Seriously Tricky Sticky Game

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by Scouse Gits
Order of Play

Obiwan18 - 15 Turns
La Fayette - 15 Turns
SCG - 12 Turns
SG[1] - 12 Turns
STYOM - 12 Turns
SG(2) - 12 Turns
Hydey - 12 Turns
DrSpike - 12 Turns
Straybow - 12 Turns
-Jrabbit - 12 Turns

There are 10 of us!

After Obiwan18 and La Fayette have started the ball rolling (in the early years you often have little to do) with 15 turns each I suggest the rest of us play 12 during the first round.

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SG(2)

Sounds good......by the time it gets to me 12 turns will be nice and juicy.

Obiwan.

[Ben Kenobi]

Dr. Spike:

Do you want me to play well, or play quickly?


*checks record of the Marquis de Sodaq in the 1st Demo Game*

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by obiwan18
Dr. Spike:

Do you want me to play well, or play quickly?

Both!

[Ben Kenobi]

Tale of the Years:

(15 turns)

Clearly a Mickey mouse game, Scuse Gits!

4000 BC -
Found city, Steamboat Willy on opening city site, specials of Whale and Cod.
Set Steamboat Willy to build warriors for hut tipping.
Hut on far eastern corner.
Opening Tech Choice 3950, select Horseback Riding.
We could probably get most of our techs from hut tipping.

3900,
Discover, Whales, Cod just a few squares away from Steamboat Willy.
Tip hut, Get Horsie! Now we are rolling!

3850,
Decide to head north to build second city. Spot another hut at grid location 55,103 (first hut was at 59,109).

3800,
Tip hut, get barbs. Smite barb horseman, we get a Vet! Steamboat Willy finishes warrior.

3750, spot another whale.

3700, finish Horseback Riding, select writing as the next tech, spot yet another whale.

3650, tip hut at (49,101) 100 gold! Woohoo!

3600, prepare ground for second city, spot another hut.

3550, build second city, Free Willy.
(Two whales in city, 1 square overlap with Steamboat
Tip hut on forest, yet another Horseman! w00t!

3500, nothing but plains and grassland, as far as the eyes can see

3450, spot Wheat special.

3400, spot Whale.

3350, Free Willy finishes warrior, starts settler.
Pop hut, trigger advanced tribe.
Rename city Fantasia. It's not a bad city site on the opposite side of our island. It's a port city, no specials that I can see. I rehome the horse to lower the burden on poor Steamboat Willy.

3300, our scientists finish Writing, and seeing further expansion blocked, researches Map Making.
700 hundred years is enough for me! Onward ho!

Bonne Chance, La Fayette!

And of course,
the save:

[Ben Kenobi]

Spazzed uni comps.

[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

Good turns... except, is MapMaking on the trail to Democracy? If not..

I think we should be very careful with our city sites - but your choices sound good. Can't get too far away from our capital in Despo...

HG anyone?

[-Jrabbit]

Is it just me, or did Obiwan give everyone the Willies?

[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

Originally posted by -Jrabbit
Is it just me, or did Obiwan give everyone the Willies?

I'd appreciate it if all involved kept their Willies to themselves.

[Scouse Gits]

Thanks for starting things off obiwan 18 ... actually Fantasia has a hidden special two squares away to the SW

Monsieur La Fayette your country needs you ! BTW what's the french for willy? (Thinks ... that could be a question better left unanswered )

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SG(2)

[Scouse Gits]

Sounds good - but as it seems we have not gone for super carefully selected four special cities a sleaze might be effective - that way we can utilise all these whales one per city - I didn't go to Doctor Evil School for seven years for nothing

SG[1]

[La Fayette]

Robust constructive criticism: our glorious capital would certainly have enjoyed being founded 2 squares north
Lesson #1: It is very advisable to let your settlers wander before creating your capital (no general rule, but 2 or 3 turns is fine IMO, since it generally provides a hut and a nice view of the surroundings).

2950: Map Making discovered (I think it was a good idea to research it, even if it not on the path to Demo).
We are now researching Currency.
2800: Trireme completed in F.. Willy (if someone can explain Willy to me, he or she is welcome)
2750: Settler completed in SteamBW
2700: Barb uprising, close to FWilly. We rushbuild a horse and a diplo.
2650: Our horseman kills a barb horseman.
2600: Barb horseman kills our warrior.
2550: Our rushbuilt horseman is compelled to destroy the barb king, stacked with the horseman (bye, bye 150g

... it was 'kill or die')

There is a nice big island east of ours. Seems to be unsettled. I play one turn too much. Please, excuse me

[DrSpike]

Good to see it going ok.....keep it up.

[La Fayette]

Originally posted by DrSpike
Good to see it going ok.....keep it up.

Sorry, it is not going OK at all: my savegame has disappeared .
I'm no clever hacker at all: therefore I rather replay 15 turns NOW.

[La Fayette]

Ooooooops: found it

[DrSpike]

I noticed you didn't attach it before because I was going to take a peek. Now I can.