Recent content by Powerfaker

Well, this took some stamina. Sooo much expansion possible, appreciate it though. I like big&small maps. My progress went: - took out Hannibal ± 600AD, Pacal 900AD, got 5 cities from both. Also finished some eco stuff like Oxford at this time - beelined Democracy, then SteamPower which I got ±...

Hey there, found my way back here. Noticed Willem on Noble was on with a strong productive start, what more could you want to get overwhelmingly strong, liking it and got it rolling.:) City/Pop count similar to @nocho , 11/66, tiny bit more because of lesser wonders I guess, only GLH and...

Interesting start on a mystery map (Swedish flag??). 5T to scout as much as possible, we obviously can't settle here. There must be better areas somewhere right? Or find a gold mine to get IW asap? (dont't answer, we'll find out playing)

I thought I was doing the smart thing minimizing war efforts and develop fast research :nope:. From the point I had access to maces I was always an era ahead and could defend easily. But I made myself impopular adopting self found Confu.,Almost everybody did DoW me frequently, so I had to...

Back after doing different things in February. I did play most games at least a bit, messed up some starts, had a nice though not very focused game with Victoria, and the Ceasar game is not going so well. This one was announced early, so I did some calculations in advance. Basically the most...

100% random, but: Scouts do not get hostile stuff. Settle your capital first or you won't have a chance to get a tech, which solves the hostilility issue too (don't know but I don't think it's safe). Also later on finish techs first to prevent getting the tech you have almost completed. Note...

Well it looks like I need to adjust my agenda again. :nope: It's appreciated of course. Anything near the wheat looks ugly. PH is asking for a visit, if necessary farm a flood plain. Can get a pretty quick Pottery with Japan too...... If PH dissappoints somehow we can always turn back. Raging...

Don't know about Middle-east/China, but the Khan's DNA spread to all of the Russian nobility and from there to all of the European royal houses. My first impression was that we were looking at 90% of our island. That would be problematic. But it looks like the gold tile is connected, so maybe...

First spoiler at 10AD..... Wow this is a big map. All ideas of flipping cities are still very futuristic at 1AD, there's so much empty land to fill. Nice touch with the fish lakes. Adds another dimension to dotmapping. You have to settle adjacent to those lakes if you want to build a workboat...

So far doing fine. No wars on me, other then that a lot of s***ty stuff.:( Made the golden move 2NE, 2 deer + gems in the cap :banana:Went Mine-BW etc, 2nd city at the deer+2nd gems. Decided now that marble north was more contested than the center and settled on it 3rd city. Then of all people...

I think one needs to be more active than just wonders to flip cities fast enough for conquest/domination => culture bomb and send spies on culture missions (move the palace to border locations too maybe) I would definitely like to try this on at least one opponent.

Don't forget to gift away resources generously that you can't trade and do not need, to obtain another +2 in 50 turns, or in 25 turns for 2 resources etc.

Great analysis by @Dhoomstriker . Agree with pretty much everything. I do not have a preference for which tile to settle yet, but it's going to be something N+E for sure. Also should be mentioned that a more centralized capital saves on maintenance costs (significantly....). Never tried a weaker...

@Jimmy Thunder Hey, surprised I won this. I estimated you slightly faster, since you started much earlier to bump culture up. Appreciated that you didn't mention your win date in your report. Good for some suspension. The capital and my 2nd city (flood plains+gold/copper location) were all...

Early AD's I secured Music and some wonders. Then started preparations to invade Aztec, while tech headed for LIb => Communism Monty was plotting on SB I thought, but DoWed me instead and landed his expedition force next to my army build-up, also bribed Zulu in on me. Losing his invasion units...