Sir Bugsy
Civ.D.
Pre-turn Some units havent been moved. Move those.
See were going to need a warrior to escort a settler with these barbs around. I think I send one settler pair towards the hill, and the second can start south along the coast. Id like to upgrade our boats so that they can carry a settler pair, but we dont have a harbor.
Change Copenhagen from a warrior to a harbor.
X-man is the only civ ahead of us. He has Philosophy and wants an arm and a leg for it.
We do know all the civs, so that should help.
IBT Trondheim: Settler=> Harbor (5)
1. 1075 BC -
IBT Bergen: Settler=>Warrior
Babs are building the Oracle.![[party]](/images/smilies/partytime.gif "Party [party]")
2. 1050 BC Since we lost our scientist with the settler build in Bergen, I bump science to 10%.
X-man now has CoL too. He wont sell it.
Portugal now has Philosophy. Henry will sell it to us for 151G. X-man is at 153G.
Id like to get more cash to get a two-fer, but everyone is pretty cash poor. Lets wait a turn or two and see what develops.
IBT X-man demands 30G. How are you going to get here to attack us? Stick it in your ear. The dope declares war on us.
3. 1025 BC -
IBT Our two settler pairs are attacked and we get two elite warriors to escort our settlers.
4. 1000 BC Cleo now has Polytheism. India has Math.
Time for a three-fer.
Buy Math from Gandhi for Writing, HBR & 98G.
Sell Math to Henry for Philosophy & 31G
Get Polytheism & 11G from Cleo for MM, Math & Philosophy.
Sell Gandhi Philosophy for 98G.
So for three techs, we get three more techs & 42G.
Good thing we arent competing in a QSC. Three cities, two settlers, one wonder, 8 citizens, 5 warriors and four curraghs.
The only good thing is that we are a tech leader with only three required techs from the MA.
5. 975 BC Found Reykjavik on the hill by the wheat. Start a harbor. I think we can build about three tiles apart.
IBT Trondheim: Harbor=>Settler
Bergen: Warrior=> Archer
6. 950 BC Start the warrior across to meet the settler.
Found Oslo on the west coast three south of Bergen. Start harbor.
We might lose a curragh to a barb galley.
IBT Our curragh survives. Egyptians are building the oracle. The barbs come over and plant themselves on our wheat.
7. 925 BC -
8. 900 BC Decide that the barbs have got to get off our wheat tile. Attack the warrior with our MP warrior in Reykjavik.
9. 875 BC Kill the barb horse on our wheat. So now we can work it for the extra food.
10. 850 BC -
After action report: Curraghs are headed back home to be upgraded and help with settling. There is one just outside of Trondheim to be upgraded next turn.
I have been building a harbor as the first build in a city. Since it is our lifeline to the rest of the civ, it will be critical.
We are the tech leader. I wouldnt worry about the Great Library, a waste of shields. Although the Lighthouse might be a good idea. That will give us communication across a sea tile and allow us to trade with everyone. Plus it will allow the horses to be shipped home. Right now we can trade with: China and Babylon. The Lighthouse will give us everyone, well as long as the dopes build a harbor. The Persians are the only ones building the lighthouse right now. We could probably do it in Bergen. Or Trondheim.
X-man is being a s***. He still wont talk. We are actually in good shape. If we ever decide to self-research we will be able to crank once we have libraries and universities. Im thinking this variant isnt extremely hard. Just very hard. Hopefully I wont have to eat those words.
Ive attached a screenshot to the next post. I would go for the red dot with the galley next. That will get us horses. The rest are judgment calls.
850 BC Save
See were going to need a warrior to escort a settler with these barbs around. I think I send one settler pair towards the hill, and the second can start south along the coast. Id like to upgrade our boats so that they can carry a settler pair, but we dont have a harbor.
Change Copenhagen from a warrior to a harbor.
X-man is the only civ ahead of us. He has Philosophy and wants an arm and a leg for it.
We do know all the civs, so that should help.
IBT Trondheim: Settler=> Harbor (5)
1. 1075 BC -
IBT Bergen: Settler=>Warrior
Babs are building the Oracle.
2. 1050 BC Since we lost our scientist with the settler build in Bergen, I bump science to 10%.
X-man now has CoL too. He wont sell it.
Portugal now has Philosophy. Henry will sell it to us for 151G. X-man is at 153G.
Id like to get more cash to get a two-fer, but everyone is pretty cash poor. Lets wait a turn or two and see what develops.
IBT X-man demands 30G. How are you going to get here to attack us? Stick it in your ear. The dope declares war on us.
3. 1025 BC -
IBT Our two settler pairs are attacked and we get two elite warriors to escort our settlers.
4. 1000 BC Cleo now has Polytheism. India has Math.
Time for a three-fer.
Buy Math from Gandhi for Writing, HBR & 98G.
Sell Math to Henry for Philosophy & 31G
Get Polytheism & 11G from Cleo for MM, Math & Philosophy.
Sell Gandhi Philosophy for 98G.
So for three techs, we get three more techs & 42G.
Good thing we arent competing in a QSC. Three cities, two settlers, one wonder, 8 citizens, 5 warriors and four curraghs.
The only good thing is that we are a tech leader with only three required techs from the MA. 5. 975 BC Found Reykjavik on the hill by the wheat. Start a harbor. I think we can build about three tiles apart.
IBT Trondheim: Harbor=>Settler
Bergen: Warrior=> Archer
6. 950 BC Start the warrior across to meet the settler.
Found Oslo on the west coast three south of Bergen. Start harbor.
We might lose a curragh to a barb galley.
IBT Our curragh survives. Egyptians are building the oracle. The barbs come over and plant themselves on our wheat.
7. 925 BC -
8. 900 BC Decide that the barbs have got to get off our wheat tile. Attack the warrior with our MP warrior in Reykjavik.
9. 875 BC Kill the barb horse on our wheat. So now we can work it for the extra food.
10. 850 BC -
After action report: Curraghs are headed back home to be upgraded and help with settling. There is one just outside of Trondheim to be upgraded next turn.
I have been building a harbor as the first build in a city. Since it is our lifeline to the rest of the civ, it will be critical.
We are the tech leader. I wouldnt worry about the Great Library, a waste of shields. Although the Lighthouse might be a good idea. That will give us communication across a sea tile and allow us to trade with everyone. Plus it will allow the horses to be shipped home. Right now we can trade with: China and Babylon. The Lighthouse will give us everyone, well as long as the dopes build a harbor. The Persians are the only ones building the lighthouse right now. We could probably do it in Bergen. Or Trondheim.
X-man is being a s***. He still wont talk. We are actually in good shape. If we ever decide to self-research we will be able to crank once we have libraries and universities. Im thinking this variant isnt extremely hard. Just very hard. Hopefully I wont have to eat those words.
Ive attached a screenshot to the next post. I would go for the red dot with the galley next. That will get us horses. The rest are judgment calls.
850 BC Save
. We are researching literature (for what reason???? ) at slow speed. I dont see the point in it. If I am not mistaken, we have been doing so for 21 turns now. Even at this point, switching to the republic seems to be a fair option: 34 turns at 100% science and 2 gpt. Or do we want money?
) I probably thought we should get literature for the Library, but we really don't need that with our trading. So switching to republic is a good call.
