pholkhero
Deviant Mind
okay, so what? just keep moving and building warriors while the settler finishes? Try not to "pull a Rex?'
got it.
got it.
ROTQM8 - Rune Oaths Terrify Quarrying Midgets
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Rex Tyrannus
280lbs of gross stupidity
If, by "pull a Rex," you mean, "write a quality report," then no, go right ahead. It might be a little unusual for you, but we'll survive the shock.
Make sure we have 3 warriors for the new settler and look at what else we can build (elder councils would be good), agree that Construction seems a worthwhile research goal.
Jet
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While we're waiting, what do you want to do with the great scientist we just popped? Between Financial, Kilmorph, and Prince, I think our science slider will stay pretty high. So in general, Academies are probably the best choice. Maybe we should just drop an Academy in the capital, even if it's not our best long-term commerce city (the capital looks more like a production city to me.)
Academy in capital seems the best use at the moment. We might pop gold/gems under Arete at some stage.
Rex Tyrannus
280lbs of gross stupidity
As typical, I defer to those smarter than me.
I'll play tomorrow if pholk hasn't surfaced.
The Amurite foe came out of the west.
Slinking their way out of enemy lands
Towards Dave's Place they came
Out went the call for heroes built short
Five heeded the call
Three had no name.
Stoneguard Stronginthejohnson was one
Fancier of woodsprites they said
But his axe held much fame.
"Hurrah" said the people.
"We will be saved."
But then they reflected.
"Where the frack is Dave???"
Right up to the walls the enemy crept.
Then Stoneguard Stronginthejohnson
Threw down the first
Then another was down and another again
The dwarves were like gods
And their axes did thirst
Until there were no more just blood on the ground
Dave's Place was saved
And lifted from curse.
"Hurrah" said the people.
"We are now saved."
But then they reflected.
"Where the frack is Dave???"
In other news...
We now have an Academy in the capital
My main story was going to be about the adventures of Gloin son of Groin but that might have to wait for another time.
And BTW, where the frack is Dave? Did I miss his passing somehow?
Slinking their way out of enemy lands
Towards Dave's Place they came
Out went the call for heroes built short
Five heeded the call
Three had no name.
Stoneguard Stronginthejohnson was one
Fancier of woodsprites they said
But his axe held much fame.
"Hurrah" said the people.
"We will be saved."
But then they reflected.
"Where the frack is Dave???"
Right up to the walls the enemy crept.
Then Stoneguard Stronginthejohnson
Threw down the first
Then another was down and another again
The dwarves were like gods
And their axes did thirst
Until there were no more just blood on the ground
Dave's Place was saved
And lifted from curse.
"Hurrah" said the people.
"We are now saved."
But then they reflected.
"Where the frack is Dave???"
In other news...
We now have an Academy in the capital
My main story was going to be about the adventures of Gloin son of Groin but that might have to wait for another time.
And BTW, where the frack is Dave? Did I miss his passing somehow?
pholkhero
Deviant Mind
no really, i've just been super-busy and then truly OoP this past weekend so sorry for the delay, and thanks for skipping me.
i love this line!
Do you want next go pholk?
If so, take it away, if not Jet is back UP.
If so, take it away, if not Jet is back UP.
pholkhero
Deviant Mind
no, i'm tired.
no really, i've been getting home super-late and have no time at the moment, so a skip would be best this time round. by the time it gets back to me, i will be on coast-mode in my job.
just need the last, final push this next 10 days.
Well then...
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174 looks like we're kicking bottom in research and are lacking most in production. I'm tempted to research Arete, but instead I set it to Drama (17 turns between us and Kandros) so that we can bulb Sanitation and grow faster (thereby working more production tiles, among other things).
I also switch to Pacifism so that we can pop the Prophet we're farming in the capital earlier.
Queue the capital to 1. build a Thane for a fast border pop in the city we're about to settle 2. finish the Soldier of Kilmorph he has queued, before finishing Barnaxus.
Set some units to block the approaches from the east (blocking barbs) and set a unit to finish exploring the peninsula between us and Sabathiel.
IBT our named, heavily promoted warrior guarding our southeastern barb border, who just popped a named, promoted spider from the dungeon and is at less than half health, who I cleverly moved on to the hill on my first turn, dies to the spider. Just call me
175 I admire the previous players' nads (what can I say, they're at eye level) for exploring Sabathiel's territory with a warrior, but I want to withdraw that unit so as not to rack up unnecessary war weariness. So I start to do that, pillaging roads on the way.
179 I indulge in a why-not spazz and explore the barrow on the desert tile between us and Sabathiel, after having killed the skeleton that guarded it. I'm rewarded with the plagued promotion on the exploring unit. I send him to garrison AHEM Visibility.
180 lay down a filler city. It's in a good spot though, I'd say.
182 Kandros says
And I'm like, oh. Duh.
188 In an effort to do something less tactically dumb, I remember to switch Kandros off Drama, so that the great artist goes to us.
189 Golly. We win Drama, and get a great artist - four of them, actually.
(Ignore the Malakim lady hiding behind them. She's always hanging around. That's what you get when you research Drama..... groupies.)
Anyway, they bulb Biology. I mean Sanitation. You heard me: our superstar rock band invents indoor plumbing. That's just how the Luchuirp roll. I start Archery, for Lumbermills.
194 Archery. We're target-practicing lumberjack sanitation engineers, and we're OK. We rock and roll all night, and we party every day.
I'm thinking Arete next. Not only will it pimp our mines, but it will let us rush buy and trade in our large surplus of $$$ for hammers, which we could use more of.
200 Finish Barnaxus, the legendary marvel of ancient golem technology.
204 expedition to farm XP for Barnaxus.
I mean, to avenge the death of Shorty McHero Warrior Dumbass Dungeon Explorer Guy.
207 the Arete civic kicks in, and I hit our first rush buy (finishing the Settler in AHEM Visibility). Next turn we could rush buy the settler I started in the capital, and then with 6 cities we could get 6 Golden Hammers from our world spell, if that sounds good to y'all. I'd suggest adding them all to AHEM Visibility.
To whom concerned*, the way to do that is to send a unit - a cheap fast one, like a scout - to each city, pick up the hammer, go to the destination city, and delete the unit, leaving the hammer in the new city. Then turn the hammer unit into an Engineer in the city. You can also use Golden Hammers for +1 strength on some unit, but I think that's pretty piddly compared to the 2 hammers and 3 GPP you get by making them into an Engineer specialist.
Also to whom concerned*, what we want to do with Barnaxus is farm him to Combat V, then retire him to the capital. Our Golem units get a strength bonus for each combat promotion he has.
* the noobs on the team
I also switch to Pacifism so that we can pop the Prophet we're farming in the capital earlier.
Queue the capital to 1. build a Thane for a fast border pop in the city we're about to settle 2. finish the Soldier of Kilmorph he has queued, before finishing Barnaxus.
Set some units to block the approaches from the east (blocking barbs) and set a unit to finish exploring the peninsula between us and Sabathiel.
IBT our named, heavily promoted warrior guarding our southeastern barb border, who just popped a named, promoted spider from the dungeon and is at less than half health, who I cleverly moved on to the hill on my first turn, dies to the spider. Just call me
175 I admire the previous players' nads (what can I say, they're at eye level) for exploring Sabathiel's territory with a warrior, but I want to withdraw that unit so as not to rack up unnecessary war weariness. So I start to do that, pillaging roads on the way.
179 I indulge in a why-not spazz and explore the barrow on the desert tile between us and Sabathiel, after having killed the skeleton that guarded it. I'm rewarded with the plagued promotion on the exploring unit. I send him to garrison AHEM Visibility.
180 lay down a filler city. It's in a good spot though, I'd say.
182 Kandros says
And I'm like, oh. Duh.
188 In an effort to do something less tactically dumb, I remember to switch Kandros off Drama, so that the great artist goes to us.
189 Golly. We win Drama, and get a great artist - four of them, actually.
(Ignore the Malakim lady hiding behind them. She's always hanging around. That's what you get when you research Drama..... groupies.)
Anyway, they bulb Biology. I mean Sanitation. You heard me: our superstar rock band invents indoor plumbing. That's just how the Luchuirp roll. I start Archery, for Lumbermills.
194 Archery. We're target-practicing lumberjack sanitation engineers, and we're OK. We rock and roll all night, and we party every day.
I'm thinking Arete next. Not only will it pimp our mines, but it will let us rush buy and trade in our large surplus of $$$ for hammers, which we could use more of.
200 Finish Barnaxus, the legendary marvel of ancient golem technology.
Spoiler :
204 expedition to farm XP for Barnaxus.
I mean, to avenge the death of Shorty McHero Warrior Dumbass Dungeon Explorer Guy.
207 the Arete civic kicks in, and I hit our first rush buy (finishing the Settler in AHEM Visibility). Next turn we could rush buy the settler I started in the capital, and then with 6 cities we could get 6 Golden Hammers from our world spell, if that sounds good to y'all. I'd suggest adding them all to AHEM Visibility.
To whom concerned*, the way to do that is to send a unit - a cheap fast one, like a scout - to each city, pick up the hammer, go to the destination city, and delete the unit, leaving the hammer in the new city. Then turn the hammer unit into an Engineer in the city. You can also use Golden Hammers for +1 strength on some unit, but I think that's pretty piddly compared to the 2 hammers and 3 GPP you get by making them into an Engineer specialist.
Also to whom concerned*, what we want to do with Barnaxus is farm him to Combat V, then retire him to the capital. Our Golem units get a strength bonus for each combat promotion he has.
* the noobs on the team
If we have Arete we can build Bambur and take the fight to Dain.
6 cities seems pretty good for our world spell.
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Rex Stronginthejohnson - UP
Imhotep son of Gloin - On deck
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And can anyone explain what happened to Dave????
6 cities seems pretty good for our world spell.
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Rex Stronginthejohnson - UP
Imhotep son of Gloin - On deck
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And can anyone explain what happened to Dave????
Rex Tyrannus
280lbs of gross stupidity
I see the save, but no sign of Dave. I'll open it up and take a look tonight. Probably won't play tonight, though.
Rex Tyrannus
280lbs of gross stupidity
Sorry. Been out of the pocket for two days. I'll play/report tonight.
Rex Tyrannus
280lbs of gross stupidity
Dave, a Eulogy
(Adapted from The Cremation of Sam McGee by Robert W. Service)
Now Dave, you see, was from Ithral'i, where the wind she warmly blows.
Why he left his home in the temple to roam round the tundra, Dave only knows.
He was always cold, but the land of gold seemed to hold him like a spell;
Though hed often say in his homely way that hed sooner live in hell.
On a gloomy day we were mushing our way down the Barnaxus trail.
Talk of the gas! that Dave would pass, it stabbed like a driven nail.
If our nostrils wed close, then our nose hairs froze till sometimes we couldnt tell;
It wasnt much fun, but Dave was the one to always complain of the smell.
And that very night, as we lay packed tight in our robes beneath the snow,
And the golems were fed, and the stars oerhead were dancing heel and toe,
He turned to me, and Stoney, says he, Ill cash in this trip, I guess;
And if I do, Im asking that you wont refuse my last request.
Well, he seemed so low that I couldnt say no; then he says with a sort of moan:
Its the cursed cold, and its got right hold till Im chilled clean through to the bone.
Yet taint being deadits my awful dread of the icy grave that pains;
So I want you to swear that, foul or fair, youll cremate my last remains.
A high priest's last need is a thing to heed, so I swore I would not fail;
And we started on at the streak of dawn; but God! he looked ghastly pale.
He crouched on the sleigh, and he raved all day of his home in Ithral'i;
And before nightfall a corpse was all that was left of Dave, the Holy See.
There wasnt a breath in that land of death, and I hurried, horror-driven,
With a corpse half hid that I couldnt get rid, because of a promise given;
It was lashed to the sleigh, and it seemed to say: You may tax your brawn and brains,
But you promised true, and its up to you to cremate those last remains.
Now a promise made is a debt unpaid, and the trail has its own stern code.
In the days to come, though my lips were dumb, in my heart how I cursed that load.
In the long, long night, by the lone firelight, while the huskies, round in a ring,
Howled out their woes to the homeless snowsO Gods! how I loathed the thing.
And every day that quiet clay seemed to heavy and heavier grow;
And on I went, though the golems were spent and the grub was getting low;
The trail was bad, and I felt half mad, but I swore I would not give in;
And Id often sing to the hateful thing, and it hearkened with a grin.
Till I came to the foot of Mount Stay Put, and a derelict cabin lay;
It was jammed in the ice, but I saw in a trice a sign said Dwarvs Go Away.
And I looked at it, and I thought a bit, and I looked at the frozen friar;
Then Here, said I, with a sudden cry, is where I will build my pyre.
Some planks I tore from the cabin floor, and I lit the furnace fire;
Some coal I found that was lying around, and I heaped the fuel higher;
The flames just soared and the furnace roaredthough the worksmanship was shoddy;
Then I burrowed a hole in the glowing coal, and I stuffed in Dave's whole body.
Then I made a hike, for I didnt like to hear him sizzle so;
And the heavens scowled, and the undead howled, and the wind began to blow.
It was icy cold, but the hot sweat rolled down my cheeks, and I dont know why;
And the greasy smoke in an inky cloak went streaking down the sky.
I do not know how long in the snow I wrestled with grisly fear;
But the stars came out and they danced about ere again I ventured near;
I was sick with dread, but I bravely said: Ill just take a peep inside.
I guess hes cooked, and its time I looked; . . . then the door I opened wide.
And there sat Dave, looking cool and calm, in the heart of the furnace roar;
And he wore a smile you could see a mile, and he said: Please close that door.
Its fine in here, but I greatly fear youll let in the cold and storm
Since I left my perch, with the holy church, its the first time Ive been warm.
Fin
Okay, so I really have a hard time following all the sh*t they stuffed into FFH, so I'm really just here for the color commentary. I played up to the first major decision and quit.
On turn one, some tech came in and I chose Smelting for the role-playing. Plus, it reveals iron and we have to quary something, right? But, browsing the list, I see Message From The Deep.
That sounds fu**ing AWESOME! What is it and how the hell can it be something you research? Anyhow, so back to smelting, I didn't realize until I looked at the screenshots, that I never asked whatsisname to research it.
Sorry. Anyhow, I sent our kick-ass uberhulk over the mountain to eat a wolf when this bear showed up. No problem. Wait, bears are 5 strength? When did that happen? Anyhow, I ran back over the mountain, next player should note that a bear is very close.
I sent our shiny new dwarf colony down to where all the warriors are. Is that where we want the new city? I didn't settle as I'm very uncertain about everything in this game. What's mana?
Finally, Lita The Witch burst forth from the capital. I don't know what to do with her, so I stopped.
I set AHEM to build a scout for that Hammer deal-y, but that's really it. Sorry for the crappy set, guys. I suck.
(Adapted from The Cremation of Sam McGee by Robert W. Service)
There are strange things done in the midnight sun
By the dwarves who moil for gold;
The Mountain trails have their secret tales
That would make your blood run cold;
The Southern Lights have seen queer sights,
But the queerest they ever did see
Was that night at the foot of Mount Stay Put
When I made a Dave fricassee.
By the dwarves who moil for gold;
The Mountain trails have their secret tales
That would make your blood run cold;
The Southern Lights have seen queer sights,
But the queerest they ever did see
Was that night at the foot of Mount Stay Put
When I made a Dave fricassee.
Now Dave, you see, was from Ithral'i, where the wind she warmly blows.
Why he left his home in the temple to roam round the tundra, Dave only knows.
He was always cold, but the land of gold seemed to hold him like a spell;
Though hed often say in his homely way that hed sooner live in hell.
On a gloomy day we were mushing our way down the Barnaxus trail.
Talk of the gas! that Dave would pass, it stabbed like a driven nail.
If our nostrils wed close, then our nose hairs froze till sometimes we couldnt tell;
It wasnt much fun, but Dave was the one to always complain of the smell.
And that very night, as we lay packed tight in our robes beneath the snow,
And the golems were fed, and the stars oerhead were dancing heel and toe,
He turned to me, and Stoney, says he, Ill cash in this trip, I guess;
And if I do, Im asking that you wont refuse my last request.
Well, he seemed so low that I couldnt say no; then he says with a sort of moan:
Its the cursed cold, and its got right hold till Im chilled clean through to the bone.
Yet taint being deadits my awful dread of the icy grave that pains;
So I want you to swear that, foul or fair, youll cremate my last remains.
A high priest's last need is a thing to heed, so I swore I would not fail;
And we started on at the streak of dawn; but God! he looked ghastly pale.
He crouched on the sleigh, and he raved all day of his home in Ithral'i;
And before nightfall a corpse was all that was left of Dave, the Holy See.
There wasnt a breath in that land of death, and I hurried, horror-driven,
With a corpse half hid that I couldnt get rid, because of a promise given;
It was lashed to the sleigh, and it seemed to say: You may tax your brawn and brains,
But you promised true, and its up to you to cremate those last remains.
Now a promise made is a debt unpaid, and the trail has its own stern code.
In the days to come, though my lips were dumb, in my heart how I cursed that load.
In the long, long night, by the lone firelight, while the huskies, round in a ring,
Howled out their woes to the homeless snowsO Gods! how I loathed the thing.
And every day that quiet clay seemed to heavy and heavier grow;
And on I went, though the golems were spent and the grub was getting low;
The trail was bad, and I felt half mad, but I swore I would not give in;
And Id often sing to the hateful thing, and it hearkened with a grin.
Till I came to the foot of Mount Stay Put, and a derelict cabin lay;
It was jammed in the ice, but I saw in a trice a sign said Dwarvs Go Away.
And I looked at it, and I thought a bit, and I looked at the frozen friar;
Then Here, said I, with a sudden cry, is where I will build my pyre.
Some planks I tore from the cabin floor, and I lit the furnace fire;
Some coal I found that was lying around, and I heaped the fuel higher;
The flames just soared and the furnace roaredthough the worksmanship was shoddy;
Then I burrowed a hole in the glowing coal, and I stuffed in Dave's whole body.
Then I made a hike, for I didnt like to hear him sizzle so;
And the heavens scowled, and the undead howled, and the wind began to blow.
It was icy cold, but the hot sweat rolled down my cheeks, and I dont know why;
And the greasy smoke in an inky cloak went streaking down the sky.
I do not know how long in the snow I wrestled with grisly fear;
But the stars came out and they danced about ere again I ventured near;
I was sick with dread, but I bravely said: Ill just take a peep inside.
I guess hes cooked, and its time I looked; . . . then the door I opened wide.
And there sat Dave, looking cool and calm, in the heart of the furnace roar;
And he wore a smile you could see a mile, and he said: Please close that door.
Its fine in here, but I greatly fear youll let in the cold and storm
Since I left my perch, with the holy church, its the first time Ive been warm.
There are strange things done in the midnight sun
By the men who moil for gold;
The Mountain trails have their secret tales
That would make your blood run cold;
The Southern Lights have seen queer sights,
But the queerest over which Dwarves still rave
Was that night on the foot of Mount Stay Put
I cremated beloved Dave.
By the men who moil for gold;
The Mountain trails have their secret tales
That would make your blood run cold;
The Southern Lights have seen queer sights,
But the queerest over which Dwarves still rave
Was that night on the foot of Mount Stay Put
I cremated beloved Dave.
Fin
Okay, so I really have a hard time following all the sh*t they stuffed into FFH, so I'm really just here for the color commentary. I played up to the first major decision and quit.
On turn one, some tech came in and I chose Smelting for the role-playing. Plus, it reveals iron and we have to quary something, right? But, browsing the list, I see Message From The Deep.
That sounds fu**ing AWESOME! What is it and how the hell can it be something you research? Anyhow, so back to smelting, I didn't realize until I looked at the screenshots, that I never asked whatsisname to research it.
Sorry. Anyhow, I sent our kick-ass uberhulk over the mountain to eat a wolf when this bear showed up. No problem. Wait, bears are 5 strength? When did that happen? Anyhow, I ran back over the mountain, next player should note that a bear is very close.
I sent our shiny new dwarf colony down to where all the warriors are. Is that where we want the new city? I didn't settle as I'm very uncertain about everything in this game. What's mana?
Finally, Lita The Witch burst forth from the capital. I don't know what to do with her, so I stopped.
I set AHEM to build a scout for that Hammer deal-y, but that's really it. Sorry for the crappy set, guys. I suck.
Lone Wolf
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Well, you can research stuff like Liberalism in classic BTS.
As the tooltip says, it founds the Octopus Overlords religion, which is build on Lovecraftian themes.
Mana is a resource that your adepts and mages can turn into Fire, Death etc. mana when you discover Knowledge of the Ether. It helps with numerous magic stuff.
Jet
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Rex's first turnset: 15 turns
second turnset: 5 turns
third turnset: 3 turns
At this rate your next turnset will be 1 turn!
Play on. Here are some suggestions for tender dwarflings. Obviously you should season this with your own blend of gross stupidity.
* research Warfare (build Form of the Titan in the capital and National Epic in AHEM Visibility), then Code of Laws (adopt Aristocracy), then Knowledge of the Ether (start building Adepts in the capital)
* Use the prophet for a shrine. Fire the priests in the capital. Run specialists only in AHEM Visibility.
* send Gumby back to the western border to farm XP while defending
* settle wheat/fish where you said, then fish/cow/copper (build forts 1E and SSE of fish/cow/copper to defend that border while we take out Dain), then 2 more filler cities 4E1S of the capital and 4E1S of AHEM Visibility.
* cash rush monuments in cities that don't have them
* when the capital finishes its settler, build the Bambur unit
second turnset: 5 turns
third turnset: 3 turns
At this rate your next turnset will be 1 turn!
Play on. Here are some suggestions for tender dwarflings. Obviously you should season this with your own blend of gross stupidity.* research Warfare (build Form of the Titan in the capital and National Epic in AHEM Visibility), then Code of Laws (adopt Aristocracy), then Knowledge of the Ether (start building Adepts in the capital)
* Use the prophet for a shrine. Fire the priests in the capital. Run specialists only in AHEM Visibility.
* send Gumby back to the western border to farm XP while defending
* settle wheat/fish where you said, then fish/cow/copper (build forts 1E and SSE of fish/cow/copper to defend that border while we take out Dain), then 2 more filler cities 4E1S of the capital and 4E1S of AHEM Visibility.
* cash rush monuments in cities that don't have them
* when the capital finishes its settler, build the Bambur unit
