Non-Midas Touch, Inherited Turn, 350AD
2 turns left on anarchy
well, I don't see what the fuss is about, since by hiring a few more taxmen in cities that have food boxes filled and changing some entertainers to taxmen, we can break even on gold. I also earn 3g from map sales.
BTW Skyfish, hgh commerce tiles do nothing in anarchy: it is best to work high food tiles.
Delphi changed to FP: it's already 350AD and we must start it now.
Since we no longer have MPs, I move some troops to front lines.
IT: French want to renegotiate furs for spices +3gpt deal: I can get feudalism + 4g straight up, or spices + TM +4g. I take feudalism; our cities will go into disorder, but hey, we're in anarchy anyway! Also back to -3gpt, with 7g in the treasury.
lots of fighting between England and Babylon: good to see they're still going strong and neither side is gaining much!
Athens riots; I do not scroll ahead, let all cities all riot, it saves on food. We're down to 4g.
Turn 1, 360AD - change taxmen back to entertainers to end disorder; -8gpt, but map sales bring us to 11g in treasury
- 1g to babylon
Check this for a trading opportunity: England does not have chivalry yet! We may not be so far behind as we think.
IT: lots more fighting. Order restored in previously rioting cities; Delphi enters disorder (missed that one)....we are a Republic!!!
Russia building Bachs.
Turn 2, 370AD - lots of tile changing + reoptimizing - lack of luxes is hurting; so Ivory + 6g from Egypt for WM + 8gpt; Cleoptra becomes polite. Joanie is already gracious
buy spices for 6g + 9gpt. we still need 10% luxes, and are doing -1gpt.
Gandhi lacks horses but won't offer anything decent for our only source so that's out; he may change his mind if he gets military tradition though, so we should be aware of this opportunity.
IT: Babs seem to have a lot of cavalry.
Athens: aqueduct -------> galley
order restored in Delphi
Turn 3, 380AD - not much. Sold maps we've got 4g, doing -1gpt. I'm not setting a scientist on anything because there's nothing that can wait for 40 turns at the moment.
IT: a lot of Bab troops head back into their own lands....mayhaps they are at war with someone else too?
Turn 4, 390AD - we're up to +2gpt as Athens is now size 7. England now has chivalry, so that opportunity no longer remains.
IT: all the bab troops are leaving our lands - I'm betting they are at war with someone else too
Corinth: library -------> walls
Buto: temple -------> harbour
French building Magellan's
Turn 5, 400AD - nowt. gift England 5g
IT: hehe...Babylon is at war with Russia, as I see a city change from red to brown to red on the corner of the map that we have. Ashur is owned by the Russians!
Athens: galley --------> galley
Turn 6, 410AD - gift 3g to China, for a bit of variation
IT: Sparta: aqueduct ------> courthouse
France and India building Bachs
Turn 7, 420AD - zzz
IT: Russia demands TM + 9g - paid
Turn 8, 430AD - our exploring galley reveals that some of the islands to our north have seen some fighting - there may even be room for some more cities so I wake the settlers in Corinth and send them to Athens.
IT: Athens: galley ------> galley
Paris completes Copernicus;
Turn 9, 440AD - the deal with the Indians has expired and we now have 21gpt to play with. Unfortunately 21gpt is not enough to buy any techs
But, if we throw horses in as well, we can get a tech from India...tough choice...I decide against it for the moment, may change mind later...we don't know where India is so I'm not sure how secure the trade route is, and I also don;t think we're getting full value for our only horses if I were to make that deal.
Egypt and China are both in anarchy, so it looks like democracy may have been discovered. Gift 4g to England
IT: English troops turn back - don't tell me they've made peace
Turn 10, 450AD - settlers onto galley - there is at least one potential city site next to Athribis, and a potential aggressive settlement next to Leeds.
We can no longer trade horses to India...damn! Maybe I should have made the deal last turn?
Hmm...this is tricky...we have 31g, + 22gpt...even that is only close to getting chivalry from France, who is commercial and gracious, and we don't even want chivalry, cos it's an optional tech...we could buy wines from Babylon, and snix lux tax? I'm not entirely sure what we should do, and leave the decison to the next player...do NOT give away 21g! Instead, upgrade a sword to MDI if we don't make a trade.
Also, let's get these galleys going so we can actually explore the map. The galley north of Athens has 2 settlers onboard so we can found some island cities.
Krys is up, Aggie on deck
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? they seemed to go towards England but they are now at the border just waiting....
. Oh the things we continue to learn even after 18 months playing the same game 
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