Well, I didn't manage to get any of the three items in the plan completed.
Pre-flight 550 AD Theodora wont talk to us. She really isnt a threat though. Spain is at war with China. I think I will move our units over there and join in on the fun.
Hiawatha is MAed with Isabella against China. Hopefully our horse supply to Hiawatha will keep him from declaring on us. I move a good chunk of troops into position to declare next turn. Check to make sure we have no active deals with Isabella.
I can buy Education from Mao for 1572G. I can buy it from Hiawatha for WM & 1453G. I cant buy Chemistry for any price. It is actually more expensive to try and steal the tech.
Stealing Chemistry is a whole lot cheaper. A safe steal attempt from Babylon is 1664G. Of course we could fail. I find some Hittite virgins that we had stashed away, drag them to the temple and make an offering to the RNG god
I select Chemistry, then turn around and sell it to Mao for Education and 18G. So two MA techs for 1646G and we still have our WM a secret.
MMing I change one tile. I love playing with you guys.
We have some seriously happy people.
IBT Watch the Chinese, Iroquois, and Spanish pound on each other. The Byzantines send two dromans down the coast, probably to drop off some units around Madrid.
Hattusha: sam=>sam
1. 560 AD The %$#^&* Iroquois are blocking the main path to Barcelona. Well go around them. Declare on Spain. Moving troops into Spain, the Iroquois are blocking the pass northwest of Barcelona, so I wont be able to get our trebs there. The Spanish have a force on the mountain SW of Barcelona. Since the way to Barcelona will be slow, I start to gather a force to march on Toledo in our FP city.
Since resistance has ended in Nicaea, I spend 80G rushing the temple.
IBT On the approaches to Barcelona, our forces win 2, lose 1, retreat from one The Byzantines drop off one near Madrid. A droman sinks our galley. I wont even be able to attack it, since the Chinese and the Iroquois are in the way.
Our GA ends.
Kyoto: sam=>sam
Hlobane: worker=>court
Nicaea: temple=>court
2. 570 AD Kill a Spanish pike near Uruk. Without loss we kill the pike, wounded MDI, and wounded LB on the mountain SW of Barcelona. We move five sams onto the mountain. There is a Byz AC just on the other side. We also move two sams to a mountain overlooking Toledo.
Theodora still wont talk to us. This might work out well. By the time she wants to talk well have destroyed her civilization.
IBT The Byzantines drop off two muskets and their AC runs away.
Madrid, Aleppo: sam=>sam
Ankuwa: library=>sam
3. 580 AD I move some more forces towards Barcelona and Toledo.
IBT Byzantines & Zulu sign a peace treaty
In a
move, Spain moves a LB out of Barcelona.
Hammi wants to renew our peace treaty. Since we want to go to war with Hammi next, and Hiawatha is running such a good block, I decline.
Most of the Byzantines run off towards Babylon, a musket pillages an ivory, we have another
Tarsus, Seville: Sam=>sam
Akkad: granary=>treb
4. 590 AD Kill two wandering Spanish LBs.
Looks like I can have our trebs up to Barcelona in three turns.
Hiawatha has some units between Toledo and our troops.
IBT Shaka wants an Alliance against Hiawatha. With all these purple troops running through our lands? Are you nuts?!
We lose an MDI to a Spanish LB.
With his civilization crumbling around him, Hammi hires a fellow named Will Shakespeare to build a theatre.
5. 600 AD Kill a pike heading towards Toledo.
Kill another wandering LB.
IBT An interesting move I watch Hiawatha capture a Chinese treb, and then watch Mao pass up three opportunities to recapture it out in the open.
Hattusus: Granary=>Market
Kyoto: sam=>sam
6. 610 AD In a move some will call
I decide to attack Barcelona with our stack without treb support. I lose our MDI army, and two sams. Three retreats and five victories.
IBT A Byz AC attacks Barcelona and we lose a sam.
Hattusha: sam=>sam
The palace gets a fourth story.
7. 620 AD move our trebs closer to Toledo.
We now have several cities producing 12 spt, or a sam every 6 turns with a waste of 2 spt. If you keep track you can get a little extra food in three cities on the sixth turn.
IBT Isabella wants to talk. All she can give us is Republic. Sorry sweetheart. Two Spanish defenders approach Toledo. Well need to kill them before they get there.
Outside of Barcelona, a Byz AC kills our sam.
Madrid: sam=>sam
Murcia: treb=>treb
Iroquois start Newtons.
8. 630 AD We kill two Byz muskets that have intentions to start a pillaging campaign. We kill the murderous Byz AC.
Im going to have to let those two defenders reach Toledo, since I cant get a healthy unit on the right side of the river to attack them. Lets hope the trebs work next turn.
IBT Isabella must have some seriously good
because the two potential defenders dont enter the city. In fact another LB leaves the city.
Ugarit: galley=>court
Akkad: treb=>treb
Iroquois complete Shakes
9. 640 AD - @ Toledo trebs go 2 for 6. Glad I waited for those things.
We lose three sams, retreat times and take the city. The Spanish still have a city down to the south.
Clean up the three Spaniards that left Toledo.
MM Ankuwa for the extra food.
IBT Kyoto, Seville, Ankuwa: sam=> sam
10. 650 AD Im going to leave most of the units unmoved.
After Action I havent made peace with Isabella, because I didnt want Barcelona or Toledo to flip on us and then not be able to get the cities back.
I would keep enough units around Uruk for a zone defense against any Spanish units that might straggle by.
Everything else I would throw at Babylon and Byzantines.
The Chinese are starting to take it in the shorts against the Iroquois. We might want to jump into that battle soon.
The Iroquois are really clogging up our roads. Right now they all happen to be around Toledo. I have started building some strategic roads to ease the congestion. You might want to put a unit on a chokepoint if one ever opens up. The iron NW of Barcelona has been constantly occupied by the Iroquois.
Save:
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads8/NadOBC_-_650_AD.zip
. Will take some time to examine and comment tomorrow 
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This meant, of course, that the Iroquois captured it in their turn...we did all the work and they got the reward...Civ can be so frustrating sometimes. Nevertheless, the Chinese may recapture it (unlikely) and it should be an easy target for us when we declare against Iroquois.
