Spl01 - Noobish Players Try the Concurrent Format

[pholkhero]

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Nothin much to do pre-turn. Of course, rex thought of EVERYthing

Turn 100 (800 BC)
Green Dot finishes: Worker
Splimesylvania finishes: Worker

Turn 101 (780 BC)
Splimesylvania begins: The Pyramids I'm not entirely sure why i chose that except that we had tons of forests there and do have stone. Plus, there's 2 other saves . . .

Turn 102 (760 BC)

Turn 103 (740 BC)
Green Dot grows: 6

Turn 104 (720 BC)

Turn 105 (700 BC)
Tech learned: Bronze Working

Turn 106 (680 BC)
Research begun: Iron Working
Research begun: Compass
Research begun: Metal Casting
Research begun: Machinery
Research begun: Optics
Research begun: Iron Working
User comment: revolt to Slavery
Pantload finishes: The Oracle

Turn 107 (660 BC)
Out of slavery
Tech learned: Metal Casting (w/Oracle)
Pantload begins: Granary
Green Dot finishes: Granary

Turn 108 (640 BC)
Green Dot begins: Worker

Turn 109 (620 BC)

Turn 110 (600 BC)

Turn 111 (580 BC)
Pantload finishes: Granary

Turn 112 (560 BC)
Pantload begins: Forge
Pantload's borders expand
Splimesylvania grows: 3
Old Pholks Home grows: 2

Turn 113 (540 BC)

Turn 114 (520 BC)
Green Dot finishes: Worker

Turn 115 (500 BC)
Green Dot begins: Lighthouse

Turn 116 (480 BC)

Turn 117 (460 BC)
Green Dot grows: 5
Old Pholks Home finishes: Galley I'm sending that north to check out that strip of land ~ maybe barb cities?

Turn 118 (440 BC)
Old Pholks Home begins: Lighthouse

Turn 119 (420 BC)
Pantload finishes: Forge

Turn 120 (400 BC)
Pantload begins: Hindu Temple
Splimesylvania grows: 4

Turn 121 (380 BC)
I whipped Green Dot a bit, the unhappiness will go away there in a turn or two.

 

[pholkhero]

Stupid Imageshack! Attached is our empire. Don't look at if you haven't played...don't even read this post! This means you, Splime!

 

[pholkhero]

egad! somethings wrong w/ALL my pics...well, it ahsn't changed much

 

[Splime]

Stupid Imageshack! Attached is our empire. Don't look at if you haven't played...don't even read this post! This means you, Splime!

huh? I've played already...

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Interesting going for pyramids. I wondering though, what are all the granaries for? Our cities are right near the limit, so they seem to be a waste. If I'm missing something, let me know.

 

[pholkhero]

huh? I've played already...

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Interesting going for pyramids. I wondering though, what are all the granaries for? Our cities are right near the limit, so they seem to be a waste. If I'm missing something, let me know.

i was just kidding...

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i'm old school, gran's are usually one of my first builds, but since they speed up pop growth, good for after ze whip

 

[Rex Tyrannus]

huh? I've played already...

See Splime, Pholk's what we call "drunk". Though certain theories have recently surfaced involving words like "idiot", "nincompoop", and "loser"

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I also agree with Splime about granaries. At least for Pantload and Green Dot. Those cities will grow out of control without them. Splime and Pholk (the cities, not the players) could use a granary, probably.

 

[Splime]

i thought it was some sort of joke... drunk, lol.

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That's what I thought about granaries. I was considering them in my turnset for the health, but we don't have the resources it needs...

Interesting how we both messed up the number of turns. I'm fine with you going for 20, but it looks as though you [accidentally] went for 21... And I accidentally did 16...

 

[frankcor]

Here's my first report. I messed up my first attempt using Autolog (yep, a path error just like the directions warned). I replayed the 15 turns a second time because I had kept no notes the first time.

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Turn 100 (800 BC)
User comment: First, a little micro-managing. Wait, there's nothing here to manage. Well, I plan to work on building more military and cottages. Send Scout at Pantload to explore East coast, then board galley when it's available.
Green Dot finishes: Worker
Splimesylvania finishes: Worker

Turn 101 (780 BC)
Green Dot begins: Worker
User comment: Send Greendot worker NE, start cottage.
User comment: Send Splime's worker E to build road to and mine silver.
Splimesylvania begins: Barracks

Turn 102 (760 BC)

Turn 103 (740 BC)

Turn 104 (720 BC)

Turn 105 (700 BC)
Tech learned: Bronze Working

Turn 106 (680 BC)
Pantload finishes: The Oracle

Wow, I almost never build the Oracle. I forgot how much I liked that movie. You guys are good.

Research begun: Writing
User comment: Copper popped under Splimesylvania. How kewl is that? Switch to Axeman there. Need to build road to river for copper in all cities.
Splimesylvania begins: Axeman

Turn 107 (660 BC)
User comment: Bronzeworking in, choose Metal Casting for Oracle free tech. Revolt to slavery; gonna fashion some whips soon.
Tech learned: Metal Casting
Pantload begins: Forge
User comment: Push science slider to 70%, 1 gold, no loss or gain. Writing in 7 turns.

Turn 108 (640 BC)
Green Dot finishes: Worker

Hmm, growth again in 3 turns, too soon for silver to be online to give us another .

Turn 109 (620 BC)
User comment: Start one Green Dot worker to build road to copper; the other is sent to farm river bend at Old Pholks Home.

Turn 110 (600 BC)
User comment: Start chopping West of Pantload. Will switch to Settler with 2 turns remaining.

Turn 111 (580 BC)
Green Dot grows: 6

Turn 112 (560 BC)
Pantload's borders expand
Pantload begins: Worker
Green Dot begins: Hindu Temple
User comment: Green Dot is rioting. Switch to Hindu Temple and whip some smiles into their faces. Costs 2 population.
Green Dot finishes: Hindu Temple
Splimesylvania grows: 3
Old Pholks Home grows: 2
Hinduism has spread: Old Pholks Home

Turn 113 (540 BC)
Tech learned: Writing
Splimesylvania finishes: Axeman
User comment: I'll park axeman here and start wishing for barbarians to train on. Maybe hop a ride on that galley being built.

Turn 114 (520 BC)
Research begun: Code of Laws
Splimesylvania begins: Forge
User comment: Scout completes sweep of East coast finding only 1 additional fish; resting at Old Pholks Home until galley.
Pantload finishes: Worker

Turn 115 (500 BC)
User comment: Road to Spimeslyvania complete. Axemen can be built in all cities.
User comment: Worker trained in Pantload. Start chopping a Settler there.

Turn 116 (480 BC)
User comment: 2nd chopper started at Pantload. Remember to switch to Settler there next turn.
User comment: Moved GreenDot worker to hill. We need some hammers there.

 

[Rex Tyrannus]

Sounds like a nice turnset. I'll check out the save when I don't have clients complaining for crap I haven't finished for them yet. Damn RL always getting in the way of Civ.

 

[pholkhero]

oh, and I noticed that splime mentioned a cult victory...are we aiming for that?? I thought we left vic conditions as a "To Be Determined" `

 

[Rex Tyrannus]

Yeah, I did a double-take on that too. Then I realized we'd never decided 100%. I still think cultural is going to be tough in this map, but I'd go either way.

Regardless, Splime's choice of not wanting the colossus in Pantload is sound. All your wonders in one city is not good game balance.

If we did go cultural, Pantload and Splime are the obvious first two choices. Can we eek enough hammers out of either of the others?

 

[pholkhero]

well, green dot, w/farms on the flood plains, can nab all three hills there, plus w/whipping, we can get a goodly number of improvements done, but i think we'd need a "True Production City" (TM) as our third....

hmmm...have OTHER religions been founded?? Oh yeah, f'in buddhism....now i remember, f-in a-holes discovering it one turn before me....it's proababy a long shot, but if we can find other civs quick enough and spread religion to them, we may be in a good condition to go for Diplo...

 

[frankcor]

Yeah, I did a double-take on that too. Then I realized we'd never decided 100%. I still think cultural is going to be tough in this map, but I'd go either way.

With a creative civ in a jungle and I'd be very tempted to try. But on a desert island it's gonna be real tough to generate enough commerce or production to convert into culture. You point out correctly that it might be possible in Pantload and Splime but I don't see a third site with enough grassland or floodplains to become good a commerce city.

Regardless, Splime's choice of not wanting the colossus in Pantload is sound. All your wonders in one city is not good game balance.

I'd tend to avoid wonders for now. We could build a better military, instead. We're going to run into neighbors sooner or later. I'd prefer they treat us out of respect rather than treat us like prey.

 

[Rex Tyrannus]

To me, priority 1 is navy. The more contacts we make than whoever founded Budhism, the better chance we have of an all-world religion.

 

[frankcor]

To me, priority 1 is navy. The more contacts we make than whoever founded Budhism, the better chance we have of an all-world religion.

Battleships are my friends.

 

[pholkhero]

My fear is that they are all on one continent, and someone's been busy sending forth little, flaming buddhist missionaries since 3000 bc....

 

[Splime]

OK, voting starts tommorow, I just don't have the time to start today. I'll go analyze tommorow also.

 

[pholkhero]

Submission of save for analysis.

 

[Rex Tyrannus]

Hey Pholk, how'd you change the text underneath your name in forum posts? I've been looking everywhere for that option.

 

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