Remus and Romulus Do Italy
"So tell me again," Remus asked, "why is mom so much hairier than we are?"
"Uhh... She's a wolf, dumbass." Romulus hated his twin brother
"We're not wolves?"
"No!" an exasperated Romulus responded. "For the last time, we're not wolves. We're people. Humans. Mom's not our real mom. She just raised us."
"So who's our real mom?"
"According to the shepherd I talked to, our mother was the daughter of a King. She was a Vestal Virgin named Rhea Silvia..."
"You said virgin. Heh-heh-heh. I'd like to score some of that."
"Shut up, Remus."
Romulus could only take so much of his brother at one time, so he started walking away. But he stopped and turned back.
"Remus, are you cold? It's cold here. I think my nuts are going to fall off."
"I think with all that hair, mom likes the cold. I can try to start a fire. Heh-heh."
"This sucks! I'm getting outta here."
Romulus started walking off in search of a warmer place to live. He headed south-southwest around a large lake shore until he came across a small village.
Meanwhile Remus wandered off to the Southeast around the other side of the lake, trying to figure out where his brother went.
(And with that, I think I just set mythology and history back several decades. I actually hate Beavis and Butt-head so, thankfully, that's about all I can manage. But I just couldn't get it out of my head every time I thought of "Remus and Romulus". It did seem like a sufficiently inauspicious beginning for our founding “twin” settlers.)
4000 (Turn 1)
- Romulus Due South - reveals a second whale in a lake. Could hit both whales from plains square, but probably better off working them in separate towns anyway
- Remus SE
3950 (Turn 2)
- Romulus SW, Remus SE around opposite sides of lake
- Ooh, a 1 square river within reach of the whale.
- Top cities indicate Japan, German, Aztec, and Indians.
- Oops! I hate trying to differentiate the names of the Aztec cities, so I've got an "alternate" set of city names for the Aztecs in my file. Their capital is named "Monty Python".
Sorry about that.
Here they go their separate ways.
3900 (3)
- Romulus south along lake shore
- Remus SE to river
3850 (4)
- What the… I was just about to build a city when I noticed the river is on a
mountain square. The river headwater graphic has completely obscured the mountain. I don't think I've ever seen that in a random map…interesting (Some tweaking here?). I guess we'll keep moving. Remus moves south to reveal another river feeding the lake.
- Romulus espies an intriguing location (78,10), but I want to explore a bit more before settling. I'm looking for one of two things to settle (more on that later). We'll be behind for centuries, what's a few more turns.
3800 (5)
Romulus SE spots Hut (81,13)
Remus S to River – it’s only 1 square long.
3750 (6)
- Romulus pops hut - Archer
- Archer moves south. Very nice: A riverbed that's more than 1 square long!
- Remus moves south toward this new river.
After a bit of exploring, the Archers told Romulus of a large river to the south which the locals called the Tiber. Remus and Romulus both headed that direction.
3700 (7)
- Both settlers go south toward the Tiber
- Ooh, and a silk. Just what I was looking for!
3650 (8)
- Hut 50g
- Remus moves E toward another expected hut.
- Romulus moves onto River
3600 (9)
- Remus E to Hut - 25g
- Romulus moves along river to nice grassland near the silk and founds ROME
- Lots of forest. Some will eventually need to be cleared, but the river should provide a trade boost while still small
- Start working silk. Shields! Trade!
- Archer explores
And thus the city of Rome was founded by Romulus: rightful heir to the kingdom of Alba Longa, and son of the War God Mars. At this point, he’s supposed to kill his brother, but NON-settlers are too valuable to do that. Instead, Romulus sent him out to the forests to build a road to where the silkworms thrived.
The mostly male population of Rome was going to be very slow to grow and thrive. So Romulus used a bunch of his gold coins to entice the nearby Sabines to attend a festival in his new town. While they were there, Romulus kidnapped the Sabine daughters and the Romans married them, rapidly increasing the rate of growth within the city. This allowed Romulus to send out an early settlement party.
3550 (10)
- Start Research -> Code of Laws
- Remus moves back onto silk
- Archer continues exploring
- Rush 7 shields (16g)
3500 (11)
- Start roading silk
- Rush 7 shields (16g)
- Archer moves east
3450 (12)
- Hut should be close enough to city to suppress barbs, so Archer pops it: 50g.
- Rush size 1 settler for 48 now with plenty of gold to spare (would have been able to afford it without last hut, but now we have some reserves)
3400 (13)
- Rome completes Size 1 Settler - moves westward along river.
- Archer continues exploring
3350 (14)
- Code of Laws -> Monarchy
- Silk road completed
- Darn - 2 mountains in my next city location – oh well, its’ still looking like a good spot.
3300 (15)
- Veii founded on two-fish site west of Rome (actually a potential 3rd special is still in the dark)
- Archer continues exploring
- Remus moves and pre-charges one turn.
As I said above, my exploration was looking for one of two things: either a River to serve as the “Tiber”, or a site where we could get a size 1 settler to work the Sabine Daughters into the story - which usually means silk. Turns out I found both. And the extra gold made the size 1 settler that much easier to complete.
Various checks of the top5 cities indicate our neighbors are Japanese, Germans, Aztecs, Persians, Carthaginians, and Indians. Sorry about the city name for the Aztecs.
I’m not sure how much manipulation was done to this map, but given how far north we are and the amount of grassland and rivers we are seeing, I suspect the settings were Warm and Wet, and that the middle of the map may be heavy with swamp and jungle. Just a guess.
We have 2 cities (Both in disorder until they can grow to size 2 and support an Elvis) and one other settler who needs to find a home.
Remus (the remaining NON-settler) has one turn precharge in him if you want him to do some work on his way to wherever he settles.
I have Rome's worker on the roaded Silk for the extra trade to get to Monarchy sooner, even though that means slower food growth. Veii is working the river-GL-shield square - it provides the same resources as the fish (until monarchy) and it gave one extra shield on the first turn before the city descended into disorder. Once in monarchy, it should work fish for faster growth to size 2 for an Elvis.
I thought about spending some more of the gold to move production along in Rome, but figured I'd leave a little nest egg for the next player to do as he sees fit.
We have 3/22 beakers towards monarchy. We are producing 4 beakers per turn, finishing it in 5 turns. I think that puts us on track for an Oedo year instant revolution in 3050, but the next player should double-check my math on that.
So in summary, we have 2 size 1 cities plus a non-settler looking for a place to call home. We have 4 techs (3 starting) and should discover monarchy and have a revolution in 5 turns. We have over 50 g in the treasury. The next player gets to determine where Remus will settle, get us into monarchy and probably start doing real work in a city or two (once we can hire an Elvis).
Enjoy.
Hopefully I can get the file attachment right.
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Edit: Why doesn't my file show up in the little attachment box?
. The modifications are meant to make the game more challenging - how much more challenging I do not know (the difference may be negligible).
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