What an amazingly arcane bug. Thank you Primal_Savage, that was precisely the problem. My PC is on 24/7 so all my attempts had been in a single "session". After a reboot and fresh load of LH, I can build it as expected.
Yes, I choose Town at L2 every time
Yes but how can that be the case? How can a single novice AI, without Civics or Scholars or Inspiration, beat me to Trading to unlock the wonder? I thought the AI didn't cheat at easier difficulties? Do they not have the same prereqs for it? I must have tried 20+ times. How does anyone ever build it if the AI always puts it in its queue in the first eight turns?
Greetings all - noob here. I know there have been previous threads on this issue, but the consensus of all of them was that you *can* build this thing if you get it right. So, what am I doing wrong, please: My faction has Scholars and Civics, so I have both Knowledge and Civics at the start. (In case it is relevant, they also have Altarian Blood, Enchanters, Legacy of Serrane, Masterwork Chainmail and No Ranged Weapons.) My sovereign is a Scholar, Water Apprentice and Life App