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

[novice]

So to summarize - basically nothing happened on T55. That doesn't stop us from making 8 posts about it, though!

I'm a bit apprehensive about what kind of crazy diplo scheme TT cooks up when he realizes that his Impi rush is going nowhere. We should dial up Ad Hoc and ask him how the war goes.

[spacemanmf]

Also, not sure if ad hoc got AH (T45) after all - only the case if he lost a warrior the same turn (which is possible).

Incidentally, that would be a genius move by TT - build loads of chariots expecting that ad hoc would build axes in response to anticipated impis. That would certainly be a cunning plan!

Not sure about the graphs being a turn behind - I've not had a problem so far. I've attached my power tracking spreadsheet.

[novice]

Incidentally, that would be a genius move by TT - build loads of chariots expecting that ad hoc would build axes in response to anticipated impis. That would certainly be a cunning plan!

It would indeed. (I did mention this possibility upthread, btw. )

However, if your C&D skills are up to par, most of his units are Impis:

And by deduction, I can now look at TT's power development (yes, it's getting chronic now).

Starts with Hunting and, unconventionally, a warrior, so 4k.

T7: Researches Mining -> 6k
T17: Loses warrior -> 4k
T20: Researches Bronze Working, grows to size 2 -> 13k
T28: Builds warrior -> 15k
T30: Researches The Wheel -> 19k
T31: Builds ikhanda -> 22k
T33: Lost another warrior -> 20k
T34: Builds another warrior ->22k
T40: Builds impi -> 26k
T41: New city -> 27k
T44: Builds impi -> 31k
T45: Researches AH -> 33k
T46: Builds impi + pop growth -> 38k
T47: Whips second city + builds 2 impis -> 45k
T48: Whips capital + builds impi -> 48k
T49: Builds impi -> 52k
T50: Pop growth -> 53k

Given that he discovered AH on T45, it's unlikely that the T46 and T47 builds are Impis. So maybe he has two chariots in his task force?

He did specifically mention Impis in his messages to us, but that could be misdirection, of course.

[spacemanmf]

Yeah, good points all, including those that were made before I made them...

I found your technical thread post amusing - was it a comment on Pegasus' lack of turn-playing?

[novice]

Got it.

[novice]

T56 played. Turn science back on, and our GNP reached 75.
Seven defogged the rest of the ice, and spotted another island:



We kindly shared this information with our ally. He reciprocated with info that TT is fishing for military aid.



Back home, workers work and cities grow.

[novice]

So, it should be noted that our GNP is with a 1.66 modifier on writing and with lots of culture. Hopefully our opponents take this into account before they shout "dogpile".

C&D screenshots:

[novice]

So, a little overlap might be a good thing, but this is getting slightly ridiculous:



Revised dotmap also attached as a zip file so Spaceman can have an unproductive day at work.

[novice]

Alternative dotmap of the south:

[spacemanmf]

Wow - the turn already - brilliant stuff. Your motivational talk worked wonders.

That second dotmap in the south isn't bad actually, if we move the pig/sheep city 1W and the gems city 1SW to use the tiles better.

The dotmap in the north avoids having too many average cities but missed out on the clams. And in that situation, what would be the fourth city location?

We should include Metal Casting on our tech path from before, btw. :-)