1D 4X Test Games: CH vs Cornflakes

[Cornflakes]

Expand, advance, all yield to growth.

Did you decide whether food resource base is 1+1Food or just 1? Same for Science?

[Cheater Hater]

Same again, though at least you could make a choice.  And already we're seeing the effect of the changed growth curve, as you can't grow right away.

Let's make it 1+1 (for both) for now, especially since improvements are much harder--I still don't think it'll be a choice in most cases (though post irrigation it makes it better to improve a non-resource tile than a resource one--is that bad? )

Edit: Another blitz session, another chatlog:

Cornflakes: As I understand, the only thing that I can do at the start is build L1I?
Cornflakes has left.
Vincent Borchardt: yeah
are you here for a while?
Anonymous Buffalo has opened the document.
Anonymous Buffalo has left.
Cornflakes has opened the document.
Vincent Borchardt: What was your second action this turn?
Cornflakes: oops, didn't make one.
Vincent Borchardt: you can make it now
Cornflakes: done
Vincent Borchardt: The "move L1 I" part of the turn will presumably be more interesting once scouts exist
hooray, meaningful differences in strategy!
Cornflakes:
Vincent Borchardt: dang, a turn I'm actually thinking about
you forgot to add your new yields I think
Cornflakes: Right
+3
Vincent Borchardt: then apply irrigation
Cornflakes: details details ;p
thanks for keeping me straight!
Vincent Borchardt: no problem
yeah, it applies there too I think
I've also thought about it applying to the capital tile
oh, rifles should be 20 cost, that's a typo
Thoughts on making an option that you don't have to attack with your whole stack if you don't want to?
Cornflakes: I think that would be fine
Vincent Borchardt: ok
Cornflakes: Starting to get really interesting! Unfortunately I have to go
Vincent Borchardt: ok
Cornflakes: Enjoying the game! Catch you later
Vincent Borchardt:

Main thing from that is that you don't have to move your whole stack when you attack if you don't want to.

[Cornflakes]

Turn:
Build L4I
Move 3 times (15-9)
Attack tile 8, L4I vs L1I, win with L3I
Attack tile 7, L3I vs L2I, win with L1I

Yields:
Research Rifles
Remaining yield to growth, not enough to grow

[Cornflakes]

I was having a hard time remembering the next growth cost factoring in the Aqueduct / Tier3, so I added a table to the game spreadsheet. Scroll right. You can move it somewhere else on the sheet if you prefer a different location.

[Cheater Hater]

Turn:
Build L5 I
Move 3 Times
Attack 7, win with L4 I
Build L5 I

Yields:
Grow once
Research Aquaduct
Remaining 4 to Growth

[Cornflakes]

Turn:
Build L5I
Move 4 time (15-8)
Build L5I

Yields:
Research Chariots
Grow twice

I won't be able to get in any more turns today.

[Cheater Hater]

Turn:
Move L5 I 3 times (1-7)
Build L5 I
Move L5 I 3 times (1-7)

Yields:
Grow once
Research Animal Husbandry
Put remaining 5 into growth

I smell stalemate...
(though seriously, I'm saving actions compared to you, just matched you in total yields, and have Aquaduct (where you only have Chariots), so I think I'm ahead as of this moment--it's just that you have the center tile, and it's so hard to reinforce it)

[Cornflakes]

Turn:
Move L5I 3 times (15-9)
Build L5I
Move L5I 3 times (15-9)
Build L5I

Yield:
Research Aqueduct
Research Animal Husbandry
Remaining 7 into growth

I don't think it will end in stalemate, maybe the middle tile swap owners a couple times but I think one of us will be able to break through ... and I 'm optimistic about my chances had to think hard about this turn. I really want to improve my tiles, but with it costing permanent actions now it hurts me militarily to improve because I need the extra moves on future turns to protect the center.

[Cheater Hater]

Turn:
Build 2 L5 I
Move each 3 times (1-7)

Yield:
Grow once
Put 3 Science into Tier 3 Expand
Put remaining 13 Points into growth

[Cornflakes]

Turn:
Build L5I
Move 2 L5I 3 times each (15-9)
Improve 10

Yield:
Research Tier 3 Expand
Grow once
Remaining yield into growth