Jabah
Emperor
T0 - 1625AD
Mansa has some Iron to sell, but except for building pikes, we don't need that (and will know at some point).
On the other hand he also has gold (2 happy) and Spice (1 happy, 1 health).
So we trade Wines+crabs for gold+spice
and then clam for deer with Louis.
galley are still far away, so dealing with Louis seems right (especially since he likes our civics, maybe we will be able to have him as an ally when attacking Mao.
Since we gain 3 happy, start disbanding useless warriors (while building real troops).
Since we don't have any foreign trade routes, I can't see the point of not being in Mercantilism, the extra 3gpt will be worth all the extra specialists.
I consider Vassal as well as the 14 extra free military and +2 XP should be easily equivalent to the extra 5gpt.
Revolt to both to avoid revolting twice, even if short term is slightly bad as we don't have too much extra troops.
Another thing, with civil service in 16techs and biology in 32techs, we are not going to have lots of food to growth, so farm along rivers/lakes should have been better for growth (which we all realised was not a good thing up to now as we had happiness problem).
Now, we have town next to river which are great, but can't grow to use the other square. We should try to keep that in mind for the new cities (especially with food poor cities). I will farm over the not worked cottage to grow quickly and later we can swap them back to cottage.
T4 - 1645AD
Meet Jewish Egypt
Sign open border with her (expecting to see some missionary coming)
same with France (well not missionary, but getting better relations)
T5 - 1650AD
Replacable Parts-> Steam Power (14t at 70%)
We can have a few more cities now I think, so 2settlers are started for the 2 good sites left.
France founds Islam, so maybe we will received missionaries from Louis.
T9 - 1670AD
Confuscianism gets in Washington (not revolt now).
2 cities founded.
How close was that one
T10 - 1675AD
Islam gets in Miami.
New cities are set on Forge first to be able to get a engineer specialist.
Mansa settler/longbow is in Portland now, probably going towards the barbarian area.
A mini task force is there, trying to see if we can raze/capture it.
Comments
We probably should set Washington on missionaries (after temple/monastry) and spread Confuscianism. In that case we should revolt to it at some point.
Jabah
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Turn 235 (1625 AD)
Turn 236 (1630 AD)
San Francisco finishes: Bank
Los Angeles finishes: Bank
Portland finishes: Granary
St. Louis finishes: Forge
Turn 237 (1635 AD)
San Francisco begins: Grocer
Los Angeles begins: Grocer
Portland begins: Forge
St. Louis begins: Bank
New York grows: 9
Philadelphia's borders expand
Chicago grows: 9
St. Louis grows: 7
Turn 238 (1640 AD)
Los Angeles grows: 5
Houston grows: 6
Portland grows: 5
Contact made: Egyptian Empire
Turn 239 (1645 AD)
Washington begins: Settler
Tech learned: Replaceable Parts
Atlanta finishes: Grocer
Turn 240 (1650 AD)
Atlanta begins: Settler
New York finishes: Grocer
Boston grows: 12
Philadelphia grows: 9
Seattle grows: 9
Turn 241 (1655 AD)
New York grows: 7
New York finishes: Walls
Portland grows: 6
St. Louis grows: 8
Turn 242 (1660 AD)
New York begins: Market
Boston finishes: Market
Chicago grows: 10
Chicago finishes: Bank
Seattle finishes: Market
Turn 243 (1665 AD)
Boston begins: Grenadier
Chicago begins: Grocer
Seattle begins: Worker
Washington finishes: Settler
Atlanta finishes: Settler
Confucianism has spread: Washington
Turn 244 (1670 AD)
Atlanta begins: Market
Miami founded
Miami begins: Forge
Buffalo founded
Buffalo begins: Forge
San Francisco grows: 6
Portland grows: 7
Islam has spread: Miami
Turn 245 (1675 AD)
Mansa has some Iron to sell, but except for building pikes, we don't need that (and will know at some point).
On the other hand he also has gold (2 happy) and Spice (1 happy, 1 health).
So we trade Wines+crabs for gold+spice
and then clam for deer with Louis.
galley are still far away, so dealing with Louis seems right (especially since he likes our civics, maybe we will be able to have him as an ally when attacking Mao.
Since we gain 3 happy, start disbanding useless warriors (while building real troops).
Since we don't have any foreign trade routes, I can't see the point of not being in Mercantilism, the extra 3gpt will be worth all the extra specialists.
I consider Vassal as well as the 14 extra free military and +2 XP should be easily equivalent to the extra 5gpt.
Revolt to both to avoid revolting twice, even if short term is slightly bad as we don't have too much extra troops.
Another thing, with civil service in 16techs and biology in 32techs, we are not going to have lots of food to growth, so farm along rivers/lakes should have been better for growth (which we all realised was not a good thing up to now as we had happiness problem).
Now, we have town next to river which are great, but can't grow to use the other square. We should try to keep that in mind for the new cities (especially with food poor cities). I will farm over the not worked cottage to grow quickly and later we can swap them back to cottage.
T4 - 1645AD
Meet Jewish Egypt
Sign open border with her (expecting to see some missionary coming)
same with France (well not missionary, but getting better relations)
T5 - 1650AD
Replacable Parts-> Steam Power (14t at 70%)
We can have a few more cities now I think, so 2settlers are started for the 2 good sites left.
France founds Islam, so maybe we will received missionaries from Louis.
T9 - 1670AD
Confuscianism gets in Washington (not revolt now).
2 cities founded.
How close was that one
T10 - 1675AD
Islam gets in Miami.
New cities are set on Forge first to be able to get a engineer specialist.
Mansa settler/longbow is in Portland now, probably going towards the barbarian area.
A mini task force is there, trying to see if we can raze/capture it.
Comments
We probably should set Washington on missionaries (after temple/monastry) and spread Confuscianism. In that case we should revolt to it at some point.
Jabah
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Turn 235 (1625 AD)
Turn 236 (1630 AD)
San Francisco finishes: Bank
Los Angeles finishes: Bank
Portland finishes: Granary
St. Louis finishes: Forge
Turn 237 (1635 AD)
San Francisco begins: Grocer
Los Angeles begins: Grocer
Portland begins: Forge
St. Louis begins: Bank
New York grows: 9
Philadelphia's borders expand
Chicago grows: 9
St. Louis grows: 7
Turn 238 (1640 AD)
Los Angeles grows: 5
Houston grows: 6
Portland grows: 5
Contact made: Egyptian Empire
Turn 239 (1645 AD)
Washington begins: Settler
Tech learned: Replaceable Parts
Atlanta finishes: Grocer
Turn 240 (1650 AD)
Atlanta begins: Settler
New York finishes: Grocer
Boston grows: 12
Philadelphia grows: 9
Seattle grows: 9
Turn 241 (1655 AD)
New York grows: 7
New York finishes: Walls
Portland grows: 6
St. Louis grows: 8
Turn 242 (1660 AD)
New York begins: Market
Boston finishes: Market
Chicago grows: 10
Chicago finishes: Bank
Seattle finishes: Market
Turn 243 (1665 AD)
Boston begins: Grenadier
Chicago begins: Grocer
Seattle begins: Worker
Washington finishes: Settler
Atlanta finishes: Settler
Confucianism has spread: Washington
Turn 244 (1670 AD)
Atlanta begins: Market
Miami founded
Miami begins: Forge
Buffalo founded
Buffalo begins: Forge
San Francisco grows: 6
Portland grows: 7
Islam has spread: Miami
Turn 245 (1675 AD)