[SPOILERS] - Plako Suleiman of Egypt

[plako]

Latest screenshot:. Working plains forest to get the couple of missing hammers so that the Oracle can be finished on T32.

Started Stonehenge on Major one, but I don't have high hopes to get it. I take gladly the gold and build the monument if I can't get it. That city isn't in a hurry to get border pop.

The persons last in score are probably researching something expensive. Might be Maths or Monarchy.

[plako]

Oracle landed. Now I need a new plan.

[m4gill4]

congratulations! :2dance:

did you select metal casting or monarchy as your free tech from the oracle?

[plako]

thx. Metal Casting will be picked when I get the save next time.

[plako]

Another turn played 24h ago. I started settler in the capital to be sended towards copper. I also started farming a grasland tile near capital and after it is finished I'll proably grow to size 4 before finalizing the settler.

I heard from GES that horses would be located on 3NW from the gems i.e. pretty much in a spot I planned to settle the city after the copper city. Position needs to be reconsidered then.

[plako]

T33

Hunting finished. Next is AH. Crop yield is depressingly low although I'm suprised I'm not last one. Someone is doing something wrong. Also unfortunately culture beefed GNP doesn't give right picture about my economy. Well this was pretty much expected end result from Oracle mania.

Since my 2 warriors give me 2nd place on the power charts I suspect I can postpone hooking up copper and found the better place near the wheat next. There should be also horses so it isn't militarily totally useless option either.

[plako]

I've transferred few short messages with Luddite. If I understood correctly his message, he lost the Buddhism race with 1 turn although having Mystisicm as a starting tech. Obvivously good news to me. Egypt's good starting techs make a big difference in early races like this.

I also played another turn yesterday. Nothing much to report from that. I'll try to block rainforest from spreading and focus my improvements on tiles where that could happen.

[m4gill4]

I note that you are somewhat well placed for a monk economy, especially if you land the Stonehenge. Do you intend to build a Buddhist Shrine with your incoming great prophet, or do you have other plans for him?

[plako]

I've easy acess to get prophets wehnever I like so I probably settle the 1st one. It gives way more boost at this point than shrine would and I'm not in a hurry to bulb Theology yet since I probably lack the prerquisites at that point.

I might also try to get Forge in to my capital so that there would be minor chance of producing Engineer.

[plako]

Game continues. Current status: