Izuul
Level 86
- Joined
- Jan 26, 2012
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Deity 175 AD
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I settled 1NW and went for Mining > BW first. On T6 i could already see Hammy's 2nd city right near me.
Worker farmed 1 FP then mined the northern gold then chopped 1 forest to speed up the settler. I was hoping i could get the northern cows site to block off some land, but that got settled the same turn i got my first settler out. I settled the corn + shared gold site instead. I also teched AH after BW in hopes of finding horses for a possible HA rush. Two horses popped up, nice!
Needing a couple more cities for a good HA rush, i teched Fishing and settled the two seafood sites. The corn city whipped the WBs so that the seafood was online the same turn the cities were settled. I used a few more chops on the settlers since Istanbul was pretty weak for settler production. The two city sites weren't fantastic, but they had some food and they had forests.
Early research was strong enough that i was able to tech Math pretty quickly after HBR to boost a lot of the chops going into HAs. I attacked Hammy in 700 BC with at least a dozen HAs + 2 chariots. The first city captured was pretty decent. Unfortunately he used his great prophet here though and not in the Hindu holy city.
I took 5 cities off Hammy and then opted to extort him for some techs rather than kill him off. CoL was a big pickup since it allowed me to tech CS next.
I had a worker shortage for quite awhile, but this certainly helped. Two free barb workers in 225 BC right between two AI cities. That was definitely a first!
I'm working towards Lib right now. Traded for Calendar, chopped out the MoM in Babylon, and just started my first golden age. MT makes a lot of sense since i still have 10 HAs (and a GG chariot) that can be upgraded to Cuirs.
I'll probably cottage over the farms here soon.
Spoiler :
Worker farmed 1 FP then mined the northern gold then chopped 1 forest to speed up the settler. I was hoping i could get the northern cows site to block off some land, but that got settled the same turn i got my first settler out. I settled the corn + shared gold site instead. I also teched AH after BW in hopes of finding horses for a possible HA rush. Two horses popped up, nice!
Spoiler :
Needing a couple more cities for a good HA rush, i teched Fishing and settled the two seafood sites. The corn city whipped the WBs so that the seafood was online the same turn the cities were settled. I used a few more chops on the settlers since Istanbul was pretty weak for settler production. The two city sites weren't fantastic, but they had some food and they had forests.
Early research was strong enough that i was able to tech Math pretty quickly after HBR to boost a lot of the chops going into HAs. I attacked Hammy in 700 BC with at least a dozen HAs + 2 chariots. The first city captured was pretty decent. Unfortunately he used his great prophet here though and not in the Hindu holy city.
Spoiler :
I took 5 cities off Hammy and then opted to extort him for some techs rather than kill him off. CoL was a big pickup since it allowed me to tech CS next.
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Situation after making peace.
I had a worker shortage for quite awhile, but this certainly helped. Two free barb workers in 225 BC right between two AI cities. That was definitely a first!
Spoiler :
I'm working towards Lib right now. Traded for Calendar, chopped out the MoM in Babylon, and just started my first golden age. MT makes a lot of sense since i still have 10 HAs (and a GG chariot) that can be upgraded to Cuirs.
Spoiler :
I'll probably cottage over the farms here soon.