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[PB78] Dreylin boldly goes

OK, A couple of interesting tidbits:

EPs:
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EPs tell us that Superdeath had met someone before us and focused his EPs on them so we should have his graphs in a couple of turns. We had contact with both Magic Science and Gavagai last turn when our EPs were not directed (2,1,1 split). contact with thrawn was this turn since no EPs have been spent on them.

After we have graphs on Superdeath we focus on Magic Science (probably) but keep spending 1EP/t on Superdeath until we reach 42. 42/42 is the minimum where both sides gain graph visibility and therefore is often a pause point while collecting everyone else's.

Techs:
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Nothing shocking here, but it will help us with other analysis.

Score changes:
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Magic Science / Demos:
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OK, so let's look at Magic Science. We know that he has had 2 score increases, we also know from Top-5 cities (not shown) that his Cap is size2. Ergo he has only researched one tech. Persia starts with Agr & Hunting, so it's reasonably safe to conclude they took Mining as the bonus starter. The Corn we see is not improved, but we know they have 1 improved tile from the food demos. We can assume a reasonable mirroring of starts, so they very likely went AH first and have improved their Pig/Sheep.

I forgot to check if Gav has revolted to Slavery already. He is the best candidate not to have AH, but BW instead. They grew this turn and should be due for a second tech shortly. Thrawn followed our Native America plan and researched AH and then Mining and Superdeath likely did the same; both are probably researching BW now.
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T19 -

Sketched out some potential sites for settling:
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I also wrote a blurb on each, but then apparently didn't post it. Will add some thoughts later probably.

Edit: this is not intended to be a dotmap per-se as some of these options don't mesh well with others. This is intended to be a "first-city" discussion and then the rest of the dotmap would be built from there.
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T20 -

Land points. And we grow to size2. Interestingly, Superdeath hasn't ... I wonder if he's gone straight for a Settler at size1? There are certainly a lot of decent tiles to work straight off the bat, so not sure it would be a terrible idea. I think we finish 2 more Quechua and then build the Settler at size3, but I might do some sims next week and see if it makes more sense to grow to 4 first.

Worker is Camping, and I've put down some exploration guidance for the next couple of turns for the Scout and first Quechua. I think the new Quechua should start to head SE towards Pink area, as that seems like the most likely settling direction right now.

Borders pop next turn and we'll see what the island Barb city has stored up for us.
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Yeah, those lake oasis tiles are prime expansion targets. I wonder what direction Superdeath will plant his first city? Would it make sense to keep a Quechua in SE to dissuade settling past the half-way point towards us?
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Yeah, second Quechua should head down that way while we build the 3rd.
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Forgot to ask if you’re available to play this turn and maybe the next? I’m not available again until Sunday afternoon (US)
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(July 5th, 2024, 21:01)Dreylin Wrote: Forgot to ask if you’re available to play this turn and maybe the next? I’m not available again until Sunday afternoon (US)

I can play the turns, no problem.
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I think you’ll need to play one more; I don’t think I’ll quite be home before the current turn is due to roll.
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T23 -

Well we found India ...
I'm pretty sure I don't want to go past Pink Dot now, and we'll have to build a border to support it.

Also that Corn yikes good job you can't build improvements on Oasis!

With the Camp finished, I switch Kirk to finish the Quechua and grow in 2t and then start the Settler - it will come down to 9t once the Pig is improved:
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No picture because hotspot, but Horses revealed 3E,1S of Kirk - in expanded 3rd ring borders. I dialed up The Wheel and our worker can connect them after the Pigs. I don’t think we need to settle for them immediately since they are already in borders, so still working towards Pink.
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