AT Can't Drive 55

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I think I'm going to have DriveMyCar get to size 3 and just pump out workers for awhile, while HitchARide pops out settlers. At size 3, it makes a worker every 5 turns. Once I get the stone improved, let it grow to size 4, maybe. Granaries? We don't need no steenking granaries!!

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Commodore is clearly at war with someone - he's played last and not ended his next turn twice. Hopefully it's ruff and that is taking all their attention? I dunno - seems pointless to be at war this early.

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It has occurred to me that I'm an idiot and will likely face war chariots soon So, I switched tech to archery and I'm going to put my next city by the copper. I may have already screwed up my game completely - I'm pretty sure Gavagai has AH and he can see that I don't have archery. protective archers are fine on defense, but can't go out and kill war chariots.

*sigh*

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So, I don't think I am, as yet, screwed.

Looking at gavagai's power graphs, he hasn't yet made any war chariots - the only power spike he's had > 3K is for BW and war chariots are 4K.

But he has had 3 spikes of 3K, which means a fair chance that he's picked up a barracks. I'll see if I can correlate those to changes in score. I should be safe-ish if I get archery, though a C1 war chariot gets odds on a protective archer. Masonry is important, too, I guess. Playing defense is kind of a pain.

NobleHelium/Lewynn seems to be in a turn split, as well. a lot of wars going on...

Less worried than I was. I should have copper mined and roaded in 4 or 5 turns and I'll have archery, so I'll be able to make spears. He doesn't have any war chariots yet and he doesn't have any units keeping an eye on me, so maybe he's not about to be aggressive. Not much I can do about it, other than pick up archery & masonry, place a city for copper and make some spears. Kind of a pain in the ass that I have to deal with this... but that's kind of what you get for getting a religion early.

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I found my copper city next turn and get my 5th worker. Horse city is next after that, then gems, then the one that shares wheat. After that, I think a bullwark city against Ruff, then start filling to the SE, along that thin stretch of land next to the inland sea.

Need to get some island cities, too. Lots of cities to settle!!

archery next turn. I have a scout out which will give me some warning of approaching war chariots, but I'm not really worried now. I just need to be sure to be able to handle it if he comes.

Gavagai has not yet built one, too, so that helps.

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Founded Truckin' I'm not a massive Grateful Dead fan, though I like a lot of their popular songs. Truckin' is an odd song - kind of bouncy, with lyrics that aren't really bouncy at all.



Anyway.

I have 3 workers in the area to A) set up the copper and B) chop out a defender in the city. Gavagai got a 4K jump, which is either a spear or a war chariot. Any bets as to which? no, me neither. I'll have a couple of warriors and I'll send over a scout to defend the place. Hopefully, I can.

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turn 54

Lot's of stuff:

Gavagai had last play and played 1st in T54, which I think is a good sign that he's not attacking me.

Commodore met us:



Coming from beyond Gavagai is interesting. it's a long ways, so he sent that workboat out what.... 15, 20 turns ago? Also, I guess Gavagai isn't coastal.. unless, of course, Gavagai was who Commodore was in a turn split with.

I got a hinduism spread to the cap. I would prefer it to one of my other cities, but the cap is ok.

barb warrior coming down near Truckin' - I was hoping to chop a forest, so that's a little inconvenient.

Lewynn is 1st to 5 cities. I gotta get my IMP factory going...



Demo's are strong, like you would expect from imp/pro early on. Might be the tech leader, not sure.

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so, some things:

Commodore has pottery and masonry.

Neither gavagai nor commodore got buddhism.

I was going to put my next city next to the horse, but I think I'm putting it south by the gems. I need to get culture in that soon, anyway, so getting it down fast is important. And I'll have spears and can make some archers, so that will help a lot, too. Plus I have a ton of workers down south, so it's easy to get it set up.

Copper is hooked up, so that's helpful.

Tech plan is pottery->masonry->sailing, take a shot at the lighthouse, and also expand to my islands.

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You missed an img tag. Spoiled lurker, so no real feedback but I like your reporting.

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You missed an img tag. Spoiled lurker, so no real feedback but I like your reporting.

thanks!   missing an image tag is always good feedback   

I should mention that I had planned on chopping the forest that is currently next to a barb, but chose not to for obvious reasons    I am chopping the one to the SW, which I think is weaker, because it makes it easier for a war chariot to hit me, but I am getting less worried about that.    I could have put 2 warriors on the forest tile, I guess.