Going with pigswill game means going eco. We will try to do at least as good as he/she does.
Our goal for the next turnset ( no particular order ):
- scouting
- Liberalism
- spread religion
- try to get the Religious Golden Three ( Sistine, Sankore & Spiral )
- GA as soon as MoM is built
- eco buildup
The spread religion option becomes rather irrelevant once I get to know the save better running no state religion gives us nice relations with almost anyone so we will keep it that way.
Before end of turn I go to see JC and make two eco-deals with him : pigs for cow and spices for 7GPT. Its wise to stay friendly with the hindu bloc ( Surya & JC ).
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(IT) Music ->Drama
Barracks@Borsippa -> Sistine Chapel
Barracks @Opis -> Forge
Great Library BIDL - luckily we weren't following this one. I'm surprised it stayed that long unbuilt.
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Coffee time - no action.
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(IT) Drama -> Paper
MoM@Akkad -> Forge ( GOTCHA once again )
Now there is no need to wait, because thanks to the nice pigswill's move we have a GSci already there:
Its not finished. As we have a settler available, the gem-china city is found on the same turn:
Now its party time !
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Garden@Sippar -> Forge
Cottage accident in Akkad ( My BAD BAD BAD KARMA ) no screenshot here, Im pis**d off.
Just to compensate this Karma, here is a nice sightseeing place our galley encountered. The local people call it Zoo-Wat :
Decide to boost the research while on GA.
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(IT) Paper -> Education
Another explosion in Babylon. I had to pay 25G to save the mine
No, dont speak, I know just what youre thinking
I get back to JC and trade him MC for Monotheism & Horseback Riding, just to get him pleased ( and spread religion )
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China turn:
Forge@Beijing -> University of Sankoré
FP@Shanghai -> Forge ( thanks again pigswill eco up! )
Granary@Nanking -> Settler
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Another passionate turn, where the only noticable event was the coffee machine fill with water.
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Forge@Akkad -> Heroic Epic ( go against pigswills advice sorry )
Forge@Sippar -> LBow
Courthoust@Mari -> Theatre
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Whip Library@Guangzhou the production is so low there, I didnt have enough patience to wait
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Library@Guangzhou -> Garden
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Another quiet turn some GP born elsewhere... As usual...
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After such a quiet set of turns, half-asleep, I had a cold shower coming up:
WHY? He isnt even aggressive. Toku would be logical, but him? Is it just because of annoyed relationship we were going through?
Anyway, due to war Lib will have to wait:
(IT) Education -> Gunpowder
LBow@Sippar -> LBow
Drop research to 30% and upgrade coastal bowmen to LBows. Also, the warrior gets an axe in his hand @Babylon, just to look better and more nasty.
No one wants to enter the war with Washi, so we will have to deal alone with his INVADING FORCES. Here Im so ashamed not to have taken the printscreen of this legendary assault one cat and one chariot landed on pigs near Babylon!
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Settler@Nanking -> Bowman
Worker@Shishan -> Bowman
LBow destroys Washis cat @75% probability ( surprise, surprise )
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Washis chariot destroys the wounded LBow @Babylon
Heroic Epic built in Akkad, enabling us to pump LBows @ 1 per turn rate!
Forge@Shanghai -> Barracks
Axe destroys the remaining great invasion forces near Babylon. Too bad they pillaged the pig tile.
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LBow @Akkad -> LBow
LBow@Sippar -> LBow ( does it sound like god***m it we have no defense! Lets panic! )
Forge@Opis -> Axe
Bow@Nanking -> Forge
Theatre@Mari -> Barracks
End of the GA
Too bad that it doesnt last forever.
Also, some dumb AI got Chitchen Itza just ONE TURN before us! It happened to me before with the GLight! For the next game, if you want some luck in your SG just dont select me...
I decide to rush Gunpowder due in 2 turns.
BTW, we settle a new nice spot in China :
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As a consolation price, we get +/- 500 gold in Babylon. Start walls for defense.
LBow @Akkad -> LBow (thank you HE & Forge)
Barracks@Shanghai -> LBow
Barracks@Mari -> Bow
GSci settles what was missing @ Babylon :
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(IT) Gunpowder->Liberalism
LBow@Shanghai -> Library
After a very very very very very very very ( etc. ) long waiting time :
I decide to go after Houston, before getting Washi into peace. It is OUR ISLAND!
Change LBow@Akkad -> Musket
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Walls@Babylon -> Musket
Landed some great invasion force near Houston ( I tried to do better than Washi - did I achieve it ? )
They have a lone axe inside, but its on the hill. Unlike Washi, we know that, mighty as they are, they won't win by themselves. So lets wait for a better force strike.
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We met Willem, the other Wonder-whore in this game. He seems pretty advanced (Cre&Fin nice combo
) Theo, Machinery, Compass
Trade Pig for 5GPT to get better relations and maybe trade techs. It doesnt work
But hey, we are 5 millions
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LBow@Sippar -> Spy
Garden@Guangzhou -> Forge
Axe@Opis -> Worker (we have too little workforce on our mainland)
Bow@Shishen -> Theatre
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Musket@Babylon -> Cat
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Another turn full of action :
Lib@Shanghai -> Garden
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Now things look better near Houston:
Overkill you might say. And you are right! Musket takes the lone axe @ 75% probability:
And Washi signs for peace, with one city and one island less.
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GOTCHA 2!
No-brainer choice:
(IT) Liberalism -> Nationalism -> Military Tradition
You follow my options?
Cat@Babylon -> Theatre (going for Globe)
LBow@Akkad -> Theatre
GOTCHA number 3:
Sistine@Borsippa -> Tao Temple for happiness/culture
Spy@Sippar -> Theatre
Worker@Opis -> Theatre
Bow@Mari -> Library
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Theatre@Akkad -> Tao Temple
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Surya asks for us to get OR. We dont see why we would refuse, with Sistine online, Sankoré in 5-6 turns, time to spread some faith everywhere and get religious! And it keeps our best friend even happier.
I take advantage of his great humor to do some deals: give Music for Compass, Sugar for Silk and Gem for Banana. Happy faces and health ahead!
Theatre@Babylon -> Tao Miss
Garden@Shanghai -> Tao Miss
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Very quick turning in the known world Toku declares us war, while Surya does the same to Washi. Toku lands a cat near Shishen.
Ha ha, said I, you can land here Toku, but you are dead with our NATIONHOOD! HAHAHA (devilish smile). I go to civic screen and
. WTH! We have to wait 5 turns thanks to Suryas request to get OR!!! Well, hopefully Toku will be slow in his invasion
Whip Forge@Nanking
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Forge@Nanking -> Barracks
Tokus invasion force annihilated (well, to be brief, one cat )
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Tao Miss@Babylon -> Harbor (did I mention Compass ?)
Tao Temple@Borsippa -> Harbor
LBow@Shanghai -> Musket
Market@Dur -> Settler
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Forge@Nippur -> Theatre
Theatre@Sippar -> Market
Theatre@Opis -> Courthouse
Barracks@Nanking -> Trireme
Failed to spread Tao in Nippur
Toku was slow in invasion - 1 more turn to wait, and then Draft!
Are you still there guys ?
OK, lets resume our situation.
Here are the cities:
It would be better, if we werent @ war. Im globally confident in our eco.
Sankoré due in 1 turn in Beijing BTW. We got MoM in Akkad and Sistine in Borsippa during this turnset. Next objective Taj Mahal (Borsippa ? Akkad ?)
Foreign advisor, or Meet our friends Surya screen:
Some techs in these days:
Demo looks ok, but GNP is rather low due to warring
At last, take a look at the known world: