Interesting Screenshots

[againsttheflow]

So maybe not so quick at the button...

 

[Sweetchuck]

I think you starting site was on top of a goody-hut, and it popped.

Wouldn't that suck to get barbs?

 

[Bllasae]

Wouldn't that suck to get barbs?

I started out next to barbarians. It was a good spot though, so I took out their camp too, but then I was raided.









Twice.

 

[choxorn]

@Sweetchuck: You can't get any if you don't have any cities, and he's expansionistic (see the scout)

@Bllasae: I assume they just took the gold you got from their camp?

 

[Bllasae]

@Sweetchuck: You can't get any if you don't have any cities, and he's expansionistic (see the scout)

@Bllasae: I assume they just took the gold you got from their camp?

I think they also took what I started out with (10 Gold, if I'm not mistaken).

 

[darski]

I see this on occasion in my games... The map generator doesn't seem to have standards to meet when placing resources.

 

[eldar]

I see this on occasion in my games... The map generator doesn't seem to have standards to meet when placing resources.

Map Generator (c) 2008 Greenpeace "Save The Whales" campaign

 

[choxorn]

You can get the whale by settling one SW of Mt. No-fishies. It's the fish that's blocked.

 

[Spoonwood]

Fish can swim well enough where humans (at least those without sufficient naval technology) can't poach them, can't they? Makes sense to me.

 

[capnvonbaron]

I feel your pain, Darski. My map generator delights in blocking sea resources with mountains, or by putting a cow or grain bonus on the only tile one could settle on to grab a seafood bonus. I think this is the only emoticon appropriate:

My map generator has also taken a liking to starting me two squares from a river as of late

EDIT: Oh yeah, and does anyone else just love the fish that occasionally pop up in 1-tile lakes?

 

[Spoonwood]

Fish in lakes make for nice food and commerce.

 

[againsttheflow]

...or cleared marshland...

 

[NickyH]

Don't know if it's the intention of that smiley, but it always reminds me of Monty Python:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WsfiD78Cy0s

 

[Northen Wolf]

...or cleared marshland...

I've actually never seen fish on marshland, maybe just have not noticed...

 

[againsttheflow]

 

[Turner]

...or cleared marshland...

I've actually never seen fish on marshland, maybe just have not noticed...

Took me a long time to see it too. But with an irrigated RR tile you get something like 8 food out of it.

 

[eldar]

Took me a long time to see it too. But with an irrigated RR tile you get something like 8 food out of it.

Hmm? Fish = +2f +1c, irrigate = +1f, RR = +1f, base tile will be grass after clearing the marsh = 2f. That give 6f total, giving you essentially a wheat tile with +1 commerce on top.

 

[eldar]

...anyway, an "interesting" screenshot of my own - something you don't see every day:

The floor is open to explain what's interesting/unusual/particularly cool about this city.

 

[Lord Emsworth]

Easy one.

Spoiler :

2-turn worker factory w/o granary. What I really find amazing is that you not only supply enough food for 2-turn growth, but also get enough shields.

 

[eldar]

Correct....

Spoiler :

Easy one.

Spoiler :

2-turn worker factory w/o granary. What I really find amazing is that you not only supply enough food for 2-turn growth, but also get enough shields.

...but I reckon with the BG across the mountains I may have enough shields (with 2 mined hills) to make it a 4-turn settler factory w/o the granary. Not sure I want to in the context of the game though. I've had cities like this with rails before, but this is a first early on.