RB PBEM #1 - Discussion Thread - No Players!

[darrelljs]

Heh-heh...I think Sulla spent more time documenting the mapmaking than Cybershy spent making the map.

Darrell

[Fenton Denton Smith]

I'm intrigued by Ruff's tactic's of hoping for a Great Spy and then tech stealing - has anyone else used this extensively in single player?

I have and it works well on higher difficulties - AI's generally have plenty of techs to steal.

[regoarrarr]

So, how do we rank the players so far? My vote is

1. Dreylin (Mehmed): already a 2nd city, Hinduism and lots of scouting
2. Ruff (Gandhi): Stonehenge
3. M-H (Charlemagne): Religion
4. Closely followed by soooo (Pericles): Capital up to size 4
5. Athlete (Saladin)

What does everyone else think? Let's get some discussion going!

[Fenton Denton Smith]

I'd agree with your summary although long term prospects...

I think Dreylin is going to have a hard time of it... I would put the following Civilizations in this order for defendable land:

1: Sooooo + MH early game - they have only one direction to worry about.
2: Ruff - the peaks work well for him here
3: Athlete4life - slightly more exposed on 2 borders
4: Dreylin - could get dog piled.

Lets face it - there is going to be war in the upcoming months!

[TheArchduke]

Yeah, Dreylin could be in a very bad position if he gets too strong.

[regoarrarr]

So we have athlete, m-h and dreylin going for the oracle. Still a bit too early to see who is likely to get it.

ruff has already wondered out and sooo is going for the pyramids (apparently unopposed)

[Fenton Denton Smith]

So we have athlete, m-h and dreylin going for the oracle. Still a bit too early to see who is likely to get it.

ruff has already wondered out and sooo is going for the pyramids (apparently unopposed)

Athlete is going for more of a gamble in holding out for feud from the Oracle and he doesn't know BW for chopping... I'd be surprised if he makes it...

sooo should get the pyramids which will really help him - this will lend itself to a SE and possibly an army!

Interesting question for us lurkers: Where will the first blood be shed?

Edit: Something else i thought about - the hut north of Ruff's capital cannot be reached by foot of sea (No galley on that lake!) so the only way it could pop would be by culture. He could land a juicy tech!! or on the otherhand - pop a unit that would be standed!

[T-hawk]

the hut north of Ruff's capital cannot be reached by foot of sea (No galley on that lake!) so the only way it could pop would be by culture.

Paratrooper

[Strow]

So we have athlete, m-h and dreylin going for the oracle. Still a bit too early to see who is likely to get it.

ruff has already wondered out and sooo is going for the pyramids (apparently unopposed)

With all the stone near the starts Im surprised no one else is going for the mids.

[Sullla]

Yeah, the different openings have already made this game quite interesting. Dreylin has the fast expansion and great scouting opening, mostly_harmless landed the first religion and will probably crank settlers with Imperialistic trait, sooooo is going for Pyramids and a specialist economy, while Ruff is doing something crazy with spies and wonders. athlete just doesn't have the same depth of experience at this game as the other players, but that may work to his advantage in some regards, because his actions will be completely unpredictable.

Now the real fun part will be watching when and where alliances/treaties start popping up. We're already seeing the first stirrings of that, and when each player's borders start expanding up close to one another... that's when the sparks start to fly. mh and athelete are already quite close to one another.