Colonization and Combat -1280 AD to 1295 AD

The Unhappiness in the last post was a shock! I have two Settlers on the way to the New World and I have to be careful not to use up too many Happiness Points.

The first of two captured Great Prophets is expended to create a Holy Site at a recommended hex. The extra Faith Points are welcome. I also build a Mine to near Oran...

Another Ancient Ruins explored and this one gives up some Gold this time.

A Harbour has been completed and a Colosseum is planned next - I need the Happiness Points...

The area around Constantinople and Madagascar at the end of my turn.

1285 AD: The Machinery Tech has been researched and I choose Chemistry next. I can now upgrade Composite Bowmen to Crossbowmen.

I convert Constantinople to Judaism and move the Great Prophet to Jerusalem. My next 'target' is the Arab City of Adrianople.

I send another Worker to help build the road to Brest-Litovsk - there are now four Workers allocated to this mission.

Both Settlers have safely arrived in North America.

1290 AD: I have think about taking Adwa some time in the future....it's not Shaka's anyway...

I've received a Trebuchet in Carthage - after promoting it I send it to Iberia.

I renew my Trade Route to Ragusa and start building a road from Cameroun to Chad.

My Lancer in North America is nearing the Settlers in North America.

Here I am keeping a Worker busy again....

....and near Gao I create a second Holy Site.

I have enough Happines to found a new City which I call New Brunswick.

I start building a Monument then purchase a Worker.

Finally I bombard the nearby Barbarian encampment.

A view of New England and Central Asia at the end of my turn. Attila has lost Pasargadae to the Indians and Kombolcha is now under attack.

I send a Worker to support my second Settler....

....and my other Lancer is slower making ist way northwards.

New Brunswick bombards the Barbarians a second time - my Lancer is near.

The Ethiopian City of Lalibela has been captured by the Zulus. Ethiopia has been defeated.

I finish this post with a farewell greeting from Bismarck. Until soon :)

Conversion and Colonization - 1260 AD to 1275 AD

We have become Unhappy - and I know why! The deal with Tobacco which we demanded from Shaka has expired plunging us in to Unhappiness :(

Let's fix that! First a couple of deals - I refuse to renew the Gold to Elizabeth because I'm giving up supporting Samarkand and Almaty in Central Asia and Gold is one of their resources.

My Lancer goes into battle and how! I love these guys! That Barbarian Archer was obliterated with scarcely a scratch on the Lancer's armour...

Keeping a Worker busy again - (Trading Posts yield Gold if worked by a citizen).

I send a Worker to S. Turkey to help build the road from Constantinople to Jerusalem.

My Bowman is placed on sentry duty.

Meanwhile in Africa I must take care of production - a Mandekalu Cavalry in Ghannat and a Library in Kisangani.

In Oran I purchase a Lighthouse which gives me one Happiness Point and the Realm is Happy again!

I put a Lighthouse and a Harbour on the Production Queue in Tenerife - both give one Happiness Point when completed.

I refuse the Gold Trade again because I am losing Samarkand and I don't have a Gold export to spare.

1265 AD: Two Settlers have courses plotted to the  New World. They will be escorted by warships.

Another World Wonder has been located and it gives me a precious Happiness Point :)

I convert Jerusalem to Judaism, (+1 Happiness), and start building a Writers Guild in Tombouctu.

Nice! Shaka has declared war on Haile Selassie - that should keep him busy for a while...

1270 AD: The next stop for my Great Prophet is Constantinople :)

I start building the road between my two new cities.

A Circus has been built in Agadez, (+2 Happiness), and a Worker is placed on order. A Mosque has been built in Addis Ababa.and I order an Observatory.

I renew a deal with Maria and in South America I order my Lancer northwards.

I chop down another Forest in order to speed up production in Brest-Litovsk.

I renew my Trade Route with Lisbon....

....and I dispatch a Swordsman to my future colonies.

Finally, Maria informs me in her own way that she has become friends with Siam. Rather you than me....

That's all for this post - until next time :)

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