Mardoc isn't doing a lot better than Azza, but founded Buddhism, so if we leave it long enough before attacking him we could get a free shrine 
- any idea which city he put it in FT? Offering Azza OBs and letting him scout us gives him carte blanche to focus on Mardoc, but I don't think I've read much about him being bent on revenge before - his chariot rush into Wetbandit's spears in PB14 was funny - but can you give us any other references?
So another thing in favour of going for Guilds quick is we could aim for Mardoc's shrine after Azza. Oh, and we get half-price banks too
. Awww, I'm nearly convinced. Damn you Retep 
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The Guilds tech path would be:
Metal Casting->Polytheism->Monotheism->Monarchy->Iron Working->Feudalism->Machinery->Guilds
But I guess we want Currency->CoL->Calendar before we start (in that order to allow time between building courthouses and forges, but perhaps we want the higher Calendar happy cap earlier?) Then Civil Service around the time we start our first golden age (possibly after Guilds, but probably before) for a HR/Bureau/Caste/OR switch. That could mean we get knights around turn 120-130 if we really push it and ignore the top of the tree.
- any idea which city he put it in FT? Offering Azza OBs and letting him scout us gives him carte blanche to focus on Mardoc, but I don't think I've read much about him being bent on revenge before - his chariot rush into Wetbandit's spears in PB14 was funny - but can you give us any other references? So another thing in favour of going for Guilds quick is we could aim for Mardoc's shrine after Azza. Oh, and we get half-price banks too
. Awww, I'm nearly convinced. Damn you Retep .The Guilds tech path would be:
Metal Casting->Polytheism->Monotheism->Monarchy->Iron Working->Feudalism->Machinery->Guilds
But I guess we want Currency->CoL->Calendar before we start (in that order to allow time between building courthouses and forges, but perhaps we want the higher Calendar happy cap earlier?) Then Civil Service around the time we start our first golden age (possibly after Guilds, but probably before) for a HR/Bureau/Caste/OR switch. That could mean we get knights around turn 120-130 if we really push it and ignore the top of the tree.
Completed: RB Demogame - Gillette, PBEM46, Pitboss 13, Pitboss 18, Pitboss 30, Pitboss 31, Pitboss 38, Pitboss 42, Pitboss 46, Pitboss 52 (Pindicator's game), Pitboss 57
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