Handy 19 Grumpy Old Men try AWD standard map

[Bede]

AWD on a pan should go down well. Stick with an AGRI nation with early UU (Celts or Iro) and we should be able to fight it out.

This is the team for AW.

 

[ThERat]

This is the team for AW

I think you are right. Somehow playing too many AW games my normal gaming skills have really suffered.
COTM or SGOTM really stink for me


AWD on pangaea? standard? or small for a start?

By the way, did anyone notice why we won? There is a constant for the last 2 wins

 

[madviking]

 

[Own]

Congrats guys! IMO small pan is a little harder, but not that much, not worth another epic game like this. Standard pan or large continents is what I'd do.

Edit: The only others that have done this are Zwingli and betazed, right?

 

[Obormot]

AWD on a pan should go down well. Stick with an AGRI nation with early UU (Celts or Iro) and we should be able to fight it out.

This is the team for AW.

Well, when i played my turns i was quite exhausted and decided that i'll play no more AW for a good while. But now i think i'll play in one more game if others decide to play too . So is it standart AWD pang?

 

[handy900]

There is a constant for the last 2 wins

Handy going out of town and thus letting the stronger players take more turns?

AWD on pangaea? standard? or small for a start?

We won a tiny AWD pang, but only becasue we had a 1 tile choke to guard us from the AI, so ADW small pang would really depend on what the map looks like.

I don't think AWDG standard pang has ever been done, and few have done AWE standard pang. So maybe we try AWD standard pang just because it's never been done.

AWD large would be a kick, but we'd probably want to go 5 turns at some point as they would take a long time.

 

[corruptionsucks]

Great win and great read, gentlemen. It seemed to be in the bag quite early, but still enjoyable to follow.

Next challenge is most likely a Civ 4 one.

 

[Sir Bugsy]

Great game gents.

Handy - I think Rat is referring to the point that we got the Library in both of our last two games. That becomes a bit more difficult at Deity.

I'm up for whatever size map you guys want to play.

 

[handy900]

For the Record

 

[ThERat]

Handy - I think Rat is referring to the point that we got the Library in both of our last two games. That becomes a bit more difficult at Deity.

actually I was refering to the fact that I started to game...ok ok enough cockiness...

so, it seems we are all willing to play again

we have several options:

D -continents - large map
D - pangaea - small
D - pangaea - standard
DG - pangaea - standara

personally I would start with D-pang either small or standard

Next challenge is most likely a Civ 4 one.

well, we know little about Civ 4, but for example no auto 9 tiles for new cities would make city defense pretty tough. and I assume no more armies, even tougher

 

[Sir Bugsy]

I think:

DG - pangaea - standard

 

[Obormot]

I vote for a standard deity pangaea, if we'll have to play 5 turns at some point it is fine for me, though i think that if we survive the initial wave of 7 deity AIs on a pangaea we should be able to finish the game even faster then on continents.

 

[Sir Bugsy]

I think that if we survive the initial wave of 7 deity AIs on a pangaea we should be able to finish the game even faster then on continents.(emphasis added)

That is a huge IF

 

[Obormot]

It is a huge if indeed, but it would be fun to find out...

 

[ThERat]

we need a superb start to do so, and maybe some choke points etc. Well, someone to throw some starts for us to go ahead...
own, do you have more of your nice starts?

 

[Obormot]

I'm sure it is doable with Sumeria: cheap early defender, and an early GA that is bad for a normal game, but can be quite helpfull in a pangaea AWD. And the AGR trait.

 

[handy900]

Handy 20 thread here