Pre-Turn - OK, I dont hold with this zero tech lark, so we have the GL, lets not let it slip huh? I set research to 70%, currency in 4 turns. Also this will put us in the Middle Ages, in fact if we give it, sorry, sell it to Otto, he will get a free tech from it. Sell currency to everyone else and eventually Otto will sell his new shiny tech to someone else and we get it for free! Nice huh. Also I'm not convinced that the AI would get from here to knowing Feudalism in 28 turns. Also some swordsmen switched to colosseums and granaries. We dont need no stinkin armies
IT - Joanie asks us to remove our ships please from their water, whatever love. Celts are building the Great Wall.
Turn 01 ( 150AD) - Research to 60%, currency in 3 turns.
IT - Egyptians complete the Great Wall.
Turn 02 ( 170AD) - Celtic England riots, whoops missed that one.
Turn 03 ( 190AD) - Brighton settler -> Library. Research to 50%, currency next turn.
Turn 04 ( 210AD) - We hit the Middle Ages. Currency -> Engineering. Warwick settler -> settler. Right here we go. Sell Germany Currency for WM and 2 gold

He gets Feudalism as his free tech

nice. He wants 949 gold and 48 gpt for it. I dont think so. In fact if we can get a galley to the other continent and make contact with the Russians, Greeks and Ottomans, then they are all scientific and we just may get Feudalism for free much sooner. I then sell currency to everyone for all their cash. We dont want Otto making money from it do we. Research turned off until we meet the other continent.
Turn 05 ( 230AD) - Renew the Dyes for Horses deal with France. London Colosseum -> Marketplace. Canterbury granary -> marketplace. Suicide Galleys start the perilous journey...
Turn 06 ( 250AD) - In a bizarre quirk of RNG both suicide galleys make it. Go figure. We see yellow borders. No contact as yet though.
IT - Germans are building Sun Tzu's ... Hmm time to investigate that city methinks.
Turn 07 ( 260AD) - Then again its only Nuremburg (size 3) and on the border. Carlisle founded, starts warrior. So back to the egyptians. We get contact with everyone and their WM for contact with everyone on our continent, our WM and 100gold. Now we should get Monarchy and Fuedalism next turn. But the Russians have Monotheism as well, see we should have kept up the tech rate. I hate it when I'm right

Hmm Ottomans are well behind. I think I'm gonna gift them up to the Middle Ages and see what they get. Yes they get Monotheism. So we should get three free techs next turn. Nice. I sell/give contact with everyone to everyone. Sell Contact with the French to the Russians for WM, 11gold and 6gpt. Also to the Russians 3gpt for contact with the Germans. We clean everyone else out apart from the Egyptians who have 86gold

We now have 1293gold and are doing +102gold per turn. Now to increase the research. Research to 90%, we get Engineering in 6 turns and run at -89gpt... Two cities are building Sun Tzus, russian and german, both size 3. No chance of beating us to Sun Tzus.
IT - We get Monarchy, Monotheism and Feudalism from the Great Library.
Turn 08 ( 270AD) - Coventry harbor -> library. Ipswich founded, starts pikeman.
Turn 09 ( 280AD) - Manchester worker -> worker. We get our first palace upgrade ...
Turn 10 ( 290AD) - Hastings marketplace -> colosseum. Dover Library -> marketplace. Sell Monarchy to Egypt for WM and 33 gold.
And thats that...
I liked that set of turns
Melifluous
THE SAVE