Catherine, Bride of Wacken

[dmanakho]

This is a parallel SG game for team Wacken with slightly different rules.

Game difficulty: Monarch
Player race: Russia.
Ruler - Catherine (Creative, financial. - Mining, Agriculture)
Map: Continents
Everything else: Default
Goal: Learning how to play this game

Invited:
-Gozpel
-Offa
-dmanakho
-Wotan
-grahamiam
-Xevious
-WackenOpenAir

Rules are simple. Everyone on the roster can play 1st 50 turns. Write as detailed write up as possible and post end result. We all will discuss each sequence learn from each other mistakes, pick the best and continue the game as usual SG.

Please report to this thread and i will unlock save file as soon as we have team gathered.

Save File:

 

[dmanakho]

Reserved post just in case.

 

[WackenOpenAir]

Ah, you made it already

That is gonna be a busy day tomorrow

 

[Xevious]

Checking in here too.

 

[grahamiam]

ah, good idea on this, btw

what's the timeframe for the 1st report? End of the weekend? Hopefully not tomorrow as I won't have time for that.

 

[dmanakho]

Looks like only Offa is left to check-in and since he is in England and it is about 2am at the moment we should expect it'll take few more hours before we hear from him.
Goz doesn't have civ4 yet and Wotan never said a Civ4 related word, so i assume he does not have it yet.

Therefore i will unlock the save file later tonight and we can start playing.
I am not going to play until saturday myself most likely.
I don't think we shoul set a patricular date for "50 turn report" since there are very few of us and based on our SGOTM records i don't think we will drag it for too long. However I expect us to start discussions of each other startup sequences by Monday.

 

[grahamiam]

ok, how about we avoid posting before Sunday night so we don't spoil each other?

 

[dmanakho]

Sounds good, in such case I will go ahead and place a link to the save file in my first post and here. no spoilers please until Sunday night.
Since two of us are in Europe lets use their time. l am thinking 21:00 GMT

Save File:

 

[grahamiam]

well, no spoilers but we can do some pregame discussion and Europe time is good, I'll just avoid looking at the thread on Sunday.

 

[dmanakho]

I am planning to move settlers scouts W-SW to check if it is worth to move settlers away from coast. If not i am planning to settle in place. We already have food suprlus where we are.
I think i will follow the 1st thread and get a worker first and then chop second settler ASAP. I hope to spare my scout from wild animal and use scout to escort settler. Risky but scouts are usually a safe bet against animals. I hope i won't see barbarians so early yet.
Research for BW, Animal HUsbandry, Wheel, Archery, Fishing, Pottery.
not exactly in that order, it will depend on what feels right at the moment.
Not going for any of early religions.
I want to have few cities going as soon as possible and start developing them.

 

[grahamiam]

so, are you moving the settler 2x if it's not good? well, I'll take a different approach and settle on the spot. since the cow is on the river, i may delay wheel a little longer than you, but not sure as all plans tend to go out the window 10 turns into the game

 

[dmanakho]

scouts... i meant moving scouts not settlers.
Of course i would settle in place if scouts don't find anything better after moving west

 

[grahamiam]

stupid question: what year is turn 50?

 

[WackenOpenAir]

Some statistics screen shows how many turns you have to go.

I do not know the total number of turns. If you create a new game you should be able to see that number in this same screen.

 

[dmanakho]

AFAIK, 50 turns end exactly in 2000BC.
We start in 4000BC and end in 2000BC. Each turn counts as 40 years.

 

[Xevious]

Well, I've been playing along and realize I've gone past 50 turns. 50 turns is at 2000BC and I went to 1880BC (53 turns). I should have checked where the 50 turn year was sooner. Sorry about that. Maybe everyone can play to that date instead?

EDIT: Again, I post while dman is.

 

[Xevious]

Actually, I have a save at 2240 also. I could replay my turns from there if you want to stop at 2000. Whatever you guys decide is fine with me.

 

[WackenOpenAir]

Don't you have the autosave from somewhere between 45 and 50 ?

The goal here is not competition, it is to evaluate different plays and discuss about them.

Of course, we want to compare games, options and decisions that are realistic and made with the information that a fair game provides us. So if you replay them, please replay them exactly as you played them before.

53 turns is also very ok with me though.

 

[dmanakho]

If you don't have autosave i think 53 turns would be okay.
We can always deduct what your situation was on turn 50 and compare.
Unless you learned how to make miracles in 3 turns .

 

[Xevious]

I highly doubt we'll be using my save anyways. I'd say more but I don't want to spoil anyones game.