IO5 - Gotta Catch 'Em All!

[Brian Shanahan]

Ugh, that looks disgusting.

100% Scottish though.

 

[MatrixTheKitty]

100% Scottish though.

Yes, I guess such is to be expected from the people who invented haggis.

 

[neilmeister]

Hey, I was born in Scotland, but you are correct, deep fried anything is very popular. They wouldn't want to eat/drink anything that didn't harden their arteries.

@Brian, you are free, in that the English don't have to massively subsidise Ireland, like they do with Scotland.

 

[Brian Shanahan]

@Brian, you are free, in that the English don't have to massively subsidise Ireland, like they do with Scotland.

Bah who need English subsidies, when you've got German ones. P.S. there's a good shout for saying that Scottish oil money has been subsidising England since the mid '70's.

 

[neilmeister]

Yeah, my relatives say this all the time.

We have something similiar here, in that the state of Western Australia (where all the Iron is) makes lots of money for Oz in resource boom years, and costs Oz lots in the bust years.
Everytime there is a boom, they want to secede!

 

[MatrixTheKitty]

Turn 1:

Animal Husbandry -> Mining

Turn 2: zzz

Turn 3:

Throw a pokeball at Miltank (pasturing cow)

Turns 4-6: zzz

Turn 7:

Pallet Town: Warrior -> Warrior

Turn 8:

Pallet Town grows to 2

Caught Miltank!

Link to video.

Turn 9: zzz

Turn 10:

Start farming dye

Turn 11:

Mining -> Bronze Working

Turn 12:

Popped a hut, got Masonry

Turn 13:

Turn 14:

Pallet Town: Warrior -> Warrior

Turns 15-16: zzz

Turn 17:

Pallet Town grows to 3

Alex founds Sparta somewhere

Turn 18:

Start another dye farm

Turn 19:

Pallet Town: Warrior -> Settler

Turn 20:

Asoka founds Bombay...

Right under our freaking nose. This guy is too close for comfort.

Also marble. But that doesn't matter for now.

Overview:

Rapidash (horse) in the middle of the freaking jungle, also IRRIGATED GRASSLAND RICE!

More dye, that's boring, but also spices and Clamperl. Worth checking out, but I'd also wanna see what's N.

The Save

 

[ParadigmShifter]

You should really say who should take the save

Hope it's not me, I'm going to bed drunk now.

 

[MatrixTheKitty]

Oh right I keep forgetting to post a roster in my turnset posts.

IdiotsOpposite
Matrix the Kitty - just played
Neilmeister - up
ParadigmShifter - on deck
Brian Shanahan

Good job! Come back, Matrix! Go, Neilmeister!

 

[neilmeister]

Alrighty then, here is a vague ppp:

Change worker to mine that PH, and pray for Copper.
Unless the warriors reveal something spectacular NW or SE of our cap, I will send the settler E to get the horses/gems/cow or rice. Its a shame the Marble site is crap, especially with free Masonry.

Can I designate Asoka as victim 1. If we do get copper in our borders, then after the settler lets axe-rush him. Hopefully he placed his cities wisely.

 

[Brian Shanahan]

Alrighty then, here is a vague ppp:

Change worker to mine that PH, and pray for Copper.
Unless the warriors reveal something spectacular NW or SE of our cap, I will send the settler E to get the horses/gems/cow or rice. Its a shame the Marble site is crap, especially with free Masonry.

Can I designate Asoka as victim 1. If we do get copper in our borders, then after the settler lets axe-rush him. Hopefully he placed his cities wisely.

Sounds like a pln to me, and for that reason Asoka is going to be henceforth known as Gary Oak (the rival in the first animé).

 

[MatrixTheKitty]

Change worker to mine that PH, and pray for Copper.
Unless the warriors reveal something spectacular NW or SE of our cap, I will send the settler E to get the horses/gems/cow or rice. Its a shame the Marble site is crap, especially with free Masonry.

Can I designate Asoka as victim 1. If we do get copper in our borders, then after the settler lets axe-rush him. Hopefully he placed his cities wisely.

Sounds fine to me, too.

 

[IdiotsOpposite]

Alrighty then, here is a vague ppp:

Change worker to mine that PH, and pray for Copper.
Unless the warriors reveal something spectacular NW or SE of our cap, I will send the settler E to get the horses/gems/cow or rice. Its a shame the Marble site is crap, especially with free Masonry.

Can I designate Asoka as victim 1. If we do get copper in our borders, then after the settler lets axe-rush him. Hopefully he placed his cities wisely.

Works for me. Oh, and Matrix...

Walking along the shore? You DO remember the last time a Pokemon Trainer did THAT, don't you? It's bad news!!

Please... I don't want my Hall of Fame to be messed up...

Stay away from the shoreline!

 

[MatrixTheKitty]

But we can duplicate our nuggets to have virtually infinite gold, and we can give our troops as much XP as we want!

 

[neilmeister]

Played for 15 turns, until the settler was built.
Sorry, wasn't taking notes for exact dates, but this is what happened:

- Apparently, we are Pathetic.

Spoiler :

- Mined the hill
- Got a map from a hut, it showed us where another hut was.
- Got a new tech, BW from the next hut, 1 turn before researching it
- Copper is to the north
- Met the Chinese, he is to the far NE

Spoiler :

- Barb Archer sitting on a hut, decided to not attack our Warrior

Spoiler :

- Just built the settler (he hasn't moved yet)

Settling options:

Spoiler :

I think we have a big choice to make:
1) Settle Copper/Clams/Stone/Sugar, chop lots of Axes and rush Gary asOaka
2) Settle Horses/Gems/Rice/Cows/Sugar and maybe beeline IW.

There will of course be other settling options, and feel free to contribute. (Careful, the settler hasn't moved yet).
Site 1 is coastal, so we won't even need to build a road to it.
Site 2 is in the middle of the jungle.

Worker is/was roading towards the East.
1 Warrior is fortified.

 

[IdiotsOpposite]

I vote for site 1, because I feel that Gary Oak is annoying. Besides, a true Pokemon Master is ruthless, willing even to kill his own Pokemon (slavery civic) to get the job done.

Axeman, I choose you!

So yeah, Asoaka-bashing FTW. And by bashing, I mean with the sharp end of an axe. We can utilize protective later, for now lets utilize aggressive!

(Note: I hear a lot of people saying Protective is useless. One thing they seem to forget is that it makes all gunpowder units start with Drill. If we play our cards right, we could get Drill IV Infantry right out of the gate. Drill IV... that's nice.)

 

[neilmeister]

Site 1 is probably my preference as well. Axe rushing Gary should be well worth it.

If we haven't won well before Infantry, I will eat my hat.

 

[MatrixTheKitty]

Infantry come with Assembly Line, so we're going to be building them at the end.

Anyways, yeah, I agree on axerushing Asoka. Nobody else is anywhere near that jungle. We can settle it later.

 

[MatrixTheKitty]

IdiotsOpposite
Matrix the Kitty
Neilmeister - just played
ParadigmShifter - up
Brian Shanahan - on deck

Neilmeister, come back! Go, ParadigmShifter!

 

[neilmeister]

Infantry come with Assembly Line, so we're going to be building them at the end.

Anyways, yeah, I agree on axerushing Asoka. Nobody else is anywhere near that jungle. We can settle it later.

Only to dance on the grave of the last civ standing!

 

[IdiotsOpposite]

Site 1 is probably my preference as well. Axe rushing Gary should be well worth it.

If we haven't won well before Infantry, I will eat my hat.

Well, would Drill IV Riflemen work out for you instead?

Or perhaps, if we make it that far (which we won't), Drill IV Mech Infantry!

The point is, with a measly 10 xp our Riflemen can get about 5 first strikes on average. 5 is a lot, I'm sure you'll agree. This is why I laugh when people tell me protective is useless.

"OK then, why don't you attack those City Garrison III Longbowmen in a Castled city on a hill? Did I mention that they haven't been used in battle yet, and all I had to do was run Vassalage as a civic? Yeah, have fun with that."