[SPOILERS] ipecac wants a win

[ipecac]

Now is T68. Plan is to be finalised but I should get 4 more cities for a total of 10 by T80. Then I aim to get 15-16 by T100 (this map is crazy lush).

I'm not sure how my economy will hold up at all. If I can I would want Math-> Currency for HG, of course, but I may just crash and have to go Alphabet-> Currency instead.

[Commodore]

The date there on the barb city was my best bet for when it would turn size 2. Don't take it as gospel.

[ipecac]

No worries. It's already at size 2. Impi got wounded killing one of the 3 remaining barb warriors, is healing and will continue the smackdown soon.

[ipecac]

State of Zululand:

           

Cities:
   

The capital. Crazy foodhammer pump #1, and will be pushing settlers for the time being. Eventually it'll be a commmerce city, but not just yet.

   
uMung will be growing onto floodplain cottages. It's my only southern port for now, and needs to send boats explore what looks like an island city south.

[ipecac]

State of Zululand part 2:

Nobamba, crazy foodhammer pump 2, will contribute both workers and setters
   

Bulaweyo is a great city in its right, but is outshone by the other crazy lush cities. Will be commerce
   

kwaDukuza, another great city. It'll get its fish hooked up and then be a double-whip city.
   

Nongona, my only northern port which will whip out 5-6 workboats over the next 15-20 turns.
   

Future cities:
Whale city: I need the happy.

C1: hooks up horses and will build Galley to grab Silver up north

C2: Pigs, clams, lush grassland.

Barb city: Good stuff.

The other thing about this map is that since I've sealed off the chokepoints, almost every city is backfill.

Land is really lush, my 6 cities have about 10 tiles of 6 foodhammer yields.

Demos:
   
Looking good.

[ipecac]

Maybe I can build HG to get ~13 pop, convert those pop to chariots and get Currency using capture gold.

~20 chariots + assorted impi should be enough to smash through to either neighbour's capital.

[ipecac]

I'm hitting a barb city. Does that count?

The barbs might kill my impi :

   

We killed 2 warriors here already, and there's another four.

Reinforcements!

[Boldly Going Nowhere]

You either die or you have a Heroic Epic written for you (eventually). There is no alternative!

[ipecac]

If I scouted a coastal path towards a neighbour but he hasn't to me, does he get any benefit from OB trade routes?

[ipecac]

Final boss detected. Don't have a picture, but we saw wetbandit's workboat from the north. And he's warring with Charriu too, which accounts for how they're both only at 4 cities.

   

The silver Comm mentioned on the northern land mass is likely his. If I settle that there could be a war.

Barb situation is good. One warrior attacked but didn't damage my impi. I moved a second impi up, and if all goes well we'll have another city next turn