We live in interesting times.
LK59-1750BC, We are at an early diety war when the nasty Koreans sneak attacked us in an undefended city.
1750BC Not much to do after initial scan of cities and diplo, and time to go to next turn,
SCandinavians and Russia is up Horseback, and Gilgamesh is up Polytheism,
IBT: Out of the shadows comes a korean warrior and spear stack by the choke. I am hoping I can afford to ignore them until we can talk peace with Koreans.
1725 Worker completes mine and start a road. I continue to shadow the settler. Wonder what resource he is after, travelling so far.
Tech moves fast. I coulnd't buy in last turn, and I am likely not able to buy in this turn either, as Sumeria,Scandinavians and Russia all have both Horseback and Polytheism. Russia even has Map Making.
I am hoping Maya gets Horseback or something I can trade from him for Alphabet.
IBT: The missing korean spear joins up with the settler pair
Our archer is quite close to Lisbon, since I didn't dare move him out of intercept range of undefended Lisbon.
1700: Discover I have a longer viewing range from a forest over a lake than from grass over grass, and see a korean warrior lurking in the bogs. This can be tight if KOreans don't speak soon.
I also need to raise lux tax since Oporto grew to size 5.
Move the citizen out of LIsbon for growth in one, fairly sure T-Hawk is correct in that the governor will placer the new citizen in the forest.
As expected, this turn Map Making is spread out.
IBT: Our warrior guarding the forst is defeated by the Korean warrior
, and Lagash is now undefended.
Lisbon produce a settler, which I intend to send to the previous city spot.
I set Lisbon to Rax so it can do quality MPs that could have dual purpose.
The spear splits up from the settler pair, and settler pair heads towards the north, closely followed by an intercepting archer and our warriors.
1675: Betting all on peace talks before KOra reaches Lagash. I cannot reinforce that city anyways.
One small question though, why do we have both cows irrigated leaving Oporto at +6 fpt ??
MM a bit now that a tile has come free, and can lower lux to 40% again.
IBT: Zeol COMPLETES statue of Zeus.
1650BC KOrea is willing to speak, so it is time to spank the settler, and see what we can get for peace.
Our first warrior redlines, but wins, and we are two workers richer. Lets hope we do not have to pay through our noses for peace now. With one warrior on the front, there is no way for me to continue this.
Worker has finished roading, and goes to road and mine up the horse.
It does not look promising, as Korea seems to be insulted that we even want to speak peace. They are up Math on us, though we are up Mysticism on them.
Mysticism seems doubtful, and I would haev liked to get Math as well, for trading with the other continent.
Hmm, all our gold, and Mysticism will not get us peace and Math. Time to do some creative book-keeping I think.
Alphabet and 142 gold gets us Poytheism from Mayans. I artifically boost our gpt to 17 gpt from 4.
Mysticism, 12 gpt and 40 gold gets us peace from the nasty Koreans,
Polytheism gets us 82 gold, 3 gpt and Math from KOreans,
And I press end turn
( Just kidding, my trade nose is twitching like there is no tomorrow... )
Ragnar is the richest on the other continent, and feeling lucky I will check him first, to see if he will pay both techs and money for my monopoly on Math ( Monopoly as far as they know. )
Well, he wont, so I will check on the poor ones, and see if I can get MapMaking and some gpt from one of them, and HOrseback from the other.
Sumerians are not so stingy, they pay us MapMaking, HOrseback and 3 gold for Mathematics, and we are even in tech.
Considering our defenses, or rather lack of them, I trade Math to Ragnar as well for 84 gold. I feel 84 gold is more than I would get when he demanded it.
Russia has 3 gold, and no gpt, so she will have to demand it.
Time to get my money back from KOrea. I sell him HOrseback, since I do not want him building ships and discovering other continents.
Huh, where did my money go ?? I gave him 12 gpt, and got back 3 earlier, now I can only get 1 gpt out of him. I suspect the AIs are allowed to change their science spending when they switch techs, like if I gave him the tech he was researching.
I wont sell for 1 gpt. I have some pride. I will check if I can get some gold out of Mayans instead.
Trade Math to Mayans for 153 gold. Time to see what I can fix of our infra. I hope I am not so poor I will have to take the 1 gpt deal with korea.
Get a taxman and clown in Oporto, but it does not matter much, since Oporto cannot grow. Lux rate is at 40%.
We have 322 gold, and -6 gpt.
IBT: As expected, Koreans are nasty. They demand Map Making. NOt giving in would likely mean game over, so I give them the tech. MOscow completes Oracle, and Russia start Temple of Artemis.
1625: Prepare Lisbon for the pop-trick. Koreans now has 9 gold from something, but still only 1 gpt to pay us. Could it be that you no longer can trade back gpt that you pay ??
IBT: I spot a new settler pair from Korea. It seems like we need to fill in our backlines, since they are dead set on stealing an invisible resource from us.
I will be able to choke them off by the choke though.
Lagos Warrior->Warrior, Everyone is now building Temple of Artemis except us.
1600 We are still at tech parity. Koreans are making 9 gpt, but I can only get one of those gpt, so I will wait just a little while before making the trade.
IBT: Oporto Settler->Settler ( Counting on Lisbon for Quality MPs. )
1575 Found Emerita on the ruins, and set it on Warrior. I send the settler northeast to build an iron city along the river.
I whip a warrior in Lagos. It is needed to seal of the choke from the Korean settler pair.
Lagosians are not happy with us though, and we let them play at being scientists, allowing us to go 0 % Science.
Still get all Koreas money for HOrseback, so I wait. WHo knows, they might research something we want.
IBT: We can now build horsemen. A new koeran raider is advancing into our interior. The settler pair turns back, were they after the gems ?? Better make MPs in all cities a priority. Lisbon Barracks->Warrior, Lagos Warrior->Warrior. Vikings statr LIghthouse.
1550 I up lox to 50% so that I do not lose growth in Oporto.
IBT: Lisbon Warrior->Warrior ( Yes, 10 spt. we NEED the mps. ( Well, we also NEED workers, settelrs and horsemen... ))
1525 Russia now has a monopoly on Code of Laws. They also do not have Math, but I cannot recover any money from anyone else if I buy in, since all are poor.
I am getting nervous about Koreans getting contact though. HOrseback is now 45 gold and 1 gpt. I will wait until next turn though, and let next leader decide.
IBT: Lisbon Warrior->Warrior, Koreans start Lighthouse,
1500: I have the settler where I think he should settle. There is a warrior lurking in the shadows to our west, and thats why I have a warrior heading for our northern town even though it is due to build a new warrior.
I am not certain AI can properly detect blockades, feel free to lighten it up a bit, since there are no troops close any longer.
We still get all KOreas money for Horseback. They are bound to get contact soonish. Wait as long as you dare.
We have Math on Russia, but I thought it not worth it to buy into Code of Laws, so I didn't even try. None of the AIs has as much money as KOrea.
Save is here
Grimjack
Ps, I was stressed for time, so no screenies, and no proofing. I leave the spelling errors, and typos in as an exercise for the reader.
Must refrain from massive rant over undefended city...
