Recent content by Conroe

I'm back ... for the weekend, anyway. I fly out again tomorrow night. Its probably best to scratch my name from the roster. I'm not going to have the time over the next couple of months to see this one through. Good luck! :hatsoff:

Sounds like the team has reached a consensus on two key points: the need for a 2nd religion and the need for a stronger military. But, I'm not sure that we have a consensus on what comes first. If we really have a shot at founding Confucianism, then I would follow Ian's suggestion of...

As I said, I hadn't done the math when I originally posted that yesterday. I was particularly concerned about the effects of the AP. Factoring in the 1 turn delay to spread Christianity and the 16 turns to build the AP ... Constantinople will hit 200 the same turn as Thess. And since it was...

a left over cookie, maybe?

Indeed you can! ;) Easter is in April this year. The 12th, if I'm not mistaken.

Haven't done the math, but I would think our capital would pop another prophet first. What would it 'bulb? Or would a shrine be better? Personally, I'd still like to see a port city on our west coast. Preferably with enough pop before Optics comes in that we can whip a Caravel.

You know what they say about the best laid plans? Most of my planning got thrown out the window by our barbarian friends. They literally came after me. Our first Chariot was lost defending against a barb Archer. :sad: Constantinople's MP finished him off, though. Down south, at...

I've been playing around with some numbers trying to figure out the quickest way for Thess to pop a GS. Here's what I've come up with: Thess' Granary can be whipped for 1 pop next turn, bringing the city back down to size 4. After 5 more turns, it will be at size 6 and we can whip the...

I'll grab it next. Always did like playing after Ralph. He leaves the save set up so beautifully! :goodjob: I'll probably play in the morning before work. Doubt the save will make it back to me next week, but I'll be on the road and need a skip if it does. I agree with Ian on leaving the...

Research is our limiting factor until Theology and Optics. And according to those screenshots on the last turn report (16bpt @ 100%), an extra 19 beakers would more than double our current research effort. :hmm: Is this a typo? 'Cause you lost me on this point. :confused:

I would vote to settle in place. I'm also in favor of trying for the Oracle. Mainly because I don't see the down side to missing it, given our current situation. If it should fall before completing Priesthood, though, I would immediately switch to Writing and finish off Priesthood later...

It looks like 2N1E of cows would be a nice production city. Looks like 5 hills, but it would miss one of the floodplains. That would leave the furs for a later fishing village that would also grab the crab. 2N of the furs has the advantage of getting us the extra happy face that much...

Playing Hannah can be fun. Or maybe its I just like OO. :shifty: There is also a thread in the FFH main forum about Basium that makes me wonder if that might be interesting.

It appears that I am late to the party. :blush: Thanks for the heads up, Oz. The Settler isn't in the queue, yet, right? If so, then we have a few turns to make a final decision. As others have noted, the FP shows the most promise ATM and so I would explore in that direction (E-SE). I...

Indeed, a great game! :dance: :band: :dance: In fact, this is definitely one of the betters SGs that I have had the privilege to play. The mark of a good SG IMO is the discussion and strategizing that takes place between the turns. Unfortunately, ours rather petered off at the end. But...