EM2 SG To The Future

[Erik Mesoy]

Germany/Greece. Warlord/Regent.
All victory conditions off the table.
Normal size map.
Beeline for Literature.
Lets see if we can research some Future Tech.
I've always wanted to see future tech, modern armor, and stuff like that.

Who's up for it?

Edit: Added greece as an option.

 

[GeneralTacticus]

I'm up for it. I'd prefer to use Regent level, don't really care what Civ.

 

[Erik Mesoy]

Greece is Commercial and gets Alphabet for quicker Literature and Republic.
Germany is Militaristic and has a good UU, as well as being faster towards Monarchy.

I want everyones opinions, even id they arent playing.

I just got Industrial before 1500 ad and Modern in 1880 on Chieftain as Greece, so we should be able to see some future tech with either civ.

 

[Exsanguination]

count me in.

I vote for Greece/Regent. I can play very well with the Greeks. They have always been my cherised civ.

 

[joshnsnaz]

will join/Germany/Warlord

 

[Erik Mesoy]

The deal is:
Greece, Warlord, Normal wetness, Normal temeprature (Jungle sucks)
Sedentary barbs. Culture Starting locations off.
preserve random seed off. (This is NOT for reload-until-I-win.)
Normal map, 5 opponents for larger empire.
Victory conditions: None.
Continents, 3 billion years.
Would you mind if I renamed us to the Geeks? That would help with not mixing up save files.

Order is alphabetical:
Erik.
Exang.
General.
Joshnaz.
36 hours to say got it, then 36 hours to post.
To the Future!

Edit: Oh yes. 20 turns until the Industrial Ages, 10 after that.

 

[Erik Mesoy]

4000 BC. We have started on a river, with 3 bonus grassland and a wheat! Wow. There are an extra 5 bonus grasslands in range. Can you say Wonder City? There is also a goody hut. Research is started on the Wheel.
Turn 4: The worker roads the wheat.
Turn 7: Athens grows
Turn 8: Athens builds warrior, starts settler. We have Flood Plains with Wheat to the south.
Turn 10: The goody hut gives us pottery. The worker goes to mine another bonus square.
Turn 14: Incence spotted off to the west.
Turn 16: AThens grows to size 3.
Turn 17: AThens builds settler, starts another. We disturb an angry Numidian Warrior. Wheel discovered, start Writing.
Turn 19: We make contact with England. Sell Wheel for 30 gold and Ceremonial Burial.

Make Athens be a settler factory. We need to colonize these rich lands immediately.
Erik-played
Exsanguination-Up now
General Tacticus is On Deck
Joshnaz is waiting.


Tacticus, are you from Ankh-Morpork? Just curious...

 

[Exsanguination]

got it

 

[Exsanguination]

what happened?

We got f***ed. Well, not really, but we are slightly behind due to where I found the settler on my inhereited turn (in the middle of a desert). to the north there was obvious fertile land, which was not explored. I had to use that settler to do so, delaying Sparta's finding. Alas, it was found next to a cow on a hill. Good spot.

First thing I did was change production in Athens to a warrior, staying at a settler would have wasted 8 turns of growing time. I popped out 2 warriors before that 3rd settler was made. I was shocked to see that we had only one warrior and one settler. I usually have 3 warriors before my settler - and i get it on the same turn the capital grows to 3. Think...

Not much happened, I found the English borders to our south and explored a bit. We have 17 turns to Writing and a goody hut gave us WC. I have a settler in a good spot on some plains that gives us access to horses. the next player can build city #3 here or move it around, BUT GET THOSE HORSES. The worker is building a road towards the horses.

Good luck to the next player.

 

[joshnsnaz]

Exsanguination: Played
GeneralTacticus: UpNow
joshnsnaz: ondeck
Erik Mesoy: is waiting.

Tact, your up

 

[Erik Mesoy]

That settler was NOT in the middle of a desert. It was by 2 flood plain wheat.
Flood Plain Wheat=Very quick growth=expansion. We are very early in the game. Maybe there was some desert there, but using the 2 floodplains would have been pretty good.

 

[GeneralTacticus]

2350 BC: Queen Elizabeth refuses to trade for Masonry or Mystycism. Production orders extensively reformed - Athens now building Hoplite/Settler, Worker, Temple, Sparta now building a Hoplite, then Hoplite/Settler, worker, Hoplite/Settler, Temple.

2310 BC: Thermopylae forunded near Horses. Elite warrior to the south rests a turn.

2270 BC: Research funding cut, delaying Writing by 4 turns but increasing budget surplus from 1 to 4. Sparta temporarily held by warriors.

2230 BC: Hoplite of Athens built, Warrior of Athens sent to guard future city site.

2190 BC: Exploration continues.

2150 BC: Sparta grows to size 2; Hoplite will be done in 2 turns.

2110 BC: English warrior spotted heading north.

2070 BC: Sparta builds Hoplite. Road to Thermoylae complete.

2030 BC: Athens ngrows to size 3; Settler will be done in 2 turns.

1990 BC: Two new cities planned to be built around the central lake; one to utilize some of the Wheat resources and one to control the Gems.

1950 BC: Settler built in Athens; Worker started.

1910 BC: Horses near Termopylae linked up; Hoplite finished in Thermopylae. New road planned to go to Sparta.

1870 BC: Corinth built in the floodplains near Athens.

1830 BC: Nothing happens.

1790 BC: Hoplite built in Sparta; it is sent to garrison the next city site.

1750 BC: Worker built in Athens; sets of to build a road to Sparta. Writing discovered, and Literature is chosen as the next project. An embassy in built in London. A ROP agreement is signed with England that gains them 60 gold and us Masonry.

1725 BC: Our second worker joins the first in his project.

1700 BC: Damn brits build Nottingham next to the gems we coveted. Planned city site moved to control the wheat to the SE of that location.

1675 BC: More exploration.

1650 BC: General Tacticus signs of and passes the game to johnsnaz.

 

[GeneralTacticus]

And Erik, my handle is a character name from the Discworld series, a general from Ankh-Morpork who conquered most of Klatch and actually brought most of his men back. Later inheited Genua and declared war on Ankh-Morpork.

 

[joshnsnaz]

where's the save?

 

[Erik Mesoy]

Soory, was posting in a bit of a hurry there. I did get the books right, though. Those Terry Pratchett books are so HILARIOUS...

A burning wheel rolled out of the wreckage, because there are certain conventions, even in tragedy...

Soul Music. Funny, funny, funny.

 

[Exsanguination]

Originally posted by Erik Mesoy
That settler was NOT in the middle of a desert. It was by 2 flood plain wheat.
Flood Plain Wheat=Very quick growth=expansion. We are very early in the game. Maybe there was some desert there, but using the 2 floodplains would have been pretty good.

ahem ahem... he was surrounding by ALL desert and one mountain. i figured you wanted those flood plain/wheat squares, but that city would be totally useless. It would take 30 turns to build any settler (1 production), so the extra growth would be lost. Those types of cities shoul dbe built later when we have a good core of production cities.

 

[GeneralTacticus]

Trying to attatch the save again. I hope it works this time.

 

[GeneralTacticus]

Damn, I can't seem to attatch the file. I think I'll just e-mail it to the next person in line.

EDIT: Can't do that either. When I try to attatch something it just sits for ages and if I cancel it it does the post but not the file.

 

[joshnsnaz]

Are you putting the .sav into a .zip?

 

[GeneralTacticus]

Yes.