 So we've skipped forward substantially and the only thing of note that really happened was Scott Massed a tiny army from Beijing with I think two catapults and a few other units and thought he could take Memphis I basically just finished walls Quickly during that battle so he couldn't actually take the city and then with a very very tiny army Was able to destroy his catapults because he just was very poorly positioned Advance word style up here So to backtrack a little bit last time you I talked about how I was gonna build the city Memphis because of Lake Victoria So because of Lake Victoria This city was able to grow Ridiculously fast. I mean look at this thing so much food So it was also able to grow very quickly without building any buildings or having any improvements So I basically had rushed a settler up here built the city and look how nicely defensible it is This is all rough terrain. It's very difficult for an enemy to actually move in The city grew very quickly. So it was harder to take and Scott is bad at the game So I assumed that he wouldn't actually be able to feel the army large enough to take it He didn't try to come in from both sides he pretty much just forced guys over the top and As they were moving slowly across all this bad terrain the city and the Bowman in there just sort of Pelted his catapults until they were not empty and all the other units he sent were not strong enough combined to take the city so he retreated and We're currently at peace and I basically just spent the last while in the game Convincing him that I have a larger army that I really do and more importantly Planning to settle two cities over here because as you can see I've revealed the whole map effectively I don't think there's much over here. There are probably some islands But not enough for Scott to really expand too much He messed up and that he expanded down into this one nice place and he never expanded further So I expect within 50 or 60 turns I'll probably build a city somewhere here Even though it won't be an optimal city just to be a staging point for my final assault to destroy Scott once and for all But right now we're in the growth phase Scott decided he wanted peace and he even was willing to trade with me So I've actually traded some luxuries with him for a while I hope he's dependent upon those luxuries and it'll be interesting to see what happens when those luxuries are no longer available to him But all I'm gonna do is I'm so slowly working up to get rid of this barbarian here But I might farm them for some culture for a while because they're not really a danger I'm building catapults and I'm actually gonna build several catapults another range units and sort of array them here for defensive capabilities in case Scott does decide to attack because I know That he has a pretty significant a fairly significant military compared to me Though actually not as much as it was before he has Let that military fall by the wayside. I wonder if he's low on money. Anyway So yeah, I'm going to settle now. I'm gonna settle the good city first There's no reason to be to rush over here because I know that Scott isn't going to be clever enough to actually go for this Right here one of these spots is probably the best possible place to put a city So like if I build a city here, I get access to horses. I got all these bonus resources everywhere It's pretty much a great spot, but I could also Go here Or here not really sure which But now that matters I have to build the best city now and the best city is gonna be the one that's gonna be right here Just moving around to protect all that this guy steady keep this guy steady Nothing too exciting going on now Now I feel like I should build a little more military just in case Scott starts getting Dangerous here, but I could put through some wonders too. So actually I have a choice. I have a lot of options I could blow through another wonder I could build any of these buildings would be great With the current standings of the game, but I think I'm actually gonna build a little bit more military Just to be ready for Scott. I want to I don't want him to have any Misapprehensions that he could take me in a war because I don't want to war right now because if we don't war Eventually because he'll only have these two cities. Maybe he'll be clever enough to put a city up here But I don't think he'll think to do it in time I'll be able to get two more cities here Maybe a city here and I'll just be an economic and industrial powerhouse and I'll destroy him when the time is right just with military