390 (0): I switch Neapolis to a settler build--a little painful in our GA, but after IL's success with Leaders we need to get to twelve cities/three armies quickly.
The Mongols ride down three of our depleted units in the NW.
370 (1): Not much. We consolidate in the NW and let our army heal.
350 (2): Hadrian founds the II Legion in Ravenna.
Again not much. The French won't commit themselves to either Ravenna or Viroconium, and the Mongols are sticking to hills so the available attacks aren't attractive.
The Mongol galley lands an archer between Cumae and Neapolis.
330 (3): We cut down three isolated enemy units, including the landed archer (3-0).
We carve up two French archers next to Ravenna (5-0).
The I Legion crushes a French settler/spear pair, but loses too many HP and will have to heal again (6-0).
Writing --> Literature, due in 14 turns.
Neapolis settler --> Legionary. I like IL's proposed city site, but that's where all the fighting is at the moment, so this settler will have to go to the safe south.
310 (4): We smite three Mongol horsemen and a French archer around Ravenna (10-0).
Our position around Ravenna is a little loose after our attacks, but our enemies don't counterattack. The Mongols choose a flanking move to the west instead.
Rome settler --> Legionary.
290 (5): We meet and declare war on the Indians. They have fifteen cities, including a Mongol town, and all the techs we can see except Literature.
We slay two French archers near Ravenna, finishing off that French force (12-0).
270 (6): Our I Legion has a choice of four enemy settlement teams to attack.
It's as though the AI squeezes them out of a Pez dispenser at this level--Vmxa has said much the same thing. We choose the French settler/spear pair (13-0).
We slaughter six Mongol units around Ravenna, losing a Legionary (18-1).
A rare AI attack, by a Mongol horseman, produces a redline-and-retreat at Ravenna.
250 (7): The I Legion accounts for two more settlement teams, both Indian (20-1).
We strike down two more Mongol horsemen outside Ravenna (22-1).
A Mongol archer falls attacking Ravenna (23-1).
The Indians are building the Great Library. We've got about a 160-shield head start on them, but they're also building the Great Wall and may cascade to the GLib.
230 (8): We found Lutetia in the apparently safe southwest.
We liquidate two French spearmen hoping to pillage Viroconium's wines, and a French archer in the same area (26-1).
We eliminate a Mongol archer outside Ravenna (27-1).
The Mongols make two bad attacks around Ravenna and succeed in one, costing us a Legionary (28-2).
210 (9): We found Byzantium in the SW, so we can support a third army when we gain our next Leader.
We destroy a Mongol horseman and a Mongol spearman around Ravenna (30-2).
Civs we haven't met complete the Hanging Gardens and the Great Wall, though there's no immediate cascade to the GLib.
190 (10): The I Legion overruns another Indian settler/spear team (31-2), not taking much damage for once. Bad RNG runs by our armies have really slowed us down this round--I think they must have lost 15 HP over expectation.
Our stack of eleven slaves reaches our lines from the mountain in the NW.
Six elite victories this turn didn't generate a Great Leader.
That's the whole point of getting a wall up first as an extremely cheap insurance policy.
--> palace immediately.
Two Leaders really transform the situation.
