Pre-flight: Programs up and running. Notice lots of moves still available, mostly workers. We are also a turn over, so I may just play 9. Kill Sumerian LB flawlessly with knight on big island. I then make peace with them, no more wars(hopefully) until gifting phase is over, then we wipe out all OCCs when they are no longer of use. Everything looks good. Press enter.
IBT: TFLB cavalry=>cavalry, Toledo infantry=>Universal Suffrage (pre-build for some future wonder), Santiago cavalry=>cavalry, Zaragoza cavalry=>infantry, TPB settler=>artillery, Smoker Land settler=>artillery
1170 AD: Founded Bay City on Sumerian Island=>artillery Change Quinoto to Harbor, move Shakespeares to Toledo, Change Pamplona to JS Bachs. For kicks I build forts and barricades across both chokepoints. With 32 worker turns, its all done, leaving 4 8-worker teams ready made for fast pollution clean up.
IBT: Madrid conquistador=>infantry, Quinoto Harbor=>Commercial Dock, Santander infantry=>infantry, Vallalodid conquistador=>Harbor, Teruel conquistador=>conquistador (note these will be good to wipe out OCCs if loaded into armies, they can go through forests and mountains with no penalty)
1180 AD: Founded Yellow Brick Road on Big Island=>Temple MMd to the last taxman to avoid beaker waste. Switched many specialist farms to artillery, we dont really need any more settlers.
IBT: Motorized Transportation arrives, next is Flight, whoohoo!, 4 turns from the Modern Age! TFLB cavalry=>tank, Barcelona Police Station=> Universal Suffrage (pre-build for some future wonder, the UN or SETI), Salamanca cavalry=>tank, Valencia cavalry=>tank, Asturias infantry=>tank, Cordoba University=>Police Station.
1190 AD: MMed all Taxmen back to Scientists. Working on Sumerian land to get it fully irrigated and railed.
IBT: Santiago cavalry=>tank, Zaragoza infantry=>tank, Seafood Galore Factory=>Bank, Valladolid Harbor=>Bank, Leon conquistador=>Bank, Zamora Marketplace=>Police Station.
1200 AD: Workers working. Ottomans begin ToE, but I doubt they could finish in 4 turns. Investigate city of Aydin, its more like 54 turns
IBT: Germany signs MPP with Sumeria, Greeks DoW Ottomans
, Madrid Conquistador=>Bank, Santander infantry=>tank, Palma Bank=>Stock Exchange, Teruel conquistador=>tank, Lugo Factory=>Bank,
1210 AD: zzzz
IBT: TFLB tank=>tank, Salamanca tank=>tank, Valencia tank=>tank, Quinoto Commercial Dock=>Bank, Asturias tank=>tank,
1220 AD: MM a few scientists to taxmen, next turn is the beginning of the endgame, the Modern Era!
IBT: Korea offers an MPP and an RoP. I graciously decline and trade world maps plus 50 of his gold. Flight comes in, I select Computers next. Zaragoza tank=>tank, The people love us, I add 2nd story connector to east wing.
1230 AD: Gift up Russia, they get Computers, Sumeria-Ecology, Greeks-Computers, Germany-Fission, Byzantines-Rocketry, Ottomans-Computers, Korea-Rocketry. Now I try to trade, no reasonable deals out there. Time to steal what I can from weaker Civs
Steal Fission from Germany, Computers from Greece. Trade Byzantines Fission for Rocketry, Computers, Fission, Rocketry and Free Artistry to Sumerians for Ecology. Now to Eliminate all OCCs this turn if possible
Set Pamplona to ToE in 1 turn, Seville to UN in 2. Set tech slider down to 0% for this turn. DoW Russia. 5 Conquistadors take out 1 vSpear, 1rSpear, 1rLB with only 1 death 1 retreat, and Russia is gone! DoW Sumeria next. Cavalry Army kills rRifleman, losing 3hp, rPike clean, rEnkidu -1hp. vKnight takes out rLB-1hp and Sumeria is gone. Germany had an MPP with Sumeria, so they DoWed us. Captured their worker. vCavalry takes out rRifleman, -1hp, vCavalry takes out rSpear clean, vCavalry takes out rSpear -1hp, promotes, vCavalry takes out rLB clean, and Germany is gone! Now the Greeks behind 2 squares of tundra, and they have a rifleman. Our remaining Conquistadors may not do it. I find the . .. .. .. .. . in their armor, 1 square not forested allows our Cav armies a shot. I screwed up, forgot to DoW first, but go ahead, our trade rep will not matter from here. 2nd Cavalry vs rRifleman, -6hp. 4th Cavalry vs rHoplite, -1hp and Greece is Eliminated! Now the boring stuff, workers working
IBT: Santiago tank=>tank, Pamplona finishes ToE with no wasted shields, I take Miniaturization and Space Flight. =>Internet, which I will hurry with SGL. Santander tank=>tank, Almeria Factory=>Harbor. Our people love us so much that they add upper story west wing connector and landscaping to finish our palace.
1240 AD: Get pocket protectors on all taxmen. Still cant get it below 5 turns even at 100%. I sure hope the Internet helps with research.
IBT: TFLB tank=>mech infantry, Seville completes UN=>Apollo Program, Toledo Shakespeares Theatre=>Granary, Salamanca tank=>tank, Valencia tank=>bomber, Pamplona completes the Internet=>JS Bachs, Asturias tank=>mech infantry, Jaen Courthouse=>Library, Border Patrol Walls=>wealth,
1250 AD: Added 8 native workers to Toledo, gaining About 70 more bpt. Moved Apollo to Barcelona, I suggest starting SETI in Toledo to further boost beaker production there.