AutomatedTeller
Frequent poster
Had we met Kaz earlier and knew the shape of the land, I think the game would have been very different.
I, for one, was convinced that the barb city of Angle was in the center of the map and that Kaz had a ton of land south of it. I thought taking it would be stealing a march on everyone else and set us up well for the mid-game. I didn't realize that it was basically forming a stopper that basically made it inevitable for Kaz to attack us. Given that we had land for, I dunno, 10 more cities and were continuing to have barb problems... if we hadn't gone after that and just continued rex'ing - well, I dunno what would have happened, but the game would have been pretty different.
I, for one, was convinced that the barb city of Angle was in the center of the map and that Kaz had a ton of land south of it. I thought taking it would be stealing a march on everyone else and set us up well for the mid-game. I didn't realize that it was basically forming a stopper that basically made it inevitable for Kaz to attack us. Given that we had land for, I dunno, 10 more cities and were continuing to have barb problems... if we hadn't gone after that and just continued rex'ing - well, I dunno what would have happened, but the game would have been pretty different.