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Inherited turn:
Fix Asyut to produce workers every 2 turns (it needs to be size 6, and thus can get +5 food and +5 shields.) Pharsalos and Ephesus have Egyptian nationals in them and thus won't get rid of any more Greek ones by building more workers.
I never like delaying Steam Power, and I think we want to buy that immediately to see brokering opportunities involving Industrialization and Electricity. Besides, it isn't going to get much cheaper. England seems to be doing the worst of those that have it (which is all but Germany and India), so I buy it from Elizabeth for 2850 and put our workers to work. We then resell it to Otto, who doesn't even have iron to build any rails, for 34gpt. Fortunately, we have coal, though only one, at Thebes. Three civs have Industrialization and none have Electricity; no brokering available yet. France and Russia both lack coal.
I also think Democracy will be worthwhile. Any further war with Greece will last about five or six turns. So we revolt.
(I) Russia and England MPP and ally against India. Russia declares war on Germany.
760: More rails. China demands Silks. I consider long and hard... and cave. What we can't afford is all our trading partners ganging up on us.
770: China got Electricity but no one else did, and we aren't going to pay 500 gold/turn for it.
780: I didn't want to extend peace, but interturn, Greece asks to extend it. I consider long and hard again... and realize we have several lightly defended cities within range of his cavalry, and he is going to get the first strike. So we renew peace. We're not necessarily committed to 20 turns here; he has been moving a couple units across our territory, and if we demand he get out he'll probably declare war.
China also destroys India.
790: What's better than a 2-for-1 tech deal? Four for one! (Well, about 1.5)
We get Medicine from England for 1490 gold + 71/turn.
Industrialization from France for Medicine + 12/turn.
Electricity from Russia for Medicine + 72/turn (high, but I wasn't about to pass on getting good value for Medicine.)
Nationalism from Germany for Electricity + Medicine + Iron + Silks. (Otto lacks coal, so the iron doesn't give him rails.)
Greece and China have The Corporation. (This is okay. When we do attack Alex again we can get that tech for peace.) We still have 328/turn income.
We start building many factories. Now, what about ToE? Our best shot is a factory and coal plant in Thebes immediately. I rush the former this turn, by rushing the university to 200 shields and building rails to get Thebes to 40 shields/turn.
China declares war on Germany.
800 AD: In Thebes, cash rush a worker, switch to rifleman, rush rifleman, switch to coal plant, plant and clear two forest squares to get the city to 100 shields total, set city to 60 shields/turn, switch to coal plant, due this turn.
Next turn, Thebes begins Universal Suffrage as prebuild for ToE.
FRANCE lands a spear and a sword by Elephantine. Huh? And there's several more boats offshore.
810 AD: Too bad France doesn't have The Corporation, or I'd pay some gold-per-turn for it right now.
England demands 60 gold and I pay. France doesn't declare war - yet. Also, Germany has lost a couple cities to England.
820 AD: France declares war.
830 AD: I buy Saltpeter from China with Dyes, and upgrade many knights. China also has Replaceable Parts and 8200 gold in the treasury (!)
840 AD: nothing happens.
850 AD: France continues to conduct the most incompetent naval invasion in history.
With rails and dozens of cavalry, we're invulnerable to French invasion. The next leaders can decide how long to keep that war going, fishing for Leaders if you like. I left our elite knight in Thebes so you know he's there. Sulla and JMB also get to decide when and where to take on Alex again.
We should be able to get ToE okay. Thebes can be swapped from Universal Suffrage to the Military Academy to shed some shields if you need. China's researching at a furious pace, so should have Sci Method soon. If we get ToE, Hoover should be ours easily in Thebes.
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads2/rbe4-egypt-850ad.zip
Fix Asyut to produce workers every 2 turns (it needs to be size 6, and thus can get +5 food and +5 shields.) Pharsalos and Ephesus have Egyptian nationals in them and thus won't get rid of any more Greek ones by building more workers.
I never like delaying Steam Power, and I think we want to buy that immediately to see brokering opportunities involving Industrialization and Electricity. Besides, it isn't going to get much cheaper. England seems to be doing the worst of those that have it (which is all but Germany and India), so I buy it from Elizabeth for 2850 and put our workers to work. We then resell it to Otto, who doesn't even have iron to build any rails, for 34gpt. Fortunately, we have coal, though only one, at Thebes. Three civs have Industrialization and none have Electricity; no brokering available yet. France and Russia both lack coal.
I also think Democracy will be worthwhile. Any further war with Greece will last about five or six turns. So we revolt.
(I) Russia and England MPP and ally against India. Russia declares war on Germany.
760: More rails. China demands Silks. I consider long and hard... and cave. What we can't afford is all our trading partners ganging up on us.
770: China got Electricity but no one else did, and we aren't going to pay 500 gold/turn for it.

780: I didn't want to extend peace, but interturn, Greece asks to extend it. I consider long and hard again... and realize we have several lightly defended cities within range of his cavalry, and he is going to get the first strike. So we renew peace. We're not necessarily committed to 20 turns here; he has been moving a couple units across our territory, and if we demand he get out he'll probably declare war.
China also destroys India.
790: What's better than a 2-for-1 tech deal? Four for one! (Well, about 1.5)
We get Medicine from England for 1490 gold + 71/turn.
Industrialization from France for Medicine + 12/turn.
Electricity from Russia for Medicine + 72/turn (high, but I wasn't about to pass on getting good value for Medicine.)
Nationalism from Germany for Electricity + Medicine + Iron + Silks. (Otto lacks coal, so the iron doesn't give him rails.)
Greece and China have The Corporation. (This is okay. When we do attack Alex again we can get that tech for peace.) We still have 328/turn income.
We start building many factories. Now, what about ToE? Our best shot is a factory and coal plant in Thebes immediately. I rush the former this turn, by rushing the university to 200 shields and building rails to get Thebes to 40 shields/turn.
China declares war on Germany.
800 AD: In Thebes, cash rush a worker, switch to rifleman, rush rifleman, switch to coal plant, plant and clear two forest squares to get the city to 100 shields total, set city to 60 shields/turn, switch to coal plant, due this turn.

FRANCE lands a spear and a sword by Elephantine. Huh? And there's several more boats offshore.
810 AD: Too bad France doesn't have The Corporation, or I'd pay some gold-per-turn for it right now.
England demands 60 gold and I pay. France doesn't declare war - yet. Also, Germany has lost a couple cities to England.
820 AD: France declares war.
830 AD: I buy Saltpeter from China with Dyes, and upgrade many knights. China also has Replaceable Parts and 8200 gold in the treasury (!)
840 AD: nothing happens.
850 AD: France continues to conduct the most incompetent naval invasion in history.
With rails and dozens of cavalry, we're invulnerable to French invasion. The next leaders can decide how long to keep that war going, fishing for Leaders if you like. I left our elite knight in Thebes so you know he's there. Sulla and JMB also get to decide when and where to take on Alex again.
We should be able to get ToE okay. Thebes can be swapped from Universal Suffrage to the Military Academy to shed some shields if you need. China's researching at a furious pace, so should have Sci Method soon. If we get ToE, Hoover should be ours easily in Thebes.
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads2/rbe4-egypt-850ad.zip