[SPOILERS] scooter, pindicator, and Huayna Capac try some fast Zulu cuisine

[NobleHelium]

Clam is good. Can't settle next to the clam and still pick up the copper though...a pity.

[pindicator]

Hey, that's already better than I thought the north would be!

[scooter]

Yep. So do we need to bring the warrior back this turn? Do you happen to know exactly what turn Commodore's warrior was built?

[scooter]

Also, first cities are starting to go down. It looks like Plako and Serdoa got their first cities settled, and I think Brick did too.

[pindicator]

By the graph he built his warrior the turn before we built our warrior. So if he beelines our civ it will take him 12 turns to get to or city #2 spot. So i wouldnt go more than 3 tiles north of the capital to make sure we get to the spot first with our warrior

[NobleHelium]

Meh, I don't think there's really a hurry to scout the north. Commodore cannot rush past us anymore, it can wait 10-20 turns.

[scooter]

Ok yeah we should probably bring him back now then.

[scooter]

Ok, played the turn.



Moved to chop next turn. ALso started bringing the warrior back. The scout is also on his long trek back:



Demos:



Quite a few people have gotten their second cities in the last couple turns I think. Top cities:

[scooter]

Played turn, again not much going on. A ton of people have founded cities in the last two turns - though I haven't been tracking closely so it's possible one or two of them were tech poppers I suppose. I did notice Commodore get a city-like score increase, and sure enough:



Gotta think he settled north for corn unless there's something we can't see? Overview:



All going according to plan. That chop completes on the same turn the settler completes, which means we'll overflow into a 1T workboat to net the third clams. That concludes our initial plan, so we have nothing scheduled after that. Second worker? Or a warrior. Second worker might be good - we're going to need worker turns for hooking copper (capital borders pop in 12T) and we'll have some chopping/cottaging to do.

Also, thoughts on where to begin in the gold city? We're going to need a border pop there because of the gold. Not crazy about sinking huge amounts of hammers into an ikhanda, but it's either that or tech Mysticism immediately and get a Monument in there.

[NobleHelium]

NOOOO THE WOLVES HAVE FAILED US QQ

I prefer going for religion to get the border pop in the gold city. I think we have a good shot with an early game GNP lead.