[SPOILERS] Lewger goes for the Bigwyn

[Lewwyn]

Reminds me of Plako's redemption in PB2. Invaded by rome, lands GLH escapes to the islands, ends up in second place as Spulla's ally.

[Bigger]

Ok, something came up and I need to consult Nakor before playing the turn. There might be a delay (since two people can't play until we go). Patience is appreciated.

so... 2 civs are at war with the amigos???

serdoa, slowcheetah, plako, commodore, merohoc have played the turn already. I doubt azza or Brick are at war with cfc - they are too far to gain anything, and actually I doubt azza even has contact with him yet (we don't either). if I'm reading this right, that pretty much only leaves xenu - is he piling on with scooters war to get some gains on the island (or maybe the small island amigos expanded too). xenu has been whipping the past few turns, but I assumed there might be something brewing between serdoa and xenu (well, I was hoping there would be).

grr, its so annoying not having contact w/ the amigos and xenu. kinda in the dark here.

[Bigger]

turn 124:


Brick got alpha bet! I offered him open borders in one trade, then this deal in another.

my plan to push the front to the west is working!


me and lewwyn went back and forth on library vs barracks here, but I won w/ the library. my reasoning is that azza is building defensive units, mostly, we out produce him and have a larger military, so need to focus on culture for this border. we'll get cottages built here soon enough anyway.

azza's power graph is also not intimidating:P


gilgamesh started a market:


notice that we are in "we love the despot day" and which saved us 2 maintenence. whipee.
we'll need to get some food in here before its done to grow to size 10 the same turn it completes. or sooner if we can get someone to trade us a happy.

here's the iliad:


I want to whip the lighthouse to overflow into a market (we'll chop the forest then 4 whip to complete it). lewwyns worried about unhappy but we only have 6 turns left of whip unhappy, so Im less worried. and we need every hammer to get the market built here, which will be critical (for the shrine gold and extra happies).

anyway we put off the decision to see if brick accepts our deal, sicne we have a turn or two to decide.


the east:


that barb spear will be a tad annoying. im hoping to let the spear suicide into the axe - will he do that???
the worker can start mining the copper first, sheep after the spear is dead.
we'll whip another worker in popol vuh when they are able.

demos at 50% science. pretty sure now the #1 gnp is serdoa:

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logged in to see this:

thought about it for a bit, but ultimately its a no brainer. Brick refused our furs for whale deal, and this is actually an even better off (1gpt more valuable to us than an excess sheep). also any peaceful cooperation w/ serdoa is a good thing, we aren't positioned for a war with him.

I guess he really needs health, this is a rather lopsided deal in our favor, but I'll take it .

[Bigger]

ok, so Brick DID accept my open borders proposal, so we have many more foreign trade routes, and one more foreign intercontinental routes. still have +1 domestic routes in popol vuh, song of roland, and king arthur though .

I'm going to try and wait until azza plays to finish the turn, but here is some information.


barbs are being annoying. library in the aeneid finishes this turn thanks to extra happy (working an unimproved 1-1-1 wine tile) so I can start an archer there next turn, thinking of going ahead and moving one of the 2 archers there now out to cover song of roland.
anyway if the axe heads towards popol, that will be good - it will just suicide into one of the archers with walls, CG1, and 25% fortify bonus.
So not that scary, but we do need more military over there soonish, especially by the time we are able to get more settlers over there. hoping another barb city appears in a convenient spot though .
will prob 2 pop whip the worker in popol this turn, overflow into a chariot, and 1 pop whip it later.

note that serdoa completed hanging gardens . well, I guess thats better than commodore getting it.

also Terrapin is Bricks border city, right on the front with xenu. hopefully that encourages him to convert to judaism eventually and spread it around. still no jews in king arthur, popol, or song of roland.


gilgamesh needs to grow, grow, grow. once the market completes we can support 12 population. actually more, because about that time we will have monarchy, convert to OR/HR, and soon after have wine. we'll need to cottage the non-river tiles as well soon.



let the iliad get the lighthouse to 59/60, then whip it for maximum overflow. have to get the market built here asap.


umm, azza actually DIPPED in power. Not sure how that happenned. yeah not too worried about being invaded by him soon.

[Old Harry]

Um, that dip is probably some whipping - which means keep an eye on the graph over the next two turns!

Are there any wonders Serdoa doesn't have? The Great Lighthouse and Stonehenge, obv, but it feels like he got all the rest...

It's great how in spite of a drawn out conflict you guys are still keeping there or there about on score. Do you think everyone else has been fighting too?

[Bigger]

an unknown civ got MOM. most likely plako.

most everyone has been at war. not sure about slowcheetah. commodore has finished up his war w/ scooter and will have peace to build for some time to come .

[Lewwyn]

Move the axe in roland onto the forested hill.

Can we whip the worker in popul yet?

[Bigger]

yup.

if we move to the forested hill, won't the spear just ignore the axe and advance towards the empty city?

[Lewwyn]

yup.

if we move to the forested hill, won't the spear just ignore the axe and advance towards the empty city?

Dunno depends on the odds. If it moved towards the city we can always move the axe back. I don't think the axe will lose in any case.

I'm not in the mood to argue about it. Do whatever.