[SPOILERS] HitAnyKey's Thread for the Jumbled Masses of Crap within his Brain

[Old Harry]

Good luck guys! And good sandboxing - keep it up!

[Cheater Hater]

More sandboxing!

Attempt 4: Mediation->Mining->Bronze Working, Workboat->Warrior->Worker, city plan A

• Mediation/Growth/Workboat same--switch from plains hill to silk after workboat finishes
  
• Grow T12, work plains hill
  
• Mining T13
  
• Warrior T13, switch to Worker, switch from plains hill to coast (BW 11 turns, Worker 6 turns)
  
• Worker T19, switch to Settler, worker mines sheep
  
• Mine completes T23, switch to Mine, worker moves 1E and chops
  
• BW T24, move to Wheel
  
• Settler T27, switch to Worker
  
• Chop T27, Worker completes T29
  

That's a surprise--this only gets the settler out 1 turn slower than the BW first plan, and the chop doesn't even go into the settler. There might be a bit of tweaking on what the third tile is while building the worker, but right now this is my preference.

[HitAnyKey]

Very nice sandboxing. Glad I have someone ded-lurking me that's good at it. It's one of those things that I never could figure out...any time I've tried to use the mapmaker to do something like that I'd screw it up. I only had ever attempted a couple times, but it just wasn't something I ever felt like really doing. Though if I have some time, I may play the one you made. Just won't have time until tomorrow, since I'm going out to a party tonight after work.
But so far, that #4 you posted does certainly look promising. Thanks!

[Cheater Hater]

I don't know if I'm good at it--the only thing I'm sandboxing in this setup is the fat cross of the capital--it's even surrounded by peaks

[HitAnyKey]

So here's our start after logging in, settling, and moving the scout:


I'm going to wait a few to finish the turn, since need to get absolutely sure which tech to start with. Unless you end up commenting sometime in the next few hours (ie. before I go to bed), I'll likely log back in and choose Meditation and then end the turn.

[Old Harry]

You don't need to choose a tech until turn 4, but don't rush this turn anyway!

[Cheater Hater]

I haven't done anything with this game since my last sandbox, since I couldn't think of any other options to try after seeing how good the 4th sandbox was--have you done any other sandboxing while waiting for this game to get started?

[HitAnyKey]

No, I was busy most of the weekend so didn't have a chance to do so. Other than very briefly attempting it one other game, I've never actually bothered with sandboxes.
But I did also like that Attempt 4 you did. Can't think off the top of my head right now what else to even try.

[HitAnyKey]

So this is just the way the exploration is going at the moment. Going to move NE one more time next turn and then start circling to the NW, I think. GermanJojo is the only one who didn't settle his city yet, which I'd expect he'll be doing this turn. If he doesn't, that's one crazy start.

[Cheater Hater]

Wait, why are we working the plains hill? My sandbox 4 has us still working the lake, then growing onto the plains hill!
Edit: I don't know how much of a change it'll be if we fix it right now--we'll grow 1 turn later, but we'll get the workboat a couple turns early? My micro plan worked perfectly, so we might end up either putting one extra turn into a warrior or wasting a worker turn--I'm not sure.