RBP4 [SPOILERS] - Shaka of Zulu (sunrise089, regoarrarr, and friends)

[regoarrarr]

C&D news - LP got 16 points for Stonehenge, and Locke researched a tech. It's been 10 turns since his last turn, and there were no soldier points given, so I am moderately confident that it was Agriculture

[Bruindane]

Originally Posted by warlorddr's thread
I decided not to play T34. I figure I've got everything just about under control

Your cloak & dagger reports are the next closest thing.

[regoarrarr]

Your cloak & dagger reports are the next closest thing.

I am somewhat surprised that we haven't had global soldier count go up by over 6K one of these turns (meaning an axeman produced), now that he (and a few other folks) have had Bronze Working for a few turns.

I guess none of the folks that have BW also have the Wheel, and warlord doesn't have a 2nd city yet.

And for all I know there is no copper, or at least no CONVENIENT copper...

[regoarrarr]

The other thing I am worrying about is that we have BW "saved" with 114/207 (~7 turns) left.

So far we haven't had any beaker decay but I don't know if we can absorb another 8-10 turns to research Masonry w/o any decay.

But we pretty much have to, if we're beelining GLH. Hopefully decay doesn't hit us too badly - if anyone wants to point me to the mechanics for that, I'd appreciate it

[regoarrarr]

The other thing I am worrying about is that we have BW "saved" with 114/207 (~7 turns) left.

So far we haven't had any beaker decay but I don't know if we can absorb another 8-10 turns to research Masonry w/o any decay.

But we pretty much have to, if we're beelining GLH. Hopefully decay doesn't hit us too badly - if anyone wants to point me to the mechanics for that, I'd appreciate it

What, was 3 minutes not enough time for anyone to jump in?

In any case, see here or here - there is no beaker decay.

I also WB'd a test and I went at least 35 turns with no decay visible, so that's enough for our purposes in this game. So that's good!

[Krill]

I'm surprised you think even now there is beaker decay...

A rather obvious play for a Chm / Ind leader (which doesn't make it a BAD play, of course)

What would make it a bad play, in your opinion?

[regoarrarr]

I'm surprised you think even now there is beaker decay...

Would you believe me if I told you it was all a ploy to up my post count? No? Okay then....

What would make it a bad play, in your opinion?

Nothing - I wasn't suggesting it was a bad play. Just saying it was obvious. In fact, the very first thing I said about LP was that he could go for Stonehenge.

I was just trying to make a point that just because something is often used doesn't mean it's bad. I mean, there's a reason that the "tried and true" strategies are tried and true - they're usually pretty darn good!!!

[darrelljs]

It'd be a bad play if he was CRE/*.

Darrell

[sunrise089]

It'd be a bad play if he was CRE/*.

Darrell

Or, IMHO, if he had marble at his cap.

EDIT: Or if this was an OCC space game. Or if it was a tiny pangea 18civ always war. Or if the variant was "win without building stonegenge," or if...

[fluffyflyingpig]

And your trusty WarlordDr reporting service reporting in



In other news, as you probably already know, Lord Parkin completed Stonehenge this past turn, meaning that my prediction of Mysticism on T28 was indeed correct.

A rather obvious play for a Chm / Ind leader (which doesn't make it a BAD play, of course)

And following up on my last post (what is this with my combining 3 thoughts into one post instead of breaking them up?!?!), I found a silk resource

Wait, he staled? On t34?

Can you extend the reporting service and read his mind for a bit for us lurkers?