Turn 42 2320 BC
Workers complete chops
Washingtons border expands to encompass the Silver Hill.![]()
All of our neighbors remain cautious towards us. We can trade Open Borders with Asoka if we wish, I did not do so. Washington and Tokugawa have converted to Hinduism, Elizabeth has not. We have passed Toku in score.
On the Foreign Advisor Summary screen, it is no surprise that Toku is annoyed with Asoka, Washington and Elizabeth and all are annoyed with him, except Asoka, who is cautious due to Tokus conversion to Hinduism.
I'll look at the save and post before the end of the day. One priority in my thinking is to build a scout as Writing is researched to learn more about what we're confronting.
I think we should consider a plan that involves pop-rushing the Library and thus saving some forests for GLib, Oxford and possibly Nat. Epic. Can we reach pop 6 in time to pop rush for 3 pop?. Connectiing the fur is also important.
Opening borders with Asoka is probably OK allthough we won't get the trade route before we also open borders with Washington.
Is this true, or can we get trade routes with Asoka before getting open borders with Washington by building a road that connects to Washington's?
ShannonCT said:I was thinking that the western worker could start building a road 1SW of Beijing this turn and southern worker can build a road on the deer. Two turns later, they can build roads on marble and fur.
ShannonCT said:I think you might be right about pop rushing the library. I wouldn't worry about saving forests for Oxford though. By that time, we will have up to 27 base hammers in our BFC and be getting a 200% bonus for building wonders. That means we could get Oxford in 5 turns without chopping. Each chop only speeds that up by 1 turn. Better to cash in our forests early.
ShannonCT said:Is this true, or can we get trade routes with Asoka before getting open borders with Washington by building a road that connects to Washington's?
Cactus Pete said:If Wash declares on us, there will be no way to explore, so we need to get a warrior through America ASAP. We could also build a scout immediately after axe. (Ignorance is seldom bliss, but knowledge is often power.) That might be a good investment, if hostilities could break out any time. Those who have tested: Are wars likely to begin any time now? Are we likely to get our continent explored with a single warrior before hostilities begin?
"Yes, if we work the two crab tiles, the fur tile and a coast tile we grow in 4 turns and I think your plan will hook the fur just in time. We will also get Writing in 4 turns this way."
Believe it will be five turns before roading is completed. Think it works better to get Writing in 5.
No, I think your counting is one off. Remember that both workers are able to start working in the current turn as well. As far as I can count the road is completed exactly on time (T50).
Just checked the save and there are no Open Borders deals yet. I don't see how we can get religion from Asoka. If Asoka had Open Border with Washington and we had Open Borders with Asoka, I can see how it might come our way. In a few turns time, we should be eligible for Hinduism, if it will spread...Is this true, or can we get trade routes with Asoka before getting open borders with Washington by building a road that connects to Washington's?
Do we need the connecting road or just the agreement?I just tested the trade route thing and found that open borders with a neighboring AI is not necessary to get the trade route income from a more distant AI. Looks like we can have 6GPT from trade routes starting next turn. That should speed up Alpha quite nicely.