Pre Turn 1500
Abe has wheel, CB, IW
No iron nor horses hooked up yet
Shift tiles so Shanghai gets 2 food (it gets an irrigated plain) and Beijing loses no tiles or shields by working the mined BG. Now Shanghai grows in 9 and the walls still come in 2 turns.
Turn 1 1475
2 regular warriors appear out of the fog and the worker begins irrigation.
2 gold, math in 12, +1 GPT
IBT
Beijing -> settler ->spear
Shanghai -> walls -> palace (Next player can switch if you think we need a barracks first to help units heal faster. It is only 10 turns for a rax.). Sooner the better for Zeus IMHO.
Turn 2 1450
Attack and kill the 2 regular warriors with archer. We get one promotion to elite.
IBT
Beijing-> Settler spear
Im sending this one to the tile N of the game. That will let the Zeus city use the game without building a temple first. Next city should go to the hill where our units are.
If America hooks up iron before the settler gets to his destination, Im going to redirect him to the hill. Spear on hills can hold off swords. On the flats well lose too many units for this early in the game. If we get a city where the units are on the hill we can get a barracks & heal faster.
Drop lux slider to zero. Science is at 70%.
We are now 3 gold in the bank, 0 GPT and get math in 13.
Turn 3 1425
Archers are 2/5 and 3/4. I hope America does not show up soon.
Turn 4 1400
Irrigation is finished so I begin a road.
Turn 5 1375
No action. Settler is moving.
Beijing is now size 4 so slider goes to 60/10 and Math comes in 10 turns.
Turn 6 1350
Beijing > Spear > Spear
Found Canton -> walls
Spear from Beijing heads to Canton since it does not have walls nor hills & Shanghai has both.
Abe still has no iron, nor horses hooked up.
Canton is working the Game tile. I put Shanghai on it, and the net tile count was still 2 with the third tile being corrupt. After Shanghai grows in 3 turns I'll check again.
Worker moved to gems so we can stop the lux tax.
Slider is 70/10 with Math due in 7.
Switch Beijing to work the lake to get an extra gold. Spear still comes in 4.
Turn 7 1325
Since we look good down south, I put the spear headed to Canton in Shanghai, and sent the Shanghai spear back to Beijing. This let me lower the lux slider to zero and we get math in 5 now. We can get to the front via Shanghai rather quickly if a big stack shows.
Abe is still ironless & horseless.
Turn 8 1300
IBT
Lone regular warrior shows up. Elite archer restrings his bow.
Turn 9 1275
Shanghai grew to pop 2, so it now gets the game tile and pulls 3 shields net.
Canton moves to a regular grass tile for growth. Cantons walls are due in 4.
Beijing will need a lux tax after it grows next turn.
IBT
Beijing Spear - Spear
Turn 10 1250
New spear goes to Shanghai. Shanghais spear moves toward lookout hill.
Elite archer beats regular warrior. No leader.
Notes:
Slider goes to 50/10. We still gat math in 2 (no way to get it in one) and are going to make +2 GPT for 2 turns. We have 4 gold coins in the bank.
Three more turns to gems, which will save us some cash as the other cities grow.
We grow in 5 and can build a settler in 5. I think Id finish the current spear first while our shield count is high. I started another spear in anticipation of our first leader. Power of positive thinking. Switching to archer would be okay too if you think we need that more (we only have 2).
If Abe continues to send pathetic attacks, we can hold off on settleing the "lookout hill" where the spears & archers are. If the stacks get bigger, or Abe gets iron, we'll need a rax there to heal. Check Abe for iron before we settle again.
Ill bet Abe has a butt load of jungle he is having to deal with.
Based on my tiny map experience, we are in excellent shape.
>> 1250 BC <<
I have to work some in the AM and it will be done around 4pm pst. My bad, they just don't understand. But I understand when she needs me.
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