Monarchist Cookbook Game II

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The Monarchist Cookbook is a concurrent succession game series to help readers learn how to play and win at Monarch level in Civilization 4: Beyond the Sword.

This is the 2nd game of the series.

For more information or to discuss the format, please visit the Monarchist Cookbook Bullpen.

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Monarchist Cookbook Game II: Pericles of Greece

We will be playing Pericles of Greece on a Standard/Monarch/Epic map with no custom options. All map script settings are unknown. (Special thanks to Winston Hughes for generating the save for us this game.)

Spoiler starting info :
GREEK UU, UB & STARTING TECHNOLOGIES INFO:

Greek_Info.jpg

OUR STARTING ZONE:

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Round one lasts from 4000 BC - 1000 BC (120 Turns).

Please play this Round and submit your Report into this thread by next Tuesday (June 3, 2008).

IMPORTANT: Please do not discuss opening strategies until after you have played and reported Round 1.

At the end of your Round, please remember to name your save with your name, game and Round # & game date (i.e. "MC2 Round 1 Sumyongai BC-1000.CivBeyondSwordSave"). (And please don't forget to attach it to your Round report, either, lol.)

Roster:

Solon70 - featured player

Bleys - member, deputy :scan: for MC2
Diamondeye - member
futurehermit - member
OTAKUjbski - member
r_rolo1 - member

YOU! - contributor, voter

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And with that, let the Game begin ...

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Intrathread links (ToC):

Round 0: The starting save (this post)
Round 1: 4000 BC - 1000 BC (120 Turns) -- submitted by vale

Round 2: 1000 BC - 700 AD (100 Turns) - in progress

Round 3: 700 AD - 1300 AD (60 Turns) - upcoming
Round 4: 1300 AD - 1600 AD (60 Turns) - upcoming
Round 5: 1600 AD - 1740 AD (40 Turns) - upcoming
Round 6: 1740 AD - 1820 AD (40 Turns) - upcoming
Round 7: 1820 AD - 2050 AD (330 Turns) - upcoming
 
We WOULD have to get Pericles when I'm going to be away :lol: Maybe I'll try and squeeze in some time to play late tonight :p
 
COOL! Just finished my opening round of LHC Charley, and was going to try to finish out NC Sitting Bull, but I will definitely be right on this one.

Hermit, no worries mate. Play a round if you can, and then re-join us in a couple weeks when you have time. This kind of skipping has been planned for, and week-long round means you shouldnt miss too much.
 
AFAIK all the "Roster Players" use bug. Thats me, hermit, OTAK, Rolo, and Diamondeye, who is the one responsible for putting this series together.

We all use BUG over the top of our Custom Assets, though, and not loaded as a separate MOD. So if that is how yours is set up, join in!

We all play each and every round, then discuss and decide which is the "Best Ball", then we all play from there again. Shadow games are encouraged, and we will consider Shadow saves in our Best-Ball discussions. See the MC-1 thread and the Bullpen thread for more details of the format.
 
futurehermit said:
We WOULD have to get Pericles when I'm going to be away :lol: Maybe I'll try and squeeze in some time to play late tonight :p
Click to expand...

I take it you enjoy playing Pericles?

I'm not sure I've played him even once since BtS released ... at least not that I can remember off the top of my head.
 
Im gonna follow this game.


contains strategy suggestions, dont look!
Spoiler :
2 options:
worker+straight for AH
or
warrior/scout (grow to 2)->worker and agriculture before AH (AH will be cheaper to reasearch)

edit: about settling, 1N is an option if u wanna delay dettling by a turn. Else the corn can be used for another city, depending on surrouding terrain. (will lose a forest by doing that)
 
TheMeInTeam said:
I'm in on this one ;). There aren't any series games left for me to play at the moment hehehe.
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Hey T, can you do me a favor if you have time? Go back to MC-1, Rolos 1200 AD save (round 4 I think), and pick up the save, and try to get an AP win. I was **THIS** close, but couldnt quite pull it off, then Toku put the kibosh on it by spawning non-hindu colonies and I just decided to romp instead, heh. But you have a much stronger handle on that "style". I could have had the win way early if I had something like 15 more votes, ugh. If you manage it, post a quicky report in that thread, and attach the 1-turn to victory save if you can.

BTW, new PYL coming out soon, hopefully before the weekend is over. I have the map, just have to edit the WB Save into the various leaders positions. Been busy with half-finished games though, I suck at following through. I want to get through the NC Sitting Bull game, and most of LHC Charley.

Finished my round in this game, posting the report now while its fresh in my mind.
 
@stormyorky
I guess you missed it, but the OP specifically asks for no strategy discussion about the start.

This was my suggestion, and is intended to force each player to approach the game with only his/her own judgement to go on, and thus to ensure as wide a variation in the first round saves as possible.

The discussion should begin in earnest once people start posting their saves.

@everyone
I hope you guys enjoy the map!
 
ARGH!! I have NO LUCK!!

Once again, 3/4 done with my post, and it was gorgeous too, when suddenly, my new upstairs neighbor decided to go into the basement and accidently shut my power off, LOL!!

Thank goodness its only round 1, I will have to re-do it, but no biggie, I remember it.
 
e1: can't remember

e2: added Stuff

e3: increased detail of report

I beat TMIT to playing the round! (And Bleys too, but because of clumsiness)

I don't really do pretty reports. I write down things as I play. If someone wants me to post a BUG autolog I'll figure it our by next round.

Fun fact: Quotey whipped 1 pop instead of 2 this round because he miscounted by one. He did it twice. Oy.

Round 1- 120 Turns.

Spoiler :
I moved 1E to get Corn, as Cows and Plains Hill Sheep are frankly uninspiring. Infact, I might even mine them.

I went Agriculture first due to the Corn. Even if there wasn'tcorn in my BFC i would have considered doing it that way anyway- have to weigh up 5 lost worker turns to time saved by not researching Ag later and getting the discount on Animal Husbandy.

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4 turns in and I am loving the map. 3 pigs? Sign me up.

6 turns in and I meet Peter of Russia. I haven't played a game against him before. I don't know what to expect.

SCREENSHOT BUGGERED

On turn 14 I finish researching Agriculture, and my Scout dies.

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NO WHAMMIES NO WHAMMIES NO WHAMMIES:

I get both the unhappiness and the health.

On turn 71 I revolt to slavery while the settler is in transit. This is much better than whipping while the settler is being built because it means the second city is built a turn earlier- unless, of course you intend to whip the settler.

Monty settled near a site I wanted :( I will settle above it to get the gems and ivory.

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Corinth settled on turn 86. You can also see Sparta which I forgot to mention. Corinth takes the Plains Hill Sheep, and has a lot of hils of its own that it can work, as well as sharing one or two with Athens. Maybe Maoi statues city.

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And on turn 113 I declare with the alt click method, so as not to wake Peter. I didn't mention rushing earlier in the report, but this map really tells me RUSH HIM RUSH HIM. I am also counting on anothe ropponent being behind Monty.

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At the loss of one Phalanx I take St Petersburg. One archer in his second city? Wow.

At the end of the save I have a ton of reinforcements, as my force after capturing St Pete was 6 Phalanx will probably not be enough for the Russian capital. There are currently 9 Phalanx in St Petersburg- This should be fine. I always expect the capital to A: Have walls (Peter has Masonry) and B: Have AT LEAST 3 if not 4 archers. Peter also may have a metal in Novgorod. He has researched Iron Working, so he probably doesn't have Copper.


Tech Path

Spoiler :
Agriculture, Animal Husbandry, Mining, Bronze Working, The Wheel, Writing, Pottery, Mathematics (5 turns at current rate)


Unsure if my save can be picked for the best ball thing, but whatever.

Spoiler :
PROS:

-I have St Pete, and am in a strong position to roll Peter, with a massive production base, my first 3 cities. They have hills and food. And some sort of ugly freak hybrid (Plains Hill Sheep).
-I have 2/3 granaries up, and a library in Athens. (scraping the bottom of the barrel)
-I have Pottery, and nearly Math. In 5 turns you can start on Currency, if you wish.

CONS:

-No option for no war, if that's how you want to go
-POSSIBLY Semi isolated, so next move nearly must be Construction so we can destroy Monty (and send out a workboat)
-I just know some people will hate my city placements.
-I will not get to find out more about Peter :D


Weird and abusable game thing:

Spoiler :
lionresourcecy8.jpg


The Lion in this screenshot will ONLY move to the tiles with a red dot. After observing this for a few turns, I have concluded that the black dot has a resource in it- for some reason, animals CANNOT move onto resources. I will found a city 1W of black dot (it has fish 2N of it). So I am sure I will have one of Iron, Coal, Aluminium, Oil, or Uranium. Fantastic.


Useful Whipping THing That Lots Of People Will Know About But Posting It To Make Up For a Poor Report:

Spoiler :
Pictures when I can be bothered to replay the round to get them:

In Axeman rushes, you'll want to ship and chop to build up your army as quick as possiblle. The best time to whip is when you have SIX hammers invested. You'll do a 2 pop whip with 45 overflow, so if you can muster up 7 hammers next turn, you will get 2 Axemen, in 2 turns, for 2 pop. Awesome! I did all my whips in this round without Granaries though :(


Stuff:

Spoiler :
I assume I won't be the only one to do a super early rush. The deck is stacked for it- I woudln't be surprised if every game fell that way.
 
OK Here is my re-do. No biggie, it wasnt a complicated round. I grade myself a B- on my play, reasonable, playable, but nothing outstanding. I made some bad choices, and seemed very slow because of it.

Spoiler :

Logging by BUG Mod 2.30 [Build 742] (BtS 3.13)
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Turn 0/750 (4000 BC)

I moved my Scout 1 NW onto the hill, and when it switched to my settler, I noticed a blue-circle 1 NW of him. I also spied some coast to the west of the fog, so I felt there was a good chance for seafood. I took the chance and moved my settler 1 NW.

Civ4ScreenShot0183.jpg


Turn 1/750 (3975 BC)
Athens founded
Athens begins: Worker (23 turns)
Research begun: Animal Husbandry (19 Turns)

Athens founded. Bummer, no seafood. I hate those blue-circles, heh. Oh well, I am on the coast, with 2 solid tiles (3F3H, and 3F2H1C). No fast growth food tile though, so whipping will be slow. If I had moved my settler 1E instead, to keep the pigs and cows, and add the corn, it would have been killer good. This spot allows a possible GLH run again, but growth will be slow, which sucks early game. I start a worker, annoyed that I cant start right out with a Work Boat, since we have Fishing.

I also started AH, since that was our food, and I will admit to something if you all promise not to laugh. I get Pericles and Darius mixed up, LOL, so I was also thinking "and we need AH for Horses so we can Immortal-Rush someone!". Heh, I never played Pericles before, and havent played Darius in a LONG time, other than as an Unrestricted Combo once. Heh, its not too bad, but I was thinking about Immortals for a long time.

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Turn 2/750 (3950 BC)

Turn 3/750 (3925 BC)

I moved my scout to the NE, and found my first hut, and got a nice bonus, a very strong tech!

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Turn 4/750 (3900 BC)
Tech learned: Mining
Tribal village results: technology
Athens's borders expand

Turn 5/750 (3875 BC)

Next hut gave me gold, and also met my first AI, Peter. I hate being near this guy, hes a PITA.

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Turn 6/750 (3850 BC)
Tribal village results: a little gold
Contact made: Russian Empire

Turn 7/750 (3825 BC)
While defending in the wild, Scout (1.00/1) defeats Barbarian Wolf (Prob Victory: 99.4%)

Turn 8/750 (3800 BC)

Turn 9/750 (3775 BC)
While defending in the wild, Scout loses to Barbarian Lion (1.08/2) (Prob Victory: 78.7%)

Civ4ScreenShot0170.jpg


ARGH, lost my scout! This truly sucks. I have to have another, since my border pops spotted another hut south of Athens. I put it in the queue.

Turn 10/750 (3750 BC)
Athens begins: Scout (11 turns)

Turn 11/750 (3725 BC)
Buddhism founded in a distant land

Turn 12/750 (3700 BC)

Turn 13/750 (3675 BC)

Turn 14/750 (3650 BC)

Turn 15/750 (3625 BC)

Turn 16/750 (3600 BC)

Turn 17/750 (3575 BC)

Turn 18/750 (3550 BC)
Tech learned: Animal Husbandry

AH comes in, and thanks to the hut, I can start BW. Chopping out the GLH is still an option, if the land looks good for it. I am definitely thinking Mids though, so we will see.

Turn 19/750 (3525 BC)
Research begun: Bronze Working (21 Turns)

Turn 20/750 (3500 BC)
Athens finishes: Scout

Turn 21/750 (3475 BC)

Scout done, and he goes to the hut I spied south of Athens, and another good result, XP! I love Woody II on my scouts, keeps em much safer.

Civ4ScreenShot0171.jpg


Turn 22/750 (3450 BC)
Tribal village results: experience

Turn 23/750 (3425 BC)
Scout promoted: Woodsman I
Scout promoted: Woodsman II

Turn 24/750 (3400 BC)

Turn 25/750 (3375 BC)
Hinduism founded in a distant land
While defending in the wild, Scout (0.25/1) defeats Barbarian Lion (Prob Victory: 95.6%)

Turn 26/750 (3350 BC)

Turn 27/750 (3325 BC)

Turn 28/750 (3300 BC)

Turn 29/750 (3275 BC)

Turn 30/750 (3250 BC)

Turn 31/750 (3225 BC)

Turn 32/750 (3200 BC)
While defending in the wild, Scout (0.53/1) defeats Barbarian Wolf (Prob Victory: 99.3%)

Turn 33/750 (3175 BC)

Turn 34/750 (3150 BC)
Athens finishes: Worker
Civics Change: Peter(Russia) from 'Tribalism' to 'Slavery'

Worker done, so I start a Work Boat to explore the coast. Still thinking about the GLH, its so strong.

Turn 35/750 (3125 BC)
Athens begins: Work Boat (23 turns)

Turn 36/750 (3100 BC)

Turn 37/750 (3075 BC)

Turn 38/750 (3050 BC)
Athens's borders expand

Turn 39/750 (3025 BC)
Tech learned: Bronze Working

BW in and I choose sailing. New scout has explored enough land to the south to plant some good coastal cities. He also spots both the Horses and the Copper closest to me! I revolt to Slavery right away.

Civ4ScreenShot0172.jpg


Turn 40/750 (3000 BC)
Research begun: Sailing (215 Turns)
Civics Change: MC2 Round 1 Bleys(Greece) from 'Tribalism' to 'Slavery'

Turn 41/750 (2975 BC)
A Pasture was built near Athens
Athens grows to size 2

Turn 42/750 (2950 BC)
The whip was applied in Athens
Athens finishes: Work Boat

Boat done so I queue up a couple warriors for more fogbusting and garrisons after that.

Turn 43/750 (2925 BC)
Athens begins: Warrior (6 turns)
Athens finishes: Warrior

Turn 44/750 (2900 BC)
Athens begins: Warrior (6 turns)
While defending in the wild, Scout (0.10/1) defeats Barbarian Lion (Prob Victory: 95.6%)

Turn 45/750 (2875 BC)

Turn 46/750 (2850 BC)

Turn 47/750 (2825 BC)

Turn 48/750 (2800 BC)
A Pasture was built near Athens
Athens finishes: Warrior

Warriors done, 1 garrisons Athens, the other is off exploring the NE where the other scout got ate. I decide to start a Barracks, since rushing Peter is also a strong possibility.

Turn 49/750 (2775 BC)
Athens begins: Barracks (19 turns)

Turn 50/750 (2750 BC)

Hmm, is that a sliver of Montys pukey green color I see?

Civ4ScreenShot0173.jpg


Turn 51/750 (2725 BC)
Contact made: Aztec Empire

Civ4ScreenShot0174.jpg


Yup, argh, the WORST "close neighbor" AI to have. I decide HE will be my Rush target, maybe.

Turn 52/750 (2700 BC)
Athens grows to size 2

Turn 53/750 (2675 BC)
Athens begins: Settler (15 turns)

I start a settler despite being slow-growing. I need to claim that horse/pig spot ASAP, Peter is backed up against the ocean and will REX my way soon enough.

Turn 54/750 (2650 BC)

Turn 55/750 (2625 BC)

Turn 56/750 (2600 BC)

Turn 57/750 (2575 BC)
Whip anger has decreased in Athens
Tech learned: Sailing
While defending in the wild near St. Petersburg, Warrior (1.04/2) defeats Barbarian Lion (Prob Victory: 88.9%)

Sailing comes in, so I start the Wheel to hook up those resources.

Turn 58/750 (2550 BC)
Research begun: The Wheel (11 Turns)

Turn 59/750 (2525 BC)
While defending in the wild near Moscow, Warrior loses to Barbarian Bear (3.00/3) (Prob Victory: 5.1%)

Argh, there goes my warrior. Oh well, they are cheap. Guess Sparta will have to build its own garrison unit though. He did manage to explore quite a bit by Peter, and combined with my Work Boat circling our continent, I have a lot of land exposed.

Civ4ScreenShot0176.jpg


Turn 60/750 (2500 BC)

Turn 61/750 (2475 BC)
The whip was applied in Athens
Athens finishes: Settler

I whip out the settler for 1, man, I feel VERY slow. I want the Horses/Pigs that will put the Copper in between my 2 cities.

Turn 62/750 (2450 BC)

Turn 63/750 (2425 BC)

Turn 64/750 (2400 BC)

Turn 65/750 (2375 BC)
Sparta founded
Sparta begins: Warrior (11 turns)
Athens finishes: Barracks

Sparta founded, starts its warrior, as Athens finishes its Barracks. I start a lighthouse, since the Copper isnt hooked up.

Turn 66/750 (2350 BC)
Athens begins: Lighthouse (23 turns)

Turn 67/750 (2325 BC)

Turn 68/750 (2300 BC)
Tech learned: The Wheel

Wheel in, Masonry is next. I want to be building the GLH as I queue up units for whip overflow.

Turn 69/750 (2275 BC)
Research begun: Masonry (13 Turns)
A Mine was built near Sparta

Copper mine is done, now to get some roads down and a Barracks in Sparta and we can start pumping out Phalanx's

Turn 70/750 (2250 BC)

Turn 71/750 (2225 BC)
Judaism founded in a distant land

Turn 72/750 (2200 BC)
Athens grows to size 2
Sparta's borders expand

Turn 73/750 (2175 BC)

Turn 74/750 (2150 BC)

Turn 75/750 (2125 BC)
Sparta finishes: Warrior

Turn 76/750 (2100 BC)
Sparta begins: Worker (23 turns)
Whip anger has decreased in Athens

Turn 77/750 (2075 BC)

Turn 78/750 (2050 BC)

Turn 79/750 (2025 BC)

Turn 80/750 (2000 BC)
Tech learned: Masonry

Masonry is in, need to get Ag up, since we have some farmable lands.

Turn 81/750 (1975 BC)
Research begun: Agriculture (8 Turns)
Athens grows to size 3

Turn 82/750 (1950 BC)
The whip was applied in Athens
Athens finishes: Lighthouse

Lighthouse done, I start the GLH. I will be putting other stuff in front of it, but we have forests to chop, and decent hammers in Athens. If I dont get it, I wont be heartbroken, as the cash will fund a lot of research.

Turn 83/750 (1925 BC)
Athens begins: The Great Lighthouse (50 turns)
While defending in the wild, Scout (1.00/1) defeats Barbarian Lion (Prob Victory: 100.0%)

Turn 84/750 (1900 BC)

Turn 85/750 (1875 BC)

Turn 86/750 (1850 BC)

Turn 87/750 (1825 BC)

Turn 88/750 (1800 BC)
Tech learned: Agriculture

Ag in, Pottery is next for Granaries. I have slow growing cities, and need them pretty baddly.

Turn 89/750 (1775 BC)
Research begun: Pottery (9 Turns)

Turn 90/750 (1750 BC)
Athens grows to size 3
While defending in the wild, Scout loses to Barbarian Archer (2.64/3) (Prob Victory: 0.0%)

Rats, there goes my Wood II Scout, barb archers are on the prowl. I decide to stick a settler in front of the GLH now, for some whip overflow.

Turn 91/750 (1725 BC)
Athens begins: Settler (14 turns)

Turn 92/750 (1700 BC)

Turn 93/750 (1675 BC)

Turn 94/750 (1650 BC)
A Pasture was built near Sparta

Turn 95/750 (1625 BC)

Turn 96/750 (1600 BC)
Sparta finishes: Worker

Sparta finishes its worker and starts a Barracks.

Turn 97/750 (1575 BC)
Sparta begins: Barracks (38 turns)
Whip anger has decreased in Athens

Turn 98/750 (1550 BC)
Tech learned: Pottery

Pottery in, Writing next.

Turn 99/750 (1525 BC)
Research begun: Writing (17 Turns)
A Pasture was built near Sparta
Sparta grows to size 2

Turn 100/750 (1500 BC)

Turn 101/750 (1475 BC)

Turn 102/750 (1450 BC)

Turn 103/750 (1425 BC)

Turn 104/750 (1400 BC)
The whip was applied in Athens
Athens finishes: Settler

Settler 2 is done, he is headed to the 2-gem/fish spot, but there is a barb city there. I dont like that spot though, so I plan to raze it, getting some XP for my troops as I try to get some land. Peter is already closing in.

Turn 105/750 (1375 BC)

Turn 106/750 (1350 BC)
Sparta grows to size 3

Turn 107/750 (1325 BC)
Sparta finishes: Barracks

Turn 108/750 (1300 BC)
Sparta begins: Phalanx (9 turns)

Turn 109/750 (1275 BC)
Corinth founded
Corinth begins: Worker (23 turns)
A Fishing Boats was built near Corinth

It was nice to have this boat. He was done exploring, so I parked him here, and had a nice start to my 3rd city. I also stick Phalanx in front of the GLH. Whip anger is going away and I can get some hammers made up.

Athens begins: Phalanx (9 turns)

Turn 110/750 (1250 BC)

Turn 111/750 (1225 BC)

Turn 112/750 (1200 BC)
Tech learned: Writing

Writing in, I go for Maths next. Planning to chop out the Mids once the GLH is done.

Turn 113/750 (1175 BC)
Research begun: Mathematics (40 Turns)
Athens grows to size 3
Sparta finishes: Phalanx

Turn 114/750 (1150 BC)
Sparta begins: Phalanx (9 turns)
Phalanx promoted: City Raider I
Athens finishes: Phalanx
Sparta grows to size 4

Turn 115/750 (1125 BC)
Phalanx promoted: City Raider I
Buddhism has spread: Corinth

Buddhism spreads to me, and I accept it. Peter will end up Buddhist too, I think. Will help me keep the peace til I backstab both these jokers.

Turn 116/750 (1100 BC)
State Religion Change: MC2 Round 1 Bleys(Greece) from 'no State Religion' to 'Buddhism'

Turn 117/750 (1075 BC)
Corinth's borders expand

Turn 118/750 (1050 BC)
Athens begins: Phalanx (8 turns)
The whip was applied in Sparta
Sparta finishes: Phalanx
While defending in Greek territory at Sparta, Phalanx (3.80/5) defeats Barbarian Archer (Prob Victory: 100.0%)

Turn 119/750 (1025 BC)
Sparta begins: Phalanx (9 turns)
Phalanx promoted: City Raider I
Whip anger has decreased in Athens
Turn 120/750 (1000 BC)

OK I have a few Lanx's out, headed for the Barb city. I need another settler ASSAP as well, for the NE, to try and cut Peter off a bit more. The GLH is nearly done, and I still have plenty of forests near all cities. I need IW soonish, too, so I can get those gems online. Heres some overall screenies:

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Heres the Barb city, all my Phalanx's are CRI:

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Pros - 2 Barracks and a good start on some units to rush. GLH near complete and I dont see how I could not get it. Enough coast on this continent to make a lot of cities, but may be a bad move.

Cons - slow. My whole turn felt slow. I dont see any metals in Peters land, and we have both Horses and Copper, so rushing him is still an option. He has Stone too, maybe just taking his perimeter cities, and pillaging him back to nothing in his cap will be enough.

Sailing and the GLH may have been a poor choice, but once I moved to the coast, I was kind of committed. I should have gotten more settlers out instead, perhaps. I might be too late to rush without Catapults.
 

Attachments

Despite starting with great promise, my Round 1 ended in dismal failure ...

... anybody care if I just muck it and skip the Report? :blush:
 
Segment 1:

Spoiler :
Settled in place, briefly considered 1E to pick up corn also. Started warrior while researching mining ---> BW

3800 - Popped agriculture and the wheel off huts while scouting to the south

3550 - Met Peter of Russia, home city probably east/northeast

3475 - Scout circling around discovers he's almost straight east from our start.

3400 - Lion eats scout, only warrior left to scout around

3225 - BW discovered, researching mysticism then pottery, AH, Writing. We have copper in BFC!

3125 - First worker is out, chopping another worker and settler

2750 - Warrior gets eaten by lion in woods, even with CI. Great luck :mad:

2600 - Used herbs event for +2 health. City still at pop 1 while chopping settler so this nets out to doing nothing negative for +2 health forever

2475 - Settled Sparta just east of capitol - 3 E to be exact. Can share bronze and cow if needed, has its own pig and corn. Obviously one of 2 cities intended to prep a phalanx rush.

2275 - Forgot we were creative and had started a monument in sparta. Will let it finish since almost done, then start work on granary, barracks, units

1950 - Met Montezuma. Joy. Likely he came from very far south.

1775 - Settled corinth very near peter, started on granary

1150 - Jaguar sighting, Monty must have beelined IW

1075 - Hooked up Ivory near Peter's borders for the :), also beelining construction as jumbos can probably smear Monty if he winds up being close than expected, especially with elephant help.

1000 - Stats:

9 Phalanx. Library in Sparta, other cities have barracks and granary only. Building a road to St. Petersburg. Sparta should be whipped to make a few more Phalanx then attack. The rest is able to be told from screen shots, if you have further questions just ask :).

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Choked forgetting I had a creative leader and teching mysticism. My file will probably not be picked for this round, although Russia is set to fall. Looks like more than one person wanted this approach :).



View attachment 178416
 
Otaku: Barb event, eh? I'd say restart and if you get it again muck.

Bleys:

Spoiler :
No in depth comments until everyone posts, but

Pros - 2 Barracks and a good start on some units to rush.
Click to expand...

That made me laugh, considering my situation.


Spoiler :
Did you research Myst for any reaosn other than the Monuments? Again, nice Phalanx rush prep. I have the feeling I neglected something to hit Peter.
 
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