SHWH01 - Iroquois Tree Huggers

[gmaharriet]

Turnlog continued from Turn 7:

7. 420ad - worker moves, galley explores. Swap P Pine to MW just in case the English galley (probably with settler) thinks our lightly defended core looks appealing, but will probably change production to settler if the English head for the island south of Bald Cypress.

IT - Maya ask us to move our galley...sure. Cottonwood worker -> worker. Lose citizen to disease in Palmetto. Sumac City galley -> market

8. 430ad - head some of our MW's back toward our core. worker moves.

IT - English galley continues westward. Rowen Tree rax -> court. Lose another citizen to disease in Palmetto.

9. 440ad - Furs are now connected to our trade route. Change all the builds in ex-England to workers.

IT - Mayans complete the GLight.

10. 450ad - worker/unit moves.

Afterturn report: Not much happened the last few turns beyond worker moves, trying to connect towns and set up for swamp drainage. Feel free to change any builds. Our settler is currently in Lodgepole Pine and headed for the bend in the jungle/river between Cottonwood and White Birch, but could easily be sent elsewhere.

5 MW's are near Cottonwood and headed toward our core to discourage an English settler landing, though last I saw their galley disappeared south and our local galley is headed S/E to meet up with MW's.

We are still up lit on all the other continent's civs, and the Maya are down Currency, Republic and Construction. Only Arabia has any gold.

Here's the save. Pix to follow.

 

[gmaharriet]

450 AD - Our core

450 AD - Eastern Empire

450 AD - Foreign Lands

 

[Whomp]

Nice set GramH! I will do my best to continue the momentum. Got it.

 

[SimpleMonkey]

5 MW's are near Cottonwood and headed toward our core to discourage an English settler landing, though last I saw their galley disappeared south and our local galley is headed S/E to meet up with MW's.

Discourage her? We want Liz to land in our territory. We have a present waiting for her.

 

[gmaharriet]

Discourage her? We want Liz to land in our territory. We have a present waiting for her.

Um, yes, that would be great, provided we have that present available. Some of our towns are undefended and the escorting spear could just walk right in.

 

[Whomp]

Pre-turn: It's quite a treat to follow Gmaharriet. I only change a couple things due to variant. Mines and irrigation are a no no so I move some citizens to water tiles or unmined roads. Decide a couple builds might need to shift like Douglas Fir can't grow without a harbor so switch from a market. Ponderosa Pine needs a harbor too. Rowan looks like a good FP site.

Red Oak, Staghorn Sumac and Sumac City look like a few of our powerhouses. Move lux to only 10%. I think I'll go barb hunting for gold and promotions. I also disband some reg warriors and spears for shields since our unit support is 48gpt.

IT English plant on a 2 tile island. Phew. Arabs start Sun Tzu. Doh...somehow I let English Pine set fire.

460Price is coming down on lit by the Arabs so I sell it for 8gpt and 15g. Short rush some stuff and throw some rocks at the english galley but miss.

IT What will we do? GLib. Gone. Oracle. Gone. Another wonder. Gone.

470 Lose an elite but take the city back. Do a little rushing.

IT English galley runs
480 Move and short rush. A bunch of ducts will finish next.

IT She's a runner...
490

IT we learn Mono
500 Arabs are getting educated. They're at tech parity. Rushing.

IT English galley heads north.
510 Common Hop Tree established. Hit the galley with rocks this time. Rushing.

IT
520 Finally land on the English island. Throw more rocks and redline the galley.

IT Galley hides
530 Vet MW gets an arrow but takes a spear. Elite retreats but weakens another. There's a 3rd spear. Land more stuff.

IT
540 Shoot...Lose an elite but take another spear.

IT What the heck...
550 DANGIT!(tm Scout)

Well I think that's the first time I've ever seen this....it's so... how do you say MoM like...

OK well thanks. We rename the place Pignut Hickory

Summary
Noone to whack....well...sort of. Most of the turns were workers cutting jungles and marshes along with some rush builds.

 

[SimpleMonkey]

Whaa?? How did Liz have so many troops on an island that she just settled? And did you finally take it with a catapult???

 

[Whomp]

There were 3 spears and a archer but then their boat left harbor and took the spear and archer with it.

There was a MW underneath the cat. Sorry for my twisted sense of humor but Coventry is now Pignut Hickory.

 

[Sir Bugsy]

Well done Whomper. Two down. Three to go. We'll need a navy to go much farther.

 

[scoutsout]

Two down. Three to go.

@Bugs: Did you forget that our Brave and Noble Protectors of the Trees have already vanquished the Celts?

 

[Admiral Kutzov]

Me gots it. tomorrow

 

[Sir Bugsy]

@Bugs: Did you forget that our Brave and Noble Protectors of the Trees have already vanquished the Celts?

Yes I did. Score: three down, three to go. We need to hurry to a strong navy so that we can stop the ravishment of mother earth and save the sacred trees.

 

[SimpleMonkey]

To that end -- the invasion and reclaiming of lands across the big sky waters -- should we push to get Astronomy sooner rather than later? It would kill the GLib, but at this point we don't really need it for catch-up. Just a thought. I suppose we could always transport cavalry and cannons by galley instead.

 

[Sir Bugsy]

Galleys might sink. We can't afford that.

 

[gmaharriet]

There were 3 spears and a archer but then their boat left harbor and took the spear and archer with it.

Are we absolutely sure the witch is dead? No settler hiding down in the hold?

 

[Whomp]

Yep Lizzie's done. They were kind enough to leave a slave and I was so stunned when I saw it I didn't think to sink the injured boat before I walked into the city.

 

[Admiral Kutzov]

Well, this is whacked and apparently I can't count. sorry for the delay, Igor had baseball last night, now 5-0 with 2 saves, doesn't throw curves or sliders.

There simply wasn't much to do. so had the peeps do the bunny breeding of workers and chopped marsh. I probably should have started a prebuild somewhere, but, hey, I'm an idiot. Just built the bank.

Rivals still alive = 4

Moved the boats a bit.

http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads11/Hiawatha_of_the_Iroquois,_640_AD.SAV

Leave strategic type thinking to next (much) better player

 

[scoutsout]

(drumroll...)

...and the award for the world's shortest turnlog goes to...

"Got it." Though I have no idea what to do with it.

@AK: I think it's time you got a new nickname. Maybe I'll borrow the theme from the Ogalalla Sioux. They had a warrior who was called "Man Afraid of His Horses.

Sounds funny, doesn't it? His full name was "Man who is so fierce, his enemies are afraid even of his horses."

Or something like that.

...sooo... in the tradition of one of the greatest North American Nations, I hereby dub you:

"Admiral who can't lose his boat."

Translated, the full name is:

"Admiral, who can't lose his boat, because you can't lose something that must be dug up and found in the first place."

 

[SimpleMonkey]

Well, you could plant some trees, I suppose.

 

[Admiral Kutzov]

we don't have that tech yet