Turn 65 (Russia)
We open the turn by receiving the Construction Eureka from Australia and passing them the Irrigation one in turn:

I also recruit a great writer and and establish a great work in the capital, which I'll pass to Marco in a bit to fill out his palace for a bit of extra culture. That's the extent of the good news.
At Hong Kong, we are forced to delay the attack for a turn as the AI annoyingly finished a galley this very turn.

Outside of oligarchy, my guys will get slaughtered attacking into that city strength. I'm forced to back off from the borders a bit and hope the galley wanders off. It should, if I'm not threatening the city, but man that's SUPER annoying how that always happens to me.

Of all the turns to finish a galley, it was the only one possible that could have delayed me - the very turn I was going to attack. Oh, well. New ETA for Hong Kong is turn 67. That will make our team last to conquer a local city-state, but I bet none of the others had to deal with this nonsense at Vilnius or Brussels or wherever Archduke took.
In further frustations, I finish the shrine, but can't purchase a settler due to the great writer's presence:

I COULD buy a missionary, but the cost has climbed to 150, nearly 2/3 of a settler! That's absurdly expensive, I could get 1/3 of an apostle for that price, too. But my tundra-bound cities are nearly useless until I get my religion spread...man, just a tough, tough turn in our tough starting continent. The good news, though, is that with my Holy Sites doubled my capital can build damned near anything I want now, very rapidly. Buildings, units, you name it, we can have it:


So, I think get out a bunch of builders and get to work improving our land, while next turn I purchase a settler and then the turn after that I purchase a missionary for my three new colonies. Hopefully natural spread will take care of everything after that.
Marco, I'll have my builder out in 2 turns, and shipbuilding just a few turns after that, if you want to delay just a hair to save science. Up to you.
We open the turn by receiving the Construction Eureka from Australia and passing them the Irrigation one in turn:

I also recruit a great writer and and establish a great work in the capital, which I'll pass to Marco in a bit to fill out his palace for a bit of extra culture. That's the extent of the good news.
At Hong Kong, we are forced to delay the attack for a turn as the AI annoyingly finished a galley this very turn.

Outside of oligarchy, my guys will get slaughtered attacking into that city strength. I'm forced to back off from the borders a bit and hope the galley wanders off. It should, if I'm not threatening the city, but man that's SUPER annoying how that always happens to me.

Of all the turns to finish a galley, it was the only one possible that could have delayed me - the very turn I was going to attack. Oh, well. New ETA for Hong Kong is turn 67. That will make our team last to conquer a local city-state, but I bet none of the others had to deal with this nonsense at Vilnius or Brussels or wherever Archduke took.
In further frustations, I finish the shrine, but can't purchase a settler due to the great writer's presence:

I COULD buy a missionary, but the cost has climbed to 150, nearly 2/3 of a settler! That's absurdly expensive, I could get 1/3 of an apostle for that price, too. But my tundra-bound cities are nearly useless until I get my religion spread...man, just a tough, tough turn in our tough starting continent. The good news, though, is that with my Holy Sites doubled my capital can build damned near anything I want now, very rapidly. Buildings, units, you name it, we can have it:


So, I think get out a bunch of builders and get to work improving our land, while next turn I purchase a settler and then the turn after that I purchase a missionary for my three new colonies. Hopefully natural spread will take care of everything after that.
Marco, I'll have my builder out in 2 turns, and shipbuilding just a few turns after that, if you want to delay just a hair to save science. Up to you.
I Think I'm Gwangju Like It Here
A blog about my adventures in Korea, and whatever else I feel like writing about.
A blog about my adventures in Korea, and whatever else I feel like writing about.