State of Egypt:
Sliders at 6.0.4, researching Iron Working (ok, looking at the Science Advisor, it's Philosophy that comes after Mysticism, but it also has Maths as a prerequisite).
3 cities, about to be 4:
Thebes, size 9, grow in 7. 2f, 10s, 18g. Building Academy in 6.
Memphis, size 7, grow in 3. 4f, 7s, 12g. Building Academy in 10.
Heliopolis, size 3, grow in 10. 2f, 4s, 3g. Building Slavery in 8.
Thebes and Memphis work 2 unroaded tiles, Heliopolis 1 (a BG -- it has 4 extra roaded tiles to work next)
Military:
1 Worker, 1 Persian Worker, 5 Egyptian Workers
1 Scout
1 War Chariot
4 Egyptian Warriors
6 Egyptian Spearmen
2 Egyptian Archers
3 Enslavers
1 Egyptian Settler (for now)
Have we given any thought to switching to City State before Monarchy? It gives us double Worker speed, more unit support, and Paid labor vs. Despotism.
Pre-turn: we build Alexandria in place. It starts building Egyptian Flag
Scout meets another Aztec unit.
IBT:
Arabs complete Hammurabi
T1:
Re-reading the forum thread, I go ahead and switch Thebes and Memphis to Granaries.
IBT:
Thebes Granary > Flag
T2:
Aztecs just learned Code of Laws; Persia still don't know nothin' No trades are possible
IBT:
Thebes Flag > Spearman
Memphis Granary > Scout (now making 10spt!)
Heliopolis expands borders
T3:
Move Workers...
Nubia now has 1300 gold. I'm not sure what they just learned, but they sold it around!
IBT:
Japan demands Wines. Since we met them by ship, I tell them to shove it. They declare, silly things. We'll sign peace again once they'll talk.
Memphis: Scout>spear
T4:
Persia knows The Sail. We trade it for Writing.
Lux slider to 30%.
IBT:
Thebes Spear > boat
T5:
There's a potential 3fer: Buy Trade from Nubia or Russia, then sell it to France for IW/Math/Riding and to Aztecs for CoL or City State. Unfortunately, we can't afford it yet
IBT:
We lose our southern Scout.
Thebes: Boats
Memphis: Spears
Russia creates an embassy
T6:
Move Workers...
IBT:
Thebes: Boat > Archer
T7:
Zzz...
IBT:
Apprentice and Horse appear in Thebes
Memphis: Spear > Academy
Heliopolis: Slavery > SupplyCenter (Wines)
Alexandria: Flag > Walls
T8:
MM Memphis for gold. We still can't afford Trade.
IBT:
Thebes Archer > Harbor
India completes Ganges Pilgrimage
T9:
Just moving Workers!
Persia now knows Code of Laws and Riding.
Aztecs know those, plus Maths and City-State.
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I'm going to end here; it's T75 in the game.
We could cut research time for Iron in half if we upped the slider to 50%.
Thebes can switch back to Archers for defense or push for the Academy if we want to up the research slider. She can grow faster if we put her scientist back to work, or we can hire a clown instead to lower the lux slider.
We have a nice trading field, but we can't afford Trade for everything we have. Bummer.
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