 This is the first time I've ever taken on a kind of heavy military strategy earlier in a game So we'll see how this goes because Scott has outstripped me Science-wise. Oh, well at least he had outstripped me until suddenly just now I actually don't know how this demographic works But I've been to this point and showed him at like 12% of me and it's zero So I should look up what this number actually represents Things are actually suddenly looking a lot better than they did before so anyway You'll see a little clever trick I did so earlier. I started making that barracks I only made it because I didn't my economy wasn't going great. I didn't want to Like build another unit that would just cost me I didn't want to build like a settler that earlier another worker So I started building a barracks and I switched it out one turn before it was done to build something else So now I'm one turn away from finishing a military unit I'm gonna go over to this barracks that I'd mostly finished and oh look it's one turn away from finishing So I'll finish the barracks this turn. I'll finish the companion cavalry next turn it'll get the experience bonus and then I'm gonna have an army of three hoplites two companion cavalry and two scouts and I might start building one more companion cavalry and One more hoplite before I start building other stuff to leave behind in these places as free garrisons Primarily just to protect the cities from barbarians, but I'll send the rest of the forces over to take out these barbarian encampments Since this one is a city-state quest and I want to be allies with all four city-states before I fully take on Scott But otherwise, I want to send these troops over here and just harass Scott to the point that he quits the game So let's move these guys around continue to build up my awesome city Let my hoplites heal have the scout continue to check on where these barbarians might be alright. There's one Ooh, this guy already leveled up. I'm gonna use him as a shocktrooper and I'll just straight up finish that off Nice culture nice experience this guy finish that off Nice and remember I'm already getting 50% more experience So I'm gonna have one fuck of an army by the time it gets over to bother Scott and look this guy still got movements I could explore this little area, but instead I'm gonna run back into my territory to ensure that I heal a Little bit faster than I would normally This guy remember I living here because he should heal thanks to my religion much faster than he would anywhere else I'm just gonna let the city keep building that caravan for the time being because I would like to get that caravan going And just start sending it to her and just get some money just to cover that minor deficit That's gonna grow a little bit more as I build more military units And that's that see how things go with Scott Let's see So it's interesting population wise we're pretty close, but that's just because Sparta hasn't grown substantially yet. I'm Doubtful that Scott is built a second city this early if he did I Probably built it up here somewhere I mean he's only got two spots you build a city if he got a guy over here and built a city in this I will be shocked Utterly shocked and I think I'm gonna build my next city over here in the middle of all this so I get a city here I've locked the map away from him and his game over So things bode less well for Scott than I'd anticipated because sure he just finished the Great Library as he was bringing about when we're about to do the show But he also just entered the classical era Now if you look at the tech tree I've been in the classical era for a while and I'm working on my second tech so How do I have to have that much more science output than him like what does he been doing? He must have completely get sailing. I know that he must just like completely filled this tree out. I Don't know exactly what's up, but let's see the demographics Yeah He's got a little more manufacturing a little more stuff going on is one big city So I got to start expanding this guy more otherwise you can see these barbarians everywhere. I just have to keep fighting this nonsense These guys let's fall back one These guys too now and come in here. I can finish that guy off Significantly damage that guy I'll leave this guy here for the flanking this guy So he's healed he can't kill that guy in one turn So maybe it's time to just send him around to deal with this other stuff So I can send this guy down here to help deal with these guys I'll leave him there for now and I'll come here And almost finish them off And then once again end my turn in my own territory Finish the quarry City's looking pretty good Start growing a lot faster. I'm gonna plantations. I can finish all these out I'll get the city on a little more and I'm gonna come down here and start building this city out more Otherwise everything's coming up in the house. Just think this guy closer to keep an eye on Scott Because that's not a city-state quest. So I really don't care I'll finish this off as I come across to settle in here. I want to keep this guy around to start menacing Scott That one I want to kill though Is it for Prague? I assume so Yep, it's for Prague and this one Should be for Lhasa