News: COTM70 Pre-Game Discussion; Saves Available!

[civ_steve]

COTM 70: Inca!

Well, this one is really, really delayed; hope your having enough fun with GOTM100 that you haven't noticed!

Last month, Mayans, this month, Incas. Map is also small, and note the Barbs are only Sedentary. Saves are up as well. Good Luck!


Civilization: Inca
Rivals: 5 pre-selected
Barbarians: Sedentary
Difficulty: Monarch
Land Form: Pangaea, 70% ocean, Small map.
Geology:3 billion years old, Normal and Cool.
AI Aggression: Normal

Conquest-Class Bonuses:

1. 
   Free Ceremonial Burial
   Chasqui Scouts cost 15
   100 Free Gold

Open-Class Bonuses
None!

Predator-Class Obstacles:

1. 
   No Pottery
   AI get 2 extra bonus defenders, 1 extra bonus offensive unit, and 3 more bonus unit support
   Chasqui Scouts cost 25

 

[Rustwork]

Hmmm, don't like the volcano so close to the capitol. also looks like tundra to the south if we settle in place. scout north and might wander the settler that way if i see something i like. settle on the north shore of the lake keeping the cow inside city radius.

 

[Lanzelot]

Hmm, this looks like two floodplains SE. Settling 1N would loose these as well as the extra commerce from the river. (And I think it would also loose the extra food that agricultural civs have in the city center?! Or do we get that as well when settling on a lake instead of a river? I think not, but not completely sure. I'm sure that lake does not give the 1 extra commerce in city center.)

In any case, if we stay in place, we have +5 food (3 in city center as we are agricultural and on river, 1 from the cow and 1 from the fish), so a 4-turner can be set up easily.

 

[Più Freddo]

the extra food that agricultural civs have in the city center?! Or do we get that as well when settling on a lake instead of a river?

Yes, any fresh water will do.

 

[DWetzel]

Hmm, this looks like two floodplains SE. Settling 1N would loose these as well as the extra commerce from the river. (And I think it would also loose the extra food that agricultural civs have in the city center?! Or do we get that as well when settling on a lake instead of a river? I think not, but not completely sure. I'm sure that lake does not give the 1 extra commerce in city center.)

In any case, if we stay in place, we have +5 food (3 in city center as we are agricultural and on river, 1 from the cow and 1 from the fish), so a 4-turner can be set up easily.

Nah, that's tundra, not flood plains.

I'd be tempted to slide southwest to 1) get away from the volcano, and 2) maybe leave a city spot N-N of the current location.

Probably dumb though and ought to just settle in place.

 

[Lanzelot]

Nah, that's tundra, not flood plains.

I definitely need a new monitor... (Still have a 9 year old CRT here at this place.)

 

[silversheep]

Settle in place or 1SW (need to think about this).
Might end up playing this one instead of GOTM100 (which is harder and has more competition!).

 

[PaperBeetle]

I definitely need a new monitor... (Still have a 9 year old CRT here at this place.)

It's a difficult call, but I'd support the tundra theory on the grounds that we have a cool world.

 

[del62]

Can I still download this or is it too late?

 

[civ_steve]

gotm.civfanatics.net will show you the time left to submit a save. As of now there's almost 18 days left for COTM70. Plenty of time for some - not enough for others.

 

[Racinante]

I'm thinking one north to keep all bonuses and volcano in range and hope that is salt water to the NE for building the Colossus (for 20k).

 

[CKS]

I'm definitely going to look before settling, but we're on Pangaea, so I doubt that it is salty.

I think I'll send the worker to the cow and the scout north before deciding where to settle.