I decided to play this turnset before my turn in Ruff03 (Sorry Ruff!) as OCC turns usually go pretty quick.
ruff_hi said:
... it seems that Cathy just falls into my arms all the time ...
It must be your lion's mane in your avatar, you gigolo, you!
Situation Assessment: Overall, things are looking pretty good. Gandhi is pleased with us, with a net +5 in relations. We are taking a -3 penalty for having the wrong religion. We probably ought to start thinking about building some Missionaries to send to India. Maybe we can get him to convert to Confucianism. Or maybe he will get the hint and send a Hindu Missionary our way and we can convert.
We currently have 11 gold in the bank and are spending it at -1gpt with 100% on the research slider. We have no source of income, other than the 2gpt that Methos got for trading fur to Catherine. A shrine would allow us to keep the research slider at 100%, but we keep getting Great Scientists.
We are researching Liberalism, which is due in 7 turns. We will take Printing Press as our free tech. After that, we can go for Nationalism and Military Tradition, as n0xie suggested at the start of the game. Alternatively, we can do Guilds, Banking, and Economics to get the free Great Merchant. Merging the merchant would also allow us to keep the research slider at 100%.
According to the demographics screen, we are dead last in troops. Considering this is an OCC, that is not too troubling. We do have 7 Horse Archers, 3 Archers, and 4 Warriors. I'm not sure that I agree with the last promotion given to our Level 4 Archer. He has Guerilla II and City Garrison I promotions. The problem with that is London is NOT built on a hill.
Turn 0 - 1000AD: London is currently running a single Engineer specialist. I fire the Engineer and hire a Priest. Hopefully, we can pop a Great Prophet to build us a shrine.
We are currently trading our fish to Gandhi for his cow. This deal is a net wash to us that was originally done to improve relations with him. I renogiate this deal to give Gandhi our sugar for his cow, and thus an extra health.
I'm not really sure what to do with our Worker, as all of our tiles are improved. I decide to go ahead and chop the "autochop" forest. Maybe it will shave a turn off of the Colossus, although I doubt it.
Turn 1 - 1010AD: I pull a couple of troops back into our territory to reduce the unit supply costs. We are now earning +1gpt.
Methos suggested ending the fur deal with Catherine after 10 turns and renogiating for more money. It was a good idea, unfortunately, Catherine does not have any more money, so I leave the deal in place for a little while longer.
Turn 2 - 1020AD: Well, I'll be! That forest did shave a turn off of the colossus, as it yielded 40 hammers.
Turn 3 - 1030AD:
IBT: Catherine is getting pushy. She comes demanding Philosophy. Why does this broad always demand techs when I'm up? Maybe I should get me a lion's avatar ... I go ahead and give it to her.
Philosophy, that is!
Then, since she is pleased with us, I figure I will try a long shot. I ask for copper for free. She gives it to us!
Turn 4 - 1040AD: more
Turn 5 - 1050AD: The Colossus has been built. I start us on a 1-turn Lighthouse so that we can start working the supercharged coastal tiles.
Turn 6 - 1060AD: Liberalism is learned. I take Printing Press as our free tech. In hindsight, this may have been a mistake. It only added 4 commerce to our city, since we were only able to build 4 cottages. I should have taken Nationalism, since it was the more expensive tech. Anyway, I start us on Nationalism, but I'm tempted to switch it to Guilds.
London completes its Lighthouse. The city is MM'ed to work all of the commerce tiles. Its starts on a Confucian Monastery next.
Turn 7 - 1070AD: I'm starting to get tired of
IBT: Genghis Khan declares war on Frederick.
Turn 8 - 1080AD: The Confucian Monastery is complete and I started us on a Taoist Monastery.
IBT: Fred loses a city.
Turn 9 - 1090AD: A Great Scientist is born in London.
How I really wanted a Prophet. I suggest that we merge the Scientist, but I will leave it for the next player ...
I also notice that Catherine now has an extra coin. The fur deal can be renegoiated for 3gpt -- I don't like making trade deals this late in the turnset, so I am going to leave that decision to the next player, as well.
Turn 10 - 1100AD: London completes the Taoist Monastery. I start us on a Confucian Missionary, next so that we can start spreading the word to Gandhi. Please feel free to veto this decision, as Oxford University is also available to be built.
Here is a look at London:
And the save ...
And it looks like n0xie has not been online in the last 3 days. There is no way I will be able to play for another 24 or so hours, so I think we'll wait and see if n0xie rejoins us.
for growth.
I may end up using the whole 48 hours on this one ...
Can't say that I would call that excitement ... I can think of a few words, but excitement isn't one of them. 
