SGOTM7
(0) 750BC
Minor MMing for gold. Switch Iznik to horse, at 6spt this is better then spear. Switch Izmit to horseman. Aydin to horse, will become galley because the Persians will soon trade for mathematics. Sent a horse in the west, lightly protected. I stop the worker roading the Iron, I prefer roading the other on the hills. Kafa building catapult. We have many regular warriors.
Concerning the jungle cleaning. We must send one worker to road, then stack several more to finish the job faster. This is better IMO.
(IBT) Istanbul settler warrior, Edirne barracks horseman, India comes and goes.
(1) 730BC
Send settler in the west where the fortified warrior stands.
(IBT) Persian galley on our shores! Bursa horse horse.
(2) 710BC
Persians know CoL too.
(IBT) Uskudar worker-worker, galley goes away. Must have been empty.
(3) 690BC
Not much.
(4) 670BC
Edirne horse warrior, Aydin horse curragh
(IBT) Light blue galley sales near Persian shores! We learn CoL, MM, Poly, Monarchy!
I revolt!
(5) 650BC
Istanbul riots, nothing to do on this. I scroll ahead, 5 of our cities would have rioted too
Edirne and Bursa will starve.
4 turn anarchy. Nice. Nice timing too, just before I found Salonika in the west. Ill let Edirne riot to avoid starvation but dont dare do the same in the other city because it is under pressure.
Iron is connected. Upgrade 5 warriors, four more will be.
America has 109 gold, up Philosophy down Litterature. I dont trade and declare.
(IBT) 2 American galleys and a Persian near our shores.
(6) 630BC
Currency is the only tech the Americans miss for the middle ages. I pray for a barbarian pestilence in their lands.
(IBT) Americans land warrior-settler pair in the south, next to our warrior.
(7) 610BC
We kill them and have 2 slaves now. Our warrior paid 1 hp. Edirne is rioting because I want, I hope it wont lose its barracks.
(IBT) Persian galley going up on our shores.
(8) 590BC
I pull out Sinop garrison to lure them landing on a desert next to 2 swords, a horse, an archer and a frightening regular warrior.
(IBT) They do land an immortal. Ooooh scared. We learn philosophy.
(9) 570BC
Were a monarchy now. If we dont let our cities grow beyond 6, we can handle unhappiness only with MP, so the lux goes down to 0.
Kill the immortal with a sword (-1hp).
(IBT) Istanbul settler warrior (after iron disconnected), Iznik horse-galley
(10) 550BC
I have a horse that can disconnect Iron and I would do it, because the warriors are nice to build. Ill leave it to the next player, but dont forget to change Istanbuls settler. Edirne is building the other settler I think we need, as it can be at 15 spt with a court. Uskudar has an entertainer right now, but will build a worker next turn. It can be a worker factory really soon.
3 galleys will be online soon, we have 549g and do 26gpt. Our military:
Plus a settler.
As I said, I think we can visit a nearby AIs mountain for a leader fishing. Not sure whom, having doubts between India and Zulu. Definitely not Persia.
Feel free to change builds and I havent managed to set most cities in cycle, but: with no growth Bursa can pull 10 spt. Edirne too, if we want a worker factory, or a 15 spt after a court. I prefer it at 10. Istanbul is like before. Iznik isnt better, 6 spt at 6 pop. Mine 1-2 plains there and pull some spears at 3 turns IMO. Aydin to see later; the others can go for cats for a while.
Our lands:
Final thought: I wouldnt let any city grow above 6 right now, and we already pay unit support. See what I mean?