Trying to remind myself of Hut mechanics; if I'm remembering / researching right I think it's better to pop with culture than the Scout because I can't get a Tech if I don't have a city, right?
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[PB74 Spoilers] Dreylin Blues is on a Mission from Cod
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Turn 0
Founded Cod on the spot which popped the Hut for 25g. Good job, as I hadn't realised that there was forest under it so it would have finished the Scout's move. Tile bleed says the tiles 3N & 3N1E are both water, so I decide to send the Scout 2E onto the hill: Nice! (Checked, and there's forest under that one too, so I'm not getting any farther next turn.)
September 6th, 2023, 20:43
(This post was last modified: September 6th, 2023, 20:43 by Dreylin.)
Turn 1
Popped the Hut for more gold (+32) and revealed another Cow (2E of the Scout, above) but not much else. I see Miguelito & Commodore both got tech pops from their second huts.
Turn 2
Found a hill to climb: Going to grab the hut, but then I really want to circle around the North and check out that river valley. Very speculative first dot; could work the capital Corn and would pop to claim the 3rd Cow, Gems & some river. Have a feeling I might want to move it 1NW once I can see more and leave the Cow/Gem for a coastal city guarding those pennisulae.
Turn 3
More gold from the Hut and ... ooo, Sugar: Hmmm, the dotmap here is really going to depend whether I need a canal city through that peninsula, but I'm going to come back to explore that way later. I had planned to turn the Scout around, but trying to read the tile bleed looks like it's hills NNE & 2NE of Gems, so I'm going to change my mind and loop the Scout around past the Sugar. Border pop in 2t should show me some more of the river valley and whether I need to recall the Scout to look at it. Big question at the moment is whether I grab Hunting before researching AH. If I go straight to AH, I "lose" a Worker turn after completing the Farm before I can start the Pasture. If I go Hunting first, the Worker can Mine the Hill and then be ready to start the Pasture when AH comes in. ... ooor maybe I spend that "lost" Turn moving to improve the NW Cow first. Hmmm, I need to sim some options.
You can always use a fort as a canal instead.
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(September 8th, 2023, 15:41)Qgqqqqq Wrote: You can always use a fort as a canal instead. A timely reminder, thanks! In other news, I have now got far more invested than I expected and have simulated multiple scenarios of the first 30+ turns. Going straight to AH and improving the 2 Cows is definitely better from an expansion POV; after the Worker, go Warrior-Warrior to size3 and then Settler by EoT31. Improving the Plains Cow first costs me 1 (one) commerce, but leaves the Worker on the Grass Cow second so a much better position going forward. Am now tossing up whether to go straight to BW after AH or slip The Wheel in between - initial thought is the former and revolt while the Settler is in transit, but it might be going far enough that I can do that after The Wheel also.
Turn 4 & 5
Exploration continues Eastward: Still looking for a decent opportunity to loop the Scout North, but in the meantime another Hut doesn't hurt. Also a spot for a nice-looking commerce city there picking up the 2Dyes and the Gems. Back home we see the border pop: Corn is interesting...
Turn 6
Let's get that Hut and ... oh! I /think/ that's a little bit closer than I had expected, but I guess I've explored in a pretty straight line. Good news is that if the Hut was still here, their Scout went in a different direction ... although on the flip side it could be argued I just stole his Hut.  Amicalola is Ragnar of Ottomans, which means Aggressive Janissaries. So that's something to look forward to / plan around.  Scout could head North or slip past his SW border and go investigate those Elephants. Intriguing as the latter is, I think it makes most sense to get the lay of the land between us first.Would it break AI diplo badly if I sent him the message "We're on a mission from Cod"? 
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