SGOTM 23 - Turbo Ants

[LowtherCastle]

You're right, I need to chop the 2nd forest into Paris and let SQ have the copper.

Here's another logistical catch. T113 Fredburg galley takes 2 amphibs, T114 drop them into London from Lon-se. Then T115 how do the FC knight and the SQ cat both board?

If SQ finishes the cat on T114 (requires copper), then with a road at Paris-3n1w, it moves to Par-3n. Then boards the galley on T115 at Par-4n1e, galley moves to CEB-nw and the FC knight boards.

 

[LowtherCastle]

OMG...shows I haven't been playing on normal speed for a while. I thought wkshps were 5 turns. They're 6 That ruins all my plans.
In my defense, it was the Fredburg worker that tricked my by having 5t workshop.

Glad you figured that out.

But don't exaggerate. I think we're close to working it out the way you want it.

 

[WastinTime]

Ok, yea, with that extra citizen, FC is fine.

RE: unit boarding...
SQ cat and FC knight both board inside CEB. CEB-nw is engligh.

 

[LowtherCastle]

RE: unit boarding...
SQ cat and FC knight both board inside CEB. CEB-nw is engligh.

D'oh! SO no roads needed norht of SQ. That's excellent.

 

[LowtherCastle]

Worker-Truns

T111 chop(Par), chop(opo), 3x wkshp
T112 2x chop(opo), 3x wkshp,
T113 2x chop(opo), 2x mine, 1x wkshp Par-ne
T114 5x wkshpPar-ne

Paris: 32+2+7(+cu)+15(+cows+wkshp)
FC: 13+17+20(+2nd cit)+20(-2nd cit)
SQ: 18+18+14(-cu+cit)

T115 maybe 1 wkr goes to mine FC-2e1n, the rest go toward Fredburg.

Do we want to road the CEB mines too?

 

[LowtherCastle]

We'd need to bend over backwards trading tech to squeeze out 2 upgrades this turn (I was wrong earlier). So just one unit gets it.

I wouldn't upgarde any unless you really need it. Churchill and KK don't, imo.

 

[WastinTime]

I still wasn't planning to chop 2nd in Opo

 

[LowtherCastle]

What are the other galleys doing? shortcut for knights to Istanbul? Prevent barbs spawning North of Persep?

Transport units to Sal.

Goldrush: improve the 2nd gold so we can work it in 8 turns? or just work the incense and send the worker to Jerusalem. Gold is a lot better.
Send the 2nd worker to Jerusalem

Worker-turns are valuable. We should be roading/mining as much as possible. Those same (gold) mine hammers could be producing more hammers at Jerusalem or Istanbul, for instance, much closer to the fronts.

 

[WastinTime]

no useless roads yet. I like your plan. allows good movement to fred.

 

[WastinTime]

Transport units to Sal.

no suggestions for the short term?

 

[LowtherCastle]

I still wasn't planning to chop 2nd in Opo

The Knight has to be done in 3t: T114. We sure are throwing away a lot of coins working citizens and forests.

Oh man, I'm an idiot. Oporto-2w1n Mine: 4t means with the chop. I wasted a chop. Could have just finished the mine.

Still could.

 

[LowtherCastle]

Two-chopping Oporto allows us to finish the granary this turn and the knight on T114. That allows Oporto to grow and build wealth or research or a settler. We could even leave a worker behind to finish those mines and road other nearby hills.

Food for thought.

Edit: No. The granary is useless. Oporto will only grow to pop5, then stop. pfft pos aqueduct

 

[LowtherCastle]

no suggestions for the short term?

Get galleys in place. Beat down on Sal asap. He's got lots of nice workers somewhere.

 

[LowtherCastle]

Reminders:

1. T112 we can cancel metal deals.
2. We'll need jungle roads to the ne of Gandhi.
3. KK has a warrior at Munich-3e.
4. Gandhi has an archer next to our spear in South Africa. Promote to cover?
5. I would have moved both workers to Bombay-sw to road next turn. After capturing Bombay, we might be able to snag workers at Bombay-ne and even Bombay-n2e, if we don't use our Medic to capture Bombay.
6. Sal has an archer+chariot pair at Rostov-nw.
7. Paris-2s also has a 1t chop.
8. Beware of some city losing its Representation 3.
9. Also, on T110, Gandhi had an un-escorted settler facing se at Bombay-2s1e.
10. 40 unowned tile per barb unit on Monarch. I estimate 160-200 unowned tiles, so at least 4-5 barbs are spawnable, if not already roaming somewhere. One is likely to spawn to the south of Delhi this IT.
11.

 

[LowtherCastle]

More:

11. Move both spies toward Hamburg. First for Hamburg, the second for the sheep. Unless you decide to go for teh counter espionage.

 

[LowtherCastle]

Basra has not grown to pop2 yet, so it will auto-raze. Not sure if Najran has grown to pop2 yet.

 

[LowtherCastle]

I don't think the axe at Persepolis-ne needs to block the barbs any more.

 

[WastinTime]

Now I'm wondering... why send all those workers to Fred. Fred has some workers and won't need much help 5 turns from now.

Fred is also not closer to the action than Canal or even Athens. Especially if you think about Sal and the ferry boats.

 

[LowtherCastle]

Actually, he probably does.

 

[WastinTime]

The Knight has to be done in 3t: T114. We sure are throwing away a lot of coins working citizens and forests.

Oh man, I'm an idiot. Oporto-2w1n Mine: 4t means with the chop. I wasted a chop. Could have just finished the mine.

Still could.

but we can still 2 chop and 1t mine. So you didn't waste a turn, right?