T86:
Today we begin at the end. The EOT, that is, because we've spotted the mythical jungle-peaks at the edges of the world! It's visible from two tiles away across water because peaks have +2 visibility altitude to ocean's -1 visibility altitude. This highlights the risk that Adrien and Khan could still have visibility on an inbound Galley, depending on where exactly on the coastline they founded their cities, and that unfortunately takes Operation Djenne off the back burner and puts it back into the freezer. It's simply too risky without a better grasp of the terrain.
Initial 64 has a lot of overflow from its Forge, and I have two Chop+Cottage boosts coming in 5t. Now seems as good a time as any to pump out the last round of Settlers and then build the Hanging Gardens with +175% modifiers for 18 cities (15 + 3 fillers, two coastal sites and one satellite for the capital that can help grow 4 Cottages).
Speaking of cities, it just occurred to me that Sandwich orphans two 6f tiles in the Pigs and Fish. Even if I hadn't settled Gauntlet, Ginger wouldn't be able to claim them both. I've decided not to contest the signed City on this border, so once he settles 1N of the Copper, we should have a stable enough border. I also offered Ginger another trade of OB, Sugar for Dye, and 1gpt to further sweeten the deal. I noticed that he's just finishing up Currency now, when I thought he had finished that before starting Calendar! Perhaps he's not interested in OB because he doesn't think he has routes to fill? And this means that Ginger is even further behind in tech than I had thought. Why go for both Calendar and Iron Working before Currency here? The plantations can't be worth that much more than the routes and Wealth-building.
On the tech front between the other three:
- Adrien has 405g and is making 265gpt.
- Khan has 130g and is making 138 gpt.
- If I were to hire all Merchants and run 100% gold, I'd have 135g and be making 147gpt and 96bpt.
Those aren't winning numbers, I'm afraid. The good news is that Adrien didn't have enough cash/overflow to tech all the way to Guilds in one swoop, and Khan still hasn't started a Golden Age, which makes me start to wonder if he burned his Great Scientist earlier on an Academy. If he did, it's not in his capital, or any other city I have visibility on. His bulb option would be Philosophy, I believe, and Taoism hasn't been founded. Maybe he's trying to line up a Hanging Gardens -> Golden Age play and is also waiting for a few more cities? Perhaps I should get started on it sooner, myself.
With constant Missionary training and some Kong Miao-boosted free spreads, we now have 10/15 cities converted, with 2 more of Ginger's cities. Another reason I'd like to re-open borders is that the passive spread pressure would be a lot stronger, and every little bit helps.
Graphs:
Today we begin at the end. The EOT, that is, because we've spotted the mythical jungle-peaks at the edges of the world! It's visible from two tiles away across water because peaks have +2 visibility altitude to ocean's -1 visibility altitude. This highlights the risk that Adrien and Khan could still have visibility on an inbound Galley, depending on where exactly on the coastline they founded their cities, and that unfortunately takes Operation Djenne off the back burner and puts it back into the freezer. It's simply too risky without a better grasp of the terrain.
Initial 64 has a lot of overflow from its Forge, and I have two Chop+Cottage boosts coming in 5t. Now seems as good a time as any to pump out the last round of Settlers and then build the Hanging Gardens with +175% modifiers for 18 cities (15 + 3 fillers, two coastal sites and one satellite for the capital that can help grow 4 Cottages).
Speaking of cities, it just occurred to me that Sandwich orphans two 6f tiles in the Pigs and Fish. Even if I hadn't settled Gauntlet, Ginger wouldn't be able to claim them both. I've decided not to contest the signed City on this border, so once he settles 1N of the Copper, we should have a stable enough border. I also offered Ginger another trade of OB, Sugar for Dye, and 1gpt to further sweeten the deal. I noticed that he's just finishing up Currency now, when I thought he had finished that before starting Calendar! Perhaps he's not interested in OB because he doesn't think he has routes to fill? And this means that Ginger is even further behind in tech than I had thought. Why go for both Calendar and Iron Working before Currency here? The plantations can't be worth that much more than the routes and Wealth-building.
On the tech front between the other three:
- Adrien has 405g and is making 265gpt.
- Khan has 130g and is making 138 gpt.
- If I were to hire all Merchants and run 100% gold, I'd have 135g and be making 147gpt and 96bpt.
Those aren't winning numbers, I'm afraid. The good news is that Adrien didn't have enough cash/overflow to tech all the way to Guilds in one swoop, and Khan still hasn't started a Golden Age, which makes me start to wonder if he burned his Great Scientist earlier on an Academy. If he did, it's not in his capital, or any other city I have visibility on. His bulb option would be Philosophy, I believe, and Taoism hasn't been founded. Maybe he's trying to line up a Hanging Gardens -> Golden Age play and is also waiting for a few more cities? Perhaps I should get started on it sooner, myself.
With constant Missionary training and some Kong Miao-boosted free spreads, we now have 10/15 cities converted, with 2 more of Ginger's cities. Another reason I'd like to re-open borders is that the passive spread pressure would be a lot stronger, and every little bit helps.
Graphs:
