[SPOILERS] Laconic plakonic

[plako]

poked bear got back to hibernation after gifting his Bacon away.

i.e. Last turn Scooter declared war and captured bunch of cities from Bigger. Bigger logged in as "poked bear", but this turn he signed peace gifting away yet another city. I find this very hilarious.

I really hope bigger bear i.e. Mackoti will try to fight agains scooter since otherwise this game will be over soon. I could see me assisting, but my sea forces are just too tiny in the western front to consider doing much and to be competitive I think I still need Bacchus land.

[plako]

I've been thinking my tech path. Both Mackoti and Commodore have unlocked access to Communism and I think I don't have a chance for Phycics Scientist i.e. 1st to bonuses seem out of reach to me.

I'll try to sufficient research military techs to keep me safe and attack Bacchus and then probably head towards Biology possibly taking Replaceable parts before SciMet. That will be bin in this pretty barren land I've. So tech path is probably
Steel (2T) - Music (1T) - MilTra (2T) - Replaceable parts - (Rifling could try to do without) - SciMet - Bio

I've ~7000 g stockpiled so I should get to REplaceable parts under 10T. In case I get pressure through sea I might had to tech also MilSci at some point.

[plako]

Old Harry now owns the big island north from me. Ichabod had non-existent defenses there. Lastly he gifted size 16 city to Old Harry against peace. Managing and keeping large nation safe after Astronomy is hard, but Ichabod really didn't even try here . Too many incidents like this in this game. I'm glad city gifts are banned in PB18. In this case Old Harry had no chance to continue towards Ichabod's main land (He has Huge army there). The difference between gifting and capturing the city is huge to Old Harry, but wouldn't be much for Ichabod.

[Haram]

How many GA's have you already used?

[plako]

2. Third one is very far away.

[plako]

Sorry for lack of updates. I don't really belive I've what it takes to win this game so I'm not gonna invest countless hours on it. Mackoti just arranged another 10T of enforced peace with Scooter and Old Harry. So it does not seem like there will be cribbling war there any time soon. I guess Mackoti plans on building tech advantage while Scooter probably needs to face Bigger so it seems to me Mackoti is the best winner candidate despite of all the good stuff Scooter has.

Meanwhile I've teched MilTra and I'm currently 2T away from Rifling. I'll probably collect after that couple of turns of gold mass upgrade my Knights to Cavs and go for a kill. I'll also have some Cannons, Rifles, Muskets and old but still useful stuff to go against Bacchus. Bacchus is teching decently and has slavery so it won't be a that easy.

[Dhalphir]

Some questions

1) what is your city count?

2) do you think you are in third, fourth, or fifth place in this game?

3) if you could swallow Bacchus' land like you plan to, would that give you what it would take to be competitive?

[plako]

I haven't counted cities for a while, but I think I have ~35.

I belive I'm in 3rd spot. Commodore is pretty close and dtay+Old Harry are also in decent position.

War against Bacchus is mainly to give me a focus. It would had to be basically city gifting to improve my chances in the game. Neverthelsss it shouldn't weaken my chances much so I might as well do it. Payback time is about the same I expect this game to last.

[plako]

It seems like Bacchus is pretty aware of what is going on and started to whip a lot. I've a feeling he is at least decently capable defender so this probably isn't going to be easy. I'm glad though he is pretty far from techs that would make it really hard to me e.g. Astronomy, Nationalism, Steel or Rifling. Strangely he moved most of his units out from Hadrumetum (city towards his core. There is still significant garrisons in the other border city Chau Sara) thorugh which there is access towards former Dhalhir cities in the north.

I've also boats in position to do some havoc. Depending on what Bacchus does next turn I might declare already next turn. He ended last turn and played immediately this turn after turn roll so now I need to wait him to end turn before I can play next turn to avoid double moving. I really would've prefered to be moving before Bacchus. He has unregular playing hours and often waits to the end of the timer before playing.

[plako]

Few screenshots:

Mackoti is running away in tech. He jsut finished Biology and has also Physics.