[SPOILERS] 3 Players, 1 Civ, No Clues - Tatan, Nakor, and Serdoa are Darius of Rome

[Nakor]

Tatan? Serdoa?

[Tatan]

Sorry, exam season...

I don't think attacking that stack is worth it. Assuming no double move, they would still have a window of opportunity to run or reinforce, and even if we got to attack, it would probably take 3-4 axes just to kill it--a risky proposition given that we would need to have enough left over units to cover the captured workers (who we don't particularly need right now anyway...).

Anyway I played the turn. Nothing interesting happened, so here's a picture dump for the lurkers.


The [SIZE="1"]in[/SIZE]Glorious Roman Empire:

Demographics:

Our military, which isn't too shabby until you consider we are dead last in military power (except for, you know, the dead players):

The distant east to our immediate west...

And of course, the distant west to our immediate east:

[Nakor]

And what should be our plan for the next turns?

[Nakor]

We got our second LB and might be feeling a bit safer slowly.
Nero can build another settler after the LB for the fourth city on the island.

Currency will be done next turn. Onto Calender?

[Tatan]

We got our second LB and might be feeling a bit safer slowly.
Nero can build another settler after the LB for the fourth city on the island.

Currency will be done next turn. Onto Calender?

Yeah, Calender next. I forgot to look at Nero's build, I think it's building a partially constructed spear that's been in the queue for ever. That should probably be changed, settler seems like a good idea.

And what should be our plan for the next turns?

I guess we should focus on a couple things:

-Building longbow defenders for all our border cities
-Setting up forge builds in all our cities (perhaps we could whip a round of longbows and overflow into forges?)
-Getting a military worthy of fighting Plako. I think mace-filled galleys covered by triremes would be our best bet here. We can't build maces yet, but we could start building a navy soon in preparation.

Speaking of which, what are we teching after Calender? If Sunrise/Ichabod look really threatening, Construction would be a good idea; otherwise, I say go directly for Civil Service and then Machinery. I guess we could also research CoL before Civil Service in order to get the pre-req bonus and enable cheap courthouses, but that might slow us down too much.

Ultimately, I think our broad mid-term goal should read something like: solidify our holdings, entrench in the east, and push in the west.

[Nakor]

Changed the build in Nero to a settler. Let's slow build that one so whip weariness can wear off.

GM in 2T, we bulb MC with him, right? Then I agree, let's tech CS after Calender.

Our main goal still remains: Survival!

[Nakor]

New turn, so we should have a Great Merchant to bulb MC!
Won't be able to play the turn untill tomorrow.

[Tatan]

A rat! But whose?


Our Magellan-imitating workboat discovered Lord Parkin himself:




And last but most definitely not least:



Yay, Metal Casting! :D And how appropriate for the Romans to birth Marco Polo.


A footnote:



I really want to double-whip this city and overflow into a forge, but it will take eons to grow back; thoughts? Keep in mind that if this is to be a double-whip, it needs to happen by next turn.

[Nakor]

Good to see we have MC. Time to build a trireme and harass Plako!

I don't think we should whip Caesar, as you said, it takes forever to regrow...

[Tatan]

Played the turn.

Dora died to LP last turn.
We get Calendar at end of turn.

And that's all there really is to say. If any stray lurkers desire any of our paltry info, ask away.

Good to see we have MC. Time to build a trireme and harass Plako!

Where/when do you think we should build one? I suppose I lean towards building all of our forges first, and then maybe building/whipping it in the capital.