SteelHorse
Deity
OK - misunderstood it was just until city growth. But if not too late, can consider building research instead of galley. If we decide later not to finish the galley we lose the hammers.
Path to gems online the quickest for worker.
SGOTM 17 - Unusual Suspects
- Thread starter AlanH
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Path to gems online the quickest for worker.
Trystero
Deity
I am pausing at 1AD due to general map weirdness. The interim save has been uploaded.
Our WB cannot explore any farther south than the iron/stone island, and the map has clearing been modified in ways that make tiles which should be accessible now inaccessible. So, as SH feared, the only use for our galley will be barb defense and transport to the one island.
Other highlights:
-Mansa refused our beg for Med.
-Buddhism spread to Supercity.
Everything else has been by the micro plan so far. Also, I apologize since I forgot to switch Supercity to a granary for a few turns after the religion spread.
The Upload log:
And here is the save. Sorry - I forgot to enable the autolog.
Missionary incoming:
No Meditation:
This tile should be accessible:
but we can go around...
and no further:
The NE is not too interesting:
Our WB cannot explore any farther south than the iron/stone island, and the map has clearing been modified in ways that make tiles which should be accessible now inaccessible. So, as SH feared, the only use for our galley will be barb defense and transport to the one island.
Other highlights:
-Mansa refused our beg for Med.
-Buddhism spread to Supercity.
Everything else has been by the micro plan so far. Also, I apologize since I forgot to switch Supercity to a granary for a few turns after the religion spread.
The Upload log:
Spoiler :
And here is the save. Sorry - I forgot to enable the autolog.
Missionary incoming:
Spoiler :
No Meditation:
Spoiler :
This tile should be accessible:
Spoiler :
but we can go around...
Spoiler :
and no further:
Spoiler :
The NE is not too interesting:
Spoiler :
Trystero
Deity
Images now added.
I can play on until Currency is finished, but should we switch to a different build in Aachen (say research as SH just suggested)?
I will send the WB to the crabs after revealing the last fogged tile N of the iron/stone island.
I can play on until Currency is finished, but should we switch to a different build in Aachen (say research as SH just suggested)?
I will send the WB to the crabs after revealing the last fogged tile N of the iron/stone island.
My first thought was yes. But no, I think stick with the galley one more turn. That will get us to stone island one turn sooner. Switch to settler next turn.
We either need galleons or long march thru Mansa, then south. The railroad doesn't go over the mtns. Maybe going thru Mansa won't even work. Or going south on boats won't work. We need to explore. Priority is getting city locations (like silver) before Mansa.
Trystero
Deity
Yeah, I agree. The reasons for settling the stone island remain.
I will send the exploring chariot into Mansa's territory via the road from Pork Central and try to use roads to cross his territory ASAP.
Edit: One thing that has really helped is that Mansa's scouts were wandering around all over the place spawnbusting for us. I have not seen a hint of a barb.
I will send the exploring chariot into Mansa's territory via the road from Pork Central and try to use roads to cross his territory ASAP.
Edit: One thing that has really helped is that Mansa's scouts were wandering around all over the place spawnbusting for us. I have not seen a hint of a barb.
Good play, shame about Buddhism, worked every time in testing.
I find it hard to believe we need astro, we must be able to go through mansa or build a culture bridge, maybe that is why the fish is where it is.
Green to play to currency, what has mansa got to trade
I find it hard to believe we need astro, we must be able to go through mansa or build a culture bridge, maybe that is why the fish is where it is.
Green to play to currency, what has mansa got to trade
Trystero
Deity
ChrisShaffer
Board gamer
You mean "shame about Meditation," right?
At any rate, glad to see religion spread in Supercity and green to play until currency.
Anyone have any idea how the mapmaker caused a coast to be an ocean? That's very weird.
ChrisShaffer
Board gamer
p.s. how many hammers invested in Supercity's library? Any chance of decay?
ChrisShaffer
Board gamer
Mansa will trade rice. Any resource trades we should consider?
Trystero
Deity
We have 31 hammers invested in the Supercity library.
He will trade rice for iron, cows, or elephants. The cows trade seems the most reasonable, but it is our only source and will cause Pork Central to be unhealthy for a few turns until we have the crabs connected. Elephants are the only resource we have in excess ATM.
He will trade rice for iron, cows, or elephants. The cows trade seems the most reasonable, but it is our only source and will cause Pork Central to be unhealthy for a few turns until we have the crabs connected. Elephants are the only resource we have in excess ATM.
ChrisShaffer
Board gamer
Wouldn't the rice give us +1 health to counteract the loss of cows?
I agree we should not give him oliphants.
I agree we should not give him oliphants.
Trystero
Deity
Oh yeah...
I have time to finish up this morning.
I will follow the PPP and build the galley in Aachen for 1 more turn and then switch to the settler. I will trade cows for rice and use the WB to net the crabs.
ChrisShaffer
Board gamer
Could you use the workboat to expose the ocean 2SE of the peninsula on the way to the crabs?
Trystero
Deity
That's not possible because of the weird ocean coastal tiles.
Trystero
Deity
Alright - Save uploaded. I played until we finished Currency as planned. Research set to Calendar as a placeholder. No major surprises, no new AI met. We finished the granary in Pork Central 2 turns earlier than anticipated by the micro plan. That might have been due to differences in hammer OF.
Upload log:
The autolog wasn't enabled, even though I thought I enabled it in-game.
We made this trade to Mansa:
Maps:
The SE:
The NE:
The NW, including our scouting of Mansa's territory:
The SW:
The whole world:
Tech situation:
Resources:
Cities:
Demographics:
Top cities/wonders:
Upload log:
Spoiler :
The autolog wasn't enabled, even though I thought I enabled it in-game.
We made this trade to Mansa:
Spoiler :
Maps:
The SE:
Spoiler :
The NE:
Spoiler :
The NW, including our scouting of Mansa's territory:
Spoiler :
The SW:
Spoiler :
The whole world:
Spoiler :
Tech situation:
Spoiler :
Resources:
Spoiler :
Cities:
Spoiler :
Demographics:
Spoiler :
Top cities/wonders:
Spoiler :
Trystero
Deity
Other notes:
Mansa will trade us either CoL, Monarchy, or Construction (Edit: along with Med and Poly) for both Alpha and Currency. The only thing he will give us for Currency alone is Med and Poly.
We can 2 pop whip the worker in Pork Central for max OF this turn. We can also 2 pop whip the settler in Aachen this turn if we want to try to grab the silver site ASAP. Waiting a turn or 2 would increase the hammer OF into the galley.
Revent is UP! If he is unable to play, it would be Deckhand's turn.
Mansa will trade us either CoL, Monarchy, or Construction (Edit: along with Med and Poly) for both Alpha and Currency. The only thing he will give us for Currency alone is Med and Poly.
We can 2 pop whip the worker in Pork Central for max OF this turn. We can also 2 pop whip the settler in Aachen this turn if we want to try to grab the silver site ASAP. Waiting a turn or 2 would increase the hammer OF into the galley.
Revent is UP! If he is unable to play, it would be Deckhand's turn.
ChrisShaffer
Board gamer
If we let Phantastic grow, it could work the cottage and Aachen could work another mine.
Are we cottaging the Pork City flood plain?
Are we cottaging the Pork City flood plain?
Trystero
Deity
The worker will finish next turn, so we could certainly build a library or another archer to let it grow.
The workers just finished improving the south pigs this turn. I think the next priority would be to quarry the marble, then improve the FP.
Edit: I will try to update the test save tonight. I made saves for every turn to reference, if needed.
ChrisShaffer
Board gamer
Sounds good. Are you still up?
I am at a board game convention through Sunday. Thanks for updating the test save.
I am at a board game convention through Sunday. Thanks for updating the test save.
