[SPOILERS]Acrid Pinot and other Pindicator anagrams

[pindicator]

Turn 118

Ichabod is demanding crab it seems...or perhaps he's "requesting" crab.

Yeah, I think there's an alternative message behind that crab demand...



And if he liked that, he's gonna love this:



Meditation came in at 20% this turn. Next turn it's Drama at 80%

[NobleHelium]

Yeah we thought about the chance of Ichabod attacking us at HCL but it seems unlikely (the galley probably dropped off the settler). We could have put that chop into an archer but that would have slowed growth immensely. If he does attack us the wrath shall be fierce of course.

Also, we're probably going to run out of coast to work at AWB, so we could build some dry cottages instead of working the 3c ocean. We should start with one on the overlapped tile with SBT of course.

[NobleHelium]

Then again...maybe he's planning to attack us and then settle in place to use the crab we netted for him. [/paranoia mode] Whatever, we'll see.

[NobleHelium]

Hmm, just remembered that scooter has cothons. I guess that explains the early(ish) Compass a bit. Maybe that's why he and rego finally signed OB?

110h in the box of Ichabod's city of Dad by the way. Maybe he is building AP there? Nah, probably a forge, he doesn't have one there yet.

[pindicator]

Turn 120

I'm sure everybody has seen scooter post about his Astronomy bulb. Pretty nice play, and I hope he can take some cities with it (as long as they come from some other player). That move catapulted scooter into the beaker lead. Right now beaker count looks like so. Aw hell, let's just do a full tech rundown:

#1) Scooter - 9,223 total beakers
Techs up on us: Alphabet, Compass, Machinery, Optics, Astronomy (+5,280)
Techs down to us: Masonry, Meditation, Monotheism, Aesthetics, Code of Laws, Drama, Literature, Music, Civil Service, Feudalism (-4,658)


#2) Us! - 8,601 total beakers
Techs Known: (All the Ancient Age ones), Aesthetics, Calendar, Code of Laws, Currency, Drama, Iron Working, Literature, Mathematics, Metal Casting, Monarchy, Civil Service, Feudalism, Music

#3) Ichabod - 7,017 total beakers
Techs up on us: Compass, Theology (+1,188)
Techs down to us: Drama, Monarchy*, Civil Service, Feudalism (-2,772)
*Monarchy may be Code of Laws, but I've given Ichabod benefit of the more expensive tech, although Monarchy makes sense for the wines he has. So I dunno...


#4) Regoarrarr - 6,225 total beakers
Techs up on us: None
Techs down to us: Drama, Literature, Music, Feudalism (-2,376)


#5) Ruff_hi - 5,169 total beakers
Techs up on us: Alphabet (+396)
Techs down to us: Aesthetics, Drama, Literature, Music, Feudalism, Civil Service (-3,828)


Okay, science time is over...

For turn 120, I'd like to introduce you to our newest city. It's very dear to us, So Dear:



We're building culture and will have a missionary join the city in 3 turns. Then on the first turn of our golden age it runs an artist and poof! Popped borders!

Also, in the far west you can see the stone we're sending a settler toward. Problem: Rego is already on that island. So we whipped a longbow in HC that will join the settler and hopefully we can claim our very on stone. Or maybe it's too much of a stretch. I like how our only expansion options are in a straight line... (Don't bitch about the map, don't bitch about the map )

We finally built Moai this turn in Spa Rag!



Had to whip it down a bit, and it will only be size 6 when the golden age starts, but don't you fret. There will be plenty of obligatory moai + colossus + FIN in a golden age screenshots. (Now if only we were Dutch too...)

Any screenshot requests? I feel like we're only showing the west because that's where all the action is.

Demos from end of turn:

[NobleHelium]

@ the -94 trade balance value. I think that's the lowest I've ever seen.

[pindicator]

FYI i ducked in to do C&D this morning, but I have a busy day today. Should have a window in a few hours where I can play the turn.

[NobleHelium]

scooter's power is still going up...

[NobleHelium]

I've got a plan to speed up the settling of the stone city to t126 and reshuffle our western defense units into a better priority manner.

[NobleHelium]

lolwut Ichabod already played the turn??