[spoilers]Commodore is Tokugawa of Zulu, or, playing for second place.

[AutomatedTeller]

It'll be in the last place you look for it.

On the other hand, it's not like you've found anyone to go all zulu on, anyway.

[Gaspar]

The TokuZulu Solution:

[Commodore]

Such a bummer. Check out what we found here:



Mr. Chm Cataphracts himself, Cyneheard. The distance is just about perfect for an impi rush too, sadly. If copper was around...yeah, it's going to be a hard choice between IW and AH next, I think. Maybe fishing woven in soon too.



As far as the warrior:

The TokuZulu Solution:

Unless Cnyeheard got himself some very close copper already hooked up, this is going to be a very fun little choke. No chance of a kill, sadly, in this era of slavery and size 2+ capitals. But unless he's playing very high risk or very high caution, he's gonna lose that corn.

[Commodore]

Placeholder: Filled!

So we have an awesome capital. Ignore the current build, we're polishing off the second worker right now with the 10/15 warrior available as insurance. We'll be finishing the warrior the turn after the worker is done, then two turns into a granary as we grow to size three. After that, revolt to BW, enjoy a two-turn settler, and figure out what hills are most likely to pop metal.



Just need that copper.

[Commodore]

Right, so, hit Cyneheard's borders, and the choice was fairly obvious: CHARGE!



I've been careful to play after Cyneheard to remove any potential double-move situation, so how about a moral test? Empty capital ho!



If his warrior is far away, I expect to contend with just a single inexperienced, unfortified warrior, which would give Mr. Shock here ~1 in 4 odds to cap the cap. If Cyneheard has his warrior in range...sigh, oh well. I'd rather lose the shot than be something awful like Lord Parkin. I see a ton of activity in Cyneheard's thread, think I should post something to avoid giving him an ulcer?

If there are two warriors, it'll be a bit of a choice. I want to at least pillage both farms, but thanks to that road I can't do that safely yet, as a third warrior built at the capital could enable him to slam a couple warriors into Thump without worry from two tiles away. So I think if he manages two warriors in his capital I'll pillage the road there first before moving on to the corns.

[Commodore]

Lacking lurker feedback one way or another, I'm going to go for a golden rule mention of this on the tech thread.

[Commodore]

Depression hurts. That's two warriors in Springfield. So no, not taking it. Meh, well, possible choke at least...



Yeah.



If I don't find copper soon there's not much point here.

[Commodore]

I'm sorry if these updates have been short and hopeless, but that's how the turns have been. Rego/Pin made contact but then fled, so either with a workboat or a scout. Either is plausible. They on city number 2, no surprise. SNL theme, or gameshow theme?



Meanwhile, the search for copper finds...



Oh, and I checked...Cyneheard got at least 4xp from killing the shock warrior, so he's either coming for me slowly with a shock Juggernaut, or quickly with a Woodie II PITA.

[Commodore]

Still cannot find copper. Lost settler to a wolf in the one tile I couldn't see. I know I've botched some starts in my day, but this one takes the cake. Personal worst!

[Gaspar]