Vikings: 1752

[mrboo123]

Looks like there just as weak as the Carths (maybe even weaker! ) But I can't juge a civ without a emissary! So thats what he need!

[mrboo123]

You have 3 days and, There homeland:

[cavebear]

We need an embassy with the Vikings. Maybe they have a lot of cities in the black area to their East or maybe they are just getting killed by the Mongols. We need to find out.

They don't look like they are worth sending Caravans to, though. But let's stay peaceful until we learn more about them.

[geoffrey arnold]

No we must distroy them ,crush or at lest find out how big thay are and then Geniside

[Earwicker]

Since it looks like they might be eliminated by the sweeping mongol hordes, make peace with them by gifting tech, maybe military units. This allows us to continue with purple's key-civ status and distracts the Mongols' attention with a nearer, more robust foe. If the Vikes et eliminated, the Mongols could start moving on to some else (us, for instance).

[atawa]

Why not gift them gunpowder?

[JCP]

Originally posted by atawa
Why not gift them gunpowder?

NEVER !

[JCP]

Of course, ambassy first !

[cavebear]

Originally posted by JCP

NEVER !

The Celts already have it; it will get traded around as soon as the pacts against us start (which should be soon).

[atawa]

Thats good, it means that there will be 7 civ's for a long time to come

[cavebear]

Actually, on a second reading of the "Key Civ" thread, it would not matter if the Vikings in our game were eliminated. It would only matter if the Mongols were, and that does not seem likely.

Explanation: If the Vikings were our Key Civ and were eliminated, their tech number would reduce to zero and our research rate would skyrocket because of the difference in quantity of techs. In our last game, the Indians (purple) were almost the last to go (we were "supreme"), so we were fortunate about that. In the future, we should pay attention to the purples (since we are almost certainly going to be "supreme" most times)!