Next turn - 560 AD

[funxus]

460 AD: Make recommended alterations.
Tax: 70% Sci: 30% (to get university before flatting out science)
These units are disbanded:
Neu - 2 warriors
FW - 1 warrior

480 AD: Order restored in BS.
VM builds copper caravan demanded by Dou (starts harbor)
Dou builds beads caravan demanded by Ulundi (another van)
Celebrations in Dou.
FJ builds warrior (starts settler)
Dou - LC road finished. (Starts irrigating near Dou)

T: 104g

500 AD: Indians nearly complete GL.
PB builds wine caravan - nothing was demanded by Dou (starts harbor).
LC builds gold caravan - nothing was demanded by Dou (starts MP).
RF builds beads caravan - nothing was demanded by Dou (starts MP).

900,000 inhabitants
Tax changed to 80%.

Dou growth to size 6: one unhappy, scientist hired. Surplus two foods.
Road to PB complete. (Starts irrigating near Dou)

520 AD: Greeks undertake the Oracle.
Delhi builds GL.
Chinese and Aztecs switch to Oracle.
French abandon GL.
BS builds dip (starts settler)

1,000,000 inhabitants

Now that we have two dips in the core, the new is stationed S of LC. The other in LP.
Hut discovered (not near cost).

540 AD: Aztecs nearly complete Oracle.
Barbarians land near BS. Archer kill them.

CFC discover University. (starts ToG)
Dou builds Hides caravan for Delhi. (starts aqueduct)
Dou reach size 8. Elvii fired until Aqueduct's built.
HM in Dou disbanded (supported in PB, which has no production)
BP builds Phalanx. (Starts settler)

First deliveries ever:
PB wine to Dou - 32g/b (Route gives 3t/turn)
LC gold to Dou - 42g/b (Route gives 3t/turn)

Decides to pop hut - Ancient Wisdom of Theory of Gravity

PRB to 60s in Dou (100g)

127g/turn, Discoveries every 16 turns.
T: 247g

560 AD: Ten builds oracle. Chi, Zul and Gre abandon.
Greeks and Aztecs declare war.
Another barb (same ship as last turn) lands near BS.

We get a list of these techs:
Navigation
Banking
The Wheel

WLTCD cancelled in Dou.

T: 365g

 

[funxus]

Things to consider:
Was I really supposed to switch to improvements in Nae, EF and Ipec? The total loss of shields could've built a caravan... Well, I did anyway.

Dou will get an aqueduct in 2. Shall we raise luxuries now, or just hire elvii in Dou (it's possible to get 4 happies, rest content and one food surplus) to grow it. Remember that growth only start on second turn of celebration.

One caravan boarded, the others can board next turn or in two turns. Are we ready to get them to their destinations?

Shall we RB any improvements?

 

[Leowind]

Navigation, Banking, Wheel

Do we need to decide which to take, or does the bolded Banking indicate that is what we are researching (I don't have the game at work so I could check myself)?

 

[TheViking]

Looks like we should start celebrating now or in one or 2 turns. For this 40 or 50% luxuries are needed (40% probably sufficient if we RB MP in Neu now). It will be difficult to keep the eastern cities celebrating for long because of corruption (maybe we should RB a courthouse in one of them soon ?). In contrast, we should easily be able to get most of the core cities to size 8-10 and Dou to 12. The cities we should prioritize ahead of other cities when it comes to growth are IMO LC, RF, Neu, LP and maybe EF and/or FW (I'd also include PB if it had reached size 3). We probably need more irrigation near LC ASAP.

We are researching banking. This creates one 'problem': I'd very much like to complete a bank in Dou before delivering Dou's caravans in order to maximize the bonus gold/science.

 

[TimTheEnchanter]

Originally posted by TheViking
We are researching banking. This creates one 'problem': I'd very much like to complete a bank in Dou before delivering Dou's caravans in order to maximize the bonus gold/science.

Not an issue, as banks don't increase the bonus. The bonus is based on total base trade and banks only increase gold and luxuries, not trade.

 

[funxus]

IIRC only basetrade, (i.e. all arrows worked on the map, including corruption and not any previous traderoutes), commodity (which, and if it is demanded), foreign or domestic and distance will affect the pay-off.
I will play on Sunday.

 

[funxus]

Start to play now.

 

[Duke of Marlbrough]

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