[SPOILERS] Scooticator and Pindooter give a sporting try

[NobleHelium]

Kill asap I say. Don't get fancy. But if you really want a shot at keeping it then move south of the city and cut any roads then attack.

[Boldly Going Nowhere]

When words aren't enough, act.

[antisocialmunky]

So far the only difference between the geopolitics of this game and the other game is that you might get to keep all your stuff while taking all of Nakor's stuff.

[Ceiliazul]

can we get an f5 screen? preferably with bare map selected... and curly fries please.

great reporting as always, keep it up.

[spacetyrantxenu]

can we get an f5 screen? preferably with bare map selected... and curly fries please.

You didn't want to ask for curly fries in the last game they played???

I think what you meant to ask for was free tickets. For your entire entourage.

[Ceiliazul]

Dang. A theme late and a yard short.

still, post++

[pindicator]

I don't think we should attack. It'll set us back for no gain.

[Boldly Going Nowhere]

Pavel Datsyuk wouldn't just take this laying down. But then again, Pavel is no Tie Domi, who apparently was more Chuck Norris than hockey player.

[scooter]

I don't think we should attack. It'll set us back for no gain.

Sorry but I think you're wayyyyy wrong here. What will set us back is not getting the best city spot on the map right now - gold + ivory + fish. And we're just talking about sending units we already have. That city is insaaaanely exposed - should be pretty easy.

Pavel Datsyuk wouldn't just take this laying down. But then again, Pavel is no Tie Domi, who apparently was more Chuck Norris than hockey player.

Thanks for reminding me of one of my favorite hockey fights ever. Datsyuk - a skill guy who never fights and has won the top sportsmanship award a half dozen times - fighting one of the biggest guys on the ice in a playoff game.

[pindicator]

I don't think we should attack. It'll set us back for no gain.

Sorry but I think you're wayyyyy wrong here. What will set us back is not getting the best city spot on the map right now - gold + ivory + fish. And we're just talking about sending units we already have. That city is insaaaanely exposed - should be pretty easy.

But you were talking about using the 2 axes we have now, which means 9 turns minimum. (The 7 turns you give is misleading; that axe needs to kill the barbarian warrior otherwise we lose our Rice. That city won't grow to size 2 and it won't expand it's borders in that time. Look at it: no first-ring food. 11 turns to grow minimum. At least that long to pop borders. So I stand by my statement - trying to take it now is a bad idea.

And if we send the axes then we have an undefended Bulldogs. So the next unit built needs to cover that.
We have no axe to send to the Gems city so that city will have to be delayed until another unit can cover that settler.
And then we're counting on there being no barbarians we can't handle with our garrison units.

On top of that, you say it's exposed for him? It's just as exposed for us. We'd have to commit more military to either killing him, repelling his attempts to take it, and that's on top of the barbarian problems before. I mean, we're settling in a straight line perpendicular to Commodore as a northern neighbor. If that doesn't ring alarm bells as this being a bad idea then nothing will.

If you really want to take that city so bad, then let's do it right. Continue to develop, focus more on military in the next 10 - 20 turns. Forget circumnavigation and use the nav-1 galley (or galleys) for an amphibious assault. Hit him in 1 turn out of the fog before he even knows it's coming. You can stage galley(s) 1W of the rice tile and he won't see them.

I'd rather try for circumnavigation and take it with Horse Archers, personally...