[Spoilers] I have enough games already. Oh look, a PBEM !

[Miguelito]

Imo chopping those forests for forges (I like how you're getting a lot of them!) or other infra is more worthwhile than waiting for a wonder to be buildable. If you still choose to do so, mids isn't really good I think because rep is anti synergistic with the Colossus/fin play. HG sounds acceptable. I'd rather not duvet to the aesthetics route before guilds.
I'd even consider if additional workers just for chopping purposes wouldn't help you to speed up growth.

Grimace is annoying, I suppose you're keeping the phalanxes in range to reinforce Thu in time? I guess we need just enough longbows to hold the stalemate until we get like four cats which should enable us to smash any attack he might send at us. Judging from the graph he's back to his former power which was like what, 12 units? If he comes with 20 then we better have 6-8 cats actually... Of course he could just decide that with us having more power than he does attacking us just isn't getting him anywhere...

Moai in hero sounds awesome. Do you have a concrete plan how to do it? By my understanding it works around whip overflow, but I'm not really sure how exactly it's done. You'll want a lighthouse first in any case.

[AdrienIer]

For now Thu's defences are two longbows two phalanxes with an other phalanxe being built. But I have many turn's notice before Grimace can get a stack in the city, it would be possible to get at least 4 more units before they're in range.

Hero will go granary->lighthouse->Moai, my plan is to whip the lighthouse to get a lot of overflow then build small stuff like triremes (useful anyway for ocean control) and whip them into Moai. Also there's a forest I'll chop into it. That's how we got it done in PB25 and that's how I intend to do it here.

[Miguelito]

For now Thu's defences are two longbows two phalanxes with an other phalanxe being built. But I have many turn's notice before Grimace can get a stack in the city, it would be possible to get at least 4 more units before they're in range.

Hero will go granary->lighthouse->Moai, my plan is to whip the lighthouse to get a lot of overflow then build small stuff like triremes (useful anyway for ocean control) and whip them into Moai. Also there's a forest I'll chop into it. That's how we got it done in PB25 and that's how I intend to do it here.

Re: moai, i think you can get sort of Max efficiency by putting 2h into a phalanx/spear which can do MP duties if nothing else, then 2pop whipping. Of course getting triremes is also very good, but probably gets you less hammers into the moai. I'd also leave that forest in place until you can finish the build, as it's the best hammer tile you can get there (before guilds or caste)

How many turns off peace with Grimace still left?

[AdrienIer]

Peace (and the 5gpt) will be gone next turn.

[AdrienIer]

I just chopped a turn off the Colossus completion date.




I chopped one of the forests this turn, will whip the forge next turn, the city will regrow immediately and we should be able to 3t the wonder. That or my piece of paper mislead me.

Also, construction done next turn.

[AdrienIer]

I started the first catapult ! Yay ! Colossus at the end of the turn after next.

[Miguelito]

Nothing for me to say but good luck
Grimace power alright? Remembered to cancel the gpt?

[AdrienIer]

The GPT cancelled automatically. And we're now above Grimace in power (basically we've been equals for 15t)

[AdrienIer]

The second gems is coming in two turns so I proposed this to Sian




Colossus is done next turn, no sign of malign intentions from Grimace (or anyone really), great person due in 3 for a likely GA (~15% chances for an engineer that I would NOT use for a GA but would keep for a wonder) so I'm going Poly->Mono before HBR and machinery (should 1t the first three, already did with poly).

Edit : lol I looked at the picture above and something was wrong : it should be wine not ivory (Sian has two of both). I sent a second turn to Retep I hope he plays that one.

[Miguelito]

Maybe save gold after mono so you can rush calendar in case you get the GE?

Any idea why retep has such a large score lead?
Could you post all the graphs + demos + F8 next turn? How's everybody's city count?
I see from some chops you got that worker situation improved? Any immediate plans to settle the northern island?

OK, off to biting nails about that Colossus....