Acken
Deity
Just wanted to say you do appreciated work continuing this series 

Now I could use some help where to go from here if anyone has any suggestions.
Spoiler :
Lack of coal is a problem. Almost settled where the shoshone are, but was worried would slow down industrialisation, now of course no coal.
Think I will have to great general bomb either that coal or the coal down by Kabul. Kabul has 3 coal which is enough. The Shoshone have not got any to sell.
Think I will play it safe and just buy some tiles and general bomb the south coal which has 3. Then try to tech it out.
Spoiler :
I did use a GG for one of the coal spots. I won't tell you which, as one is a better choice, and I don't want to spoil the surprise for you. Generally, though, you can trade for the coal you need for factories. After that, you don't really need it. It's not a priority compared to oil or Aluminum.
Spoiler :
Well one has 3 coal, one has 7. One will not annoy anyone, one will get at least a bit of diplo agro from the shoshone. In the end I took the 3 as you just need 3 for the factories anyway and a war with the runnaway AI was not going to end well.
of course venice had later factories than me, so picked something else, which was probably a factor in my ultimate demise.
Today I learned that Tradition/Liberty is only viable if you are Poland.And that, unfortunately, Rationalism/Secularism is mandatory in every game. I wish they fixed it so Tradition and Rationalism were not strictly superior on pretty much every difficulty level. It's kind of boring to know you have to pick a certain tree all the time.
At this point, I have no idea what I am doing.Not doing too bad, but I seriously question the game will drag long enough for my tourism to get up and running. Peaceful CV doesn't look possible. I am behind in tech, and AI's are running away like crazy.
Edit: Geesh Shark Diver... Full Tradition, Full Liberty, and Full Ratio! You suck... Im jealous lol![]()
Turns 70-111 Solomon's Mines!
There is a lot of discussion for this game, which is really fun! I can't believe how fast some of you play - so I have been dodging spoilers ahead of my time frame.
t106Spoiler :I saw Machu get built a few turns after I popped my Liberty GE, so I realized the problem was my mtn was not within my borders. I reloaded and took it - too much drain bamage in the 70s I guess... Got denounced by Venice, Dido is hostile, and Monte made peace, getting Dido's expo in the deal. I just got 2 more units from the Mil CS's, another ST and a Cat. These are basically worthless, as I'm going to get swarmed by Monte soon. So 5 seige and 1 Spear given, WTH? This has never happened before.
I'm sure I could take Dido's cap now, but there is so much jungle in between, and it would leave all my units away from defense. Monte has LS and Trebs now, great. I am building CB's, I am heading to Theology, but I should have gone for XBs I guess. 6 turns to NC, so I won't even have walls up when he comes. I have never switched research and building queues so much in a game before!