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Epic One: "Gnarlo Gets an Incomplete"

Due to starting a week late, work keeping me from getting on 4 days last week, and my son having to type his senior paper (he passed business school! YES! smile ), I couldn't finish my game. I will post the details tomorrow or the next day, for now the abbreviated report is that I ran out of time in the mid-1700's; after trailing in 4th or 5th place for most of the game, I'd pulled ahead into a (distant) second behind Washington in the last 100 years or so smile . Not too shabby for not having played since the Civ2 days smile , I had a roaring good time fighting off Monte and Genghis, and learned a heck of a lot...

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Well, starting a week late and having work keeping me from playing 4 days last week means in incomplete in my first Epic game; still I managed to make it up to 17xs intact and in (a distant) second place in score behind Washington. smile My last civ experience before this was Civ 2 and I never played it above the next to easiest difficulty, and I've played one Civ 4 game on the easiest level before the epic, so I had a lot of fun playing this and learning my way smile So without further preface, here's the report on my Incomplete... Most of this was typed as the turns were played and I tried to give some of my thoughts behind my moves; lessons I learned in [].... You will also notice at some point I start calling the Aztecs the Incans for some reason, maybe the cold medicine was kicking in... I also was typing this in-character, but as time ran out, I started just keeping shortened notes and now don't have to time to pretty it up any. c'est la vie.

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My Dearest Maria,

Greetings from your Louis. Having a great time, wish you were here. The view is spectacular; from this hill I can see all of Lacs du Renard et des Lievres. In answer to your query regarding why I have not been home at night the last few millenia, I send you this journal of my activities to the betterment of our Honorable people; I pray that you shall find my time spent tres bon. Any rumors involving one "Josephine" from the "typing pool" are tres rediculous.

PreHistory -- I have begun on a hill over looking the two lakes. I really think it would be a good idea to move between the predator and his prey, but I'll explore a *little* bit with the Warrior first.

4000 -- I send the warrior one square to the east, and see more grass and forest. My group of settlers circles round the north of the Fox and ends between the two.

3960 -- My warriors move a square northwest and find the la Mer! Now a dilemna, waste more time moving to the coast or settle here? No contest, tired of their 40 years in exodus, my band digs in and founds Paris, figuring with stone, cows, and silk within reach, it's high time to start worshipping golden calves. Well, granite ones, anyhow. They also see that a small group of primitives lie just to the SE with wheat reveled to the north. The people have begun gathering resources to create another warrior band for protection.
Now, what to get busy having my scientists work on? Let's see...

**Fishing(10) be handy on those lakes, commerce boost there and I know my lady loves her trinkets,
**Hunting(10) take the same time, Scouts and spearmen would be nice...
**Mining(12) take just a bit longer, and no immediately useful effect...
**Mysticism(12) takes just as long, more immediate effects and an alternative path to Masonry and that stone quarry....
**Archery(14) a bit longer, can I live without the defense a while?...
**Pottery(16) Granieries are serious consideration
**Animal Husbandry(20) will want those cows eventually

My advisors have counselled me to begin studying "Fishing" which they say will help while away lazy Sunday afternoons, assuming that I also next study something they call "Beer".

3920 -- My warrior begins a lazy journey down the east of the Hare to the huts and to catch a small glimpse of what's out that way. Sacre bleu! but there is a lot of jungle about...

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3880 -- A large mount is seen, will move closer to see if it's a loner or a trend

3840 -- More dense jungle, the mountain seems to be a loner, and the corner of a lake or coast is seen.

3800 -- I made the acquaintance of a folk known as "Mongols", and their leader Genghis Khan. He is rather uncouth, and I established a peace with him just to get his smelly little scouts to go away. That same year I met a quaint little tribe of natives who knew about "fishing" and shared with us what little knowledge we had not already discovered on our own. [Never explore a native village when so close to finishing research on a tech]. I then set my scientists to researching Mysticism, so that my people would have the ability to curse me for future silly mistakes. Paris expands it's borders. I see pigs to the North now! (No, not more Mongols...).

3760 -- The mongol scouts have ran off. The 1st Paris Warrior Division moves to the south hill in it's sweep of the surrounds, and sees....a lot more pulpwood.

3720 -- Warrior moves westward in its great circle. Finally a break in the trees, with more cows seen near the SE coast.

3680 -- 5 squares due S of Paris and we see another coast off to the SW, strange bit of land we are on here...

3640 -- I reveal more coast line south of me, and find clams.

3600 -- move further west

3560 -- first le'brain poof from earlier civ days, having second thoughts re worker vs warrior and forgot you can't swap over the hammers from one to the other... looks like a warrior next turn it is. Another square west finds rice... and more cows. Apparently we've started in Texas....

3520 -- The 2nd Paris Warriors fortify in town, and I begin the belated Worker... 23 turns!!!

3480 -- Buddhism has been founded in a distant land... Ghengis's scouts are seen again north of my exploring warrior. I come to my senses, and que up a barracks so that Paris will grow in 6 turns and my worker will build a little quicker.. *blush*

3440 -- Panthers appear out of the great mysterious west. I'll hope the jungle will help protect my brave warriors, and move them north. Ahhh, the panthers are protecting their banana supply!

3400 -- the panthers attack up the jungle covered hill and the 1 PWD are victorious, taking no damage !!

3360 -- Mysticism is discovered. I choose masonry next for the quarry.

3320 -- moving north, nada happens. I move my citizens seasonal migration to the lake from the silk, moving masonry up one turn.

3280 -- more panthers leap out of the dark and attack my vailiant warriors who defeat them earning their first promotion!! They go for Woodsman I, naturally, healing them from 1.4 to 1.7 in the process. more pigs and further coast found to the nw

3240 -- Paris grows to a pop of 2 and vive la france! the second is a mime!! Worker brought back up, 18 turns to pop. Hmmm, lost 2 turns on the production but the population boost makes me feel safer somehow in my ignorance

3200 -- Warrior finds a narrow isthmus going north, fish and rice. An inland sea?

3120 -- Not an isthmus, a peninsula. Where'd the mongol scouts go? Will move across the nothern coast above paris

2840 -- meet scouts from washington!

2800 -- lions attack, beaten off with heavy casualties, at less then 1/2 strength. masonry is discovered. we set to learn animal husbandry next to utilize the resources about.

2680 -- scouts from alexander met to the ne. 4 turns to worker, just about time to head back home to guard

2520 -- worker is trained. I next start on stonehenge, hopefully can get that stone quarry built and tied in, I send the workers to the nw to start roads

2440 -- Paris borders have expanded again. Warriors moving south to explore that border. 1st warrior moves into paris to heal and guard

2400 -- quarry began

2320 -- dyes found past the se border ! I can expand from this drab wardrobe now!

2280 -- ghandi contacted. Can't say much for his fashion sense.

2160 -- animal husbandry arrives, i start to learn mining. I find the edge of mongolian lands not far to the east of me, oh dear
somehow, my fearful little civ is still second in the ratings....

2080 -- get a glimpse of Karakorum, size 3 with archer and warrior in town. Need to look to my defense soon.

2040 -- oops, make that size 4 quarry built, worker works to finish the road. Only 12 turns to stonehenge now Need to work on a pasture next, i don't like the climbing unhealth

1975 -- ugh, ranked 6th in power list. definitely need to put some time into military... I hear ghenghis drooling... For some reason, the days seem to be longer as well... Must be time dragging without you at my side, mon cher.

1950 -- I begin working on pasture for the cows. Really need to work on growth, too....

1900 -- ghengis adopts slavery...

1850-- mining is discovered. one turn to stonehenge. going for pottery, grow to slow to waste the effects of half preservation. Warriors being recalled, 1st being sent south. Yes, Paris is defenseless for a few again

1825 -- STONEHENGE my gut REALLY makes me want to run for the pyramids next, but practicality will win this time, I start on the 3rd Paris Warrior Division

1800 -- my pasture is complete. I move off silk and onto the cows, nice! extra food and 2 hammers will help, though it does slow research just a bit... move the workers to take out some jungle to the ne

1775 -- Ah Maria, you would laugh at your silly little cow, I don't have axes yet I know what's next on the research path. the move on up to the silk

1750 -- warrior finished, pyramids began. workers start road on silk square

1700 -- alex is a slave master now

1650 -- working road to south of silk

1625 -- Paris grows to size 3 at last

1550 -- warriors find horses at last, quite a ways to the sw. workers begin my first mine, north of paris

1525 -- Pottery discovered. bronze working began. 2 dyes north of horses, think i've found a new city site....

1450 -- I notice mongol borders touching mine....

1400 -- my mine is complete, start a road to tie it in.... is it worth moving to finish pyramids 5 turns earlier, but stagnant growth? I gamble to keep growing. once i hit 4 I'll move

1375 -- ghandi adopts slavery as well.

1350 -- and now washington as well. So much disillusionment to go around in the honor of my neighbors.

1325 -- i've explored the limits of the land to my west and south, I've got a nice plot here if i can solo exploit it....

1300 -- first farm begins south of paris

1275 -- hinduism founded in a distant land

1250 -- genghis becomes a hindu... hmm, i wonder who found it he also jumps to the top of the score list

1125 -- paris grows to 4, we move to the mine, stagnant, but pyramids in 5 then a settler

1100 -- workers road the farm. moving the warriors to see what going on on the mongol border

1050 -- Bronze working. What? We need iron for jungle?! who's never played in the tropics before? hunting it is, we need some spearmen, time to get a bit more martial. I decline slavery for present, it just doesn't seem that Honourable™ and i grow too slow at the moment for the benefit. maybe later

1025 -- workers start another farm, can use a growth option

1000 -- paris builds the pyramids!! the settler jumps up next in the queue. checking the rules closely, I'm ok other than police state....

980 -- once again, the days seem to want to drag, mon peu de comquat. Must be the effects of the malaria.

960 -- barbarian archers seen for first time to the west...I move out to fortify and protect my improvements. montezuma met to the ne by the warriors. Mmmm aztec gold right outside their border, how appropriate...

920 -- hunting discovered. writing is next, I want those libraries. monte seems to have me cut off from copper, that could eventually be troublesome.

880 -- paris expands it's borders I'm getting a very nice command of this corner of the world, i need that settler!

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860 -- judaism founded in a distant land. the warrior finds tundra and strange white trees.. are we that far north?

840 -- ghandi adopts organized religion, so he has judaism

800 -- I start roading toward the new city site, warrior moves down to protect, barb archers seen down that way . recent expansion of the ne corner shows beshbalik (2), and grabs the pigs.

780 -- RBCiv-Epic1 the Pathetic is 6th in advancement, I get no respect Settler created, I start on a barracks. start moving settler down, praps it can be the growth city and paris the production?

740 -- settlers have reached position, one square south of suggested place, hmmmm

720 -- Orleans is founded good lord, one citizen and it's already got a green cloud of funk hanging over it. must be a gamer. put the game down and go air out, boy! I need to get iron working next to chop some jungle and pray I have some iron within my borders Oooo, reveals the Cherokee to the SE of orleans on the coast... 2 archers, but I need to take out that city while it's a 1...

700 -- time to bring the northern warriors back down home, they are needed on the soon to be front! Sending the 2nd and 3rd south to Orleans, paris is dangerously undefended

660 -- barb archers move toward the capitol, and i move the 2nd back toward the city, just can't risk it until I get more troops

640 -- paris gets a barracks, time to start bulking up: warrior up next in 1 turn, 2nd heads back down to orleans. the 3rd fortified on the hill outside cherokee just can't lure the heathens out.

620 -- 4th paris warrior built give them city raider I and send down the road to orleans, begin a second. borders of orleans expand, france's borders now link between the two cities

600 -- Orleans and paris connected, the boost from paris's cows heals my funk problem. i have 13 turns to come up with more health before it grows again.. Imhotep born in Paris!! I'll use him to get Metal Casting. Woot! i enter the classical age! the cherokee remain unimpressed.

580 -- paris will build a forge next since it's nearly to it's health limit anyhow. the 5pwd is given city raider 1 as well, and hunker down to see what the barb archers to the south have planned. the 1pcoe starts a horse pasture south of orleans.

540 -- discover writing. iron working makes it's belated appearance on the "honey do" list.

520 -- great, orleans gets more jungle hmmm 2:6 are some crappy odds, I'll keep fortifying on this hill

500 -- Ghengis adopts Organized religion. more barbs to the west

480 -- tax rate back to 100%, we go into 1 gpt deficit spending, but cuts 6turns off iron to 26.

440 -- paris completes it's forge, starts walls. I shift workers onto all the lakes around paris, iron due in 16 now.

420 -- barb archers from south moving to paris, I move the 1st and 5th pwd south into the jungle to headthem off.

400 -- the 1st pwd defeats the archers, but drops to 0.6/2.0. the two units move back toward paris to heal. my workers start a road to tie in the horses

380 -- advising me to build a settler? I think my domestic advisor got into the "spices" again. I see the barbs again to the west, and more barb city borders behind them. Orleans grows to 2.

320 -- horses are connected. i send the workers back north.

280 -- Alex declares on Ghandi! better them than me.

260 -- workers start mining other hill north of paris

240 -- ghandi seeks open borders with me, and gets it in trade.

220 -- alexander asks for help against ghandi. seeing where their respective civs are in score, he's on his own

180 -- genghis has axe men at our border...washington trades open borders.2 turns till jungle clearing!

140 -- iron working obtained finally. Hallelujah, iron is on the other side of the fox, guess I will need a city now. back to hammer mode at paris, production swapped to worker. worker sent back down south to rice fields cherokee has grown to 2...

120 -- orleans gets a granary, begins walls

80 -- monte adopts buddism. the 2nd pwd proves too much temptation, a barb archer from cherokee attack it and lose, though it is dropped to 0.9, the 4th move up to reinforce them. the workers starts a rice patty.

60 -- have bled treasury dry, must drop back to 90% science. the warriors dig in

40-- genghis begins to encroach more, old sarai founded on my se border, grabs dyes. I need to get a settler out to grab the iron and cows out that way.

20 -- worker on line in paris. i begin a settler, atkins fever sweeps the city and people cut back on eating while I rush a settler in 8 turns, must be careful the diet stays healthy and they don't loose a pop point.

0 -- turn of the millenium. archery discovered. meditation up next, need to move toward temples. Orleans gets a granary, begins a library. worker starts work on iron mine west of paris

60ad -- genghis asks for open borders, i turn down at this time, don't yet want him wandering through my land... Lot of forces along my eastern border belonging to him... Confusionism discovered in a distant land

80 -- Washington converts to confusionism

120 -- workers begin route from iron mine

140 -- settler finishes in paris, walls restart

160 -- alex and I trade open borders. paris builds walls, begins chariot. alex and gandi end their war. research back at 100.

180 -- iron hooked up

200 -- first chariot produced in paris, swordman began chariots head southward for cherokee. worker starts on road to rice.

210 -- yeah yea... meditation learned. priesthood in 7.

220 -- alex converts to judaism, impatiently, I wait for axemen to lead the assault on cherokee.

230 -- the parthenon has been built in a far away land. We have rice hooked up, and orleans and paris are healthier. Lyons is founded as paris's first coastal city. begins on a warrior [never completed]. drop research to 90, breaking even.

240 -- 1st paris swords complete, library started. Orleans borders expand. Heck, cherokee may flip soon.... monte has archers and warriors passing through, wonder where he think's HE"S going?

270 -- monte and i trade open borders

280 -- borders lyons expands

290 - Priesthood discovered. NOW we go for sailing.

300 -- the oracle built in a far away land. monte getting a bit too interested in orleans, move chariots back

310 -- cherokee flips. I'm getting too many cities.... starts ona work boat. 1st cherokee archers fortify. the workers start pasturing cows by lyons. I send the warriors down to lyons. can't keep research at 90 much longer bleeding like this

330 -- paris completes it's library, maybe I can turn science back a little (like I have a choice...). It starts some archers. I don't see a granary being any big help now, health and happiness constrain me.

340 -- orleans completes it's library, I drop research to 70 (break even) and keep sailing in 5 barbarian archers seen nw of orleans and nw of the paris quarry. I send the 1st Paris Swords to reinforece the warriors. Warrior arrives and fortifies lyons. Worker starts clearing jungle and building a mine on the hill north of orleans. Cheariot ride up to guard them. I also recall the warriors back westward.

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350 -- Warrior reinforce the chariots. Up north, the swords flank the barb archers.

360 -- in the north, my sword successfully defeat the archers and promote twice to Woodsman II; in the south, I lose the chariots Hinduism spreads to paris on the bright side. cherokee expands again, clams are in the borders and 4 turns to workboat. Workers can't build with all the racket, I send them to the next hill east to do the same, pull up warirors to reinforce Pothole Hill.... oops, just realized cherokee is not connected *blush* interrupt the workers *again* and send them south.

370 -- Warriors repel the barb archer attack with minor losses, avenging the loss of the chariots on Pothole Hill. I promote them to WM1. the warrior forces move off the hill back to orleans for r&r. the 1st sword once again fortify paris. completion of the pasture gives lyons a needed boost, the worker roads it. I'm given the opportunity to become a hindi, turn it down until I can see what others are, and now I can't figure out how to convert... it'd definitely make genghis a bit happier... check the forums... what's that? a Religious advisor? I have one of those? *blush*... Hmmm, I don't want to piss the others off, maybe an Open Borders offer to the big G? Hmmm, they don't like me enough...

390 -- discover sailing. mathematics up next (aquaducts, hanging gardens). 1st Paris Archers formed. Monastery next for the science and culture boost.

400 -- cherokee gets a work boat, starts on a forge. Worker starts a iron mine by lyons.

410 -- cherokee finally gets access to the empire the Worker starts a cow pasture n of the city, and the workboat works the clams... can't increase research spending above 70 yet, but at least i now have a 1gpt cash flow. Washington and Monte really like taking walks in my southern jungles

440 -- lyons finishes it's work boat, moves back to spearman.

450 -- Monte declares war on ghandi, he's not been the most popular leader... Lyons works the nearby fish. cherokee grows to 3.

470 -- pasture at cherokee done, Worker move to mine hill n of orleans.

480 -- paris builds monastery, let's make a scout, what the hey. Lyons grows to 3, mine there finished, road started.

490 -- orleans makes it's worker, starts on forge also. Worker sent north to farm the wheat on the north border. Paris grows to 5.

500 -- Paris makes the 1st Paris Scouts. Switches to Hindu Temple. they begin the trek north to see if we are cut off by the mongols.

510 -- Lyons makes a spearman, starts on a galley. Worker starts farming wheat. Passage still looks possible (barely) up north. Washingtons warriors look like they may go play with the barb city out west of my borders. Other workers starts my first cottage near lyons.

520 -- Moses born in a far away land. Find the Inca city of Tlaxcala near my north border.

540 -- Merit Ptah born in a far away land. Cherokee grows to 4, maxes it's happy.

550 -- spot my first ai galley, aztec. cherokee makes a forge, Mahavira born in Paris. Why couldn't he have been an engineer ? cherokee starts on colussus, interesting race anyhow... at worst it will improve the treasury. Orleans grows to 3, waiting on that mine to complete.

560 -- Aztecs found Calixtlahuaca right next to my scouts, invite them to the party. Hungover they continue north.

580 -- hindu temple in paris. start granary for future possible growth. Lyons grows to 4, maxes happy. my scouts make inroads into aztec society

590 -- scouts find aztec capitol, Tenochtitlan. worker start road from wheat farm.

600- First galley in lyons. begin library. Monte and gandhi make peace.

620 -- gengis demands i drop deals with the indians, since I have no idea where gandhi is, i agree and close borders. mathematics is discovered. construction next, i need those coliseums. Paris switches to an aquaduct.

630 -- my scouts find the american border.

650 -- orleans grows to 5.

660 -- Xi Ling Shi born in distant land. Everyone healthier as whole wheat bread comes into the national diet. BAD MISCLICK, HAD TO JUMP BACK TO AUTOSAVE. sending worker down to build mine for cherokee.

670 -- Monte comes demanding iron, we refuse. Taoism adopted in a distant land. Washington adopts Pacifism.

680 -- Orleans builds a forge. switches to worker.

690 -- Nabu-rimanni born in Tenochtitlan.

700 -- Worker continue clearing jungle and mining around lyons. Other one clears jungle for a cottage at cherokee.

710 -- Scouts may have reached east coast pangea, we are ranked 5th in advancements

720 -- Plato born in Karakorum. Aquaduct finished in Paris, start hanging gardens. CLICKED X BUTTON, HAVE TO RELOAD [I've discovered I do this repeatedly in advisor screens, I think to close them with the X rather than seeing the EXIT at the screen bottom... ]

730 -- Borders lyons expands.

740 -- Sword sent out to quarry to guard vs barb archers. My galley discovers it is the polynesians off to my west who keep sending archers. Que up some cats soon.

750 -- Archers have defeated 5th paris warriors Lyons finishes library, starts on forge. Swords take out damaged barb archers, but drop to 0.9 of 6 *woof*.

760 -- Orleans finishes worker, starts swordsman. Cherokee finishes the Colussus. starts worker so we can acess some money tiles and boost science; switching Lyons over to worker temporarily as well and moving to water tiles we can knock construction down from 11 turns to 7, with a slight tax deficit. worker sent to help around Paris.

770 -- Swords recuperating in Paris.

780 -- Cherokee borders expand. Worker begins jungle chop for farm se of paris.

790 -- Alexander adopts organized religion. Decide to turn Mahavira into Great Prophet in Paris, don't think relations with Genghis ever improve to Shrine stage. This also puts out income back in the green.

800 -- Montezuma declares war and moves unit of Jaguars into NE border!! *yikes* Hate war, so messy and dishonourable. Switching to war footing nonetheless; Axemen in 4 in Paris, Swordman up next turn in Orleans, Lyons tightens their belts for an axe in 4, Cherokee will have an axe in 4. Four long turns I have to hold on here. Paris swords healed to 4.5. 1 Lyon Spearman heading to the bright lights. Orleans sends warriors. Cherokee archers begin the march. If the barbs will stay cool and gengis not get any silly ideas, this may work.

810 -- 1 Orleans Swords online, begin a new chariot to speed to front (3). Jags pillage road from wheat farm . Warriors in paris (at 5.7) move up to defend north mine

820 -- archimedes born in far away land. jags move back up to wheat farm. swords move into forest for defense, dig in. So many reinforcements converge on paris. scouts discover greeks and indians south of the americans. worker finish cherokee cottage.

830 -- Jags pillage wheat farm. Great Lighthouse built in far away land. Units continue moving to and through Paris. Four new units build next turn.

840 -- 4 units complete. 1st Orleans Chariot, 1st Paris Axe, 1st Lyons Axe, 1st Cherokee Axe all move to the front.

850 -- jags move into jungle, troops move up and fortify

860 -- Construction arrives, catapults and coliseums. alphabet next on list. Jags are cut off in the jungle. Shuffling of economy, research 70, break even.

870 -- Washington declares on Ghandi. Jags defeat archer . but take half damage. Jags in turn taken out by 1st Paris Axe. enemy combatants out of French soil, we now need cats and will avenge our honor.

880 -- Archer trained in Orleans, starts cat. 2nd Paris swords complete. Back to hanging garden. Cannot progress north to Incans because of Mongol expansion, will bring galley down to coast from exploring.

890 -- Hanging Gardens built in Paris. Scouts discover the Greeks have the Great Lighthouse in Athens. Hmmm, didn't think about the extra pop point in cities... Cherokee goes to 5 has angry citizen, finishes spearman, starts a coliseum. Lyons goes 5, angy, starts coliseum. Paris jumps to 6, maxes happiness. Orleans 5, angry, coliseum. Will switch to Representation. Worker finishes connector road from Orleans to quarry to speed defenders from the rear. Paris starts catapult.

900 -- Washington asks me to join a war against the Indians. I must refuse.

910 -- Christianity founded in a distant land.Decide to switch to Representation.

920 -- Anarchy over. Greece declares war on Gandhi. Control reestablished in all my cities, no more angry citizens. Lyons set for growth, moved back to Forge. Swords and chariot board galley. Orleans back to catapult, Cherokee switches to granary.

930 -- America goes Theocratic. MOUSE FELL OFF DESK, GAME CRASHED, RELOAD.

940 -- Greece asks us to join the war against India. I must again refuse.

950 -- Aristotle born in a far away land. Catapult built in paris, start on spears (can see indian horse). The first elements of the French Foreign Legion land on Plymouth Hill.

960 -- Orleans builds catapult starts barracks. Cat and Spear board galley.

970 -- Ghengis declares war on gandhi. Alexander becomes Confusian. Economy needs major boost.

980 -- Second element of FFL lands. Lyons-Orleans coastal road finished.

990 -- Granary finishes in Cherokee, go back to work on coliseum. The FFL move east into view of Tlaxcala. Holy... 2 Archers, a Jaguar, and 7(!) Horse Archers. May rethink what city I invade. Yep, move the galley north, find that Calixtlahuaca has only a spear and an archer... looks like one of my city garrisons. I'll move the Legion north.

1000 -- Ghengis asks for help in fighting Gandhi, alright, I see the writing on the wall, I'll join already...So, at the request of the entire world, the French join the world in fighting the evil Gandhi. Paris trains a spearman.

1005 -- Must be daylight savings, feels like there are more hours in the day. Alphabet discovered, work on Calendar. Economy shifted about, research drops to 70 again.

1010 -- Paris builds a granary. starts on coliseum. Washington and Alexander make peace with gandhi. The FFL makes the outskirts of Calixtlahuaca.

1015 -- The French Foreign Legion assault begins. Catapults are struck down by archers but do heavy collateral damage. Swords destroy Horse archer. The other units fortify. The galley drops off the Cats and the Spears.

1020 -- Scouts destroyed by Aztec Horse archer. Cats defeated by aztec Spear but do futher heavy collateral. Swords promote to City Raider I, destroy the Aztec Archer. Finally, Chariots ride over the last spearman, taking the city. The remainder of the legion marches into the city to defend it, 3 rounds of quieting revolt begin. If I can hold it, it will give me a much needed northern port. Paris switches to a Hindu missionary.

1030 -- Forge made in Lyons, colliseum in Cherokee. worker clearing jungle and farming around paris. Lyons starts granary, cherokee starts barracks.

1035 -- Washington trades us Polytheism and Calendar for Metal Working. Calixtlahuaca comes out of revolt, starts on city walls. Tlaxcala to out south is in flames, revolted to the mongols perhaps? Jags and horse archer pair may be approaching from the north... Need to make worker to send up.

1040 -- We are forced to pay the mongols tribute. Burns our blood, but we can't fight 2 neighbors at once. We do make deals to trade bananas for wheat, and get open borders. We begin learning drama. Ask monte if he'd like peace, he's not agreeable. Start my first dye plantation near Orleans. Huge force headed toward Calix. Back to war footing: Paris spearmen in 3, Orleans in 5, Lyons in 3, Cherokee in 6.

1045 -- The French Foreign Legion is wiped out to a man in Calix, 2 Swords, 1 Chariots, 1 Spears, all destroyed. We do take 2 aztec HA down with us. Zoroaster born in Athens. Work begins on a banana plantation north of orleans.

1050 -- Galley sent north as an advanced scout.

1055 -- 2 spears come in, in paris and lyons. Lyons goes back to granary, Paris to missionary.

1060 -- Paris completes missionary, sends it to lyons, restarts colliseum. More polynesian archers to the west, sword sent to quarry.

1065 -- Spears fortify in forests outside quarry. Spears complete in Orleans, begin another. Missionary spreads Hinduism to Lyons.

1070 -- Poly Archers approached, Spears fortify, promote to woodsman I. Axe fortify on the quarry.

1075 -- Axe defend and destroy Poly Archers. Cherokee completes barracks, begins archer for defense. Galley moves down to bring up the 2nd FFL.

1080 -- Dye plantation complete. Lyons builds granary, Paris spears. Paris starts catapult, Lyons walls. Galley heads north with 2 spears. Dye is nice money, start a new plantation...

1085 -- France hits 1/2 million people. More jungle cleared around Paris.

1090 -- Cherokee builds archer, fortifies. Begins Library. Orleans builds spears, begins cat.

1095 -- Washington Organized Religion, Monte Hereditary Rule.

1100 - Paris builds cat, Lyons walls. The 2FFL moves north through mongol lands toward the inca. Paris starts swords. Lyons a monastery.

1105 -- Ranked Pathetic in advancement again? Sigh...

1110 -- Elephants seen on eastern border, what are you up to, G?

1115 -- elephants move away. Gandhi wants Drama for peace, We refuse to pay tribute. Monte comes asking for peace in return for alphabet, once again we will pay no tributes! Drama arrives. We desire to learn currency to help our economy. Alex moves to Hereditary rule. catapult in orleans. banana plantation built north of orleans. Let them eat banana cake.

1120 -- Heron born in Sparta.

1125 -- alex starts golden age. washy asks us to revoke deals with mongols, turned down. swords built in paris. poly archers in jungle near orleans.

1130 -- orleans builds coliseum, starts swords. Begina making roads to aztec lands to speed troops. Lyons builds monastery. starts theatre.

1135 -- attacks on both fronts, my cats destroy the poly archers, spears destroy an aztec HA, the second HA retreats. Library built in cherokee, start on theatre.

1140 -- genghis makes peace with gandhi.

1145 -- Lyons builds theater, goes back to coliseum. Ptolemy born in Karakorum.

1150 -- Genghis trades horseback riding for drama. Paris builds theater. 2nd dye plantation built. Cherokee grows to 7.

1155 -- Theatre in Cheokee. Starts on Lighthouse. Orleans grows to 7. The 2FFL moves to the suburbs of Calix.

1160 -- spear built in orleans, another began. While defending on the north front, the 2FFL destroys 2 HA and a jag, repelled a catapult, and takes every other unit in the city to half strength or less, but loses 5 spears and 2 axe (!). Learn several lessons, don't get caught out in open plains, take overwhelming troops. I rethink my strategy; I must stick to my original, defensive plan of peaceful research and quit attempting conquests... The damaged cat that survived the assault on my legion retreats onto the galley in my own Dunkirk. Perhaps it's time to turn my attentions to the Polynesians... At least my economy got a large bump, I turn research back up to 80.

1165 -- Alexander trades spices for dye. Monte requests Drama again for peace, rebuffed once more. Homer is born in a far away land.

1170 -- Paris grows to 8, builds colliseum, starts swords. Lyons builds colliseum, starts spearman. Alex's golden age ends.

1180 -- discover currency. Swordmen defeat poly archers near banana plantation. Will research compass next. Orleans gets a spearman, starts another. Lyons the same. France grows to 1 million people with the growth of cherokkee to 8.

1185 -- 1st elements of 3rd FFL land in forest outside chix. Can't seem to follow my advance to get defensive, this city tasks me!

1190 -- paris builds swordsmen, starts cat.

1195 -- cherokee builds lighthouse, begins axe, celebrates we love the prime minister day. Zhang Heng born in NY. Hinduism spreads to Orleans.

1200 -- spearmen defeat a ha sortie from chix, axemen kill poly archers at the quarry. Lyons finishes spear, will next build a market. Washy builds great library. Cherokee has we love day. Cat suicides on Cali, does significant damage. My swords defeat their spears.

1205 -- catapult trains in paris, starts market. spears in orleans, starts theater. hiduism spreads to cherokee. sucessful sword at calix gets medic I.

1210 -- axe trains in cherokee. starts market. swords at calix take out archer.

1215 -- borders of cherokee expand.

1220 -- washington wants to trade literature for drama, we agree. theater in orleans, starts monastery. Swords at calix take out archers, inca archers defeat swords against odds, cat gets drill I and barage I then does heavy damage to calix before dropping... swords take out inca cats, spears take out archers and calix falls to france, again.... We start building walls and send workers up to finish the road.

1225 -- poly send out more archers. washington adopts vassals and serfdom.

1230 -- jags and ha approach chix. they attack, incas lose ha and a jag, we lose a sword and a spear and keep the city.

1235 -- compass discovered, start on code of Laws. Alexander declares on Ghandi. Spears in Calix promote to Shock Troops, spears and swords take out remaining jags on next turn (should have fortified?). Notice greek city founded just barely on the coast to the west of Orleans.

1240 -- ghandi askes for metal casting for peace, hah. Calix borders expand. The big stack of HA don't attack my swords.

1245 -- axemen defend and destroy poly archers at quarry, promote to woods I. Borders of Paris expand. Monte adopts vassals and serfdom, Alex adopts vassals. I really need to take the Polynesians now. Bump culture up to 10, science down to 60. HA stack near Calix, attack us losing 2 HA and costing us a spear.

1250 -- Orleans expands. 2 GIANT stacks of Horse Archers coming to Calix.... Calix lost back to the incans, losing 2 HAs and a cat, and costing us 4 spears, a sword, and a catapult, Calix is razed by the Incans Killing their own people... Knossos has a French revolt. Well, that solves 2 problems.

1255 -- Lyons and Orleans both grow pop. Knossos begins building Granary. I send workers to connect it to the French empire. Orleans builds monastery, starts Aquaduct.

1270 -- Lyons finishes market, starts harbor.Cherokee grows to 10.

1275 -- Code of Laws comes in, start on Machinery, have chance to revolt to caste system, decline. Paris builds market, starts Chichen Itza. Cherokee builds market, starts aquaduct. Incans build Tlacopan on ruins of Calix, they can have it, sheesh... Begin assembling the 4th FFL to take Polynesia... Huge army masses in Tlaco, need to see to my defenses once more...

1280 -- Hypatia born in Sparta. Contact Monte, he refuses peace. 4th FFL fortifies on jungle hill overlooking polynesia.

1285 -- Trade dye for fur with washington.

1290 -- Ghengis adopts vassals and serfs. Aztec HA and cat approaching Paris, can't imagiane where THEY might be going.... Paris quickly switches to spears, up in 2. Lyons will have spears in 3, Cherokee in 3, Orleans in 4. [I've discovered that I'm a proponent of "just in time defense"]

1295 -- Bi Sheng born in Paris. Knossos borders expand. Inca HA destroy wheat farm. Ghengis cancels open borders/wheat - open borders/banana deal. Monte sending some serious forces down here, 2 enormous stacks of about 12 horse archers and 6 jags apeice. . Bi Sheng discovers Machinery. We enter the Medieval era. We go after engineering.

1300 -- Monte wants metal casting for peace, and I'm forced to agree. What could I do, he brought Jedi. I can now devote my attention fully to the Polys. Paris builds a spear, goes back to chitchen, lyons borders expand.

1305 -- spearmen in lyons and cherokee, Zu Chongzhi born in Tenochtitlan.

1315 -- we trade iron for silver with monte. peace is made with ghandi. Lyons makes harbor, starts cat. Orleans builds spear, starts aquaduct.

1320 -- Ghandhi asks us for metal casting, rebuffed. Al Kindi born in far away land.

1330 -- Alex asks us to adopt Hered Rule, turned down.

1335 -- Orleans makes aquaduct, starts on courthouse. Lyons makes cat, starts lighthouse. Cherokee makes aqua, starts court. Damn, I've got to turn on flags, there's silk just sitting there unfarmed....

1340 -- Ghenghis wants to trade monarchy for compass, hehe. Ghandhi takes vassals and serfs. Start on my silk plantation. Knossos grows to 2.

1345 -- Ghandi comes looking for monarchy for metal working, nope. Monte wants open borders, that's ok. Ghenghis asks for Compass as tribute, we reject him. Cherokee hits 11.

1350 -- Washington declares war on ghandi. Axemen on fortified hill take out roving band of poly archers.

1355 -- We are last on St Augustine's list, too. Washington adopts theocracy.

1360 -- Peace treaty with Monte expires. Orleans grows to 10. Lyons grows a lighthouse, starts a court. France hits 2M pop.

1365 -- Monte demands Machinery, is rebuffed. Ironically, Chichen Itza completes in Paris. With the restless borders, starts on spears. The 4th FFL starts the French-Polynesian war, cat takes out an archer, then the main force moves in losing 2 axemen but taking the city; capture a worker and will have 4 turns of revolt. I finally move past Ghandi to 3rd on the score list

1370 -- Peace treaty with Ghandi expires. Ghenghis wants open borders, agreed. Al-Khwarizmi born in NY. Alhazen born in Karakorum.

1375 -- My advisors are eating bad bananas, asking me to build settlers and build theaters in Polynesia while it's still in revolt. Polynesian road tied in.

1380 -- Ghandi and I establish open borders. We have to turn down Alex's request to help with his war against India.

1385 -- Cherokee builds courthouse, starts harbor. Polynesia starts a granary.

1390 -- paris builds spear, starts Heroic Epic.

1395 -- Silk plantation completes, Epic gets a big boost.

1400 -- Genghis declares war, *sigh*, just as engineering arrives. I research music to charm this savage beast. Lyons switches to pikeman mighty fast, as does Paris, Orleans, and Cherokee. Begin pulling units out of cities, 4 spears, a cat, and a sword on the way to lyons. Oooo, and my very first warrior unit from the beginning of the game upgrades to pikeman in lyons.

1410 -- Ghandi asks me to help fight Alex, I decline; Washington asks me to help fight Ghandi, I agree (never got close to each other in the last war...). Ghandi adopts Theocarcy. Keshiks destroy a farm, a pasture, and a fishing boat; then while attacking my units they destroy a sword and a spear while losing 2 Keshiks and a war elephant. Cats on the hill outside lyons kill a keshik while my upgraded pikes take out the last keshik at lyons. Spearmen from Paris take out the marauding keshiks there. A huge stack of incan HA seen on the north border. I can guess what's coming next. I take a chance and strip Lyons of all but the victorious and healing pikes and send them north to paris, I can see no new aggressive mongols along the border.

1415 -- Yep, Monte declares, crosses, and takes out the wheat farm (again) . Paris builds a pikeman, starts another. Oh, my god, monte means business, TWO big stacks a coming.

1420 -- borders of Polynesia expand, that's funny.

1425 -- Monte adopts theocracy. Inca HA near Lyons.

1430 -- Pikes online in Lyons, Cherokee, Orleans, more to be made. Two giant stacks Incan HA move on paris, time for a nice glass of wine, I think.

1435 -- Paris makes another pike, starts another. Cats reduce paris defense to 89%. 5 HA's destroyed attacking the city of lights, they destroy a village and a hamlet. Genghis switches to hered rule. Promotions heal my worst hurt units in Paris.

1440 -- Mighty war worthy of a ballet around Paris; my defenders destroy 2 cats and force a 3rd to withdraw, destroy 4 spearmen, 4 HAs and a chariot and cause a 2nd chariot to w/draw, while losing 2 pikes, 2 spears, and a warrior (!). Monte loots a town and a village. Fresh pikes arrive from Orleans, but even with promotions all other units are 1/2 strength or less.

1445 -- In other news, Knossos builds a granary, starts walls, finishes rice farm, learn to be Christians, and a forest grows near Orleans.Back at the front, Parisian forces kill an incan HA and 2 spearman while losing a worker, plantation, and a mine. On the southern front, a hamlet is destroyed outside Lyons. Parisian pikes sally forth to destroy Incan HA and cat in the burbs; no incan forces remain right outside paris.

1450 -- Poly grows to 4. Paris makes a pikeman, defending forces destroy a catapult and HA. Incan forces destroy the quarry and a cottage. Spearman defeat the chariot north of Paris. A Mine is destroyed outside Lyons.

1455 -- Lyons roads are cut. Music is discovered, I go for Philosophy. Cherokee turns out a pike, starts same. Pasture and cottage are destroyed. I lose a spearman, pikes destroy last HA outside Paris. Lyons cats do damage to cat/HA stack before being destroyed. Lyons pikes take out catapult bombarding the city. Pike from Cherokee rushes toward Lyons, Pike from Paris fortifies on jungle hill near kesheks.

1460 -- Genghis and I make peace for 10gold from me. I make a pike in orleans. Alex makes peace c ganki. Workers around Paris begin replacing cow pasture and quarry.

1465 -- Monte gives me 30g for peace, I accept and the war is over. Feels good to be getting paid for peace instead of demanding payment from me. Much rebuilding to do, and much military defense to see to, not going to neglect this time. Orleans makes a courthouse, starts pike for personal defense. Alex becomes a beurocrat.

1470 -- Harbor up in cherokee, they start building walls. .The great northern wheat farm started for 4 or 5 time .

1475 -- pikes up in Paris and lyons, paris goes to heroic epic, lyons to court.

1480 -- Monte becomes beurocrat.

1485 -- Washington goes hered rule.

1490 -- Alex offers monarchy and 290g for music, heck, why not? Cherokee builds walls, starts work boat for lyons. Islam founded in distant land. Lyons back in the network. paris cows pastured again. I contact Gandhi and make peace.

1495 -- Polynesia makes granary, starts theater, grows to 5. They also aquire confusionism.

1500 -- pike in orleans, starts on market. Lyons makes court, begins worker. Copernicus born in sparta.

1505 -- gandhi wants to trade feudalism for machinery and 240g from me, hah. cherokee finishes boat, starts notre dame. Stone back online.

1510 -- gandhi asks for help fighting america, declined. Paris completes National Epic, gets set to grow and starts hagia sophia.

1515 -- Genghis peace treaty expires. Knossos finishes walls, starts theater. Polynesia finishes theater, starts courthouse.

1520 -- discover philosophy, start on monotheism, turn down pacifism : have gone this far with no state religion, not starting now.

1525 -- Knossos grows to 3. Wheat reconnected, again. At least it makes a nice target to slow down invaders from Monte. Lyons fish working again.

1530 -- monotheism discovered, start on civil service. I reject organized religion. silk plantation complete, awaiting road. Waiting for Paris to grow.

1535 -- Alexander circumnavigates the globe.

1540 -- Orleans grows to 11. Harkuf born in Athens. Silk online.

1545 -- Paris grows to 10, moves into build mode. Forest grows near paris.

1550 -- Lyons finishes worker, starts barracks.

1555 -- Washington trades gold for rice.

1560 -- Monte goes to vassalage. Paris loves the PM.

1565 -- Knossos grows to 4. Ghandi requests I stop dealing with america, refused. Knossos builds theater, starts work boat, expands borders. Alex declares on ghandi, wash makes peace with.

1570 -- Poly grows to 6.

1580 -- barracks complete in lyons, starts settler. Sinan born in washington.

1585 -- orleans builds market, begins archer to send with new settler. washington finishes notre dame.

1590 -- Big surplus for ND cancellation. Cherokee begins angkor wat. polynesia borders expand, monte declares on gandi, gandi goes to theocracy.

1595 -- civil service, start on feudalism on the road to banks. The revolution begins as we head to beurocracy. Alex takes vassals and theocracy, wonder who he's about to attack.

1600 -- revolution over.

1605 -- Orleans grows to 12. Thucidides ranks me first, finally, some respect for culture anyway.

1610 -- Knossos grows to 5. Genghis demands 210 gold for peace, we refuse, he declares war again. We are a good deal more ready this time. Orleans makes archer, starts HA. Polynesia builds court, starts walls. Lyons switches to HA.

1615 -- Monte demands 310gold, let me guess. I refuse, but he does not declare. Washington adopts nationhood and organized religion.

1620 -- Gandhi and I swap Open Borders. Knossos makes a work boat, starts on forge.

1625 -- Paris builds Hagia Sophia. Starts on pikes. Lyons Pikes takes out invading Keshik in the south. Paris pikes take out invading Keshik near wheat farm.

1630 -- Poly grows to 7, completes walls, starts harbor. Paris builds pike, starts on my first castle.

1635 -- Gems found near Lyons. Orleans finsishes HA, starts explorer.

1640 -- Francis Bacon born in Cherokee. Mongols land 2 cats, crossbow, and war elephant near lyons. Bacon builds an academy in Cherokee.

1645 -- defending pikes destroy crossbow in Lyons. turn down alex's request to fight ghandhi, what is that indian up to over there? Everyone hates him. Lyons finishes settler, starts pikeman. War Ellies take out pasture. We loose pike, but take out WE and a cat.

1650 -- Fuedalism discovered, I set up for Nationalism next and start the revolt to serfdom. Paris makes castle, starts another pike. Fishing boat destroyed at Lyons. Lyons HA destroy cat. workboat starts on fish n of poly. Lyons pikes take out Keshek. I send my last 2 warrior units toward the front to do a little pillaging.

1652 -- Revolution over, I adopt serfdom. The days seem to be getting so long without you here, my sweet.

1654 -- Explorer trained in orleans, starts chariot.

1656 -- Gandhi asks us to cancel deals with greek, who does he think he is? Pike done in Paris, starts chariot.

1658 -- both warriors get taken out in forests along border, but do some damage. Paris finishes pike, starts mace. Nearly every city double roaded to all others now to avoid cut offs.

1660 -- knossos grows to 6. Chariot made, started in Orleans. Poly makes harbor, begins galley.

1662 -- alex offers theology and 510g for philosophy, we accept. Mace fin, mace began in paris. Pike in lyon, starts work boat. My Chariots outside Tlaxcala pillage hamlet, and cottage. [I learned in this war the value of pillaging improvements, both to make your enemy give better/faster terms for peace, and to make him take longer to rebuild and re attack. ]

1664 -- Gandhi offers optics and 190 gold for philosophy. We accept. Orleans builds chariot, starts maceman. Cherokee finishes Angkor Wat, starts Sistine. Maceman takes out pike at Lyons, then plunders workshop. my chariot outside beshbahlik plunders a cottage.

1666 -- paris makes maceman, starts same. Had not realized monte and genghis at war with each other, they are helping plunder his northern holdings . My north chariot destroys a windmill and a road. South chariot takes a village down to a hamlet. My maces outside Lyons take out the wounded mongol maces. I lose an HA, but the other succeeds in taking out the other mongol mace.

1668 -- Keppler born in NY. Monte wipes out more mongol roads. My south chariots further reduce the village down to grassland.

1670 -- Mondol WE take out my north chariot. Lyons makes work boat, starts castle. Polynesia makes galley, starts lighthouse.

1672 -- Monte declares war on me, takes out a chariot in mongol territory. Paris builds mace, starts Longbow. Parisian pikes take out invading inca HA. My chariots plunder a mongol mine and road. Lyons starts fishing the fish again.

1674 -- Paris makes longbow, begins worker. My chariots pillage mongol sugar plantation.

1676 -- Knossos builds a forge, starts lighthouse. Settler and Archer dropped off on northern island begin exploring, find a greek city, and a mongol city (!). 2 mongol WEs, a mace, and a cbow land outside lyons.

1678 -- My archer and settler are taken out by the forces from the mongol city. The force attacking lyons loses cbow, mace, and one we; taking out my mine and a longbowman. Washington trades me incense for fish, I accept. Orleans trains mace, starts mace. Pikes counterattack, taking out last WE. My chariot pillages a mongol mine. Between me and Monte, Gengi is running out of terrain improvements.

1680 -- Worker in paris, starts a pike. Alex adopts mercantilism. My cheriot pillages a mongol village down to a cottage.

1682 -- Poly makes lighthouse, starts work boat. Chariots finish off the cottage.

1684 -- Paris makes pikeman, starts Courthouse. Chariot destroys mongol silk plantation. Thanks to Monte's help, I'm now second in score behind George.

1686 -- Poly grows to 8, builds work boat, starts market. Lyons builds castle, starts galley. Chariot plunder hamlet. Begin pasture on lyons pigs yet again.

1688 -- Washy adopts mercantilism. Chariot reduces cottage to grass. Orleans grows to 13.

1690 -- My pillaging chariot is finally taken out by a cat coming out of the mongol capitol. Orleans trains mace, starts on chariot. Mongol cities rapidly losing population.

1696 -- I enter the Reneissance. I discover Nationalism, begin on Paper. Paris builds courthouse, starts catapult (heh).

1698 -- Paris finishes cat, starts taj. Schickard born in Tenochtitlan.

1700 -- Peace treaty with mongols for 10gold from him. Lyons makes galley, starts on hindu temple and growth. Knossos makes lighthouse, starts work boat. Hanno born in washington, monte adopts mercantilism and completes sistine.

1702 -- big treasury boost with sistine stopped, Cherokee starts the Hermitage. Pascal born in sparta.

1704 -- Alexander builds spiral minaret.

1706-- Genghis wants open borders, uh uh. Orleans makes catapult, moves to Hindu temple. Monte makes peace with Genghis.

1708 -- Paper, start education. genghis goes organ relig.

1710 -- hindu mon in cherokee, start caraval. Work boat knossos, start court.

1712 -- Poly grows to 10.

1714 -- Gandhi wants deals revoked c greeks, rebuffed. begins library.

1718 -- Caravel in cherokee, start hindu temple, set for growth. Augustin born in Paris. America captures Texcoco. Use augustin to hurry the Taj.

1720 -- Knossos grows to 8. Paris builds Taj, golden age begins. Paris starts constructing wealth. Poly loves the PM. Genghis declares on Gandhi.

1722 -- Peace treaty c genghis expires. Alex wants to swap Divine right and 370 gold for nationalism, mmm, No. Orleans builds temple, starts the Globe. Poly loves the PM.

1724 -- Ghandi swaps guilds and 150 gold for nationalism. Lyons builds temple, starts Grocer.

1726 -- Orleans grows to 14, maxes health. Ghenghis wants us to drop deals with gandi, ok, drop open borders. Knossos loves the PM>

1728 -- Poly grows to 11. Cherokee builds temple, starts on hermitage. Poly builds library, starts confus monastery. France grows to 5 million. Knossos loves the PM. James Watt born in Athens.

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That's where I ran out of time. Very scattered and any way the wind blows as far as lack of strategy (and ability to keep a strategy once I decide on one) smoke
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Hi,

Your report started out just great! I can't wait to read future reports when you won't have to rush so much. Welcome! smile
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Love how your report began in letter form. I was a little disappointed you didn't continue letters to maria. Will you have more 'letters' addressed to maria? Or whomever you'd like?

Naming the lakes the fox and the hare, genious! Too bad the game is incomplete. I would love to hear how you would've ended this.
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