Duel R - regoarrarr is Cyrus of Portugal

[regoarrarr]

Yup

[regoarrarr]

It's fitting that me of all people is in Duel game "R".

Note the lack of PBEM5 reference, which I find annoying. Buncha copycats - I'm the original baby!!!!

[regoarrarr]

RB Mod 2.01
Pick the opponent's leaders
* I gave Pindicator Charlemagne (Imp/Pro) of England
* He gave me Cyrus (Imp/Chm) of Portugal (woo 40h feitorias!!!! )
Mirrorland script
* Duel size
* Temperate, Low Sealevel
* Ancient start
* Default Waterways
* Quick speed
* Critical Resources Close
No huts, events, barbs, or espionage (supposedly that works in RB Mod )
Always War / CTON
"Casual" game
* No C&D allowed
* Try to spend a minimal amount of time on the save / game
* Basic strategizing okay (lining up 1-turn techs to snag Liberalism, etc)

[BRickAstley]

"Casual" game
* Basic strategizing okay (lining up 1-turn techs to snag Liberalism, etc)

Based on events in 34s, this made me

[novice]

You gave him England?

[Krill]

You guys are actually playing with the RB mod? WTF dude.

[regoarrarr]

Yes and yes (to novice and krill).

I gave him England thinking that Fishing / Mining is the worst opening (now that Hunting enables pastures). And i'm hoping we're done before rifles

I thought about Spain (Fishing / Myst) but I figured Conquistadores were a bit closer on the tech tree

[regoarrarr]

And what's wrong with the RB Mod?




Now right off the bat from T0, I was tempted with the whole "don't spend a ton of time analyzing" rule. Do we settle on the banana? The plains hill? The other plains hill?

I decided to move the warrior SW, since I was thinking of moving north, and that would tell me what I was missing there. Grass Hill Pig (5/1/0) revealed 2W of the starting spot.



In place hits it, as does the plains hill 1N, but the banana and the other plains hill miss it.

So I moved the settler NE, giving up on the banana, and spotted a wheat resource 2NE of the banana. So I opted to settle on the northern plains hill - punting the pig, gaining the wheat, and being coastally on the river

[NobleHelium]

That's obviously not a coastal location.

[regoarrarr]

That's obviously not a coastal location.

I'm hoping for water in the (obviously not water) fog. Remember, I'm not paying that close attention to this game