The year is 1525.
I activate both workers in order to return them.
Build an Embassy with the Inquous, Japan, India and Persia. (see screenies)
Change Production
1) Lyon ->Temple.. use that wood chop
2) Paris -> Warrior to let it recover its size.
Stop Worker near Orleans building road outside borders, he will mine inside border to help with production of our create project the colossus
Click Next
BT
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Hiawatha asks me to join an alliance against the Persians, I politely decline
Turn 1 (1500)
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Paris completes Warrior, change to settler build in 5 grow in 2
The japanese are building the pyrimads
Send Warrior from Paris to Lyon
Explore a bit
Turn 2 (1475)
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Paris Culture Grows
Worker starts building road to silks
Return Worker to Persia
Warrior arrives in Lyon and fortifies
Turn 3 (1450)
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Build Tours near Incense, Grows in 10 worker in 10.
Can't get four turn settler factory, Handy was right, will try doing pop 6-8
Turn 4 (1425)
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Rhiems builds Warrior -> Warrior Next Turn
Marseilles Is built on Silks. Will build temple in 60, worker is nearly there building road, will then chop wood
Return Worker to Inquous
Turn 5 (1400)
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Wood chop complete near Lyon, Temple now done in 6
Settler Build in Paris to build on black dot.
Horse Babarian appears near Rhiems
Diplo Check
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Iroquois: Same Tech, still don;t know japan or india, no gold
Japan: Down Pottery, Iron Working, Mysticism, HBR, don;t know Iroquois, Indians or Persia.. Will pay 50gld for Pottery, I take it. We get Polite instead of Cautious
India: Down Masonry, Writing, Mysticism, HBR, don;t know Iroquois, Japanese or Persia.. Will pay 17gld for Masonry, I take it.
Persian: Down Writing, Mysticism, Don't know japan or india. Have 11gld.
BT
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Barb horse attacks, we lose one bar and kill horseman.. no upgrade
Turn 6 (1375)
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Movement: not a lot to report
Turn 7 (1350)
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The road to silks is complete.. move worker to chop wood for temple.
Settler and warrior on the way to black spot come accross a barb camp, next to city placement so we will pop it anyway but there are two barbs there so I guess one will attack bt.
BT
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Barb attacks settler and warrior pair.. no upgrade.
Barb attacks warrior in the distance..
Turn 8 (1325)
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Paris builds spearman, will grow to 6 in 2 turns. so now build warrior in 2.
Will leave spearman in Paris for next player
Mine near Lyon complete: Lyon builds temple in 2.
Exploring warrior pops hut with barbs in
Mine near Orleans complete.. worker goes to mine horse square next
ARGHHHH.. Orleans now has zero growth.. Ideas.. Orleans completes Colossus in 33 (although noone else is building colossus at the moment).
BT
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Warrior in jungle gets attacked by 3 barbs.. gets 2 upgrades to Elite.
Turn 9 (1300)
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Rheims Builds Warrior-> Warrior (leave him there for next player)
Build Chatres on Black Dot.. now building Temple but will leave for next player to change
Turn 10 (1275)
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Paris builds Warrior, now size 6 so will look at settler factory possabilties.
Lyon builds temple.. change production to Spearman
Paris Settler Factory (6 -> 8)
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Can get Growth in 2 and Production in 5
Will need population moving from plain working to forest working in 2 turns
Note: Check Lyons and Rhiems cause they keep working Parisian squares that are needed to settler factory
Move Lyon worker towards Chartres to build road out there OR to Rheims to help make landscape better for worker factory.
Now there are spare military (spear and warrior in paris and warrior in Rheims)
Could do plenty more exploring.. whats south west.. whats around Persia and Japan?
BTW the water to the east of Tours is fresh water (2 food) Therefore there must be another land link up to Japan.
Iroquois have built a city near our borders in the mist.
Only wonders being built are us with Colossus and Japan with Pyrimads.