[PB74 Spoilers] Dreylin Blues is on a Mission from Cod

[Dreylin]

Turn 7 & 8

Looping around and ... oops!
   
Hmmm, I probably also needed that reminder that Barbs are on; been a long time since I've played with them active and might need to take another look over those expansion plans.

[Dreylin]

Turn 9 and 10

Lions move into the fog, so I continue NW. Next I open to see:
   

0.6/2, so it's eaten someone's Scout - Amicalola's perhaps, or another neighbour?

I follow the sage counsel of Obi-Wan:
   

Looks like coast again 2N; I'll probably run to the spices next turn if the Lions move closer.

[Dreylin]

Turn 11 -

Took a hit, but Elwood marches on.
   

I briefly consider ducking onto the Bananas and trying my luck against the Lions to get the second xp, but think better of it.
   
We'll pause a turn here to heal and then move onward.

[Dreylin]

Turn 12 & 13

Scout pauses a turn to heal while the Worker, Murph (of Murph and the MagicTones) pops and heads to the Corn.

And it turns out I failed to spot the borders west of the hill; now they're much clearer:
   
I /think/ that's Tarkeel, but I guess we'll make sure next turn.

Also finally some Fish!

[Dreylin]

Turn 14 -

Met Tarkeel:
   
Elwood will defog the coast between our capitals and then we'll start work on some aggressive dotmapping. 

[Dreylin]

Turn 15-17

Elwood makes his way South, defogging the land between myself & Tarkeel:


Sticking to defensive terrain now the animals are out; next turn he'll go E, ES to finish defogging and then head South.

15 tiles W-E between Amicalola & myself, and 13 tiles N-S to Tarkeel's. Thoughts on initial dotmapping later.

[Dreylin]

So I think the biggest question is how I'm going to expand Northwards; Tarkeel is both closer, and IMP which allows him to contest more land. Also, if it was Tarkeel's scout that was eaten by the panther, he may have reached as far South as to have seen my borders and be aware of the distance between us.

The river forms a naturally defensible boundary, but it also effectively cedes the Pigs. It would let me grab a good overlap city to the East and then onto the Sugar in the SE. But what if I pull the North city back closer and push on with a second; that also pushes me to be more (or less aggressive) in the East as the Cow city has to shift. How to fill the middle is also a thorny question since I really have to settle on the far side of the river making it defensively suspect. (I've noted three Jungle locations which will obviously take a while to clear). So here were versions A & B:


OK, tweaking that second one a bit further, what if the advance city didn't stick to the coast, but went E of the Pigs to claim the full river valley? Since that's moving off the coast, do I pull the closer city back to the coast? It doesn't affect the rest of the dotmap, but - nah maybe it's not great. What about settling on the FP 1SW of the pigs? It doesn't allow me to share resources with the capital, but maybe it's got the flexibility I'm looking for?


Hmmm, I think that might be it; so we're probably looking at settling in something like this order:


Of course that doesn't account for anything to the South, but a) I haven't seen much of that yet, and b) what I have seen is Jungle, and so not very immediately inviting.

Oh, and also subject to what's on those fogged tiles and Copper placement - which I should find out while the Settler is in transit.

[Dreylin]

Turn 19

OK wait, so Horses don't show up until AH? Kinda odd, but I guess that shows how carefully I read the mod's changelogs. I guess that might change my dotmap some ... WAIT A SECOND:


How did he get there!? I don't /think/ I missed him crossing that land bridge (and it would have had to be the same time I met him in the North). I guess he could have looped around past Amicalola, but would/could he have done it without maikng contact - and has there been time?

Did I miss the World Wrap setting being Toroidal?

[Mjmd]

I think the horse at AH change was a beyond the sword change? Maybe someone can correct me, but ya its not a mod change.

[Dreylin]

I think the horse at AH change was a beyond the sword change? Maybe someone can correct me, but ya its not a mod change.

Oh gods I really have forgotten more about this game than I thought! 

I think I can check the World Wrap in game, but would appreciate clarification (if it’s common knowledge).

I miss Tech threads that collected all the relevant game info into the first post; the signup thread is just a mess to search through.