Recent content by Gunboat Diplomat

Thanks for your input sampsa. Much appreciated. I do have a few questions though... I agree that this city has no immediate value, but if I don't claim the ivory, I won't have anything to stop Monty's elephants when he decides to annex me. At no point in any of my attempts at this map have I...

Two more attempts at this game. Two more fails. So I'm taking it back and asking for some hand-holding to see where I went wrong. I have to go for the W city first, otherwise Monty boxes me in. There is still enough time to send a settler to get the NE horses (not pictured) afterwards. That...

Well, a couple of days away turned into a few weeks, but I finally got back to this game... and promptly died. About 5 times. The attached save is my best attempt, but I'm still way behind in tech. I got sick of Monty sneak attacking me almost every game, so I hit him with a sea of horse...

I thought it was just me. Thanks @Pedro78 . That helps. I think you've got more faith in my abilities than I do, but I'm happy to be proven wrong. :)

Wow. Ok. This is slightly overwhelming. :crazyeye: Even with an understanding of the basic rules, the learning curve moving up to immortal is killing me. :twitch: I think I'm going to have to take a couple of days away from the game to recover from civ fatigue. I really appreciate all the help...

Got it. That would make sense. Coming into this game, I was hoping for peaceful expansion so I could focus on improving my tech game (which regularly lets me down). I'm not sure how feasible that is on this map though. I feel decidedly cramped, and if Monty cuts me off to the NW, I've got...

What to do with workers and settlers...

Ok. A couple of questions about fogbusting: 1. Can barbs spawn on tiles that you have LOS on? 2. Do non-military units also prevent barb spawning (eg the worker on the copper hill and the settler NW of it in that screenshot)? I assumed that the tile 4S of Beijing was safe because of all those...

@Pedro78 I didn't quite match your run, but I'm close enough to continue on.

Ahhh.. That makes sense. I think I can do that. The real test will be whether I can take the specific advice, and extrapolate it to other cases. I don't think I'm there yet, but I'm closer than I was a week ago. :D

@Pedro78: Mate, that was awesome! Thanks for your save game and the detailed notes. I've just spent a couple of hours trying to emulate your run for the first 40 turns. I can replicate up to turn 27 without a problem. But the only way I can get 2 warriors out between T27 and T33 is to put the...

Outstanding! Ok, if that's the case, when I reload, does that push the Wheel further back in my tech order? Should I look at hunting or masonry first?

Really? I thought you needed sailing to do that. Nice!

Thanks for the reassuring comments. I was starting to feel dishearteningly stupid. I thought about that too. The real question is: how long until I settle the copper city? If I wait until the warrior gets there, then chopping certainly feels better. If, however, I decide to risk settling...

I chose the western gold to ensure that Monty didn't try to squeeze a city between his capital and my gold. I never even thought about staying closer to the capital. (I assume the benefit would be reduced maintenance? I can't see any tiles that would be important to share). I thought that I...