Math04: Another 100K

[Mathias]

In a nutshell:

Stock Exchanges built, and Wall Street completed in Bangalore.

Madras is building an army every 5 turns. We have one already, but I didn't put any units in it. Bangalore is building cavalry every turn. Other core cities are building a unit every 2 turns.

Rails are mostly complete, and the south is entirely irrigated. Only a few unimproved tiles remain. Still active are 23 workers and 6 slaves. I believe we have a total of 42 slaves.

Our military is grouped near Madras. I upgraded 15 verteran war elephants. We still have 6 elite, plus 3 in the army. We can begin upgrading our cannons for 60 gold each.

Bombay has been abandoned. The settler has no place in particular to go, and is fortified near Punjab and New Madras.

We learned Steel and Refining, and are 2 turns from Combustion. Persia entered IA and got Medicine as their freebie.

We can sell Steam Power. China has 104 gpt and 361 gold. Inca have 57 gpt and 160 gold.

China allied the Byzantines against Persia, but no units have attempted to cross our lands. Persia is really taking it to China. We may want to step in and let them know who's in charge.

 

[Methos]

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namliaM

 

[Mathias]

Calcutta can switch to prebuild Pentagon. Move citizens to mountains after growth.

 

[namliaM]

Put them phants to (good) use? And take out a backward neighbour or 2?!

 

[Mathias]

I don't care much for unnecessary war. Our only enemy at this time is Persia.

 

[namliaM]

Useless? Elite Phant wins? Makes for leaders?! Makes for rushing small wonders (any left)?
Or can rush a Research lab, to get the culture just that little bit faster.

Also after producing a leader they can be promoted to Cavs

 

[BigNHuge]

ill get to this either tonight (maybe) or tomorrow as school started up today

 

[BigNHuge]

Out of town skip me in games, Im just about to leave for a trip to Alaska! Surprised by my parents! OMG I CANT WAIT!!!! Such a great thing! Please dont hate! Sorry for "ditching" ya again Math, but you dont get opportunities like this.

 

[Mathias]

Have a blast, BNH!

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Methos- Up
nerovats- On Deck
namliaM

 

[Methos]

Got it......

 

[Methos]

Just started and noticed an SGL fortified in Madras. Any particular reason?

 

[nerovats]

I would disband it to reduce unit support. LOL

What about gifting techs away (after getting alle the AI´s gold ofcourse) It should increase tech speed, or do we want to slow their tech rate so they won´t start building space ships, like we´re doing now.

 

[namliaM]

I did note him in my log:

Score 1 scientific leader: Brahmagupta (keep him for UN ? Or Seti?)

No reason for him beeing fortified other than I had nothing to use him for. And so I fortified him, simply hanging 10 till a wonder comes available I guess.

 

[Mathias]

What else would you do with an SGL when there are now wonders to rush?

When we get to the Modern Times, we'll research Computers first. We'll prebuild Labs in our 5 cities, and rush SETI on the turn after. Or we could prebuild SETI, and save the leader for something we don't have time to prebuild.

Gifting techs doesn't make any sense.

 

[namliaM]

Gifting techs to Scientific civs DOES make sence... They get a FREE tech which we can then trade for (possibly with optionals from the previous age)

Yes it gets them into "NOW" but with any luck it will yield us Computers or Rocketry, with bad luck it will yield us Fission (having 2 wonders, hard to cover) or worse Ecology (no culture at all)

 

[Mathias]

And exactly how many optional IA techs do we have?

Seriously, the best we could possible do is save a few turns on modern culture, gaining perhaps as much as 200 culture.

 

[Methos]

Pre-Turn: Switch Calcutta to Palace (pre-build). Upgrade 20 cannon for 1,200 gold. Do a little trading.
China: We get World Map, 104 gpt, and 361 gold; we give Steam Power.
Inca: We get 57 gpt and 160 gold; we give Steam Power
1300 AD: Zzzz
1305 AD: Zzzz
IT: Combustion>Mass Production (1/9/0). Byzantines enter our territory.
1310 AD: China seems to be getting whipped so I dow on Persia. First I sign a RoP with China for Incense and 29 gold. Wanted to wait another round but Xinjian was down to a spearman with 8 Persians nearby. Move our force in and take out 5 Persians with no losses.
IT: Persia takes Xinian.
1315 AD: Calcutta switches to Pentagon. We take Xinian.
IT: Persia heads towards our lands.
1320 AD: We take Nanking.
1325 AD: Set slider at 3/7/0.
IT: Mass Production>Motorized Transportation (1/9/0)
1330 AD: We take Chengdu.
IT: Calcutta builds the Pentagon.
1335 AD: Zzzz
IT: Persians take back Chengdu. Babylon kicks us out. Our force loses several turns of movement.
1340 AD: We capture Babylon (Persia). We recapture Chengdu.
IT: Interesting, many of our cities begin rioting due to ww and our palace is upgraded. Lol.
1345: Set slider to 3/6/1. We capture Akkad. Build an embassy with the Babylonians.
Babylon: We get World Map; we give RoP. We head towards southwestern Persia.
IT: Motorized Transport>Flight (0/9/1)
1350 AD: We capture Eridu.

-We have two primary SoD's. One near Macao and the other SE of Akkad heading towards Atlanta. I have a 3rd group consisting of two armies outside of Tyre. Note: I fortify the stacks in between turns so you will have to wake the fast movers.
-Started running out of things for the workers to do so many of them (68) are fortified north of Madras. There are a few others still working tiles.
-We are now able to build tanks but I have not switched any builds over. Delhi auto-switched but they are the only ones.
-Watch happiness as cities are experiencing ww. I already had to up lux to 10%.
-IMO after Flight is researched we should skip all the option techs in the IA. They’re not worth it.

The save

 

[nerovats]

Can´t look at save from here, but sounds like we took a good bite out of Persia, might be time to make peace again in couple of turns to avoid to much ww. Why leave workers outside cities, if rails are done we could join them, and just keep the slaves.
Will play tonight.

 

[nerovats]

pre-trun
persians have ivory and furs, we don't have. We've got plenty of units so keep war goning for now.
Change cavs to tanks. Looking good.
1355AD
take Atlanta, Tyre, Macao, Hangchow, no losses, couple off promotions no leaders.
1360AD
take NY, Bactra no losses.
Take some workers to create rails to east.
IT Chinese make peace with persia
1365AD
new army build put tanks in it.
lot of moving lower science
1370AD
moving, railing
1375AD
get flight, computers at 90%, will make peace in 2 turns after taking the luxes.
take pasagrade (ivory) science to 100% with just 2 or 3 clowns
IT Inca and Persia sign trade embargo against us.
1380AD
take Persepolis, Gordium, Arbela, Antioch, Samaria, Seattle
Try some leader fishing no bites, lose elite horse.
Kiss and make up, get Tatung WM 20 gold.
Complete the last 3 embasies while I'm in freindly mode.
create loads of scientists
1385AD
change build to mostly courts, we have more then enough units for now.
1390-1400AD
just railing and stuf.

Got couple of airports as science lab prebuilds.

 

[Methos]

IT Inca and Persia sign trade embargo against us.

Pre-Turn: Switch Calcutta to Palace (pre-build). Upgrade 20 cannon for 1,200 gold. Do a little trading.
China: We get World Map, 104 gpt, and 361 gold; we give Steam Power.
Inca: We get 57 gpt and 160 gold; we give Steam Power

There goes one trade!