Apologies for the lack of screenshots and consequently long-winded report, but Im having network issues at the moment and was only able to transfer the save file off my Civ PC.
Highlights
Went 5-0 against Greek Archers; captured Mycenae as soon as it reached size 2; researched Construction and Sailing so we've now got iron online and 4 Catapults built.
Report
275AD (475 turns left) pick up from Cabert. MM York for hammers instead of food, bringing the spear there down to 3 turns.
IBT lone Carthaginian sword disappears from sight
290AD (474 turns left) London builds Axe > Longbow
320AD (472 turns left) York builds Spear > Spear
350AD (470 turns left) London builds Longbow > Longbow
365AD (469 turns left) Mansa and Hannibal both have Alphabet so we can see their techs. Theyve both got construction were going to need more spears to counter Jumbos.
IBT Longbow outside Athens defeats Greek HA; a stack of 3 combat 1 Archers are leaving Athens, presumably headed our way. Alex has also built a Phalanx there, presumably with the iron from Mycenae.
380AD (468 turns left) York builds Spear > Chariot (Medic!); Nottingham builds Longbow > Spear
395AD (467 turns left) Nottingham builds Spear > Spear (one chop in)
410AD (466 turns left) Construction in, research set to Sailing; London builds Longbow > Catapult; Nottingham builds Spear > Catapult (another chop in)
IBT Greece is now building swords (I can see one in Athens and one to the square SE of it); Hadrumetum (Carthaginian) is the holy city for Christianity, which means Hannibal now has Theocracy available
425AD (465 turns left) York builds Chariot (promoted to medic 1) > Catapult
470AD (462 turns left) Sailing in, research > CS; York builds Catapult > Catapult (another chop done); London builds Catapult > Axe (Greek swords on the way)
The 3 Greek Combat 1 Archers arrive on the cows by Mycenae; weve got 4 Longbows waiting to take the city, but its still size 1 so I can use them to take out the archers and win some free XPs. Unpromoted LB vs Combat 1 archer on open ground is a 98.9% chance of victory first 2 win without a scratch; 3rd is down to 3.5 so promoted up to heal and covered by a shock axe and combat 2 spear.
485AD (461 turns left) Mycenae is finally size 2; combat 2 cover Longbow attacks at 89.7% and
wins! Combat 1 cover Longbow attacks at 90.8% and
wins! Mycenae is ours and kept.
500AD (460 turns left) York builds Catapult > Longbow (we want a CG3 one for Mycenae); Nottingham builds Catapult > Catapult
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Plan:
Watch out for a stack of 2 Greek Swords, a chariot and an archer which should be showing up by Mycenae or the cows any turn now. We should have sufficient units in and around Mycenae to intercept and eliminate them.
Weve got 4 catapults and can build about 4/10 turns with the odd additional unit thrown in, so the next player should be able to build up enough to go on the attack.
Militarily the main threat to us will be War Elephants, which is why I focused mainly on Spear production (over Axes). Weve got iron online now with the capture of Mycenae so it might not hurt to throw a sword or two into the mix; if London builds them theyll only need 1XP for CR3 which should be pretty manageable.
Back home I had the workers split up doing some housekeeping around each of our cities; now weve got Mycenae the priority should probably be getting that hooked up to our road network and mining the forest hill 1NE to get a monument built there.
Aside from that, the main thing is to watch out for fresh Carthaginian/Mali stacks. The power graph suggests theyre both building up for an attack, although weve done a good job of keeping pace recently.
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