10 turns (1050AD - 1150 AD)
Nice peaceful set of turns from this end. Stalin did try to send a couple of horse archers by way of boat, but our war elephants quickly gobbled them up. I'm not entirely sure what this guy is up to right now. He's still very strong on the power graph, but he keeps sending over these dinky attack teams.
I interrupted Education for a few turns to learn Machinery after trading for Metal Casting. Machinery was key for us so we could start building macemen. Yeah, they have the same power as our war elephants, but they help cover some of their weaknesses, namely pikemen. Unless Stalin starts throwing Knights at us (which he might, hard to say as I'm not sure if he has Guilds yet or not), I think we should concentrate on building mostly macemen at this point. I started throwing up a few barracks in a couple of our production rich cities. Barracks themselves give us a power boost, but more importantly, I think they're worth it if we plan on building lots of military units in those cities long term. As for the Great General, I ended up sending him as a military instructor in York. York will be pumping out very experienced units from here on out, which is a great advantage.
Switched our legal civic to Bureaucracy to give us a boost in production and commerce in London. Our economy is getting on track, but I did think it needed a little kick start to really get going, so I pumped out four or five workers during my turns. A few are over to the west to repair Stalin's pillaging. Most of the others are scattered about hooking up new resources or building cottages. A couple of places need some farms, specifically that city to the far southwest and that dud city with all the plains.
So I think our future plans include pumping out more military units in high production cities and finally taking the tech lead. I believe we're actually pretty close to doing this. I like how you beelined to Education as this tech is very important. The current goal should be to get to Liberalism first so we can get Printing Press for free and watch the cash really start flowing in. Hopefully we can also get our power level up to a point where Stalin will accept a reasonable offer for peace. (York for a treaty? What an ass.)
