RB17, part ... uh... two? The Hippies Revenge!

[GreyFox]

I would be out of pocket from 4th to 10th June (SGT = GMT+8). Though I will still have internet access and may be able to play at night, but don't wait for me to post a got-it. Whenever the next player can play, simply grab it, unless I have already posted a got it.

 

[pholkhero]

I've got it now, and will be playing later this evening.

 

[pholkhero]

Yo Dudes ~

I hope this postcard gets to you guys alright!!

I'm here in beautiful Banalore, that Indian city on that island with the dyes, man. And, like, it's totally false advertising!! Bangalore ~ yeah, right, dude.

Anyway, basically, i was just chilling in the open seas and seeing what i could see in the world. I didn't settle any cities as there were no really Good spots, so perhaps we should wait for caravels, galleons and better lands?? I don't know.

I totally tried to get JC and FDR to come out here and make up:

"Yeah, you, dude!"

"YES, YOU!!" Bloody Romans!

FDR was no better:

He never stopped smiling long enough for me to ask him. That kind of freaked me out. So, they're still at war.

Instead, i ran into this guy.

Dude, he's so stoned in that picture, he looks asleep!! We were both all bummed out about Vince killing himself ~ too bad the boys never liked him too much, huh? Well, my boy, Plato came over, too:

He cooked up a batch of his finest Electric Kool-Aid:

It was so good, he totally disappeared:

leaving 3 squares totally freaked out! Nice.

Spoiler turnlog :

T00/600 ad - t04/680: Naval exploration.

T05/700
CoL in, revolt to Caste, start on currency; MM for Gas

740: Academy in Mecca started.

800: Currency>Compass ~ we need Caravels for nav and Galleons for getting to the new islands asap to get more cities soon. The rest of our empire is building infra whilst working some specialists…Mecca is eased off of them, as Damascus is working 4 artists right now. After its library, I’m thinking nat’l epic, too.

Take 'er easy ~

The Dude abides.

A map and the save:

 

[GreyFox]

Got it, playing ....

 

[GreyFox]

I was like totally having a good time, smoking my good grass, having some fun with the model for the dancing statue, and hmmm its like my turns agin to rule Mecca. If you ask me, Hippies don't need no ruler ruling them. To prove that, look: under someone's rule, some started showing red faces.

And its not that my ruke sucks. I mean, I did everything I can, First, some Pliny dude tells us we were doing great culturally ...

I mean, its great to be ... uh, great, right?

And then, peace was restored back to the earth.

I mean, people shouldn't be pissed at being .... uh, at peace, right?

Then, I also tell people how to figure out direction even after smoking too much weed,

And I explored some land up north,

and I founded new city for people to stayed in.

I seriously don't understand why people are angry. I think I don't wanna rule Mecca. Let the Rose blossom fella rule them. Perhaps then, Mecca would blossom.

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There are two prospective city sites. I think both sucks. So, I planted a third one At least this one is a Panama Canal.

Are we still going cultural? If so, suggest start spreading religions and getting at least two more religions.

Spoiler autolog :

Turn 150 (800 AD)
Najran grows: 4

IBT:

Turn 151 (820 AD)

IBT:

Turn 152 (840 AD)
Mecca grows: 12

IBT:

Turn 153 (860 AD)
Tech learned: Compass
Medina finishes: Forge
Damascus grows: 10

IBT:

Turn 154 (880 AD)
Research begun: Machinery
Medina begins: Archer

IBT:

Turn 155 (900 AD)
Kufah founded
Kufah begins: Library
Kufah begins: Lighthouse
Baghdad grows: 7
Baghdad finishes: Archer

IBT:

Turn 156 (920 AD)
Baghdad begins: Library
Medina grows: 9

IBT:

Turn 157 (940 AD)
Medina finishes: Archer

IBT:

Turn 158 (960 AD)
Medina begins: Harbor

IBT:

Turn 159 (980 AD)
Damascus finishes: Library
Najran grows: 5

IBT:

Turn 160 (1000 AD)
Damascus begins: Courthouse

>>> The Save (1000AD) <<<

Rose turn to blossom.

 

[Rex Tyrannus]

Hey, you dudes don't mind if I drop a few tabs before I play, do you? I mean, maybe if I were on another plane of existence, like, we could totally get some religion?

All across the nation
such a strange vibration
People in motion

There's a whole generation
with a new explanation
People in motion, people in motion

got it. Can play tonight after the kids (finally) go to bed.

 

[Zalson]

Ahhh... Culture is fine, but I think we may be might wanna try the GA pump, then. I'm up for winning by any means necessary.

 

[pholkhero]

i was playing for culture and thus why we have many GAs working at one of our cities! however, we do need to find some primo city sites...all the ones that are local are very "eh..." w/but one horse resource for the three of them caravels and galleons are needed to reach the 9 cities.

 

[Rex Tyrannus]

Sorry for the lack of role-playing brothers. Time is crunched.

1010 Asoka begins a golden age
found Basra on Fox's panama Canal

1030 AD

Machinery => Optics for Caravels

1040 AD
Roosey shows up begging. Bugger off.

So then I decide to see what he wants for it.

Wait, that was a joke, right? 10 Gold? So let's see what he wants for theology

Okay, that was the joke. Needless to say, I accept none of those trades.

Year forgotten
St. Peter born in Mecca
Medina: Lighthouse => Con. Missionary

1080 AD

Mecca: Notre Dame => Settler
Toaism spreads in Basra. Let's build a temple

1100 AD

Optics => Drama
HC begins Golder Age

 

[Bede]

. Are you going to Scarborough Fair?
Parsley, sage, rosemary and thyme
Remember me to one who lives there
For once she was a true love of mine.

Got it. Play it tomorrow, maybe, unless namliaM gets me RT's game

 

[Bede]

Need to take a skip this round, too much bad acid or something

 

[pholkhero]

Zepy: up
Pheasant's Eye: packing one
Good Grass
Roseblossom
Bellflower: in the darkened tent, drinking water and listening to slow jazz to recover.

 

[Zalson]

Dudes, I will play this tomorrow. Gotta paper tonight.

 

[pholkhero]

we can help, dude...

Four score, and seven workers ago . . . . ahh, i'm done

 

[Zalson]

Thanks for trying pholk. In other news, while you all are all waking up, I'm now about to go to bed. Might be able to play tomorrow, if I get a nap and/or can think straight.

 

[Zalson]

First off dudes, sorry about the date. Too much history class, too much history class paper.

Ok, first off I think we got our three cities: Medina The weakest, Mecca Already at 60+ cpt and Damascus22 I think, can support more artists, though. These are the Cultural Hotspots! They've got plenty of stuff with which to make shields 'n' stuff, and will totally rock (they've also got enough food to support some artists).

So, when Thespis arrives, he does this:

Oh yeah, 4000 culture sure does feel good!

Because we got sooo many specialists I figured we might as well get some more, so i set us to learn about learning. Along the way, we had to teach people how to work inna bura- burrow- with lots of 'paper.' Rock on, I say.

Anyway, FDR wanted to come check out Thespis' paintin' and he offered to teach us about God if we could teach him how to make machines. Like, OK dude!

I then started this far out chapel in Mecca... but our buddy Asoka built it instead Forgot to switch to bureaucracy quick enough. About midway through my partay, I met a mean blast from the past:

Dude, it was Alex again! Luckily, this time he was totally chill. I think he taught us how to ride elephants. but I'm not sure.

In other news, the Capac no longer hates us, which is nice. Keep truckin' fellas, and lets take this thing home (we need to get to Free Speech ASAP, and then all the late culture wonders... go for nationalism first.)

The world in which we live (haven't found a spot for city 8 or nine- these ones should build temples asap).

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[GreyFox]

Good play, Zeppy. Without looking at the save, I would take your word for the 3 selected Cultural Cities.

But, why detonate the Bonb so early? It was a one time thing. So, if you want to detonate it, why now? Why not at the end? Early on, it might be more worthwhile to join the artists instead of bombing (unless there is some resources you want to grab fast)?

If we have already got our 3 cities selected, the remaining 2 cities can be anywhere since their purpose is just to build temples. Don't spend too long to find a perfect spot. IIRC, there are some possibly uninhabitted sites up north. There is also the island at the west with incenses. If Melina's culture bomb allows us galley access to that island, we can go for there too (nearer, and incense gives good comerce).

 

[pholkhero]

I dl'ed the save last nigth, but didn't have a chance to play as i'm trying to put together my adv7 report, a piece at a time ~

edit: the POINT of my post was that I'll take a look at the map tonight when i play. Fox makes a good point re: the remaining needed cities as they are only needed for temple factories for the now ~ my goal will be to either settle the cities or set us up to do so

 

[Bede]

Don't forget to keep spreading that old time religion. The extra commerce helps and having a Hindu bloc helps even more.

 

[Zalson]

I dropped the bomb because the game is 1/2 way done. No way that Medina is going to be getting enough wonders, other things to cut off that time. I should have sat down, though. Now that I think about it...

I thought I had thought it out but I didn't thought well enough.