Once the demo ship is done, it should be able to immediately kill the king, it can sail further into the ice then you'd expect. As soon as the two villagers reach land, have them build two houses. Move two villagers to South America or Australia, and have your third begin to build a dock, and queue up a demolition ship. and will immediately move everything but the king into their transport and sail to South Africa. You start in Antarctica with three villagers, a transport ship, and your scout. Pick infinite resources, and starting age post-imperial. I think it's a little easier to see what's going on with the Full Visibility option. Select the 'Real World - Earth' map type. Start a new Regicide game as the Spanish, any difficulty, any enemy.