Here's the latest.

* We have a Warrior coming out of Fanatazuma next turn. I would like to send him for a quick SW soujourn to see if anything is going on there. Then he can either head north and east(once past the landbridge), or assist Wally in our westward exploration.

*After we build the Warrior in our capital, I think we should build that Settler next. After this, we may be able to consider the Statue of Zeus(although we won't be able to use the Palace pre-build).

* I have started a Settler in Thunder Falls, and rough calculations show that it should be ready just after the city hits Size 3. This of course means that we should irrigate the Plains tiles. As much as I would like the extra production, I feel the growth may be a bit more important. Is everyone okay with these two things?

* On Wally's way south, he will end up on the hill just SW of him in 3 turns. That will hopefully give us a better idea of what the west looks like.

Here's a better look at Thunder Falls. Hopefully you can see why the Ivory tile should be irrigated. I think that a road should be first though, because our worker would finish it just before Fanatazuma hits Size 2 again. :)

And is everyone okay with both cities producing Settlers next-in-queue? That would give us 4 cities in the next 12-15 turns.

IMPORTANT!

I just noticed that the screenie for Fanatzuma is different that what I actually sent on. It should really say:

Fanatazuma: 3
Warrior: 1

Since the Warrior only needed 1 shield to complete, I had considered using the laborer as a Scientist for a turn. This would have gotten us Alphabet in 11 instead of 12. But then again, I sided with growth and figured our capital should really grow in 3 turns.

I put the laborer back before I sent the save.

Road then irrigate the ivory?

Originally posted by Peri
Road then irrigate the ivory?

Sounds reasonable to me

IMHO Thunder Falls can build a warrior first and then settler. Or settler without warrior which would depend on corruption level in the city. And it is a great idea to irrigate the ivory planes on the river. However, please consider a possibility of first irrigation and then building road there. This will give 2 extra food for Thunder Falls to grow more rapidly. The elephants with ivory are not going to run away and can be hooked up later. In this case, luxury slider has to be adjusted to keep the citizens of our capital from rioting which means that discovery of Alphabet can be delayed. It is a tough decision indeed.

At first I thought we should go for a warrior first, but thinking about it, we're going to get another one after the one which is due to be built. There's no need for so many warriors IMO. Hence, i'm happy with the settler.
Like Akots, I feel we should irrigate the ivory before we road it. It won't benefit us connecting up the ivory (at this moment), but it will benefit us to irrigate it -- as we'll grow a tad quicker. Note: In contrast to akot's opinion, I feel we should road immediately after we irrigate the ivory...
If we were to irrigate then road, we would have the road built just in time for the places to grow.

I noticed that elections are due to be held soon.
How does all that work?

Hmm... 25 turns... elections... Time to start the nominations thread. :D


On all points I agree with DZ on our nations things...

And I think we should irrigate the ivory, then road, then on to the next ivory tile.

I know this in the wrong place but I want it to get noticed.

Please add Rik Meleet to the list for this game. :)

I just saw that, Peri, and will gladly take care of it. :D

@akots, I can see the sense in irrigating the Ivory first so I will do so. As far as a Warrior, we can probably add another one to explore the west. Then we can send the one from Fanatazuma NE once past the landbridge(after a quick stop SE). Sound good?

Thanks. I have another one for you please DZ - gert-janl. :)

Excellent, We need new military units for defense and exploration usage :).

I beleve we should explore more both in the Southwest and Northeast direction. I am getting the feeling northwest of the warrior by Thunderfalls might be a landmass like Florada (Dont know the exact selling of the landform)

I think everything looks good so far. Although I'm leaning towards roading the ivory then irrigating it so we won't have to use the luxury tax with our capital.

I would say another warrior in Fantazuma (Edit: to go towards C3b) and a worker after the first warrior in Thunder Falls. I don't have the time to argument though but it's mostly because I feel we have to much production and too little food right now.

I would also say that the third city should go on the plains west of Thunder Falls just between the Ivory and the Plains. That would be a great worker factory, and later a settler factory.

Edit: I support a tight city build and early workers.

I agree with Yndy on the third city site.