Turn 65
Thanks OH! Again, awesome analysis on Azza!
Azza's movements were non-aggressive this turn, cottages are coming up, 7th worker and 7th city soonish too:
Demos are nice as well even though we are only tied food leaders.
I expect us to lose some ground during the next 30 turns as our cities 5-8 will be all pretty slow starters, but if things go as we hope ~T120 we could be in good shape... 
I think his capital is coastal as well.
I would be surprised if Azza had Sailing. That marble island is probably too much of a reach unless Azza/Northern neighborn(s) are really slow. It might be easier to get marble in the very SE by blocking Cheater Hater from our continent.
Very good point about annoying Madrassa culture.
Made sense! It's difficult to be exact because civstats replacement shows only the net score change of the turn (e.g. settling of city 5 was not shown because of simultaneous whip)
Agreed That spear + pop might have been axe + whip too. Somehow I remember thinking something like that, but not sure.. Anyways, I'm sure that your guesses/interpretations are very much accurate.
which is kind of surprising, I've been expecting more..
Our scout actually spotted a second one in the very south this turn. Let's keep moving our scouts only 1 tile at a time now and try to keep them alive. There are still some tiles that would be nice to cover before they become pure unit costs (and of course later with possible OBs they are useful again..)
Thanks OH! Again, awesome analysis on Azza!
Azza's movements were non-aggressive this turn, cottages are coming up, 7th worker and 7th city soonish too:
Demos are nice as well even though we are only tied food leaders.
I expect us to lose some ground during the next 30 turns as our cities 5-8 will be all pretty slow starters, but if things go as we hope ~T120 we could be in good shape... (June 6th, 2014, 18:44)Old Harry Wrote: Something from having a poke around just now - Azza's capital is on a delta, so I think it's coastal, meaning he's the favourite for settling marble island first.
I don't know if he has Sailing yet. Also bear in mind the extra culture Azza will get from Madrassas once he has writing.
I think his capital is coastal as well.
I would be surprised if Azza had Sailing. That marble island is probably too much of a reach unless Azza/Northern neighborn(s) are really slow. It might be easier to get marble in the very SE by blocking Cheater Hater from our continent.Very good point about annoying Madrassa culture.
Quote:Further C&D:
[color=#009400]Azza: Washington (EXP/CHA) of (Arabia Myst/Agri/Camel Archer/Madrassa)
Do any of those look wrong? Having research visibility makes this so much easier...
Made sense! It's difficult to be exact because civstats replacement shows only the net score change of the turn (e.g. settling of city 5 was not shown because of simultaneous whip)
(June 7th, 2014, 12:36)Old Harry Wrote: You could think he responded to our settling up on him and getting archery by whipping two axes, but I think he just built them normally and has also just built a spear. Looks like a reasonable defense - If I was him I'd have an axe+spear pair on his Brickadoc frontier and on our border too, sucks to be stuck between us... We should keep a close eye on the power graph from here on.
Agreed
That spear + pop might have been axe + whip too. Somehow I remember thinking something like that, but not sure.. Anyways, I'm sure that your guesses/interpretations are very much accurate.(June 7th, 2014, 16:12)Old Harry Wrote: Two things - is this the first non-animal barb we've seen?
which is kind of surprising, I've been expecting more..Our scout actually spotted a second one in the very south this turn. Let's keep moving our scouts only 1 tile at a time now and try to keep them alive. There are still some tiles that would be nice to cover before they become pure unit costs (and of course later with possible OBs they are useful again..)