750 BC (Turn 0):. Put Sogut on 2 plains rather than Coast and Sheep, giving Sheep to Great Library. Forbidden Palace in 14. Change Aydin and Bursa to Catapults, Izmit to Galley (Sogut can build a Settler after 2 Warriors). Move Warrior out of AI bait (almost forgot). Still maintain +36gpt. Press button.
IBT: Arab Galley appears 2 S of Bursa; One Indian Galley goes N, another reaches NE of our irrigating Worker; another Indian Worker approaches Lahore looks like its going to be connected by the time we invade

; Zulu Galleys move anticlockwise (all of them I think, not sure about that though); Indians start the Great Wall
730 BC (Turn 1): Sogut: Warrior> Warrior; Izmit: Galley>Horse; Worker NW of finishes mining and starts a road; give Izmit the Goats, and a plains rather than a hill and FP to get 10spt with no growth; Uskadur has the FP to give growth and Worker in 1; Great Library has the hill to give FP in 12; fortify new Warrior and injured Sword in Sogat; move Elite Sword by Izmit NW and fortify (not sure where the Indians will land, hopefully hell be able to cover E and W there; Workers in jungle chop; Worker on hill goes to Bursa to clear remaining jungle; Both Galleys and Southern Swordsmen wait.
IBT: Zulu continue anticlockwise; Indians drop a Warrior by Izmit, another Indian Galley appears from the N, Arab Galley goes clockwise.
710 BC (Turn 2): Sogut: Warrior>Settler; Uskadur: Worker>Worker; Cowtown South, Barracks>Spear; Elite Sword attacks 3/3 Warrior and dies

our first loss to the AI? Izmit Vet Sword attacks now 2/3 Warrior and wins with no damage Furiey joins Renata and Sabre on the scoresheet; both India and Zulu know construction, so we should get it next IBT; Galley sets sail from Bursa; the Iron is now connected so upgrade the 3 Vet Warriors; new Uskadur worker joins South Beach Worker; Worker 2SE of Cowtown North roads; Izmit Galley waits; 2 Southern Swords wait; leave the Iron unpillaged for now as Sogut is building a Settler, Iron Worker joins Worker about to start on last jungle by Bursa; put a Horse from Sogut in Izmit to stop it rioting and move a Sword towards there aswell.
IBT: Indian Galley rounds the top of our continent and heads S (AI bait?); Indian Galley that dropped off the Warrior last turn heads clockwise; the Zulu Galleys head anti-clockwise (Izmit also?); we get Construction from the Great Library (select Currency, not that it matters);
690 BC (Turn 3): Antalaya: Spear>Library; Workers by Bursa start on the last jungle; take another Sword from Sogut to Izmit, until we need to gather them Id rather have them closer to where needed; new Antalaya Spear to Aydin; Sword to Cowtown South on the way to reinforce troops in ambush at AI bait; S Warriors and Izmit Galley wait.
IBT: We spot a Greek Galley; Zulus want to talk, but we dont want peace; Zulu galleys go N between India and Zulu; a second Indian Galley rounds the top of our continent and heads S (to AI bait?); Zulu complete the Great Lighthouse in Bapedi; Americans complete the Great Wall in New York.
670 BC (Turn 4): Izmit: Horse>Sword; Workers that have completed chopping Jungle road so one can pillage Iron next turn; change Bursa back to Galley as the first Galley is 1 tile from Sogut now, and the forest chop would be wasted if it went to Bursa; Izmit Galley heads for Sogut; but we must declare on Persia now, they are backward, have only 4 cities, but have both Horses and Iron

; they dont have much gold either, but we exchange CoL for World Map and 17 gold, and then declare War. We have the World Map. Have to stop for the night so upload the map for all to see. Next day: shuffle troops to upgrade the Chariot, and a Regular Warrior in each of Cowtown. Izmit, Antalya and Sogut; switch Uskudar to Settler, Izmit to a Horseman (will build Warriors in 1 when the Iron is disconnected again); put Sogut back on the Oysters now the Zulu Galley has moved.
IBT: despite putting an Antalaya citizen on the Forest the chop is returned to Bursa good job I changed back to a Galley; Zulu Galleys return back towards Izmit, one Indian Galley continue down the coast as do the Arab and Persians; the other Indian Galley turns round again.
650 BC (Turn 5): Sogut: Settler >Sword (to be a Warrior once the Iron is disconnected); Aydin: Catapult>Catapult; Cowtown North: Granary >Harbour; Bursa: Galley>Library; Settler S; Catapult to Sogut; Workers road 2S of Great Library, 3rd Worker mines SE of Great Library with the 2 Workers already there; Worker starts to chop Forest by Cowtown; Worker on chopped plains by Bursa irrigates; Workers near iron one mines, the other starts roading the pillaged the iron; Bursa Galley reaches Sogut; new Bursa Galley starts the journey; Izmit Galley retreats back to Izmit.
IBT: 1 Zulu Galley drops a Warrior and Archer by Izmit; an Indian one drops a Spear and Sword by Izmit; Indian, Arab and Persian Galleys converge on AI Bait; Lahore is connected by road
630 BC (Turn 6): Sogat: Warrior>Warrior; AI Bait: Catapult>Catapult; Regular Sword defeats Zulu Vet Warrior; another Regular Sword defeats the Archer (both redlined, but glad I upgraded them); Vet Sword defeats the Indian Spear for no damage; another Vet Sword loses to the 3/3 Indian Sword promoting it to 2/4; Vet Horse finishes the job (5 kills for 2 losses), move a few more troops down to Izmit; hope were going to have enough troops for the landings at AI Bait (I hope theres not 2 units in each of those Galleys); Workers mine 2S of Great Library, 2 move to chop the jungle 2SE of Uskadur; Catapult wounds a Zulu Galley by Sogut, hopefully it may delay another invasion there briefly, block tiles needed for 10spt in Izmit so production not messed up.
IBT: Persians drop an Immortal by AI bait; Arabs want to talk, but we dont want Peace; neither Arabs or Indians drop anything at AI Bait; Indian Galley enters Lahore as do Settler and Spear;
610 BC (Turn 7):: Sogut: Warrior>Warrior; Izmit: Horseman>Warrior; found Epulu in the Jungle; Veteran Sword defeats Regular Immortal (6 for 2); Workers chop by Epulu and road by South Beach; fortify injured troops to heal.
IBT: Persians go home; Arabs continue clockwise past AI Bait, Indians continue past anti-clockwise.
590 BC (Turn 8): Sogut: Warror>Spear; Izmit: Warrior > Spear; Cowtown South: Spear>Spear; the Iron is connected, upgrade the Veteran Warriors and some more Regulars; shuffle troops not sure where the Indians and Arabs are going; 2nd Galley reachs Sogut; Workers start chopping South of Epulu.
IBT: Arabs continue clockwise past AI Bait, Indians continue past anti-clockwise.
570 BC (Turn 9): Final Galley reaches Sogut (making the 3 we need), bit more troop shuffling.
IBT: French unload 2 Archers S of Cowtown North; Indians want to talk, but we dont want Peace; 2 Indian Galleys start down from the North, the one in the S goes one S and then 1 N; 1 Persian Galley disappears into the fog to Persia, another appears in its place.
550 BC (Turn 10): Sogut: Spear>Spear; Uskudar: Settler>Worker; Izmit: Spear>Spear; Veteran Sword in Cowtown S defeats first Archer; Regular defeats 2nd Archer (8 for 2).
Treasury: 122 gold, +26 gpt, Currency in - (0%)
Post-turn: The Worker on the forest used by Izmit was going to road for commerce, not chop as the shields are needed to maintain 10spt. Theres a Settler E of Uskadur going for SSE of AI Bait. We get 2 Catapults next turn do we have enough troops for the invasion? Troops are somewhat spread about as although the Persians went straight for AI Bait, the Zulu and Indians have gone for Izmit (and sailed about aimlessly a lot, the Arabs have gone for Cowtown. The Sword fortified on the mined grass between Sogut and Izmit is to prevent any landing there as it will mess up Izmits 10spt. 2 more potential city sites are on the Incense hill in the N and W of the fish on the Southern peninsula to allow us to cut the corner if we need to. Once Great Library has completed the Forbidden Palace (in 3), Sogut can have the Lambs back and with the forest on the Indian continent and another plains at size 9 it will make 15spt after corruption that will probably need more lux though. Hopefully the increased production will finally give us our Worker in 2 here - I haven't given this priority, choosing to get Izmit to 10spt and FP a turn or 2 earlier instead. I havent started to research as the gold was going on upgrades those Regulars saved the day, pity I didnt have a single promotion, but the tech pace seems very slow, were probably going to have to do it ourselves if we want to get our of the ancient age.
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