Ank12 - A little Furball? - 3CC AW Redux

[Ankka]

One more redux...

So, Always War as a 3CC. The highest known level this has been won on is Regent. 2 losses on Monarch so far: DI1 and Ank10. Also Ank06 was a 3CC game, but it wasn't AW.

Settings:
Map size: Standard
Map type: 70% Pangaea
Other map settings: Random
Civilization: Persia
Difficulty: Monarch
Civ version: Civilization 3 1.29f

Roster: [FULL]
Sir Bugsy
grs
Bede
andvruss
Ankka

 

[Bede]

Ready as soon as you are, Ankka,

 

[Sir Bugsy]

Commander Bugs reporting for duty. My start drawing abilities and luck are not the best. Perhaps someone else should do it.

EDIT - BTW, I'm fine with Persia

 

[Ankka]

That's 3 votes for Persia... if I don't hear any objections I'll pop some starts in the evening if I remember... or tomorrow in the morning.

 

[Ankka]

Some bad starts... best ones I got...

#1


#2


#3


#4


#5


#6 These are bad. Get new ones, and fast, dude!

 

[Bede]

Concur, agree

 

[Ankka]

Concur and agree on what? That those starts are bad?

 

[Bede]

Concur and agree on what? That those starts are bad?

Yup, yep, yes, bad.

 

[Ankka]

Well, you kick some up then if those aren't good. Feel free.

The map generator was unexpectidly evil this time... maybe yours is better.

 

[Bede]

Running now. Half a dozen Persian starts coming soon to a forum near you

 

[Bede]

Here we go:

#1




#2



#3



#4




#5




#6


Start files are zipped here for the curious and otherwise truly nosy:

 

[Sir Bugsy]

1, 4 & 6 are close to the coast.

2 & 5 you can settle in place. 3 is right out.

6 would be good if you moved NE. 2 might even be better if you moved S to the hill.

 

[grs]

Start #2 from bede's selection gets my vote. I would not move on a hill. We need shields a hill is better in the longrun than a grassland.

 

[Bede]

I think 5 gets my vote, cattle on plains with water.

 

[Ankka]

I think #5 is the best... you don't need to move and those cows are great for production once we are a monarchy... will plains grow enough food, though?

Also #3 isn't that bad... we'll get 11 tiles without mountain and we can surely hang on one mountain... what's so bad in it to get immidiately disqualified? Mountains will be great for defence, and looking on those mountains looks like it's a young world which will suite our immortals well as they won't lose so much in speed...

 

[Sir Bugsy]

The mountainous world is a good point. It will slow down the opposition. Mountains usually make for great defended access to US. Unless you can defend all of it.

 

[Ankka]

And on Monarch defending all of it is quite hard, as Ank06 showed...

So I guess it's out.

 

[Sir Bugsy]

I like 2, 5, or 6.

 

[Ankka]

votes so far:

grs - #2
Bede - #5
Bugsy - #2, #5 or #6
Ankka - #5

That's 3 votes for #5.... and it propably is the best start, since you don't need to move and there isn't too much jungle or stuff there... although it looks a bit arid.


EDit: Unless andvruss objects, Bugsy can start playing when he sees this.

 

[Sir Bugsy]

Very well. Start #5 it is. I'll have it played in the next six hours.