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Impris: Awesome.
Item the Second: Whaaat do I do now?
Item the Third: Tail twitching; incoming dogpile. Maybe. Probably. Well, at least, they sure should.
Item four is that I probably need power to climb to a full 100% more than the next highest...
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June 9th, 2015, 11:02
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Right, so, report. Peace broke out in the World of Xlandshapia, for the first time in thousands of years. I can't help but think the timing could have been a touch better, but for now the barbarians aren't actually invading anyone at all, and as you can see I'm now solidly in first place, with Yuri in second the only other one separated from the pack.
Also, because I played the turn in a hurry with the kids jungle-gyming, yes I did let that Pictish archer complete one turn from Machinery.
The barbarian wastelands have thus encroached eastward. The Broken Side, nee Breakside, will be out of resistance in another three turns but its Stonehenge is pushing extra culture all over the place even now. Ecliptic, which needs a new name suitably barbaric, is already up and working, its culture successfully entrapping the four-unit remnant force of LT, who opted to pillage the little improvements remaining. Sadly, Ecliptic's four cottages represent a horrible 36% increase in total barbarian cottages. Yee.
Very much “Beyond the Black River” situation, here. Alas dear Aquilonia.
The really astute among you may have noticed some Japanese culture showing up in the Island Area. Well, taking a look...yep, there is definitely a reason why Yuri is in second place, and Big Island there combined with the GLH is huge. I could definitely go take that island, but...I don't think I will. See above, the metagame. Yuri is #2 and doing very well and probably feels he has a chance to win...the last thing I want to do is make an enemy of the only vaguely friendly guy left on the planet. So the rule is “enjoy your giant private island, sir!”
Galling though it is; those amphibious swords have a shelf life that's rapidly going away.
I still am trading gems-for-furs with Flugauto, but he, now, I don't think I can count as a friendly power. His power is going up up up, even during this golden age, and his Darius economy can get down the line to pikes really fast. Right now, I think he's probably bottle-able and Wetbandit or LT can be hit up for Danegeld donations instead, but I sure don't get warm fuzzies regarding England right now.
Hell of a nice rough border, though.
That was last turn, this is this turn. I need to make choices soon, as the barbarian economy chokes and splutters and gasps. But damnit, we're Chinese barbarians, and this turn is a good turn. Welcome the Age of the Chucklenaught.
*Resolutely ignores the danger sign of Wetbandit firing his own golden age of catch-up-ness*
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(June 9th, 2015, 11:02)Commodore Wrote: 
Very much “Beyond the Black River” situation, here. Alas dear Aquilonia.
With your free monument border pop those units are going to be trapped on flat ground outside your cities' third ring very soon. That seems...dangerous for those green guys.
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Aren't they going to end up on the corn tile ?
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(June 8th, 2015, 03:21)Old Harry Wrote: So has Krill's map troll backfired? As long as piggy-in-the-middle is spiky enough perhaps he has the whip hand...
I prefer to think of the map as fantastically balanced, an amazing troll, and proof that everyone should ignore Commodore when it comes to game and map settings.
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(June 9th, 2015, 16:56)AdrienIer Wrote: Aren't they going to end up on the corn tile ? Nope, fortunately Broken Side will own that tile by then, its resistance will be done. Sadly for Xenu's comment we'll still be at unbreakble peace.
(June 9th, 2015, 17:02)Krill Wrote: (June 8th, 2015, 03:21)Old Harry Wrote: So has Krill's map troll backfired? As long as piggy-in-the-middle is spiky enough perhaps he has the whip hand... I prefer to think of the map as fantastically balanced, an amazing troll, and proof that everyone should ignore Commodore when it comes to game and map settings. 1. Maybe? Stressful but I can see the argument for balance...but pity the poor Flug in my position, for example.
2. It is a most amazing troll.
3. I'm coming around on toroids but Torusworld is still the pits. And cylinders are fine for even numbers of dudes.
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As warm, dry, and comfortable as the sand is, I'm not going to live with my head buried in it. Largely because that leads to smothering and death. And this analogy is kind of off in the weeds but here's a picture of what I know about the Aztecs. As you can see, he's kind of turning his golden age production into catapults, which is depressingly smart, and is massing spears which is kind of cute. Being Phi and in a golden age and Representation he's also going to start just uncontrollably spewing out great scientists for fun and profit, so I can expect my tech rate will remain worst. And hitting a dude right in the strong point seems...rash, don't it? But on the other hand Wetbandit has the Pyramids, which would immediately allow me to bodily lift myself out of my economic hole. And somehow this paragraph wound up terribly filthy.
As a fun aside, I am actually whipping hard enough to actually need that incense being hooked. Weird, huh?
Turns are zooming a bit as we hit our turn-order stride. Above was last evening; below is this morning.
I don't know who is going to get it, but they're gonna get it.
Start of this turn:

End of turn makes that :
+1 axe
+2 swords
+2 chucklnaughts.
Logical Tautology whipped yonder Pelican for the Colossus, so that's definitely another valid direction to strike out towards. Turkey is a weird place to invade past the natural choke; I definitely wouldn't want to waddle in with a primarily-chucklenaught force, but a decently strong knight stack would have a lot of fun in here. The first-turn Leon's/Amnesia fork is pretty nice, and the wide geographical spacing of the core vs. the tropical band is nice. But that requires waiting long painful turns to Guilds, which is a 5-turn research full blast but costs -125gpt without wealth builds.
Basically, I can eat any one dude but that makes everything much thornier later.
Bah. Maybe only having fifteen cottages empire-wide isn't optimal, but we're barbarians, dudes. Cottages are for the pillaged, not the pillagers!
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So the plan is to conquer enough people / force concession before you're the last guy to tech Gunpowder / Rifling?
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(June 10th, 2015, 14:43)spacetyrantxenu Wrote: So the plan is to conquer enough people / force concession before you're the last guy to tech Gunpowder / Rifling? Pretty much. I mean look at this man:
![[Image: D3_barbarian_beard_1540.jpg]](http://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/D3_barbarian_beard_1540.jpg)
Is this a man who looks like he could figure out a rifle?
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