PB75: Superdeath forced to play

[superdeath]

Havent scouted much of Gavagai's territory thus far, but it seems he has pushed northward into the desert area, and the "GAV WORKER???" makes me think he is going to plant a city somewhere by the corn. Discovering that corn changed a bunch of my settling plans in that area. Im going to try and race a settler down to my Corn city spot, it will settle the city in 5t. Im betting Gavagai's settler(?) from the furs potential city is heading in that area. Not confirmed yet though. Overall, i think he got one of the better cities from Ricky, Tiwanaku has a bunch of pretty matured cottages. PLUS sheep/wheat/fish.

Im wanting to send a message that basically states that i will grab the corn city, but not go further, and that he can have the cow area. i DO NOT want to antagonize Gavagai anymore than the fur city probably already did. However, the fur city is not defensible imo, if he settles in range of the corn. Its bad enough that it will be a little while till i settle a filler city, and it will always be a Liiiiiiiiiiiiiitle bit out there... but it was worth it ™



 
Also someone i havent scouted much of (yet) Mjmd. Man of many wonders. Tied with Gavagai and GT for lowest amount of cities. Mjmd has a valid excuse for it, i have NO clue what Gavagai/GT are doing. Lack of locations? .. dunno.
He helped me get CoL sooner, but hasnt sent back a potential war dec vs Gavagai for the future. So, that kinda pains me. Maybe give it a couple dozen turns, when im fielding knights.

Not much else to say about him yet. Can he settle more land? Can he use his 500 wonders to get a lead? Find out next time on DragonBall PB

 
Dreylin. The only one i dont have a trade connection with. 13 cities, kinda looks like the same situation i was in, where immediate desert, so had to hug the coast. Had a i have to assume scouting war with Gavagai. Thats all i know atm.


 
Ginger. Since the last time i scouted him, idk if the map has changed much since then... but 13 cities, HG, making more than i would with my loan paid back in GPT, BUT caught between Dreylin who is probably looking to have a different outcome than the last PB he was in.. and Zulu who i believe much be top power, as ive been ahead of Gavagai this whole time and by a "decent" amount.. and ive been passed by someone. I HAVE to assume its Zulu? Who else would build barracks in every city, and judging from their 800+ reply thread they are either super micro heavy like Old harry and his gang, or something. I cant fathom having that much to talk about. Maybe his lurkers and him are just bullshitting in the thread alot? I have more speculation, but ill hold off for now.




See above. Looks like Zulu has a nice long river to work with, has their UB to help bridge their 15 cities to my 13. But stuck between GT who is probably a higher aggression rating than even i am.. and Ginger who i just remembered has Civac as a dedlurker. So, shitty situation. Best case scenario for them is probably running over GT after Boudica(?) tapers off, Split GT with Nauf or conquer it quickly, then either continue into Nauf which probably brings me into it, unless im at war with Gavagai. It will be interesting how all this will turn out.


 
Kinda looks like GT got squeezed on both sides, and then as far as ive seen, hasnt expanded into the desert much. Id be surprised if he didnt make at least one likely failed attempt at running someone over. His land looks good though, so if he can grab a bit more for a production base, maybe he can pull back into the leading pack? But right now id put him along with Mjmd/gavagai in terms of actually winning.

 

ah, Naufusten. America gives him alot of flexibility to bulb weird stuff and surprise me/others. Nauf sent me a free spice this turn, i assume for the earlier gems gift. Glad to see we are still besties. Land looks pretty plain. IF i didnt have Gavagai as a next door neighbor, id have probably pushed more into the forested hills area and kept Nauf out of more "good" land. But, if i can maintain friendly relations on this side (with some scouts to be sure) then i can focus on teching and prepping myself for a showdown with Gavagai hopefully with myself at Knights, and him without anything worth a crap. I 100% believe i can beat him to it, the question is truly how fast do i want to essentially expand instead of teching some first-to's and other fun stuff.

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Rough plan:

Tech: Masonry-Metal Casting-Construction(for safety and faster movement.. lots of river)-head to Literature and build HE, check how everyone is doing.. and then probably grab music artist if its still available b4 heading down monachy-guilds line. Grabbing Engineering directly after. Thats about as far as ive thought ahead, and as always.. subject to change.

Foreign affairs: Continue to keep Nauf friendly, and keep Gavagai tamed/not willing to start a war over a couple cities. I think we both know as soon as one of us starts the war, there is only 1 outcome. Death. Now, whether Gavagai will give a shit because he was basically tied with Ricky in city count until just before he declared war when he settled some cities, and then took one off of him. Other plans are to simply try and trade for Gold if someone finds 2+ I have to assume based on where silver is, that perhaps Gold is the "precious" resource in the middle that might have like.. 3 total? Ill have to recheck the map.

Also, i plan on building at least 1 scout for each player. Gotta keep upto date on whats going on. 2-3 scouts for Nauf and Gavagai min.

Anything anyone wants to know/say/favorite food let me know

[Kaiser]

I have more speculation, but ill hold off for now.

I would love to hear more of your speculation

[superdeath]

I have more speculation, but ill hold off for now.

I would love to hear more of your speculation

The spoiler below could be seen as possibly rude. I dont mean to be rude, hence the "ill hold off for now" BUTTTTTTTTTTTTT if someone wants to read it. Go for it.

The speculation is the number and frequency of his posts, and his HIHIHI when i say Howdy/hello in game points to some sort of hyper focus or ADHD. Could be the same thing that i have (autism), but in the opposite direction. Just trying to figure out how he could churn out what has to be like 20posts a day. I mean no offense to him whether these statements are true or false, as im not in the medical field. But i do have friends that have adhd/autism/are religious/like taylor swift/like football/have ptsd.

[Tarkeel]

Anything anyone wants to know/say/favorite food let me know

Sincerely thank you for the big overview post; I think that's the most reporting you've ever done at once and I really like it. To follow up, the obligatory "How do you win from here?" How many Praets did you end up building, and did you actually suffer any losses?

[superdeath]

Anything anyone wants to know/say/favorite food let me know

Sincerely thank you for the big overview post; I think that's the most reporting you've ever done at once and I really like it. To follow up, the obligatory "How do you win from here?" How many Praets did you end up building, and did you actually suffer any losses?

Most reporting ive ever done? IDK ABOUT THAT... but its a good chunk.


How do i win from here. Hopefully Nauf or preferably Gavagai gets stuck in a war. I run them over with knights. Other option is i make it to Cavalry the same time that most people are hitting knights/banking. OTHER OTHER option is thru culture or space race. Ive got a ton of land to expand into, the ocean iirc doesnt wrap around, so should be fairly easy to protect my capital.. I think if i play my cards right i can be #1 gnp and/or production. JUST gotta stay outta Gavagai'd range.

No losses in taking Ricky. Only "loss" was having to wait 2t to heal my axe to murder a warrior and unlock the HE.

I can get the numbers for total praets i currently have if needed, but roughly 1 praet every turn or every other turn is produced for safety/city garrison. Gavagai is starting to gain some power, not a huge jump but enough to knock me into 3rd behind him and zulu? So there's that.

[superdeath]

Below will be a bunch of various demos/other info. Condensed into a spoiler tag incase you dont wanna see it.

First few courthouses will be whipped/chopped in the next 5t or less.


 

Settling 4-5 cities over the next 8t.  

[Miguelito]

Surprised by the low rank in MfG, as I know you as a mine appreciator. What's up?

But i do have friends that have adhd/autism/are religious/like taylor swift/like football/have ptsd.

[superdeath]

i THINK recent whips/working cottages/food to grow. Worker labor has gone to improving happy resources, food, and occasionally chopping trees for... stuff

[superdeath]

Played turn, will post update(s?) tomorrow/later today. 2am here, Night!

[superdeath]

Do you like waffles?