PPP for Round 2, Version 1
Screenshots
The plan is to take screenshots of the following items:
F8 VICTORIES
F9 DEMOGRAPHICS
F9 TOP CITIES / WONDERS
Work Boat exploration whenever something interesting appears or whenever I want to ask for help in where to explore next
Turn 51 The Most X (Largest, Wealthiest, etc) Civs of the World (if I remember--I usually dismiss this screen without looking at it)
EDIT: When pausing play, hover the mouse over our Leader's Name in the Scoreboard
I'll try to take screenshots of the first three items every turn, but if I forget, then oh well. I'll also try to remember to manually save the game on each turn so that if I do forget some screenshots and someone desperately wants them, then I should be able to go back and take them.
Steps
I plan to follow the steps laid out in my
OSS Spreadsheet10.zip, which is just a link that points to the same file from a couple of messages ago.
Exploration
I'll do my best to explore the "corners" of islands. See my latest test run's Turn 82, 1950 BC saved game for an example (although I stopped exploring at Turn 74 since the relevance to the real game started to become questionable).
As of right now, I am going to tentatively plan to:
Send WB Explorer #1 east to scout around the Fish then back towards the Stone, then back near the southern part of our Cultural borders, then south-west
Send WB Explorer #2 north then north-east to scout around the Crab and then probably towards the north
Send WB Explorer #3 west, only pausing to explore a tiny bit of the nearby islands before trying to push as far west as possible to see if we can meet any AIs or if we will be blocked by Ocean
One of WB Explorers #1 and #2 will be used for netting for City 2.
This plan is totally flexible... give your feedback if you'd prefer to see it changed.
How long should I play until I pause play?
One suggestion was:
If we stop the next session around T55-58 (Pottery-WB2), we should have a lot more information for making further decisions.
There was also talk about whipping an early Galley if we find an interesting settling location, but I think that our first Work Boat Explorer comes too late. We need to decide on Pottery versus Sailing NOW, and we do not even have Work Boat Explorer #1 NOW.
I think the fact that I was able to optimize Pottery-first in order to save 1 turn on getting City 2 set up should help assuage anyone who wanted an earlier City 2. Anyone who is not convinced should refer to LC's production-comparison table of whipping with and without a Granary.
So, in other words, we don't need to stop play in order to decide if we should get an earlier Galley--this option is off of the table.
Therefore, I guess I will just pause play and upload a screenshot whenever I find anything interesting, such as a new Resource that might influence our settling location. Getting this info won't necessarily matter, since we won't be settling until many turns after we discover this info, but it will probably be MORE FUN to follow the turnset if you get periodic screenshot updates, so that's what I will plan to do!
EDIT: Pause play on Turn 56, 2600 BC, when Work Boat Explorer #2 (WB #4) is completed (as per Mitchum's suggestion).
EDIT: Pause play on Turn 67, 2325 BC, a few turns before starting on Galley 1 (as per Mitchum's suggestion).
EDIT: Pause play on Turn 70, 2250 BC, when we learn Sailing. This way, we can decide on which tech to research next and still can change our desired City 2 settling location (as per mdy's suggestion).
When is my turnset over?
That part, I'm not sure about yet. Thoughts? On the turn that City 2 is settled? Up until Turn 82 since we've tested that far so thoroughly? On some other specific turn or after some other specific event?
Anything else?
Let me know if I missed anything.
Also, if I need to make updates to the PPP, is the expecation that I will edit this message or just repost the updated contents of this message as a new message?