After having my conquest delusions brought back to our militarlyless reality, I proceeded with the game choosing the Tradition opener. I also chose Oligarchy during my turn set, another Tradition SP (which is now a prereq for the more useful Tradition SPs, like Legalism, Landed Elite and Monarchy). The reasoning is the following: We can still get the piety opener + organized religion pretty soon (before building a shrine even), if the team decides to do so, but we can also choose to fill all the Tradition policies before doing it. I just postponed the decision of choosing between these paths to the next player. 
*We got 95 gold from a hut.
*We met Hiawa...The Iroquois (to the NW):
*We found Russia. My limited Civ 5 experience says Russia is one of the more competent AIs. Their Capital is pretty good, so they may end up being one of the thoughest opposition for us.
*I think I also found our second city spot:
That's the King Solomon mines, with its 6 hammer yield. We could settle a city near it with wheat + Ivory + lots of camp resources and a 2-hammer city tile. That's an incredible spot and I think we should make a priority to settle it.
Anyway, I stopped before turn 25 because I think we have an important decision to take. We just finished a granary and we need to choose our next build. We can get a settler in 10 turns:
Or we could go for a safer play, building a worker, perhaps with this tile configuration:
I'm leaning towards a settler for the King Solomon mines spot. We'll have enough money for a worker purchase once we settle this second city, so we can quickly improve the wheat and the camp resources. Not sure if the Solomon Mines are worth such an effort, so I want to ask the team's opinion. Since we are up to turn 22, I decided to stop. Next player can play until turn 40, to make things more rounded.
Things to notice:
*The warrior is pretty close to the Capital; if we want him to escort the settler, I think he should go back now. There's a barb cam nearby, which could make things tricky for an unescorted settler.
*We need to choose our third SP soon (3 turns, I think). I think we should just finish Tradition before going for Piety, but if the team decides differently, we can choose Piety opener and still get Organized Religion pretty soon.
*I have the Capital on production focus with all wanted tiles locked, so we get the free production when the city grows. Keep an eye when the city grows to then select the appropriate tile, otherwise the new citizen will work a hill tile.
*We are finishing research on Trapping. Any opinions about where we should go next?
*I forgot to Pledge to Protect Ragusa once again, so next player should do it.
The save: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2124...0.Civ5Save
Good luck to the next player (Rowain)! Let me know if the save is working.
*We got 95 gold from a hut.
*We met Hiawa...The Iroquois (to the NW):
*We found Russia. My limited Civ 5 experience says Russia is one of the more competent AIs. Their Capital is pretty good, so they may end up being one of the thoughest opposition for us.
*I think I also found our second city spot:
That's the King Solomon mines, with its 6 hammer yield. We could settle a city near it with wheat + Ivory + lots of camp resources and a 2-hammer city tile. That's an incredible spot and I think we should make a priority to settle it.
Anyway, I stopped before turn 25 because I think we have an important decision to take. We just finished a granary and we need to choose our next build. We can get a settler in 10 turns:
Or we could go for a safer play, building a worker, perhaps with this tile configuration:
I'm leaning towards a settler for the King Solomon mines spot. We'll have enough money for a worker purchase once we settle this second city, so we can quickly improve the wheat and the camp resources. Not sure if the Solomon Mines are worth such an effort, so I want to ask the team's opinion. Since we are up to turn 22, I decided to stop. Next player can play until turn 40, to make things more rounded.
Things to notice:
*The warrior is pretty close to the Capital; if we want him to escort the settler, I think he should go back now. There's a barb cam nearby, which could make things tricky for an unescorted settler.
*We need to choose our third SP soon (3 turns, I think). I think we should just finish Tradition before going for Piety, but if the team decides differently, we can choose Piety opener and still get Organized Religion pretty soon.
*I have the Capital on production focus with all wanted tiles locked, so we get the free production when the city grows. Keep an eye when the city grows to then select the appropriate tile, otherwise the new citizen will work a hill tile.
*We are finishing research on Trapping. Any opinions about where we should go next?
*I forgot to Pledge to Protect Ragusa once again, so next player should do it.
The save: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/2124...0.Civ5Save
Good luck to the next player (Rowain)! Let me know if the save is working.