Pre-flight 470 AD We have contact with six of the seven civs. Great job team! Im sure the last one is with the Sumerians and the Portuguese. The Dutch are still on our continent. I think it is time to remove them from this work and free their people from Despotism. Tech-wise, were ahead of everyone but the Byzantines with whom were even.
Upgrade two warriors to Med Inf. Rush a barracks in Cuello.
Build an embassy in Lisbon for 89G. I want to know where their capitol is for exporation purposes and maybe get a hint where the missing civ is. They have four luxes on line plus horses. Running 40% science.
Switch Chichen to a settler. Change Uxmal and Mayapan to a Rax. Plan on setting up to capture the six western Austrian cities.
IBT Chichen: Settler=> Settler
Tikal: Market=. Med Inf
Cuello: Rax=> market
Galley sinks
1. 480 AD Maneuvering. Upgrade two swords to Med Inf.
Some slider adjustments. Push science down to get Invention in four. Because of the large number of specialists, I bump lux to 10%. Budget +17gpt.
2. 490 AD Two turns from the Austrian invasion. Maybe two turns from Dutch invasion The Byzantines have Theology. Science down to 60%, invention due in 3.
IBT _ Chichen: Settler=> Med Inf
Copan: Market=> Horse
Yax: Library=> Pike
Quiriqua: Settler=> Rax
We get a cool front yard for the palace.
Byzantines start Sistine.
3. 500 AD Manuevering
IBT Bonampak: Market=> Pike
Piedras: Barracks=> Duct
We get some stairs for the palace.
4. 510 AD Upgrade a spear to a pike and a sword to a Med Inf.
Two turns from Dutch invasion.
IBT Invention comes in. Gunpowder next, due in 10 at 70% science.
Palenque: Market=> Galley
Calakmul: Pike=> Market
5. 520 AD Sell Invention to Theodora for Theology, 43G and 1gpt.
Dutch invasion starts next turn.
Hurry a pike in Yax for 80G.
IBT Copan: Horse=> Horse
Tikal: Med Inf=> Med Inf
Yax: Pike=> Pike
6. 530 AD Declare war on Dutch. Start invasion. Change Calakmul to a worker.
IBT The Dutch move a huge invasion force of five archers and two spears out of Utrecht. Hopefully I can take the city.
Chichen: Med Inf => Med Inf
7. 540 AD Siege of Utrecht: 4/4 AC kills 3/3 spear (-2hp)
4/4 horse kills 3/3 spear (redlined)
A defender remains. Move a spear into Yax. Dutch siege of the city coming up next.
It appears that there is one continent across the pond.
IBT Yax falls. Three archers killed. Massive rioting.
Kabah: warrior=> Warrior
With all that rioting, the people still love me and build an east wing on the palace.
8. 550 AD - @ Utrecht: 4/4 Med Inf kills 3/3 spear (redlined)
4/4 Med Inf kills 3/3 spear (-2 hp) Utrecht falls.
Lose an AC and a JT attacking Dutch spears on open land.
@ Yax: Med Inf kills spear.
IBT No counter. Tulum: Barracks=> market
9. 560 AD Found Ake on west coast.
@ Yax 4/4 MI kills 3/3 archer (-2hp)
4/4 MI kills 3/3 archer. Yax is liberated.
The Fledgling Dutch are destroyed.
Lux back to 10%. MM like crazy.
IBT Chichen: MI=> MI
Copan: horse=> Horse
Palenque: galley=> galley
Calakmul: Worker=> Worker
We get a west wing on the palace.
Byzantines are building Knights Templar.
10. 570 AD Sure enough, they have Chivalry.
After action report: Keep sail clockwise around the other continent and we should see the seventh civ The Inca.
Probably should keep cranking workers out of Calakmul. We have a lot of improvements to make still.
I held off on the Austrian invasion due to the Dutch response. Probably another 10 tens of build up and well be ready to attack.
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