slobberinbear
Ursine Skald
ROUND 2: 3325 B.C. TO 305 B.C.
"Our people must prosper, Baying Dog," Chief Slobbering Bear stated, looking into the distance. "Others will seek protection from the wild, and from the Outlander Byzantines."
"The Great Spirit has chosen you to unite his peoples."
"Let us build a temple to the Great Spirit from the stone in the fields to the north. It will remind us always of his presence and inspire our warriors."
Baying Dog nodded and gathered the braves for the long, arduous labor to move the stones to Cawak.
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We finished building our worker. Once he completed thepig pasture wild boar preserve, he started working on a stone quarry. When Cawak reached size 3, I put the citizens to work on the boars, the lake, and a plains/hill/forest. We had also started building Stonehenge the Temple to the Great Spirit ...
When the worker completed the stone quarry, production skyrocketed from the stone hookup and working the stone tile:
At size 4, production took another leap by adding back in the plains/hill/forest:
After years of labor, the Temple to the Great Spirit was completed ...
And Cawak immediately began work on a Settler. I was terrified that Justinian would send a colonizing galley to my continent.
My fears were justified. First, Snarling Boar saw a Byzantine fishing boat ...
Then the next turn (!), a galley!
Time to get busy with the settling!
In the meantime, I was teching like crazy, still working the lake tile in Cawak as my sole source of extra commerce. On epic speed, the extra 2 commerce (at 100% research) made a big difference. I saved 2 turns each on Mysticism, Masonry, Hunting, Archery, Mining, and Pottery (in that order). So while my production was slowed slightly (I lost one hammer per turn that could have gone to settlers and archers), I had the necessary techs researched when needed.
As I am new to posting this sort of thread, I will try not to overindulge on the images. Hard to choose, really. I spent an hour going through 110 screenshots.
Ewe Friend waved at the timid cave-dwelling peoples. They slowly emerged as she gazed in wonder at the veins of gold that ran throughout the cave walls.
"People of Pueblo. The Cawak tribe can protect you and your families. Join us, for white-skinned outlanders come to our land," she offered, smiling.
A small woman seated on a simple mat spoke up. "Is Chief Slobbering Bear wise?"
"He is guided by the Great Spirit, revered elder. A great temple was built in the honor of the Spirit. And we bring this Spirit totem pole as a gift, to show the unity of our peoples." The six Cawak warriors with her carried the pole onto the stone floor of the canyon and slowly erected it upright. The Pueblo, silent, gazed upon it in wonder.
"Let us dance for rain together, Ewe Friend," she said, rising.
We're going to have some fun with Pueblo, for reasons that will soon be apparent. Our lone worker had been driving a road to the city site, so the settler was able to build the city on the same turn in which he was built.
I worked the oasis tile for some immediate food and commerce while building a gold mine, then started a cottage on the floodplain. Once finished, to encourage growth, I worked the oasis and floodplain cottage until we reached size 3, then added the gold back in. We had some very nice commerce coming out of Pueblo, which greatly aided research:
Around this time, some new visitors appeared, with bad intentions...
Snarling Boar and his war party were camped on a hill, watching the west for more signs of the Whiteskins. One of his scouts returned with other news, however. A war party.
"What tribe?" he asked brusquely.
"I cannot say. The were careless about their trail."
"But they have seen the smoke of our fires upon this hill. They are coming. Let us greet them!" he shouted.
He crouched in the brush, his stone tomahawk in his right hand and his sharp stone skinning knife in his left. The Cawak warriors would not have long to wait ...
I went ahead and used a promotion on Combat I for Snarling Boar, just to be safe.
Meanwhile, we were faced with something of a dilemma, as two other warriors had appeared on our northwestern borders. Cawak was trying to crank out a second settler and at that moment, the military of the Tribe was comprised of one archer, one warrior, and two scouts. ;p
"Where are you going?" Ewe Friend asked Black Feather, startled as he suddenly grabbed his bow. Their tiny camp had been a quiet place of solace for her, and he had respected her silence.
"A war party approaches. The Illionois tribe to the northwest."
"But ... how can one man stop many?" she asked, wide-eyed.
"He must be clever. And he must run like a hare. Tell Slobbering Bear that I will lead the Illinois on a chase!" and the young brave ran to the north, his long legs carrying him across the dry lowlands.
She could only stare in fear at the small form striding off across the horizon ...
Black Feather essentially taunted the barbarian warrior by running around just out of his reach. I'm not sure if it worked, but I do know that the barb warrior seemed to follow Black Feather and did not enter Cawak territory.
And he survived to tell the tale.
This delaying action allowed Cawak to finish settler #2 and two more archers.
For city #3, we return to Snarling Boar, perched on his hill to the west.
The scouting party approached the Cawak band with totems in hand. Though exultant at their victory over the strange northern warriors, Snarling Boar was in an oddly reflective mood, and allowed the others into his camp.
Opposite him was a warrior, well-toned and bronze-hued from the lowland sun. He was proud, but did not show weakness at entering a camp with his weapons at his belt. The man clearly chafed under the weight of diplomacy, and Snarling Boar could only laugh in empathy.
"We saw you fight the Northerners last moon."
Slobbering Bear's son simply nodded.
The warrior spit. "The Tlingits are cowards, woman-slayers. They slew thirty of our women and children while we hunted. They deserved to die in pain! They know nothing but of ice and fish, and like fish they die in the hot of the lowlands. We did not join the battle, for we did not know your tribe and did not wish to taint your honor or take your trophies," he said, indicating the scalps at Snarling Boar's belt.
"We returned to our camp at the river. Our chief had vision of Great Spirit, calling to him. Allies come from the east to avenge our dead. We Comanche offer you bond of blood," he said, slicing his wrist open and offering it to Snarling Boar.
Moved, the Cawak unsheathed his knife and cut into his own wrist, joining it with the Comanche.
"Let us hunt Tlingit together, brother."
Comanche is on the site suggested on the thread to get the floodplains, both gold tiles, corn, and pigs. What a bonanza! We miss the western elephant (it's in Justinian's borders anyway) and, unfortunately, the fish to the south. Ah well. I am trying to subscribe to the theory of creating really good cities when possible.
By the time Comanche hit size 3, I was in dire need of more workers -- I still just had one. I had Pueblo and Comanche stop building libraries and started them both on workers.
Meanwhile, I was teching like crazy to get a religion now that I had my worker techs, archery, and writing out of the way. After I got writing, Justinian came calling for Open Borders, and per our RP rules, I accepted:
He even had a nice attitude.
"Our people must prosper, Baying Dog," Chief Slobbering Bear stated, looking into the distance. "Others will seek protection from the wild, and from the Outlander Byzantines."
"The Great Spirit has chosen you to unite his peoples."
"Let us build a temple to the Great Spirit from the stone in the fields to the north. It will remind us always of his presence and inspire our warriors."
Baying Dog nodded and gathered the braves for the long, arduous labor to move the stones to Cawak.
----
We finished building our worker. Once he completed the
When the worker completed the stone quarry, production skyrocketed from the stone hookup and working the stone tile:
At size 4, production took another leap by adding back in the plains/hill/forest:
After years of labor, the Temple to the Great Spirit was completed ...
And Cawak immediately began work on a Settler. I was terrified that Justinian would send a colonizing galley to my continent.
My fears were justified. First, Snarling Boar saw a Byzantine fishing boat ...
Then the next turn (!), a galley!
Time to get busy with the settling!
In the meantime, I was teching like crazy, still working the lake tile in Cawak as my sole source of extra commerce. On epic speed, the extra 2 commerce (at 100% research) made a big difference. I saved 2 turns each on Mysticism, Masonry, Hunting, Archery, Mining, and Pottery (in that order). So while my production was slowed slightly (I lost one hammer per turn that could have gone to settlers and archers), I had the necessary techs researched when needed.
As I am new to posting this sort of thread, I will try not to overindulge on the images. Hard to choose, really. I spent an hour going through 110 screenshots.
Ewe Friend waved at the timid cave-dwelling peoples. They slowly emerged as she gazed in wonder at the veins of gold that ran throughout the cave walls.
"People of Pueblo. The Cawak tribe can protect you and your families. Join us, for white-skinned outlanders come to our land," she offered, smiling.
A small woman seated on a simple mat spoke up. "Is Chief Slobbering Bear wise?"
"He is guided by the Great Spirit, revered elder. A great temple was built in the honor of the Spirit. And we bring this Spirit totem pole as a gift, to show the unity of our peoples." The six Cawak warriors with her carried the pole onto the stone floor of the canyon and slowly erected it upright. The Pueblo, silent, gazed upon it in wonder.
"Let us dance for rain together, Ewe Friend," she said, rising.
We're going to have some fun with Pueblo, for reasons that will soon be apparent. Our lone worker had been driving a road to the city site, so the settler was able to build the city on the same turn in which he was built.
I worked the oasis tile for some immediate food and commerce while building a gold mine, then started a cottage on the floodplain. Once finished, to encourage growth, I worked the oasis and floodplain cottage until we reached size 3, then added the gold back in. We had some very nice commerce coming out of Pueblo, which greatly aided research:
Around this time, some new visitors appeared, with bad intentions...
Snarling Boar and his war party were camped on a hill, watching the west for more signs of the Whiteskins. One of his scouts returned with other news, however. A war party.
"What tribe?" he asked brusquely.
"I cannot say. The were careless about their trail."
"But they have seen the smoke of our fires upon this hill. They are coming. Let us greet them!" he shouted.
He crouched in the brush, his stone tomahawk in his right hand and his sharp stone skinning knife in his left. The Cawak warriors would not have long to wait ...
I went ahead and used a promotion on Combat I for Snarling Boar, just to be safe.
Meanwhile, we were faced with something of a dilemma, as two other warriors had appeared on our northwestern borders. Cawak was trying to crank out a second settler and at that moment, the military of the Tribe was comprised of one archer, one warrior, and two scouts. ;p
"Where are you going?" Ewe Friend asked Black Feather, startled as he suddenly grabbed his bow. Their tiny camp had been a quiet place of solace for her, and he had respected her silence.
"A war party approaches. The Illionois tribe to the northwest."
"But ... how can one man stop many?" she asked, wide-eyed.
"He must be clever. And he must run like a hare. Tell Slobbering Bear that I will lead the Illinois on a chase!" and the young brave ran to the north, his long legs carrying him across the dry lowlands.
She could only stare in fear at the small form striding off across the horizon ...
Black Feather essentially taunted the barbarian warrior by running around just out of his reach. I'm not sure if it worked, but I do know that the barb warrior seemed to follow Black Feather and did not enter Cawak territory.
And he survived to tell the tale.
This delaying action allowed Cawak to finish settler #2 and two more archers.
For city #3, we return to Snarling Boar, perched on his hill to the west.
The scouting party approached the Cawak band with totems in hand. Though exultant at their victory over the strange northern warriors, Snarling Boar was in an oddly reflective mood, and allowed the others into his camp.
Opposite him was a warrior, well-toned and bronze-hued from the lowland sun. He was proud, but did not show weakness at entering a camp with his weapons at his belt. The man clearly chafed under the weight of diplomacy, and Snarling Boar could only laugh in empathy.
"We saw you fight the Northerners last moon."
Slobbering Bear's son simply nodded.
The warrior spit. "The Tlingits are cowards, woman-slayers. They slew thirty of our women and children while we hunted. They deserved to die in pain! They know nothing but of ice and fish, and like fish they die in the hot of the lowlands. We did not join the battle, for we did not know your tribe and did not wish to taint your honor or take your trophies," he said, indicating the scalps at Snarling Boar's belt.
"We returned to our camp at the river. Our chief had vision of Great Spirit, calling to him. Allies come from the east to avenge our dead. We Comanche offer you bond of blood," he said, slicing his wrist open and offering it to Snarling Boar.
Moved, the Cawak unsheathed his knife and cut into his own wrist, joining it with the Comanche.
"Let us hunt Tlingit together, brother."
Comanche is on the site suggested on the thread to get the floodplains, both gold tiles, corn, and pigs. What a bonanza! We miss the western elephant (it's in Justinian's borders anyway) and, unfortunately, the fish to the south. Ah well. I am trying to subscribe to the theory of creating really good cities when possible.
By the time Comanche hit size 3, I was in dire need of more workers -- I still just had one. I had Pueblo and Comanche stop building libraries and started them both on workers.
Meanwhile, I was teching like crazy to get a religion now that I had my worker techs, archery, and writing out of the way. After I got writing, Justinian came calling for Open Borders, and per our RP rules, I accepted:
He even had a nice attitude.
), and the barb city could work the bronze and the whale tile. Food would be an issue, but I wanted those whales. Plus I wanted to kick some butt like an OB (Original Brave).
). In this game, finishing a wonder was such a rush because I had so much invested in it, both in game-years and real-life analysis.
We are ahead of Joao in all categories, but I'm afraid of what we'll find when we finally meet the Buddha Bloc.
