Astronaut without sin confounds press, invites trio to control civilization

[Rowain]

Right, basically we're trying to say: "You can't have a spot on this island. But we'll be reasonable about it: we'll give you all the resources from it, plus those OB you wanted earlier. And we still want to be friends with you."

Of course he could read it as 'we are weak and hope to dissuade you in a peacefull manner' .

[novice]

Of course he could read it as 'we are weak and hope to dissuade you in a peacefull manner' .

Maybe this will correct that impression:



Unfortunately Sian doesn't have our graphs, so he can't see that we've spiked to 95k power, with rival best being 96k.

/stealing Seven's thunder

[SevenSpirits]

Other than that, t59 was fairly simple, yet did reveal new information. Mackoti settled two more cities, for one.


The Buddhist holy city with the Colossus is guarded by a warrior/settler pair.


Yeah, there's literally only one way to settle this island.


Still doing OK.

[SevenSpirits]

Rowain (or other lurkers), any other information you'd like?

[zakalwe]

The Buddhist holy city with the Colossus is guarded by a warrior/settler pair.

Any thoughts about this?

Yeah, there's literally only one way to settle this island.

Assuming you want three cities, yes. (You cannot settle on the oasis, right?) Is that really a given, though?

[novice]

The Buddhist holy city with the Colossus is guarded by a warrior/settler pair.

Any thoughts about this?

Seven: YNL is playin risky
me: oh wow
Seven: I guess he trusts us
me: they would have deserved to get punished for that...
I guess this means we can take him by surprise later
Seven: yeah
right now we have a little bit of debt to pay back about the early game
me: yeah
well this shows him that we could have hurt him but didn't
I wonder where that settler is going

Assuming you want three cities, yes. (You cannot settle on the oasis, right?) Is that really a given, though?

Well, the northern fish can be grabbed from our mainland if we rearrange our entire dotmap around it. That wouldn't be an option for someone grabbing the island from the south, though. Also, there's a second fish on the south coast somewhere, which might not be in range of a city founded on the marble. So settling on the three deserts is the only real option. (And no, you can't settle on the oasis.)

If you're late to the party and just want to ruin your opponent's day, you could settle on the plains forest hill, the wine, or the central tile.

[spacemanmf]

So he declined the offer and landed with a chariot & setter... Interesting. (And foolish.)

[novice]

So he declined the offer and landed with a chariot & setter... Interesting. (And foolish.)

Indeed. Here's another fun tidbit:

me: I'm not advocating C&D at this point, but it would be nice to figure out who got MC
it's a pretty aggressive thing to do before currency, imo
Seven: yeah
makes more sense for mack, due to that
defend island cities + already have TRs
on the other hand it's a stupid move (IMO), so maybe it's someone else
me: lol, yeah
blunt and accurate analysis

[zakalwe]

I actually missed that third desert in the fog, so I thought the one and only way to cram in three cities was to settle on the wheat. That's why I was a bit puzzled by your insistence on three cities.

[Rowain]

So he declined the offer and landed with a chariot & setter... Interesting. (And foolish.)

I guess he read the offer as a sign of weakness (it had too many resources in it). Maybe seeing your chariot+warrior he now regrets the refusal.

About MC: Mackoti has the GL so he doesn't need currency for the traderoutes and going after Triremes is fitting to his aggressive style. Having a Tri in the water is good to deter your neighbours from settling the resource-rich islands.