Barbarian: Oo, you there working the fields, I'm coming over then and ransacking your farm, you better get ready!
Farm Hand: Good Morning to you! Are you having a nice day?
Barb: Did you hear me, hear I come [rattling of club, shield and suitable aggressive grunts]
FH: Excuse me Sir, do you see that wall along the ridge line behind me ... that 30' tall, 10' wide wall?
B: err ... yes.
FH: Do you see the white line just in front of your feet?
B: err ... no.
FH: [thinking to himself ... oh, right ... I've been watching too much NFL on the TV and I keep forgetting that the TV puts in the line of scrimage, 10 yard line etc]
FH: Oh ... err ... not to worry. Anyway, the power of the German people (that is us) has grown and we control more land.
B: We'll see about that [starts to take a step forward]
FH: Wait, wait, wait ... because our power has grown, we control more land and that wall behind me, is actually right in front of you, but you just cannot see it. So, just to let you know ... there is a 30' tall wall right in front of you and you cannot get over it!
B: Oh ... err ... right you are gov! [wanders off]
I played 15 turns from 07:28:41 to 07:38:32 ... who said playing 15 turns takes a long time. We got the Pyramids and monotheism on the same turn. We revolted ...
Civics Change: Marines(Marine) from 'Despotism' to 'Representation'
Civics Change: Marines(Marine) from 'Paganism' to 'Organized Religion'
... but we didn't become Jewish ...
I visited our jarheads in the field and found that some AIs had been stiffled very well ... maybe too well? What happens if they just turtle for the whole game? Is monarch level too low?
After monotheism, I started Pottery (we would do well with a grainery - it would be good to have that to build, it would also help me to learn to spell it correctly
) and we need to get a wriggle on for the CS slingshot. I also had a 'build' decision. Options include the Temple of Artemis which is really good in an OCC game (double trade! General Question: Is this double trade for the city that builds the wonder only or for all cities?) but not in this game (always war = no trade). I could build stonehenge (4 turns!) but decided not to polute our GE points (yet). We can knock it off if the group decides it is worth it. I did start the Parthenon (22 turns, ignore the log ... that is because we are in revolt).
My one worker just roaded the hill and some forests (not the plains GF noted!).
We have sheep in our control, not pastured yet but we are miles away from our health limit. We also have horses ...
... but only in the next expansion (from memory, we are about 300 at plus 9 per turn heading towards 750 ... err 45 turns, maybe 30 turns now or a little less with the culture from the Pyramids).
One major issue that we will be running into soon is happiness - we are out our cap of 5 so we should build a temple (if we had the tech) or head towards the globe theatre.
I checked back on the spainish just at the end of the turn to find this ...
Well, at least one AI has ventured out!
jarheads!
. I was thinking of picking this up tonight but I am up in another SG and vra379971 is playing, so I guess I will try for tomorrow, unless someone else beats me to it.
(I had to reduce sci rate to 80% to get +1gpt)
