O Sole Mio Succession Game

[La Fayette]

... and La Fayette will play ASAP
(let us say tomorrow)

[Scouse Gits]

Played yet?

Stu

[La Fayette]

Sorry, I played but forgot to post the save

Here it is

(log tomorrow)

[La Fayette]

Main events:

Commodities delivered:
3 Hides to Sverdlovsk = 626g each

Techs discovered:
Bank, Astro, Demo, Physics.

Revolution in 1570.

(savegame posted previously )

[Scouse Gits]

I have the game - will play now ...

Stu

[-Jrabbit]

@ La Fayette --

FYI, I believe The Institute offers a remedial course in Turnlog Writing...

[Bloody Monk]

Originally posted by -Jrabbit
@ La Fayette --

FYI, I believe The Institute offers a remedial course in Turnlog Writing...

I think he has used the modified French haiku style.

Monk

[Scouse Gits]

The Game Starts Here!

1580 - We are ridiculously rich - why? Galleons would be nice - celebration beckons; Despatch Beads van towards Kyoto;

1590 - Build caravan, spend money
1600 - Leo's Shop; Nice new ellie kills Barb Chariot; spend money
1610 - Mike's Chapel; start Granary
1620 - Beads(d)-Sverdlovsk, 660g
1630 - Granary completed; Economics->Magnetism; spend money
1640 - Lady Liberty; Now size 21
1650 -
1660 - Beads(d)-Kyoto, 186g; Russians: we gift Physics they donate 250g;
1670 - Caravan outside Vladivostok pauses as Science box nearly full; Prepare for celebration
1680 - Magnetism->Chemistry; Gold(d)-Vladivostok, 895g - no commodities freed
1690 - WLCD starts
1700 - Bribe Japanese Gems caravan, 450g;
1710 -
1720 -
1730 - Bank, Chemistry->Gunpowder; swap Magnetism with Russians for Gunpowder;
1740 - start research of Leadership; Barb Frigate sinks (empty) Galleon;
1750 - hut yields 100g; now size 26 ; and at this magic date I pass the orb and sceptre of state ...

Think I have left things fairly orderly - Settler is completing the Road to Japan - can't imagine why

Stu

[Elephant]

Shall we discuss how to unblock commodities, or is it fun time?

[duke o' york]

Don't you have to move the city so that the terrain surrounding it is different?
Alternatively you can get the city captured by another civ.

[Old n Slow]

Re: The Game Starts Here!

Originally posted by Scouse Gits
1580 - We are ridiculously rich - why?
Stu

You're welcome -- when I see hides repeated in an OCC (especially when demanded elsewhere) -- I put camel making as the #1 priority

Since we are now at 1750 AD, STYOM has the first opportunity to shift out of OCC.

Ten turns please.

[La Fayette]

Originally posted by -Jrabbit
@ La Fayette --

FYI, I believe The Institute offers a remedial course in Turnlog Writing...

What would you say if I asked anyone to write his next log in french?

(what happened is that I wrote my log on a sheet of paper that I lost before having posted, ... keep quiet though: I know I should use Notepad or the like )

[-Jrabbit]

Originally posted by La Fayette

What would you say if I asked anyone to write his next log in french?

I wrote my log on a sheet of paper that I lost...

I figured it was either that, or the dog ate it.
(Actually, we are brethren in this. I find it simpler to write longhand notes as well.)

As for writing my next log [I]en francais,[/] I'm willing to try, but would need help with the names of military units and white goods.

[Elephant]

All you'll need is:

le "Japanese": finis!
le "Mongols": finis!
le "Rus": finis!
le Anglais: finis!

duke o'york: Unblocking commodities is an art, but does not necessarily require terrain mod or city movement. If any of the three commodities is not listed in the Trade Routes, it can be unblocked. Keeping it unblocked just requires delivery to a city that will not disturb one of the existing routes. See Solo's Early Landing Guide for the details, but the fundamental technique for OCC play is called "Wonder Bread" (make a food caravan, switch to any Wonder, "cash in" the food, if the unblocking is successful switch back to caravan and RushBuy as necessary to complete same turn).

[okosling]

>1700 - Bribe Japanese Gems caravan, 450g

Re-homing caravans is considered a cheat, but bribing one is OK? Presumably this will re-home it, unless it becomes a NONE? Is it OK to re-home a food caravan if you want to use it to build a wonder you don't have the tech for yet and the city supporting it is about to be captured (i.e. no attempt to gain an improper advantage)? Is it worth paying 450 gold for a caravan anyway?