October 13th, 2015, 06:08
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I don't think I've ever seen a start with a mountain in the fat cross.
(because I don't think it's an RB game without some griping about the map  thanks, Brick - it seems like a good start - corn, 2 sheep, fish, with silver for the next city.
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October 13th, 2015, 22:00
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Episode 0, The One Where The Capitol Is Founded
We are off!!
So, I moved to the forest hill to the SE and saw nothing to compel me to move off of my 2 hammer SIP, so I Sipped it... I sipped it real good.
Wow - that's a stunningly bad shot. I'll get a better one next turn. Covered up is silver and corn.
I am building a worker. My tech plan is fishing->mining->BW. The forests are a pain in the ass and I'll love to have The Wheel soon, but no... I had to be a smart-ass and pick a fricking hunting civ. I COULD have had france, or ottomans - someone with useful starting techs.
I have till turn 25 before commodore knocks on my door. that should be fine for getting a worker, a WB and a warrior, maybe a 2nd worker - I'll have to see. The forests are a significant pain for movement, awesome for chops. Seems choppnig out a 2nd worker makes sense.
What can we read from the demos? Well, DTG has a 3 food riverside tile!! glad I'm not going for a religion against DTG My guess is that it's rice.
The setup.
I named the cap Roy, forgetting that I was going to name my cities synonyms of place, yak, fur and tender, or perhaps words that began with PYFT. I may change it back to the original theme - who knows?
Completed: PBEM 34g (W), 36 , 35 , 5o, 34s, 5p, 42, 48 and PB 9, 18, 27, 57
Current: PB 52. Boudicca of Maya
October 13th, 2015, 22:23
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(October 13th, 2015, 22:00)AutomatedTeller Wrote: or perhaps words that began with PYFT.
Hmmm, personally I can only think of Pyfthagn - a declination of the more common Fhtagn - but I'm not too familiar with the language of the Old Ones....
October 14th, 2015, 06:16
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Turn 1, The One Where We Find The End Of The World
My land.
I spent some time complaining in my head about how unfair it is that everyone has a higher GNP than me - they all have oases!!
Then I realized that they are all teching BW. I'm wondering - maybe I should switch to mining->BW and chop out the stupid WB.
Completed: PBEM 34g (W), 36 , 35 , 5o, 34s, 5p, 42, 48 and PB 9, 18, 27, 57
Current: PB 52. Boudicca of Maya
October 16th, 2015, 21:13
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Turn 5, The One In Which AT Resumes Reporting
Boring turns are boring - just wander around, making vague plans for where cities are going to be, maybe.
Gotta say, this is so far looking like a good map for a financial civ that starts slowly.
that's 5 tiles that, when improved with techs I get fairly easily or start with, give me the fin bonus that are reachable without culture (fish, 2 silver, 2 ivory). Ivory is even campable before IW, so an extra bonus.
Unfortunately, none of the sheep are next to a river, so none of them get the bonus.
And that's a crap load of jungle down south. But there is a lot of land and a lot of coast - a play for collosus may be in order, do what HAK did in PB27 and make an early Oracle play (that's not spoilery, right? I mean, everyone must know that he built oracle on like turn 30. Collosus might be killer for me, though not being organized hurts.
Demos:
yes, i still suck. though, i'll move around what tile my citizen works to mess with anyone doing C&D (since it doesn't matter - it was working a grass forest - it's now working a ph sheep. I'll move it to the corn next turn.
Well, what do expect? It's very boring....
Completed: PBEM 34g (W), 36 , 35 , 5o, 34s, 5p, 42, 48 and PB 9, 18, 27, 57
Current: PB 52. Boudicca of Maya
October 22nd, 2015, 08:21
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Turn 16, The One Where AT Runs From a Bear
Things are starting to get interesting. I am the score leader, because I researched 2 cheap techs
My worker is improving the corn, then will mine a PH. I'm building a workboat with a 2 hammer tile and will switch to the corn when it's improved.
There's a bear to the east and as this is base BtS, it is to be avoided at all costs. Lot's of jungle and forest here...
Later tonight, I'll do some planning - I've been taking this pretty casually so far. Met no one, haven't found all that much interesting.
Completed: PBEM 34g (W), 36 , 35 , 5o, 34s, 5p, 42, 48 and PB 9, 18, 27, 57
Current: PB 52. Boudicca of Maya
October 25th, 2015, 20:15
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Turn 25, The One Where People Can Attack
no, no one attacked. Have yet to see anyone, in fact.
Got BW.
Copper is in an ok spot.
Also, made a tentative dot map. Am debating oracle->MC->collosus. If I can get a forge in the oracle city, I'd be about 50/50 for an engineer, which would be nice. Sending the scout south. It survived a bear attack, which was surprising.
Demos:
I hope to be reporting better - the really boring part of the game is over and I'm beginning to think about it (the game) more.
Completed: PBEM 34g (W), 36 , 35 , 5o, 34s, 5p, 42, 48 and PB 9, 18, 27, 57
Current: PB 52. Boudicca of Maya
January 25th, 2016, 13:48
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Sorry for not reporting this better. I think I shall not play 2 games at once again - I tend to ignore reporting.
I screwed the pooch on this one - I managed to oracle metal casting and still not get collosus, which is amazing.
My settling was yellow, red, green (yes, I settled a wet corn spot 4th), which seems insane now that I think about it.
Completed: PBEM 34g (W), 36 , 35 , 5o, 34s, 5p, 42, 48 and PB 9, 18, 27, 57
Current: PB 52. Boudicca of Maya
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