[SPOILERS - PBEM17] novice and spaceman - Suryavarman of India

[novice]

Did some research on trade missions.

http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=410559

Apparently, we'll get 0.67 * (500 + 3 * 200) = 737 gold regardless of which foreign city we choose to do the mission in. To get above this threshold we need to find a foreign city that has a Harbour, Customs house or ToA, or is above size 10, or we need to grow our own capital larger than size 10 and make sure to choose a target city whose tile distance to our capital is larger than the size of our capital.

Confusing? Well the executive summary is that for this merchant, any of StMs cities will suffice.

[spacemanmf]

Got it.

EDIT: So we should tell Shoot that our boy is on the way, eh.

[novice]

So we should tell Shoot that our boy is on the way, eh.

Yeah.

[spacemanmf]

Bah, my laptop has started turning itself off during Civ. Perhaps it has caught the overheating problem that yours has. Will replay the turn shortly. I'd moved everything and just hadn't got round to ending the turn.

Right, I got it wrong earlier. Rego still has 7 cities, so I offered him 7 gold this turn.



I double-whipped a library in Trading Post for some decent overflow into Moai Statues since it was just working a couple of coast tiles.



Lots of stuff happening here. Circumnavigation will hopefully be secured next turn. The settler makes its way towards "or here", a galley drops off a warrior on the NW island and heads off to explore the far side and some workers road down to chop the granary in the new city. The workboat heading across can net the clams too.



Our Great Merchant hops onto the galley to head over to Shoot's land. His workers have roaded that tile now. Meanwhile, off-screen, our other settler heads north of Gold Rush ready to found another city, whilst the workboat hands around waiting for the clams to come inside our borders.



T62 demographics, before ending turn.



So, Priesthood is completed entirely from overflow so Code Of Laws should be a 1-turn tech next turn. Lovely.

[spacemanmf]

Since there's not too much food down the SW arm we should probably irrigate all the way down there.

EDIT: Confirmed, turn ended and Code Of Laws will be a one-turn tech.

Also, sent this to Shoot:

Hi there

How's it going?

We have a Great Merchant on a galley looking for a home. Can we perform a trade mission in one of your cities? I think it can just be any city from the research novice has done, so we won't be exploring your land.

spaceman

[novice]

Cnav is ours after ending turn?

Need more settlers.

[novice]

Cnav is ours after ending turn?

Need more settlers.

Hmm, we didn't get a message to that effect. But we have defogged every x-coordinate and every y-coordinate. So I expect a message at the start of next turn then.

For the record the settler north of Gold Rush was headed to the western isles. But it's a bit late to turn around now, perhaps.

The island where our circumnavigating workboat is looks tasty - we should secure it ASAP. Maybe ship the settler at the Or Here dot over there instead?

As noted, we need more settlers. I suppose Cash Cow, Investment, Gold Rush and Pyramid Scheme could all produce one.

Oh and our tech rate is sick. Next turn we'll have discovered five techs in five turns.

[novice]

Chat with Kyan. He has 11 cities and landed the Hanging Gardens and has a crop yield of 135

20:23 Kyan: hey, only got a moment, but wanted to pop you guys a quick note to say thank you for not disclosing my HG plans
20:24 me: no problem
we did promise
so you landed them?
Kyan: indeed and its important to me that you kept it
yup 11 cities
me: not bad, congratulations!
20:25 looking forward to see your crop yield next turn
Kyan: thanks, and without the famed novice micro. you chaps would probly have landed a 21 city HG had you planned it hehe
~135 at the moment
give it a few turns
as i'll be whipping ~4 workboats next turn
20:26 really wish i had pyramids now though. Crop yield vs gnp battle- that would have helped me a lot
got to shoot, but again, cheers. have a great bank holiday weekend

[novice]

The island where our circumnavigating workboat is looks tasty - we should secure it ASAP. Maybe ship the settler at the Or Here dot over there instead?

This is the island (bottom left). Should we tell Darrell that we want it? It's roughly equidistant between Rego's and our capital, but closer to our mainland.

[spacemanmf]

I think we should go ahead and settle on "or here" since it secures that area and gives us greater claim for the SW island.

I hadn't realised that the other settler was heading over there but it gives our workboat something to do. As you say, we can easily produce some more settlers, which we can do in numerous cities. I'll leave the next turn for you so that you can choose the best places for this. I won't be around much until Monday afternoon anyway.

We haven't explored those western islands fully yet. I'd like to see where all the seafood is before settling them - our galley will soon be round the NW island. Feel free to contact darrell about the SW island.

Impressive work from Kyan, although a bit of a gamble, unless he managed to dissuade everyone. We got some goodwill there for our discretion. It may paint a bigger target on Kyan's back anyway. Good to have a distraction. But yeah, our research capabilities are crazy. I do like backfilling techs and rolling over the research overflow.