It seems to me that --
whoah! new BUG mod gives a list of techs the AI will trade!
anyway ~ it seems to me that there are two kinds of reports. the turn-by-turn report-while-you-play approach, complete with your thought processes as you play the game.
Or, there is the "summary" report, basically listing the overall results of the turns.
It seems to me that each kind has a unique niche to fill. The summary one works fine if one is merely teching away or trying to reach some milestone before a decidion point, while the turnbyturn one works well when you have NO idea what you're doing.
I'm going with the latter here
First I started MMing. We were working an undeveloped grass at Paris, fix that to a plains cottage. I also MMed Orleans to go with more hammers. i'm also not sure why are not running sicentets in lyons. Two scientists later, and machinery is down by 1 turn to 8. i'm going to whip that courthouse in rheims, and am heavily thinking of doing it to Lyons, too (I ended up doing that, too). Tours, our tiny city by the bay, is about to expand borders next turn. We'll have that iron finally.
So . . . what? i think the plan is to head for JC real soon, with maces and cats/trebs? okay. Lets roll.
Turn 246/750 (1010 AD) [10-May-2008 11:38:18]
Marseilles: Granary > Worker (13 turns)
Turn 247/750 (1020 AD) [10-May-2008 11:39:48]
Our iron came on line this turn:
Orleans: Spearman > Swordsman (3 turns) This city, along with Paris, cranked out units the whole set, getting an army ready for war.
Turn 251/750 (1060 AD) [10-May-2008 11:42:42]
We are not large, but puny:
I also whipped the courthouse in Lyons, next up
Buddhist Monastery (23 turns)
Turn 253/750 (1080 AD) [10-May-2008 11:43:48]
Research: Machinery > Civil Service (24 Turns)
Turn 255/750 (1100 AD) [10-May-2008 11:45:37]
An AP vote comes up:
I took yes, and it passed next turn with only Hammurabi voting no. I wonder, could we go for a diplo win here w/the UN?? A few people at pleased, one at Friendly. Course, itll all change if they lose their religion.
Marseilles: Worker > Library (135 turns) I thought we needed another worker or two to better our empire, and to act as combat engineers in the coming war, connecting our new lands to the old for reinforcements.
I also noticed this oddity:
Look at the enemy unit name ~ how does that happen?
Heres a picture of Rome a few turns later:
Lots of praets and cats, but little else . . . just maybe . . .
Turn 259/750 (1140 AD) [10-May-2008 11:49:30]
Whipped in Rheims, too.
Rheims: Courthouse > Library (27 turns)
Turn 262/750 (1170 AD) [10-May-2008 11:51:46]
The war btwn Brennus and HC ends with HC capitulating to him.
Lyons: Buddhist Monastery > Buddhist Temple (20 turns) I did this for more science, more happies, and Buddhist bldgs also give +2 hammers remember!
We hit 2 million people in 1210:
Turn 267/750 (1220 AD) [10-May-2008 11:55:26]
Tours: Courthouse > Granary (18 turns) To grow faster. This city, once fully mined and fished, will be a nice production powerhouse.
Turn 269/750 (1240 AD) [10-May-2008 11:57:05]
First off, HC tries to win it:
I abstained. We also got another Great Spy:
Allan Pinkerton was born in Paris:
I swapped Tours to a Work Boat before the granary to grow a bit faster there,
(5 turns) with maximized hammers, and itll need to be reconfigured after the WB for growth again.
Our army looks into the heart of the Roman empire:
The plan:
I think we should go ahead, declare on Rome, take Arretium first, go for a Golden Age for a wartime boost (or Spy bomb, maybe?), and move in on Rome. We are in desperate need for commerce cities, as we're flush with production ones now.
I disagree that we are screwed, but think our screwing window is quickly closing where if we don't do *something* to try to win this game, we'll lose by default. Let's split the Roman empire in half, raze Arretium, keep Cumae (i guess?), and keep Rome. Antium will be nice for some commerce. In order to not be screwed, we need to declare this set, imo.
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