Next turn - 900AD

[funxus]

740 AD: RB Dou's caravan 125g.
RB temple in VM.
RB harbor in Igl.
Switch to caravan in Nae.
Set taxrate to: tax 60%, sci 10%, lux 30%.

760 AD: Zulu develop monarchy.
BS cancel celebrations.
Igl builds harbor. (caravan)
VM builds temple. (caravan, max prod)
Dou builds hides caravan. (celebrations cancelled, another one)
Celebrations cancelled in Nae, LC, LP, RF.
Neu builds salt caravan for delivery to Dou. (nothing demanded by Dou - Salt, Gold, Dye. Another one)
RB MP in Ipec.

780 AD: French develop Mysticism, Greeks chivalry.
Largest civs:
1. CFC
2. Greeks
3. Indians
4. Chinese
5. French
6. Aztecs
7. Zulus

Ipec builds MP. (caravan)
Dip embarks trireme.
We have aquired about 235b, get 55b/turn, need 756b/tech (1/3 = 252b). Sci rate set to 0% for this turn.

800 AD: Chinese develop SF.
Dou supplies both Hides and Dye, this time chose Dye. (start bank)
Starts celebrating. (new roads one rivers boosts trade)
Hides caravan delivered to Bombay - 504g (as expected), replace VM route with 6t/turn
RB MP in LC. (98g)
RB harbor in PB.

820 AD: BP builds settler. (starts another one)
PB builds harbor. (caravan)
LC builds MP. (caravan)
Neu builds food caravan. (Another one)
CFC discovers Medicine (only two beakers lost )
List:
Chemistry
Economics
Engineering
Navigation

Taxrate changed again: 10% sci now.

About settler in BP:
I can't find where or who, but someone thought we should use the settler to improve land. Since we I can't find a build queue for BP, I started a new settler and decided to build C4 with this settler (it needs to clear jungle and also some protection from start).

Problem: Tenochtitlan (destination for our Dou caravans) just changed demand...
I decide to return gold caravan to Dou for wonders (no foreign demand). I'll let the trireme wait for Hides and Dye caravans to deliver them to Ten and Teotihuacan.

840 AD: Indians undertake STWA.
FJ celebrates. (cancel prod to make sure FJ benefits from it before settler is built (2s left))
FW builds food caravan. (starts settler)
EF builds copper carvan. (demanded by Dou, starts settler)
Nae builds food caravan. (settler)
RF builds food caravan (settler)

Salt from Neu delivered to Dou - 64g/b - replace Bombay route with 4t/turn 4t/turn in Neu though...

860 AD: Aztecs develop the Wheel.
Chinese attack berlin
Barabarians land near Mycenae with 3 knights.
Neu builds food caravan. (another one)
Found Berlin Barbfarm on BF1. (forest cleared first, defended by legion and dip)
Trireme heads home.
RB harbor in Dou, switch back to bank. (6 turns left, furthest wondervan is 6 turns away)

880 AD: Zulus develop IW.
Montezuma requests audience (no unit contact, enthusiastic):
Invite us to join an alliance against the Zulus, we reject.
Chinesse once again attacks Berlin (winning against archers). This is not good, I rather own Berlin myself for cheap than let the chinese have it
Greeks nearly finish STWA.
Indians develop BB.
One barb knight lose against Greek phalanx, the other kills it, leaving Mycenae undefended with two barb knights close.

FJ builds settler. (starts another one, still celebrating)
VM builds food caravan. (another one)
PB celebrates (due to harbor allows workers in ocean)

Dip positioned to be able to revolt Berlin next turn if we want to.

900 AD: French develop Philosophy. Greeks builds STWA. Indians abandon it.
Barbs capture Mycenae
BS builds food caravan. (starts another one)
Ipec builds beads caravan. (starts settler)
Neu builds food caravan. (another one)
LP builds hides caravan (starts settler)

 

[funxus]

 

[Leowind]

I can't tell from the screen shot--are there more Chinese units near Berlin? If it seems they are in immediate danger of actually taking the city then I say revolt it and claim it for our own. Otherwise, leave it for the time being, but perhaps use the dip to explore around the area a bit and see if there is a Chinese city nearby? This would both mean a constant stream of Chinese units attacking Berlin, and probably mean any units released from Berlin would head that direction, not towards us.

Are we in a position to bribe Mycenae? that might make a useful foothold on the Greeks if we're in a position to hold it.

 

[TheViking]

I clearly remember that we are not allowed to bribe cities because I forgot it myself when discussing a dangerous barbarian invasion early in the game .

 

[Jayne]

Yes, we can't bribe cities, only units. But we can use Mycenae as a second barb farm.

 

[funxus]

Maybe we shall try to get Chinese and Greek maps to see how bad it is.

I'll start playing now. A little later than usual, but I had to go to school today.

 

[Duke of Marlbrough]

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