[SPOILERS] Ceiliazul is Player One: Louis of Egypt

[Nakor]

Metal Casting is done, so we're going to build a round of cheap forges.
What should we tech next? Aest - Lit? CS? Calender?

Krill is settling heavilly towards us. We can either try to claim more land toward him (a bit) or go after the islands (lots of room).
We have a Galley and a settler next turn so we can go either south or towards an island. I'd like your input on that as well.

[Ceiliazul]

Metal Casting is done, so we're going to build a round of cheap forges.
What should we tech next? Aest - Lit? CS? Calender?

Krill is settling heavilly towards us. We can either try to claim more land toward him (a bit) or go after the islands (lots of room).
We have a Galley and a settler next turn so we can go either south or towards an island. I'd like your input on that as well.

I recommend the settler go to an island, and we send axes/swords to take Naming Schemes. Krill is pink dotting us and there's only one answer. Using settlers of own is silly in the jungle.

Naming Schemes has no cultural defenses yet, so should be doable.

On the other hand... his power is pretty darn high.

[Nakor]

Yeah, don't think attacking will work...
So we need to settle more land = islands and think of a way to get an advantage before attacking Krill. IF that is possible....

Meanwhile, what do we tech next?

[Nakor]

So we took the southern barb city. And that means we're out of names... Can you give a few more names from your theme?

New cities are building Granary's while the older ones are still on Forges. Those will help a lot!

There are 1 or 2 cities in the south I'd like to settle if we can beat Krill. There's a barb city up north for us and we can fill a space there with a filler city. And then there's the islands to expand to. We have plenty of room if we keep moving fast...

[Ceiliazul]

So we took the southern barb city. And that means we're out of names... Can you give a few more names from your theme?

New cities are building Granary's while the older ones are still on Forges. Those will help a lot!

There are 1 or 2 cities in the south I'd like to settle if we can beat Krill. There's a barb city up north for us and we can fill a space there with a filler city. And then there's the islands to expand to. We have plenty of room if we keep moving fast...

Can't help much, but here's a couple more names:

Chthonia
Castle Anorak

Tech, well Liturature is now or never.

[Nakor]

Well, I've taken over as primary turn player for quite some time now since Ceil has to invest his time in far more important matters.

So here is a state of the empire:

Northwest


Northeast


Central region


South


Settled island


Free islands


Cities


Units


Tech (I miss HBR and Monotheism)


Capital


Plako's former capital (rebuild)


Demographics


Krill is running away with the game as suspected. He just took a city from Azza and has the biggest army. Therefore I'm teching Feudalism before CS to get LB's for defense.
Thankfully Krill doesn't seem to have as much islands as we do. So our next expansion fase is overseas.
Meanwhile in the far west (or east) Scooter is taking our Brick. That might make him a rival for Krill.
Nice game so far! No time turner stuff and such... :neenernee

Anyone out there with requests?

[Nakor]

It's an interesting game!

Teched my way to Rilfling (only scooter has is as well), and Astronomy (trade with Krill), so I should be save for another while once Nationhood comes in.
My tech rate is one of the best in this game and I'm keeping out of wars.
There are a lot of wars going on and 3-4 players will leave the theatre if things keep going like this.

I've expanded to islands east. It's a bit tricky to defend, therefore Astronomy and soon going for better ships.

Strategy is to stay friendly with Krill, and see how things go...

[AutomatedTeller]

Could we get another overview post?

[Nakor]

Sure! As you all know, another one has bitten the dust. Yuri is gone. Azza and Brick are having troubles as well.

Here are the maps of my civ, starting with the border with Krill:



Then the central starting region:



The nortwest of the starting continent:



And the northeast of the starting continent:



The first island to the east. Scooter had a city here that was razed by Krill and resettled by me:



The island east of the one before. Scooter has a few cities here and I settled a filler city up north:



And finally the islands north of the last picture, I'm still sending settlers over the get more land there:



The tech situation. I'll have Engineering next turn and will tech Nationalism next to get drafting online. Chemistry is a good next tech as well since others are researching that, but Liberalism for FR is very good too:



Expenses:



And finally demographics:



Krill is, of course, the favorite to win this game. He has way more land then reaogarr, scooter and me. While they can attack others and get more land, I can only expand to the islands or declare war on Krill. But... Krill has twice my army (mostly Knights)... So I've no idea what to do with that... Drafting a zillion Rifles and attack with Rifles/Cavalry/Cannons is an option but might be suicide... Peacefully teching further might be the only option left. Or I could build a navy and try to get to Scooter... Time will tell.