Ruff's Report ... Epic 21 Tree Huggers

[Ruff_Hi]

Here is my report ... really enjoyed this game ... let the game make the big decisions for me!

http://ruffhi.atspace.com/Epic22-1.html

Edit: Got the number wrong - and it will not let me change it ... duh

[T-hawk]

There's no shame in failing quests like the War Chariots one. I blew off both the Stables and Castles quests as not worth the investment. I really do wish the rewards were described in-game, though. Good move on upgrading the free HAs to Knights, I wouldn't have thought of that.

Nice late Pyramids - I wanted that too but everything else crowded it out in the early game.

I'm not sure if the conquering helped you as far as the victory date for score, though. Investing the hammers on cathedrals might have speeded that better. You were concerned about filling the 9 city roster, but I only got 7 peacefully and didn't worry about conquering more. I expected and got flips later to bring the city count up to 9. And you also spent more time in Org Rel to build up the later acquisitions, while I got to Pacifism and Great Artist blowouts right away. I count 7 Great Artists in your list, as compared to my 15. What did all your Great Scientists do and did it contribute to the cultural win?

[Ruff_Hi]

the first few GS were for acadamies in various cities - the others were settled in the capital, one bulbed a tech (or part) and one was blown on a GA.

I wasn't really concentrating on getting as early a finish as I could. The build of the ETower was a case in point.