GOTM 148 Japan Regent 20k - Pre-Game Discussion

[Più Freddo]

GOTM148 Japan Regent 20k

[IMG=right]http://forums.civfanatics.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=404436&stc=1&d=1456062956[/IMG]In game number 148 of the classic game of the month series you will rule as Tokugawa over the Japan, who are militaristic and religious and start the game with the knowledge of Ceremonial Burial -- including the knowledge of cheap Temple building! -- and The Wheel.

This game was designed by templar_x. It is a Regent-level game, and this month we sponsor the 20k cultural victory condition. This means that you must collect 20'000 cultural points in any one single city. The Japanese unique unit is the Samurai, a version of the Knight with stronger defense and no need for Horses.

We continue to use a modified form of the standard PTW scenario, and although no bugs have been reported in some time, it is possible that play testing has not been exhaustive. Any in-game event or behaviour that a player feels is unintended should be reported to the GOTM staff immediately.

Here is your start position:

Scope of the Game:

Civilization|Japan
Difficulty|Regent
Map size|Standard, 100x100 Tiles
Map topology|Continents, 70% Land
Climate|Normal
Rivals|7 Pre-Selected AI Tribes
Barbarians|Restless
Required victory condition|20 k
Submissions due by 6 April 2016 |PLEASE NOTE THE DATE

 

[Più Freddo]

I'm undecided. Settle in place or 1NE?

 

[Kuningas]

Required victory condition Domination

20k?

 

[templar_x]

it´s 20k, just a copy mistake.
thanks again Piu and Alan for your support to publish my GOTM! hope everyone has a lot of fun, I did some work on the map and think it should make for a nice and interesting game.
t_x

 

[Più Freddo]

Sorry about that! I've fixed the table to show the correct required victory condition.

 

[bbrady413]

Settle in place. You get the cow, the hut, the gold, the fish, and more workable land.

 

[tR1cKy]

Interesting dilemma. The spot is good for both a settler pump and a 20k city, but not for both. Probably i'd settle S, build city 2 on the golden hill and then use that location for a 20k, while pumping out the usual stuff from the capital city.

 

[hth]

A very scarce land, RCP is unlikely. I will settle as tR1cKy suggested at 1S, because this speed up initial expansion, then place a culture city either on gold or forest tile. Palace jump just after expansion phase, maybe into culture city.

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Just loaded the game a noticed - again - a color difference between my software and screenshot. In my case Japan in her secondary color, carmine red.

 

[templar_x]

in this case, it was my software and not yours. i had to redo a detail in the save after i made the screenshot, and after that the colour had become Japan´s secondary colour...
t_x

 

[hth]

Ok, I feel myself better then )

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Moving a settler S has another serious downside, which I overlooked at first: it delays cow irrigation path by one tile, and delays a mine production from that tile. So this move is hardly fasten initial expansion.

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Definitely I need to take some excorcism lessons! Again these expanding borders ruined my early game.
Another counter argument about leaving a starting tile.