by shepsii
I got up to 225 this time.I thought I was quite efficient last time, but on my first play I was going to the supply offers too quickly.
Something like grain now I believe should be left for as long as possible. Ideally you do maybe two visits to one out of fish/cattle/grain and 1 visit to the others near the end - and rely on this for late game food. Cattle as the last round feeder as great as its 3x and brings hides/leather into the game for shipping.
I love a mid game grain grab, as the conversion into bread gets you some francs - mid game francs I am finding to be quite useful to pay off loans and start buying buildings.
I am being incredibly resourceful with the resources I pick up, and planning very neatly to the correct number of turns to ship out steel at the end.
I would say the things I'm doing most wrong right now is trying to build too much. Late game when you have francs buying buildings is essentially a free turn as the francs you pay count again at the end anyway, AND it prevents you having to pay the building costs. I think I had maybe 3 visits to the clay offer/wood offer/brick factory with a pile of francs in front of me which in retrospect is stupid.