Inherited turn:
Swap New Kyoto to granary and change tiles: granary due in 9, growth in 10.
Since we have 15 turns left of alliance with China anyway, I decide to trade lux with them: our Gems + 10 gold for their Dyes. That lets us turn lux down to 10%, and I hope to get it to 0.
Swap both Minases to cathedrals. They're both right on the edge of happiness; that will allow 0% lux; and a bit of culture wouldn't hurt (although we'll never worry about flipping.)
Wake some workers to hang out near Ithil waiting for us to figure out how to plant forests.
Wake a worker in New Kyoto to head for some spices to plant a colony. Wouldn't hurt to have that extra happiness either.
460 AD: Alexandria is razed. I decide to bypass size-8 Elephantine and go for iron-holding Memphis.
Feudalism pops out of the GL. I tell a single scientist in Minas Ithil to try and figure out Chivalry. Or we can research it ourselves in 13 turns... Nah, we're doing fine with the cheap horsies.
470 AD: We colonize some spices and lux tax drops to 0%. (We control four luxuries in a 5CC!) I decide to let the cathedrals finish anyway; they'll help us get into Republic if we ever want. Egypt's iron and horses are pillaged, and they don't have a harbor to trade for any. But they did get a pike into Elephantine, so I'll save that city for last.
480 AD: 3 horses lose a total of 2 HP in razing Memphis!
Whoops - Leon builds a horse without a barracks.
Barracks is ordered up.
490 AD: Actually, scratch that granary in New Kyoto - we can just add workers to it since we have zillions of slaves. Change to cathedral.
Byblos razed. No promotions from either of the last two cities!
500 AD: I think it's the right time to begin prebuilding Leonardo's; either that or Sistine will be available within the 30 turns it will take to complete. Cheap Horsemen upgrades will rock.
510 AD: Germany demands Feudalism. I tell him to get lost, and he declares war. He can't even reach us before Navigation.
520 AD: I finish merging most of our native workers into cities, to cut costs, since we have around 30 slaves. I change my mind once AGAIN in New Kyoto, going back to marketplace as it was on the inherited turn.
Our horsemen have healed and consolidated, and start moving towards Pi-Ramesses.
530 AD: We lose an elite horse attacking an archer in the open.
540 AD: The idiot Egyptians start Sun Tzu's in Elephantine.
550 AD: A Chinese settler pair showed up and appears to be heading for our spice colonies. I block it with horses. There's ten horses ready to attack Pi-Ramesses. The doomed regular horse next to Elephantine went there to pick off a damaged swordsman.
I check diplomacy, and notice that Rome wants 30 gold for their world map. I trade them Polytheism for it, and it shows us Russia's territory.
Next leader could consider swapping to full research on Chivalry; you never have an idea of whether the AIs are going to research it. Germany might do it, since they're at war with us.
Also, thought of this after I exited: we should sell off our granaries to cut costs, since we don't need them and it won't even be worthwhile to skim workers off size-12 cities.
Edit: Also realized this: even if we don't get Samurai soon, Leonardo's will kick off our Golden Age in conjunction with the Colossus.
Hope we get a Great Leader soon!
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