Ziggy Stardust and Washington invite Brennus to fund Ziggy's charity concert in Vienne, "Give Peace a Chance, Live at Stonehenge 125AD"! Brennus, tired of this war, decides that such a concert is very timely. Priesthood and Polytheism were traded up to fund the concert.
It was a success and the American and Celtic people were rocking together in the concert instead of banging heads on the battlefield.
Peace came to the American lands, and the American people have become happy because of the concert. So happy that they erected monuments of Ziggy Stardust in their cities. Just looking at such monuments injects a relaxing sensation of happiness to all who pass by. (+1 happiness due to Charismatic)
With the people's happiness and the Celtic war out of the way, George Washington once more consulted the shamans about his dream... about the vision he saw, of his people riding on the shiny beast... unfortunately it wasn't so clear to anyone. The shamans advised Washington to wait for another vision. And that agitated him so much, the fact that he couldn't interpret the shiny beast, that he just focused on building his empire for now. His empire of ROCK and HEAVY METAL, that is!
Soon, the people learned how to write their own magazines and fan fiction about Ziggy Stardust: the man, the myth, the legend. (Literature) Afterwards, the people decide that they need to make a musical stage play out of Ziggy's illustrious life (now researching Drama).
The people of Washington, inspired by Ziggy, decide to construct their Axeman guards out faster by working harder in the forests and mines, then move on to the theater to help brainstorm Ziggy's dramatic stage debut and lighting effects (assign 2 scientists while building a Lighthouse sloooowly), which cuts research time by 1/3.
Boston builds a Granary, but inspired by the heroics of Ziggy, the citizens train to become Swordsmen. The mayor senses the need for more empire defence and plans another Axeman. After that, they start another monument, an even grander monument to the heroism of Ziggy. It's called the Heroic Epic of Ziggy. (Some other mayors object to this one, saying THEIR city should have it? I'll let the council decide.)
Some troops from Vienne, flush with victory, move on to their next conquest, the barbarian city. Others stay behind to guard against future incursions by the treacherous Brennus.
Tolosa finishes setting up bookstores and newsstands for sale of Ziggy-related showbiz magazines (Library). Now they work on a building to store food to feed all-night parties that involve the populace jamming to Ziggy tunes (Granary). Philadelphia does the same (Library -> Granary).
Tolosa however, finishes its Granary faster, so it begins a Jewish Monastery to spread the warm hippie feeling around.
Speaking of savages, unruly fans outside of America file into Washington to try to get their Ziggy publications. Unfortunately they have been turned away at the gates. Again and again. To have such violence just for a rockstar. Typical. Some human rights groups are already planning protests against the government.
Meanwhile, back in New York, The Great Library of Ziggy is under construction. It is made of entirely out of high quality pine wood (4 forests) so far. Soon more wood (chop the last nearby forest please) and the blood of loyal fans (whip ASAP) will be added to it.
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Trades:
Early in the turns, Peter signs up himself and some of his colleagues for true-blue American yoga classes by coughing out 150 gold. (I sell it because he's going to get it sooner and we needed the money bad.)
Louis offers a resource trade the people of America can't refuse: one that lets them paint their faces like savages and color up their hair in funky shades--perfect for rock concerts. Makes them happy, whatever floats their boat, that's the bottom line.
(We can afford to lose our happy monuments soon. Once we trade "Lit + Drama" to Brennus for "Calendar
+ cash", do try hooking up the spices near Tolosa to replace the monument happiness. And try "Drama + gold" for Monarchy from someone else. Here's the trade situation at the end of my turns
(EDIT: Sorry, can't get cash from Brennus until HE, or we, get Currency.)
(I think Drama then Philosophy then probably Paper or probably Nationalism is a good tech path for now to backfill our techs. That's why i picked up Drama first. Peter is the most pleased with us, we should probably trade with him for the most expensive and latest techs while getting cheaper ones from Bis or Louis.)
Also Ziggy's band,
Army of Darkness (Swords + Axes) approaches the barbarian city. Of course you know what should happen when there's an
Army and a city involved... a concert!
. Yeah you're right Cosmic, forgot about that! We get the free monuments but not the culture. We will get the 5/turn from the holy city though.
next week, so I suppose I'm a skipper until about Wed 15th Nov.
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but we will need to catch up somehow 
