Here is the save.
Perturn
All is looking good. The French are down to a handful of cities (which I plan on liberating from the oppressive Joanie) and we are up at least one tech on the rest of the world. A quick scan of the French territory reveals they do have a source of saltpeter (I contemplate building an Explorer to take care of that). Hawk WM for 24g. Move some cav to Marseilles (staging point for invasion on Rheims).
IT Carthage and France sign a peace treaty. Greece makes peace with France. Dover: cav -> musketman. Vino: courthouse -> worker.
T1) 900 ad
Move cav stack outside Paris (attack next turn).
IT London: barracks -> JS Bachs (prebuild for Smiths). Hastings: cav -> musketman. Warwick: cav -> cav. Manchester: barracks -> musketman. France is building JS Bachs (youve got to be kidding). Egypt is building JSBs.
T2) 910 ad
Stack of 7 vet cavs attack Paris. One dies and two are redlined as we take the city with out elite knight (still no GL). Put the Parisians on a strict diet (I expect some to die).
IT France and Spain sing peace treaty. York riots (give em a clown). Cantebury : cav -> bank. Bacon: cav -> cav. Liverpool riots (give em a clown). Fishincowhorse riots -> clown (we need some more luxuries pronto. Ditto with Mr. Rogers. Vino: worker -> musket. Manchester riots (we need to end this war soon). Tundra Whalers: barracks -> musket.
T3) 920 ad
Increase lux slider to 30% to quell all the riots (Its like the English hooligan football fans are taking over riots everywhere). Moving troops and letting them heal.
IT Carthage and Russia sign a peace treaty. Carthage declares war on Greece. Magnetism finishes (start Theory of Gravity to get us into the next era 5 turns @ -16gpt). York: cav -> cathedral. Nottingham: cav -> bank. Carlisle: barracks -> marketplace.
T4) 930 ad
Change Warwick to marketplace (this is a builders game, right?). Move troops towards Rheims.
IT France and Rome sign a peace treaty. Rome and Russia sign a MI vs Greece. Rome declares war on Greece. Coventry: barracks -> cathedral. Liverpool: cav -> cathedral. Leicester: barracks -> courthouse. France is building JSBs. Start siege on Rheims. Elite musketeer redlines vet cav (cav retreats). Vet cav wins over pike. Vet cav finishes off elite musketeer. Cav is redlined vs spear but wins. Vet cav kills spear and we take Rheims (and the Dyes!). Now we have three luxuries (can turn down the lux tax 20%). Change Mr. Rogers to cathedral. Theory of Gravity is due in 4 turns @ +43gpt. Change Paris to Temple. Rush a settler at Orleans to fill in gap between us and the Celts.
IT France and Russia sign a peace treaty. Orleans: settler -> musketman. Hastings: musket -> musket. Dover: musket -> courthouse. Reading riots (give em a clown). Cambridge: marketplace -> musketman. Ipswich: barracks -> musketman. Celts are building Shakespeares Theater.
T5) 950 ad
Move cav stack to Tours (attack next turn). I see some Beserks and German knights in the area (no threat though). Change Vino to marketplace. I just realized we are in the rather short Age of Sail (change production at Fishincowhorse to Man-O-War).
Due to RL commitments and time constraints, I will end my turn here. Sorry I took so long with the game. Hopefully things will go smoother for my next turn.