Preturn:
Do some MM including the scientist, though I think we will end up buying invention before 40 turns.
Start some Markets and also want workers to clear the Jungle.
My thought on Indonesia is to keep all cities. They don't have ocean travel yet so I think we can get them entirely before they have far-flung colonies.
Egypt only knows Invention.
70 AD: Start loading troops for next island.
IBT: Knight Templar completed.
90 AD: Sink 2 Indonesian ships with one loss of our own. Land on next island.
IBT: 3 Sword attack our landed stack. We win the first two. Unfortunately, the Knight loses the next one after becoming Elite.
110 AD: We kill all but one injured Spear and lose one MDI. 2 more MDI land. Fill our other boats with the other troops.
IBT: Two demands that I give in to. We could use the war Happiness but it could cause issues.
130 AD: We kill the (now 2) Spear in Palembang and capture the city.
IBT: Not sure if we had met Brazil, but we have now.
Taking the town opened up trades for Lux again. We get a bunch plus some gpt deals. We are at 112 gpt up from 20-30 gpt before.
150 AD: We land on the Indonesian home continent
Invention and Printing press is known by Egypt and Persia but no 2-fer so I wait.
IBT: Several attacks from Sword. We lose our Pike and a MDI.
170 AD: Take out City and replace with Wagga Wagga. We can't afford a flip in our staging town.. We lost 2 MDI vs def 2 units.
IBT: A lot of units move next to Wagga Wagga. I bombard first. Rather than going for the damaged Spear, I fortify against the 3 hp Sword. I think this the better option. The injured units should retreat.
190 AD: We can get a 2-fer, though not the best. Persia won't take gpt at all, I think we did hurt our Rep when we lost the deals earlier. I give them 4310 gpt for invention.
We can get Printing Press, Contact with America, and 20 gpt from China for Invention.
Make several other trades for tech and also sell Contacts for smaller amounts of gold.
We are at 219 gpt and 1730 gold.
IBT: Our defense against the swords goes pretty well, but we lose our Pike.
210 AD: We cannot chase down the injured units yet our speed 2 Knight reinforcements are still a turn away. We do bombard and kill one Sword. The rest of the MDI are fortified to heal.
230 AD: We are able to clear out all units near our City. Indonesia has mostly Spear left.
Egypt continues to lead with Astronomy and Gunpowder over everyone else.
Notes:
Indonesia's stacks are pretty much gone. We can start an offensive now.
I got several Markets built.
We need to move boats back home to pick up new units. Some were on their way there.