[SPOILERS] HitAnyKey, the Sleeping Giant

[HitAnyKey]

Well, at least I'm not the only one having to explore with the Settler. Only Khan settled on the first turn.
And I'll still keep wandering next turn too. Probably going SW-SW. If that hill looks decent enough, I can settle there and instantly pop that hut with the borders.



Looks like I'm going to have a LOT of plains to deal with over the course of my game. Gonna be slow for sure.

Still need to also figure out what to research, but don't need to choose that yet. Hopefully I'll see some sort of food and that'll help me decide between Agriculture or Fishing. Or maybe I'll just see if I can quickly grab one of the religions since nothing else seems viable. Though Khan being Spiritual (and already having his city) may have already started along that path, so I'd have the 50/50 shot of choosing whichever one he didn't. I'd think he might go for Meditation (if anything), so I could go for Poly.
Or with all these hills and forests, I just have to got Mining/BW. Guess I'll wait and see what the crazy random map gives me.

[HitAnyKey]

If nothing else, I need to keep wandering until I figure out a theme. Any suggestions from the peanut gallery? Or should I just pull another theme of names out of my ass that will just annoy people? I remember reading in GJ's PB18 thread about my city names driving him completely bonkers....but then again, I think most everything I do drives GJ bonkers. Right GJ?

[pindicator]

Historical migrations?

[AdrienIer]

So much nothing in one picture. It hurts my eyes. At least you have trees.

[HitAnyKey]

Man, this is brutal. And may be a quick game for me. Moved onto the hill next to the Hut and STILL no resources. I'm now the only one who has not planted his city.

[HitAnyKey]

Yay! FOOOOOOOODDDDDDDDD!!!!!!






Yeah it's the only thing I can see, but I need to stop wandering. I'm at least on a PH and will get that Hut with my first border pop. So it's about the best I think I can do right now. Anything else would require a minimum of 2 more turns of movement.

[HitAnyKey]

And forward we march....



First tech and first build became pretty obvious. 8 turns to build a settler, and 8 turns to complete Animal Husbandry to be able to pasture those Cows.
And my scout ended up discovering that if I had settled on that other hill, I would have ended up having Cows as well...just not in the first ring. But this city also has Clams, so that makes me happy. May have to research Fishing next, but we'll see.

[MindyMcCready]

OMG! This is the most painful thing I've ever seen. At least you have,...no,...at least,...no again,...at least, um,...nope. :LOL:

[MindyMcCready]

Bet you'll pop a map of the region you already explored.

[HitAnyKey]

OMG! This is the most painful thing I've ever seen. At least you have,...no,...at least,...no again,...at least, um,...nope. :LOL:

Yep, this is going to be a just...well, fun game of my old method...that of not really planning a whole lot. Just going with the flow. Certainly not going to spend time building sims. Then again, building the sim would be simple...since all I need to do is delete all the resources and toss in one or two.