The (Second) MGE Sailing Succession game

[La Fayette]

Call me Robinson (or Friday if you prefer) and count me in.

[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

Playlist updated... Jrabbit the and La Fayette Robinson added...

[Old n Slow]

Let me see what tonight looks like...

[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

Okay, some revisions...


Play list:

1. Oldnslow
2. Ben Kenobi
3. SG[1]
4. Sore Loser (skipped if MGE not installed)
5. Jrabbit
6. La Fayette
7.
...

*cough*the 20 turns will go pretty fast considering we have no cities yet*cough*

[Old n Slow]

Where's My Christopher Cross LP?

Sailing will take you away to where you've never been...

4000 BC we wander -- Toynbee claims that the Sailing Sivvers are 7th in tech -- Oh ho so everyone else is in worse shape and had knowledge for compensation huh?

3950 We wander some more...

3800 We settle and found Troy. On the off chance that we might get to work more than one special, we took the extra turn & started to water down the trees. Also this location gives us an option for OCC or ICS (lol).

3500 Discover Alphabet, opt for Code; (we built one Warrior & are working on a Settler.

3200 Barbs land (two Archers) -- they later attack & veteranize our Warrior).

3050 Settler built & Game saved for next player.

Choices -- we can road & irrigate our mighty empire & then combine the settlers back into Troy -- or turn around & found new sites on the corners of our domain; also, we may want to consider early republic (notice that I sidestepped my ususal CB to start) as opposed to monarchy .

Finally do we want Map bad enough to delay improved government? The tradeoff is delaying the use of potential whales vs the extra use from the given spaces.

Given the potential with Barbs & others, I'm up for OCCing this for a while until we see the other land choices.

[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

Re: Where's My Christopher Cross LP?

Very good turns I think, OnS (I didn't download the save, but from your description I can guess where you settled, from what I recall of the map ).

Originally posted by Old n Slow
4000 BC we wander -- Toynbee claims that the Sailing Sivvers are 7th in tech -- Oh ho so everyone else is in worse shape and had knowledge for compensation huh?

3200 Barbs land (two Archers) -- they later attack & veteranize our Warrior).

Good thing you didn't build that second city

Given the potential with Barbs & others, I'm up for OCCing this for a while until we see the other land choices.

That's one way to go. I wasn't sure if you'd take the 2-or 3 tiny cities approach instead.

Ben Kenobi is up...

[Ben Kenobi]

Taking the save.

Time to work out the rust from my lightsaber.

[Ben Kenobi]

Opening the save...

I'm considering running an OCC start, building a settler into Troy once Troy grows to size 2, so we get the jump from size two to three.

Given that this is a Giga-map, we want Trade more than anything else for MPE.

Once we have MPE, we can swap techs with our enemies for Map Making.

What we need for trade:

CoL
Bronze Working
Currency
Trade!

For Republic:

CoL
Writing
Literacy
Republic

So my goal will be trade first, followed by the Republic.



What to build?
Select Warrior, so that we can jump to size 3 without discontent.

20 turns, eh?

Hit enter.

3000 BC

Settlers finish irrigating plains.

2950 BC

Settlers move to grassland to begin working Grass.

2900

Discover Code of Laws!

Options:
Bronze Working
Ceremonial Burial
Horseback Riding
MapMaking
Masonry
Pottery
Warrior Code
Writing

Select Bronze Working on the way to trade.

2850

Settlers finish irrigating bonus grassland, one begins irrigating plains.

2800

Troy finishes warrior, switch to Barracks to build Marketplace ASAP

2750

Settlers finish irrigating plains.

2700

Our settlers, sitting under the pitch dark sky over the tranquil ocean, see a massive comet appear for the first time. The comet brightens to match the moon for close to 50 days. Our sages puzzle the portents provided by the dazzling comet.

2650

Settlers finish building road on plains, start irrigation.

2600

A little child wanders into the forest. Four days later, search parties find the remains of her body washed up on the shore. Not since the dreadful barbarian invasion has one of the tribe died in violent circumstances. Mourners fill the town square, crying for the lost little girl.

2550

Browning, the leader of our settler groups, and third in line from the dictator, decides to search the forest to slaughter any of the beasts that remain. Many of the women worry, since the forest conceals all.

2500

At the suggestion of Dictator Odysseus, Browning orders the settlers to construct a road through the forests, to safeguard future forays.

2450

The men, hacking down a corridor, hear odd noises rustling in the forest, though the noises come no closer.

2400

Cutting down sections of the canopy, the starry sky peers through the forest floor for the first time.

2350

With the collapse of the last trunks, the men cheer as they leave the grim confines of the forest. Although instructed to expose the lair of any beasts, Browning confides that none seemed to remain in the forest.
Satisfied, Dictator Odysseus prepares a feast day to honour the completion of roads and improvements throughout the island. Browning enters town, leaving one group to clear any remaining brush.

2300

The tired settlers rest their shovels, and sleep in the city. Odysseus lays out his banquet for the next morning.

2250

Troy grows to size 2, both settlers enter the banquet, swelling Odysseus to size 4. Switch back to warrior, to keep martial law.



2200

Odysseus builds warrior, now discoveries every 9 turns.

2150

Discover Bronze Working, select Currency.

2100

Odysseus surveys his newly swollen city, amazed at the increase in production from his original village. He considers throwing other celebrations if conditions warrent.

2050

The newly increased garrison decides to hold a sparring tournament in order to sharpen their skills, and entertain the citizens.

2000

Herodotus votes the Greeks as Most Boring Civ after scribes record a two day snooze by Odysseus as the most important news of the day.

[Ben Kenobi]

So much for warming my lightsaber.

Da save.

[Bloody Monk]

Thanks Ben for the delightful log. Very spooky forest!!! And getting to size 4 was well done.

Just a thought for general consideration. Build some boats!!! If you guys wait for MPE to get map making, I think you will be in for a long and boring opening.

Monk settling in the peanut gallery.

[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

Play list:

1. Oldnslow
2. Ben Kenobi
3. SG[1]
4. Sore Loser (skipped if MGE not installed)
5. Jrabbit
6. La Fayette
7.
...

Slow turns, but good work getting up to size 4... although I would have thought Lighthouse would be the one truly essential wonder. But that's why I didn't play all the turns myself

[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

Couple of thoughts.

First, we're going to finish the Barracks before we learn Currency, unless we put some workers on the water. We could get +3 arrows, with the side effect of slowing down the Barracks production. The Barracks, according to BK's log, was something that was intended to be turned into a Market anyway.

I'm still torn up debating whether to build on the NW and SW corners of the island. The upside is that we could have 2 additional tiles worked (assuming Troy wouldn't have hit size 3 without the added Settlers). The downside, of course, is barb attacks - and future growth, of course.

Republic before Monarchy? Could be risky

[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

PS. to Monk - does the map help the peanut crowd any?

[Ben Kenobi]

STYOM:

Lighthouse gives unsinkable boats?



Can't remember the last time I built that wonder.

As for the Marketplace, I did plan to slow the build and work the sea tiles. So the next person will have to keep that in mind.

[Bloody Monk]

Thanks Extremely Old Man

I d/l the save but this is enough bigger that I can make it out better.

Don't think this desert island will/should be the Palace for long. Need boats, Lighthouse and aggressive colonization/exploration to find a homeland. With that thought in mind, Republic is not the gov't for that phase, due to unit disorder. If the OC grows too big under Republic, the shift back to Monarchy will need a slug of Lux on the slider to keep the peeps happy. IMVHO

But the peanuts are freshly roasted and still hot, so I'm looking forward to this game's unfolding developments. So play away my merry lads and let's see what 's what!!

Monk