Recovering from REX II - The Rush

[huerfanista]

Why do you want to eliminate him? He'll quickly get to pleased after you're done warring with him if you have the same religion, and he can still tech surprisingly well with only a couple of cities. Trust me, you don't want to be alone on a continent with Bull - he'll never trade anything until you get him to friendly. Mansa's a great tech partner, and in this game you can trim him down enough that he'll never be a threat but will help a lot with teching. You can take him out anytime you want.

 

[CHEESE!]

Sury is there as well.... And with religion, Friendly Sury is not bad for trade. Plus, Mansa's capital is

 

[michmbk]

With respect to Mansa:

Spoiler :

I got rid of him instantly, mainly for his capital, which was an obscene city. I just took every immortal from every city, added 2 more that were being built and sent them toward him - cities size 1 don't need defenders, so why not put the immortals to good use. With only 2 cities, you can also wait a bit and let him develop the cottages, because he doesn't have enough production power to hang. Immortals are one of the best units to attack Mansa with early, because otherwise his skirmishers can stop most other units.