Act 3, Scene 1

[ad hoc]

Spoiler Thread for Ad Hoc

and a bit of culture


Once more unto the breach, dear friends, once more;
Or close the wall up with our English dead.
In peace there's nothing so becomes a man
As modest stillness and humility:
But when the blast of war blows in our ears,
Then imitate the action of the tiger;
Stiffen the sinews, summon up the blood,
Disguise fair nature with hard-favour'd rage;
Then lend the eye a terrible aspect;
Let pry through the portage of the head
Like the brass cannon; let the brow o'erwhelm it
As fearfully as doth a galled rock
O'erhang and jutty his confounded base,
Swill'd with the wild and wasteful ocean.
Now set the teeth and stretch the nostril wide,
Hold hard the breath and bend up every spirit
To his full height. On, on, you noblest English.
Whose blood is fet from fathers of war-proof!
Fathers that, like so many Alexanders,
Have in these parts from morn till even fought
And sheathed their swords for lack of argument:
Dishonour not your mothers; now attest
That those whom you call'd fathers did beget you.
Be copy now to men of grosser blood,
And teach them how to war. And you, good yeoman,
Whose limbs were made in England, show us here
The mettle of your pasture; let us swear
That you are worth your breeding; which I doubt not;
For there is none of you so mean and base,
That hath not noble lustre in your eyes.
I see you stand like greyhounds in the slips,
Straining upon the start. The game's afoot:
Follow your spirit, and upon this charge
Cry 'God for Harry, England, and Saint George!'

[SevenSpirits]

I have cropped everyone's screenshots to remove tile bleed. I decided I didn't want anything to ride on people's differing abilities to read the fog of war from a screenshot. I will say however that the lake you see is only 3 tiles big, and that the bottom right grassland is riverside. I've not cropped out any visible tiles. Naturally, if you choose a hunting start, your warrior will be replaced by a scout.

To repeat what I posted in the organizing thread:

Here is some very important general info, which everyone gets:

[SIZE="3"]The map is 30x30, has toroidal wrap, and has NO saltwater.[/SIZE]

Settings are as you discussed - standard size, emperor difficulty, and no barbs being the main ones to remember.

Good luck!

[ad hoc]

Well plan B is now in effect, Plan A was KK of England but that damn Pegasus pinched the English

Pericles of Arabia

Cheap libraries (Madrassas), theatres, colosseums and universities. Not bad if i say so myself
+2 culture straight of the bat from creative with 4 culture from the Madrassa which also has two extra prophet spots means i should win any culture wars
+100% GP generation from Philo means plenty of Great People
Camel Archer; a resourceless Knight isn't great but not to be sniffed at.
Starting Techs Myst and Wheel, pretty weak but at least wheel puts me on way to chariots.

just to wait now for the remaing picks

[ad hoc]

And the competition

Cull Sury of Sumeria

Creative: +2 Culture; Double production speed of Library, Theatre and Colosseum
Expansive: +2 Health; +25% production speed of worker; Double production speed of Granary

Wheel
Agriculture

Vulture: 6 str Axeman / +25% melee
Ziggurat: 25% cheaper courthouse / available at Priesthood

Catwalk Peter of Rome
Philosophical: +100% Great Person production rate; Double production speed of University.
Expansive: +2 Health; +25% production speed of worker; Double production speed of Granary

Fishing
Mining

Praetorian: 8 Str Swordsman
Forum: Market +25% Great Person production rate


Pegasus Hatty of England
Creative: +2 Culture; Double production speed of Library, Theatre and Colosseum
Spiritual: No Anarchy; Double production speed of Temple

Fishing
Mining

Redcoat: Rifleman / +25% Gunpowder
Stock Exchange: +65% Gold

Ceiliazul (ded. lurker Commodore) Louis of the Ottomen
Creative: +2 Culture; Double production speed of Library, Theatre and Colosseum
Industrious: +50% wonder production; Double production speed of Forge

Wheel
Agriculture

Janissary: Musketman / +25% Archery/Mounted/Melee
Hamman: +2 Health

and i

Ad hoc Pericles of Arabia
Creative: +2 Culture; Double production speed of Madrassa, Theatre and Colosseum
Philosophical: +100% Great People production rate; Double production speed of University.

Mysticism:
Wheel:

Camel Archer: Knight / Resourceless / 15% Withdrawal chance
Madrassa: +4 culture / 2 great prophet spots

[ad hoc]

And off to the races, no real plan and no real ideas

Moves the warrrior 1 sw and then settled in place as there was no real reason to move.

After contemplating grapping Buddhism i decided to go Agri - AH - mining - BW, its going to get cramped really quickly and with Praets and Vultures around i decided to get chariots and axes as quick as possible

decided that warrior - worker was a safer start



continued scouting revealed wheat



and early demo's,

[ad hoc]

Scouting continues

[ad hoc]

More scouting with nothing revealed, the warrior will continue heading in a NW direction mainly because assuming that if we have the same starting terrain then this will be the only direction of possibly walking into an undefended capital.

i'm beginning to think about a possible chariot rush if i find someone and i have horses.

2nd warrior completes IBT, The warrior will head SE.

i'll put some hammers into a third warrior until size 2 and then chage to a worker

[ad hoc]

more scouting, looks like a nice spot for a commerce city on that desert hill, corn, three flood plains and four river grasslands



and demos, seems i'm the only warrior start

[ad hoc]

more scouting



and more demo's

STwo scores have increased, Pegs has gone up by 6 showing a tech while Catwalks has gone up by 7 for a pop increase>

[ad hoc]

Well two further turns of scouting, the land is lush with happy and health

The western warrior (Gaal Dornick)will continue heading NWish and the eastern warrior (Hari Seldon) will swing Nish towards the furs





and two turns of demo's

T6


T7