My apologies as I messed up the chop in Carthage. I had it all set and went back and checked it and made a mistake, chopping a forest. So six got chopped instead of 8. The display said two turns so I chopped it to make it one, but the forest came down... So I had to cut the rest that were available or we would have had Walls and no Gold.
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Turn 143 – 355 BC
Hire a fourth Scientist in Timbuktu, Great Scientist due in 11 turns.
Hire a Scientist and an Artist in Athens.
Move the Sword near Athens towards Ivoryville.
Move the Confucian Missionary out of Timbuktu and south towards Ivoryville, headed for Carthage.
Check cities, looks like we’re ready to roll.
IBT
Barbs move towards Tim.
The Barb Archer near Ivoryville destroys a road tile.
We discover Hunting and start research on Monotheism.
The English Empire now holds half a million souls.
Athens expands due to culture.
Turn 144 – 340 BC
Fire the Artist and Scientist in Athens.
Place Walls first in the queue in Athens.
Warrior heals in Tim but I don’t have the Gold to upgrade him this turn.
Chop all seven forests in Athens.
Move both Workers to Gold hill near Ironsite.
Move both Workers near Tim into the city to protect them from Barbs.
Change Carthage build from Work Boat to Walls.
Move Carthage Workers out to begin pre-chops.
Move Missionary south, Axes northwest.
IBT
Barb Archer bear Ivoryville attacks our Sword and dies.
Barb Warrior near Tim destroys road, Archer joins him on the same tile.
Turn 145 – 325 BC
We receive nearly 900 Gold from the chop at Athens.
Upgrade shock promoted Axeman in Tim to Axe for 110 Gold.
At Athens, one Worker moves to Pasture the Sheep tile while the others begin movement towards Ivoryville.
Missionary reaches Ivoryville area, now with two Axes nearby, phew…
IBT
Barb Archer attacks city and dies.
Another Barb Archer shows up to Timbuktu’s east, near the Banana tile.
London Sword => Sword.
Athens Granary => Barracks.
Turn 146 – 310 BC
Use Gator’s trick to check for cultural tiles to our east, nothing near the scouting Work Boat.
Axe from Tim attacks a Barb Warrior and kills him.
Tim Workers begin farming the Rice tile.
Our northern Warrior (4-tiles NW of Tim) finds a Barb Warrior, we are on a forested hill.
Sword born in London moves NE on Barb watch duty.
Sword moves to view Sparta. They’ve been busy as the Horse tile is Pastured and connected.
The Barb city of Bantu
IBT
A Barb Archer appears near our northernmost Warrior near the Gold City site. The Barb Warrior heads for Tim. The Barb Archer east of Tim heads for Tim. Tim is a Barb attractor!!
We discover Monotheism start on Meditation.
Ironsite Sword => Galley.
Turn 147 – 295 BC
I move the Sword overlooking Sparta towards the Horse tile.
Athens Workers moved to chop at Ivoryville. One Worker repairs road pillaged by Barb Archer.
Missionary moves near Carthage.
CR3 Swords head for Sparta.
Revolt to Organized Religion
IBT
Barbs converge on Tim.
Turn 148 – 280 BC
Begin chopping near Ironsite.
Carthage gets out of resistance. Missionary arrives and Carthage is now Confucian.
Move Sword onto Horse tile to pillage next turn.
Change Ivoryville build to Worker.
Set Carthage citizen to work emphasizing food for growth.
Change build in Carthage from Walls to Missionary (for Athens).
IBT
Another Barb Archer shows coming from east of Tim.
Barb Archer near city moves towards Banana tile on the west side.
Barb Warrior moves towards Tim from the northwest.
They’re everywhere!!
We discover Meditation and start on Construction.
Turn 149 – 265 BC
Pillage Horse Pasture near Sparta for 5 Gold.
Chop two forests in Ivoryville into a Worker.
IBT
Barbs surround Tim…
Ivoryville Worker => Granary
Turn 150 – 250 BC
Axeman brought up from Carthage area attacks Barb Archer near Tim and kills him without loss.
Axeman from inside Tim attacks a Barb Warrior and kills him, now 4.5/5.
Athens grows to pop 5 and will grow again in two turns and be unhappy, that is about the time we should take Sparta, so we’ll let it grow. We work all the food tiles plus the Gold hill.
London grows so we work the mined grass hill.
Ironsite grows and we work both Gold hills.
Start moving Workers to Carthage.
IBT
Herodotus writes that we are the wealthiest civ.
Two Barb Archers move on Tim.
Turn 151 – 235 BC
Chop completes near Ironsite, Galley due in 4-turns.
Send one worker to mine the Grass hill. The other to build an Ivory Camp.
Move Workers around.
Axe attacks and kills a Barb Archer near Tim, now 2.8/5.
IBT
Barb Archer moves onto Tim’s Rice tile.
Another Barb shows SW of Tim.
London Sword => Settler. (Our unit costs are mounting.)
Athens grows to size 6 and becomes unhappy.
Turn 152 – 220 BC
Worker leaves Athens area headed for Ivoryville.
Time to attack Sparta.
The city contains three Archers, two Workers and a Work Boat, too bad we can’t capture the Work Boat?
CR3 Sword attacks a City Garrison 1 Archer at 88.4% and kills him.
CR3 Sword attacks an Archer at 98.1% and kills him.
CR2 Sword attacks an Archer at 85.7% and kills him, we take the city plus 128 Gold.
We keep the city and its two Workers! Set production to Work Boat. The city will have 4-turns of Resistance.
At Timbuktu, an Axe attacks a Barb Archer on our Rice tile at 97.3% and kills him.
IBT
A Barb Archer moves onto the farmed Banana tile west of Tim.
Turn 153 – 205 BC
Our Axes in Tim have to heal, so I can’t attack the Barb Archer on the Bananas.
What?? The chop intended for Carthage went to Ivoryville instead.
IBT
A Barb Sword appears east of Tim.
Barb Archer pillages irrigated Banana tile near Tim.
Ivoryville Granary => Worker.
Turn 154 – 190 BC
Axeman attacks Barb Archer south of Athens and kills him.
Axeman at Tim kills a Barb Archer on the Banana tile.
IBT
Barb Sword moves towards Tim.
Barb Warrior appears south of Athens.
Ironsite Galley => Barracks.
Gallileo Galilei, our first Great Scientist is born in Tim.
Turn 155 – 175 BC
Go through Worker actions.
Save game and go ask team for assistance.
Reload game.
Change citizens in Athens to sea tiles.
Based upon JT’s research, decide to use the Great Scientist to bulb Philosophy.
Interesting that our Holy City for Taoism is York? Fine by me!
Save Taoist Missionary to send to Gold City to aid in cultural expansion?
IBT
Barb Warrior attacks Axe near Athens and dies.
Barb Sword moves SW, like it is heading for the Barb City?
Construction comes in and we start research on Calendar.
Ivoryville Worker => Barracks.
Athens Barracks => Catapult.
Carthage’s borders expand.
Turn 156 – 160 BC
Sparta comes out of resistance. Move a Worker to Horses and begin Pasture.
Hire an Artist in Sparta.
Reallocate citizens in Carthage for food and to ensure Missionary next turn.
IBT
Barb Sword moves towards Ivoryville.
Barb Sword continues south away from Timbuktu.
York Settler => Catapult.
Carthage Confucian Missionary => Walls.
Turn 157 – 145 BC
Move Galley and determine there is no culture bridge at Cow Island.
Move Workers away form Ivory Camp building near Ivoryville to avoid a Barb Sword. Move our Sword to intercept.
Begin moving a couple of Swords from Sparta that are healed towards Ivoryville.
Make a stack of a Sword, Settler and Taoist Missionary and begin moving towards Gold City.
Move Confucian Missionary towards Athens.
Revolt to Pacifism.
IBT
Our first Barb Axe appears out of the northern forest near the northern Horse tile.
Barb Sword heads for irrigated tile near Timbuktu.
Barb Sword moves next to Ivoryville.
Turn 158 – 130 BC
Hire four Scientists in Carthage.
Perform Worker actions around Carthage.
Move Missionary towards Athens.
Sword in Ivoryville upgrades to Combat1 and Shock and attacks Barb Sword at 88.7% and kills him, he has 0.2 of 6 remaining.
There are two Workers under the Sword near Ivoryville. The Ivory to the west has one turn for the two workers to complete the camp, I think. Try one first and see if the other is needed. That will solve Athens unhappiness.
I chopped a forest by accident at Carthage and I must chop as many as I can now. I chopped six of them. I knew I shouldn’t play when it got late…
I apologize, dumb!!
Decide to save and hand off here.
After Action Report.
Major objectives are complete. Carthage has been chopped...
There is no culture bridge possible from Cow Island. I left the galley there for you to check on this. The settler from York is headed for Gold city with a Sword and a Taoist Missionary in tow. Beware the Axe to its north. We are two turns from completing the Pasture near Sparta so we can build a Chariot in York or London to deal with the Barb Axe. The Sword could upgrade to Combat1 and Shock if needed.
There are four Scientists in both Timbuktu and Carthage as we are in Pacifism.
The two forests west and NW of Sparta have been pre-chopped. Please check the display to see how many more turns are needed.
There is 150 Gold in the treasury and we are consuming 89 GPT.
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I'll look at the save in the morning.
. I do, think that we should think about what units we will need for our first wave of attack. Cat's of course - preferably promoted against barbs. Medic charriots. A couple of Elephants. Galleys for upgrade to galleons. And we shouldn't forget to build a settler that will get us the gold from chopping we need to do the upgrading.
