So, here we go to try and rewrite history... Let us see if this time Nobunaga manages to survive long enough to defeat Ieyasu and subdue all of Japan under the rule of the Oda lineage!
I was half expecting the Ashigaru footman to be our UU in the form of a high-defense AA unit, but seeing a 4.2.1 Kensai Oda instead of the Swordsman makes me wonder...
We are -of course- Militaristic and Religious.
Turn 1 - 4000 BC
Since the river and the single bonus tile within sight are west, I move the worker on the hill due west.
The move reveals this
Founding in place would get the river, Lambs and Goats after the first border expansion, but very poor food or shield yield for the first 10 turns.
Having decided to move the settler, the choice is between W and NW.
NW would immediately get the Lambs; it would take six more turns to have it irrigated, which would 'only' result in reaching pop 2 one turn earlier. On the other hand, settling there would loose the nice 2.2.0 Goats, which is almost like a Bonus Grasslands without having to wait for it to be mined.
In addition, it doesn't look like we can easily squeeze more cities to the South and West, so that settling the hill would better cover the available tiles and leave more room for close settlements to the East and North.
With no obvious settler factory in sight (at least for me), the starting short-term plan is:
- The settler will found our capital 1W of starting position
- The worker will work the lambs and the two bonus grasslands
- Our research will pursue Terra Cotta at max speed (not trusting on a super-early encounter with an expansionistic civ).
Turn 2 - 3950 BC
Azuchi founded: Warrior
Worker N
Researching Terra Cotta at 100%
Turn 3 - 3900 BC
Worker on Lambs.
Turn 4 - 3850 BC
Worker Irrigates
Turn 7 - 3700 BC
Azuchi: Warrior - warrior
Warrior moves E
Turn 8 - 3650 BC
Worker builds road
Warrior NE (on mountain).
Turn 9 - 3600 BC
Warrior N
Turn 10 - 3550 BC
Warrior N. Coast spotted
Turn 11 - 3500 BC
Warrior N
Worker W
Turn 12 - 3450 BC
Azuchi: warrior - warrior
Warrior 2 will go South, then east.
Worker mines
Warrior 1 W - he will go west. I am not recording their moves any longer unless they show something spectacular.
We spend the next three turns with lux at 10%.
Turn 15 - 3300 BC
Azuchi: warrior - Temple (prebuild for Granary)
Warrior 1 SW
Warrior 2 S
Warrior 3 stays at home for MP. Switch Lux back to 0%, we are making 1 gpt now.
Turn 18 - 3150 BC
Worker builds Road
Turn 19 - 3100 BC
We discover Terra Cotta. Assuming that we are going to meet someone sooner or later, I start on Taoist Mysticism.
Move warriors -just as said, we meet...
...Tokugawa himself. He knows Bronze Culture and The Wheel, and lacks Terra Cotta and Martial Arts. They have two cities.
He won't give us The Wheel, of course; he would share with us Bronze Culture + 7 gp for Terra Cotta and Martial Arts. Hhmmm. Let's wait to see if we can meet anyone else.
Azuchi at pop 3, increase luxury to 10% to avoid riots.
This is our world in 3050 BC
The key to Oda's realm
