Pizzeria is wide open and awaiting clients
First to be served, the Queen Izpaella.
Very nice service has been prepared by our Maître D', Azaris. Time for the entrée, main dish - pizza of course, and maybe a dessert...
IBT
Bismarck lost his banana to Monty, and therefore we lost the deal
221
222
Cat@KS - Jumbo
Cat@Gao - Jumbo
Cat@Niani - Jumbo
Aztecs capture Hamburg ( it could have been KS, once again great move azaris on diverting him on Bismarck ). I send a scout to see the war right there.
To replace banana, I trade rice for fish with Ramesses.
213
Some bombarding on Mardid, otherwise
214
Cat@Timbuktu - Jumbo
Cat@Djenne - Jumbo
Madrid is naked of cultural defenses and we attack.
Heavy losses (4 swords), but the city falls :
215
Troops move toward Barca.
216
We got a Great Engineer in Timbuktu, which I put to sleep for group advice.
I admire Izzie's great donation to the Malinese empire - she built it right in time :
IBT
A spy destroys our cow pasture near Gao - please dispatch someone for rebuilding it - I forgot
217
218
Attack on Barcelona. I suicide 1 cat for major CD (don't want to lose troops like in Madrid) - and with no further losses we get, and keep the city:
219
Jumbo@Niani - Jumbo
220
Jumbo@Timbuktu - Budh Temple
Jumbo@Djenne - Jumbo
Jumbo@Gao - Jumbo
monument @Madrid
221
(IT) CoL - Aesthetics
Jumbo@KS - Jumbo
Monument@Madrid - Library (no brainer -
Izzie)
Attack on Cordoba. One cat suicided, then raze the city without further causualities :
It's been very long since the last time I saw such a poor AI city location... She should be ashamed.
222
It was going to be a very boring turn - I already started the coffee machine - when Ramesses drops by:
Answer - of course, as you wish buddy.
223
Then, it wasn't a great surprise to see this happen:
Sorry for not having waited for the group agreement, but it was just too much of a major wonder to lose 3 turns on it.
224
Attack on Santiago goes worse than foreseen - Suicide a cat and nevetheless lose an axe
225
Jumbo@Djenne - Sword
Cat@Watata - Mint
I burn Santiago, after losing another axe and a sword...
Now it's time to do our pizza stuff.
I revolt to OR and set research to 60% @49 gold per turn deficit ( we have enough gold for 11 turns like this ). It'll make Calendar in 4 turns, and we really need it
Gave away CoL to Monty
mad
and Bismarck, Pacal and Ramesses are more advanced than us.
I would likely give it away to Izzie, but it would force a cease fire. She has only one city left, and we are 3 turns from getting it.
What do we do - scr** her for peace and then give away CoL, or get her toasted and turn our attention to our masked neighbor to the north ?
Btw, we got a great general in Gao, going for KS.
Mali, turn 225:
So, here we go for the roster:
1. Thelastone36 - on deck
// 2. Civman123 -PC Problems, auto-skip until further notice //
3. azaris - played
4. Arlborn - skipped
5. pawelo -just played
6. Slobberinbear -
UP
so here is an autosave: 
I use the GG to make a Medic III chariot. Monty has gone WHTMOOH.
I take full credit on the ingenious move to convert Biz to Buddhism and get Monty sicked on him.
. Izzy managed to found a city with two axemen in it and my catapults are only protected by a warrior. Try to prevent her from killing them. Madrid is still heavily protected and I didn't dare to try a frontal attack until some cats arrived. We also have the capability to make jumbos if that's your thing. Monty should be busy for a while.
this AI - sometimes it builds you a great wonder (Eiffel for exemple) in the besieged city, or it manages to make half of its army leave the capital, or like here, a nice shrine just in time. What a (over) confidence in one's defenses 
