1250 BC (0) Inherited turn.
I check diplomacy and note that the Mongols and the Japanese now have communications with China. The price, at 87 gold, is too high right now, and in PTW, the AI will sell communications to each other- as soon as Mao gets Writing + enough cash, Japan or the Mongols will sell him contact with us. The F11 screen reveals that France and Persia are also out in the world somewhere, and for capital cities Kyoto>Delhi>Karakorum.
India and Mongolia both get their UUs in place of knights, and it looks like we're going to have to fight one of them for space soon. The Keshik archer needs iron, and costs 60 shields. The war elephant needs no resources, and costs 70 shields. Also, Gandhi is a greater cultural threat- unless Genghis is overtly aggressive and brings us to the war first, plan on taking out Gandhi first as the Mongols don't have iron yet. The war probably won't be in my turn, but I'm going to build us up in expectation for a war with Gandhi or Genghis. Before we go to war, we should consider building embassies, to possibly drag the other one in (only after making sure we can claim the territory first).
The iron up in the jungle has an Indian cultural border next to it- I'll send the next settler pair up there, but with cheap temples we'll probably have to take that city out, as the amount of jungle makes travel time to it nonnegligible.
1225 BC (1)
Send settler + spear pair to spot on river between Gandhi and Genghis. It will start a temple immediately when it arrives. Swap temples in P'yongyang and Pusan to barracks. We can afford the extra maintenance, and vet troops + lower cost mean that we get to start more troops/settler pairs that much earlier. If we desperately need temples later, we can build them, but right now we shouldn't build them unless we're planning against a possible flip.
1200 BC (2)
Movement.
Interturn: Our warrior scout to the south of Japan is attacked and killed by a barb while on a hill- bad luck with the RNG.
1175 BC (3)
Movement.
1150 BC (4)
Seoul and Pusan build barracks; start spears.
1125 BC (5)
Math research complete! I start 40 turn research on Literature- cheap libraries and possibly the GL depending on AI progress (probably not, but it's possible... I've done it before with the Koreans on Monarch). Cheju founded; starts temple.
The Mongols have Math, so I shop it around to Japan for Contact with China + 24 gold, a 123 gold value as Japan won't sell the contact for less than 99 gold. Mao has 3 gold in his treasury, lacks Math and Horseback Riding, but has one more city than we have. Gandhi has 42 gold and only four cities- he buys contact with China for the remainder of his treasury.
1100 BC (6)
Wonsan builds spear as the forest near it is cleared, and starts a worker.
1075 BC (7)
Seoul builds spear; starts settler. This has time to be changed by the next leader- I think we have maybe 2 more cities to claim before we start troop buildup, but if necessary we can get a sword in 4 turns instead. P'yongyang builds barracks, starts a spearman. For now, the spear fortifies in Seoul to help with MP and defense.
1050 BC (8)
Movement.
1025 BC (9)
Pusan builds spear; starts settler. If we decide to build the settler, it can probably build it exactly when it grows, with sufficient MM. For now, the spear fortifies there.
India has founded a city by the dyes north of Wonsan that will also effectively block any city built to grab the iron. Wonsan switches to temple. A Chinese warrior is finally sighted north of an Indian city- he and Gandhi know each other now.
1000 BC (10)
Movement.
Again, the settlers currently building can be swapped to swords if necessary. The military advisor says that we have an 'average' military as compared to India and China, and are 'weak' compared to Mongolia and Japan. All AI cities are probably defended with spears, with lots of random warriors wandering around (3 Indians in the north that I saw). We need more room, and we're going to have to go to war to get it. Plenty of cash will probably buy us embassies and a military alliance against whoever we do go to war with. We have one relatively weak civ, India, to our north, and one strong one, Mongolia, to our south. I would recommend against an alliance with Mongolia, unless he appears ready to join with Gandhi, as having him grab those Indian cities will only make him more powerful. Japan might be a good candidate for an ally, but they're also close to India. China probably isn't close enough to help militarily, but will make Gandhi worry about his northwestern border.
It'd be nice to take the iron and extra dyes up north, but it's not urgent as they need a cultural expansion and road through the jungle to claim them, while Seoul is built on an iron deposit.
Also, Mao has 53 gold, and no Math or Horseback Riding... someone should sell a tech to him soon, as India is cash-poor and has Horseback Riding.
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