RBP7 [SPOILERS] - The Chronicles of Nyania

[Lord Parkin]

That give you 10 cities now, LP?

Eleven, actually. But I'm pretty sure several people already have at least as many, so that's not really a big deal.

How many academies do you plan to build?

Probably just the four. After that the long-term payoff diminishes, and we'll also be getting closer to techs we actually want to bulb.

[Lord Parkin]

Metal Casting in - and it's pushed us up to #1 in score for the first time ever in this game! Neat... I bet it won't last though.

Gathering gold for a turn, then will research Code of Laws. Should be a 3 turn job in all. No doubt Azza will broadcast that to everyone as well, but eh, can't do much at the moment. Will just have to finish him off ASAP.

Here you can see the planned spot for Settler #12 which will be produced in Pwnage next turn. Your Johnson will be founded in 3 turns.



Our traits are finally starting to become useful, with two cheap buildings becoming available about the same time. Forges and Courthouses - both 2 pop whips (max) for us, as opposed to (up to) 4 pop whips for regular civs. Definitely looking forward to getting as many of those up as soon as possible.

And here's the demographics. We're only 1 food lower than the #1 rival this turn... that's neat. We'll be doing a lot of whipping soon though, so that'll drop. Still, not bad.

[nabaxo]

Our Moai-city will be called "Your Johnson"? That's awesome. :D

[Bigger]

you could always turn off the binary research so you aren't cranking them out in 3 turn pops! :P

[Lord Parkin]

Our Moai-city will be called "Your Johnson"? That's awesome. :D

Yep. Been waiting to use that one for a while.

you could always turn off the binary research so you aren't cranking them out in 3 turn pops! :P

We'd still be researching them in 3 turn pops if we didn't use binary research. The main reason I like using binary is that if I have a last-minute change of mind about the tech I want/need next, I can switch to something else with very few missed beakers. Maybe we should lay off the binary soon so we don't have quite as large spikes in our GNP, though... although given our #1 soldier count and the difficulty of arranging a dogpile in Always War on a huge map (no OB for quick travel), I'm really not too concerned about our ability to defend ourselves - at least until Astronomy.

[Thoth]

Any chance of some empire overview/city screenies?

[Lord Parkin]

Sure, can grab an empire overview screenie next time I log in. Will probably be a bit mangled by the masses of signs I have around the place, but hopefully it'll still be readable.

[DMOC]

Yep. Been waiting to use that one for a while.


We'd still be researching them in 3 turn pops if we didn't use binary research. The main reason I like using binary is that if I have a last-minute change of mind about the tech I want/need next, I can switch to something else with very few missed beakers. Maybe we should lay off the binary soon so we don't have quite as large spikes in our GNP, though... although given our #1 soldier count and the difficulty of arranging a dogpile in Always War on a huge map (no OB for quick travel), I'm really not too concerned about our ability to defend ourselves - at least until Astronomy.

You also have a really nice choke-point with your southeastern city, so you can afford to keep packing units in that city. Things are looking good for your civ in the near future.

[Lord Parkin]

Empire overview!



With resources...



Apologies for the mess of signs. Unfortunately can't do much about that - there should really be a toggle on/off button for them, but there isn't. Oh well.

[Lord Parkin]

Code of Laws due in 2 turns. Researching at 70% to try to minimize our GNP. Not that it does much good.

Demographics...



One tile off the most land area! Wonder if we'll manage first place after we found our next city, or if the person in the lead will have jumped ahead even further by then.