ok guys.
i did good, even if i do say so myself
preturn - lower sci to 70% (same time, less cost). change most unit builds to Barracks. we really dont want any regular troops out there, do we? start a few prebuilds for galleys/harbours.
1- Nottingham cat > settler, build Oxford > worker, build Liverpool > worker.
2- London Barracks > settler, meet Germany on farland. they have HBR & POLY to our WRI & MATH. can deal, but too expensive, wait and see if they are alone.
3- Map Making in > Lit in 6 @ 60% & -4gpt. UP LUX to 10% due to unhappiness.
meet Russia on german land. knew it

they have HBR we have MATH, PHI, CoL. no deals yet.
Coventry Archer > Settler.
4- York barracks > Pyramid prebuild (im certain they will get it before us, but i really want Suntzu's or Leo's (if we want military) or SISTINE (for that culture)
meet China on german land too.

i see lots of wars over there...
i do some trading
china give HBR + 50g for PHILO, germany gives POLY + 18g for MATH.
5- London settler > settler, Coventry changed to Harbour
6- meet Ottomans on that glorious island. they have nothing for us. Nottingham settler > barracks
7- build Dover > galley.
8- Canterbury settler > catapult, Warwick cat > barracks, build Brighton > cat.
9- IRON is hooked up.
LITERATURE is in. CURRENCY in 8 @ 60% -2gpt.
London settler > settler, Hastings barracks > sword, Newcastle barracks > sword, Liverpool worker > granary (it has lots of food, lets use it for a worker pump)
10- York changed to GLib (in 35) due to chinese pyramids getting in.
some late trading gets us CURRENCY from india for HBR & POLY.
WE ARE FIRST INTO THE MIDDLE AGES
summary
we need more workers ASAP. too few of them. we need 1.5 wokers per city. i would prefer 2.
why wasnt the IRON hooked up when we got it?
i have a curragh waiting in Coventry for upgrade (harbour on 1)
i started a run for FEUDALISM (so we can change our prebuild in 15 to suntzu's and later LEO's)
we should keep LONDON as a settler pump, using some to drop on INDIA. these would act as our bridgeheads. first one should be on INDIA near that IRON!!!
barracks towns should work on swords.
for our SoD i would go for the classic (3-2-5) (catapult-spear-sword) ratio. i think about 25-30 units should be enough for America.