[SPOILERS] Novice forgets to log out

[novice]

Boldly has 4 workers and a settler walking around unescorted.



What my cities are doing:



Currency seems to be due in 7 turns. I have a settler ready to settle the northern city towards Boldly next turn, I think I will so that might delay currency. Anyway, time to figure out where to plant my second island city. I'm taking lurker suggestions!



Probably somewhere on the same island as ball. The southern island is identical, and I have better map info there:



Here's what I've uncovered of the eastern island:



Demographics after ending turn.

[NobleHelium]

Clearly you need to settle all four ivories on the map. That'll teach 'em.

[novice]

Clearly you need to settle all four ivories on the map. That'll teach 'em.

It's pretty clear that I ought to settle for the ivory northeast of Ball, at least. On the ivory, on the rice, nw of ivory and on the pigs are all options. I think I like on the ivory. 2-hammer plant, instant happy, clams and flood plains for food, great city once we get IW, and 4 tiles away from Ball.

[novice]

Turn 66 teaser: My jungle-clearing technique worked! And Ivan the Terrible is dead.

[novice]

So Dazed unloaded a vulture from his galley in the east, and razed Ball from the west with Ivan the Terrible amphibiously killing the chariot I had in the city. Ivan was at 4.0/6, and this is after I took a 37% attack with a Phalanx I had guarding the easternmost worker. It only got Ivan down to 3.0/6. I also took a shot at his galley with a new galley from Mama. (I like attrition.)



So I had a phalanx in my galley as well, which now got 47% odds on Ivan, so I took it, since I don't want that unit running around. I had better luck. I then evacuated my workers, chopped a replacement settler in Byte, and brought in reinforcements on my galley that came through the canal.



My north:


Core:


South:


Since the rice is now unjungled I'll probably resettle Ball S-SW of its original location. Maybe that's enough to get a cease fire with Dazed.

[novice]

Understandably, Dazed wants his own city on the island. The second unit on his galley was a settler, which he unloaded and now guards with his Vulture.



He may have reloaded the galley with reinforcements. If he hasn't and settles in place, he'll be unhappy to see the units I unloaded this turn ready to raze his city. (A mobility morale phalanx, a shock chariot, and a CR1 phalanx.)

Also the galley that I injured last turn is gone, that's pleasant but a bit mystifying. He must have moved it next to my galleys and then deleted it, but it's odd that he didn't foresee the presence of my boats and retreat towards the northeast instead.

My southern galley has a settler and a combat one chariot on it. The two workers were unloaded back on the copper. The phalanx that killed Ivan the Terrible was promoted to City Raider I and moved onto the forest west of the rice.

[NobleHelium]

Looks like dazed lost a city a while ago. There's a dip in the culture graph.

[novice]

Looks like dazed lost a city a while ago. There's a dip in the culture graph.

Good to know.

A few screenshots from turn 69:


I think I'll let Dazed have a city there, not that I have the forces to prevent it currently anyway.



Great scientist settled in Leap.

Demos after ending turn.


Island theatre:


Looks like currency is due eot71. I won't be able to settle the ivory city until t74, unfortunately.

[NobleHelium]

He can't settle on his current tile though. It's too close to his other city.

[novice]

He can't settle on his current tile though. It's too close to his other city.

The other city is on a separate landmass though.