Pre-turn: Nothing looks amiss. Not sure why MP wants to cram a city into the western edge of our penninsula -- in any case, I don't see why a city here should be a priority. I do find a spot I prefer on an island SW of us. A city here can grab two luxes we don't have and has some clams to help with growth.
1. 475BC: There are barbs afoot in our territory, I send the Tokyo garrison to help out in case they decide to go a-pillaging.
450ST: Never mind the help, barbs get mowed down by Osaka's arrows.
2. 450BC: Osaka finishes barracks, starts lighthouse as it will need the help growing. I send our galley back to pick up the settler and escort for our new island town.
3. 425BC: Tokyo finishes archer, starts temple as it will need more happy faces to keep growing.
400ST: Libby and the Khan have seen the light.
4. 400BC: zzz.
5. 375BC: Kyoto finishes settler, starts axe to have a more active barb defense. MM Kyoto to prevent growth, as there aren't any more extra happy faces. Between this situation and our new co-religionists, I think it's time to switch our state religion.
350ST: IW -> Alphabet, so we can trade techs and build up relations with our Buddhist neighbors.
6. 350BC: Osaka finishes lighthouse, starts galley -- we're Japan, we need a navy. Nearest iron is just past the choke.
7. 325BC: Buddhism spreads to Edo. I notice Woody asleep near Mongolia, so I wake him and start looking around.
8. 300BC: Unload settler pair on island.
9. 275BC: Kyopto finishes axe, starts on library. Lots of coin there to multiply. I decide this is as good a time as any to switch state religion.
10. 250BC: We are now Buddhist. Satsuma founded, starts on obelisk to grab resources. Redo the MM in Kyoto to promote growth again. It will still probably need a temple, but I leave it on library for now.
Summary: Iron would be nice, but since we have copper, it's not crucial. Even though this is an aggressive game, it'd still be nice to have decent relations with at least some of our neighbors -- and from what we know now (almost nothing) the two other Buddhists are as good as anybody.
Few more pictures:
I love that barbs have their own towns now.
Who the hell is this guy anyway?
The save.
This of course contradicts the filename and everything else. Upon further inspection, the game was using a custom gamespeed that I installed in the custom assets folder (why it was using this, I have no idea - my other games don't do this). So I think I just have to move the files I made everytime I play and it will work.
