Epic Three - Rise of the Incans - Info Thread

[Sirian]

Yeah, I've got a question. :hat:

Just how are we going to win by Conquest in Epic 5...?

Epic Five hasn't been announced yet. So how can you be asking questions about it already?

OK, OK. My cunning plan is for everybody to be so shell-shocked in Epic Four that nobody will know the difference if I pull a fast one on the game immediately following it. ... That could work, right?

Now shhh. No more speculation about Epic Five. 8)


- Sirian

[playshogi]

Large map with only 3 opponents? That will make for an interesting game.

That's funny. My opinion is the exact opposite.

[T-hawk]

I wonder if there's any chance we could lure T-Hawk out of retirement for this game to defend his title. This seems like the kind of game he would really enjoy. Civ3 burnout can't last forever, I hope!

:zzz: :zzz: :zzz:





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[Sullla]

I don't know what all those smileys mean, but we've sorely missed the Thunderhawk and his classic micromanagement studies.

Here's a lesson from the T-hawk School of Micromanagement.


With +3 surplus food available, growth is in 7 turns. But we can run +3 food for 6 turns (18 food total), and one turn of working the forest instead for +2 food and an extra shield. Q: When is the correct time for the 2-food turn?

A: On the sixth turn, after using the first five turns to build a warrior for exploration. Since we're building that warrior in 5 turns at 2 shields/turn, that one extra shield doesn't help for the first 5 turns. The seventh turn is also not correct, since then the city will not get to auto-pick the forest for an extra shield upon city growth because it'll already be in use. So the sixth turn is the right time. I did that, and that extra shield actually does turn out to get the second warrior out a turn sooner.

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[Blake]

Okay question: The biggest city has to be fed to count, but does it have to be happy?

[Kylearan]

Hi,

I don't know what all those smileys mean

Let's try to translate...


:zzz: :zzz: :zzz: : Sleeping, recovering from burnout

: "What? Huh? My name has been called?"

: "Eek, I have a title to defend!"

: "No other shall get my title! I will defend it!" (I'm ignoring the question mark after the smiley for the moment; it has been a typo, right? )

? : Will he manage to defend his title? Will he be king again?


...one can hope, right?

-Kylearan

[Sirian]

Okay question: The biggest city has to be fed to count, but does it have to be happy?

Red faces and Mister Icks are OK, as long as they aren't hungry. Gray or Green on the city panel.


- Sirian

[T-hawk]

Let's try to translate...

That's about right, save that the question mark was no typo of course. =)

I haven't had much time for gaming lately, thanks to increasing amounts of travel for business, and the time I do have continues to be occupied by a tenaciously persistent addiction to Magic and Magic Online. I'm tempted, but not sure if I really want to add Civ 4 to my plate right now.

And given that I'm six to 18 months behind on Civ4 experience, I can't really expect to jump in and win an Epic right away... 8)

[Dreylin]

I haven't had much time for gaming lately, thanks to increasing amounts of travel for business, and the time I do have continues to be occupied by a tenaciously persistent addiction to Magic and Magic Online. I'm tempted, but not sure if I really want to add Civ 4 to my plate right now.

Heh; I actually found Civ4 to be a pretty effective cure for that particular addiction. It's cheaper, too....

Back on thread topic; I may play this game, but it will depend if I'm Archipelagoed-out after Epic2.

[Sirian]

I may play this game, but it will depend if I'm Archipelagoed-out after Epic2.

That's fair enough. Although, the Snaky Continents setting is dramatically different than Tiny Islands. I don't know how much that may figure in to your "Pelago Burnout".

Wow, those are two words I've never put together before.


- Sirian