[SPOILERS] Charriu and Zalson are fighting the honorable post count war!

[Zalson]

What size is his capital? I'd say if you're going to do this, make sure you settle all 3 the moment it razes. Otherwise you might miss out. Also, make sure you have missionaries ready, as well. You want to pop borders ASAP.

[Charriu]

Good point with the missionaries.

[Charriu]

T139:

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Oh boy Shallow is already at Civil Service and swapped to bueraucracy. I think we are looking at our new leading player in this game. And Elkad declared war on Magic again and Superdeath finished SoZ. Also of note is that Elkad will finish Horseback Riding next turn.



Magic's power rating looks better then last time.



I've send a scout to the west to look what is happening with Magic and what Shallow will do. Last time I checked he had a force near Elkad. Shallow also whipped twice this turn and last turn. Maybe he will help Magic against Elkad.



Elkad "only" has 5 archers right now in Schilda. But the big problem is that I don't have any siege as of now and only 6 swordsmen, 3 chariots, 4 axeman and 3 archers around Forza.

[Zalson]

Well, once you can get your trebs out, go take Schlidda. That'll solve your border problem

[Charriu]

Oh, for once I'm not afraid of the border. It's more that I fear to loose the window of opportunity against Elkad.

[Zalson]

What's your production look like now?

[Charriu]

With the upcoming turn, I will post graphs and city screens. It still looks good.

[Charriu]

T140:

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And Magic and Elkad are at peace again. So it was only a small border dispute. Also of note is that Superdeath has finished the Temple of Artemis in an unknown city. That can only be the city north of Byblos, which I didn't discover yet.



Somebody asked how it's looking for RFS. As you can see his army consists almost only of archers. His city is only at pop 5 and in the case of an attack I suspect him to  whip that city down to 1.

Most importantly. I'm running 70% science this turn. With 2 research builds in Forza and Iron Claw, I am able to finish Machinery next turn. Like I mentioned in a previous post I will go CoL->Mathematics-> Civil Service next, but I think I will do Mathematics first, to get at least a bit more out of the wood chop bonus.

[Charriu]

Graphs and Cities:

Graphs:




Superdeath score increased a lot in the last turns, which is mainly due to some wonders build on his side.



GNP is terrible and I'm falling behind in tech considerably.



So as I mentioned I did not fall that far back to my old value in prodcution after my golden age.



I'm still 3rd in food and that with less city then the two leading players.



I'm coming back in power and am now even with Superdeath. This will increase in the next turns and due to my constant espionage investment in Elkad and Superdeath, they may not notice my increase.



Cities:





So just as you suggested I started growing my backline cottages in Exdeath. For some reason nobody has finished Colossus as of yet. Maybe I really have a chance of getting this.



I know, I know I'm working an unimproved tile in Wing Raptor. My workers will build a lumbermill there in the next turns. I only kept working this tile so that I don't loose any food here. Other then that Wing Raptor is producing units every second turn and with the general the units all start with 5 exp.



Karlabos is building a temple so that I can work priests here. I really would like to build the holy shrine in my holy city. Maybe I'm lucky with my next great person. After the temple I will build walls, mainly because I still have access to stone. Then it's going to work on the next great person again.




I will be able to whip some units here and overflow into something else. Other then that Siren will mainly build units in the next turns.



I was able to finish the very important market in Magissa. Next I'm building walls, because I have stone and I may need them later for a castle.



Forza too has a unit ready to be whipped and overflowed into something else. It to will focus on unit production next.



After the Monastery I will whip out a buddhist missionary to spread buddhism to Exdeath. With the monastery I hope that I pop borders sooner here, so that I can get back the tiles from Superdeath before he starts chopping the forests there.



Moai is coming along nicely. After that, you guessed it, it's going into unit production.



Poor Iron Claw is at it's current pop limit with just 4. It desperately needs irregation to build some farms. But nonetheless it has enough production to finish some culture buildings. Getting that hill in the south back under my control would be great.



Byblos needs more culture to survive in the sandwich in the north. After the monument I will build a monastery or units.



Sandworm unfortunately suffers a similar fate as Iron Claw in having low pop, but with a lighthouse this city can at least produce enough gold to pay for itself.

[Zalson]

might want to add a wealth build. otherwise you might not complete it because of inflation.

additionally, i would not put walls in Magissa. A forge is more useful. I would only erect walls when you're under attack.