It is the year 375AD and we have only 4 cities.
It is no wonder that our economy is so pathetic. But yet, because of our economy, we really cannot afford another city at the moment.
Not really sure what to do about that ... but things should improve as the cottages mature. We have a Settler parked in Cuzco. I'm thinking the new city should be placed SE of Cuzco.
The city will have some swine wine, in addition to some of the finest silk shirts. I'm also thinking a Palace jump to this city is in order. Of course, this is all for future discussion, as I left the Settler parked in Cuzco ...
I instead concentrated on building Catapults, in preparation for our war with Isabella. We had 4 turns left on our peace treaty, so I declared as soon as the peace treaty expired. Unfortunately, she would learn the secrets of Feudalism and revolt to Vassalage just before the treaty expired.
For the benefit of the lurkers, here is an overview of the borders at the start of my turnset ...
Isabella had a Settler, escorted by Swordsmen, that founded the city of Santiago SE of Cuzco. The city was auto-razed when our forces attacked it. We also took the city of Toledo, which received a longbow upgrade. With dyes and banana, this should be a pretty good commerce city, so I decided to keep it.
At the end of my 10 turns, our forces were marching on Cordoba from the west and the south. The southern stack consists of our highly promoted Axemen. The western stack is mostly catapults. I lost most of the melee units in the stack while marching on Cordoba.
On the research front, I completed Horseback Riding and then researched Code of Laws. We have 37 turns remaining on Civil Service. We are cashflow positive (+2gpt) at 20% on the research slider. We are generating an incredible 27 beakers per turn.
Our variant only allows us to capture 1 more city. Thus we may want to consider peace once we take Cordoba. Fighting longbows with swords and axes will be tough. That and we really, really need to focus our efforts on stabalizing our economy.
The save is attached ...