The Tale of the Years - 1838 to 1853

[cavebear]

The Tale of the Years – 1838 to 1853

1838 – Discover Medicine! and start Polytheism. Change Apolytonia to non-Xin. Rehome Caravel to Caralis and adjust Workers to balance shields and food (population growth). Caravel goes to retreive exploring Salt Caravan. Utica Settler moved to canal site. Caravel with Explorer toward Utica.

1840 - Malaca builds Settler, starts Settler. Explorer toward just east of Utica to see if any cities encroaching there. Utica Settler establishes "Panama", starts Temple. Other Settlers move south. Caralis Caravel does a little exploring while waiting for Salt Caravan to explore way to coast for pickup. Change Apolytonia to Xin (gives tech in 8 turns that way).

1842 - Zulus build Hoover's. Change Apolytonia to non-Xin. Settler establishes city of "Two Whales", starts Temple.

1844 - Salt Caravan arrives at coast and Caravel moves to pick it up. (hitch-hiking thumb) Explorer explores west. Change Apolytonia to Xin.

1846 - Change Apolytonia to non-Xin. Explorer explores. Salt sails. Settler moves south.

1848 - French civ destroyed by Zulu! Malaca Settler establishes "Cartenna", starts Temple, uses one of Two Whale's Whales (Two Whales citizens oblingly shift worker to western Whale) Change Apolytonia to Xin. Change Apolytonia Settler to Caravan and rush it for 53G (I want trade, gold, and beakers more than 1 Settler right now).

1850 - Celts start Bach (wish we had a Bach-scratcher). Apolytonia builds Gold Caravan, sends it off toward Egypt, starts Settler, changes to non-Xin. Explorer explores. We have 900,000 citizens.

1851 - Explorer tips hut for 100 G Change Apolytonia to Xin. Salt and Gold Caravans sailing toward Egypt (on Caravels of course) Buy Panama a Temple for 56G.

1852 - Panama builds Temple starts Settler. Apolytonia changes to non-Xin. Salt and Gold proceed in high waves and storms toward Egypt. Explorer explores.

1853 - Gold Caravan reaches Giza, 98G Beaker bonus misses finishing Polytheism by a whisker. Change Apolytonia to Xin.

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NewLand1853:

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Science1853:

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ApolytoniaXin1853:

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1853 Game File:

[Sparrowhawk]

Looks like progress, a quick glace at the game brings up the following thoughts:

- I think we should stop Xinning now
- I think we should change our tax rate to 20% Lux, 0% Tax and 80% Science (66 beakers per turn, net loss of 15 gold)
- I think we should spend gold on city improvements (two cities building temples should be rushed and returned to building settlers)
- I still think we should make contact with AI, even if only with the "receptive" and "neutral" civs that Cavebear points out (but not with 544 Gold in the bank!!)
- I think we will lose this game by the Zulus landing on Alpha Centuri
- I think I better shut up before I am thrown out of office

/me Minister of the War on Trade

[cavebear]

The "receptive" civ is enticing...

[Sparrowhawk]

Re: The Tale of the Years - 1838 to 1853

Originally posted by cavebear
The Tale of the Years – 1838 to 1853

1853 - Gold Caravan reaches Giza, 98G Beaker bonus misses finishing Polytheism by a whisker.

Two points/questions for our Consul...

Do you remember if you maximized trade before delivering the Caravan to Giza (because i have been trying to duplicate the 98G and have been unable to with our base trade of Apolytonia at 40 base trade/60 total trade).

Also, it seems that we didn't "miss finishing Polytheism by a whisker" but rather that the caravan overproduced it (which is good ) and ensured that we will get it next turn. The science bar is as full as it gets right now.

/me Minister of Trade

[cavebear]

I moved all Apolytonian Workers to Ocean to maximize trade arrows. Should I have changed something else?

On further thought, I suppose we *did* complete the research with bonus beakers, but it won't show until the start of the next turn. Just a little confusion caused by ending the session on a trade delivery that completes a tech.