1665 AD
T+0
A picture or 2 is worth a thousand words, or in this case four thousand.
Before
After
Notes:
Setia whips a Lighthouse, changing from Culture to do so, 28 turns.
Dover whips a Hindu Temple, 33 turns, into a Courthouse -5.38
, stagnates cutting build time to 1/3 of previous figure of 90 day's.
Portus Dubris Builds 3 Hindu Missionaries, its our STATE RELIGION !!!!!!! No rifles till Infantry is in.
I adjust the specialists assigned in the cities, blowing out research by 1 turn to 8 @ 50%, since going to 60% costs another 100
, Big change was in Rome, 4 Merchants are hired to influence the next great person in 17 turns to be a Great Merchant for Sids Sushi. This added 1 turn to Christo Redentor, but I hope to make it back by converting 2 Plains farms into Workshops for a loss of 2 food eaten, but 4 potential food, but gaining 8
Londinium big changes as well
Cumae loses 3 Plains farms for Workshops, Dry docks and ships non stop here.
We still have 2 workers trapped in Seville, I trapped them there, in my last set, Why haven't they been sprung by now???
I cancel the defence pact with Hammurabi, Looks like Catherine is going after Gandhi, but I hope I'm still wrong in that assumption.
I make a resource trade with Willem, and find out the Circus is in town. Who's the fool who said NEVER TRADE WITH GANDHI!!! we have 16 gold going to waste....arrrggghhhh...(
great strategy wasn't it )
I further bribe Catherine into a 3 civics change with Steam Power, it'll slow her down with wonder building, going to war, and solidify our votes as being Hindu.
Hammurabi, isn't so foolish, won't change civics at all.
All right, in a move of Shear Brilliance, I DEMAND 16 gold per turn from Gandhi, and he relents to it. We're now cash flow Positive at 50%. I further demand 60 gold off Isabella, she'll never come around to liking us,
I then request Military Science of a friendly Lincoln, was refused, and thinking I've done my dash, request all his gold, 320 of it, and
T+1
Looking for a Galleon to pick up the 2 workers in Seville, I finally notice our standing army embarked on board, who knew, who thought to tell me, and I thought you all just talked rubbish like I tend to do, well I stand by my comments.
Gandhi's settled a few cities off our shore, and I actually thought they were safe behind our culture. Take them Militarily anyway.
I'm so busy berating everyone, I forget to build a mining Corp Executive and spread it to another city to spread further. Yeah, me and EVERY ONE ELSE.
Christo is back to 9 or back on original schedule.
I find 3 workers asleep in Evertonium, sloppy play people, sloppy play. I set them to making rail roads, or workshops. Ok, sloppy of me to miss, but I shouldn't have to look for things like that.
T+2
Nothing much happens, send a 6 movment Galleon to scout out the cities Gandhi settled, all pop 1, 1 has a Grenadier, probably best to attack from sea, as we'll have 50% bonus against us on attack by Grenadier, but if only 1, wouldn't use to attack.
T+3
Gandhi come by offering this trade deal
Sakae, has its Border popped, goes onto building a courthouse, -6 expenses.
T+4
Nothing much, making rail roads on mines,
T+5
Hammurabi changed to Universal suffrage from Hereditary rule
T+6
I messed up, and hit Alt-F4, thinking I could access another window, well I did, but closed the game, lucky it auto saved that turn.
We had a U.N. Vote, I was trying to reclaim the screen shot, selected diplomatic Victory, I voted for us of course.
We lost a Caravel to a privateer as well last time.
Satricum lighthouse=> Courthouse
T+7
Crap, Lincoln voted for Hammurabi, as he's changed to his Favourite Civic.
Spread Hinduism further.
T+8
I let 1 Rifleman slip through before we get Assembly line, oh well. Building Rail roads on all mines and lumber mills.
I 4 pop whip Christo Redentor for 4 pop, 3 citizens and 1 4 food farm, for 108 overflow, doubled by using iron to build Eiffel tower.
T+9
Assembly line is in, I choose combustion, mainly for the wells and Destroyers. Thought about Industrialism, but without combustion, no oil wells, no battleships.
Begin factory builds. Actually decide against it till they have Mining corp to speed it up.
T+10
We have a Monopoly on Assembly line, I choose not to trade it away. Though 1 turn on Artillery we could get that and Combustion from Hammurabi, but we want an advantage against him Militarily.
Only 1 out of 3 of Gandhi's cities have 2+ population, still waiting.
Hit 60%, combustion in 3 turns @ -95 gold.
2/3 have hit 2+ pop, I send down the fleet to take them over.
Adjust cities, Combustion in 3 losing 95 gold, Eiffel tower in 9.
Build another Mining Corp Executive in Condate, so 3rd city can spam them probably Londinium as one of 6 making 30-36 hammers.
Bite the Bullet Change Civic's to;
Organized Religion, State Property, Caste System, and Universal suffrage, all for Hammers boost only. Only don't do Nationhood, as would kill capital, and we can see all research. Too many to catch Hammurabi. Drops Eiffel Tower by 1 turn.
T+11
Hammurabi completes Rock and Roll, Meh, +1 Happy, easy enough to trade for.
Peace Treaty with Gandhi is ended, will attack in 1 or 2 turns as nearly all in position, making +200 gold/turn with Combustion in 2 turns.
Swap to Free Market, as can't build Executives under State Property, take a big hit to cash, probably switch to Mercantilism next turn. Build Mining Corp Exec in Condate, and buy it next turn.
Buy Bank in Madrid, 11 turn payback, starts on Wall Street, 6 turn earlier, paid back in 4 turns with that and bank, 180 gold better off over the 2 turns saved, increasing with corp spamming.
Pons Aelius buys its Library for 147 gold, drop slider to 50% making +200 gold now.
T+12
Hmm Both Willem and Catherine are in WHEOOHRN mode or Red fist mode, Fleets in position to take 2 cities of Gandhi's.
On Diplomatic vote in 3 turns, Lincoln is +1 in favour of Hammurabi, being Friendly with us both. Do I wait for Cathy to declare on Gandhi or Hammurabi, or pull the trigger now.
Hmm interesting Cathy is in Free speech, I think I swapped her to it, or is she battling it out with Hammurabi??
Holly Crap, I dial up the Clown, offer deer for Coal, ask what will make this work, thinking “here it comes”, and he throws in 1 gold... Yeah ha. +1
and +1
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A Friendly Hammurabi, give me 1 Iron, and +3 gold for 1 wheat. Yeah baby.
Bah... I attack Gandhi, lets get it on.!!!! Besides he's settled on Oil, and doesn't have Combustion,
I tell Gandhi the bad news, he doesn't take it well, cancels our 16 gold /turn gift, but gives up
Only now think to Garrison the 3 cities with no garrisons.
3 civic swap to Police state, Mercantilism, and Theocracy.
1706 2 turns ago, Catherine adopted Free speech, state property and Free Religion, I think I bribed her out of all 3
T+13
Vote come up 1 turn early, Hmm just refused a demand from Hammurabi, won't replace him as 2nd candidate. I voted for single currency, as we're staying in Mercantilism.
Take city No 2, no defenders
Wouldn't you know it, I miss hitting Combustion by 4 lousy science, I set it to zero, to build up cash for upgrading.
T+14
Single currency or Trade routes Succeeds, we now have 4 Routes in our cities. Set Research to Industrialism, due in 53 turns. Garrison some cities on coast, Namely ROME!!!!! with Machine guns. Start upgrades to Naval forces.
Move to take Mauryan, barbarian city, because we can and should.
Grabbed a lone worker from Gandhi, awaiting pop 2 in city.
Sold Rail road to Willem for 390 gold, as he had only 1 turn, I meant to sell it last turn, lucky hey.
T+15
Van Orange declares war On Gandhi as well, who else. I don't think we'll see any forces attacking us now. Lets take it to Gandhi.
T+16
Hmm I think I missed a turn to wards the end, I played 2 extra, to get us to 1720 and even number and not 1716. Anyway, We built the Eiffel Tower, free Broadcast tower, in those border cities that can't spare the production.
We've taken 2 Indian cities, a 3rd just waiting for pop growth to 2, sending 2 naval stacks to attack another 2 island cities, I messed up and sent one stack for 1 turn the long way. Attacking a Barbarian city, because its still barbarian.
Upgrading Naval forces, Transports 1st, then Destroyers, and Transports will kill wooden ships. Gandhi has Combustion in 8, but no oil once we take the 2nd city.
Catherine has a Stack of doom on the move through out lands, so it looks more and more like Hammurabi. She's in Free Speech, State property and Universal suffrage I think.
Spammed Mining Corp to Rome in end, no wonders left to build, so spam Mining Corp Executives to our cities now. Try to farm a Great Merchant in Rome, due in 5 turns I think, with Probability rising from 25% to over 35% now.
Games pretty much in bag now, Friendly Catherine, Willem. Lincoln is the problem, he now LOVES Hammurabi due to civics, should have got him to swap out, bribe him with a tech. (Lincoln out of Universal suffrage)
Notes on Game:
I have left some ships on move to orders, they will arrive at cities to take and keep of Gandhi's. Cleaned up the map some.
Keep building Rail roads on Mines 1st, Lumber mills as well, then join the cities.
I'd just leave science off and keep upgrading units.
Shadow that Stack from Catherine that's just left Vandal, who's she going to attack with it???
SLEEPING WORKERS IN CITY, AND ON AUTO NETWORK...not nice jan....not nice at all, don't you know you don't upset the crazy Australian...Why???? BECAUSE HE'S CRAZY!!!!!
I've had my rant, I'm sure I've done things to upset as well, but if not mentioned, it'll just keep happening.
UPLOADED PHOTO'S NOW
We want to be on Cathy's side. Running a few turns of 
would get enough eps to see, OR send a few cavs with Sentry to his cities would work also!
, -8
is a lot of growth! IF our GM pops next turn then let's switch to Eman.
