliente finishes start library.
Ottomans learn Magnetism and will sell it for Saltpeter and they will throw in 2gpt. Done.
We are now in the IA. Start research on Medicine.
SitRep
Demographics
1050
Treasury 834g (up 4.5X) 184gpt net (up 41%). Pop 5.539.000(up 17%) Productivity 133mgt (up 13%)
Demographics
Military situation not much improved (couple of cav and some upgrades)
The Map
Northern Frontier
The Core
Looking ahead:
By the time the tech for gpt deal expires with Abe we could have 30 cavalry regiments and some muskets on the border, if we go all out military for the next fourteen turns (1190 is the year). He shouldn't have gotten more than rifles in his garrisons by then so the time would be ripe for a cavalry cavalcade into America.
Our conversion rate for gold to research is still abysmal as we lack libraries and universities so our research pace will not improve for some time yet.
Completing the FP in Caliente helped with our corruption problems but a mite (it dropped 4 percentage points on a higher income base of 583 vs 490 and net productivity only rose by 16%, a figure which does not factor terrain improvements or citizen re-assignments).
Pre FP
Post FP
Losing the race to Newton's and Smith's hurt our commercial and scientific capabilities.
Rome is hanging in there with 3 cities and their capitol.
Research set to Medicine at one scientist in Teno.
Steam power is on offer for ~2700g (close to par) from Shaka, but that would put a bunch of gpt in his pocket to support his science budget or tech buys from the others (He's broke now)
We could sell Ivory to the Indians for 5gpt which should be done in hopes of slowing down the research pace.
Probably would have been a better move to buy ToG from someone other than Abe, but I really wanted the insurance against another War Declaration before we were ready. It could have been done with more upfront money and not have tied our hands but then he would have had the money and could have hit us at his leisure.
conehead234
Braves on the Warpath
Good job. Let's hope we have some coal.
Steam isn't on offer in the save yet.
It seems your save predates the turn 10 activities ...
Well done Bede and nice report. I just Love screenshots !!
It seems your save predates the turn 10 activities ...
Well done Bede and nice report. I just Love screenshots !!
Preturn: Reset personal prefs.
Trade Magnets + 2gpt + a WM from the Ottomans for saltpeter.
We are in the IA now, start Medicine with a scientist, due in 40.
MM Rikem to biuld lib in 5 instead of 11. (we lose food, though)
MM Pisae for better food & shields.
IBT: Joan suggests a deal: 3gpt for gems. I bargain a little, and we get 17 gpt (!) for Gems.
We lose our supply of furs.
Teoti cav > cav.
1060AD [1]: All AI's except Rome and Ottomania have Steam Power, but cost way too much.
IBT: Teno cav > cav.
Teoti riots
Calix gran > lib.
Ravenna worker > market.
1070AD [2]: We need a lux, I check Alex for silks and he is willing to sell some for 495 gold lump. I agree.
IBT: Loco cav > cav.
Taco lib > uni.
1080AD [3]: Most AI's also have Nationalism now, even higher price than SP though...
IBT: We get a palace expansion! Yay!
1090AD [4]: Nothing really...
IBT: Gandhi wants to extend our wines for ivory + horses + some gold deal, I suggest that we give gems + horses + ivory for wines + 2gpt and he agrees.
Rikem lib > uni.
We get a palace expansion again!
1100AD [5]: nothing really...
IBT: Teno cav > cav.
Caliente lib > bank.
Tula duct > lib.
1110AD [6]: Check for trades again.
The lowest price for SP is 1440 gold +WM (India). Deal signed.
IBT: Teoti cav > cav.
1120AD [7]: Nothing really...
1130AD [8]: The workers have started ti railroad the terrain... I hope they connect the cities fast... We have coal, BTW.
IBT: Ceasar wouldn't like to renew our RoP (he's paying 15gpt for it), but I throw in Magnets and he is willing to pay 27 gpt for the set. Deal signed.
1140AD [9]:
IBT: America and Ottos sign a MA against Rome.
Teno cav > cav.
Loco cav > cav.
Calix lib > bank.
1150AD [10]: Our spices deal with Rome has ended, renew it for 28gpt.
Our gpt has jumped some 100 upwards from the year 1050... I guess the banks are working...
Trade Magnets + 2gpt + a WM from the Ottomans for saltpeter.
We are in the IA now, start Medicine with a scientist, due in 40.
MM Rikem to biuld lib in 5 instead of 11. (we lose food, though)
MM Pisae for better food & shields.
IBT: Joan suggests a deal: 3gpt for gems. I bargain a little, and we get 17 gpt (!) for Gems.
We lose our supply of furs.
Teoti cav > cav.
1060AD [1]: All AI's except Rome and Ottomania have Steam Power, but cost way too much.
IBT: Teno cav > cav.
Teoti riots
Calix gran > lib.
Ravenna worker > market.
1070AD [2]: We need a lux, I check Alex for silks and he is willing to sell some for 495 gold lump. I agree.
IBT: Loco cav > cav.
Taco lib > uni.
1080AD [3]: Most AI's also have Nationalism now, even higher price than SP though...
IBT: We get a palace expansion! Yay!
1090AD [4]: Nothing really...
IBT: Gandhi wants to extend our wines for ivory + horses + some gold deal, I suggest that we give gems + horses + ivory for wines + 2gpt and he agrees.
Rikem lib > uni.
We get a palace expansion again!
1100AD [5]: nothing really...
IBT: Teno cav > cav.
Caliente lib > bank.
Tula duct > lib.
1110AD [6]: Check for trades again.
The lowest price for SP is 1440 gold +WM (India). Deal signed.
IBT: Teoti cav > cav.
1120AD [7]: Nothing really...
1130AD [8]: The workers have started ti railroad the terrain... I hope they connect the cities fast... We have coal, BTW.
IBT: Ceasar wouldn't like to renew our RoP (he's paying 15gpt for it), but I throw in Magnets and he is willing to pay 27 gpt for the set. Deal signed.
1140AD [9]:
IBT: America and Ottos sign a MA against Rome.
Teno cav > cav.
Loco cav > cav.
Calix lib > bank.
1150AD [10]: Our spices deal with Rome has ended, renew it for 28gpt.
Our gpt has jumped some 100 upwards from the year 1050... I guess the banks are working...
Next better player.
Sorry, no screenie. although the situation really looks almost like the one in the latest one posted by Bede...
Sorry, no screenie. although the situation really looks almost like the one in the latest one posted by Bede...
conehead234
Braves on the Warpath
Ok I got it.
Cone ?
conehead234
Braves on the Warpath
I will try to play tonight. I have a research paper to do. If you want I can swap with someone.
conehead234
Braves on the Warpath
I just finished my paper. Playing now.
conehead234
Braves on the Warpath
Preturn- If Caliente was moved 1 NE we would have an iron works city.
IT- Renew the ROP with India, gaining 2gpt.
1- There are zulu ships by our Teoti. I wonder what they are doing. Move 2 cavs by the zulu ships.
IT- One of the zulu ships sail away. Teoti Cav->Cav, Zalco bank->cav, Poxyx library->Duct, America and greece is building Universal Suffrage.
2- Buy Industrialization from Greece for Ivory, WM, 10gpt, and 1560 Gold. Switch the core to factories.
IT- Tamuin court->duct.
3-nada
IT- Zulu and India sign vs Rome. I smell dogpile
4- nada
IT-zzzzzz
5-nada
IT- Renegotiate our incense with greece, saving us 7 GPT.
6-zzzzzz
IT- America and India sign MMP. France joins the dog pile on Rome. Only Greece is missing. Taco University->factory, Aku Ankka court->rax,
7- nada
IT- Zulu captured the Roman City of Lugdunum.
8-nada
IT- Ravenna riots, oops, Teayo court->duct,
9-Buy Electricity from Greece for WM, 12 gpt, and 2251 gold. Trade Electritiy to France for Dyes, WM, 68 gold, and 12 Gpt.
IT- WLTKDs, Caliente Factory -> Palace (Prebuild for ToE), Tula library->market,
10-Nada,
I think we have a chance to grab some Spices, If we declare on the zulu we can land a force and take Lugdunum from them and get 4 spices. The Palace is a ToE prebuild and factories are almost done in our core.
The SAVE
IT- Renew the ROP with India, gaining 2gpt.
1- There are zulu ships by our Teoti. I wonder what they are doing. Move 2 cavs by the zulu ships.
IT- One of the zulu ships sail away. Teoti Cav->Cav, Zalco bank->cav, Poxyx library->Duct, America and greece is building Universal Suffrage.
2- Buy Industrialization from Greece for Ivory, WM, 10gpt, and 1560 Gold. Switch the core to factories.
IT- Tamuin court->duct.
3-nada
IT- Zulu and India sign vs Rome. I smell dogpile
4- nada
IT-zzzzzz
5-nada
IT- Renegotiate our incense with greece, saving us 7 GPT.
6-zzzzzz
IT- America and India sign MMP. France joins the dog pile on Rome. Only Greece is missing. Taco University->factory, Aku Ankka court->rax,
7- nada
IT- Zulu captured the Roman City of Lugdunum.
8-nada
IT- Ravenna riots, oops, Teayo court->duct,
9-Buy Electricity from Greece for WM, 12 gpt, and 2251 gold. Trade Electritiy to France for Dyes, WM, 68 gold, and 12 Gpt.
IT- WLTKDs, Caliente Factory -> Palace (Prebuild for ToE), Tula library->market,
10-Nada,
I think we have a chance to grab some Spices, If we declare on the zulu we can land a force and take Lugdunum from them and get 4 spices. The Palace is a ToE prebuild and factories are almost done in our core.
The SAVE
conehead234
Braves on the Warpath
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