[SPOILERS]Novice, Spacemanmf and Athlete4life10 are HUYANA CAPAC OF CHINA

[novice]

By the way, the forest grew 1E of the stone.

Yeah, I thought that was what you were showing us here?

I won't bother with suspense, this is what you want to know isn't it...

Are you sure TT didn't just grow back to size 2 and 3?

I checked the save, TT has a size 3 city, Madrid is size 4, Ad Hoc and Ruff still have only 1 city, and noone has writing.

[novice]

Are you sure TT didn't just grow back to size 2 and 3?

I checked the save, TT has a size 3 city, Madrid is size 4, Ad Hoc and Ruff still have only 1 city, and noone has writing.

Yeah I think that matches the population numbers. TT increased 1k power to 53k, and Ad Hoc 6k to 38k to make Ruff the new rival worst with 36k.

Also interesting message from Pegasus where he's worried about Ruff's EPs. So he probably doesn't suspect our symbiotic agreement yet.

[spacemanmf]

Heh, the screenshot was from that angle because I saw the little picture of the Oracle appear above the city so I did a rushed zoom in and screenshot...

Yes, getting carried away with the C&D. Back to class for me. I will update the tech post.

Not that it matters quite as much now, but I reckon Pegasus has 56 hammers in Stamford Bridge.


Now, what is TT going to do with 7 or so Impis... He has an NAP with Pegasus until T80, so that presumably rules him out. No need to whip them like crazy at this stage for an attack in 30 turns.

I just can't see how going for us or Ruff would be viable. It would just wreck his economy and give his neighbours more space in which to expand. Ruff was not concerned given he can produce axes. He still only has 3 warriors, though.

So it must be ad hoc, who now has three axes and counting. I daresay they are peering into the fog on the eastern border...

It would be nice if one of TT and ad hoc replied. We should perhaps use the Trade Screen Message Reminder System ™ next turn.

[spacemanmf]

Also interesting message from Pegasus where he's worried about Ruff's EPs. So he probably doesn't suspect our symbiotic agreement yet.

Indeed - I was a little careful with what I said there.

[novice]

Now, what is TT going to do with 7 or so Impis...

Yeah I wonder too. Right now he's just forcing his neighbours to build axes. Ad Hoc seems prepared, and Pegasus has a NAP.

Sucks to be Ad Hoc though, first he sacrifices expansion to chase religions, and now he has to build axes instead of workers and settlers.

[novice]

Things to remember next turn.

1. pick Metal Casting, not Fishing
   
2. use the Trade Screen Message Reminder System ™
   
3. save some gold - check if 100% gold will still give us AH in time to pasture the sheep
   
4. leave 1 EP on Ad Hoc and put 3 on TT.
   
5. start a forge in Big Slick
   
6. build granary in Pocket Bullets
   

[spacemanmf]

Will we be able to see ad hoc's graphs after ending the next turn, or do we have to wait for him to have had his go?

[spacemanmf]

Got it. Ooh, snazzy green lights.

[spacemanmf]

Some chat for you to digest while I do the rest of the turn. First, TT has responded:



And Pegasus:



And of course I took Metal Casting as planned:

[spacemanmf]

There is silver SW of the rice, Seven discovers (skirting along the coastline). Ruff says that his planned 2nd city location is our 3rd and his 3rd our 2nd. Great minds sort of think alike.

100% gold gives us 15 gold. 80% science is what is needed to get non-negative gold/turn, and that gives us AH in 4 turns. It's not clear exactly what effect settling Nut Flush Draw the next turn will have, but I'd guess another -2 gold/turn or so. At 70% we are +3 gold/turn with AH still in 4, but at 60% +3 gold/turn and AH in 5 turns.

For the microplan, we can't let it last any longer than 4 turns so I suggest that we put it at 80% for now and drop it to what we need to when the third city is built.