A summary of gameplay thoughts

[dutchfire]

Since it has been a while since the last turnsession, I decided to have a small recap of plans, strategies and tips for the next turns.

CURRENT SAVE & SCREENSHOT (post #4)

Proposed Trades (support from 1990, thecommonnate and dutchfire)
Mayans: Sell Cow + Pig + Rice for Corn + Wine + 6 gpt
Vikings: Sell Rice for 5 gpt
England: Sell Bananas for 3 gpt
Incans: Sell Pigs for 3 gpt

Incans: Sell Feudalism (known by everyone else) for World Map + 180 gold.

Research
Education - Liberalism (support from dutchfire, Cyc)
Guilds (support from 1889)
Undecided (thecommonnate, Lord Civius)

We will have a new Great Person 7 turns from now, I suggest stopping the turnsession then. I think we shouldn't declare war on Babylon this session, and build up our troops some more.

Proposed war plan and troop builds by myself

Some other random thoughts:
We should try to trade for Optics, if we don't have to give up a monopoly tech or a major military tech. Certainly keep engineering to ourselves for now.
Try to stay friendly with Augustus, Churchill and Justinian.
Arkadia should focus purely on commerce.

Thoughts on workers:
Arete worker should cottage some empty grasslands after he's done with the plantation.
Arkadia should be cottaged all around.
The Santiago worker can cottage the workshop near seville next.
The seville worker can cottage Madrid's riversides, together with Madrid's workers, then they can put windmills on the hills.
The cordoba worker should build a road first, and then help out Madrid.
The New Giruvegan worker should farm the tile 2W of New Giruvegan.
Edorai worker should road and mine the iron.
The venice worker should cottage, and then mine the hills.

 

[Cyc]

Excellent, dutchfire. Hopefully this will spark some acivity in the gameplay threads, as well as be helpful to the person who plays the save.

 

[Vandal Warlord]

Excellent, dutchfire. Hopefully this will spark some acivity in the gameplay threads, as well as be helpful to the person who plays the save.

Speaking of which, who will play the save?

 

[thecommonnate]

Very well done Dutchfire.

Judging from your war war plan we should be ready for war in around 12-15 turns, but then again, I'm pretty rusty as far as Babylonian military intelligence goes.

We really should see if we could trade for optics, like you said.

I'd like to see some more on our friendly foreign policy as well, who do we plan on moving our eps to after Babylon and that kind of stuff.

And for the record I think we should go education-liberalism over guilds.

 

[Cyc]

Ok, it's seems we've wrapped up our thoughts on gameplay for the next Turn Session. Therefore, I've instructed dutchfire to post the Date and time he will be playing the next Turn Session.

 

[dutchfire]

Saturday 9th of August 2008 - Noon (12.00) GMT - 2 PM (14.00) Central European Time
Player: dutchfire
Instructions: See first post of this thread I suppose. Cyc, feel free to give more instructions.

Also, will anyone need any specific screenshots or info?

(Cyc, should I post a separate announcement thread too, or will this thread suffice?)

 

[Cyc]

Please do. An official Turn Session Instruction thread would be nice. We can post previous instructions and your thought also (or just link to them). Post-session items can also go there too.

 

[Vandal Warlord]

Saturday 9th of August 2008 - Noon (12.00) GMT - 2 PM (14.00) Central European Time
Player: dutchfire
Instructions: See first post of this thread I suppose. Cyc, feel free to give more instructions.

Also, will anyone need any specific screenshots or info?

(Cyc, should I post a separate announcement thread too, or will this thread suffice?)

I would like to request a very detailed screenshor of KAssite.

 

[thecommonnate]

I'd like to see some general screenshots of the empire after the TS.

 

[Lord Civius]

Saturday 9th of August 2008 - Noon (12.00) GMT - 2 PM (14.00) Central European Time
Player: dutchfire
Instructions: See first post of this thread I suppose. Cyc, feel free to give more instructions.

Also, will anyone need any specific screenshots or info?

(Cyc, should I post a separate announcement thread too, or will this thread suffice?)

Excellent. I need basically a map of the entire continent showing tile yields and resources. If this cannot be done in one screenshot see if it can be done in 4 (N,S,E,W). Thanks in advance.

 

[dutchfire]

I would like to request a very detailed screenshor of KAssite.

Very detailed screenshot of Kassite? City screen, or map view? Which tooltip info would you like (IE. where should my mouse be)?

 

[dutchfire]

Excellent. I need basically a map of the entire continent showing tile yields and resources. If this cannot be done in one screenshot see if it can be done in 4 (N,S,E,W). Thanks in advance.

Including Babylonian lands? Should I select "bare map", so you can't see the units, and fog of war disappears?

 

[Cyc]

Please make sure you have the grid on so individual tiles are visable. Lord Civius may want the resources, and the f/h/g turned on. I found that a pic 22 tiles across showed the width of the continent, but use your best judgment.

 

[Lord Civius]

Including Babylonian lands? Should I select "bare map", so you can't see the units, and fog of war disappears?

War with Babylon is in the works so a detailed map of the entire continent will save a future session player the task. I plan to introduce a coordinate system that encompasses the continent. Toggling off units would be a help.

Please make sure you have the grid on so individual tiles are visable. Lord Civius may want the resources, and the f/h/g turned on. I found that a pic 22 tiles across showed the width of the continent, but use your best judgment.

Grid on would also make the map easier to make and read, great suggestion Cyc .

 

[Vandal Warlord]

Very detailed screenshot of Kassite? City screen, or map view? Which tooltip info would you like (IE. where should my mouse be)?

city screeen plz.

 

[Joe Harker]

Just had a look at the save and realised a huge area between Arkadia NG Arete and Edorai which could be used for another cottage city similar to Arkadia. Also potential a city west of Arkadia near the city ruins with farms being link down SW from NG to provide enough food (maybe a few windmills) Could be a decent production centre, only problem is lack of food, but would take the Iron that isn't been worked in Arkadia.