[SPOILERS] Out of retirement and into the fires of war. yuris125, Pitboss 68

[yuris125]

One more thought for longer term - we're doing our best to avoid being attacked, but I see a world where Commodore and Thoth attack Miguelito at about the same time and split him between themselves, with us unable to intervene due to being on the other side of the world. We will need to think how to counter this possibility

[yuris125]

Went ahead and settled in place and started worker (due in 10) and mining (due in 7)

Password is phoenix

Any naming scheme ideas? I often don't bother with one

[yuris125]

Everyone settled on T0. Now into 10 turns of not much happening - usually there would be scouting info, but with map pre-known, there's shouldn't be many developments, except scouts running into each other

[naufragar]

Any naming scheme ideas? I often don't bother with one

Well, you're an MtG player and we're rocking a phoenix theme. Any decent phoenix cards to draw from?

Sorry I've been radio silent. I'll have more time come the weekend.

I don't know if Comm's the sort to let his good nature get in the way of an invasion plan, but our plant towards him is about as defensive as it can be without being cowardly. Honestly, if Commodore and Thoth split Miguelito, they'll still have to deal with each other. I don't see that as a disastrous situation for us, especially if we're predicting that our economic traits will serve us better than Agg will serve them.

[Mjmd]

Favorite mtg decks or cards would be nice.

Or sea shanties!

[yuris125]

Since I heavily favour playing red aggro, I'm afraid the list of favourite decks would be short. Then again, this is a game where we don't settle many cities, so could be the perfect opportunity to do it

How are these for city names?

Red Deck Wins
Gruul Smash
Big Red Dragons
UWR Control wtf (the name for the backline city hidden in the corner out of shame)

Or we could go with the phoenixes, it wasn't an intentional theme choice, but we could run with it - plenty of phoenix cards I played through the years

[yuris125]

Remind me please, are there known tech bonuses in ancient era? Are we at a disadvantage if we're slow to make contact with others?

[Tarkeel]

CtH has KTB in all eras, so yes you can gain from making contact.

[yuris125]

Thanks - yeah, thought as much. Can't be too timid with the scout

[yuris125]

T2
Contact with Thoth
Renamed the capital to Red Deck Wins
Moving the scout to be in range to protect the banana we're currently working in case Thoth starts making aggressive moves with his scout