SGOTM 14 - Team TNT

[fizbankovi]

ok, but i made a warrior move, let me upload the save and you can play.

 

[fizbankovi]

ok, but i made a warrior move, let me upload the save and you can play.

Edit: uploaded saved game.

 

[Keath]

Yes, we need to keep this game going. How will you deal with the barb city?

How does everyone feel about 2metra's plan? We have to be careful with domination victory because we have to find and kill the Wizard first. Conquest might be quicker and safer.

 

[Keath]

Sorry, I missed your posts, fiz. I wonder if you have to submit the game to the submissions page because of the warrior move? Are you able to play a set after 2metra?

Edit: I have pmed AlanH.

 

[fizbankovi]

soo, did metra play tonight? i am waiting for my chance..

 

[2metraninja]

Yes, we need to keep this game going. How will you deal with the barb city?

How does everyone feel about 2metra's plan? We have to be careful with domination victory because we have to find and kill the Wizard first. Conquest might be quicker and safer.

Oh, dear - we will have plenty of time to find anyone before domination. This map have plenty of land

After looking at the game, to my disappointment I found out that the Stone Henge and Oracle are already taken, so it will be a bit harder to get to Bureaucracy.

How you feel about chopping many of the forests around the capitol?

 

[2metraninja]

How will you deal with the barb city?

I think to archer-rush him

Any objections?

 

[Keath]

@ fizban & 2metra - AlanH says to upload the save to the server like an ordinary end of turn submission. If you do that, then 2metra can download the new saved game and play from there. Let us know how that goes and we can continue our game with 2metra at the helm.

Edit: Cross posted again. Good luck 2metra!

 

[2metraninja]

here is the save of the game.

What I did in short:

- Recaptured Philadelphia (yeah, the barb axeman died in great astonishment, being archer-rushed by the metal-less, horse-less Americans just 6 turns after he decided he had finally found a new home capturing Philadelphia, where to raise his small barbarian children )
- we've got friendly request by Chengiz to convert to Judaism, to which I declined. It is in our copper city.
- pre-chopped most of the woods around the capitol
- teched to Mathematics
- set Pyramids as build, chopped 3 woods after couple of self-build and voila - we've got the Pyramids

Right now, we are OK with the food and production and territory, but we are very very bad with the income. We make like 15 gold at 100% gold. This is due to not cottageing our capitol, but I think we will fix this soon.

Now when we've got the Pyramids, I think it will be nice we to farm most of the other cities and run representation scientists as much as we can. Must settle at most 1 more city for now - I have a settler ready. I propose it to be the commerce city south-east.

Caste system? We will need it for specialist economy. We are also PHI, so we can have a lot of GPs for bulbs, GAs, etc. I love GAs

Right now, we can have Polytheism, Sailing, Meditation AND Alphabet (to trade with the alphabetless 2 other witches ) all just for our Mathematics. I think this is a no- brainer. But it may prove that if those two are in alliance, once we trade it to the one, the other will automatically get it, so we have only one shot - Polytheism, Sailing, Meditation OR Alphabet?

And some pics not to be only dry text:


This is Philadelphia!


Mourning relatives of the recently slain Philadelphia Axeman are coming to give last honors.

Our fallen archer heroes lay in their eternal home, impressive memorial of their feat of arms.

 

[2metraninja]

Good luck Fiz!

 

[Keath]

I've had a look at the save and it looks like progress is being made. It took a lot of archers to get our city back. I wonder if my idea about milking some military promotions would have worked?

Roster:


fizbankovi (up)
Keath (on deck)
justjohn
dima42
2metraninja (just played)

I'll be away for the next few days but should be able to check in occasionally.

@ fizban - post an 'I got it' after you download the save and have a look. Then post a plan that we can all consider. My primary concern is exploration. What about exploring with horse archers?

 

[2metraninja]

I've had a look at the save and it looks like progress is being made.

Yeah, we are moving OK for the stupid AI, but I wonder how well we fare compared to our real competition - the other teams. Not much I guess

It took a lot of archers to get our city back.

Yeah, 4 of them IIRC - it is still cheaper than a settler I think

I wonder if my idea about milking some military promotions would have worked?

I though about this, and even tried this with an archer on the hills, but the axe was just staying there and watching and after 6 turns no one came to try his luck with our archer, I think they would have only stay there and build up in the city. Also, I guess it is from much MP, but my instinctive reaction is to take back the city for psychological reasons, pushing back the aggressor whatever the cost

My primary concern is exploration.

I think we even dont need much of exploration. If/when we get first to Cuirrasiers or Cavalries, then we will just steamroll everything, and knowing the map will be not of a big use I propose we to concentrate on our part of the world.

What about exploring with horse archers?

Interesting fact, which set me back some good 300-400 years in my test game was that I got to ciurrassiers in about 1120AD, but I could not get horses to actually start the rush till late 1400's. It is good that we have secured horses in our Copper city. It will be a good idea to defend him better - we saw what those barbs are capable of. And there are a lot of barbs in the Center.

 

[2metraninja]

Whats up, guys, anyone here?

I start to worry - when is the deadline? Do we have enough time if we play regular? And if we dont?

 

[2metraninja]

Just checked. We are past the half-mark of the time for this SGOTM

I can play 10 or 20 more turns to move the things if no one is coming to play soon?

 

[Keath]

Yes, we must keep it going. If it's okay with everyone, go ahead, 2metra, and play another 8 - 10 turns and watch for fiz to check in. Maybe you could post a plan and if fiz shows he can add to it.

I'm away right now with little time to post or consider.

 

[2metraninja]

OK, I plan to play tomorrow night.

Will exchange techs, grow our cities big and fat and will use a lot of specialists to keep us going in tech.

 

[fizbankovi]

hi guys, count me out till november 3. I just got a major project where the sh*t hit the fan, and i have spent 4 out of 7 nights this week in the office. Bullcrap this RL .

 

[Keath]

Our numbers are thinning out. How is it going 2metra?

 

[2metraninja]

OK, I am playing, will post when finish.

 

[Keath]

Good luck, 2metra!