S-07 The Fishermens' Shuttle

[sunrise089]

I am ALSO unavailable until the 1st or 2nd to play (details here). I suggest putting this game on hold until Soooo returns, but that's up to him and/or the other three players.

 

[r_rolo1]

I agree to postpone this until negy ( can't remember the rest ) cames back, and then discuss what to do. A 3 man roster is doable, but a 2 one is a almost dead game...

 

[dl123654]

Sorry to have to do this but, I would like to warn everyone that I will be going on vacation tomorrow (20th) and will be back 26th. I should be able to find internet (I mean steal ) and will update when this happens. This is a more just in case if I can't find any internet. So if you don't hear from me put me on skip. Sorry.

 

[TheLastOne36]

Lurkers comment: You mean a 1 men roster!

 

[r_rolo1]

^^Please don't mock on me....

Add to last post written by me: .... and a 1-man roster is a walkthrough

 

[negyvenketto]

Strange chain of events
Wait a few days is fine for me. No need to hurry

 

[dl123654]

I'm back

 

[r_rolo1]

Oh well, 3 people for roster again:

sooooo - On Hold
negyvenketto - Up (?)
dl123654
r_rolo1 - Just played
sunrise089 - On hold

 

[negyvenketto]

OK, got it for tomorrow evening

 

[negyvenketto]

Here we go (again )

Diplomacy: agreed

975 BC: The Oracle BIFAL
Amsterdam starts worker, settlers after
The Hague granary->worker->warrior (can't build axe, see next event)

I chose the 1st option, road should be rebuild (worker is there in 750 BC)

Utrecht starts forge in anticipation of Colossus

Research: MC -> Hunting (for ivory camp, Utrecht needs happiness) -> Alphabet (for tech trading). Next could be CoL (religion) or Poly (Temple of Artemis).

After connecting our 2nd cow we can trade it for corn, Utrecht needs it.

The save

 

[sunrise089]

Nice turns....looks like dl123654 is up.

 

[dl123654]

got it

 

[dl123654]

Save

Turn 2:
The Hague warrior to a forge
Utrecht whipped

IBT:
Germany tells us to stop dealing with Incas, say no
China wants OB, say yes

Turn 3:
Utrecht forge to colossus in 24
Confusionism fidl

IBT:
Warrior in capital kills attacking archer

Turn 4:
Copper back, now 8 turns

IBT:
Warrior in north defended against 2 archers and lost the second battle

Turn 5:

IBT:
Germany wants OB, say yes

Turn 6:
Find some marble in the south

Turn 7:
Alphebet done, Math started
Trade France old techs for archers and IW, we have 2 irons 1 square out of our boarders in the north and south

Turn 10:
Settler done, going to site 3, start a forge, can change both

Notes:
Uthrecht will be done in 2 turns
Incas squeezed in on city site 2

 

[r_rolo1]

Sorry .... Got it ( I really thought that I already had posted a got it... ). Will post in a few hours

 

[r_rolo1]

Turn 2 –Collosus done

Spoiler :

Founded Rotterdam in City 3 spot:

Spoiler :

Turn 5 – Finished Maths, research CoL ( 8 turns @ 80% )

Turn 6 – IBT Some good news

Spoiler :

Turn 7 - Border pop in Roterdam reveals island to the west

Spoiler :

State of the world 250 BC

Power

Spoiler :

Thoughs

I marked a possible site in the frozen south with a “City?” sign. Double deer + marble + lake. Not a priority, but it can useful in future ( can surely feed some scientists ).
Utrech is in avoid growth mode because of the cap... may be useful to let it grow unhappy to whip a settler for the north ( I’m getting a little clautrophobic with Capac ). Dotmapping required...
Some units would put our power rating a little more respectable...
One alternate for city 5 spot would be 1 SW
No trades avaliable so far.

Roster

sooooo - On Hold until 30/8
negyvenketto - Up
dl123654
r_rolo1 - Just played
sunrise089 - On hold until 1 or 2/9


And Save

Good luck!

 

[negyvenketto]

Got it, will play and report in a few hours. The city in the south fine for me, but first I would go north and grab as much land as possible without war. There is a rice/ivory/iron spot I would like to take. (At least start a settler.)

 

[sooooo]

Hi guys, I am back to slot back into the roster when needed. I guess I will play after Negyvenketto. Nice to see we have the colossus!

 

[negyvenketto]

Unfortunately I had to report some bad news. Good to see you back, sooooo.

Somebody forgot we can't build cottages, I had to build workshop over it to destroy.

I feel HC has nominated himself as our first target

We got a GM, in this variant we can't lightbulb, I'm leaning towards settle him. What do you think?

Builds:
Amsterdam: Forge->Settler
Utrecht:Aquaduct->Trireme (exploring coastline will give us trade routes) ->Settler->Barack
The Hague:WB->Lighthouse->Arch->Arch->Trireme

Research:CoL->Monarchy (HR for happiness issues + winery)

I stopped in 50BC (and left some units unmoved) to discuss next 2 city locations. I would go for City8 and City5 (1E from its original sign, now on the coast). An aggressive plan could be 1W or NW form City7 & City2. Do we want a war with HC soon?

The save

 

[r_rolo1]

It looks that HC wants business

For me 1 W of city 2 and 1 NW of city 7 is the best we can do ATM

About warring HC... sooner or later? Do we try a late axe/sword rush or we wait for cats?

 

[dl123654]

We can't build city 7, its too close to Incas without razing that city, but do we want to settle one square from the coast?

As for war I would say sooner then later.

Got it will wait for some comments, will play it later tonight.