[Spoilers - AT PB56] Whipping unhappy faces until El Grillo's morale improves

[El Grillo]

The title used to be an even worse joke, but AT deserves credit for subbing in

Civ password:

goodbye

[Miguelito]

Reading the title made me want to come in just for a
Sorry to read it, hope there is at least a path for it to get better.

[El Grillo]

Thanks Miguelito, things aren't looking great at the moment, but I remain hopeful that they will improve. In the meantime, let's drown our sorrows in Civ and other forms of escapism.

I intend to play this game pretty casually and at lower priority than PB54, which in a full score/tracker context means I fully don't expect to do very well. Maybe this would be a good time to try one of the new-to-CtH leaders or reworked civs.

[Charriu]

What reworked civ would you want to try and why?

[El Grillo]

Inca: I poked a bit of fun at them in PB54, but the current implementation seems decent. With superdeath as mapmaker, I also expect a fairly rich map, which could mean more dry grains for the freshwater bonus to matter.
Germany, Russia, or any other lategame bonus: I haven't played one before and it could be fun. Would be a good excuse to take CRE to make the opening simpler.

[superdeath]

[El Grillo]

Well this is a treat and a half. I'm tempted to pick IND/PHI and settle on the stone and chop out the Pyramids, if for no other reason than when else could I possibly attempt that in a MP game?

[Kaiser]

You think you have a shot at the fastest Pyramids in RB history here? xD

[El Grillo]

So here is your snake pick

1. Lazteuq
   
2. Jowy
   
3. giraflorens
   
4. Amicalola
   
5. Ruff_Hi
   
6. vanrober + Chumchu
   
7. NobleHelium
   
8. Mjmd
   
9. civac2
   
10. Mr. Cairo
    
11. El Grillo
    

Well, at least I get to pick both my leader and civ simultaneously.

EDIT: Crosspost with Kaiser: you know, I had a pretty hard time doing research on wonder completion times across games when I was doing my micro for PB54. Searching by keyword and then a lot of trial and error seemed to be the only way to do it. I wouldn't even begin to hazard a guess on what the RB Pyramids record is

On the other hand, moving away from 3 food resources, one of them being wet corn, and also away from a coast where we're clearly supposed to get an early luxury and ICTR... at least the Scout can take a peek before we have to commit to the Settler move. SIP and Workboat start suffers from not getting a 2h tile until after borders pop, and the fish taking 2t to hook up. Naively I'd expect a Worker opening that farms and camps, then chops out Workboats to be pretty good.

[Kaiser]

Settling on the stone would reduce the time needed for the quarry and give you 3 more forests (S, S-S, S-SE), right?

I will stick to your thread and ask stupid questions :D