[PB62] Tarkeel and civac feel the need for speed

[Tarkeel]

Bing has 6 land tiles and +2/1/2. You checked it can't be +3/1/2? So either he has a mangrove fish or is working a 2/1/0 tile and is researching AH or has wine on his starting tile.

Bah, this isn't really going anywhere without score.

I'm 100% certain on GNP, tiles and hammers. Food I'm less certain on, as you have to go by the ranking rules which I only vaguely remember.

[Charriu]

Bing has 6 land tiles and +2/1/2. You checked it can't be +3/1/2? So either he has a mangrove fish or is working a 2/1/0 tile and is researching AH or has wine on his starting tile.

Bah, this isn't really going anywhere without score.

I would say this is the main reason for the "No score" option

[civac2]

Ranking goes by player id backwards. So we beat everyone but vanrober in ties. Bing could theoretically have 5 food. I doubt he will get a 4 yield tile though but who knows.

[Tarkeel]

C&D update before Jowy and SD settle and the turn rolls:
Vanrober has definitely moved, and naufragar probably moved (but could be Fabled)
Mjmd settled and is working 17 GNP, 2 hammers and 5 food on 9 landtiles. Riverside corn?
Bing settled and is working 18 GNP, 3 hammers and 4 food on 9 landtiles. Most likely researching AH without extra commerce, or have a rare 2/1/2 tile, or a bonus under forest.
Fabled probably settled and is working 18 commerce, 3 hammers and 5 food on 9 landtiles. Most likely forest deer, as a boon for being green?

All in all, the starts look rather varied, so this should be fun.

[Tarkeel]

Sorry about the wait, will finish and roll the turn within 20ish hours.

We had already pegged Superdeath as 'likely to move' due to the time he took playing the first turn, but this indicates he's considering something more silly than just moving the settler. Will he do a Krill and bumrush someone with his settler?

[Tarkeel]

Turn 1 (3960 BC)
After a rough start in which it seems Jowy is trying to teach SD the art of simming, after picks are in, we're finally rolling. Demographics suggest that SD and naufragar have now settled. Someone is pulling in 4 hammers, which I guess is naufragar's Dutch that have moved to be able to get workboat out faster. Meanwhile, our scout tip-toed SE towards the desert hill, and spotted this:


Even more metals! It's worth a quick detour to see if that gold has any immediate food:


I don't think an oasis qualifies as food. Next step is probably the desert hill E-SE.

[civac2]

@Tarkeel: Desert hill next works.

There is another player with a 8 food hammer start next to Fabled(most likely). Minimum food of people who have settled is 4 and there is civ that pulls in 4 hammers. Tarkeel thinks it's naufragar but that is speculation. The starts appear to be incredibly heterodox. Our own lake fish also provides a unique advantage. If we had a strong tile to build a workboat with it would be very strong. As is, it is likely a bit weaker than a wooded deer or elephant though the extra commerce partly enables the Spain pick. If I'm really bored I may compare the start with a standard 8 food hammer one.

[civac2]

Food found.




Demo.




It appears vanrober also has 4 food hammer tile to work. I'm not really sure I'm doing this properly though.

[Tarkeel]

That makes six unique luxury resources found to one duplicate food. Very glad we picked IMP over CHA.

If we go with the holy city bomb, a pink dot city where the scout is might be feasible. Hope we find a better spot though.

Time to start circling, S-SE?

[civac2]

Yeah, S-SE sounds good.