Predator

GOTM 38 First Spoiler

Summary:

Build Beijing in place, irrigated everything, built five towns at radius 3 and six more at radius 6. By 1000 BC we had 15 cities and 3 settlers en route to occupy the south of the island. In 775 BC we entered the Middle Ages as a result of meeting the rest of the world.

Builds:

Beijing:
3800 BC Warrior
3150 BC Granary
2900 BC Settler, then a Settler every 4 turns.

High priority was given to workers in other towns as it became clear there was lots of jungle. We had 20 industrious workers by 1000 BC. We also built barracks in 9 towns and, in the absence of horses and with no Iron Working we built some warriors and a force of archers.

Research:
Pottery at full speed completed in 3400 BC.
Alphabet at 10%, completed in 1700 BC.

We realised we were alone, and found that the visible adjacent land mass was not going to talk to us, so research moved to max speed ...
Writing completed in 1500 BC
Wheel completed in 1375 BC.

That's when we discovered our Riders would need to import their horses.

Map Making completed by 1100 BC.
Work started on Literature.

A galley contacted the Greeks in 1025 BC.
Sold Map Making to Greece for contact with Babylon + WM + 25 gold.
Bought CB + BW from Babylon for Masonry + WM + 13 gold.
Bought IW from Babylon for Map Making + 39 gold.

Literature completed in 975 BC.
Sold Literature to Babylon for HBR + WM + 24 gold.
Sold HBR to Greece for Mysticism + WM + 10 gold.

In 775 BC a galley contacted people in a far off land and we traded their contacts and our maps and techs to reach the Middle Ages. No contacts were traded between the continents at this stage, as it was clear that they would not meet for quite a while.

Here's my F3 screen for 1000 BC

Detailed Turn Log for 40 turns.
  • Turn 0 4000 BC. Worker N, sees coast W and gold E. Settler founds Beijing in place. Sees game SE, SE. Starts Warrior. Research Pottery at 100% (15 turns initially)
  • Turn 1 3950 BC. Worker starts road.
  • Turn 2 3900 BC. zzz
  • IBT Road complete
  • Turn 3 3850 BC. Worker starts irrigation. Pottery now due in 10 turns.
  • Turn 4 3800 BC. zzz
  • IBT Irrigation complete, Warrior1 complete.
  • Turn 5 3750 BC. Warrior1 S, sees jungle. Worker SE to wheat. Beijing starts Pyramids as granary prebuild.
  • IBT Beijing pop 2
  • Turn 6 3700 BC. Sliders 0.8.2. Worker starts road. Warrior1 S.
  • Turn 7 3650 BC. Warrior1 S, sees more jungle.
  • IBT Road complete.
  • Turn 8 3600 BC. Pottery now due in 4 Turns. Worker irrigates. Warrior1 S - more jungle!
  • Turn 9 3550 BC. Warrior1 SE to mountain. Sees coast with mountains and more jungle.
  • IBT Beijing expands and grows to pop 3. Irrigation complete. Spices are exposed in the west.
  • Turn 10 3500 BC. Worker W to river/BG. Warrior1 S, sees gems.
  • Turn 11 3450 BC. Worker1 starts mine. Warrior SE to mountain. Sees east coast. Slider 4.4.2 for Pottery next turn
  • IBT Pottery complete.
  • Turn 12 3400 BC. Start Alphabet at 10%. Switch Beijing to Granary. Warrior1 S.
  • Turn 13 3350 BC. Warrior1 SW to mountain. Sees desert, water, Flood Plains to west. MM Beijing to use forest for an extra shield. Slider 6.1.3.
  • IBT Beijing grows to pop 4. Mine completed.
  • Turn 14 3300 BC. Worker starts road. Warrior1 S.
  • Turn 15 3250 BC. Warrior1 S on hill, sees desert both sides.
  • IBT Road complete.
  • Turn 16 3200 BC. MM Beijing for 3fpt + 8spt for granary in 2 turns. Worker E towards BG. Warrior1 SW to mountainm sees more gems, S coast.
  • Turn 17 3150 BC. Worker to BG. Warrior1 S to coast, sees whale.
  • IBT Granary completed in Beijing.
  • Turn 18 3100 BC. Beijing starts settler. Worker starts mine. Warrior1 SW to mountain, no land visible south. It's looking like we are alone on our island.
  • IBT Neijing pop 5.
  • Turn 19 3050 BC. Warrior E on south coast. Slider 5.1.4.
  • Turn 20 3000 BC. Warrior E on south coast.
  • IBT Tacitus publishes the wealthiest nations list: China, Vikings, Japan, Aztecs, Babylon, Greece, Egypt, Iroquois. Worker completes mine.
  • Turn 21 2950 BC. Worker starts road. Warrior1 E.
  • IBT Beijing riots. I missed the pop increase to 6.
  • Turn 22 2900 BC. Warrior1 E.
  • IBT Settler completed in Beijing. Road completed.
  • Turn 23 2850 BC. Settler NW. Worker follows her. Warrior1 N.
  • Turn 24 2800 BC. Worker NW. Settler NW. Warrior1 N to hill on east coast, sees more land to the east.
  • Turn 25 2750 BC. Worker starts road. Settler NW to spices. Warrior N on east coast.
  • Turn 26 2710 BC. Shanghai founded on spices, starts barracks. Warrior N on east coast.
  • IBT Settler built in Bekjing. Road complete.
  • Turn 27 2670 BC. Settler E, E to hill. Worker E, E, heading for game forest. Warrior1 NW.
  • Turn 28 2630 BC. Warrior1 N. Build Canton, see more spices. Start barracks.
  • Turn 29 2590 BC. Worker starts forest chop. Warrior1 N.
  • Turn 30 2550 BC. Warrior1 N.
  • IBT Settler complete in Beijing.
  • Turn 31 2510 BC. Warrior1 NW to mountain. Settler W, S to game forest.
  • IBT Barb warrior appears from S.
  • Turn 32 2470 BC. Warrior1 N. Settler S.
  • IBT Shanghai completes Barracks, starts worker.
  • Turn 33 2430 BC. Build Nanking. Warrior1 S to mountain near barb.
  • IBT Forest chop completed. Shields to Nanking. Barb dies vs warrior1, no damage.
  • Turn 34 2390 BC. Worker irrigates game. Warrior1 NE
  • IBT Settler completed in Beijing.
  • Turn 35 2350 BC. Settler SW. Warrior1 E.
  • IBT Irrigation complete.
  • Turn 36 2310 BC. Settler SW. Worker starts road on game. Warrior1 N.
  • Turn 37 2270 BC. Settler W to coast. Warrior1 N.
  • IBT Canton completes barracks, starts worker. Nanking completes barracks, starts worker.
  • Turn 38 2230 BC. Build Tsingtao, start barracks.
  • IBT Beijing completes settler. Shanghai completes worker, starts archer.
  • Turn 39 2190 BC. Settler NE, NE. Warrior1 N.
  • Turn 40 2150 BC. Settler N. Warrior1 N.