Term VI - Edo Province

Welcome to the Province of Edo, Military Centre of Fanatica!
Please post your thoughts, suggestions, questions and anything else relating to Edo Province in this thread.

Governor: Furiey
Deputy Governor: (PM to apply)

Cities:
Shorin-Ryu (province capitol), home of the Military Academy, Pentagon and Smith’s Trading Company
En’Gha, home of the Intelligence Agency and Hoover Dam
Odawara (former province capitol), home of Battlefield Medecine and Newton's University
Corrino
Doomsville
Duckburg
Hill Valley
Izanaga-No-Mikoto

I’m still looking in to the subject of Mayors – so if you are a Mayor of any of these cities, or want to be, please PM me.

Misc Facts:
Home of the Shorin-Ryu martial art
Province Bird: Robin
Province Insect: Praying Mantis

Previous Province Threads: Term V, Term IV, Term III, Term II

Edo province as of 1675 AD

1675 AD


Edo cities have built the Japanatican Air force and with the exception of Hill Valley and Izanaga-No-Mikoto have run out of improvements:

Welcome everyone to Edo Province. It's 1585 AD and Edo's build queues need updating to take account of current and future new developments, such as Tanks and something our scientists are working on called "Flight". They say they expect to make a breakthrough in 4 possible 3 turns if they step it up a bit.

We have several very productive cities in Edo, foremost of which is Shorin-Ryu. Shorin-Ryu is currently producing 74 spt (uncorrupted), which can be increased to 80 spt when the city grows next turn. 80 spt will allow the city to complete an Army in 5 turns, a Tank or an Airport in 2 turns, or a Fighter in 1 turn!

It needs 50 spt to produce a Tank in 2 turns, and in addition to Shorin-Ryu, 4 more cities can do this: En'Gha, Corrino, Odawara and Doomsville, 3 of which are producing Wealth, while Odawara is producing Cavalry! At present, we have a great deal of gold coming into our coffers each turn, I propose therefore to produce Tanks in at least some of these cities.

There is also the matter of En'Gha which is starving after pollution moved the labourer off the wheat tile owned by Zarnia province, Governor Octavian X has kindly agreed to return this tile to En'Gha's use. This will stop the starvation immediately.

Some MM is needed between Hill Valley and Duckburg. Hill Valley's growth will be limited by food, but it is currently blocking the use of hills by Duckburg.

There are several tiles which need railing and some forest which needs clearing around several cities, more to come later.

Hill Valley and Izananga-No-Mikoto, are both building Factories, and while lack of food will keep Hill Valley from growing, Izananga-No-Mikoto is very underdeveloped, there are unimproved hills and uncleared jungle in its radius, while workers are mining hills and clearing jungle that can not be use by any city! With a factory, the hills mined, the jungle cleared and a bit more irrigation to support the population this could be a good production city! A Factory rush (804 gold) has been requested to allow Izanaga-No-Mikoto to produce the improvements it will need as it grows.



All comments and suggestions are greatly appreciated.

1585 AD – Edo Province

All labourer positions are referred to using the following:


Shorin-Ryu:
Queue: Army (2) > Tank prebuild for Airport (2)* > Fighter (1) > Fighter > Fighter > Fighter > Army (5)
*Flight is currently due in 4 turns so please change the Tank to an Airport via the big picture, if flight is achieved in 3 turns it can be changed as soon as an airport available, if Flight is not available in 4 then build the Tank, then start another Tank as a prebuild etc.
MM: Shorin-Ryu grows in 1 turn, please place the new citizen on mountain W of city

En’Gha
Queue: Change to Tank (2) > Tank (2) > Tank (2) > Airport (3) > Bomber (2)
MM: Place the labourer on the irrigated desert 2SW onto the Wheat 2NW to stop the starvation

Corrino
Queue: Change to Tank (2) > Tank (2) > Airport* (3) > Bomber (2) > Bomber (2)
*use Tank prebuild if necessary
MM: None needed

Odawara
Queue: Change to Tank (2) > Tank (2) > Tank (2) >Airport (3) > Bomber (2)
MM: Put the entertainer back to work 2NW

Doomsville
Queue: Change to Tank (2) > Tank (2) > Tank (2) >Airport (3) > Bomber (2)
MM: put one specialist on hills WNW (gives growth in 3) and the other on the polluted tile as soon as the pollution is cleared. When the city grows create a taxman with the new labourer.

Hill Valley
Queue: Unchanged at Factory (9) > Bank
MM: move the labourer on the horses SE to the tile SW, this will allow Duckburg to use the horses

Duckburg
Queue: Infantry until the city grows and achieves 50spt then Tanks (when it will grow will depend on when the requested worker task is carried out)
MM: Move the labourer on the hill SW to the horses NNW

Izanaga-No-Mikoto
Queue: Factory (currently 16) rush on turn 0 (if approved) > Cathedral > Hospital
MM: Move the labourer from the coast in the NE to what is currently jungle (WNW) as soon as the jungle is cleared and the tile is roaded, railed and irrigated. When the city grows, put the labourer on the hill 2NW

General MM:
Please replace any labourers that are displaced by pollution as soon as the pollution is cleared.
The DP may create specialists as necessary to prevent any city going into a state of disorder.

Worker Tasks: The following tasks are requested to be carried out in Edo
General: Please clear up pollution as quickly as possible.
Hill Valley: Is already using all the tiles it can, any further improvements around this city will not benefit the city and may only be of use militarily for movement purposes.
Izanaga-No-Mikoto: Clear, road, rail and irrigate the jungle WNW of the city and road, rail and mine the hills as shown below (you may want to road the unroaded tile with all the workers on it before moving any worker off):


Corrino: Railroad the mined hill N of the city and the irrigated grassland ESE. Chop the forest, rail and irrigate 2SW.
Duckburg: Please irrigate the mined grassland SSE of the city
En’Gha: Please irrigate the mined grassland NNE – NB: this is low priority; there are more important tasks to be done in Edo first.

All comments and suggestions greatly appreciated

Governor Furiey, if Shorin-Ryu or Odawara should be the winner of this poll, please change production for the winning city to the United Nations Wonder as soon as it's convenient for you.

Cyc
Cultural Minister

All the large cities now have unhappy people as a result of losing our luxury trade. We either need to get our luxuries back or use the luxury slider so that we do not have unhappy people when we end the game.

Shorin-Ryu: Has now reached just over 80 uncorrupted spt, built Fanatica’s first Airport, and is able to build Fighters in 1 turn (160 shields) or an Army in 5 (400 shields). Tanks and Bombers requiring 100 shields each can be built as quickly in several other cities reaching 50spt. Shorin-Ryu could accommodate 2 more non specialist citizens, but this would not allow it to reach 100spt to allow it to build Tanks and Bombers in 1 turn. It would be best therefore to keep building Fighters and Armies until we have enough, then Wealth.

Corrino: Will grow in 2 turns, and use the last productive tile taking it to over 70spt after corruption. As it has an Airport, it may as well produce a few more Bombers before Wealth.

En’Gha: Is now at over 60 uncorrupted spt (ideal for Modern Armour in 2), but has stopped growing although it could support a higher population at this production level. A couple of workers or a Settler could be added to give a stable city at size 15, or the mined grassland could be irrigated to allow the city to grow. Like Corrino, it might as well produce a few more Bombers before Wealth.

Doomsville: Still growing, but using all available tiles, so future citizens will be specialists. Again with over 60spt ready for Modern Armour, so Bombers again before Wealth.

Odawara: Has some Entertainers that could be taxmen, and could support one more citizen as a specialist before zero growth. As other provinces are producing Tanks, Odawara may as well produce a couple more Bombers before Wealth.

Duckburg: Somehow a labourer has moved off the mined grassland to the hills taking Duckburg to over 50spt uncorrupted (not needed as it was building Infantry), but stopping growth. A labourer needs to be put on the grassland from the hills to restart growth, possibly irrigating as well until the population grows by one. Alternatively a Worker could be added. This city is short a Coliseum and an Airport. An Airport could be built in 1 giving another lifting point for our troops, a Coliseum would help with our border next to the Zulu if the game continues.

Hill Valley: Hill Valley is at it’s maximum size therefore maximum production (until Manufacturing Plants) of 32spt uncorruped. Perhaps and Airport before the Bank?

Izanaga-No-Mikoto: This city needs to grow – it’s only size 9 and can support a lot more. It has a Factory to increase production and will complete its hospital next turn, allowing an even larger population to be supported. Either a large number of Workers could be added to this city, or tiles irrigated to speed growth. Culture to help with the Zulu border is probably also in order.

Workers: There are several cities in Edo could provide homes for our workers who have little to do except clear pollution. If these Workers do not wish to take up residence, they will be required to irrigate to increase growth.

As expected (and deserved) Zojoji has won the UN placement voter therefore these are the proposed instructuions for 1630 AD – Edo Province

All labourer positions are referred to using the following:

I have included some worker actions in the MM instructions for each city as they are tied to labourer positions and growth instructions. The worker actions are all also repeated under the worker tasks heading to enable the DP to identify requests easily.
* If circumstances require, the DP may substitute a Military Unit for Wealth

Shorin-Ryu:
Queue: Fighter (1) > Fighter (1) > Fighter (1) > Wealth*
MM: Shorin-Ryu grows in 2 turns, both remaining tiles are desert so it doesn’t matter which tile the new labourer works. Two Workers may be joined to this city, but other cities in Edo are higher priority.

Corrino
Queue: Bomber (1) > Bomber (2) > Wealth*
MM: Grows in 2 turns, place the new labourer on the hill NNE (S of Duckburg).

En’Gha
Queue: Bomber (1) > Bomber (2) > Wealth*
MM: En’Gha is not growing, so either please irrigate the 2 grassland tiles (NNE and 2NE) to give growth in 14 turns – probably too late for the game, or preferably join 2 Workers or a Settler to the city.

Doomsville
Queue: Bomber (1) > Bomber (2) > Wealth*
MM: None required.

Odawara
Queue: Bomber (1) > Wealth*
MM: Change the 2 Entertainers to be Taxmen,

Duckburg
Queue: change to Coliseum (2) > Airport (2) > Bomber (2) > Wealth*
MM: Move the labourer on the hill N to the mined grassland NNE (this labourer must have got knocked off sometime last session possibly by pollution), please then irrigate the NNE grassland to give growth in 4, when the city grows, place the new labourer on the hill to the N and mine the NNE grassland again to stop growth.

Hill Valley
Queue: Change to Coliseum (4) > Airport (3) > Bank (5)
MM: none required

Izanaga-No-Mikoto
Queue: Hospital (1) > Coliseum (6**) > University (10**)
** times base on reduced production due to irrigation for growth
MM: This city desperately needs to grow, therefore move the labourer from the coast in the NE to the mined grassland in the SSW. Please then irrigate 4 mined grassland tiles to give growth in 1 (then after that in 2 until size 12 when it will take longer). Put new citizens on the coast then sea and finally hill tiles to maintain growth. Please also join Workers and/or Settlers to this town so that it can use all available tiles ASAP. Once the city can use all available tiles, please mine grassland tiles again to balance the population and increase production.

General MM:
Please replace any labourers that are displaced by pollution as soon as the pollution is cleared.
The DP may create specialists as necessary to prevent any city going into a state of disorder.
When a city grows and there are no more tiles available to work, please create Taxmen unless Entertainers are needed to prevent the city going into disorder.

Worker Tasks: The following tasks are requested to be carried out in Edo:
General: Please clear up pollution as quickly as possible.
Izanaga-No-Mikoto: Please irrigate 4 mined grassland tiles. Once the city can use all available tiles, please mine grassland tiles again to balance the population and increase production.
En’Gha: Please irrigate the mined grassland NNE only if workers are not going to be joined to this city.
Duckburg: Please irrigate the NNE grassland, when the city grows, mine the NNE grassland again to stop growth.

Worker/Settler (yes – we still have one) Join requests: Several low growth cities could benefit from Workers or Settlers being joined. In order of priority:
Izanaga-No-Mikoto: This city with the irrigation should be able to grow to size 12 in 5 turns, please then add 7 workers to use all available tiles.
En’Gha: Please join 2 workers (or a Settler) removing the need for any irrigation.
Shorin-Ryu: Please join 2 workers or a Settler.
If any more Workers need homes, please join them to any city that can support them without starvation

Not a lot to do this time, but just in case we don't win (or lose) the vote:

All labourer positions are referred to using the following:

Briefer instructions than last time, but I have included build queues just in case we do not win the vote

Shorin-Ryu:
Queue: Wealth*
MM: None required.

Corrino
Queue: Wealth*
MM: Please join one more Worker as a taxman.

En’Gha
Queue: Wealth*
MM: Please join one more Worker to work the hills 2SE

Doomsville
Queue: Wealth*
MM: None required (some Edo tiles are being used for Gerunshi, but leave it for now).

Odawara
Queue: Wealth*
MM: Put one Taxman back to work

Duckburg
Queue: Wealth*
MM: If our borders expand to include either of the jungle tiles ENE or ESE, please clear, road, mine, rail and join Workers to use them.

Hill Valley
Queue: Bank (5) > Wealth*
MM: none required

Izanaga-No-Mikoto
Queue: University (2) > Police Station (5) > Bank
MM: If our borders expand to include the Zulu silks, please clear, road, mine, rail and join a Worker to use them.

General MM:
Please replace any labourers that are displaced by pollution as soon as the pollution is cleared.
The DP may create specialists as necessary to prevent any city going into a state of disorder.
When a city grows and there are no more tiles available to work, please create Taxmen unless Entertainers are needed to prevent the city going into disorder.
* If circumstances require, the DP may substitute a Military Unit for Wealth