News: COTM72 Pre-Game Discussion; Saves Available!

[civ_steve]

To try and cycle these start times back to normal, this game and the next GOTM will be Small maps; this game starts tonight, GOTM103 will start next weekend, and COTM73 two weekends after that. (All we need now is execution! )

COTM 72: Sumeria!

Another month and another ancient civ, Sumeria! The map's a little smaller, but there are 6 Emperor level AI in your way! Hope your cheap Enkidu Warrors will lead you to victory. Good Luck!


Civilization: Sumeria
Rivals: 6 pre-selected
Barbarians: Raging
Difficulty: Emperor
Land Form: Continents, 70% ocean, Small map.
Geology:4 billion years old, Normal and Temperate.
AI Aggression: Normal

Conquest-Class Bonuses:

1. 
   Free Alphabet
   2 Bonus Spears
   100 Free Gold

Open-Class Bonuses
None!

Predator-Class Obstacles:

1. 
   No BronzeWorking
   AI get 2 free Pikemen, and 2 more bonus unit support
   AI bonus unit support per city bumped up 1 to 3

 

[Megalou]

After much consideration, I have decided to move the settler. The question is how far. In search of food bonuses?

 

[MinutiaRules]

With raging barbs I'm okay with a combo factory. So I'll just settle 1NW, wrkr to FP and irrigate. This works even better for me if that water to the NE is fresh (a mountain lake perhaps?). Then I'm happy with the placements of subsequent towns. Also 1NW keeps me in range of forests for granary chops. And I like ag civs for building an early 2nd wrkr.

 

[Megalou]

@MinutiaRules,
That sounds quite sensible. But I have to ask: Does fresh water run through hill towns in C3C or is that just in ptw? If it does, placing a town on the hill 1SE makes a second source of fresh water redundant.

 

[Optional]

Yes, towns also channel irrigation in Conquests. But it looks like the hill just south of the hill you're talking about would do the job as well, so it doesn't need to affect your ideas about where the capital should go.

 

[Megalou]

Thanks. Yes, but why would you want to place a town on that hill which is not on the river? It requires irrigation of aN extra desert tile. You want maximum production in the capital?

Alright, I'll start now. Thanks, civ_steve and good luck to everyone.

 

[CharcoalDioxide]

Lets continue the ancient civ theme and play Byzantines for the next game The last time byzantines were in play was almost 2 years ago.