[Spoilers] Alhambram vs TheArchduke (TheArchduke´s thread)

[TheArchduke]

Temple of Artemis to my relief is done.

With the current production, Pyramids are done in 9 turns. The culture + the worker is worth the delay to infrastructure. After that Magnus will chop into discounted settlers whatever forest he can find in my capital. State Workforce must wait on city 2 boost.

   

We are already enroute to a normal medieval age and now we work on getting a heroic medieval one. Probably going to overshoot by a long margin.

   

Still my empire score is quite behind Alhambram, I worry.

[TheArchduke]

When you´re falling gets a drought, slowing down progress even more.

   

[TheArchduke]

Enough dillydallying with wonders. Next up switch to +50% settler build policy, gov district and then pump out settlers.

   

[TheArchduke]

Settler factory incoming added with free builders. Should jumpstart my economy.

Not persuaded by my old tactic with the governour boost.

   

[TheArchduke]

3 turn settler prechop. Nice.

   

[TheArchduke]

3 turns before I would loose a city to loyalty my heroic age kicks in.

Science 38 -> 43
Culture 14 -> 23

Thanks to heroic age.
I take great prophet points over monumentality.

   

Finally caught up on empire score.

   

[TheArchduke]

Alhambram is keeping up more then I thought. He is in fact ahead in science, probably thanks due his golden age which is better for him then for me in regards to Commercial Hubs.

Got a bad feeling.

[TheArchduke]

Turn 110. 

Dow. I want to force him to do some military builds and stop infrastructure. Especially as my archers come cheap. Focusing on some military builds and I will then switch to full infrastructure. I doubt I can win this, but maybe raze a city? Perhaps.

   

[TheArchduke]

Rerouting to Jerusalem. Plan is to upgrade my units, get frigates asap and bomb away his coastal city.

   

[TheArchduke]

Aiming for the GM with 4 projects, also Jerusalem taken. I try to go for Frigates as soon as I got quadriremes.