When to switch governments?

[Aabraxan]

I cranked up the game again. I immediately began moving units towards my southwestern towns and dropped into Anarchy. My plan was to get into Republic and attack Izzy.

I drew a 7-turn Anarchy and Otto immediately declared war on me. The best laid plans . . . He captured an undefended town with a lone archer, and wouldn't you know it? It was the one that had my ivory! I recaptured the town about 3 turns later when some units (other than Legionaries) arrived there. Once Anarchy passed and I was in Republic, I moved military units out and began attacking in earnest. A legionary triggered my GA, and I'm off and running. I sacked 1 or 2 German cities and then accepted their envoy. Turned down peace the first time and sacked a couple more. The second time around, they threw in their tech and gold, so I accepted peace.

During the war, however, Izzy shipped a settler off into the tundra to my NE, so now I'll have this one hamlet at my back while I fight the war with her. I can see settler pairs running around looking for places to settle and see that her empire is beginning to really swell. Time to go capture the Pyramids now.

 

[AutomatedTeller]

maybe lizzy's hamlet will grow to size 3 and you can have a free town...

 

[Aabraxan]

It didn't. It did, for a time, house a few of archer sympathizers. Like many Spanish towns, it was razed and resettled last night. The Spaniards are no more, and I am now the proud owner of both the Pyramids and the Great Lighthouse. I've made contact with the Mongols and the Koreans. The Germans are down to 3 or 4 cities on my continent, but that won't last much longer, either.