[SPOILERS] TT tries yet again to not be terrible

[Twinkletoes89]

Blarg!

[Twinkletoes89]

Here are the combos:


Twinkletoes: Isabella of France
Commodore/Brick: Augustus of Inca
Jowy: Pericles of Khmer
AutomatedTeller: Hannibal of Native America
Cornflakes/Q: Huayna Capac of Zulu
2metraninja: Sury of Mongolia
Azza: Louis of Rome

Well I have the latest UU and UB out of everyone and probably one of the weakest leaders too.

I'm really not sure what my strategy should be here. Wonders are most likely out up against Augustus, HC & Louis. Full scale economy is risky with so many dangerous early UUs out there.

Maybe I should channel AI Isabella and get an early religion and irrationally hate everyone who doesn't adopt it... Though if I adopt that method then dying early at the hands of early UUs is as likely as Bigger not living past day 1 of any werewolf game!

[regoarrarr]

For the record, I think you have one of the better starting combos. Don't sell EXP/SPI short, not to mention starting with Ag / Wheel and a decent UU.

[scooter]

Yeah, Isabella of France is excellent. Above-average here IMO. I think you'll do well.

[Twinkletoes89]

Its not a bad combo long-term, but with the considerable amount of early UUs that could do damage, there is the considerable risk of short-term danger as I could seem to be the easiest target

[Bigger]

oh man. you are crazy. Isabella is my second favorite leader (Mansa is my first). Spiritual is my second favorite trait though, after FIN.

There is so much you can do. I will help you leverage SPI . There are a lot of CIV tricks that you can only do with spiritual, it is so much fun to play .

France is pretty decent too. The unique unit is not THAT late, and is quite useful. the building is bleh, but all buildings are bleh except for a few exceptions.

I also don't see why you are worried about being eliminated early. You aren't the weakest link here . This is a pretty weak field anyway, no top-tier players, and commodore is really the only 2nd tier player (I'm ignoring 2metra, I don't have any idea how good he is and he could be a wild card). And even commodore could have problems if he lets Brick play the turns (heheh).

So this is practically a greens pitboss, imo you have the best leader/combo (I'm sure scooter will say huaynac of zulu is better, but I like yours), so you should do fine. Lets kick some ass .

Maybe I should channel AI Isabella and get an early religion and irrationally hate everyone who doesn't adopt it... Though if I adopt that method then dying early at the hands of early UUs is as likely as Bigger not living past day 1 of any werewolf game!

what techs does France start with?

[Twinkletoes89]

Agriculture & The Wheel

[Bigger]

excellent, even better. that will allow us to go mining-BW right out of the gate, worker first and the worker will have plenty to do. possibly even worker worker if we have more than one grain or gold in our BFC.

[Twinkletoes89]

Opposition Details

Commodore/Brick: Augustus of Inca

Traits -> Industrious & Imperialistic
Techs -> Mysticism & Agriculture

UU -> Quechua (Warrior)
UB -> Terrace (Granary)

Jowy: Pericles of Khmer

Traits -> Creative & Philosophical
Techs -> Hunting & Mining

UU -> Ballista Elephant (War Elephant)
UB -> Baray (Aqueduct)

AutomatedTeller: Hannibal of Native America

Traits -> Financial & Charismatic
Techs -> Fishing & Agriculture

UU -> Dog Soldier (Axeman)
UB -> Totem Pole (Monument)


Cornflakes/Q: Huayna Capac of Zulu

Traits -> Financial & Industrious
Techs -> Hunting & Agriculture

UU -> Impi (Spearman)
UB -> Ikhanda (Barracks)


2metraninja: Sury of Mongolia

Traits -> Creative & Expansive
Techs -> Hunting & The Wheel

UU -> Keshik (Horse Archer)
UB -> Ger (Stable)

Azza: Louis of Rome

Traits -> Creative & Industrious
Techs -> Mining & Fishing

UU -> Praetorian (Swordsman)
UB -> Forum (Market)

[Bigger]

hmm only 7 teams and 3 of them are IND. we'll have to be cautious with the wonder races. pyramids is of course very nice for SPI, but I'm skeptical we can get it unless we have stone nearby. or just a high hammer capital.


no one really has a dud, those are all decent combos. Probably would put Jowy and azza at the bottom - but I value CRE lower than most of RB, and I never feel like I'm leveraging PHI properly.