OK an update long overdue to the people following the game and to the players that are not paying attention
The situation in the North
General situation
First thing is that we have no copper anywhere, not 1 of the 3 teams. From what we have revealed so far none of our opponents in the north has copper in BFC but Baylon has a very nice copper city spot 4 tiles south form its capital.
Babylon must be prevented settling that spot and claiming coper.
Next thing we notice is that they have enough ivory for all 3 teams in the north, while we have only 1 ivory! This is MAJOR problem as elephants are by far the most powerfull unit that will dominate this game unless there is a kill before their time.
Another important issue is that aztec and Egypt are connected by river which means they can share resources without roads, they have lots of forest though in BFC and chances of getting horses there are low...but they have LOADS of chops which means they will develope very fast.
Tactical situation
Babylon warrior which was the first one built in the game is not heading for Mali or Persia but is rather scouting land to the south (they have not seen their copper yet and are desperately looking for it).
Maya warrior is 3 turns from entering Egypt border and the ideal situation would be to occupy that forest hill next to capital.
Mali is 2 turns from first skirmisher
which should be heading babylon way...however Babylon scout is sitting on the only 3 food tile, which is a bit of an annoyance...however warrior will follow 1 turn after skirmisher so tile should be cleared.
Persia is 2 turns from irrigated corn farm
I think I am the first to get a 6food tile online and that should give me a head start in developement
Other than that all civs have workers...exept from maya...
The situation in the South
Distances between civs are big in the south so the game will be developement here. Good thing is that India does not have good land (only a 4 food resource and no floods but still 1 tile in fog hopefully nothing there). As a result they have chosen to not addopt slavery yet as slaving without food is problematic...but due to fast workers and chopping they will have second city up before anyone else propably.
Another important factor is that zulu have no copper...there is some fog between zulu and natives that needs to be scouted as copper might be there..otherwise they might need to make a bit further away city to the north to claim the copper as it is important to stop India from developing fast.
Natives have upgrated their dog and he is 6 turns from Rome capital, he is bound to slow them down a bit which is good.
Next update in 4 turns when we get Animal husbandry and hopefully we have horses!
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