turn 31
I found my 3rd city on a gold hill. Writing research costs drop from 9 to 6 turns. I havent really tried to figure out how long stapel has to go on writing but he has only 2 cities, slower growth but more roads in place and he settled his capital on a gold hill. I think he's gonna make it. I just hope he build MP to keep up research and slowed down on the curraghs. If he hasnt contacted everybody yet I can prolly ruin his trade by giving away writing the turn after he discovers it.
To be safe and take out all trade leverage I sell IW to Carthage for 10 gold and gift pottery to theodora. Everybody has BW, IW, WC, Masonry and the wheel over Stapel now. Even if he makes it to writing first I hope his slightly slower growth will prevent him from researching other techs first.
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I fed my Dog the American Dream
Well, he rolled over and he started to scream
He said, I dig the taste of salt but it don't keep me alive yeah, yeah
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