[spoilers] Commodore in the slightly less than sudden death playoffs.

[Commodore]

Very unhealthy city, going to take about two hundred worker-turns to get fully up, but just working two sugar and a dye make it pay for itself beautifully.

[Commodore]

Also, there are parrots in the new city spot.

Misclicked the first time, second time I bulbed Machinery...

...which means crossbows start sprouting all over, just hooked iron in time.


Calendar landed a while back, I'm building a MoM on the border because I want the culture and the long golden ages. Doesn't matter if Cornflakes takes it, because I'm dead anyway then.


All this is very good long-term, but in the short-term, yes, that WAS Cornflakes saving gold ON GUILDS. I'm going to hopefully land a third Great Engineer to be able to bulb Engineering, and the next city is getting that stone quarried ASAP. Castles and pikes are needed in about five turns, but if everything goes right I should be able to manage it in ten. Getting secure on the borders nets me more land than anyone else, but Cornflakes is playing this wise, going tall like he is limits exposure and he's poised to be able to KO either me or Yuri at knights. He's the bear. I just don't want to be the slowest hiker.
   

[pindicator]

Yay for Edvard Grieg, but you mixed up the vowels

[Commodore]

Yay for Edvard Grieg, but you mixed up the vowels

Argh, and I had even double checked. The fingers want "ei".

Scooter settled up to 11 cities and then landed this:
   
Nice play. He's definitely the top contender neck-and-neck with Cornflakes.

[Commodore]

Yuri comes in with an offer, Scooter alarmed him with an impressive Hanging Gardens.

Don't get me wrong, Scooter's alarming, but Cornflakes is 8 turns from knights.

I'm securing my long-term fairly decently, but this is a very vulnerable period. I need pikes and castles NOW.

My power is a lie, but it is nice to see nobody else is making a big build-up either.


I'm really unhappy with my best commerce city being on the borderland like this, but I guess we're in "lose 1, lose 'em all" mindset.

[Commodore]

I am really failing this spelling test.
   
Also, the barbarians have SWORDS NOW.