Up the Palace ... again! [SPOILERS]

[gingereagle1969]

Turn 90 - 500AD

Pardew & Pulis: moving to improve around Sandwich.
Holloway & Freedman: finished the Jungle Chop/Cottage @ Ramsgate.
Burley & Hart: put a turn into Forest Chop/Cottage @ Dover.
Warnock & Taylor: put a turn into Forest Chop/Cottage @ Croydon.
Dowie & Francis: moved onto a Forested Floodplain @ Sandwich ready to Chop/Cottage.
Bruce & Lombardo: moved onto a Forest @ Dover ready to Chop/Cottage.
Bassett & Smith, A: moved & put a turn into converting a Cottage into an Iron Mine @ Selsey.
Coppell & Mullery: moved onto a Jungled Hill @ Chatham ready to Chop/Mine.
Kember: put a turn into the Forest Chop/Mine @ Canterbury.
Gradi: put a turn into Forest Chop/Cottage @ Selsey.
Venables & Allison: finished a Cottage near Rochester site.
Head & Graham: finished Forest Chop/Cottage @ Croydon.
Rowe: finished converting a Cottage into the Iron Mine @ Selsey.
Smith, G: put a turn into the Jungle Chop/Cottage @ Margate.

[gingereagle1969]

Turn 91- 530AD

Pardew & Pulis: reached Forest Grassland @ Sandwich ready to Chop/Cottage.
Holloway & Freedman: Roaded tile @ Ramsgate.
Burley & Hart: put a turn into Forest Chop/Cottage @ Dover.
Warnock & Taylor: finished Chop/Cottage @ Croydon.
Dowie & Francis: started Forest Chop/Cottage @ Sandwich.
Bruce & Lombardo: started Forest Chop/Cottage @ Dover.
Bassett & Smith, A: moved onto Grassland Cottage @ Selsey ready to Chop/Cottage.
Coppell & Mullery: put a turn into Jungle Chop/Mine @ Chatham.
Kember: finished the Forest Chop/Mine @ Canterbury - renamed Arthur Rowe.
Gradi: put a turn into Forest Chop/Cottage @ Selsey.
Venables & Allison: moved onto a Forested Plain @ Croydon ready to Chop/Cottage.
Head & Graham: moved onto a Forested Grassland @ Croydon ready to Chop/Cottage.
Rowe: renamed Steve Kember & moving to join Gradi.
Smith, G: put a turn into the Jungle Chop/Cottage @ Margate.

100% tech would give Currency in 1 turn @ -185g/turn; 0% now yields +21g/turn. Currently running @ 10%, which gives Currency in 4 turns whilst breaking even; turning the corner!

[gingereagle1969]

Turn 92- 560AD

Pardew & Pulis: started Forest Chop/Cottage @ Sandwich.
Holloway & Freedman: Roading a tile south of Canterbury.
Burley & Hart: finished Forest Chop/Cottage @ Dover.
Warnock & Taylor: moved onto Jungled tile @ Bognor ready to Chop/Cottage.
Dowie & Francis: put a turn into Forest Chop/Cottage @ Sandwich.
Bruce & Lombardo: put a turn into Forest Chop/Cottage @ Dover.
Bassett & Smith, A: put a turn into Forest Chop/Cottage @ Selsey.
Coppell & Mullery: put a turn into Jungle Chop/Mine @ Chatham.
Kember & Gradi: finished Forest Chop/Cottage @ Selsey; didn't note where chop went.
Venables & Allison: started Forest Chop/Cottage @ Croydon.
Head & Graham: started Forest Chop/Cottage @ Croydon.
Rowe: moving to join Smith, G.
Smith, G: put a turn into the Jungle Chop/Cottage @ Margate.

Joe Ledley & Jason Puncheon (double-promo Horse Archers) join the squad & move to say hello to Adrien's new city.

+2g/turn @ 10%; might be able to finish Currency next turn, we'll see.

[gingereagle1969]

Turn 93 - 590AD

Pardew & Pulis: put a turn into Forest Chop/Cottage @ Sandwich.
Holloway & Freedman: started a Fort on a Jungle tile south of Canterbury.
Burley & Hart: moved & started a Cottage @ Dover.
Warnock & Taylor: started a Jungle Chop/Cottage @ Bognor.
Dowie & Francis: finished Forest Chop/Cottage @ Sandwich; completed Library.
Bruce & Lombardo: finished Forest Chop/Cottage @ Dover; completed Barracks.
Bassett & Smith, A: finished Forest Chop/Cottage @ Selsey; didn't note where the chop went.
Coppell & Mullery: finished Jungle Chop/Mine @ Chatham.
Kember & Gradi: moved onto Jungled Hill @ Selsey ready to Chop/Mine.
Venables & Allison: put a turn into Forest Chop/Cottage @ Croydon.
Head & Graham: put a turn into Forest Chop/Cottage @ Croydon.
Rowe: moving to join Smith, G; approaching Margate.
Smith, G: finished Jungle Chop/Cottage @ Margate.

Brede Hangeland (Spear) joins squad & heads to Canterbury.
Marouane Chamakh (Spear) joins squad & heads to Selsey.

Currency came in at 20% tech costing 12g! Will do Masonry (1 turn at 20%) then Monarchy & Code of Laws. After that Theology & Divine Right.

[gingereagle1969]

Turn 94 - 620AD

Pardew & Pulis: finished Forest Chop/Cottage @ Sandwich; Chop went into market - nice!
Holloway & Freedman: put a turn into Jungled Fort south of Canterbury.
Burley & Hart: finished a Cottage @ Dover.
Warnock & Taylor: put a turn into Jungle Chop/Cottage @ Bognor.
Dowie & Francis: moved onto Jungled hill @ Sandwich; ready to Chop/Mine.
Bruce & Lombardo: moved onto a Forested tile unusable by Croydon or Margate, ready to start a Fort.
Bassett & Smith, A: moved onto a Cottage that cannot be used by @ Selsey and started a Fort.
Coppell & Mullery: moved onto a Forested tile unusable by Canterbury or Chatham, ready to start a Fort.
Kember & Gradi: started Jungle Chop/Mine @ Selsey.
Venables & Allison: finished Forest Chop/Cottage @ Croydon*.
Head & Graham: finished Forest Chop/Cottage @ Croydon*.
Rowe & Smith, G: joined up & started Desert Fort @ Margate.

*combined Chops finish Spearman with massive overflow into a Market .. nice!

Kweshi Appiah (double-promo Horse Archer) joins squad & moves towards Adrien's new city.
Martin Kelly (Spear) joins squad & fortifies Canterbury.

100% tech costs 203g/turn; 0% yields 41g/turn - 5 turns @ 0% pays for 1 turn @ 100%.

Masonry comes in at end of turn @ 20% (-8g). Have queued to tech towards Monarchy: Mysticism(1) -> Meditation(1) -> Priesthood(1) -> Monarchy(4) timings for 20%

[gingereagle1969]

Turn 95 - 650AD

Pardew & Pulis: moved onto a Desert tile @ Sandwich ready to build a Fort.
Holloway & Freedman: put a turn into Jungled Fort south of Canterbury.
Burley & Hart: moved & started a Cottage @ Dover.
Warnock & Taylor: finished Jungle Chop/Cottage @ Bognor.
Dowie & Francis: started onto Jungle Chop/Mine @ Sandwich.
Bruce & Lombardo: started a Forest Fort.
Bassett & Smith, A: put a turn into a Fort.
Coppell & Mullery: started a forest Chop/Cottage @ Canterbury.
Kember & Gradi: put a turn into Jungle Chop/Mine @ Selsey.
Venables & Allison: moved onto Jungled Grassland @ Croydon ready to Chop/Cottage.
Head & Graham: moved on to Forest Grassland @ Croydon/Margate ready to Chop/Cottage.
Rowe & Smith, G: put a turn into Desert Fort @ Margate.

I had a Great Scientist pop up at Canterbury - decided to take a Golden Age over Alphabet! is it really only 6 turns??? I'll can do the route to Monarchy, and also Code of Laws, within this time @ 30% tech and still make 27g/turn!

Emmanuel Adebayor (Axe) joins the squad & heads to Canterbury.
Lee Chung-yong (Spear) joins the squad & heads to Selsey.
Zeki Fryers (Axe) joins squad & heads to Selsey.

[ReallyEvilMuffin]

You get free civic swaps don't forget, but only once unless you switch on the first turn of the GA.

[gingereagle1969]

You get free civic swaps don't forget, but only once unless you switch on the first turn of the GA.

Got nothing to switch to at the moment, in Slavery & that's OK for now. Will switch to Hereditary Rule after Monarchy though.

[gingereagle1969]

Turn 96 - 680AD

Hmm ... had a feeling of paranoia when I opened the turn. I've been ignoring the demos for some time now as they usually leave me depressed; had a look and I wasn't depressed, but alarmed! Noticed the average Soldiers stat is way above my score, so looked at the Power graph and discovered the other 3 are very close, with me seriously lagging

Just noticed Adrien has at least one Longbow (Feudalism) and a Knight up near Selsey. He can't get to El G, Khan has the Chichen Itza, so he's gotta be planning to attack me. I'd better think defense ASAP - Walls and Spears will do .. hopefully. Markets & Aqueducts can go on the back-burner.

Pardew & Pulis: put a turn into Desert Fort @ Sandwich.
Holloway & Freedman: finished Jungled Fort south of Canterbury.
Burley & Hart: finished a Cottage @ Dover.
Warnock & Taylor: moved onto Jungled Bananas near Rochester site ready to build Plantation.
Dowie & Francis: put a turn into Jungle Chop/Mine @ Sandwich.
Bruce & Lombardo: put a turn into Forest Fort.
Bassett & Smith, A: put a turn into a Grassland Fort.
Coppell & Mullery: put a turn into a Forest Chop/Cottage @ Canterbury.
Kember & Gradi: finished Jungle Chop/Mine @ Selsey.
Venables & Allison: started Jungle Chop/Cottage @ Croydon.
Head & Graham: started Forest Chop/Cottage @ Margate.
Rowe & Smith, G: put a turn into Desert Fort @ Margate.

Ade Akinbiyi (Axe) joins squad & heads to Jungle Fort.

[gingereagle1969]

Turn 97 - 710AD

Pardew & Pulis: put a turn into Desert Fort @ Sandwich.
Holloway & Freedman: Roaded Jungled Fort south of Canterbury.
Burley & Hart: moving to Forested Hill @ Sandwich ready to Chop/Mine.
Warnock & Taylor: put a turn into Jungle Chop/Plantation near Rochester site.
Dowie & Francis: finished Jungle Chop/Mine @ Sandwich.
Bruce & Lombardo: finished Forest Fort.
Bassett & Smith, A: finished Grassland Fort.
Coppell & Mullery: finished Forest Chop/Cottage @ Canterbury; chop helping with spamming out Spears.
Kember & Gradi: moved onto forested Grassland @ Selsey ready to Chop/Cottage.
Venables & Allison: put a turn into Jungle Chop/Cottage @ Croydon.
Head & Graham: put a turn into Forest Chop/Cottage @ Margate.
Rowe & Smith, G: put a turn into Desert Fort @ Margate.

Whipped the Market in Margate; overflow finishes the Walls next turn.

The Knight's disappeared from Adrien's city up near Selsey .. wonder where it's gone. Another has popped up in one of his southern cities. Moved Galley towards Chatham to see if I can spot him loading ships.

Getting a tech a turn during this Golden Age .. catching up in score if not demos.