[SPOILER] PB37 Dark Savant tries not to be a blatant MP n00b

[Dark Savant]

Okay, GermanJoey sank the three triremes I had running in the disputed zone.  Oh well.

I can't meaningfully attack him right away (not without making galley suicide runs), but I can think about doing so in fewer than 10 turns, so I'm not sure it's worth it to make peace.

Krill's triremes are continuing to progress through my land -- and they're headed in GermanJoey's direction?  Wait, seriously?

I'd build more triremes myself, but they'll be obsolete in ~3 turns.

edit: Also, um, I can build trebuchets now.  Right, I forgot I could do that in this mod.  I'm actually seriously considering that.

[Dark Savant]

Uh.

Can you guess who forgot he could pop borders with artists while in Caste System?

Yeah.



That's quite a few rather pointless border-expansion buildings I whipped.  Dang.

[Dark Savant]

Anyway -- man, I feel like I'm constantly screwing up here! -- Machinery is in, so at least we've got cool Medieval music to listen to.  

Compass is due next turn.  Optics should come in 2 turns after that, and I can start mass producing caravels.

Seriously, what are Krill's triremes doing?



... it's kind of a shame I have no way to tell Krill "I don't have any triremes ... because caravels are coming soon".

You know, maybe it's a  move to not build units just because they will shortly become obsolete ... ?

I don't think I'll lose any more cities to GermanJoey -- not unless he shows up with something like knights, and if he had those, I don't think he would be making a peace offer.  So okay, no peace for now.

(... no, I have to worry about Coeurva showing up with knights, don't I.)

[ipecac]

You know, maybe it's a  move to not build units just because they will shortly become obsolete ... ?

Triremes should equally well against galleys as caravels. More importantly, you need numbers.

[Dark Savant]

t135:

Well, Coeurva just attacked us -- I re-offered the peace treaty to GermanJoey.  Not that I think he'll accept now.

[Dark Savant]

This looks like it's likely to be fatal -- at this point I'm going to focus more on playing turns quickly so I don't hold up the game.

(he has 1 sword attacking our most outlying city -- ok, not that big a deal, but he has 2 triremes and 4 galleys inbound in the eastern sea as well)

Also I can't quite get Optics in 2 turns, not that I think it matters much now anyway.  Okay, Construction in 1 it is.

[Dark Savant]

Next game, I really need to have someone to tell me to build enough military.  

[OT4E]

Next game, I really need to have someone to tell me to build enough military.  

I told you! You are Shaka, do something!
You said that you do not plan wars till classical age. 

I want to remind you one of the ideas of Sun Tzi :"want peace? Prepare to the war!"

[Dark Savant]

Next game, I really need to have someone to tell me to build enough military.  

I told you! You are Shaka, do something!
You said that you do not plan wars till classical age. 

I want to remind you one of the ideas of Sun Tzi :"want peace? Prepare to the war!"

Yeah, that's clearer in retrospect

Oh well, I knew I'd probably get blasted one way or the other this game.  Only way to learn, really.  

[Dark Savant]

I chose Shaka partly so that it would get me out of my "ooh, let's build this" habit.  I suppose that didn't work well enough.