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if we get to steam and have coa, then we will finish this game pretty fast I assume
situation:
France 18 cities, down MT, have all resources???
Rome 13 cities, down MT don't know physics either
Portugal 13 cities, down MT
Iroquois 1 city, down MT, don't know physics
Vikings unknown
us: 61 cities
MM a lot and we can reduce science to 20%
IT no attacks, we get physics, magnetism next in 5
1.760AD
raze Kiohero and the Iroquois are history, raze Bayonne for 476gold

the French have 16k in gold, amazing, more worrying is that they have all resources again
we need to find them and pillage that
IT our capital finally gets it's library
2. 770AD
raze Tolouse for 490g
manage to raze Portugese outpost town in the east
disconnect Portugese iron and they are now without any resource
3. 780AD
while taking out a Portugese MDI in the east, get a leader, form an army since it would take too long to reach the capital
discover another iron way west in Portugese land, so the Portugese are selling their iron to France
4. 790AD
Portugese gft us 2 more slaves with a landed settler pair
repeat the same with another Roman settler pair further in the west
start to attack Grenoble, taking out 2 rifles
raze Strasbourgh for 517gold
approach Dijon and spot a Viking galley behind it, so finally we say hello to them
they have 8 towns, no chemistry nor theology, no salt as well, not such a danger I presume
declare on them
5. 800AD
Grenoble is razed for 537gold
defeat another Roman settler pair
IT magnetism is in, ToG next in 4 turns at some deficit
6. 810AD
found New Copan and New Greebleyque
raze Stavanger and Byzantium
7. 820AD
take out 2 Viking settler pairs, raze Lutetia
8. 830AD
found New Palenque
raze pop11 Dijon and get 850g for that
9. 840AD
our enemies now know MT, so Cav's could show up in the future
another Viking settler pair bites the dust
raze Cherbourg for 580g, knight army razes Avignon for 600g
we are rich with 3400g in the kitty
use some money to rush some minor stuff like temples and settlers, but avoid spending big
IT we get ToG and enter the IA, steam next but it will take 9 turns
10. 850AD
take out Brundisium and the soutern peninsula is free if towns, but Vikings find that very attractive and keep on sending settler pairs
suggest to keep an army there to fight them off
our killing zone works very well, don't move away the units and cannons, there is a big Roman stack coming
unfortunately I could only generate one MGL
we have a ton of money and could use some to rush things, leave it to next player to decide what to do
I now understand why it takes 9 turns, since nobody has steam yet, in fact only France has nationalism,
no other IA techs are known. This is deity pangaea, we have really hurt the AI
final city tally
France 11 cities
Rome 10 cities
Portugal 12 cities
Vikings 7 cities
we: 65 cities + 8 settlers on their way