Fires of Bhall. Some orcs just want to watch the world burn. [SPOILERS]

[Ellimist]

Founded the city at site X. I'm planning on an ICS strategy, but for now I need cities with hammers.

I'm planning to rename all the cities in a few turns, but for now I'm indulging in a bit of subterfuge.
Current city names:
> Braduk the Burning
> Renegade Hill
> Kwythellar
> Hyll

I can see in the foreign advisor screen that nobody else has contact with anybody yet. Of course some things won't add up properly, but that's okay.

HidingKneel, of course, will know that I haven't taken his second city.

[Lewwyn]

Sneaky, sneaky!

[Ellimist]

When able to attack, we must seem unable; when using our forces, we must seem inactive; when we are near, we must make the enemy believe we are far away; when far away, we must make him believe we are near.

[Ravus Sol]

Not grabbed the +40% to melee on that guy yet?

[Ellimist]

I still haven't decided whether I'm going to bother the Hippus with him.

At the moment, he's killing griffins and bears while looking for wolves for the nearby C3 goblin(Ghorza) to ride.

[Ellimist]

So... I lost a goblin to a desert dwelling Polar Bear. Unforunately, he was the only unit even remotely close to a hut that lies between the Hippus and the Malakim.

Fortunately, that particular hut location is very difficult to spot:

Other than that hut, there are 3 more known hut locations that I'm working on sending units toward. One of those locations had a bonus:

Masonry came in at EOT. I'll start on warrens immediately in the capital and then start churning out settlers and workers. I'm no longer in any real danger of unintentionally losing Barb peace, so I'll just ICS like crazy.

If I go for Code of Laws next, it will take 6 turns. All things considered, I think that's the best option for now. The gold savings from city states doesn't even affect my tech rate right now due to all the hut gold I have on hand.

[Ellimist]

The wolf moved north onto the desert. I sent Lash toward it, just in case it changes its mind.

I started working a priest in Braduk this turn and put the overflow from the temple into a warrens. I have a settler at 85/145 hammers right now, and I'm not sure whether to wait for the warrens before I finish it. I'm thinking I will because I don't have enough workers right now anyway. After the warrens completes, I'll need tons of workers to keep up with settler spam.

I was going to rename all the cities after Daedra(from the Elder Scrolls games,) but that will only give me 16 names. I'm open to suggestion about other naming themes I can use instead of or in addition to those.

[Ravus Sol]

Ah you might want to double check but i think if you already STARTED building a unit before warrens you still only get one when it finishes.

I assume it was done so you could queue up a army for warrens.

I'd say use your 16 names and name the remaining ones as sneaky stuff to trick your enemies.

[Ellimist]

Ah you might want to double check but i think if you already STARTED building a unit before warrens you still only get one when it finishes.

I assume it was done so you could queue up a army for warrens.

I just tested this. I put 96 hammers into a settler, then built a warrens from scratch in 9 turns. When I finished the settler, I received two.

I'd say use your 16 names and name the remaining ones as sneaky stuff to trick your enemies.

I don't think I'm clever enough to do that all the time.

[Ravus Sol]

I just tested this. I put 96 hammers into a settler, then built a warrens from scratch in 9 turns. When I finished the settler, I received two.

Okay am I just miss-remembering, unlucky or does my game hate me

bah, oh well good for you at least