Amry good - tech bad!!
I’m finding that commerce and tech is quite a problem for Napoleon. With a normal start the slingshot can be a significant challenge because of the need for some decent commerce to drive the charge to CoL and this often requires some detours along the way.
Made a start and got cows and trees – lots of trees. Also got the Mongols, Aztecs and Tokugawa on my continent and the first two were not at all happy that I killed their scouts when I met them. It’s an easy promotion and you rarely find that a rival will mount a serious retaliation if you hit them that early. It does also beg the question that, if you kill a scout, how does the civilisation know it was you![Big Grin](https://apolyton.net/core/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
So Kublai Khan is my immediate neighbour and not only does he get the creative defense bonus but he also seems to be building all his cities on hills. I suspect that his empire will be a tough nut to crack and probably won’t finish it before he gets Horseback Riding. Still having lots of fun with the barbarians joining my second war with the Mongols. Mongolian chariots, barb archers and warriors are cheap promotion for my axemen.
Still researching Meditation in 900 BC is not good. I rather think I will need to start again with an alternative plan and maybe take a little more time thinking about the different tech routes.
I’m finding that commerce and tech is quite a problem for Napoleon. With a normal start the slingshot can be a significant challenge because of the need for some decent commerce to drive the charge to CoL and this often requires some detours along the way.
Made a start and got cows and trees – lots of trees. Also got the Mongols, Aztecs and Tokugawa on my continent and the first two were not at all happy that I killed their scouts when I met them. It’s an easy promotion and you rarely find that a rival will mount a serious retaliation if you hit them that early. It does also beg the question that, if you kill a scout, how does the civilisation know it was you
![Big Grin](https://apolyton.net/core/images/smilies/biggrin.gif)
So Kublai Khan is my immediate neighbour and not only does he get the creative defense bonus but he also seems to be building all his cities on hills. I suspect that his empire will be a tough nut to crack and probably won’t finish it before he gets Horseback Riding. Still having lots of fun with the barbarians joining my second war with the Mongols. Mongolian chariots, barb archers and warriors are cheap promotion for my axemen.
Still researching Meditation in 900 BC is not good. I rather think I will need to start again with an alternative plan and maybe take a little more time thinking about the different tech routes.
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