Man, I hate making stupid mistakes, and settling on the wrong tile has to be the worst of them. *sigh*
Anyway, I agree that it is best to continue growth. If we delay growth by more than one turn, we'll need an extra turn to research Dynasticism. Once we are at size 4, we'll have the option of running -1 food for a short time.
Just so we're on the same page, after Dynasticism, we want Code of Laws before Philosophy(Democracy as free tech), followed by Classical Education.
AA wonders that we want:
Slave Trade (increased commerce, exp with optional tech)
Colossus (increased commerce, exp with Navigation)
Oracle (Two free tech, GA part 1)
Great Lighthouse (Allows metro - we'll need irrigation to grow above 16)
Mausoleum of Mausollos (GA part 2 - happiness irrelevant)
Since Methos was skipped, I'll revert back to setting the roster order on the fly. Since Beorn played only 10 turns, I prefer to continue with 10-turn turnsets, rather than the 15-turn turnsets that I normally use for the first round. If you can play tonight, post a 'got it' and go for it.