Gavagai in Wonderland

[shallow_thought]

How do those numbers make you feel about the win probabilties a post or two earlier?

[Gavagai]

How do those numbers make you feel about the win probabilties a post or two earlier?

They are not really relevant. It goes without saying that of now I am stronger than anyone else. My problem is that Alhazard has a way to massively expand his power base by teching to Knights and conquering everyone around him. I do not think that I can match it. My only way to expand is through Superdeath but he is large and consolidated. I do not think I can take him cost-efficiently at this point.

[Gavagai]

CoL next turn. The plan is to whip a bunch of Courthouses and then revolt to Caste to generate some GPs.



Even accounting for the fact that I am researching CoL with double bonus, GNP is better than I expected.

[Gavagai]

If SD insists on not building units will strongly consider just attacking him right away. The only issue I have with this is the ethics of fish for fish deals. SD offered me one after he took out chumchu and I pretty much had to accept it. I still had the unfinished business with GKC and only a token force deployed in the East. My strategic depth there is lacking, if SD just marched onward, I would be in a lot of trouble. I can see how SD would believe that I have backstabbed him if I have attacked him right now. My own understanding of fish for fish deals was always that it is a declaration of intentions (which can change when the situation changes), not some kind of NAP. But I can see how one can believe otherwise and want people to keep seeing my own fish offers meaningful.



This is going to be a very strong capital, I think. I plan to grow it to size 19 ASAP and run Bureau.

[Gavagai]

Btw, Alhazard keeps adding units, even though he is pretty much done with Donovan. That's interesting.

[Gavagai]

Seriously, game? Eastern galley has actually attacked and killed my own C1 galley which was guarding this area, taking 0 damage in the process. Entirely my fault, of course, it would cost me nothing to fogbust the coast.



There is a way to Commodore around Superdeath. Only opened up after Dinah hit the third ring, however.

[GeneralKilCavalry]

Any updates about the border with superdead?

[Gavagai]

Any updates about the border with superdead?

I infer from your question that this border gets a lot of attention in sd's thread. He is freaking out way too much about it - got Xbows to counter my praets (which are actually almost worse than HAs for that goal and he already has HAs) and now beelines Guilds like a maniac. He is ignoring CoL all the while, so if he had any chance of winning before, now he has none. His economy is non-existent.
I am, in fact, is not concerned about sd at all. My concern is that Alhazard is going to have 24 turns of GA and I am powerless to stop him. He has an Engineer, so racing him to Nationalism is useless. I expect him to rush to Cuirs and kill Commodore.
This projected techpath does not allow a room for Astro though, so I plan to focus in that direction and make something happen in high seas. But I am skeptical about my chances to win this, 'hazard is going to be too far ahead.
I was thinking about me killing sd while hazard kills Commodore and trying to win from that point but I think I can't beat him in this kind of a fair fight any longer. Another option is to try stealing Lib from him. I initially axed it as being too risky but he went Music, so I am considering it once againg: 'hazard is being greedy. I still have a few turns during which I am going to save money and deliberate.

[Gavagai]

1) Settings:
Pangea mapscript, cylindrical wrap, Emperor level, mapsize and other settings at mapmaker's discretion.

Krill, care to explain? Call me an idiot but I do not remember anyone subscribing to toroid at any point. Also, I realize that this is beyond dumb not to figure out map wrap earlier but cylindrical was kind of a given for me.

[Gavagai]

Also, does Alhazard know it? Most likely, yes - he should have been able to see the land wrapping just like I have seen it. But if he does not, a lurker should tell him immediately and in a way that the information does not look like it comes from me. Because what you see on the screenshot above is my attack path.