PH S21E02: There is a Title

[jguy100]

Centralization will strengthen our power! Not that we aren't already powerful or don't have a firm grip on our reign. Opposing nations, please don't read into this.

Tutorial is giving us a free ambassador (no need to spend orders or civics or whatever). I'm not going to look a gift horse in the mouth. Welcome aboard, Mehaw! (isn't that the sound a donkey makes...?)

The game decides to confirm what we already know:

Rome is attempting to bribe us. Who am I to say no?

Time to prepare everyone for the error of horrendous style. Sideponytail will be inheriting the throne soon.

Good news! Danes have plenty of land left for us to free! Time to continue the pre-emptive strikes against them.

More freebies? We'll take it.

They laughed at me when I went bald, save for a one inch circle on the side of my head. They laughed at me when I grew the remaining hair out. They laughed at me when I fumbled through my coronation because I have 0 charisma. Who's laughing now, peasants??!??!

I added him as a general on a frontline unit. If an unfortunate accident were to happen, I'm not sure anyone would complain...

4 ambitions complete, almost half way there!

I chose land consolidation next. We have a few places that need Groves. And if we get an opportunity to build elephants, all the better.

 

[jguy100]

Ok, maybe this guy isn't so bad after all! We got one event that improved his wisdom, and now this:

We're hurting for orders. I'm idling a lot of units every turn.

An opportunity came up to build another wonder. All zero of our boats will appreciate the extra light.

And that brings us to turn 60. Did a little bit of conquerin', a little bit of buildin', and a whole lot of hair stylin'.

 

[jguy100]

Roster
Ozbenno >> yesterday's jam
jguy100 >> starting to appreciate a stylish sideponytail
PiR >> up now
pholkhero >> tomorrow's jelly

 

[Ozbenno]

Nice. Still makes me shudder everytime I see the bald sidepony.

 

[pholkhero]

hey allA: just a quick check in...i'm have been and will be OOP for until hopefully thursday or friday. I got the covid. just feels like a bad cold, and i think i'll be game-ready in another day or so. ill catch up on the posts when i'm back

meanwhile, i was reading that sideponytails are coming back. starting w me

 

[jguy100]

i was reading that sideponytails are coming back. starting w me

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Pics or it didn’t happen…

Hope you feel better soon!

 

[PiR]

A happier cousin.

Trying to reach maximum benefits from Judaism

Aiming for boats, monasteries, temples (+0.5 order/temple!!)

More orders needed: spam garrisons

 

[jguy100]

I didn't even thing about garrisons, nice call!

 

[PiR]

Although I don't like not taking advantage of the free citizen, I believe a military city will be more useful here with the horse, border with babs, and the water.

Exactly what I need

Crazy guy is dead

New city

Why not? @jguy100 will be moved from Pleased to Friendly with this

I guess we have too much money to decline.

Seems everyone loves us

New ambition!

Hopefully the +20% applies on orders

I bought stone to build Apadana. What better use of our money? Apadana will give it all back to us and more! As a builder 2 workers are on it and will finish it in 6 turns.

 

[PiR]

Sorry but we desperately need those orders he has a point!

I don't feel I did that much, mostly moving armies from east to west, defending against raiders, but it's more than time to pass to someone else.

It's also time to remember the Saite family what our religion is - and that is not Christianity - gosh, I though we crucified that guy to get rid of these ideas?



@pholkhero I wish you a quick recovery without any long-lasting effect.

 

[jguy100]

Crazy guy is dead

Crazy guy #1 is dead. Still sideponytail guy to go.

Why not? @jguy100 will be moved from Pleased to Friendly with this

It's also time to remember the Saite family what our religion is - and that is not Christianity - gosh, I though we crucified that guy to get rid of these ideas?

Those darn cannibals, encroaching on our religious turf.

 

[Ozbenno]

Hope you feel better pholk. My daughter has caught it and we're all getting tested and fearing the worst.

 

[pholkhero]

alrightey, i'm at about 75% and improving every day so, i'll catch myself up on the game, and proceed forthwith. It seems I am up. Are side ponytail's still a HUGE thing?

hope the family's doing well, oz!

 

[jguy100]

@pholkhero glad to hear you're on the up and up! I hope your health keeps improving!

@Ozbenno I hope you and your family are staying healthy!

I'm going to be gone Jan 10 - Jan 20 on a family vacation. I'm not sure what the internet situation will look like. So I'm going to ask that I be scrubbed from the roster for those ten days.

 

[Ozbenno]

Tests are back negative, so far so good...

 

[pholkhero]

so, i got over it, and my wife got over it, and on the last day of watch, my youngest started getting sick. so she's quarantined for now, but so far, everything's been super mild, just the mental strain of it all.
Glad everything turned out well on your end, Oz.

back to the simpler things in life, like the ever-famed, Side Ponytail. (apparently, april 17th is SPD [side ponytail day] at mohawk HQ where all several hundred thousand of them are sporting the hairdo all day long)

t70:

Did mostly worker builds in our empire. We sure do have lots of units. Love OW's order system to create that tension: what do I NEED to do this turn??

t71:
img]https://i.imgur.com/rzF8hPG.png[/img]
Peacenik and Just titles come in for us

Got our settler up north, and claimed the site before the Carthaginians get any more ideas. I make it a Saite city, even though they've already got 3, and Amarna's only have 2 cities. I wanted to get their relations over 200.

Odeon started in Meroe for culture, and notice that Carthage is taking over Danish sites to our west. Such that we'd have to cross their lands to get to any more acquisitions. I decide to pull some units back to heal, and promote to take care of that legacy ambition. But also, maybe we should transition, let Carthage have the Danish lands, and we can move our army to take the developed Carthaginian core?

t72:

Rome DOW carthage! good omen for us, i think.

I chose Monotheirsm over poly to get more orders for us, and Portctullis as the next tech to get a spymaster active.

Waset: Gardner > farmer
Tameru: Disciple > Woodcutter
HutWater: Poet started

and lighthouse done!
I also have our son marry a Saite to keep our relations with the heretics high (until we forcible convert them). That being said, it might be worth the orders to convert them.

t73:

Meroe: Miner > Apprentice Officer
I also noticed tags on the map. how do we do this? terrific!

t74:

Tameru: Cutter > Farmer
PerMed: Chariot > App Officer; plus a governor for there, too;
started a trade mission to rome (with their war w carthage, might be nice to make nice w them for the time being). Also, i'm wondering, how do we trade for luxuries that we don't have that our families want? trade missions??

t75:

Another son get's married:

in abstentia et memoria. Egypt and Babylon grow ever closer. An embrace is teh perfect way to stab you in teh back.

Waset: Farmer > Forum I
HutWaret: Poet > Walls

Here's the barb uprising that's come in:

handled, he says, before all hell breaks loose.

the plains of carthage:

so inviting, welcoming egyptian boots with open arms.

We've got one ranged unit at level 4, adn we need more promo for a unit in the mountains there. That'll end that ambition for us and we'll be halfway done on that front. Also, I think i made a mistake in not sending more workers to our new cities. we should use some orders getting them up there.

we also need one more settler to go to the far north site.

It would be nice to get archers, but i think carthage will fold easily beneath us if we want to take it.

a random thought: some of our military cities need culture bldgs to help them make UUs later on; there's a lot of plates to spin

 

[pholkhero]

Roster
pholkhero >> just played
Ozbenno >>UP NOW
jguy100 >> out of pocket until 20 jan 2022
PiR >> on deck therefore!

 

[PiR]

I wish you and your family to stay safe, so far so good.

But also, maybe we should transition, let Carthage have the Danish lands, and we can move our army to take the developed Carthaginian core?

Didn't you just give wood to them signing a peace a couple of turns before?

I also noticed tags on the map. how do we do this? terrific!

ALT+clic

Also, i'm wondering, how do we trade for luxuries that we don't have that our families want? trade missions??

You cannot obtain them, afaik. You can only send.
Well, there is a way to obtain them, but it's not trade.

 

[Ozbenno]

OK, I see it but it will be at least Thursday (maybe Friday) before I can play.

 

[PiR]

jguy100 >> out of pocket until 1/20