We're going to hiking a section of the PCT in Three Sisters Wilderness. I think we're starting at Devil's Lake and then heading over to the PCT and then heading south from there. Yeah, I've got the itinerary somewhere, I need to dig that out before the morning 
Turn 135
I think we can sum this game up in two pictures:
I hope GermanJojo kept a good thread, because I still have no idea how he is lapping the field in demos. I mean, I can see that he went for religious tech first, and those civics are completely insane broken now, but that doesn't explain the massive GNP. If Krill's goal was to make it so food didn't matter any more, I think he succeeded.
Anyway, the only thing I can think of is a hail mary alpha strike. And you guys know me, of course I'm going to go for it. I'm probably too slow to execute it but whatever.
A few turns ago I used a pair of workboats to sneak a Great Merchant into Krill's capital without him noticing. (I mean, he might have guessed what I was doing, but I did it so that he never actually saw the GM.) I'm using that money to burn 100% towards Astronomy.
And we all know that there's only one city out there that's worth alpha-striking:
The problem is I'm not exactly sure how to pull it off without him getting notice of it ahead of time. I can get 10-xp ships with a little difficulty (Theology (2) + Shipyard (3) + 5 Vassalage Buildings (5)), although I do not yet have Theocracy researched, nor do I have enough development in most coastal cities, so realistically we're going to have a bunch of Nav-1 galleons.
If you have any ideas on how I can move a naval stack up here then I'd love to hear them. In the meantime I may have to settle for a feint, or for hitting every city except his capital.
Here are the canals I do have planned:
The canal in the east is the lowest priority, as killing the cities out there is of lesser benefit.
And of course we may also put some forts way up north to hide galleons on the way to alpha strike, but I dont' know how I'd do that yet. Or maybe we just dump a ton of knights beside his capital and call that good
This canal will connect the east and west major bodies of water.
Grañon is a bit of a special case. I really need to wrest control of that tile 2S of it back, so a theatre is the next build in the city and hire artists after that until we get it back. We may even build Culture later on, but i do not want him to see inside that city if I can help it.
Here's my current army:
I wish I had more swords; they are perfect for the amphibious assault I'm planning.
Build Priorities:
Inland cities that are reasonably developed - build units after the current build finishes. This is basically every city except the smallest without infrastructure. I trust your judgement
Coastal Cities - Shipyard and then Galleys / Galleons. Careful with which cities are on water and which are coastal; many of my cities are on bodies of water less than 20 tiles and cannot build galleys.
Very Important Rule: Any city GermanJojo has sight on should not build Galleons
General Rule: I trust you to make good decisions. If someone attacks then this all goes out the window and defend as you best see fit. If something comes up that I didn't describe, just make the decision that seems to be the best overall.
Thanks again for covering! I'll see everyone on Sunday
Turn 135
I think we can sum this game up in two pictures:
I hope GermanJojo kept a good thread, because I still have no idea how he is lapping the field in demos. I mean, I can see that he went for religious tech first, and those civics are completely insane broken now, but that doesn't explain the massive GNP. If Krill's goal was to make it so food didn't matter any more, I think he succeeded.
Anyway, the only thing I can think of is a hail mary alpha strike. And you guys know me, of course I'm going to go for it. I'm probably too slow to execute it but whatever.
A few turns ago I used a pair of workboats to sneak a Great Merchant into Krill's capital without him noticing. (I mean, he might have guessed what I was doing, but I did it so that he never actually saw the GM.) I'm using that money to burn 100% towards Astronomy.
And we all know that there's only one city out there that's worth alpha-striking:
The problem is I'm not exactly sure how to pull it off without him getting notice of it ahead of time. I can get 10-xp ships with a little difficulty (Theology (2) + Shipyard (3) + 5 Vassalage Buildings (5)), although I do not yet have Theocracy researched, nor do I have enough development in most coastal cities, so realistically we're going to have a bunch of Nav-1 galleons.
If you have any ideas on how I can move a naval stack up here then I'd love to hear them. In the meantime I may have to settle for a feint, or for hitting every city except his capital.
Here are the canals I do have planned:
The canal in the east is the lowest priority, as killing the cities out there is of lesser benefit.
And of course we may also put some forts way up north to hide galleons on the way to alpha strike, but I dont' know how I'd do that yet. Or maybe we just dump a ton of knights beside his capital and call that good
This canal will connect the east and west major bodies of water.
Grañon is a bit of a special case. I really need to wrest control of that tile 2S of it back, so a theatre is the next build in the city and hire artists after that until we get it back. We may even build Culture later on, but i do not want him to see inside that city if I can help it.
Here's my current army:
I wish I had more swords; they are perfect for the amphibious assault I'm planning.
Build Priorities:
Inland cities that are reasonably developed - build units after the current build finishes. This is basically every city except the smallest without infrastructure. I trust your judgement
Coastal Cities - Shipyard and then Galleys / Galleons. Careful with which cities are on water and which are coastal; many of my cities are on bodies of water less than 20 tiles and cannot build galleys.
Very Important Rule: Any city GermanJojo has sight on should not build Galleons
General Rule: I trust you to make good decisions. If someone attacks then this all goes out the window and defend as you best see fit. If something comes up that I didn't describe, just make the decision that seems to be the best overall.
Thanks again for covering! I'll see everyone on Sunday
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