Mongolia now has a granary. No worker there yet.
Ok. That's in keeping with my observations from the test game. The colonial cities started by building either granary or wb, before workers.
The big question to me, now, is do other AIs have nasty units lurking. For example, does Stalin have a cossack roaming around somewhere, ready to give us hell if we steal a worker?
I can’t disprove it, but I do think it is unlikely. All of the AIs obviously have more free techs, as evidenced by their scores. Stalin, for instance, is missing 36 points, which is the equivalent of 3 classical techs OR 2 medieval OR 1 renaissance + 1 classical. I think there is a high likelihood that some of those free techs are contributing a chunk of the unknown soldiers rating.
It also appears that sossos might have deleted the AI scouts. Have we seen any yet? AIs are quite slow in meeting each other.
No scouts. I believe that the AIs only have CG units and the two UU's we've seen.
We didn't see any workers at Moscow, did we?
No. What to do with the Spy? Should it just hang around Moscow for a while and keep an eye on Stalin? There’s not much point exploring with it further, as the bomber is in Europe now.
If there are no objections to the proposed builds, I think that the main issue before playing further
is the worker stealing. What are everyone’s thoughts on this? Do we use the 3 archers to stalk workers or wait for chariots?
Edit: I am inclined to keep going towards Moscow with the one near Mongolia. The one in the south could come around Shaghai and wait at 1N of Shanghai rice for DG’s worker there. The one that is currently 1N of that rice could move back north and observe Manchou.
The other question is how do we open up a trade route to Europe. I don’t think we can see the Indian coast without rebasing to Mumbai and recon from there. There could still be an Africa that blocks us from revealing the coastline south of Istanbul. We also want to see London and Washington soon. Which is the higher priority? I think the AI capitals.