[SPOILERS] The Suttree Gambit: Catherine of China

[suttree]

[suttree]

This is a spoiler thread.

[suttree]

A DIRTY MAPMAKER JOKE

Once upon a time, there's this guy who likes to play Civ 4. He signs up for a game, writes out a foolproof plan, and surely he's going to win. But fifty turns in - what? - he has neither copper nor horse and the nearest iron is controlled by his neighbour. Worst of all - no word of a lie - the mapmaker himself crawls out through the monitor, unbuckles his belt, and fucks the guy right in the ass.

Angry and sore, the guy swears his revenge. He signs up for another game, and writes out an even better plan, and surely he's going to win! But fifty turns in - what? - his best food resource is a plains cow and there's a triple gold start for his neighbour! Worst of all - I swear this is true - the mapmaker himself crawls out through the monitor, unbuckles his belt, and fucks the guy right in the ass.

At this point, the guy is getting fed up. He signs up for a third game, spends days on his micro, and surely he's going to win! But fifty turns in - what? - everyone else has an island while he's stuck fighting it out with three different neighbours. Worst of all - you know where this is going - the mapmaker himself crawls out through the monitor, unbuckles his belt... but this time he pauses, looks the guy straight in the eye, and says with a smirk,

"You're not in this for the Civ4, are you?"

A CLEAN MAPMAKER JOKE

Newton wrote that objects at rest remain at rest unless acted upon by an unbalanced force.
Or, to paraphrase Archimedes:

"Give me a place to stand and with a Commodore map, I will move the whole world!"

[spacetyrantxenu]

Suttree: Not in it for the Civ 4 since Dec 2012.

[WilliamLP]

So based on your choice of chess openings, you're going to go 'Henge-first?

[suttree]

So based on your choice of chess openings, you're going to go 'Henge-first?

As a Creative civ, for extra turn advantage.

[WilliamLP]

Whoah, what if you got Ethiopia and landed Stonehenge first? You'd have 3.75 cpt in all new cities for 3 turn pops. Can you say "game-breaking"?

[ipecac]

Black to play and lose in 25 turns

2...Ke7, obviously.

[Commodore]

Whoah, what if you got Ethiopia and landed Stonehenge first? You'd have 3.75 cpt in all new cities for 3 turn pops. Can you say "game-breaking"?

Creative is nerfed to 1cpt, so...

[Commodore]

Your start:

Normal "it can change" caveats apply.