Pre-Turns: I'm rather new to RaR compared to most here, but haven't we started to build heavy infrastructure early? We still have much land to settle and even more to improve. I'll see to hiring a bunch of workers in my 10's.
T 1.
We get Guilds so I start a 3-turn trek towards those cheap libraries we hear so much good about.
For the record, science output is at 313.
T 2.
Poetry in, research on Drama
Seoul starts the Oracle
T 3.
Drama is in, Get around to literature
Temporary lux upping to 20, I hope.
T 4.
Literature in, start clockworks[2].
Taegu founded on Iron, connecting gold. No wait, it was connected already.
I know it is not on iron, but we can always use another (ICS'd) coastal town out there to grab several fishes. And there are plenty of inland tiles for that city to work on.
T 6.
Clockworks in, start Alchemy[2]
Wonsan starts on the Oracle. We probably will be able to grab metallurgy and Theory of Warfare with it, making use of both camels and H'watcha.
T 7.
Sugar into our borders, lux down to 10.
T 8.
Coffee into our borders, now we begin to talk.
Alchemy in, Engineering up[2].
T 9.
Angkor Wat's mass culture expansions kick in.
T 10.
Engineering in, Gunpowder up[2].
I suggest going for mameluks and H'watchas with the Oracle; we could use a few elephant riders to help clear that jungle, too.
We have libraries now, so I'd spam them around.
So, should we take a military penchant against the Romans and Polynesians with the camels and H'watchas around ? It would be a very great opportunity, right now before they start popping defense 4 units all over.
Edit: I just realized I forgot to pop CA2 up when I was playing, so I might have missed a trade, although I find it unlikely that the comp be ahead of us besides for optionals.
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