[SPOILERS] Getting my feet wet in multiplayer

[Charriu]

Dark Savant just send me a PM and offered peace, which I will accept.

This changes some things for the following cities:

Museion: With 2 axemen and soon 2 spearmen I feel safe enough here. I will produce some more workers here, to improve the horse and deer, after that cottages.

Academia: Will still produce military, but I won't need to chop forests for that.

Lyceum: No chariot's after the settler. Instead I will build a spearman for Pashpagiri and after that the gallery for exploration.

Pashpagiri: The one worker going to Academia will go to the south to help Taehak.

Tech: With the peace agreement I will probably switch from Construction to Currency, for the additional commerce.

[Charriu]

T85 & T86:



I didn't get the chance to right a report, because of the stop to my main vacation. So here are two turns in one report. As said before I signed peace with Dark Savant. I took the new peace as an opportunity to whip a granary in Museion. I also whipped the library in Pashpagiri. As you can see Dark Savant took the peace to scout in my south west. My settler will be finished soon to found a new city there. I also finished Mathematics and started on Currency.

[Charriu]

The new turn rolled and with it more bad news. During WilliamLP's turn my score decreased. Well now only JR4 is missing at the party. I'll post more as soon as I know which turn I have.

[Charriu]

Oh about the war declaration. WillemLP didn't tell me which half I have. Am I to assume that I have the first half of the turn?

[Charriu]

T87:



Unfortunately I was correct and WilliamLP captured and destroyed Pashpagiri. And just like with the wonder my spearman is one turn to late. I think Pashpagiri also was close for the border pop.   But to be honest this was not just luck on WilliamLP's side or Dark Savant's. I just made to many mistakes. So the only person to blame is me. Like I said I will give a deeper analysis of why I failed so hard this game after my vacation. Pashpagiri was taken by chariots only. You can also see WilliamLP's forces pushing towards Gondishapur, I highlighted his force for you.
Well I won't give up so easily. Here is what I did:



I killed the chariot on the remains of Pushpagiri. There are only two chariots in my sight. I expect WilliamLP to build a road on the iron tile 1SE and kill my spearman with an axeman. I also retreated the worker and axeman from Gondishapur. The two charoits would have killed him easily. I also returned my axeman heading to Taehak in the south. As you can see JR4's borders popped and I assume he will attack any time soon, too. I bet Dark Savant is now very angry that he didn't continue to attack me. Sorry for that. Academia and Lyceum have to push military the next turns. In Museion I started a gallery. My plan is to ship the newly build settler to the north in hopes that the land there is an island and therefore safer to settle. I also moved one spearman and axeman from Museion to the east. I will have at least 8 turns of peace with Dark Savant and I will need those troopsto defend Academia and Lyceum.

[Charriu]

T88:



As expected Gondashipur was razed. I deceided not to give up Taehek and instead move a spearman there for defense. I left some of my fleeing troops as scouts towards WillemLP. He also received a peace treaty. Accepting this should give me enough time to settle 2 more cities towards him. This time near my capitol. My settler from Lyceum moved towards the "try to settle here" sign near Dark Savant. If things with WilliamLP get worse in the next 2 turns,  until I can settle there, I can still try my escape plan from Museion.

[Charriu]

T89:



The war with WilliamLP is still going on. I marked his forces with a sign and it consists of 2 chariots, 2 axeman, 2 skirmishers. He will probably head towards Lyceum (3 turns till there) He could also threaten Academia with chariot. I'm confident that I can muster enough troops till then and finish my settler in Lyceum. I can also whip my escape ship in Museion next turn. I think I will opt for the escape now as I suspect Dark Savant to attack after the peace treaty. He knows that I'm in a loosing war with WilliamLP.

[Charriu]

T90:



WilliamLP did not move in his whole army (I highlighted it for you). I confident that I can muster enough troops against him, but he could use the time up there to settle more cities. Also interesting is the workboat from Dark Savant in the south. This means that these two seas are just one sea. I also moved my settler towards the commerce city tile near Dark Savant. I think I can build enough troops until he can attack again. Nonetheless I whipped the gallery in Museion and will use the settler from Lyceum to found a city on the northern island. I could use the happiness from the silver badly.

[Charriu]

T91:



WilliamLP did not move in. He's probably waiting for more troops, although he more or less stopped military production for the last turns. As you can see I founded Pandidakterion. My next settler moved towards the maoi spot. I need cities right now that don't rely on many troops. And another little annoying nuisance popped up in the south. Unfortunately the city is not on my settle spot and I don't have time to capture it. And yes a barbarian is also on my way.

[Charriu]

T92:



Something interesting happened in civstat. ipecac score decreased and JR4's increased, but in game they were not at war. Maybe JR4 took a city and immediately signed peace. Back on my border JR4 founded another city, putting more culture pressure on Taehak. You can also see the barbarian moving in.
Still no sign of advancemet from WilliamLP, so I tried peace with him again. You can also see signs for the new city placements towards WilliamLP, this time in a more secure position.
On the other side of my little empire I deceided to found Moai city next turn. Next goals are:

• Peace with WilliamLP
  
• With peace, found the two more secure cities ASAP.
  
• With peace, get rid of the barbarian city in the south.
  
• With war, prepare a settler to found on the northern silver island