RBP3 - [SPOILERS] - Team DIM (Mehmed of HRE)

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Ok I've finally been able to play T74. First Horse Archer, baptised "Death", finished and moving to the French front. Chop in DIM, means another will be finished next turn.
I was going to have a chop finish a HA in Midas, but it would seem we have overestimated France's military.
After analysing France's power graph, I have come to the conclusion they have 4-5 warriors around, for 4 cities.



I have them at 39-40K Soldiers from T74 power graph. But demographics shows lowest power at 44K soldiers, So Cyneheard and I think they finished a Spear this turn.
If they finished the Spear at Lyon, their Copper city, then England will probably have to wait until our forces have arrived before moving into France's core. If not, then England can just keep moving and crush Orleans. Krill has set his sights on Paris, and hopes he can take the city with one War Chariot.

I've been talking to Cyneheard of England concerning the land division, and this is what we've come up with. I thought it would be better to take the Sheep/copper site so we can claim the northern half of France a bit easier. They want the Wine/Sheep site to Singa's south. It is only 4 tiles away, but they have promised to not put a Library there, and won't be founding it till T85-90, which gives us plenty of time to build a Library. That is, unless Confu gets founded in Singa...

You can see the the Orange dot, which is a Carthage site, and White Dot, which is England's preferred site. Part of the deal is that England provide us with Wines (to be traded for Spices probably).



And this would be our site. England plan a city to the south, sharing the food resources of their existing city. Notice we keep the gold at Orleans. There is a nice grassland sheep 2N of the gold, which will make a nice city somewhere in the future.



Anyway let me know what you think. Bear in mind we've still got a least four cities left to plant around DIM. We won't be settling former France anytime soon...