Recent content by OldDude

Hey all, sorry I haven't been back to this for a while. I had a family medical issue come up that I had to tend to. It's still going on but looks to be getting better. I think I'm going to drop this particular game and when I get a chance start another one. Thanks again to all for your input...

@jnebbe, @krikav thanks for your advice. I played another 10 turns so I'm at T90 now. I've settled the stone and fish cities and I have a settler poised to settle the sugar city. Regarding him, I'm tempted to settle where he stands but @krikav advises to settle on the sugar 1SE to where he is...

Thanks for all of the feedback everybody. There are a lot of little things that make a difference I need to pay more attention to. I played another 10 turns to T80: Settled the spice city Settling the stone city next turn Another settler being built in the capital which will settle the fish...

Hey everybody, sorry for the delay in getting back. Got busy with work and other things. @Fish Man , that is pretty awesome. How in the world did you do that, and where did you get horses??? I played to T70. A barb spear penetrated my borders and destroyed the rice. He took out one warrior...

I played to T65. I found out that the leader bonus for the granary does not go into OF. So instead of having 10 OF from the granary, I had 5. I built a warrior and then barracks, manipulating the tiles worked to get to pop 6 before the barracks was done. I got to pop 6 with 2 turns left on...

OK, I went back to T54, although I had only done a few more turns. I reassigned the tiles being worked on as @lymond showed to get the granary out one turn earlier. I do understand the math of the chops and all of that, but where I fall short in this game is planning ahead like @lymond's...

@lymond, I did the tile/build switching as you advised. I've only gone 2 turns for this because I had a couple of questions: When you say "...the turn you put chop into settler you will need to adjust one FP for grass tile (why?)" - I don't know why? When you say "...use that settler whip for...

Alright, so I went back from T33 and played it a bit differently, per all of the advice...THANK YOU. I stopped at T54 so it would be easy to compare the two saves. I have to say I think I'm in much better shape than before. I have the 3rd city 1N of the gems settled, almost done with a...

OK, I've played to T54. I've got 3 workers and a settler for my 3rd city has just left the capital. One turn later, IW came online and I do have iron close by. I think I need to grab that spot with this settler. My tech path since T33 was TW > Fishing > Pottery > IW. I've started teching...

And this is why this board is great; so much great advice (that I quite frankly need). @NothingBesideRemains, @jnebbe, duly noted on scouting. Unfortunately (as @lymond noticed) I lost my scout to a lion even while he was in a forest with a Woodman promotion. I'll be moving a warrior over...

Thanks again all for your advice. I'm at T33 now and have settled the hill 2S of the pigs. I'm going settler back to back to try to nab a spot to the N/NE of the new city. Without TW and Pottery yet there isn't much for a worker to do in the new city. I am building warrior there and I hate...

OK, I'm at T21 now and I've met Shaka as well. Two warmongers to start out with; great! My scout has also been able to fight off a panther and lion. He is currently healing with a Woodsman promotion to his name. So at T21: There are 2 turns left until BW is teched. Worker doesn't know what...

Hey everybody, thanks for all of the advice and food for thought. I decided to worker first. Going warrior first and working the 3F tile would create the warrior and grow to pop2 on the same turn but then 10 turns for a worker and another 5 for the farm to be built. Add 5 to that to mine the...

@lymond, @Fippy, @krikav: Thanks so much for the advice and kind words. It's nice to talk to you again and I hope you all are doing well. I hadn't thought of moving the Settler as I had dollar signs in my eyes with the gems. A good economy seems to be paramount in keeping a good tech pace so...

Hello Civvers! I took a LONG break from this addicting game and have recently come back to it. My last level played was Monarch. So I've played a couple of games at that level and I haven't fared all that well so I think I need a tune up to refresh my memory on some of the finer points. I...