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Gustavia's
Gazette
Perseus and Medusa, part 2
Returning to Argos for the 4th episode When
I returned, I got serious about my Sanctuary building and got Athena
up and blessing those olive industries. Hermes goes pretty quickly
and I got an Elite Housing block laid out with just Residences.
I asked Calydon for some sculpture, but mostly imported it two at
a time. Taxes should be making you some income and you can sell
all the fleece you want. Perseus is needed for the Quests, and a
little later on, The Boar that Refuses to Die menaces Calydon again.
I was working on calling Theseus, but had neglected my wine industry
so was short a bit of wine. Perseus wasn't doing anything at the
moment, so I sent him. Poseidon comes back, Ethiopia invades…. as
I didn't have any armor and hadn't figured out how to move the Rabble
around, you guessed it, I paid the bribe. Still, I had lots of money
when I left to do my next colony.
Miletos- 2nd colony. This map has the immigrants
coming from the Southwest, several spots of boars and fishing available.
Not a lot of useable coastline, too many beaches. You can mint money,
which can help, but export opportunities are very limited. I set
up one block and started taxing early. The parent city will give
you fleece and you can easily get the houses up to Apartments on
that. You can chop timber, but so can everyone else in the Greek
World, so it isn't very useful as gifts. I got a lot of marble gifts
and even imported some from Argos in the very early years. Once
Kraken comes to visit, you might as well forget about sea trade
and fishing. Athena's Sanctuary provided me with oil for my houses,
and then I built Hermes so I could call Perseus. I went ahead and
built the Dionysus Sanctuary since I kept receiving so many marble
gifts. If you are strapped for money, the Hades one might be a better
choice if you want to stick around and do 3. Once Perseus kills
Kraken you should be home free to finish up the requirements. A
little cautionary note: A completion requirement is 16 units of
wheat, which can only be imported from a foreign city, Egypt. It
is discovered after Kraken comes to disrupt your sea trade, and
I left the importing of wheat until the end. And my priests kept
snitching it for sacrifices. Just in case you wonder why it is disappearing.
Ruling Ethiopia didn't take much effort but if you are conquered
by them in the early years, it might be a whole different story.
Argos - 6th episode. I had lots of marble because it was
too much trouble to sell it, so I started on Zeus Sanctuary right
away. I had all my Sanctuaries around the Northwest part of the
sparse meadow. With two colonies and a vassal sending tribute of
grapes, wood and bronze, you should have all you need to make a
nice city. The Infamous Undead Boar bothers Calydon again, and since
this time I had the wine Theseus got to do the deed. Dionysus was
my 4th required Sanctuary, and he helped with the wine production.
When the Medusa showed up, Perseus took his time finding her and
I did have a few folks turned to stone. I was so busy reading "I
love you notes" from my friends that I missed the big battle. You
can now trade by sea with your new colony and vassal. You will need
16 horsemen for part of the final requirements, and I made a 15
Estates block, but 4 Estates will satisfy the goal. It takes a while
for the horse trainer and arms vendor to distribute the wares, so
I had one grand agora plus a smaller common one doing double duty
to speed things up. No natural disasters befell me, but you never
can tell about Greece. Rumors are earthquakes can happen when you
least expect it.
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