Noble
Great Plains
Random Civ (Greece)
Here's our start...
I move us 2 SW onto the plains hill, for the immediate boost. We'll still have stone in range quite early, but it gets us a bit more OOMPH at the start.
I start on a worker and moving towards Pottery. Our capital ain't gonna be a shield powerhouse, but it can be a tremendous commerce site, with a little TLC. I think our second city should be earmarked for a ton of military action.
Exploring shows we're in the lower left-hand corner.
A reasonable site down here to claim the silver and potentially have some really good shield potential. Not sure it should be our second city, though.
Continued exploring shows me some of the earliest bears I've ever seen -- 3680 BC. A scant 8 turns in and strength 3 animals are on the loose! OY!
I'm able to avoid them, though, and continue scouting a bit north. I don't want to scout too far, but I do want to find some good sites. Unfortunately, we're found already, by a foe I'd really NOT have chosen as a neighbor.
Yes, boys and girls. That's Monte. On our doorstep already. Fortunately, his scout can't take our city. And we'll have a warrior before TOO long.
Our scout returns to see what's closer to home. We have gold and silver in the near north, which are really nice, as they only require mining. Our first cottage is built and will be worked very soon. We might want to irrigate an fp or two (once we get the tech), for faster growth/settler pumping, but most of them should be cottaged, I believe.
Here's our corner (literally) of the world.
And the save...
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads11/LotR21_BC-3200.Civ4SavedGame
I played 20. Next player should play 15, and then 10. Warrior and growth are due on the first interturn. Archery is almost complete. Mining->BW would be my next tech choices, with Agriculture also a strong contender. We will probably want to pop in a quick barracks, too, as those are cheap for aggressive civs, even with our poor production.
Our second city should go on the desert north of the corn, I believe, to claim 4 resources. It will also have 3 flood plains for growth and several hills for shields. WHEN to found is another question entirely. And copper could easily change the equation.
Not an ideal start, but there's a TON of potential here, if we can utilize it.
Arathorn
Roster:
Arathorn
Jaffa Tamarin -- UP NOW
Arizona_Steve -- on deck
Greebley
Zed-F
Please, re-re-verify interest.
Great Plains
Random Civ (Greece)
Here's our start...
I move us 2 SW onto the plains hill, for the immediate boost. We'll still have stone in range quite early, but it gets us a bit more OOMPH at the start.
I start on a worker and moving towards Pottery. Our capital ain't gonna be a shield powerhouse, but it can be a tremendous commerce site, with a little TLC. I think our second city should be earmarked for a ton of military action.
Exploring shows we're in the lower left-hand corner.
A reasonable site down here to claim the silver and potentially have some really good shield potential. Not sure it should be our second city, though.
Continued exploring shows me some of the earliest bears I've ever seen -- 3680 BC. A scant 8 turns in and strength 3 animals are on the loose! OY!
I'm able to avoid them, though, and continue scouting a bit north. I don't want to scout too far, but I do want to find some good sites. Unfortunately, we're found already, by a foe I'd really NOT have chosen as a neighbor.
Yes, boys and girls. That's Monte. On our doorstep already. Fortunately, his scout can't take our city. And we'll have a warrior before TOO long.
Our scout returns to see what's closer to home. We have gold and silver in the near north, which are really nice, as they only require mining. Our first cottage is built and will be worked very soon. We might want to irrigate an fp or two (once we get the tech), for faster growth/settler pumping, but most of them should be cottaged, I believe.
Here's our corner (literally) of the world.
And the save...
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads11/LotR21_BC-3200.Civ4SavedGame
I played 20. Next player should play 15, and then 10. Warrior and growth are due on the first interturn. Archery is almost complete. Mining->BW would be my next tech choices, with Agriculture also a strong contender. We will probably want to pop in a quick barracks, too, as those are cheap for aggressive civs, even with our poor production.
Our second city should go on the desert north of the corn, I believe, to claim 4 resources. It will also have 3 flood plains for growth and several hills for shields. WHEN to found is another question entirely. And copper could easily change the equation.
Not an ideal start, but there's a TON of potential here, if we can utilize it.
Arathorn
Roster:
Arathorn
Jaffa Tamarin -- UP NOW
Arizona_Steve -- on deck
Greebley
Zed-F
Please, re-re-verify interest.
I'll be following this game closely. Ever since I played in the Zealous Zulus (LotR2?) game, I've loved the excitement and pressure of always war.
