Lizzy's rise to greatness

[mzprox]

One of the safest options is that we move the workers south and start building a cottage for example, move Dio (who is in the city) 1N into the forest, and pull apollo back into the city just in case. This way the pig and horse will be ready one turn later, but hopefully we defeat the barb in the forest. If it moves on the pig we can kill it there.

Other option is to move both warriors on the worker's tile (apollo could move there through that forest, west from our borders). We would have a bit more than 50% chance to win without losses.

[Hercules]

I think I prefer the safest option Mz: Dio to forest, Apollo to city.

move the workers S.

[Calanthian]

I prefer the safest option: Dio to forest, Apollo to city. move the workers S.

[Ben Kenobi]

Can we move the worker to the forest? What are the combat odds?

[Dinner]

Safe sounds good to me.

[mzprox]

I moved the workers and warriors as suggested. I still did not finished the turn because thinking about the best way to develop the capital (choice between working on cottages or not but finishing library one turn earlier).
I moved the wounded warrior into the city and the one heading to apolyton I sent back towards Aurora (I suggest we leave him between the two cities and we can see where we need it.

[Dinner]

I suppose getting the library faster should be a priority but I'd like to hear what others think. Moving the warrior to between the two cities sounds sensible.

[Hercules]

I too would support finishing Library, presumably by chopping. Which forest?

[mzprox]

the middle forest on the plain hill will be chopped into the library anyway, but changing the 2F/4gold tiles for 1F/2Hammer for several turns means losing lot's of gold. This kind of things btw no use to be put on vote. Once I have the time I will try out both and see which one gives the better result.

[Calanthian]

Normally I do the chopping after Mathematics (more return).

[mzprox]

yes, but by chopping that forest now we can finish library two turns earlier, that means mathematics two turns sooner so our other workers will get the increased result from chopping sooner.. i think it's worth that 10 production (20 yield instead of 30)

[Hercules]

yes, but by chopping that forest now we can finish library two turns earlier, that means mathematics two turns sooner so our other workers will get the increased result from chopping sooner.. i think it's worth that 10 production (20 yield instead of 30)

What do we plan our other workers to chop sooner, do you mean a library in Horse city/Istanbul/Byerley.

[mzprox]

What do we plan our other workers to chop sooner, do you mean a library in Horse city/Istanbul/Byerley.

Yes, first there, then in port Boreas too.

I finished the turn. after a long debate with myself i decided that losing the gold from the cottages wouldn't worth a one turn earlier library (this effects many thing btw, need to reconfigure worker moves, production etc.

What needs to be decided is where to build our next city and when.
plan is that Aurora start building a settler after library (next turn) but it will be slow build as we will have two scientist specialists (we may chop in a forest as well)
Capital would build an other worker after lib but also slow as it too will have two specialists. we could also switch these two, or build chariots first etc

[Hercules]

I think a site near the copper next unless we reveal some another/other resource fairly soon.

[Ben Kenobi]

Yes, I agree with Herc. We need to hook up the Copper ASAP, then we can build the BW stuff.

And I support faster libraries and getting Math sooner. Then we can figure out where we want to take things...