Robi D
Minister of (Dis)Order
Well here is my first spoiler, hopefully i done it right as its the first one i've every done. As from previous discussion people involved with the game should not look, as for the rest of you enjoy. Any questions/comment can be PM'ed to me

Spoiler :
I must say given the quality of the opposition in this game i never expected to be doing so well, but as you can see i had a fantastic starting location. I've run into a lot of other civs so far and developed a couple good relationships.
I've met in order, Meleager (Rome), Hatshepsut-AI (Egypt), Sigma (America), Peter-AI (Russia), Mauer (Spain), Whomp (England), Matrix (Persia) and DaveMcW (Mongolia).
Of these Meleager and Whomp look very promising for future trading. Find Matrix near Meleager and myself has made us both nervous given the fact his a fantastic player and were umm... average. So weve both agreed that he is public enemy number one for us. Hopefully both of our early UU will give us the advantage.
With respect to research, now that i have a couple of willing trading partner i'm heading from alphabet so i can make a few tech swaps.
I had delayed a bit with the worker as i wanted to get a few units up and running first so there was no chance of an early exit. Once he is done i can do a couple of forest chops to get the expansion underway. There is a juicy city site just west of me in the hills with both stone and copper a couple of squares from each other (you just see it on the edge of the screenshot) so i'm heading off their first before anyone else gets ideas.
Screenshot
Edit- Sorry, i thought the image would come out bigger, maybe someone can help me
I've met in order, Meleager (Rome), Hatshepsut-AI (Egypt), Sigma (America), Peter-AI (Russia), Mauer (Spain), Whomp (England), Matrix (Persia) and DaveMcW (Mongolia).
Of these Meleager and Whomp look very promising for future trading. Find Matrix near Meleager and myself has made us both nervous given the fact his a fantastic player and were umm... average. So weve both agreed that he is public enemy number one for us. Hopefully both of our early UU will give us the advantage.
With respect to research, now that i have a couple of willing trading partner i'm heading from alphabet so i can make a few tech swaps.
I had delayed a bit with the worker as i wanted to get a few units up and running first so there was no chance of an early exit. Once he is done i can do a couple of forest chops to get the expansion underway. There is a juicy city site just west of me in the hills with both stone and copper a couple of squares from each other (you just see it on the edge of the screenshot) so i'm heading off their first before anyone else gets ideas.
Screenshot
Edit- Sorry, i thought the image would come out bigger, maybe someone can help me