I am a bit uncomfy without a PPP. I know time is limited but I am taking a hard look now and will get a PPP out tonight and can play tomorrow night.
PPP Draft - Race to Sankore
Objective: Research Paper at quickest rate then build Saankore in Bolly. Switching from specialist to mines after Paper in 5 turns.
Get Cash ideas:
1. Sell CoL for Shaka for 40 gold
2. ? Sell Theo for 120 to Hatty ? No word on this so I am going to hold off.
3. ? Shaka will give 6 gpt for the deer. This leaves up w/o deer but only Bolly is at health Cap. Is this worth it? (2nd deer we are getting 7gpt from Gandhi) Moving forward with this as 6gpt is worth more than 1f imho.
4. Pillage Tokyo villages.
5. Others as they become available and are reasonable.
Civics - no change until Paper (for specialists in Bolly), then switch to Slavery to get 4-5 missionaries, 2 Settlers, temples, 2 spies,
Research: As needed to get Paper in 5 then 0.
Hindu Infecting Priority: Tokyo, Kyoto, Osaka + new cities
Bolly (During Paper - 46.2bpt) - 4 Sci Spec, Corn, Farm, 1 mine, rest villages, etc.
Bolly (During Sankore - 66hpt) - Hammer Bonus 50% Cap, 100% Stone, 25% Hindu = 175%. Work 3 Mines, Copper, Corn, Farm, and as many priest without scarificing a pop. Whip as many as needed to get Sanore at end.
All other cities to Research until Paper.
Post Paper:
Vijay - Whip Temple, Whip Monastery
Bombay - Finish Temple, Whip Monastery (mine iron)
Delhi - Finish worker(before Paper), Research(during paper), whip Missionary (infect Kyoto), Monastery
Pata - Finish Temple, Whip Missionary, Monastery
Drona - Build Missionary, Build 2 Settlers (1 - for Hammy, and 2 - Fish City in South for islam and hindu eventually gift to Toku?), Build 2 Spies
Osaka - Whip Granery, Get Hindu, Whip Temple, Whip Missionary
Kyoto - After border pop, reassign artist, Whip Temple, Whip CH
Tokyo - Whip Islamic Missionaries until infection succeeds.
Varansi - Run artist for border pop (during paper) after Whip Granary into Moai, Whip LH into Moai, Chop into Moai
Troops: All southern to Kyoto (after pillaging Tokyo) and all northern to Vijay.
City Gift to Hammy: Settle NNW of Vijay wheat infect and gift. Consensus to hold off which I will do. But I do disagree as it gets us a diplo point and an AP voting member that we MIGHT be able to open border with through a resolution.
Options for Hatty and Toku.
Tokyo - gift to Toku and let Hatty take or gift to Hatty for diplo bonus? Once we get the infection the Toku gift is probably best. May not be enough for him to get him to switch and it will be short-lived as Hatty will take. Thoughts? Will play this one by ear.
Pause: Anything goes amiss.
Stop: Sankore