The Egyptian horses were friendly asked to leave the place, and they, albeit slowly, did.
turn 122. I am progressing very slowly against the annoying Inca. Main reason are the massive losses at Cuzco. I only have 10 offensive units left to attack them with while the core, as planned is building Universities. Only Zimbabwe adds to the war with a knight every 2 turns.
The downside of a slow (but careful) war against the Inca is greatly compensated by the low unit costs and Universities comming online. I am experiencing something very rare for a zulu; I am techleader!
But first things first. I allied the Japanese against the Inca for the reason that I do not want the Inca to ally them against me. They are of minor help. The lands:
122.69KB
There are some troops ready to take Vilcas in two turns. Ollaytambo is building Leo's and I am waiting for it to be finished (small chance). The southern part with the mountains gave some particularly nasty and slow combat.
For the core, the FP is in Ngome. All cities on Knights will keep building military. The rest will do banks, though those are not useful now at all.
Erikk, is leading in Pop! How is a mystery to me as he has not conquered a lot of Mayastan yet, he declared war 2 turns ago:
46.81KB
Of course, starved Incan cities don't contribute that much to Pop...
the f11, Erikk is very likely alos in a GA.
16.98KB
Since he has a long GA ahead I must be very cautious. A tech gap is easily achieved with the speed of a GA. The good news is that we profited greatly from the actions undertaken by Erikk! Erikk has allied the Chinese, Russians and Ottomans against the Maya. He must have paid a heavy price for this as Russia and Ottomans were great partners of Mayastan. Before the war, Mayans were the techleaders and all the AI paid them for their techs. By declaring war there was a sudden ammount of "open" gpt thatwas cancelled due to war!
I got banking first and become techleader, no AI has a tech I have not.
Russia:
6.78KB
Ottomans:
6.15KB
Mayans, with Erikk nearing the gates of their capitol:
7.44KB
Russia to prevent a backstab. (I hope):
6.24KB
I AM AMAZED. These lads have tons of cash. Now, only russia seems to have some spare gpt left (30). The rest of the civs, Japan, China and Inca are poor and dumb. Erikk now lacks Astro and Banking.
The new financial situation for Zululand:
18.65KB
I need lux at 10% but techs are in 4 turns now! Shaka is happy!
The MM:
6.72KB