Hey guys, sorry I wasn't able to quite finish in time. The soap opera that is the MLB playoffs has been rather distracting!
IT: What's this? The Koreans do not have a monopoly on Medicine; Egypt has it too. The lies some CEO's tell, sheesh. :rant:
I renegotiate our peace treaty with Egypt. Any war that I fight will be against the Romans or the Greeks, so this shouldn't affect any war plans for mine. I send Spices + Incense + WM + 33gpt + 5g to Cleo and receive Medicine.
I then send Medicine + WM + 715g to Hi and receive Communism. No, I do not want to switch to this commerce-unfriendly government! It does, however, permit me to properly police the property of Carthage, Inc. and quell all those unruly anti-free-trade protestors. I immediately swap many cities over to police station.
I also order many fishermen back to the farms and mines.
I rush a temple in Antium for 188g, a harbor in Tlacopan for 244g, and a granary in Buffalo for 160g. Miami will build a granary next, due next turn without shield loss. I swap several cities at size 12 to workers.
AD 1255 (1) Washington / Nora worker -> police station. Antium temple -> courthouse. Tlacopan harbor -> courthouse. Miami/Buffalo granary -> harbor.
The wise Carthaginian philosopher St. Augustine brings us this:
Hmm, Wang just discovered Sanitation. Hmm, not now, I think I like my lucre filthy.
I do re-sell Incense to him for 24gpt, up from 22gpt.
Rush granary in Iol for 136g, in Tamuin for 192g, and in Tingis for 20g. Rush courthouse in Pompeii for 244g, in Cumae for 160g, and in Malinalco for 152g. Rush marketplace in Hispalis for 244g. Rush stock exchange in Carthago Novo for 324g.
AD 1260 (2) New York / Saldae worker -> police station. Tingis granary -> courthouse. Cumae courthouse -> bank. Iol granary -> police station. Pompeii courthouse -> marketplace. Malinalco courthouse -> police station. Hispalis marketplace -> granary. Carthago Novo stock exchange -> police station. Tamuin granary -> aqueduct. Sparta completes Universal Suffrage. Korea cascades to but does not crash-complete Theory of Evolution.
The Iroquois can pay 14gpt for Spices. Sold!
Rush stock exchange in Calaris for 260g. Rush granary in Veii for 192g. Rush police station in Teotihuacan for 340g, and in Tlaxcala for 292g. I disband a conscript infantry in Texcoco.
AD 1265 (3) Veii granary -> courthouse. Teotihuacan / Tlaxcala police station -> worker. Cadiz police station -> stock exchange. Calaris stock exchange -> police station.
Rush granary in Hispalis for 220g. Rush police station in Texcoco for 416g, and in Gades for 240g. Rush bank in Buffalo for 620g.
AD 1270 (4) Carthage / Texcoco police station -> worker. Teotihuacan worker -> stock exchange. Leptis Magna police station -> colosseum. Tlaxcala worker -> stock exchange. Buffalo bank -> aqueduct. Hispalis granary -> courthouse. Gades police station -> stock exchange.
Rush granary in Pisae for 176g, and in Antium for 228g. Rush bank in Cumae for 592g. Rush marketplace in Pompeii for 376g. Rush courthouse in Tingis for 312g.
AD 1275 (5) Carthage / Utica worker -> infantry. Tingis courthouse -> marketplace. Texcoco worker -> library. Antium / Pisae granary -> courthouse. Cumae bank -> police station. Hippo police station -> worker. Pompeii marketplace -> bank. Cirta police station -> galleon. Wonsan completes Theory of Evolution, taking Steel plus something that isn't Espionage.
Rush courthouse in Hispalis for 296g. Rush granary in Tlacopan for 224g. Spend 44g towards the police station in Sulcis. Rush police station in Malaca for 572g. Spend 176g towards the police station in New York.
AD 1280 (6) Hippo worker -> cavalry. Oea police station -> cavalry. Tlacopan granary -> courthouse. Hispalis courthouse -> bank. Malaca police station -> stock exchange.
Rush granary in Cumae for 216g. Rush worker in Hispalis for 80g, then rush bank for 600g. Rush aqueduct in Tamuin for 384g. Rush marketplace in Tingis for 388g.
AD 1285 (7) The Iroquois and Greeks sign a MPP. Tingis marketplace -> police station. Cumae granary -> police station. Xochicalco / Hadrumetum police station -> worker. Hispalis bank -> stock exchange. Tamuin aqueduct -> stock exchange.
Egypt has broken the Korean monopoly on Refining. Rush police station in Cumae for 600g.
AD 1290 (8) Theveste police station -> worker. Cumae police station -> stock exchange. Xochicalco worker -> coastal fortress. Hadrumetum worker -> factory. Cirta galleon -> coastal fortress.
Swap Tula to granary. Rush aqueduct in Buffalo for 336g.
AD 1295 (9) Egypt and Korea sign a MPP. Carthage/Utica infantry -> factory. New York / Leptis Minor / Sabratha /Rusicade / Atzcapotzalco / Rusaddir police station -> factory. Leptis Magna colosseum -> factory. Theveste worker -> factory. Buffalo aqueduct -> walls. Tula granary -> police station.
Rush stock exchange in Hispalis for 744g, in Gades for 760g, in Teotihuacan for 620g, and in Tlaxcala for 592g. Rush police station in Philadelphia for 436g, in New York for 280g, in Calaris for 416g, and in Saldae for 316g. I raise a bit of extra cash for the rushes by selling Industrialization to Seizure for all his gold and by selling around the WM. I have a bit of extra money. I sell the granary in Carthage, and I can rush a library in Cadiz for 56g, leaving me with 5g.
AD 1300 (10) Washington / Nora / Sulcis /Saldae / Calaris / Philadelphia build police stations. Teotihuacan / Tlaxcala / Hispalis / Gades build stock exchanges. Hippo / Oea build cavalry. Xochicalco / Cirta build coastal fortress. Cadiz builds library. Most of these cities swap to workers, as they are size 12 with full food boxes.
I join a worker into Calaris.
Egypt now has Sanitation, and the Iroquois now have Refining. I could broker if I had gpt or more gold on hand, but I don't have either.
The peace treaty with Rome has just expired, and I declare war on Rome. Whoa! Seizure in his OCC had a MPP with Greece, so Greece declares war on us!
I honestly didn't see that, but oh well, my successor can take care of that.
That didn't actually break any agreements with Greece unlawfully; there will be no SEC investigation here!
I capture a Greek settler pair that was meandering around our land. I kill two Roman units just outside their remaining city. That's three elite victories, but that's all the elite units I can work with. I capture Ravenna (1 cavalry lost, 2 rifles and 1 spear killed, 2g plundered), and I get this:
We have six turns left on our peace treaty with the Iroquois, so I cannot attack the Greeks on their land, because it will trigger Greece's MPP with the Iroquois.
Wait, I can broker with Korea! I renegotiate peace with Korea and acquire Sanitation and 223g for 52gpt. Sanitation + 1629g then go to the Iroquois for Refining. We have 4 oil, of which only one is currently connected. Korea also has Gems for sale, and a couple of our ex-Roman cities are a bit unhappy even after the elimination of Rome. I buy Gems from Korea for 105gpt.
I rush a temple in Lutetia for 120g, a library in Atlanta for 56g, and a granary in Baltimore for 48g.
And that's it. After careful cooking of books, our "From Cities" income is now
+2972 for an increase of
16.6%. A bit disappointing, but opportunities for growth were getting slim here.
Here are two pictures that almost but not quite show all of Carthage, Inc.:
Most of our military has movement left, as you'll need to move troops into position to fend off the Greeks. Remember, you can't move any troops onto Greek territory for the next 6 turns. Good luck!
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