[spoiler] 2metraninja and ot4e make waves

[2metraninja]

It is more because of love for the art and the show. For entertaining purposes. But also we agreed we value taking another worker home, than razing an unguarded city.

Sure, we promoted 3 stars.

[OT4E]

Ipecac managed to kill chariot at cost of archer. Still I cant find explanation how could he leave his city with just a warrior in, having our galley in sight for 5 turns. We didnt take that 90% chance to raze city only because we didnt want to have another angry desperate neighbor, hope he learnt this lesson.

Old Harry refused Caesic fire but proposed Peace treaty in response. This suits us.
The north ices are truely impassable.

UPD: T77 Dantski got Maths.

[2metraninja]

In the tradition that we fight every neighbor we have, now when there are no more neighbors to wary with there we are, landing to fight the Barbarian State.




Bad and a good news are there is no visible useable food in range, but at least there is some Calendar happy. And we are quite short on happy now and possibly in mid-terms future.

[OT4E]

We found REM, he knows Mistoltin,Dantski (from very early) and ipecac. He has taken Metal casting with Oracle, probably it is him who has Iron Working.

[2metraninja]

REM is testing our self-control:

[OT4E]

This is becoming interesting.... After some time of thinking I offered him Caesic fire just in case he sends OB in response

[mackoti]

You guys are nuts.

[OT4E]

You guys are nuts.

No, we are white and soft to those who opens borders:

[2metraninja]

Just as we spoke and as we expected, REM did not took the ceasefire, so he was unable to offer us OB, which was our wish and our condition for making peace and sparing Cologne (which REM had no way of knowing for sure, as he cannot read minds of course). So he went and attacked our slightly wounded axe on the hill. He lost, but our axe was so badly wounded, that it fell victim to his spear.




Without much hope I guess he offered us ceasefire, which we refused on our turn and razed Cologne in retaliation for his (from our perspective) needless killing of our axe:




All those workers just sitting around!

Unfortunately there is not much options to go further east with this char, so we are just 4 tiles short of circumnavigation.

On West, Dutch showed with chariot of their own:




We declared them a war and killed it, fearing what we will reveal in the tiles behind it, but it was just an OH WC:




So far, so good. OH logged in while I was in the game and moved his WC out of our sight. We have 2 more turns of forced peace with OH.

[2metraninja]

Last minute breaking news:




So maybe Molach will still settle channel city on his isthmus and we might be able to sail west, completing circumnavigation. Just last turn we were sure he will plant 1 tile east of where his settler is now, as his worker was chopping the tile east of it. Interesting, what made him change his mind?