The Seven Samurai- A Most Honorable Competitive SG

[Sareln]

Signing up as Sareln Katayama.

[ironstar]

Heck if the goal is to just have fun and not neccesarily beat the (deity!) AI, then Fusajironstar Yamauchi is on board!

Good thing that the Samurai unit doesn't have a withdraw ability like the mounted units, otherwise you would be obliged to commit harakiri after suffering one of those humiliations...

[Compromise]

This sounds like fun. I'm traveling a lot in June, and maybe some other summer trips, but I'm sure Ito Ittomise will be honored to serve under others' guidance.

[Bobchillingworth]

Awesome- one more person want to sign up? =)

[Bobchillingworth]

Hmm. I'd like to get one more person signed up before running the game, but I also admit that that is partially just because I want to make the theme fit. Although having more players also means more competition and better odds of success (given another 8-strength unit to start the game with), which is desirable.


Do you guys want to:

* Keep waiting, since we only need one more person until we have a full group.

* Just run the game as the Samurai Six.

* Add in the 7th player as mysterious ringer "SamurAI", a loose-canon unit who plays by his own rules (ie. a Samurai who is automated on turn 0 and wished godspeed).

* Something else.

[thestick]

Alright, I'll bite. Signing up as Thestikazi Kouhei

Anyone have any idea on, um, how we plan on not dying? Super-early rush?

[Sareln]

Well, we're paired with a deity AI right? So how does its bonuses affect us? (not at all probably...)

[Ichabod]

Well, we're paired with a deity AI right? So how does its bonuses affect us? (not at all probably...)

We can direct their research, so we get the deity teching bonus. We can tell them to attack a specific city too, but that's unreliable. Ah, deity AIs start with more techs, I think, so we get that too .

That's pretty much it, I think.

From what I recall from Deity AW attempts from civfanatics, we should gun for a espionage economy. We can help our friend AI tech to alphabet and then just steal what we can after that. This is a very micro loose strategy and I quite like it.

BTW, getting the drill line promotions is probably the best promotion strategy for our units, because we will be facing a lot of deity full of collateral stacks.

[Ichabod]

And here's a köan for us to ponder about while getting started:

How can you practice swordsmanship (kenjutsu) without a sword?

[Brian Shanahan]

And here's a köan for us to ponder about while getting started:

How can you practice swordsmanship (kenjutsu) without a sword?

By reading the manuals.