[SPOILERS] AlaePB1 - Zanth's reporting thread

[zanth]

Yes, you can't expand culture to any tile that can't be worked from a city on your continent. it appears that the wheat island is not on your continent.

that's quite intresting. It seems that Myki's capital is on my continent, but a close shoreline w/ some other continent continues. Such a highly water-map

[zanth]

And some news:
1) Alexander adopted Judaism
2) Bacchus whipped twice (2 pop and 1 pop) this turn.
3) Hum and Gavagai founded new cities (it seems third)
Interesting

[zanth]

demo T49

Someone has 2000 population, that means 2 cities of pop 1. Pretty extreme.

[zanth]

Myki founded a city and then performed 2 1-pop slaves
moreover, lowest population increased to 3000, as only Myki have founded cities last turn, so it's him. It seems he likes 2->1 whip cycle.

btw, it seems, he don't choose well w/ his city location.
Moreover, it's strategic position is awful

Yellow are future cultural borders, gray is fog of war. I can start war and make desant at ivory tile at one turn (if he won't cover it or make patrolling galleys). Though I don't have war-plans in middle-perspective

P.S. Holy shit, that gold tile would be 0/3/9 amazing! Myki would definitely be commercial leader, my only hope that he wouldn't get too much prod to be too agressive

[zanth]

Fresh T51

And I'd want to introduce some role-playing: my first assosiation w/ Persia are such lovely creatures:


So I would have a cat-empire
So cities would have cat-names or something cat-related

[Qgqqqqq]

Hey Zanth, for some reason some of your .png 's aren't displaying for me. Its just the latest spoilered one and the one in post 77.

[zanth]

It seems there's something w/ large pics. Does anyone have same problems?

this pic T51


pic from #77

(direct URL http://tinypic.com/r/23if42h/5 )

[zanth]

TURN 52

Tortoisoshell was founded

link http://postimg.org/image/wxjp9ivvn/
barbs are nearby, I had to return warrior

Myki follows me

If he hasn't seen my borders he would almost sure be confused of my location seeing another warrior to the NW of his borders

And...

Anfisa, saint cat of Tortoiseshell

[zanth]

TURN 53

Both barbarians attacked and loose.

and demo

I would research pottery in 2 turns, and would have a hard choice what to research next: main candidates are sailing, writing, IW. At last I would have some time to think. 'Cause total maintance is -4/turn, I would have to collect money for some turns

Any advices?

[zanth]

Yep, we're moving quite fast

TURN 54

demo

and finally I have Myki's graphs. To say i'm in a pleasant shock is to say nothing

GNP


prod


food


power


culture

I should mention, that Myli had more whips then I 3 or 4 against 2, and some of them are granaries, but still he's far less fearful then I expected.