T23
Sorry for lack of updates - nothing interesting happened over the last 5 turns. I was pretty much following the plan outlined earlier, and now live in fear of "Stonehenge was BIADL". Two more turns....
Nicolae settled the city T22 (I didn't see it last turn, but I'm first in the turn order). The good news is, because he spent so long moving the settler, I actually won't be that far behind (my second city is currently scheduled for T26). The bad news is, the location his chose is annoying
This spot does make more sense for Nic than the double sugar location I suspected he was going to settle. This one is better for landgrabbing, is on a hill, and does claim a unique luxury. It is much closer to me though
Fortunately, it doesn't invalidate the desert gold spot, which I'm going to settle as the second city and hopefully establish our border this way. Nicolae doesn't have much military - I saw a Worker in his land, which means his build order almost certainly was Scout-Stele-Worker-Settler, I don't see how he could've had hammers for anything else. Which means my 3 Scouts actually are an unbeatable force for him
Now, if I want to annoy Nicolae back, there's still a way for me to claim the sugar - the spot marked on the screenshot is a valid location. Do I want to try?...
Still no Worker in Hanoi, another setback as I thought I would have one by now. Maybe next turn. I seriously need to start improving my luxuries, as all cities after the second one would be suboptimal to settle on luxuries (or just impossible)
Sorry for lack of updates - nothing interesting happened over the last 5 turns. I was pretty much following the plan outlined earlier, and now live in fear of "Stonehenge was BIADL". Two more turns....
Nicolae settled the city T22 (I didn't see it last turn, but I'm first in the turn order). The good news is, because he spent so long moving the settler, I actually won't be that far behind (my second city is currently scheduled for T26). The bad news is, the location his chose is annoying
This spot does make more sense for Nic than the double sugar location I suspected he was going to settle. This one is better for landgrabbing, is on a hill, and does claim a unique luxury. It is much closer to me though
Fortunately, it doesn't invalidate the desert gold spot, which I'm going to settle as the second city and hopefully establish our border this way. Nicolae doesn't have much military - I saw a Worker in his land, which means his build order almost certainly was Scout-Stele-Worker-Settler, I don't see how he could've had hammers for anything else. Which means my 3 Scouts actually are an unbeatable force for him
Now, if I want to annoy Nicolae back, there's still a way for me to claim the sugar - the spot marked on the screenshot is a valid location. Do I want to try?...
Still no Worker in Hanoi, another setback as I thought I would have one by now. Maybe next turn. I seriously need to start improving my luxuries, as all cities after the second one would be suboptimal to settle on luxuries (or just impossible)