Seriously Tricky Sticky Game

[Scouse Gits]

Originally posted by Six Thousand Year Old Man
We ARE going to repurchase a Palace? If not, I thoroughly recommend it

Yes you are STYOM ... a huge one with a Maple Leaf over the main entrance

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

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SG(2)

[Scouse Gits]

I trust you can all distinguish between the kind, mild-mannered, friendly poster that is SG[1] and the feral monster that is my alter ego once at the rei(g)ns of the game

SG[1] - not at all foaming at the mouth or elsewhere

[Edit - to include the pun that I didn't see until rereading]

[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

I have the save - should be able to play it tomorrow, or Sat at worst.

[-Jrabbit]

Don't worry, SGs. By now, I'm sure you've both gotten your minds around the fact that anything negative is blamed on the "not you" SG. and of course, for anything profoundly positive, you're the [1] (or (2), as the case might be) who get the credit.

It must be great to be a Git!

[DrSpike]

Tbh it's a classic ploy. You both share a post count of double what you would have had by yourself.

You can even have conversations with yourself and get +2 for each +1.

I want to build the SG wonder and get doubled +1's!

[La Fayette]

Apart from insulting and murdering all predecessors, this looks like a peaceful and constructive reign. We shall bury you in the gardens after murdering you later on.
Long live New Capital!

[Bloody Monk]

Re: The Rabid Reign

Originally posted by Scouse Gits
The Rabid Rodent claims the Imperial Throne by right of arms, the four other contenders now lying in a bloody heap in the Palace, and howls in anguish. His incisors gnash and foam spills from the corners of his mouth as he surveys the chaos that is his Empire.

Despite his best efforts as an Imperial Advisor, the Gardens have not been started and now a couple of civs have started on the Pyramids our nation is behind in the Wonders race - our cities are misplaced, we have no discernable infrastructure to expedite the build. Drastic measures are called for.

His first instruction to the nation is that his predecessors should be burnt in effigy in every city square - uncontent with this, he orders their tombs violated and their decaying heads displayed on pikes at the gates to Steamboat Willy.

Our Nation needs the Holy Gardens for survival!

"We will have the Gardens, or you may have my head!"



Enjoy, SG[1]

Ah, yes...the ever genteel, understated, somewhat droll, somewhat ambiguous prose of the British.

The dreadful incisors are fearful; but the rapier wit and slashing tongue are more incisive by far.

Well said, [1]!!

And well played.
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Monk

Contemplating the beauty of all these pretty flowers

[Ben Kenobi]

Well played, SG[1]!

Is it still possible for us to get the Pyramids as well, or has it been built by one of the AI civilisations?

As for your rapier wit being a British trait, I remember that old anecdote about British explorers. Understatement being the norm, you would have to send another expedition, just to confirm the findings of the first. You wouldn't want to lose a ship if the vast cliffs of Antarctica and the turbulent seas were just a spot of trouble after tea

[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

Whaddya know, I had a free hour and played


1250 BC: Wicked Lord STYOM takes over the Kingdom. First order of business is to rename New Capital to Magic Kingdom. Unfamiliar with the concept of being a Despot for a long time, STYOM then consults his advisors on the pros and cons of Despotism.

The major pro - no unit support beyond city size. A size 8 city would have 8 free units - even better than Monarchy.

The advisors then suggest "Try to switch to a Monarchy as soon as possible." STYOM frowns and has them beheaded.

In gratitude for being gifted the lovely Garden, STYOM has a wax effigy of SG[1] crafted and placed in the front hall of the soon to be defunct Palace. (The actual corpse is buried beneath the foundations of Palace, V. 2.0)

STYOM notes that our cities are poorly defended and the science rate is a dismal 13 turns/tech. We need Republic/Wheel/Banking/Construction/Engineering/Invention to get to the promised land of Democracy.

First order of business is to get better defenders, particularly if the Romans are wandering around our lands - the map suggests they are, since it's a cinch our Trireme didn't make that trip Wheel is to be chosen next, since chariots will be our best units for offensive defence, pre-Democracy.

Second order of business is to maximize arrows/shields. We want the new Palace ASAP! We want more science ASAP! Since it's not a wonder, we're loathe to use Caravans on Palace building, but we will if we must. Hopefully, we can put some Caravans away for MPE as well.

1250: No changes to anything.
Population now 200,000

1200: Road started near Middleton. We contact Romans and they declare war before we say a word! We're spotless... what did you say to them last turn SG[1]?
Fantasia production switched to Horsemen - we don't want to be caught with only a Warrior out here if the Romans show up.

1150: Aha, there's the Romans at (52,108) - a safe distance from our core cities - and we have Horses there if needed.
Horsemen in Fantasia>Settlers

1100: Romans edge closer, and our Horsemen from Magic Kingdom dispatch their Horsemen.
Science now 11/tech due to some worker rearrangement.
We say hello to the Romans... they tell us to p1ss off - yup, still Spotless

1050: Settlers in SteamboatWilly>Horsemen
Tomorrowland founded near the last Whale on homeland shores>Horsemen.
Science 12/tech; workers rearranged,
Contact Romans - still war.

Chinese start Pyramids.

1000: Not much of consequence.

975: Settlers in Middleton>Horsemen; Settlers in FreeWilly>Warriors
Republic discovered>Wheel. Insincerely, STYOM affirms that 'Despotism is working out fine'.
NeverNeverLand founded>Warriors
Contact Romans; they ask for 50g>war.

950: Roads are built towards Magic Kingdom with the intent of growing the city.
Roman Archers spotted near Tomorrowland! Production there switched to Horsemen and rushed. Horsemen from Fantasia move out along the handy road in support.

925: Our Fantasia Horsemen attack the Archers and die; Tomorrowland Horsemen kill Archers
(STYOM kicks himself - this is one instance where it might have been better to build a Phalanx?)
Fantasia production changed to Horsemen; Tomorrowland starts Warriors.

900: FreeWilly Settlers added to Magic Kingdom. Science 11/tech.

875: Magic Kingdom celebrates.
Romans demand 50g again>War
Tomorrowland Horsemen rehomed in Fantasia and production there changed to Settlers.
Warriors in FreeWilly>Settlers

850: Settlers in EuroDisney>Horsemen
Warriors in NeverNeverLand>Settlers
Roman Horsemen appear near FreeWilly Our FreeWilly Horsemen dispatch them.

825: Nothing of consequence. Science 10 turns/tech.

STYOM hops on a fast horse to get out of town, lest he suffer the fate of his predecessors.

Not much of import this time around - couldn't get much done due to the pesky Romans. I left a few options open: My successor can rush the Palace in Magic Kingdom by disbanding a Horseman, and I didn't talk to the Romans this turn - they may offer peace again.

The plus side is the tech rate is down and we need only 5 techs to change to Demo - the minus side is that we may be in poor shape to do that. No infrastructure in place to speak of, except that I've been roading up the shielded grass to pick up arrows.

[Scouse Gits]

Hi STYOM ... any chance of you posting the save file?

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SG(2)

[DrSpike]

Maybe it's not a record of the turns but his carefully considered plans.

[SCG]

Re: The Rabid Reign

Originally posted by Scouse Gits
His first instruction to the nation is that his predecessors should be burnt in effigy in every city square - uncontent with this, he orders their tombs violated and their decaying heads displayed on pikes at the gates to Steamboat Willy.

I certainly thought the cities were horribly placed when i started, but did try and get to Trade with what i had to work with, and once i had trade, i would have started the HG if i hadn't paused to read our threads about more cities And i did after all, have all units being built in case my successor decided to make them caravans

*Pauses to think, maybe i shouldn't have started researching trade? would i have still found it from the hut?* Should i have founded cities on the forest to get the 2 sets of 2 whales? I didn't think to build where New Capital is, although i would really have wished to have seen it founded there initially - several other cities would have fell right into place if it had been...

*thinks again* I bet i really would have ticked him off if i hadn't started researching trade But did i really do that bad?

[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

Originally posted by Scouse Gits
Hi STYOM ... any chance of you posting the save file?

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SG(2)

I can now, hopefully - the last time I tried I got the dreaded 'This page cannot be displayed' message.

Hopefully this will give the masses something else to complain about!

[Scouse Gits]

SCG ... don't take anything to heart on these threads ... particularly succession games. The Gits have already been sneak attacked by evil old Spiky (must have a man to man ... or even warrior to warrior ... talk with that guy some time )

Succession games are a chance to enjoy civ in some dubious company. The Sticky Mouse Academy expects all its members to have thick skins before they sign up. Remember the opposition is the AI but the enemy is your fellow players. (Apologies to Winston S. Churchill for the altered quote)

Let's all carry on enjoying this game which is seven years old this month.

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SG(2)

[Bloody Monk]

SCG,

Do you remember the line, "Jane, you ignorant slut!!" (Ackroyd to Curtain in SNL version of Crossfire, circa 1977ish)

The important principle here is to have fun while, maybe, learning, remembering things about the game; and being outrageousness is part of the sport.

"It's not personal, Sonny; it's just business."

Monk