Pre-turn Im in a spending mood. Rush a temple in Marseilles for 56 gold. Rush a temple in Orleans for 180 gold. Rush a temple in Bombay for 164 gold. Rush a temple in Manchester for 48 gold. And finally, rush a temple in Leeds for 104 gold. That leaves us with 1041 gold.
860 (1) Orleans temple->cannon. Bombay temple->cav. Marseilles temple->cav. Oxford cav->bank. Hyderabad library->cav. Leeds temple->cav. Manchester temple->barracks. Otherwise, just moving units.
870 (2) Economics->Printing Press (I guess were going for Shakespeares) @ 30%, +390 gpt. Dover market->library. Brighton market->bank. Reading worker->worker. Exeter market->aque. Grenoble spear->harbor. Nottingham ->Military Academy.
IBT Chinese are building Knights Templar.
880 (3) Washington market->lib. New York Lib->uni. Canterbury temple->bank.
Build embassy in France for 32 gold. Culture growth in 4 turns, 3spt, 3fpt, 7gpt, 2 reg spears, growth in 12, and a settler in 3 (although since its only size 1, itll be much longer).
Found Leicester ->worker.
890 (4) Lahore temple-market. Liverpool cav (why? it doesnt have a barracks yet)->bank. Dijon harbor->market.
Found Carlisle ->worker.
Rush temple in Besancon for 32 gold.
900 (5) Besancon temple->market. Bengal cannon->cannon.
Found Ipswich ->worker.
I decide we have too much money
to fix that, I attempt a safe steal (we dont need a war with them just yet) for Chivalry from China for 1368 gold. We succeed.
Rush Library in Birmingham for 64 gold.
We now have 18 Cavalry, 2 Muskets, 1 MDI, and 6 cannon (1 Indian) off the coast of Russia.
Trade Theology to China for Dyes, 7 gold, and 32 gpt
and no one else has anything to trade
but we can now lower the Lux bar to 0%. We now get +533 gpt, and Printing Press is due next turn.
IBT And out of nowhere
the Russians
declare war on us
our MDI is killed by an Ancient Cavalry
they will pay
We love the Prime Minister is declared all over the land.
910 (6) Printing Press->Democracy. Warwick cav->Library. Birmingham Library->market.
Unload a total of 7 cannon (1 Indian), 18 cav (1 Elite, 1 Reg, rest Vet), 1 Elite MDI, and 1 Elite Musket on the hill 2 NE of Novgorod. Also unload 1 Vet Musket on the Iron hill SW of Yaroslavl.
Found Portsmouth ->worker.
Sign a military alliance with China vs. the Russians. We include Furs, and get 9 gold. This will both, draw Russian units away from our landing force, and weaken China, probably our next target.
Copernicus due next turn, Smiths due in 15, and Military Academy due in 17.
920 (7) London Copernicus->Bank (next person can change to Knights Templar, which would take only 9 turns). Hastings uni->bank.
Pillage iron, and the worker that was roading the saltpeter S of Novgorod retreats to the town (which, by the way, is still guarded by a spearman).
IBT Renew RoP with Ottomans and get 14 gold. Chinese are building Knights Templar.
930 (8) Boston harbor->market. Richmond caravel->market. Cambridge harbor->market. Change London to Knights Templar for a pre-build for Shakespeares (York is not going to finish Smiths in time).
Assault on Novgorod: After bombardment, all 3 units (2 spears and a Longbow) are redlined. 1st Cav wins without a scratch, and promotes to Elite. 2nd and 3rd also win without hp loss, and we capture Novgorod, along with 1 slave.
IBT Renew RoP with China.
940 (9) Delhi settler->settler. Jaipur bank->barracks. Norwich caravel->market.
The resistance in Novgorod ends. Rush spear in Novgorod for 76 gold.
950 (10) Democracy->Navigation (so we can get Magellans before the GL is obsolete). Washington Library->bank. Philly aque->market. Novgorod spear->barracks. Coventry bank->uni. Dover library->bank. Bristol worker->worker.
Assault on Moscow: Army attacks, loses 3 hp. Cav attacks, loses 2hp, promotes to Elite. 2nd cav attacks, also loses 2 hp. 3rd cav deals 2 hp, but retreats. 4th cav attacks, and again loses 2 hp. 5th cav attacks and loses 0 hp (thats more like it!). Attack 2 hp pike with Elite cav, lose 1 hp, but capture Moscow! We also gain control of the Statue of Zeus and the Temple of Artemis (both obsolete, though).
For the next person: Units are in position to attack Yekaterinburg next turn (may be a little overkill
).
There is one settler on New England (which I suggest settles in place), and another still on Old France/India, waiting to board a caravel at Chartres.
China is close to capturing St. Petersburg (Im having second thoughts on allying with them
). We have a cav within striking distance, so if China attacks the city next turn, you can try to capture it before they do.
Free Artistry is due in 4 turns, so switch the Knights Templar in London to Shakespeares (Im guessing we dont want the Templar). I suggest after Free Artistry to go for Navigation, and get Magellans Voyage. Once we get Magnetism, the GL will be obsolete, so it would be nice to keep our +1 ship movement.
Ive also left one caravel unmoved, because I didnt really feel like moving it. You can decide what to do with it.
penwa - computer troubles
evincar
iroquoisplisken - Just went
soul_warrior - On deck (you took penwa's turn, so I believe this is the right order...)
perugia - Up now