Shaka does like Mansa ('Pleased'), but Mansa is still a few tech's off Rifling.
We need Astronomy as a prereq' for; Civilized Jewelers, Aluminum Co, to uncover Aluminum via Industrialism, Broadway, Rock n Roll, Hollywood, and Broadcast Towers, but we can certainly live with Sid's Sushi and Creative Constructions for a while, as to spread around two Corporations alone is pretty expensive. Personally, I'd 'bite the bullet' on Astronomy and get 2-for-1 out of Rifling while it's there, but I can see that we have other 'fish to fry' and don't feel passionately that we need that tech' immediately. If you want to avoid the obsoleting effect of Astronomy, then that's OK, but I'm inclined to take it as well as Sci' Method for Rifling now.
I think it's quite feasible for us to;
(a.) Attack Mansa Musa,
(b.) Attack Hatshepsut-Saladin,
(c.) Attack both Mansa Musa and Hatshepsut-Saladin, or
(d.) Turtle up, found two 'junk' cities in our borders and just shoot passively for the win (getting our own Coal {Ironworks, as well as Aluminum Co.} will take some time though with Ecbatawa and Awdaghost fighting over that Coal tile between them).
Really, until vranasm suggested Mali, I had my eye solely on Egypt-Arabia. I think it's quite possible for us to pull off both simultaneously.
I'd sure like us to get Creative Constructions soon. I'd be OK for the slider to go down to 60% to get it in four turns, and then maybe turn up the
to cover the cost of spreading the Corporation to three or four cities (Aksum, Addis Ababa, Qohaito, Gondar) as well as your above mentioned troop upgrades.
We need Astronomy as a prereq' for; Civilized Jewelers, Aluminum Co, to uncover Aluminum via Industrialism, Broadway, Rock n Roll, Hollywood, and Broadcast Towers, but we can certainly live with Sid's Sushi and Creative Constructions for a while, as to spread around two Corporations alone is pretty expensive. Personally, I'd 'bite the bullet' on Astronomy and get 2-for-1 out of Rifling while it's there, but I can see that we have other 'fish to fry' and don't feel passionately that we need that tech' immediately. If you want to avoid the obsoleting effect of Astronomy, then that's OK, but I'm inclined to take it as well as Sci' Method for Rifling now.
I think it's quite feasible for us to;
(a.) Attack Mansa Musa,
(b.) Attack Hatshepsut-Saladin,
(c.) Attack both Mansa Musa and Hatshepsut-Saladin, or
(d.) Turtle up, found two 'junk' cities in our borders and just shoot passively for the win (getting our own Coal {Ironworks, as well as Aluminum Co.} will take some time though with Ecbatawa and Awdaghost fighting over that Coal tile between them).
Really, until vranasm suggested Mali, I had my eye solely on Egypt-Arabia. I think it's quite possible for us to pull off both simultaneously.
I'd sure like us to get Creative Constructions soon. I'd be OK for the slider to go down to 60% to get it in four turns, and then maybe turn up the
to cover the cost of spreading the Corporation to three or four cities (Aksum, Addis Ababa, Qohaito, Gondar) as well as your above mentioned troop upgrades.
) and Sid's Sushi (extra 
) should go pretty well everywhere domestically. Provided we get some Coal, then Aluminum Co and Civilized Jewelers could be confined to just the planned legendary cities, but why stop there, as each spread earns more 
with buckets of 
s from now on, I think that they should be Great Artists. We'll want one for Civilized Jewelers, and the rest for bombing.
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