Nickzilla
Chieftain
Firstly, I'm sorry about the thread title. I couldn't think of anything better.
Secondly, WELCOME TO THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH! We hope. This is the sequel to my first AAR, which I imaginatively titled "The Nickzilla AAR" you can find that here.
Unlike my first AAR though, this one has a hook. Well, it actually has a few.
HOOK #1 this is going to be played by two humans against AI, instead of the traditional one human. One of them is obviously me, Nickzilla. The other is this man. I belive his name to be Llama, but we shall call him "Hamlet"
HOOK #2 this is going to be our first time playing on Prince difficulty. For the longest time I've played Noble like a baby deer standing for the first time. However, I now feel confident enough to take the plunge into a higher difficulty. Hamlet is much the same, except he's played Prince before. Making him not much the same. hmm.
HOOK #3 we're randomizing almost everything. Civs, climate, sea level... we'd be crazy enough to do map size too (is that possible? I don't know!), but anything other than standard or smaller will make my PC clap out and die every two turns, so that stays on standard I'm afraid.
PREGAME
So with all this in mind, let us begin. Firstly, a quick screen of the lobby.
It... really doesn't show very much. You can't see it, but permanent alliances are on, and speed is Epic.
So which leader am I going to get?
pleasebechurchillpleasebechurchillpleasebechurchill
OMG!!! YESSSSS!!! JUSTICE FINALLY!!!
Nah, just kidding. I really got stuck with this loser:
-sigh-
Trying to make the best of a bad situation, I look up the American unique unit and unique building.
Unit:
Building:
Both very powerful, but both come too late in the game. It's unlikely that we'll be neck and neck in regards to tech with the AI at that stage of the game, so they probably won't come into play. If they do, they should give me a shot in the arm though.
Hamlet's leader will be familiar to anybody who read my first AAR:
AAH! IT'S YOU!!!
Boudica is a pure fighter. See my other AAR for what I think about the unique unit/building.
Given our traits, we should be doing a lot of fighting. Since we're both CHA, stonehenge will be too useful to miss out on. +1 and free culture in all cities? AND great prophet points? Sold to the man that seems to have a crush on Churchill.
But we have to play the map, not the leaders. So here's my start:
wow, another start with a freaky amount of food. This will be another specialist city I think, and since Mr Lincoln is philosophical, that seems like a good excuse to run a specialist economy. That'll be interesting since I've never ever tried one before, and it'll probably fall from the sky in flames. If you were wondering, that's a tribal village hiding in the forest just west of my settler. That's a nice bonus.
Hamlet's start:
hmm. If I got this start, I wouldn't be very happy about it. It has tons of forest, so some wonder chops will almost certainly come into play. Nearby stone means that we'd be fools not to get stonehenge. Aside from that, it's really neither here nor there. There's not very much food and only a few green hills. If it were me, I'd fill the whole lot with cottages and windmills, and then run bureaucracy for a monster commerce capital. Let's see what Hamlet does with it though.
Next will be our first round! Stay tuned!
Secondly, WELCOME TO THE GREATEST SHOW ON EARTH! We hope. This is the sequel to my first AAR, which I imaginatively titled "The Nickzilla AAR" you can find that here.
Unlike my first AAR though, this one has a hook. Well, it actually has a few.
HOOK #1 this is going to be played by two humans against AI, instead of the traditional one human. One of them is obviously me, Nickzilla. The other is this man. I belive his name to be Llama, but we shall call him "Hamlet"
HOOK #2 this is going to be our first time playing on Prince difficulty. For the longest time I've played Noble like a baby deer standing for the first time. However, I now feel confident enough to take the plunge into a higher difficulty. Hamlet is much the same, except he's played Prince before. Making him not much the same. hmm.
HOOK #3 we're randomizing almost everything. Civs, climate, sea level... we'd be crazy enough to do map size too (is that possible? I don't know!), but anything other than standard or smaller will make my PC clap out and die every two turns, so that stays on standard I'm afraid.
PREGAME
So with all this in mind, let us begin. Firstly, a quick screen of the lobby.
Spoiler :
It... really doesn't show very much. You can't see it, but permanent alliances are on, and speed is Epic.
So which leader am I going to get?
pleasebechurchillpleasebechurchillpleasebechurchill
OMG!!! YESSSSS!!! JUSTICE FINALLY!!!
Spoiler :
Nah, just kidding. I really got stuck with this loser:
Spoiler :
-sigh-
Trying to make the best of a bad situation, I look up the American unique unit and unique building.
Unit:
Spoiler :
Building:
Spoiler :
Both very powerful, but both come too late in the game. It's unlikely that we'll be neck and neck in regards to tech with the AI at that stage of the game, so they probably won't come into play. If they do, they should give me a shot in the arm though.
Hamlet's leader will be familiar to anybody who read my first AAR:
Spoiler :
AAH! IT'S YOU!!!
Boudica is a pure fighter. See my other AAR for what I think about the unique unit/building.
Given our traits, we should be doing a lot of fighting. Since we're both CHA, stonehenge will be too useful to miss out on. +1 and free culture in all cities? AND great prophet points? Sold to the man that seems to have a crush on Churchill.
But we have to play the map, not the leaders. So here's my start:
Spoiler :
wow, another start with a freaky amount of food. This will be another specialist city I think, and since Mr Lincoln is philosophical, that seems like a good excuse to run a specialist economy. That'll be interesting since I've never ever tried one before, and it'll probably fall from the sky in flames. If you were wondering, that's a tribal village hiding in the forest just west of my settler. That's a nice bonus.
Hamlet's start:
Spoiler :
hmm. If I got this start, I wouldn't be very happy about it. It has tons of forest, so some wonder chops will almost certainly come into play. Nearby stone means that we'd be fools not to get stonehenge. Aside from that, it's really neither here nor there. There's not very much food and only a few green hills. If it were me, I'd fill the whole lot with cottages and windmills, and then run bureaucracy for a monster commerce capital. Let's see what Hamlet does with it though.
Next will be our first round! Stay tuned!