Superslug: Chieftain attempt #1

[Moonsinger]

Originally posted by superslug
If anything, I thought because of that it would give inflated projections, not lower ones?

For me, it has always been giving me a lower projections. I think it has something to do with my style (since I usually delay the construction of the hospital until a few turn before I enter the modern age).

PS: In my recent emperor game, around 1300 AD, it projected 32K but I ended up with 38K.

 

[superslug]

I may have a deflated projection then, because I still have a number of hospitals to go, probably a few hundred. That'll take a few turns, although not many. I'm up to 7000gpt.

 

[superslug]

I'm in the middle of a shift at work, but I just had an idea that might could net me some more points! My cities along my coastline are packed in almost individual tiles apart, meaning the coastal tiles themselves are already incorportated under my domination limit.

So my idea is this-after I'm done rushing all my hospitals, I should start rushing temples in those towns. I'll get border expansions a few turns later, but the expansion will be into deeper water that shouldn't trigger Domination, right? I mean only coastal ones count, IIRC. Those towns all have granaries, aqueducts, harbors and soon hospitals. I'm potentially ignoring food tiles I can get for 'free'.

 

[Darkness]

That is an option, however be very careful you don't get accidental extra coast tiles inside your borders. Don't forget to sell them again after you've got your expansion...
Sea tiles do not count towards the domination limit, that's true.

 

[Moonsinger]

My simple rule for using the coastal tile: Unless I can grab an extra sea or ocean tile for every coastal tile, I would try to avoid them. Since 1 coastal tile + 1 free sea/ocean tile = 1 grassland. Because it 's usually very tough for coastal cities to grab 1 extra free sea/ocean tiles. For example, usually we have to grab 5 coastal tiles in order to get 3 extra free sea or ocean tiles (5 coastal + 3 sea/ocean = 16 food and 5 tiles count toward the domination limit). On the other hand, it much easier to find 4 plains and 1 grassland which also give a total of 15 foods and 5 tiles count toward the domination limit. Therefore, I usually ignore most non-core coastal tiles (coastal tiles that not near my core cities) these day.

 

[superslug]

I probably should have stayed off the beaches, but I do have almost a hundred cities packed in like sardines there. I've posted a visual aid for what I was thinking about below. With a temple, I could have the town going from having just the X coastal tiles, to also having the Y deeper water ones as well. Given the dozens of towns packed in like this, it might be enough to put me over Eman's score...(of course even if I do I wouldn't be #1 very long )

 

[superslug]

I wonder why the edit page won't let you attach pictures...

 

[superslug]

Heh, who needs sleep?! I'm trying to finish the game today...
EDIT: Not possible to finish today, oh well.

 

[superslug]

My game year is 1884. My score is 4621, with a projection of still around 6650. Hospitals are rushed, so population is growing. Longevity and Cancer are under construction, which will also help. Now I have the ever fun task of abandoning some towns on bad terrain to resettle on better terrain while staying under the Domination limit...

 

[superslug]

I'm almost done with my game, but something happened that I've never seen before, well kind of. I've had plenty of games where I reduced the AI to only one city, but in all those one city turns, they have never called me up and demanded I give them Iron! Actually, under those circumstances, they've never demanded anything...sheesh.

 

[Tacit_Exit]

Originally posted by superslug
called me up and demanded I give them Iron!

Gotta admire the pluck of that AI.

 

[superslug]

 

[Darkness]

Congrats superslug!
You've made the list (at no 3, at least until CB submits his game)...

 

[superslug]

Thanks, Darkness. I am very happy to finally have finished a game all the way through, but I am not happy with that score.

 

[Darkness]

So, try again...
Maybe on a different level as chieftain seems to be attracting a lot of interest lately.

I'm trying monarch level next. Last night I already rejected at least 50 starts, and when I get home from work I'll be going at it again.
I'll start a new thread with a screenie of my start if I find a start I like enough to play it (at least until 10 AD)...

 

[superslug]

Try again? I've already rejected a bunch of maps. I've got my eye on Monarch too, but I don't know if I'll do a thread this go around...

 

[Darkness]

Originally posted by superslug
Try again? I've already rejected a bunch of maps. I've got my eye on Monarch too, but I don't know if I'll do a thread this go around...

Why not? I thought that was an excellent idea. It keeps everyone informed and it's nice to read other peoples ideas and their progress in their games. Besides, if everyone playing HoF games had a thread on their game, it'd give me warning if my scores are in danger of falling out of the HoF.

And lastly, it makes this subforum a lot more lively and fun...

 

[superslug]

Originally posted by Darkness
Why not? I thought that was an excellent idea.

It is an excellent idea, I'll probably just wait until I've covered some ground in the game first before I open a thread. I don't always know by 10ad if I'm going the distance. I have a very bad habit of quitting games...which is one of the reasons I couldn't get into GOTM...well, that and the deadlines.

 

[superslug]

Aeson, even though I have no idea why it wouldn't be legal, I'm just assuming it's okay that I nuked all my own cities on my last turn.

 

[Moonsinger]

Congratulations on your third place Superslug!


PS: I just abandoned my Chieftain game.