Adlers thread

[AutomatedTeller]

Let the whipping commence!!

10 whips this turn

More pics later.

One thing I noticed is that pindicator is A) running org rel and B) not in a religion. This seems suboptimal.

[AutomatedTeller]

a few more whips. I've got 3 more libraries to build to fulfill my quest. They are all in queue.

2 turns to compass, then machinery->optics->paper.

6 turns to the next GP.

Pindicator circumnavigated, which makes 2.

We had a spread of judaism. At some point, it probably makes sense to pick up a religion - not sure when or which.

[Adler]

Checked in the game and left some marks for additional whips.

Another thing is that I'm still feeling were bit too low on military. We would at least need garrisons for happy in some cities and people might start thinking that low power score means good target. GKC is somewhat higher in power than us, I'd like to have his cities nearby scouted and maybe also through his lands (did TBW come from there?). GKC might decide to take a couple of islands if we seem to vulnerable.

[AutomatedTeller]

Checked in the game and left some marks for additional whips.

Another thing is that I'm still feeling were bit too low on military. We would at least need garrisons for happy in some cities and people might start thinking that low power score means good target. GKC is somewhat higher in power than us, I'd like to have his cities nearby scouted and maybe also through his lands (did TBW come from there?). GKC might decide to take a couple of islands if we seem to vulnerable.

I agree that we are low on military.    I think we are 14th and well below our neighbors.     That said, GKC is at war with pindicator, though that may be cold, and DS is at war with someone and that is a hot war.   DS does have machinery (he's upgraded at least one skirmisher to a crossbow)

I'm reluctant to spend a ton on military until we have machinery and can make maces -  I'm building some barracks and archers for MP.

[Adler]

Aah ok, I didn't check their war status. That changes things. I wonder how far the islands north continue.

[AutomatedTeller]

I'm assuming DS is at war, since he just popped a great general. I don't know who it is - I thought I saw an indication in PBSpy, but couldn't find it when I looked again.

Power is a major issue.

My plan, such as it is, is:

Compass and build harbors. Machinery, build some maces. Optics for a couple of caravels to get circumnavigate. Bulb Paper and build some privateers. Probably, after that, construction, feudalism and guilds.

[AutomatedTeller]

Turn 143:

The AP was built:



I abstained.

Interestingly, this gives us contact with a lot of people (at least, I assume this is from the AP)





DS is at war with Superdeath.   Unfortunately, GKC and pindicator are at peace now.   So, yeah, more military to the east.    I'd love to get the AP and the jewish shrine - Rusten is one of the score leaders, though, so is probably pretty tough. 

current exploration of DS's land



The north island - looks like settling on the sugar is the plan there



Only way to get the fish.

[AutomatedTeller]

Man, Rusten is in Mercantilism.

[AutomatedTeller]

I haven't been updating.

I'll put in some pics later:

1) We have compass, optics, machinery and paper. Music is next, to be able to build culture for borders, then up to mercantilism. Will probably kick off a GA for the switch in mercantilism
2) The quest doesn't seem to be working. It says 11 libraries - we are up to 12 now and it hasn't kicked in. No big deal, just annoying.
3) Superdeath has asked us to attack DS several times - we refused.
4) Found nauf up north. This is the non-krill nauf. There is an island with silver between him and us, so we'll make settling that a priority
5) Rusten is west of DS, perhaps not connected by land - SD is, I assume, north of him and is connected by land.
6) power is still a problem, but we can make privateers, which will help a lot.
7) Met a hitru caravel coming south from nauf.

[AutomatedTeller]

I know my reporting has sucked lately. Not a lot going on, to be honest. We made a mace and our first privateer is being made. I think our target is DS, but that's 20 turns or more away.

OH got liberalism, which is bad.

On a note - Inca is broken and imperialistic/inca is totally broken. If Civ is a game of snowballs, that is a snowball combination. Inca gives 1/2 of expansionist and the most important part of creative - add it to imperialistic, and it's overpowering. I mean, I used it with spiritual to romp in PB 47 and I'm not even close to a top player. Particularly with the starts we get in RB land, with the 2 hammer start, imp is incredibly strong - it's pretty easy to make 5 turn settler factories that don't need whips.

Don't get me wrong - OH has clearly played a strong game and taken advantage of that synergy. But I think inca needs a different boost than a cheaper terrace.