Preturn, I look around and see both of our workers chopping forest??? I'm not sure I understand this move right now...we should be roading as much as possible. Well, only three turns left on it so I'll let it go...I take that back, I'm going to change to roads. We're at four shields a turn now and this city does not need the four food square at this time. We want it to be military so we want shields and forest game squares are perfect for that early on. We actually will have the road one turn faster anyway. I also change from spear to archer.
IT we get writing and a change to Lit. The AI move very slowly toward this tech and we might steal the GL (a huge boon with no workers).
(1)1725BC We can establish embassies now so I make one with Spain for 30 gold. Madrid is making 5 shields per turn and they have no resources or luxes hooked up. Also, good ole AI has a settler ready 3 turns early. Get this...Elizabeth wants writing, iron working and contact with the Romans for the Wheel!!! Wow. But, she will give us 50 gold and the wheel for writing if we ask first. Big turnaround. But, no one else has anything to give so I'll not give up writing.
(2)1700BC not much
(3)1675BC I take our settler North, where the river squares will
boost our income. At size 5, Paris grows in 4, creates settler in 5.
(4)1650BC not much
(5)1625BC not much
(6)1600BC Marseilles founded on the river.
(7)1575BC not much
(8)1550BC I send the new settler South to claim the cows. There is a barb village to the East so I'm avoiding that for now. Wow, Rome has writing but the civs that we know aren't producing much of anything to trade!
(9)1525BC More barb camps popping up. Now one to the South. Building three reg archers to handle barb clearing for our settlers.
(10)1500BC Ok, that's it. We have regular archers being built in three cities to handle the barb activity. Settler heading South for cows but can easily change direction to East (unknown land as of now). Three vet archers ready for Spain. I have not moved them yet. If next leader thinks that 3 is enough to start, then you can go for it now. BTW, other civs did some trading last turn as now everyone knows Writing, the wheel and IW. Weird, because they had nothing to offer at any time.
Looking back, it was probably weed to not take the 50 gold and wheel for writing. I just didn't want England to have free trading with anyone and we literally couldn't get 1 gold piece from either Rome or Spain at the time.
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