The summary is we've gained combustion, fascism, and ironclads and are 15 turns from mass production at 100% science with only a single clown in Edo. Four civs have atomic theory and/or electronics ahead of us. We have completed our markets and are currently making units everywhere. We only have four luxes as the Dutch can no longer trade dyes and we no longer have saltpeter. We can trade with only 4 civs as embargoes continue to tie us up. We are at war only with the Maya, Russia, and Portugal. We have 3 guerillas, 3 samurai, 3 cavalry, 7 artillery and 3 galleons and can start to think of going offensive against Henry. We are weak versus everyone but the Byzantines.
No deals have been done yet in the save, but many are possible. William will give 74 gpt + WM for refining; Isabella has 176 gold and a WM for refining; Caesar has 151 gold + WM for steel; Gigamesh has 1 gpt + 14 gold + WM for scientific method; Theo has 15 gpt + 10 gold + WM for steel; Abu has 199 gold + WM for steel. Any of these deals would lead to more gold trading world maps around.
1110AD (0): Move privateers out to sea and one to a harbor to heal. Add worker in at Nagasaki. Switch privateer build to galleons and a marketplace at Kyoto. Add a worker in at Edo.
IBT:embargo between Rome and Spain ends; 2 Spanish frigates kill a privateer and one frigate; trade tm's with Hannibal; Inca and Egypt sign an embargo; Aztecs and Egypt sign an embargo; Abe sinks two privateers and damages a galleon in port; Germany and Scandanavia sign an embargo; Osaka=>worker-worker in 2; Nara=>worker-worker in 2; five civs now have ironclads; Brennus starts Hoover's Dam
1120AD (1): Add a worker in at Nagoya; sign peace with Egypt giving replaceable parts and steel for fascism + WM + 1 gold + 30 gpt; sign peace with America giving steel for ROP + WM + 13 gold + 2 gpt; embargo between Korea and America ends; fascism to Isabella for WM + ironclads; ironclads to Korea for 90 gold + WM + 5 gpt; scientific method to Hammy for 3 gpt + WM + 1 gold; democracy to Theo for 9 gold + WM + 2gpt; WM is traded around for 16 gold; we bump the luxury slider to 10% and are now due combustion in 21 turns
IBT: Spain sinks privateer; India and Portugal sign an embargo; Spain and Portugal sign an embargo
1130AD (2): a worker joins Nagoya; a worker joins Yokohama; sell ironclads to Egypt for WM + 22 gold + 6 gpt; sell WM around for only 4 gold; combustion now due in 19 turns
IBT: Spain sinks our last privateer; Mongols and Protugal embargo us; Korea and Portugal embargo us; Egypt and Maya embargo us; Osaka=>worker=-worker in 2; Ise=>galleon-galleon in 25; Nara=>worker-worker in 2
1140AD (3): damage cleared near Kyoto, start irrigation; industrialization to Theo for WM + 15 gpt; trade WM around for some gold; we have 345 gold at +59gpt for combustion due in 18 turns
IBT: France and Byz end embargo; Abe and Joan ally against Theo; Abe and Ragnar ally against Theo; Egypt and Ragnar embargo us; Scandanavia frigate misses; Nagoya=>cavalry-cavalry in 14; Toyama=>marketplace-barracks in 4
1150AD (4): worker joins Ise; worker joins Toyama; fascism to William for WM + 361 gold; ironclads to Abe for 41 gold + WM + 11 gpt; WM traded around for 33 gold; 128 gold rushes market in Matsuyama; 244 gold rushes market in Kyoto; 184 gold rushes market in Tokyo; 172 rushes market in Satsuma; we have 111 gold at 69 gpt for combustion in 17 turns
IBT: India and Otto ally against William; Abe and Zulu end embargo; Scandanavia loses a frigate against our galleon; Kyoto=>marketplace-barracks in 4; Osaka=>worker-worker in 2; Tokyo=>marketplace-galleon in 25; Satsuma=>marketplace-barracks in 4; Kagoshima=>cavalry-cavalry in 8; Nara=>worker-worker in 2; Matsuyama=>marketplace-galleon in 50; Ottos and Celts get combustion; Russia willing to negotiate
1160AD (5): worker joins Kagoshima; worker joins Toyama; electricity to Theo for WM + 18gpt + 18 gold; WM traded around for 13 gold; we have 211 gold at +83 gpt for combustion due in 15 turns
IBT: Abe and Henry sign an embargo; Ragnar and Ottos ally versus William; Scandanavian frigate sinks our galleon; Nagasaki=>galleon-galleon in 13; Yokohama=>galleon-barracks in 2; 5 civs now have combustion and 4 have atomic theory
1170AD (6): With many of Ragnar's frigates and galleons in our waters we sign peace with him for 32 gpt in return for WM + 98 gold; fascism to Zulu for WM + 35 gpt + 13 gold; scientific method to Persia for 7 gold + WM + 96 gpt; replaceable parts to Germany for 25 gold + WM + 74 gpt; trade WM around for 8 gold; upgrade one cannon to artillery; we have 329 gold at +256 gpt for combustion in 13 turns
IBT: Rome and Celts end embargo; Mongols and Ottos end embargo; India and Ottos end embargo; France and Ottos end embargo; Ottos and Maya end embargo; Ottos and Russia sign embargo; we lose our supply of wool; we lose our supply of saltpeter; Osaka=>worker-worker in 2; Nara=>worker-worker in 2
1180AD (7): workers remove damage near Kyoto and complete mine; two worker join Kyoto; upgrade a cannon to artillery for 120 gold; steel to William for WM + 17 gold + wool; sell WM around for 21 gold; we are back to 100% research for combustion in 10 turns with 482 gold at +220 gpt; no one can trade saltpeter due to embargos
IBT: Korea and Ottos end embargo; Aztecs and Mongols end embargo; Maya and the Russians want peace- no dice; Yokohama=>barracks-samurai in 7; Toyama=>barracks-samurai in 14; Ragnar is the second civ building Hoover's
1190AD (8): upgrade 3 cannon to artillery for 360 gold; steel to Germany for 29 gold + WM + 9 gpt; ironclads to Carthage for 9 gpt + WM + 7 gold; sientific method to Theo for 8 gpt + 18 gold + WM; we can now afford WM + 230 gpt to Joan for combustion + WM + 2 gold (at a 46 gold discount we take it); combustion to Korea for 36 gpt + WM; combustion to America for 93 gold + 169 gpt + WM; trade WM around for 21 gold; we have 523 gold at + 219 gpt for mass production in 16 turns-the ai usually goes for flight first
IBT: Inca and Ottos end embargo; Egypt and Portugal end embargo; Babylon and Ottos end embargo; America wants an alliance versus Theo- no dice; Kyoto=>barracks-samurai in 14; Osaka=>worker-worker in 2; Edo=>cavalry-samurai in 10; Satsuma=>barracks-samurai in 12; Nara=>worker-worker in 2
1200AD (9): upgrade cannon to artillery for 120 gold; upgrade 3 archers to guerilla for 630 gold; refining to Egypt for WM + 25 gold + 15 gpt; corporation to Theo for WM + 4 gpt + 12 gold; WM traded around for some gold; Nara shrinks so mass production is still due in 16 turns at 100% science with 159 gold at 236 gpt
IBT: We lose our supply of dyes and William can no longer trade this; Carthage and Ottos end embargo; Celts and Persia end emabrgo; Abe and Ottos end embargo; Carhage and Russia embargo us; Ragnar and Zulu end embargo; Ragnar and Persia end embargo; Edo riots with loss of dyes and hires one clown
1210AD (10): 3 galleons are moved to chain between our islands; the last cannon is upgraded to artillery for 120 gold; some movement and all deals left to do as game is saved; only Tokyo remains to be grown with 3 worker add-ins as all others except Nara and Osaka are at max. pop. now; we have 159 gold at 236 gpt ant 100% science
Good luck to the next player.
I need to get GOTM77 finished (well, the tussle at the top of the GPR is getting hotter...) so I won't get to play the SG until Monday night - if someone wants to take it tonight or tomorrow, just post a got it.
), but I will also try to post some actual analysis this evening...
The trouble is, they haven't had their movement points doubled for the differential movement, although they do seem to ignore the movement cost for sea tiles. So when leaving port, they are going to get 3 moves at best (city > coast > sea > coast/sea/ocean). Port-to-port hopping is only possible when the towns are two tiles apart, and with only 1 DEF, the privateer stuck out in the open is a sitting duck for any frigate to come speeding out of the fog. Furthermore, if we put privateers in port (and we do have one wounded at the moment) then we risk the pirate-hunting bug whereby one of our friends sends a frigate to bombard the privateer, and thereby starts a war with us. So... do we want to keep trying to build more, and what do we do with the ones we have? They do at least have the advantage that we can use them against any AI ships, even those of our friends. There are two main threats right now; large numbers of American frigates to our south, and a Viking combo somewhere in the northeast, that may be carrying a berserk. The privateer stack is better positioned to head northeast I think, so I would suggest heading in that direction. Also, we should be able to get peace with America pretty soon now.
Buying or selling any resource wherever possible might be a defense, as the AI should give a "will never" response to any offer of embargo which would cut an active trade. Resource trades also have the benefit that we are so small that we can sell any resource for more than we would buy back in for.
