RBC6, Scrappy Sumerians. 1150AD
WHat a nice blue shade the world is. It is time to really put a fire on the scientists though, now that our nice military have done their job to keep us secure.
It is time to let the army rest, and I call up the Iroquois. They are of course more than happy to all move into a small reservation off the coast, called Kente. They are somewhat wondering what they should eat up in the tundra, but I reccon they can live off of fish and seals.
Just to really get in a nice mellow mood here, I dial up the Hittites, and sign peace with them as well.
I also buy Ivory from Zulus for Gems,..... No wait a minute. Zulus are tiny. I doublecheck their status, to make sure they are not due for extinction before triggering the deal.
I get Ivory from the Zulu for Gems, Wines, Silks and 10 gpt. The chess/piano players REALLY wanted some ivory.
Kuara is under slight cultural pressure from the Egyptian blight, so I rush the temple.
I thought I could get away with zero luxtax, but our hospitalized cities that we have spent muchos dineros on, have become so spoilt, they demand some government subsidies. As you all know, we are not called scrappy for nothing, but we are beaten hands down by our own populace, so I reluctantly opens up a 10 % government subsidy for the betterment of the Sumerian people.
Good news is that 100% science, and 90 % science is the same time schedule, 5 turns.
Switch the temples up north to workers, plan being to rush temples when I get the money, and in the meantime, perhaps a worker or two will complete.
IBT: We lose our furs. Renegotiate deal is on. I do not mind, but I do know some other people who do, so check the settings if you do not like it, because I do not change settings unless I feel I have to.
Resign the deal with furs and 23 gold from Azetcs for WInes and gems.
Get battlefield Medicine sign.
Salamanca Barracks->Worker, Grand River Worker->Worker, Cattaraugus Worker->Worker, Tonawanda Courthouse->University ( Most probably police station prebuild. )
Mauch Chunk Worker->Worker, Panama West Courthouse->Temple, Kuara Temple->University,
1160: Oh my gosh, we have an honest to god Frigate. Long time no see sailors.
IBT: London worker->worker, York worker->worker, Erech Hosital->Factory, Caughnawaga Market->University, Veto myself, and switch to Hospital instead. Der Aqueduct->Courthouse,
1170 Rush a temple in Goigouen. I move out our armies of the captured cities just in case.
IBT Goigouen Temple->Worker, A volcano erupts somewhere abroad. They are rather excited in those countries. Hah, like something is as interesting as getting together a unified theory upon the ancient currency lore.
(The Corporation in two. )
1180 Railroad workers from the north meet up with the crew from the south, and much partying is heard throughout the lands.
I rush a couple of workers in the iro lands.
I think a bit about prebuilding Stock markets, but realize that since we went directly to them from Industrialization, that we still do not have factories.
Also, We may want to reconsider the ToE jump, as we could really benefit from Hoovers.
IBT: Salamanca worker->worker, York Worker->worker, Hastings Worker->worker, Zabalam Courthouse->worker, Panama East Courthouse->Market,
1190 As usual the AIs cannot scrape even 5 gpt to pay for anything. NOt even their combined income would be 5 gpt....
Road net is almost complete, so I can statr to rail the core to better production. It will take a while before I have the workers available to optimize though.
IBT: Corporation comes in, and I go for Electricity. Ur Factory->StockMarket Nope, belay that, I start Smiths in Ur.
Nopem change that as well, I start a coal plant. Grand River WOrker->Worker, Mauch Chunk Worker->Worker, Akwesasne Worker->Worker, Ganogeh Worker->Worker, Gayagee worker->Worker, Goiguen Worker->Worker, Panama West Riots.
1200Ad Rush a temple in our most northern outpost to relieve some cultural pressure. Try as I might, I cannot get Electricity any faster than 7 turns. ( Unless I commit a large number of scientists.. )
IBT: Ooo, a deal where we got 169gpt from the egyptians ran out, and we suddenly get -150gpt with a treasury of 48. I will see what I can renegotiate.
Hmm, for some reason only 91 gpt is available now. I wonder what happened to the rest of the money. I sell Cleopatra Steam for the low low price of 91 gpt. We need her money to keep our science running.
Income now if -59 gpt, and we have a treasury of 48 gold. Lets hope nothing crucial gets lost.
We lose a worker. Zabalam worker->Aqueduct, Kawauka temple->Worker,
1210 Lower science to 70% so we run a positive cash flow.
Egypt has some gpt now. Weird. I sell her WInes for 11 gpt and 110 gold. I do not know where the 110 gold came from, but probably from some secret hidden gpt machine that I couldn't trade from during the IBT.
IBT: Salamance worker->worker, Lagash Factory->Coal plant
1220 I sell Steam to Aztecs for 44 gpt and 70 gold. Also dirt cheap, but I can research one turn faster.
IBT: Ur Coal plant->Smiths, Allegheny Court->Market ( For happiness. ) Chondote Aqueduct->University,
1230. Hmm, Thats a rather unexpectedly good deal. I get 110 gold and 53 gpt from Iros for Steam. Iros have one size 3 city. Thats an income I would be envious if I could get in my OCCs.
IBT: London worker->Worker, Umma Factory->Stock Exchange, Tyendenaga Harbor->University, Oka Worker->Worker,
1240 Egypt has money again, and I am tempted to sell them Sanitation. I will leave the option open for the next player. Normally at this phase when I am living off of the AIs money, I will trade them techs elading to them making more money, so I can get that money for researching even more expensive techs.
I redo a silks deal that expired and sell for their gold and 13 gpt instead of 11 gpt.
IBT: Salamance worker->worker, Grand river worker->worker, Sumer Factory->Coal plant, Oil springs Temple->worker, Kish Factory ->Stock exchange, and some ten more workers.
1250: I have still not optimized food/shield production in Ur and the other big cities. The cities I build coal plants in are the future wonder cities. I may have a redundant such, and feel free to make a stock market in one of them.
I suggest we research for Hoovers. Replacement parts/Democracy would also be good. I didn't think of democracy until now, you could perhaps revolt into democracy. We are not religious though, so it would be expensive.
WOrkers are a bit spread out in the north, due to me just moving them two turns before letting them road.
Grab the save.
Grimjack
Charis
Kylearan
Grimjack -- Just played
Aggie -- About to start playing
Speaker -- Getting ready
Well, let's see if I can manage that one, too. 
I send in all armies who are able to reach the city, and after they have killed several pikes there's still a defender left. So in order to capture the city before the rifles reach it, I decide to send in a 3hp cav, who does the job and we now own Copernicus' Observatory and two tourist attractions: The Oracle and the Colossus.
I scroll ahead to fix the rest of the cities, then raise lux to 20%. While doing this, I notice for the first time that Egypt has a city on our continent - since when? So there's a resource hidden there, probably oil. I have the feeling that this city will have to go at some point.
In fact, our whole continent has only one source, at Gayagaahe, two cities north of London. I had planned to capture the western Iro cities first, but this has changed my plans!
), Sumer: coal plant->stock exchange, Lagash: stock exchange->Universal Suffrage (as prebuild for ToE/Hoover), Kish: Stock Exchange->Military Academy, Umma: stock exchange->coal plant. 
Agade: factory->bank.
unless you're specifically wanting to go route I. That just gets them with full rails and full production quicker, giving them more ability to catch up.
