Pre-flight: CivAssist 2, Word running. Get the save loaded. Look things over.
I look around, no one will sell us Construction.
Non-Combat:
Workers 5
Military:
Warriors 10
Archers 2
Spears 1
Chariots 3
Catapults 3
Galleys 1
Hit enter=>
IBT: Portugal joins the dogpile on us.
Merlot worker=>worker.
Turn 1, 460 AD: Play a high risk game of “Let’s make a deal”. Make peace with Egypt for 30gpt and all our 53 gold. I then trade Wine to them for 31 gpt( slightly worse than break even). Red-line Dutch Spear and kill him with chariot, losing 2 hp.
Huzzah! Our first and maybe only military victory. Kick tech slider up to the dreaded 50% and we can get Construction in 19 turns at 5 gpt.
IBT: Trantor riots, I guess Egypt was the source of war happiness.
Merlot worker=>horseman.
Riesling Harbor=>Marketplace.
Turn 2, 470 AD: MM Bordeaux and Chardonnay to prevent riots there.
I guess I have a lot to learn about war happiness.
I check the diplomacy screen, we have new contacts: Rome, Russia and Celts. Apparently a bunch more could be bought if we had money.
Caesar is polite, I trade our WM for contact with Iroquois.
Brennus is annoyed, I trade our WM for contact with Carthage and 5 gold.
Hannibal is polite, but not willing to trade.
Hiawatha is annoyed, has nothing to trade.
Catherine is annoyed, has plenty to trade, won’t trade. Maybe next turn we’ll get more.
IBT: Dutch sign Romans into alliance against us.
Chardonnay Temple=>Marketplace.
Chablis Harbor=> Marketplace.
Turn 3, 480 AD: Ugh-Face, err I mean Temujin is annoyed, I trade our WM for contact with America.
Abe is annoyed, has nothing to trade.
Everyone contacted so far is up the 3 techs we can see.
IBT: Dutch enlist the Byzantines against us now. This is getting annoying and depressing.
Terminus Galley=>Galley.
Viognier Temple=>Harbor.
Turn 4, 490 AD: Korea and Babylon show up on Diplo screen.
Hammurabi is annoyed, not willing to trade.
Wang-Kon is cautious, will trade 1 gold for our WM, no deal.
Looking at the victory page, the Dutch are clearly running away from everyone else.
Spain is willing to give us peace for Burgundy….yeah, right.
IBT: Dutch enlist the Americans and Russians against us now. I’m starting to get

Trantor worker=>Galley.
Seldon Galley=>Galley.
Merlot Horseman=Wealth(1 turn)
Turn 5, 500 AD: The Zulu, Persia, Hittites and China appear on the Diplo screen, Should I even bother trotting out the maps?
Shaka, annoyed, same techs we can see, can’t trade maps.
X-Man, same thing.
Mursi, same thing.
Mao, cautious, same techs we can see, can’t trade maps. So much for contact trading this turn.
Suicide galley sets off to the south.
IBT: No Dutch alliances, but 2 trade embargoes. Russia brings India in. I am getting a bruised ego here! Declared on before we even meet.
Burgundy Temple=>Marketplace.
Suicide galley survives, now that it doesn’t matter.
Turn 6, 510 AD: Ottomans, India, Arabia and England appear this turn on Diplo.
Note that the Dutch are insanely wealthy, 7087 gold.
Osman, polite(!), same techs we can see, can’t trade maps.
Abu, same thing.
Elizabeth, annoyed.
We are in a money crunch, but once we get Construction, we can go back to a lower tech rate. Selling temples might become necessary as soon as expansion occurs.
IBT: No news is good news.
Merlot worker=>Marketplace.
Bordeaux Temple=>Marketplace.
Memphis of Egypt finishes JS Bachs.
Erdenet of Mongolia finishes Newtons.
Turn 7, 520 AD: Suicide galley finds light blue borders to south.
IBT: Russian galley appears.
Intrepid suicide galley sinks 1 turn from reaching safe waters.
Turn 8, 530 AD: MM for maximum cash to get Construction in 2 turns.
IBT: Russian caravel shows up in the south. I may not be able to prevent a landing.
Dutch enlist Carthage and Iroquois against us.
Russia enlists England. This is getting grim.
Turn 9, 540 AD: Good news is, we get Construction next turn. Bad news, more enemies every turn. I lose 1 galley against a Russian, galley which is unscathed.
IBT: No new alliances against this turn. We get Construction, I choose Feudalism next. We are now medieval,
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Unfortunately, the Byzantines refuse to acknowledge our envoy, so no big picture trades are available

Viognier Harbor=>Marketplace
Riesling riots due to Russian galley screwing up the worked tiles.
Turn 10, 550 AD: Final round of MM’ing and shifting units to prevent landings.