Preturn- We look good. Colossus in 8.
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T1 2110
Moscow grows to six, but requires no additional lux.
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T2 2070
Nothing new.
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T3 2030
India now has IW too.
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T4 1990
Nothing new.
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T5 1950
Ottomans have IW too. I decide to grab it from China for The Wheel and 120g. I decided to trade the Wheel and gold instead of Alphabet so we can keep them from the writing branch of the tech tree for as long as possible.
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T6 1910
Moscow is now size 7. I up the lux to keep it in order. Colossus in 2.
IT- Our southern scout gets whacked by barbs.
T7 1870
Nothin new.
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We set Moscow to warrior.
T8 1830
With the increased income from the Colossus, we can drop our lux rate back to 30.
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T9 1790
Not much new. With the new MP, we can drop lux to 20.
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T10
Nothing new.
Afterthoughts
No one has started any wonders yet, so we can probably get the Oracle if we start it after the settler. I think we're in a good position to try the Republic gambit. After checking the F10 screen, the only other commercial civ in the game aside from Inida is the Iroquois, so its doubtful that the other continent will be getting down the writing path any faster tahn us. If we settle our next city on the river, we should be able to research at a fast enough pace to pull it off. Ideally we'd get Philosophy, take Republic, revolt, form our republic, and build the MoM a turn or two later to spark our golden age.
