[Spoilers]Pindicator With All the First Strikes in PB71

[pindicator]

170

Started my golden age: revolted into Hereditary Rule, Serfdom, and Org Rel. 4 turns until Feudalism is done, which somehow puts me ahead of Thoth on the path to Guilds. I really do want to get to Civil Service, though; Serfdom will make farming all those plains worthwhile. Getting to Civil Service next does make sense as I think I want to get into Bureaucracy.

Krill finished his GA this last turn and built Sistine. He's just methodically nursing his lead; at this point I expect him to make his move with gunpowder units.

[pindicator]

172

3 turns done with the golden age and it's obvious that I only have enough juice in my beakers to get through Feudalism and halfway through another tech. I'm less inclined to go for Bureaucracy as I realize I really don't have the food base to get a large city -- so Vassalage will probably be the play while we decide between Engineering and Guilds for my long-term success. Trade routes and 3-movement roads or Knights and Grocers?




A wild holy mountain quest appears. There are some peaks nearby I could throw a settler at. Considering my prospects for victory appear so slim this could be a neat personal goal to keep me going.

[pindicator]

173

Well that ended up being anti-climactic




A free +1 happy in all cities is nice, but like before: i don't have the food to even hit my happy cap right now.

HBR came in this turn, and we're going to get most of the way to Guilds in the rest of the golden age. I'm having all my cities build 1 catapult and then move to Wealth. Somehow nobody else has Guilds? If I come in with Knights first it will go a long way for keeping other people off my back. And the Grocer will go over well at Staunton.

Somehow I'm #2 in score. This is prime example why hidden score is a silly mod.

[Miguelito]

As the biggest fan of no score around, I didn't understand that last comment.

[pindicator]

i mean that anybody who looks at the score and thinks I'm in second place this game isn't paying attention

[scooter]

Somehow I'm #2 in score.  This is prime example why hidden score is a silly mod.

Yeah I have never understood why anyone likes it. Nobody makes decisions based on scoreboard position. Might as well also remove the demo screen and graphs too.

[Mjmd]

I just hate you can see whips on pbpsy. It specifically messes with early game attacks.

[Qgqqqqq]

I hate that you can see whips - I think its silly and score should be resolved EOT not mid turn - but no score is very ugly.

I think this is the first time I've seen that event succeed.

[pindicator]

I agree on the whips, but i see that more as a PB Spy issue.

[pindicator]

177

Golden age is done and so we swap civics to Vassalage:




Decided that I need to stay in Serfdom. There's a couple reasons to dodge Slavery here: low food output on my cities, and after Guilds I plan on going for Civil Service to allow farming of the vast plains. That extra population won't count for much unless I can also get a nice +1c on every farm. It's like building Moai in every city ... kind of.

Also, am I going to be the first to Guilds? I'm a bit surprised at the slowness of the tech speed. Krill is definitely playing things safe; he has all the top-of-the-tree wonders and he is playing like the front-runner right now (i.e. playing not to lose).