Bugsy's Braves Ride Again

[consentient]

OK, here is the starting location. I can't see any reason to move, so I think I'll SIP.

Provisional roster is:

Me
Acken
ST
Bugs

I'll come back if/when there are any decisions to make, but we have our initial strategy in mind

 

[consentient]

T0 - I SIP, queue a scout, start researching Pottery, as we want to found, and there are Calendar lux. Move Warrior N towards forest, he disappointingly finds a clearing.

T1 - Warrior continues N and finds two more Sugar. Oral Tradition is a possible now.
T2 - Warrior crosses river towards another forest, finds a ruin. Will take 2 turns to get there.
T3 - Move Warrior, meet Ramkhamhaeng
T4 - Warrior pops a map, which shows nice lands to the N, including edge of Siam border, a mountain/river spot for an expo, with Cotton (Oral Tradition), Marble and a bunch of cows [Screenshot 1]
T5 - Warrior moves E, finds Mombasa for 30 gold. Scout finishes. Start on Monument. Scout goes W, finds ruin.
T6 - Scout becomes Scarcher. Warrior begins to curve back around to Capital.
T7 - Warrior finds barb camp and another ruin. Scarcher continues W, finds another mountain/river spot.
T8 - Warrior pops Culture! Joy. Open Liberty. Scarcher finds Kabul. Edinburgh grows. New citizen goes to bum work the sheep, inspired by Boudicca's faux Welshness. Idea: finish Monument quickly.
T9 - Scarcher finds another camp. Warrior crosses river again.
T10 - Finish Pottery. We have a pantheon choice.

Here's a map of the area. [Screenshot 2]. What sayest thou all?

Oral Tradition, Open Sky and God King are all natural choices, IMO.

[EDIT: Expo-wise, I think N near the mountain (maybe ON the sheep) is a good option if we can beat Ram to it, and W for the Salt?)

 

[stormtrooper412]

Nice. The location to the SE of capital may have Petra potential

I think Open Sky is more useful, there may be Horses in the area as well

 

[Sir Bugsy]

I love the title! That is too funny.

 

[Sir Bugsy]

Given the amount of animals (at least one at each suggested expo location) and the odds of finding some horses, I would go with open sky.

 

[Sir Bugsy]

Here's a question, do we get the religious benefits if settle on the sheep?

 

[stormtrooper412]

I think Open Sky gives culture, no?

 

[Sir Bugsy]

Both open sky and oral tradition give culture. I suppose we go for God-King if we want other things like faith and science.

Rephrasing the question: So do we get the extra culture if we settle on the sheep?

 

[Sir Bugsy]

looking at the screenshot, we only have one lux in the first two rings. I haven't seen that in a while.

 

[stormtrooper412]

Do we steal workers or not?

we have 2 sugars and one citrus, no

 

[Sir Bugsy]

I'm fine with stealing workers as long as we get a play by play report on how it is done and how you get them safely home. Stealing workers is something I suck at.

I'm really interested in the decision making process and what factors come into play.

Getting them home is the other challenge. Yesterday I managed to get three workers but lost two of them and their escorting scouts before I could get them home.

 

[Acken]

Have you generated the map with strategic balance ? If yes it guarantees horses and I'd go open sky.

 

[consentient]

In order of how they were posed:

1. No, Open Sky gives culture for pastures. When you settle on a resource, you can't make the improvement. Which isn't always a good enough reason not to.

2. Yes, let's steal workers if we can. Get off to a really good start.

3. Yes, I think map was generated with Strategic Balance.

Open Sky it is then...


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[consentient]

T10 contd…

Found Open Sky pantheon. Scarcher moves SW and finds Sinai and a ruin. Warrior moves SE and also finds a ruin. Not bad for ruins so far. Let it continue!

T11 - 1st Ruin has 95 gold, 2nd Ruin makes a Pictish Warrior. Lovely stuff (“Not my words, Michael, the words of Shakin’ Stevens”). Sell an Embassy to Trollface.

T12 - Scarcher moves W and finds yet another ruin. We’re so lucky. Monument finishes. Switch citizen to Sugar. Queue another Scout. Warrior moves E and finds a Barb camp and YET ANOTHER RUIN!

T13 - Warrior moves close to ruin. Scarcher opens ruin, finds map showing a desert W of Sinai, Korea’s borders and another ruin. We might not get that one. Better to move close to Korea...

T14 - Warrior opens ruin, finds 'evidence of barbs'. I always wondered what this is. Some bloody skulls and a messy latrine? Scarcher moves W towards Korea and begins to look for any Kims or Lees or Parks that want to volunteer for bumming tending sheep

T15 - Scarcher moves right up to Korea borders, finds 2 workers and an Archer watching over them. City is Capital, which is good news, since the Warriors probably went W with Settler and are looking for other stuff. A steal could very well be on the cards, and we have no better man to attempt it than the one up next.

Take it away, monsieur.

[EDIT: Screenshots show the state of the game right now, and I've indicated possible locations for expos to the N and W.]

 

[stormtrooper412]

So the theme of this game and apparently the map went along with it, is the Welsh alleged fondness for sheep. I like this already

edit: the Korean worker is so gone the next turn lulz

 

[consentient]

I lived in Wales for 4 years and they (meaning all but one of the people I came into contact with) made no bones about hiding the fact that they hated me purely because, according to them, I 'was' English. So I don't feel guilty making jokes about them or their horrorshow of a language.

Back on topic, red or blue (or something else) for a Western expo? Red gives more farmland but loses the culture and production of the pasture and means we can't work the salt straight away.

 

[stormtrooper412]

I vote blue.

Though I'd definitely want to forward settle Korea and steal the more awesome location. He'll probably beat us to it unless you use your blocking skills

 

[consentient]

Once at war - assuming Acken DoWs and steals - he would be hesitant about marching a Settler E from his capital. It would be a trifle to steal them anyway. I don't think we have to worry too much about him. It's really good to get him so close so we don't have to worry about launches. He'll make DoF 1-10 turns after Peace Treaty, and if he gets out of control, we can cut him down to size.

It's better to have him as a neighbour than some psycho like Oda or Monty.

 

[stormtrooper412]

It's just that I like that location more, is all

(geez, you finish one Huns map in a bloodshed and now everyone thinks you're out to burn everything )

 

[Sir Bugsy]

I like blue as well.

The orange northern location seems a bit far away from the capitol. I typically haven't settled that far away. Once again I'm open to learning why.

Here is something I have had difficulty with - stealing workers with archers. Whenever I have tried that, the archers shoot the worker instead of capturing the worker.

So far no sign of Monty, Oda, or Attila. *crosses fingers*