1750 BC - Everything looks okay, don't like those stacks of Mongols, and also, we don't seem to be running our factory properly.
IBT: Finish Iron Working, start full science on Writing. Both known civs already have it.
Turn 1: 1725 BC - We have iron in a hill next to Edrine, and it's already connected. Move settler to hill next to fish to enclose the Mongol city. Lower luxury to 10% and science to 50%. We are losing 1 gpt. Neither opposing civs have iron yet. Change Iznik's production to worker. Worker/Warrior movements. We get Writing in 41 turns.
IBT: A Dutch settler may beat us to the hill location.
Turn 2: 1700 BC - A few movements, increase luxury to 20%, we now are losing 2 gpt, Writing in 37 turns.
IBT: Setter moves away, so we get the location.
Turn 3: 1675 BC - Nothing, settler moves into it's spot, next turn we found.
IBT: Bursa: worker -> warrior
Turn 4: 1650 BC - Found Uskudar, begin on worker. Writing in 32 turns. Raise luxury to 30%.
IBT: Disease strikes Istanbul - damn.
Turn 5: 1625 BC - Bursa worker begins roading the wines.
IBT: Disease, Mongols establish embassy.
Turn 6: 1600 BC - Nothing. Our settler factory is screwed up from the disease, so I complete a sword instead of a settler. New settler factory cycle to begin.
IBT: A warrior and a settler from a new civ approach us.
Turn 7: 1575 BC - Find out that it is the Babylonians, they have nothing to trade. Sword sent to act as military police in Edrine. Writing in 22 turns. We are losing 4 gpt.
IBT: Nothing.
Turn 8: 1550 BC - Adjust luxury to 20%, we are now losing no gpt.
IBT: Bursa: warrior -> worker
Turn 9: 1525 BC - Nothing. Writing in 19.
IBT: Istanbul's borders expand. Iznik: worker -> worker.
Turn 10: 1500 BC - Wines are now connected to capital and Edrine, keep luxury at 20%. Nothing else except some movements.
ENDNOTES: Please keep the capital's food surplus at 5
at all times (until we decide to stop expansion), this is the only way to keep the factory working smoothly. It looks like we can keep a 5 turn factory going if we can do this. It's time to expand west now.
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