pholkhero
Deviant Mind
lurker comment
Too bad that "Greyox and the search of the Holy BtS" saga ended
oo, oo! I get to be Sir Robin!!
. . . pholk piddled his pants/ he wet his drawers/ he ran quite fast/ from approaching boars . . .
DMI V - Fata Morgana (BtS)
- Thread starter ·Imhotep·
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oo, oo! I get to be Sir Robin!!
. . . pholk piddled his pants/ he wet his drawers/ he ran quite fast/ from approaching boars . . .
·Imhotep·
Legendary Builder
Okay, I will put up the save tomorrow if not tonight. The Grey Fox will have the honour to open the game with the first 20 turns - for the one who has waited longest will be the first one in the Lord's realm...
Imhotep
Imhotep
oo, oo! I get to be Sir Robin!!
. . . pholk piddled his pants/ he wet his drawers/ he ran quite fast/ from approaching boars . . .
i want to be Sir Galahad:
Spoiler :
ohhh yeah
·Imhotep·
Legendary Builder
The save is available now.
The Roster:
Imhotep >> will enter the game after the 2nd round of turnsets
GreyFox >> UP NOW for 20 turns
berserks01 >> ON DECK for 15 turns
Ozbenno
pindicator
pigswill
tycoonist
Have fun !
Imhotep
The Roster:
Imhotep >> will enter the game after the 2nd round of turnsets
GreyFox >> UP NOW for 20 turns
berserks01 >> ON DECK for 15 turns
Ozbenno
pindicator
pigswill
tycoonist
Have fun !
Imhotep
GreyFox
Make it so ...
So, I just got my game and you want me to play the first 20 turns?
Okay, here we go, pop the cherry:
"Not so bad ... not all the land tiles are fruitless desert. In fact, I see no desert. Archers! Go explore a bit ... "
The archers scrambled off ... only to find more fruitful land, with lavish trees hanging with ripe bananas.
"So", Shahryar thought, "the god lied. It's not a fruitless desert ... let's rebuild the city here. Now, how am I supposed to find Scheherazade?"
Being his father's son, an evil thought immediately cam upon his mind ...
"Shall I start killing one virgin every night until she shows herself?" ....
Here is the starting position, we are "graciously" given 2 more archers by the Legendary Builder (read: so expect immediate bloodshed).
In case the screenie doesn't convey it well enough -- we are at the bottom-left corner of the world.
I am inclined to settle in place -- even though moving right would bring us banana ... but we'll lose some productive hills. Plus the original site has river on almost all site of the city, a natural moat in place.
AN alternative is 1N2E to the hill (a truly high defensive site) which will pull in the banana, with decent production. The problem is all the jungle will immediately lower our health from the start, which is already meager on Emperor.
I will continue this 10 hrs later ... you have that much time to change my mind.
Okay, here we go, pop the cherry:
* * * * *
The Sultan's son, Shahryar, stood in the aftermath ... "Not so bad ... not all the land tiles are fruitless desert. In fact, I see no desert. Archers! Go explore a bit ... "
The archers scrambled off ... only to find more fruitful land, with lavish trees hanging with ripe bananas.
"So", Shahryar thought, "the god lied. It's not a fruitless desert ... let's rebuild the city here. Now, how am I supposed to find Scheherazade?"
Being his father's son, an evil thought immediately cam upon his mind ...
"Shall I start killing one virgin every night until she shows herself?" ....
* * * * *
Here is the starting position, we are "graciously" given 2 more archers by the Legendary Builder (read: so expect immediate bloodshed).
In case the screenie doesn't convey it well enough -- we are at the bottom-left corner of the world.
I am inclined to settle in place -- even though moving right would bring us banana ... but we'll lose some productive hills. Plus the original site has river on almost all site of the city, a natural moat in place.
AN alternative is 1N2E to the hill (a truly high defensive site) which will pull in the banana, with decent production. The problem is all the jungle will immediately lower our health from the start, which is already meager on Emperor.
I will continue this 10 hrs later ... you have that much time to change my mind.
I would favour settle in place. Good production and will be shielded by our other cities.
pigswill
fly (one day)
If we're looking at free for all AW then I think its worth considering maintaining a low profile at the start. Settle in place and don't go exploring unless we have no visible metals. Let the AIs fight each other while we hide in a corner and build up a bit. With a spot of luck some of the AI warriors/archers will kill each other before they discover us.
GreyFox
Make it so ...
Hmm ... the leader list already show the AIs ... so chances are they know of us already. So I guess makes no difference if we scout or not.
But I like settling in place because we are at the corner ... Should we move 1N2E and one of the western hill pops copper/iron, we will be left hanging in the middle. It will be wasteful to put another city there. Waiting for cultural pop will be too long, and forts aren't available until construction (IIRC).
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But I like settling in place because we are at the corner ... Should we move 1N2E and one of the western hill pops copper/iron, we will be left hanging in the middle. It will be wasteful to put another city there. Waiting for cultural pop will be too long, and forts aren't available until construction (IIRC).
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berserks01
Obviously Very Confused
1E is good to me. We lose 1 plains hill but gained 1 grass hill back, so not much of a lost there.
GreyFox
Make it so ...
"Let's found Istanbul here."
"NO, over there, bananas ..."
"No over here!"
Shahryar raised his hands in despair ... "Tell you guys, what, why don't you all tell me a story each, whoever tell the best story will decide."
And so began the 1001 Arabian Nights ...
* * * *
Settled in place, for reason stated above.
Research is set to AH (let there be horses!!! [pray]), and build is set to worker.
Meanwhile, the huts were popped. No free tech
Met Izzy's scout early ... I decided to gave her a chance to tell me about Ali Baba and the 40 Rapists ... but she is suicidal that she must follow my warrior who turned away.
Result is one dead scout with no story. Apparently, she wasn't interested in Arabian tales, but was busy seeking enlightenment, as usual:
Okay, I shall give you a hand in sending you to the realms of paradise.
That will slow her down a little as she should cower her workers under our archer. This is actually good, since she is on the path of the only land route to us. So other AI would need to fight her before reaching us by land.
The map revealed thus far ... no horse. I am setting research to BW ... and hoping for metals.
Spoiler :
pigswill
fly (one day)
Gazelles I expect.
Note the chokepoint sw of Madrid in really poor terrain.
Note the chokepoint sw of Madrid in really poor terrain.
berserks01
Obviously Very Confused
Hmmm....got it for 15.
GreyFox
Make it so ...
What a big 
I was smoking ... sorry guys, that was truly the stupidest mistake I made: researching AH. I keep thinking we were Persians (must be damned Arabian Nights themes!!!) and thus need horses for Immortals 
Ordinarily, I would have gone for Mining > BW first before AH.
--
I was smoking ... sorry guys, that was truly the stupidest mistake I made: researching AH. I keep thinking we were Persians (must be damned Arabian Nights themes!!!) and thus need horses for Immortals Ordinarily, I would have gone for Mining > BW first before AH.
--
berserks01
Obviously Very Confused
A quiet turnset for me.
BW came online, and I went straight for IW since we don't have any resources we need to hook up. But it's only a couple of turns in, so feel free to veto it.
Luckily, we have Bronze in our BFC
The settler will finish the same turn we get Bronze hooked up.
On the scouting front, I left the archer where it is and sent the warrior to do more scouting. Unfortunately, he didn't get very far when he encountered a bear and lion. He's now a woodsman I and will finish healing next turn.
Issa has been doing nothing but building archers this round. She's got 4 archers guarding a worker now.
Here's our land with Bronze visible
and to our East
BW came online, and I went straight for IW since we don't have any resources we need to hook up. But it's only a couple of turns in, so feel free to veto it.
Luckily, we have Bronze in our BFC
The settler will finish the same turn we get Bronze hooked up.
On the scouting front, I left the archer where it is and sent the warrior to do more scouting. Unfortunately, he didn't get very far when he encountered a bear and lion. He's now a woodsman I and will finish healing next turn.
Issa has been doing nothing but building archers this round. She's got 4 archers guarding a worker now.
Here's our land with Bronze visible
and to our East
Got it. Will probably be able to play tomorrow night.
Q: What's that hole in the bottom of your laptop bag Ozbenno?
A: That would be where my memory stick fell out.
Q: Interesting, what are the consequences?
A: Can play my turns in DMI:V but I can't get a report up.
Q: Unfortunate, will Imhotep be gracious enough to skip you or bump you down the order?
A: He's a lawyer, so you never know.
Sorry guys. I only discovered after I played and went looking for the stick to transfer the pictures and save across.
A: That would be where my memory stick fell out.
Q: Interesting, what are the consequences?
A: Can play my turns in DMI:V but I can't get a report up.
Q: Unfortunate, will Imhotep be gracious enough to skip you or bump you down the order?
A: He's a lawyer, so you never know.
Sorry guys. I only discovered after I played and went looking for the stick to transfer the pictures and save across.
pholkhero
Deviant Mind
lurker's comment:
well, there you have it folks ~ yes, there's only ONE memory stick in all of australia
also, happy belated aussie father's day!
well, there you have it folks ~ yes, there's only ONE memory stick in all of australia
also, happy belated aussie father's day!
·Imhotep·
Legendary Builder
I can't believe it... but yes, I'm gracious and allow you to get a new stick. Meanwhile I guess we could wait for your report as I'm loth to throw your doubtless excellent turns into the bin. Just make sure it doesn't take a week...
Imhotep
Imhotep
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