RBP2 Lurker Discussion Thread - No Players!

[novice]

[...] Now we know the answer to that strange Top-5 city pic.. They probably named it after Irene of Athens. Who knows.

Greetings to the Greeks!

We wanted to ask you for your thoughts about Byzantium. We think that they
are a very dangerous civilization: their team members are very good and
experienced, and their choice of civ/leader gives them potential access to
one of the best UUs in the game fast via lightbulbs. Given the current
situation I think it would be in both our interests to work together. If you
are interested in this please let us know.

Thank you for sharing the info about the other civs. We are also about the
meet Rome next turn: we saw their borders under the fog. They are quite far
from you and about SW from the Incans.

Kalin of the Ottomans

Now this is a hard riddle to solve. There are quite a few ways I can handle this.
A) Send them packing. Tell Rego about their plans. Gain Rego's trust, but lose an ally against Rego who share the same fears that I do.
B) Agree to help them against Rego. For all I know they could be best friends and this would just be a test to see if I'm loyal or not.
C) Agree to help them against Rego, and they turn out to be sincere. Then I could either:
- Spy on Rego and leak info to Ottomans
- Break our NAP. Remember there were terms.. It's actually true that we aren't really on the same page about the borders. So I could basically break the NAP without actually violating it.
D) Wait and see first, then take action later on.
E) There's always another option..

Heh... Jowy's reaction could make all the difference for Byzantium. There's a pretty big difference between A) and C).