[SPOILERS] Immortal Lewwyn, Justinian of Persia

[Lewwyn]

Remind me to declare war on you as soon as I see a unit of yours in FFH PBEM 14.

Shall I remind you by declaring war? :neenernee

New turn:



Screenie failed to show the tech time. I switched off the corn to work the 2nd cottage and was able to reduce Poly to 3T, 2t EOT. I just need Mack and No7 not to finish the tech next turn and NobleGas not to finish it for 2 turns since they are ahead in turn order. AS a result I am going to finish slowbuilding the granary, then whip the settler.

Demos:



At least I'm #1 in food. I will get copper hooked up in 3 turns. That means no more cheap warriors sadly. I only got 5. I would build more warriors but the granaries, settlers are more important atm. Priorities dudes.

[Lewwyn]

damn you Gaspar and noble. did you seriously think you could settle copper as you 3rd city NOT put a warrior in it and I would just leave it alone? Now I have to choose between taking a shot at you city warrior on warrior or backing off and trying to secure a nap. MY BASER INSTINCTS ARE TO KILL, YOU BUFFOONS! How am I supposed to just let this go and avoid a repeat of poem14??? I HAVE A DISEASE CALLED AGGRESSION! HAVE BOTH OF YOU LEARNED NOTHING?

I`m still on the train but I`ll post pictures when I can.. These guys are unbelievable believable.

[Lewwyn]

Let's journey back in time to turn 36:



Things are good at home. One granary has finished in Not You and I will start a settler for whipping. The other cities are growing. 1 more turn and I get Hinduism! Fingers crossed!

Here we go for NobleGas:



They planted their copper/horse city. I send my warrior to investigate.

Demos:



Things look fine. I still am tops in food and of course I'm whipping my ass off.


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Yay Hinduism! Yay Settler started! Yay Not Me is size 4 and can start another settler.



Noble and Gaspar tempt the beast by putting a worker on the hill in view of my warrior. I succumb to the bait.

Demos:



Land, soldiers and food for the win.



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So NobleGas move their warrior from the cap onto the worker.



As a result I explore west and the city is empty... This is what I was raging about earlier. You put an empty city in my path and I'm GOING to call you on it. No Farmers Gambits here! I WILL force you to build military and keep you honest. The only question is can you get 2 warriors in this city or just 1? Do I attack or do I back off and try to form a mutually beneficial peace? We'll see next turn.


AT home:



The capital is nice. I'm getting a 1T Spear with the overflow to protect my frontier city from possible Mackoti chariots. Also following this with the incoming chop I can get a 2T worker. That will be 6 workers. Very good but still not enough. We shall see.

Overview:



Notice the axe sign. I was contemplating building a 2t axe there with the chop since copper was hooked this turn. Depends on what NG does. If we go peace I won't build the axe. Settler whipped in Cap will go to FP site.

Demos:



Even with the whip I'm tops in food. Apparently third in land area though since Mack and Seven are popping borders faster.

I played the next turn 2 turns but I need to format the pictures. I have a backlog of updates in all my threads so I'll have to come back for it. Though you probably already know what going down if you read the Spammers Inc thread.

[Lewwyn]

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NobleGas got their act together and got some defenses.



I explored the sea by moving onto the copper and offered them white peace. One thing to remember is NG had a worker chopping the forest on that hill. I think the chop went into a warrior instead of something better. So in the end my aggression altered their plans. Keeping people honest yo!



Home is good.


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Wow turn 40 already?



This is cool here. Next turn I'll settle the FP city. This turn my worker was on the FP that it just roaded but couldn't cottage the FP yet. I sent it 3 NE and put one turn of cottage South of the cap. Next turn is can move 3 back and start the FP cottage. This is thanks to the small rivers with the break in between that doesn't require bridges. Very cool.



I really like this city spot. It's aggressive but not too aggressive, grabs 2 deer, a lake, the horse, silver and the whales. It puts a peak on the corner of the culture and its on a hill. It also gives me a port past the ice on NG's side.

Demos:



My economy is going to crash . Going to need those FP cottages in the south up fast. I'm also cottaging the river by Not Her. C'mon cottages. Silver will be good too.

I finished teching Fishing and will do sailing next. Sailing will be great for galleys which I will immediately build to get a city on the gold + wines island.

I was thinking GLH for a while until when I got the turn today I got that bug that tells me what has finished building... by the last team. NobleGas finished a Lighthouse last turn. Three guesses what they're doing with that. It makes sense too since they put their first city NW of the cap in the middle of forests. I'm betting they chop that out like mofos. If I'm not going to get it, I rather they do. They will want me on their side since it will put a target on their back. Maybe I'll even give em OB... Well let's not be too hasty.

And about the bug... It's not like I can unsee what they built so I'm not going to mention it in Tech thread. I don't want to give Mack or No7 a heads up to what they are doing.

I'll have 5 cities soon, 6 will follow quickly. Really need more workers.

[Commodore]

So what's the plan to keep N7 honest? :neenernee

[Lewwyn]

So what's the plan to keep N7 honest? :neenernee

That's harder... Though I have one warrior headed their way

[Lewwyn]

I declared war on ＮＯ＆ｃｕｚＩｃｏｕｌｄ．　　Ｙｏ　ｈｉｓ　ｃａｐ　ｉｓ　ｕｎ　ｄｅｆｅｎｄｅｄ．　　Ｗｈａｔ？？

[Lewwyn]

Bunch of turns to update.

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New city yay! Oh jeez theres seafood 1 tile south and no other city can reach that seafood. WASTEFUL. *sigh* Well, gotta get the gold and wine off that island.



Settler almost there. Silver soon. Good bump to the economy.



Moving in on No7 here.


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Demos:




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Home and build orders.

Demos:




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Here I have gotten to No7's borders. And I have entered!



I can see his capital and it is empty. I'm sure he has warriors around. I will probably be chased out soon. But at least now I've got a view of the cap which is mostly mines and farms! Interesting. You can also see the Oracle in there. That's probably how they got it. Early farms to grow and switch to mines. 1 turn into settler then whip. Overflow into Oracle and grow while building it. repeat.



Home and some build orders.

Demos:



Did pretty good here.


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No7 offered peace while showing 2 warriors. I took it. I had vision on the capital already.



You can see how tightly they are placing their first cities, which is really good. I have done nearly the opposite with my first ring of cities not overlapping with my capital. And that is based simply on the spread of resources. The copper corn site is further from the city then my opponents. I planted the north to grab sheep and wheat first. I also planted far south for the early FP cottage city. I will try to fill in a bit but there not much to be done I feel that my start simply didn't lend itself to overlapping around the capital like I LIKE to do.



Hinduism spread. Sweeet.

I have graphs on everyone now. Here are a couple.





Demos:

[Lewwyn]

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Both Mackoti and NGaspar have Writing now. No7 does not. I offered NG open borders:



Figured maybe I'd build some goodwill... and some gold.

No7 and I are matched at 5 cities. I have 2 settlers right now though. 1 will settled in 2t one is waiting for the galley and will settle in 5t.

Demos:

[Lewwyn]

So NG rejected my offer of OB. Guess this means I need to build units.



You can see here how close NG is. They have copper. All they need is to pump a few axes. I finished a barracks in my cap this turn and have enough overflow to 1T an axe. Yay. Just need to cut down on his travel time.

I terms of tech I will get Masonry in 1 T with tech at 100%. Then I'll go for OR and Judaisim. If I can get Jews that'll open up some interesting options. I will grab OR to pump missionaries and tech priesthood to build a cheaper temple in Not Me. Then I'll use the huge surplus of food in Not Me to run a priest spec. Maybe 2 if I can get Judaism.

SO: Masonry>OR>Priest>Writing>Math>Currency.

Demos: