Preturn (continued):
MM Nagasaki to make spear 1 turn faster.
We can't sue peace with zulu.We have an 11 turn alliance with Aztec.
Oh well, wearing my warmonging hat

.....Tora!!! Tora!!! Tora!!!
research down to zero, will run a 40turn gambit once we have unhappy citizen overload in any of our cities.
upgrade vet war in Satsuma
upgrade vet war in kyoto
moblize elite war in Nara
reorganize garrison, we dun need double garrisons in all cities except Osaka.
one more comment, why did we mine plains?
Word of advice, keep horseman away from hills/forest/mountain/jungle, waste of mobility.
IBT:
Elite horse retreats to elite war
(1)310:
Nagasaki makes spear starts gran
(2)290:
Kyoto makes horse starts temple
Vet swords kills elite war, -2hp
(3)270:
Edo makes horse, starts horse
Satsuma makes horse, starts horse
(4)250:
Shimonoseki founded, starts rax
Yokohama changes from spear to rax
Try not connect Shimonoseki and Yokohama, I plan to use these 2 cities to build cheap vet wars for upgrades
Siege of Bapedi
Vet horse kills reg impi
IBT:
Isandhlwana overthrown their oppressors and pleged allegiance to us. We accept.
(5)230:
Vet swords kills reg impi, -2hp
Vet swords kills reg impi, -3hp
Siege of Bapedi
Vet horse dies to reg impi, -1hp
Elite horse kills reg impi, -2hp
Bapedi razed, we get 7gp.
Vet horse kills reg impi
IBT:
Vet swords kills reg archer, promotes
(6)210:
Kyoto makes temple, starts settler (will rush to time grow and production)
Nara makes galley, starts spear
Nagoya makes galley, starts rax
Siege of Intombe
Vet swords kills reg impi, -2hp
Intombe is ours....1 resistor, starts spear
IBT:
Vet horse dies to reg archer
(7)190:
Wow our WM is worth $$$. I can get about 150gp+contact with am+construction.
We should sell soon.
(8)170:
Edo make horseman, starts horse
Intombe's resistance has ended.
Siege of Ulundi
Vet horse dies to reg impi, -1hp
Elite horse kills reg impi, -2hp, spawns our first great leader. Banzai!! Banzai!!! Banzai!!! Elite horseman renamed "Hashiba Hadayoshi".
Toyo rushing to Intombe to hurry the pyramids.Sell off all our granaries, and change all granary productions to other stuff.
Kyoto sells granary
Osaka changes from granary to library (only thing to build without waste)
Izumo changes from granary to library
Nagasaki changes from granary to horse
(9)150:
We completed the Great Library
We completed the Great Pyramids
Osaka makes GL, starts settler
Intombe makes GP, starts spear
AI cascades, Egypt makes Great Wall
IBT:
We get Code of Law and Construction
(10)130:
Kyoto makes settler, starts horseman
Barbarian uprising near Shimonoseki (Babylon has reached middle ages)
Nagasaki changed from horseman to spear (we need to reinforce Shimonoseki)
Siege of Ulundi
Vet swords kills reg impi,-2hp
Vet horse kills reg archer
Elite* horse retreats reg archer, -2hp
Vet galley kills conscript galley
Summary:
We have 5swords(2injured) and 4horse(2injured) on the way against Ulundi (the archer is the last defender I think). We should be able to get Ulundi next turn.
Attack should go on until we get Zimbabwai and sue for peace (alliance with aztec ends on the 1st turn of the next player)
I change my mind about FP location, I would pick Intombe to be our FP location.
In the south territory dotmap, these 4 are suggested cities (high priority, other civs may settle). With Intombe as FP, these cities will be cores.
In the north territory dotmap, these 2 are the next to settle. We should try to get these 2 as they are low corruption cities, will be cores.
Babylon has currency monopoly, Germans have Monarchy monopoly, so we only need one more AI. I would keep research to zero until we get currency and go into middle ages. Once in middle ages, we should go the Military Tradition path. Staying away from education will maximise GL. Dun worry about Chivalry, AI will research them (China has UU-linked to Chivalry)
I would stay away from war until we get all the 6 cities (all core cities if we make Intombe our FP location).
Regarding the uprising of barbarians in shinomoseki, I have moved Izumo's reg war garrison towards shinomoseki, will arrive in the next turn. Nagasaki will make a spear the next turn to protect against barbarian pillaging. The good thing is that the germans has 2-3 archers (hidden in fog of war) near the barbarian camp which should that some pressure off us. We are rich so pillaging is not good.
We might also want to sell our WM soon.
Next better player!!!
Tora!! Tora!! Tora!!