RB Pitboss #1 Spoiler -- Zara of the Holy Roman Empire

[Broker33]

Ok starting my thread. Now to figure out how to post a picture.

[Broker33]

May need some help with the sizing on this...

[Broker33]

Here are some of my first thoughts.

1) I want an early religion which looking at the map I should be able to get. Although I am not that good at reading the picture I think that wine is on a river so it should allow me to reasearch a religion fast. Have to decide if I want to go for meditation or Polytheism.... There are 5 others that will compete for the religion so this is a gamble.

2) I have hunting so I can improve the ivory quick probably after size 2 build a worker until then scouts.

3) Need mining and bronze working fairly early also no huts so I wont pop anything.

I will move the scout but most likely settle in place.

Goals are not to be the first out and to make a good showing. Also to ensure if someone takes me out it cost them alot.

Tech path....religion, agriculture, ah, wheel, mining, bw

I would appriciate any comments or pointed questions to help me out. I am really in out of my depth here but this should be a ton of fun.

[athlete4life10]

Hi Broker33,

Looks like you've got a pretty solid starting point! Best of luck to you and I'm looking forward to following along.

Tech path....religion, agriculture, ah, wheel, mining, bw

Is there a particular reason as to why you have agriculture in there? Do you plan to farm the FP's? Would it be to get the prereq discount for AH? Do you want to open up Pottery? To me there does not seem to be an immediate need for it allowing you to take advantage of BW that much sooner. Not that I know what I'm doing that well as you can tell by the PBEM game!

Good luck on the early religion, it's quite a gamble but one it looks like your set to pull off.

[Broker33]

Well I was thinking the discount and I would eventually need it. May delay it though

[sooooo]

That's a nice start with your floodplains.

Religion is indeed a gamble with 11 civs, 5 of whom start with mysticism.

As I see it I would prioritise AH, mining, BW and then either archery (if no copper) or wheel+pottery.

[Broker33]

Wow I am already falling back in the posts. Either my plan is good or so bad it isnt worth helping me.

I have been bouncing things back and forth all day on what my first tech will be.

Provided I am right and I have a 2 coin wine to start with I will go for a religion. I am going to check the demographics first and if I am tied for 1st I may go for meditation since I am the second civ I should get the tie breaker / first civ dosent start with mysticism

Now if I am not first then I will fall victim to spain on the lake. (yes I read that one and worried about the scenario from the start. Hoped Sulla woulndt give them a lake but it could be up to the RNG) and with spain financial I will get beat. So if I am not tied for 1st I will go for polythesim which I should get by the tie breakers again. (assumption is that Sunrise will go for the qucker tech)

If anyone knows that the tiebreaker wont work that way let me know I will have to rethink the gamble.

Now if I miss on poly should I beline Monothesim??? or just do ah/mining/bw/masonary/mono?

I am thinking a religion would be real nice with 11 civs and only 5 religions

Hopefully this will prompt some posts.

Game starts in 15 hrs....damn I am excited...

[LiPing]

Isn't the southern unit your settler, meaning that if you settle in place, the wine tile won't be available to work until your borders expand?

[Broker33]

Isn't the southern unit your settler, meaning that if you settle in place, the wine tile won't be available to work until your borders expand?

Hmmm guess I need to get better at reading the picture....

Well the demographics will tell me alot I still may get away with it.

[Broker33]

Ok I have the actual start picture and yes the wines were out of reach. I checked the demographics and I am tied for first.

However as you can see I have poly up first. My reasoning is my border will pop on turn 3 the financial will pop on turn 5 if there is a 2 cpt spot for the financial I will get out raced. Assuming I have the tiebreaker I should beat anyone else.






I think I will scout E first and the second scout will head S.

Since I am not used to all this calculating if someone see's something wrong with my logic please let me know.