some thoughts on foreign policy
1) 95% that egyptian warrior has permission, or india wouldn't be so cool about a summit
2) if that's the case india + egypt are in tight, we need to either join in or organise a coalition against them
3) we need to get directions to aztecs immediately + then find whoever's W of india
4) the ottomans know india has stonehenge right? i thought ruff was likeliest to build stonehenge for the CHA synergy. we need to meet aztec ASAP to see whether they're friendly with india or whether they have their eyes on stonehenge (i'm assuming it's obvious to everyone india has henge from the score increase?). if they're cool with india then A4 is right to fear a rush, aztec WILL use those jaguars on someone.
5) our scouting situation is 1000x better to the W than it is to the E. depending on how much they tell us i may give france a decent amount of info on what's happening to the W so we can get a clearer picture of our neighbours to the E.
6) if our current picture is correct, we have been fairly lucky with our neighbours, it certainly could have been worse
sorry, i'm just throwing everything down here
Ottomans: counter-offer for marble city = city 1 tile E of spices and free use of marble when we're not building a wonder. it does seem Korea was to their W. I'm going to use this as leverage in negotiations, there's only been 1 team eliminated and they happen to border them. Securing borders with us would allow them to expand aggressively where Korea was. we also need to arrange directions to carthage.
France: if they agree to short NAP. ask which direction they came from, and about surrounding civs. Tell them we've met civs to our west w/o naming names but saying we'd be happy to give directions if they agree to NAP. I'll try to get as much info as possible on the lie of the land. if they don't agree to NAP, redouble scouting efforts in their direction. do we know if they came from N, E, or S?
India/Egypt: we need to exclude that 5% probability they're fighting (would be dire if krill got his hands on stonehenge). given his comments on maintenance on top of india's casual attitude i think a war is highly unlikely. It's much more likely they're working closely together + if that's the case krill might be the one to supply monarchy in a trade, leaving us (HBR?). we need to get directions to aztec, meet them ASAP, and decide how close we think Egypt+India are and whether we throw our hat in the ring with them. once we've met aztec we ask india if they've met mystery civ to the W, if not we can go that way + repay india's favour by arranging a meeting.
Aztec: hopefully India gives us directions, I'll double-check they remember the rest of the summit. it's high priority as aztec is looking to rush 95% (other 5% is some variant), india would be ideal for CHA henge, but they may instead have their eyes set on ottomans (unlikely as they still haven't met, right?) or whoever's to their N and E.
lots to do... i will send our counter-offer to ottomans now, including ilios' better city placement
1) 95% that egyptian warrior has permission, or india wouldn't be so cool about a summit
2) if that's the case india + egypt are in tight, we need to either join in or organise a coalition against them
3) we need to get directions to aztecs immediately + then find whoever's W of india
4) the ottomans know india has stonehenge right? i thought ruff was likeliest to build stonehenge for the CHA synergy. we need to meet aztec ASAP to see whether they're friendly with india or whether they have their eyes on stonehenge (i'm assuming it's obvious to everyone india has henge from the score increase?). if they're cool with india then A4 is right to fear a rush, aztec WILL use those jaguars on someone.
5) our scouting situation is 1000x better to the W than it is to the E. depending on how much they tell us i may give france a decent amount of info on what's happening to the W so we can get a clearer picture of our neighbours to the E.
6) if our current picture is correct, we have been fairly lucky with our neighbours, it certainly could have been worse
sorry, i'm just throwing everything down here
Ottomans: counter-offer for marble city = city 1 tile E of spices and free use of marble when we're not building a wonder. it does seem Korea was to their W. I'm going to use this as leverage in negotiations, there's only been 1 team eliminated and they happen to border them. Securing borders with us would allow them to expand aggressively where Korea was. we also need to arrange directions to carthage.
France: if they agree to short NAP. ask which direction they came from, and about surrounding civs. Tell them we've met civs to our west w/o naming names but saying we'd be happy to give directions if they agree to NAP. I'll try to get as much info as possible on the lie of the land. if they don't agree to NAP, redouble scouting efforts in their direction. do we know if they came from N, E, or S?
India/Egypt: we need to exclude that 5% probability they're fighting (would be dire if krill got his hands on stonehenge). given his comments on maintenance on top of india's casual attitude i think a war is highly unlikely. It's much more likely they're working closely together + if that's the case krill might be the one to supply monarchy in a trade, leaving us (HBR?). we need to get directions to aztec, meet them ASAP, and decide how close we think Egypt+India are and whether we throw our hat in the ring with them. once we've met aztec we ask india if they've met mystery civ to the W, if not we can go that way + repay india's favour by arranging a meeting.
Aztec: hopefully India gives us directions, I'll double-check they remember the rest of the summit. it's high priority as aztec is looking to rush 95% (other 5% is some variant), india would be ideal for CHA henge, but they may instead have their eyes set on ottomans (unlikely as they still haven't met, right?) or whoever's to their N and E.
lots to do... i will send our counter-offer to ottomans now, including ilios' better city placement