I agree Mardoc, that's a real clever way of him to essentially recover/fake some hammers using Fin, I really like it. Ties into his academy plan too, if he can save gold on the coast and then time the whips to happen when he amps the slider. Mack's civ looks really great.
That said, the team that looks *really* good to me right now is the Khmer. 5 cities (two with 7 pop, 22 total), AP, and Taj incoming in 2 turns. I assume they'll try to squeeze out two more engineers during the GA to complete their religious set? Or perhaps SM and an Academy for their capital would be even better. At any rate, just getting that big hammer boost while denying it to the Imp teams is a big boon for them.
I wonder what's going on with plako? I assume he's behind because he's doing something weird with Great People, but who knows. He did something like that in PB27, too and that ended up being kinda disastrous for him due to losing a coinflip on the Mids.
That said, the team that looks *really* good to me right now is the Khmer. 5 cities (two with 7 pop, 22 total), AP, and Taj incoming in 2 turns. I assume they'll try to squeeze out two more engineers during the GA to complete their religious set? Or perhaps SM and an Academy for their capital would be even better. At any rate, just getting that big hammer boost while denying it to the Imp teams is a big boon for them.
I wonder what's going on with plako? I assume he's behind because he's doing something weird with Great People, but who knows. He did something like that in PB27, too and that ended up being kinda disastrous for him due to losing a coinflip on the Mids.