[spoilers]Oh Canada! Victoria has a Commodore, eh?

[pindicator]

Hellooo Mr. Ooter.

You could say I was the Pin-head and he the Ooter end

[Commodore]

Hellooo Mr. Ooter.

You could say I was the Pin-head and he the Ooter end

I've always just assumed his name was Scott Calvin Ooter, because that's funny. Just like Rego is Ray Joe.

That shot does show the major difference between my empire and "the rest of the best". If Bills was Canadian, it would be stagnated at size 14; I just can't afford to not grow every single land city to max size.

Also, why no Replaceable Parts, Scooter? Mine mines' miners mine mightier.

[Hashoosh]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Fo...falo_Bills

Make it happen

[fluffyflyingpig]

So why are there still arctic islands without Canadian cities on them? Surely you can cram another 5 or 6 cities on the map.

I'm pretty sure this still applies.

Yep! Cramming away. Although the "Instant profits!!!" thing is a little misleading for the cram cities. Yes, each new city within at least a stone's throw of a palace is breaking even, but the returns are tiny compared to, say, lush equatorial postjungle cities. I'll crack 30 cities, 10 of those aren't ever going to amount to much.

Anyway, no magic happened, so I won Communism. Mack is racing Scooter for Physics I'm sure. No way I can make it there, so I'm catching my breath on Engineering (cracking top GNP at a couple beakers shy of 4k), watching, and planning for my Golden Age. Finarry have stopped, but Dtay is still beating up on poor Ichabod.


Here's an attractive shot; Ellesmere is finally way too late coming in to its own. Wouldn't a Golden Age look amazing here? Here's my internal debate; I'd kind of like to fire the GA when I get Democracy; imagine this but with all 40+ towns Operation Fiscal Jackhammer has delivered to me now. That would be just beautiful. I need to see if I can afford it happy-wise, though...some of my bigger cities will need happy badly when HR goes away, and cathedrals take time to build.


Finally, Scooter has an insane GNP, because he's building research everywhere and he is in a golden age. How do I know that? I signed OB with him this turn, he's about to get map hacks airships...but I got EP and that's even better. Hellooo Mr. Ooter.

I would point out that there is a valid city location not 3 tiles from your palace in the screenshot immediately following your comment. One that you in fact claimed to want to settle ages ago.

[Commodore]

I would point out that there is a valid city location not 3 tiles from your palace in the screenshot immediately following your comment. One that you in fact claimed to want to settle ages ago.

The stronger impulse has always been "ALL THE TILES TO OTTAWA". Although when I can cash-rush in lighthouse/granaries...

[Goreripper]

So do you have a plan to win or are you just going to play with your snow balls until some one launches space?

[Commodore]

So do you have a plan to win or are you just going to play with your snow balls until some one launches space?

If people were going for a space race, if that were a thing happening...I'd be trying to race along. As it is...nah. Just do stuff and improve self and quietly go to Romania and Michigan and replace Mack and Scooter's pipes with lead ones.

Bah! That's all splendid and grand all all but let's turn this...


...into this. Booyah. And Scooter is going nuts while researching a tech that drafts Bigger and I SO THERE.

Please ignore the power and the fact that I just swapped to Caste.

That pretty GNP dropped just a tad with hiring of fifteen artists in Montreal, but bah! It'll go 15, 15, 18-1, 17-1, 16-1,15-1, 14-1, back to normal during this golden age. Not only is it brutally taking max advantage of Pacifism, it is also anticipating the loss of HR happy. Citizens will be happier once the crowding is reduced!


Okay, required Moai-inna-golden-age money shot. MONEYBAG COASTS, WHOOP-WHOOP!


So here's the thing. I want a third golden age sometime before I die. This means Pacifism. This, however, also means no Organized Religion. So if I somehow lose the Kremlin to someone by one turn, I will feel empowered and free to gnash my teeth in manly angst. But I think I can afford the time, and dangit, I want great persons. So here we are at the capital. (Also, feel free to gasp over dem beakers).


Wanna see something funny?

Anyone care to guess why I'm sticking the HE in this 'orrid town?

Here we are, Canada, 1380 AD, golden age. If Scooter takes advantage of the Caste window this is the high mark. If he doesn't, this is the beginning of something truly beautiful up here in the ice and snow.

[Hashoosh]

Don't you say that about my city

I'm guessing State Property + Bio Farms + Workshops?

[Commodore]

Don't you say that about my city

I'm guessing State Property + Bio Farms + Workshops?

Sort of. Biology and Railroad, actually, just working those four mines plus plains farms, city tile, and a temple will get a sweet 32hpt base in a tiny, tiny city (size 9, although might let it work the lake at 10).

[Commodore]

Damn Krill.


I've been looking over what a cashbuy Kremlin economy can do, I've got more economy power than you did at first in PBEM 4 already, although my rivals are considerably more on the ball. Is there anywhere you summarized the general philosophy of this style of economy? I've been quietly trying the "cottage all the things" part, although no shrine/corps/Wall Street are up yet (actually, I need to figure out a Wall Street spot not, the damn thing is hellaciously costly though).

What would you do differently if you were setting up a cashKremlin economy again? I've never ever ever run one.