Turn 94
Soon our fortunes will be made, my darling
And we will leave this loathsome little town
Silver bells jingling from your black lizard boots, my baby
Silver foil to trim your wedding gown
It’s true, the tools of love wear down
Time passes
A mind wanders
It seems mindless, but it does
Sometimes I see your face
As if through reading glasses
And your smile, it seems softer than it was
That’ll get someone’s attention….
. I also got an era score for settling within four tiles of another civilization’s city. The city will take the coffee first but it’ll be a little while (unless I purchase it). Already cleared out the notifications, both Woden and Ljubljana accepted my overtures. The city is working the 3
1
floodplain for the time being. I’m not going to faff about here and start walls immediately. I’m going to leave the warrior where it is until the builder & sword move away. No need to alarm our “esteemed” guests just quite yet. It fortifies in position, along with the slinger to the north. The builder moves to the iron and will sit tight for a few more turns.
Up on the mainland my galley moves northeast and says hello to the longship. Quads continue their approach to Shikishima, I’ll use the western one to defog southeast of Chocolate Island starting next turn. At Al the second chariot has embarked. Next turn quad #5 will complete, move out of the city and quad #6 will be purchased. Actually, I can buy quad #6 this turn so that it can move next turn, so I do just that. I shuffle the warriors so that both can link with their ships next turn.
Galley at Cuneiform continues backtracking, is again blocked by the bireme. I should be able to get by next turn. Confucius finds nothing interesting but the galley in the south…
I could really mess up people’s plans right now. The galley would do about 64 damage to the warrior on the first attack. Right now that settler could disembark onto the land to the north as there are no cliffs. However, once they move to the corner there’s nowhere to disembark. Roland, thoughts about this situation? Likewise, could you take a screenshot of your view down here next turn? I’d like to see where they go. If they disappear into the fog the only place they could go is the coast tile 2E of their current location. That would put them in a position where I believe I could kill the warrior and capture the settler before it could disembark (declare/attack next turn, it moves two tiles, I move up one, see where it went and then move in for the kill/capture).
Looking at the build situation as Al I’ve got three turns of build time before the navy ships out. Having a spare unit or two to go with any upgraded jongs would be nice. However, the only unit I can complete in that time frame would be...a scout. My next jong purchase is something like 10-11 turns out depending on faith yields. I’ll get walls done first and follow with an archer (or a horseman).
No new gossip. Roland, I rechecked for niter and the entire northwest is bare. Based on my current era score I think I will hold off suzeraining Valetta until after the next age starts (T101). Completing the horse at Diamonds (5 turns), finishing Mercenaries (turn after next) and upgrading a jong (two turns) will get me the era score I need for a golden age.
I’ll have 658
when I start upgrades. That’ll leave me 247 short. I’ll put the expected amount required (plus a couple
overage) in my next turn report.