[SPOILERS] TheArchduke keeps the Spice flowing as Persia

[roland of gilead]

yeah thats unlucky. going to lose the trade route and could get worse from there.

[TheArchduke]

Turn 44

Rotten luck with that camp.

   

And not going to scout the roman CS after all it seems.

   

Had better turns.

[roland of gilead]

yeah not good.

rome must have a good campus somewhere?

[TheArchduke]

Turn 47

We are moving again.
Apart from the trade route disaster, things are under control.

Things of note.
I am still on the fence if I do want a campus at Arakeen. I am leaning towards no. I think I am better off with a gov district and a commercial one.
2 more turns and we settle. Maybe on the hill, or behind the river.
Zulu has quite some military. I might need to switch to some military builds sooner rather then later. Worryingly enough, Russia and Nubia have a lot more military as well. Only Rome and me are going builder it seems.
3 builder charges will support Sietch Tabr.

The terrain is ridiculously defensive towards the Zulu. I count 3 tiles for a direct approach. I am tempted to fortify the mountain pass asap.

   

[TheArchduke]

Going with the safer variant. Looking decent so far. The Zulu accept our new DoF thanks to a war. Something is going on over there.

   

[TheArchduke]

No screenie, spotted a roman settler east, renewed DoF with Zulu.

[TheArchduke]

Turn 51

Ioan believes in the power of magic legions.

Does he really want to pinkdot me?

Well. 

   

[roland of gilead]

That city is a long way from home.

Single player thinking

[roland of gilead]

be interesting to see if he gives any thought to safety when settling.

do you have iron revealed?

perhaps he is after a source.

[TheArchduke]

Nope, Ravenna is just a bad city.

At least imo. Especially the Holy Site seems peculiar as Rome.

   

Going to settle the 2 sites west, build 2 encampments, dig in, settler push more and then kill Rome.