Retep beat us to 8 cities. However his GNP has tanked, so I don't feel too bad!
We finished Calendar. I forgot that we had sugar under the capital, so we actually get FOUR unique happiness resources out of this.
Masonry will only take 2 turns, then we can hook up marble and chop the Mausoleum. ~10 turns to next Great Scientist as well, which will be burned for a Golden Age once Mausoleum is up and running.
Bob settled a border city. He'll fight for the cows, but it doesn't seem like he expects us to be enemies or he would have settled that city on a hill.
We have a problem. A game-deciding problem. I got visibility on REM's research after ending my turn, he's teching Machinery. It's a beeline for Guilds and a Cataphract rush.
I don't know if we can get Engineering before he can get Guilds+HBR. Guilds is an expensive tech, so that's good. 1000 beakers. To put that into perspective, it would take me 38 turns with current tech rate at 20%. Machinery is 700 and Feudalism 700, and he needs those for Guilds.
However Engineering alone is also 1000, and it requires Machinery (700) and Construction (350). Currency (400) is a must to speed up teching, and I need IW and iron to build pikes.
We have to start preparing. He only neighbors me and Bob, we can't rely on luck to not get rushed. I have some ideas.
