Turns 39 & 40
No, Fintourist had me good and trapped with two Warriors. As for why I dove so deep into his lands ... well, I didn't actually know who was down that arm; it could have been Azza (the player I haven't met) for all I knew (though I suppose I could have guessed it was Fintourist since if I recall correctly his Scout came from that direction). Once I got through the jungle into the habitable zone, well, I don't know, a fidgety desire to try my luck took me in these at times uninteresting early turns of the game. And ... my luck held!
I'm certain Fintourist was trying to trap me; the movements of his two Warriors make no sense otherwise, and one of them had been positioned on a hill overlooking the entrance to that arm, watching for new arrivals. And he succeeded ... so I took a gamble and moved my Scout onto the same tile as his Warrior, hoping he wouldn't notice it was there and wouldn't know where it had gone. Well, it seems to have worked! Here is my Scout now, having moved from the forest tile 2N of his current position:
Next stop: outta here! I've learned my lesson; I'm not risking getting trapped again! But that did serve to spice up a few turns for me!
Oh, in other news, the Workers finished the mine north of Armenelos, while Armenelos hit size four and popped out a Warrior on the same turn, and has just now started in on a Settler. I think I'm going to have the Workers chop next, then head north to mine the Copper at, uh, whatever I named my second city.