[Preflight]
Literature in 11
11 gold, +1 gpt
City Builds:
Beijing (7): vArcher in 1, grows in 5.
Shanghai (5): vArcher in 2, grows in 7.
Canton (4): settler in 5, grows in 5.
Nanking (4): settler in 6, grows in 5.
Tsingtao (3): worker in 7, grows in 7.
City Production:
vArcher [2] (Beijing and Shanghai)
settler [2] (Canton and Nanking)
worker [1] (Tsingtao)
Military:
04 Workers
05 Warrior
20 Archers
02 Curragh
Allowed Units: 20
Total Units: 31
Unit Support: 11 gpt
Resources connected to Beijing
01 Silks
Wonder Races
Oracle
City Tweaking
I can fiddle with Nanking and grow the settler in in 4 turns instead of 6 by working the Spice Forest for 2 shields per turn. However, growth drops from 5 turns to 10 turns, which in turn means that Nanking would make the settler at size 4 and drop back to size 2. However, as I examine it further, I see that the settler will actually complete in 5 turns. Right now we have 8 shields towards the new settler. Settlers cost 30, so we have 22 shields to go. We produce 4 shields per turn, so in 5 turns Nanking will be at 28 shields. On that IBT the city grows to size 4 and the new citizen will work the Spice Forest for 2 more shields, giving us 30 shields. The settler is finished and built, and Nanking drops from size 5 down to size 3. So, no change to Nanking.
Settlers and Workers
So, in the next turnset we build 2 settlers. Both will be built in 5 turns. Where should they go?
One should go in the Calcutta area, either where Cacutta was or on the hill South of that tile. I prefer the hill since we don't lose any grassland by building a city. There are three BGs in that area also.
The other city should also go on a hill, but that hill is 3N of Nanking and on the way to the Iron to the NorthEast of Beijing. I think by the time this city is built the Indian situation will be winding down. And we do need to protect our northern borders. The only reason we haven't has been because of India.
We have two gangs of Workers; one pair on the former ruins of Calcutta (now just grassland) and the other pair is irrigating the oasis S of Canton. That pair will finish on the IBT.
The oasis irrigaters will move 1 South and road that plains tile (Turns 1 and 2). On Turns 3, 4 and 5 they will move to the hill 3N of Nanking. On Turn 6 they will move 1NE, onto another hill and road it on Turns 8 and 9, moving 1N again on Turn 10. Doing all this paves the way to build a city on the Iron that is the middle of the choke point.
The primary task of the Calcutta Clean up gang will be to connect Delhi (soon to be Chinese) with the rest of the empire. On Turn 1 they move 1S, onto a hill. On Turn 2 they move 1S again, onto a hill, which they will road on Turns 3 and 4. On Turn 5 they move 1SW onto grassland and road that tile on Turn 6 and Delhi is connected. Where they go after that depends on where we have captured cities.
Plan of War
We have 8 healthy vArchers just outside Delhi. We will capture it next turn. Since it is the capital and has culture, it will not autoraze at size 1. Bombay is the next biggest city, so it will become the new capital of India. Even if it is not, it will be the next major objective, since it has Wines next to it. I would like to send 5 vArchers to take out Bombay, but that depends on Delhi. Bombay should become Chinese on Turn 5 or so.
We also have 5 Archers 1SE of old Calcutta and 2 Archers further east that just destroyed an Indian city. The 2 Archers and 3 of the 5 Archers will head towards the city in the fog east of Delhi. They will meet on the grassland NE of that city in 4 turns and attack on Turn 5. The 2 remaining Archers will head to Delhi and beyond.
I expect that by Turn 5 India will be gutted. We should be able to take out the remaining cities at our leisure, which allows them to grow to size 2 before we attack (and thus prevents them from auto-razing). It is cheaper and easier for us to capture Indian cities than to build our own.
Next Builds
Beijing will keep making vArchers for a while, but I may peel off a settler if the Indian war is doing real good. Once it gets to size 8 it will produce 16 shields per turn, or a settler in 2 turns.
Shanghai will keep making vArchers.
Canton will make a worker after the settler.
Nanking will make vArchers for a while or start a temple as a library pre-build.
Tsingtao will start another worker when this one is done.
Delhi will proabably start a catapult.
Any cities we capture will probably start catapults also.
Revolt to Republic
If the war with India is strongly in our favor and the Zulus leave us alone. I might revolt to Republic on this turnset. Our unit support cost will soar in Republic until we get our cities up to size 6 and beyond. But once in Republic we don't need any MPs either. Our cities will grow faster since our lands will produce more food.
The problem with revolting too early is that we don't know how long our anarchy will be. Our workers will work slower, production will be down, corruption rampant and I don't think our cities will complete a single build during the anarchy. This is not something we want to do in the middle of a war.
[End of Preflight]
