RP Pitboss #2 [SPOILERS] - Darius I of the Holy Roman Empire

[Nakor]

Looking at the borders, it's his capital.

WB netted the clams.

Rolan will grow in 2 turns, warrior in 5 (but we change to settler in 2 turns).
Worker will chop 3 turns.
The Whell done in 4.

[Nakor]

I was thinking... if we move very boldly, we could go for the copper site first... what do you think?

[DMOC]

It is possible. Quite far for a second city but since it has 2 food resources + copper, it seems like a worthy investment.

The only question now is where to place it. We have a NAP so I think it's safe to put the city where it gets 2 food resource sin the first ring and copper in the second (only one location fits that).

[Nakor]

I'm not to sure whether we should go for it.
What do you think?

[BobRoberts]

It feels like a good opening!

Keen to see where your settler(s) end up.

Nice writing so far by the way - cool to see the discussion and piccies.

I don't really want to comment on stuff as I'm 'well spoilered' and might let something slip by accident.

[Nakor]

Thanks BobRoberts. It will be interesting to read everything afterwards.

And we're the number one in scoring!

The Wheel is in, settler in 6 turns. Research to AH. What do we do after that? Pottery? Sailing? IW? Archery? Masonry? Or do we go religion? Is the Oracle still an option?

I think we should gamble and go for the copper spot first, try to crank out a few settlers and rex like crazy!

[DMOC]

I think the copper spot should go first too.

So the worker's chopping right? I don't know if it's worth it to put a mine up on that hill. It probably is so lets do that, and then we can start roading towards the copper site.

After copper?

1. Copper
2. Sugar/gold

or 2. deer city nearby to close the gap of land we have

[Nakor]

Ok, copper city it is.
We do need defense then, since Dantski probably won't take that lightly.
AH will reveal horses for chariots, but we might want to consider IW or archery is horses aren't available.
What do you think?

I suggest we close the gap west first with a city and delay gold city to 4th city.
That way we close off Dantski for a while.

The worker has chopped and is roading that hill. He can mine after that or start roading towards copper. If we do that I suggest our second warrior escorts him.

[DMOC]

Our defense will come quickest if we connect the copper in that city. I'm still debating whether we should found the city next to the copper or have the copper in the second ring. I originally suggested that the copper city have 2 food resources in its first ring for faster growth, but it might be worth it to have the copper in the first ring. We'll still need a 3 food tile in the first ring to grow to size 2 and whip a monument. Our worker should go there and improve the food first, then connect copper.

[Nakor]

I don;t think it's possible to have a good food tile and the copper in the first ring, therefore I suggest we settle at your original site. With the cows and rice growth will be quick and even production will be good (even better with the mine). Do you agree?

Settler and AH due in 5 turns. Warrior in the west is moving towards home to escort the settler. I think we can keep the easern warrior on exploration for now. We need to find more neighbours...

So, what do we research after AH?