- Team Epsilon -
Turn 83
800 BC
Peace is War
Freedom is Slavery
Epsilon is Strength
Foreign Headline News:
* First big diplomatic Success! Metal Working acquired in trade with Piffle (we gave writing and Alphabet and promised gold/beaker catchup later)
* Judaism was founded last turn! (by Saggion the Wise One?)
Score Tracker
1) Epsilon – Leader (Huang) = 265 (+17)
2) Loco - King Kong (Gandhi) = 220 (+7)
3) Piffle - Pifflenatress (Elizabeth) = 216 (+5)
4) Innovia - Saggioun the Wise (Saladin) = 182 (+0)
5) Aloha – Chief Aloha (Catherine) = 167 (+0)
Top 5 Cities / Wonders
World Wonders:
Epsilon Team!: Oracle
Loco / King Kong / Gandhi: Stonehenge
Piffle / Elizabeth: Great Lighthouse (Balderdash)
Epsilon International Relations Report:
Team Aloha
Team Aloha
Leader: Chief Aloha
Civ: Catherine, Russia
Traits: Creative, Financial
UU: Cossack
Contact: Not yet
Technology to Trade: ?
Missing Technology: ?
Known Towns:
Aloha Capital = Population ?
Aloha City #2 = Population ?
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Team Innovia
Team Innovia
Leader: Saggioun the Wise
Civ: Saladin, Arabia
Traits: Philosophical, Spiritual
UU: Camel Archer
Contact: Not yet
Technology to Trade: ?
Missing Technology: ?
Known Towns:
Innovia Capital = Population ?, Hindu Holy City
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Team Piffle
Team Piffle
Leader: Pifflenatress
Civ: Elizabeth, England
Traits: Philosophical, Financial
UU: Redcoat
Contact: t45 (2220 BC)
Technology to Trade: Fishing, Masonry
Missing Technology: Meditation, Priesthood, Iron Working
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Piffle Official Embassy: **
Known Towns:
Balderdash - Capital = 6 population / Great Lighthouse
Hamburger = ? population / est. t45 (2220 BC)
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Team Loco
Team Loco
Leader: King Kong
Civ: Gandhi, India
Traits: Spiritual, Industrious
UU: Fast Worker
Contact: Not Yet
Technology to Trade: ?
Missing Technology: ?
Known Towns:
Loco Capital = 7 population / Buddhism Holy City / Stonehenge
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Foreign Trade Analysis:
* Nothing yet
Foreign Treaty/Diplomacy Status:
* Neutral to team Piffle
The Big Board: Foreign Science Status:
* Trade for Metal Casting with Piffle! Success!
Code:
. Epsilon Aloha Innovia Piffle Loco
[B]Epsilon:[/B]X ? ? Med/IW ?
[B]Aloha:[/B] ? X ? ? ?
[B]Innovia:[/B]? ? X ? ?
[B]Piffle:[/B]Fish/Mas ? ? X ?
[B]Loco:[/B] ? ? ? ? X
World Religion Status:
Buddhism – Founded turn 10 (3600BC) by King Kong (Ghandi) – 21% (+1)
Hinduism – Founded turn 12 (3520BC) by StWO (Saladin) – 16% (+0)
Confucianism – Founded turn 66 (1360BC) by Epsilon team! – 13% (+2)
Judaism – Founded turn 82 (825 BC) by Saggion the Wise One (Saladin) ? – 1% (+0)
Info Learned from Other Sources:
* Piffle has met another team.
International Force Alignment:
Epsilon Power:
Soldiers: 44,000 (Rival Best: 41,000 / Rival Avg: 35,500)
Compared to Piffle: ~ 5% Stronger
From the desk of the CFM (Chief Foreign Minister):
* I somehow missed the founding of Judaism last turn! Hard to say for sure who it was, but it had to be either Saggion the Wise One (Saladin) or else King Kong (Gandhi). SWO seems more likely to me – not only did they gain 10 points last turn, but we know for a fact that they have the prerequisite for Monotheism (polytheism – which gave them Hinduism). If anyone sees good reason to disagree with this conclusion, please speak up!
* The more interesting question, is why would SaggionTWO want to get another religion? As I see it, they are either in a big hurry to have organized religion for the +25% building bonus or else they are looking to religion monger to get extra leverage on the 2 civs without a religion… but if that's true, that seems like a pretty bad plan to me.
The most likely scenario that I can come up with is the SWO met another team (maybe King Kong?), and they are trading for the lower level techs while SWO picks up Monotheism to get the 25% building bonus for both teams.
Anyone have a theory they'd like to posit?
* Thanks for the breakdown on the Soldier score Peter. I'd read that once in the past, but it was a good refresher. Bottom line, our soldier/power score doesn’t mean a whole lot – but will become more meaningful as the game goes on. At least our enemies don't have any more to go on than we do!
looks like Piffle has had a 3rd town for a little while now. I'll go back later tonight and check to see when they founded it. 
but it may not have come from piffle
