3220BC inherited turn, turn 1:
I love the scouting of the beasts. I also renamed our units, as we are all individuals.
Let me introduce:
Matthias (right, obviously!), the housekeeper of the PFJ headquarter is to stay at home because of his bad eyes and such.
Loretta the light footed, bare-chested (got to zoom in really close) scout
and finally Francis (2nd from the right), who was idling in the PFJ headquarters.
Since there are no dangers around and we are kind of masters of the beasts I set Francis on a task to spy out our immediate neighbors in the east.
We also have heard rumors on the whereabouts of the bloody Romans. They are hiding in the north west.
3190BC turn 2:
Puzzling over the next steps to take
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3160BC turn 3:
Francis is clubbing to mash the scout of Genghis the splitter. Celebrating his victory Francis then stumbles over the dead body of the poor scout and hits his head on his own club. Slightly injured (1.4/2) but enriched with experience (2/2XP) he continues his way east.
3130BCturn 4:
Loretta approaches the Roman borders and spots a warrior. Bloody Romans.
3100BCturn 5:
Loretta! Run away, run away!
Also there is a Roman warrior moving to our west. Undocumented, but believe me, hes there!
3070BC turn 6:
nothing really
3040BC turn 7:
There is a Greek scout on our doorstep and Matthias moves out to scare him away.
3010BC turn 8:
Since nothing else is there to do and I want to be seen as proactive, I order Francis back to the HQ.
2980BC turn 9:
Some of our followers are now calling themselves Hindus. I decide to ignore them as we are researching Masonry next on our way to Monotheism and a turn of unguided anarchic behavior ((nice one)) will loose our movement beakers!
Matthias slaughtered that Greek scout and is heavily wounded.
His bones are more fragile than Francis after all. Meanwhile Loretta, guided by the never failing female instinct for spotting jewels, discovers a source of silver, which the Romans are busily exploiting. Or at least they are scraping what they can find off the ground. No mining holes dug up yet.
2950BC turn 10:
Loretta moves onto one of the famous hills Rome was founded upon and has a fairly good idea about their starting position.
Also the cultural borders of our HQ grow, which has no immediate effects.
2920BC turn 11:
Loretta ante portas. We need to get an warrior up there pronto. The silver hills will be a good defending spot, with being across the river from Rome.
2890BC turn 12:
I was puzzled by the map info Loretta revealed before, saying that the river near Rome actually ends in a fresh water sea, hence providing Rome with health. Now it turns out Loretta was right. There is some sort of isthmus dividing that Roman lake from the salty northern ocean.
Lucky, lucky bastards.
2860BC turn 13:
Looks like ex-brother Mansa sends a harassment squad against our HQ
Francis will be in place to defend it properly.
2830BC turn 14:
Some brothers,
and sisters, have formed a working group. Great, we need doers in our movement. Being the wise leader that I am, I send them out to catch those beavers. I also ordered the training of another warrior.
2800BC turn 15 and also the last turn of Mostly-Harmless first term, since he decided that the growing size of the leading committee allows for shorter cycles.
Here is the situation. A third warrior is trained in the HQ. I suggest to send out Francis to observe Rome from that silvery hill once the third warrior finishes. I left the promotion for Francis and Matthias open for now, as I want the movement to discuss this. I suggest to hold the promo unless we are sure what we need. If there is still forest on that silvery hill, Francis will become a Woodsman, of course. I queued up Stonehenge, for getting a prophet for the shrine, since Brian is bloody useless. At Prince we should be able to get it. Maybe a chop or two and get a mine up.
Loretta should undergo surgery again if we are going to hit any unit maintenance limits, as the beasts are good enough scouts. If she is allowed to stay a woman (otherwise name a unit Stan next) she should have an eye on the bloody Romans, which btw. lead the score.
I did not do anything on the diplo front, as brother,
or sister, Dreylins statement could only be perceived as a clear and unmistakable maybe.