It's a Mad Mad Scxn Game!

[Julius Brenzaida]

Nice job Bruce
Maybe we should also get a number
Bruce (2)

[Scouse Gits]

I am now playing ... two turns in 4 hours

SG[1]

[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

Originally posted by Scouse Gits
I am now playing ... two turns in 4 hours

SG[1]

Ahhh. Now that's micromanagement. I don't feel so bad for my turns now!

[Scouse Gits]

... and here it is ..

Mad, mad Succession

1863 = Peace with Mongols - they withdraw; Mpondo falls, 138g; [bWest Keltia[/b] founded; East Keltia founded;
1864 = Port Facility, Divine Wind; Sewer System, Dogsbody; Barracks, Daresbury, Hladir, Uppsala,
Zimbabwe; Harbour, Betwixt 2 Bays; SuperHighways, Teotihuacan, Avalon;
1865 = SuperHighways, Camelot, Abingdon; Sewr System, Brenzaidograd; Barb King, 150g; Quinsay falls, 291g; Tronheim falls, Viking government escapes to Kaupang, Colossus is ours, 191g; Oil, Khanbalik-Camelot, 119g; Oil, Guard Hill, 58g; Oil, Celtic Relic, 80g; Rhymney falls, 218g; Celts are no more;
1866 = Heavy assault upon Mpondo - repulsed; Supermarket, Doorstop; SuperHighway, Dogsbody,
Boobooonyou; Bank, Catchyname, Beachyfish; Aqueduct, Betwixt 2 Bays; Stock Exchange, Teotihuacan; Mass Transit, Avalon; Port Facility, Zimbabwe; Spice, Git's Whale-BooBoo On You, 126g; Ibabanago destroyed; Oil, Durance Vile, 192g; Food to Camelot; Several v expensive units had to be bought around Mpondo - exchequer low!; Cloth, Divine Wind, 82g;
1867 = Three Zulu Cruisers die against our vet Cruisers, evil Viking Cavalry decimate two Engineers; Barracks, Mpondo; Bank, Tlatelolco; SuperHighways, Brenzaidograd; Oil, Tlatelolco, 422g; Ngome falls, 283g and {b]Sir Isaac Newton's College[/b] - we now own all Wonders; Wine, Abingdon-Camelot, 170g; Ulundi taken, 157g; Aarhus is taken, 111g;
1868 = MarketPlace, Git's Whale, Celtic Relic; Bank, Durance Vile, Doorstop, Betwixt 2 Bays; Stock Exchange, Dogsbody, Beachy Fish; Barracks, Udal; Ravning Enge falls, 83g; Oil, Booboo On You, 420g; Gems, ->Booboo On You, 100g; Wine, Nanking, 162g; Cloth, Kells, 130g; Silk, Armagh, 414g; Box Full;
1869 = MarketPlace, Guard Hill; Barracks, Ngome; Flight kills Colossus -> Labour Union; Aqueduct, Tlatelolco; Oil, Abingdon-Brenzaidograd, 243g; Git's Port-Abington, 140g; Cork-Abington, 203g; Jarrow falls, 269g; Kazan captured, 265g; Cloth, Kabul, 166g; Oil, Cardiff-Abington, 259g; Dye, Camelot, 60g; Food to Camelot; Bapedi City Walls dropped by intrepid lady - falls to subsequent attack, 263g; Dye, Samarkand, 173g; Oil, Tlaxcala-Booboo On You, 332g; Catchyname-Booboo On You, 84g; Salt, Aleppo, 175g; Gems, Kells, 93g; Silk, Karakorum, 566g; Silver, Carmarthen, 107g; Beads, Kells, 93g; North Port founded; Box Full;
1870 = Aqueduct, Beachy Fish; Bank, Texcoco, Beijing; Mass Transit, Booboo On You; Labour Union -> Miniaturisation; Dye, ->Booboo On You, 80g; Food to Camelot; Swazi falls, 263g;
Gold, Beijing, 91g; Salt, Tenochtitlan, 105g; Gold, Kells, 93g; Oil, Canton-Abington, 197g;
1871 = Stock Market, Camelot; Harbour, Tlatelolco; Mass Transit, Abington; Westness falls, 404g; Isandhlwana captured, 186g; Dye, Kashgar, 172g; Wine, Daresbury, 45g; Copper, Guard Hill-Booboo On You, 42g; Oil, Doorstop-Booboo On You, 116g; Gems, Durance Vile, 34g; Spice, Khanbalik-Booboo On You, 80g; Gems, Samarkand, 173g; Kaupang taken, 498g; Khorasam falls, 361g; Dye, Catchyname, 43g; Silk, Shanghai, 288g; Box Full;

OK - that's me exhausted - I pass the conch ...

Enjoy, SG[1]

[Scouse Gits]

La Fayette, why did you select 'flight' of all things??

SG[1] who put science to zero and traded for every last beaker of that nasty discovery...

[La Fayette]

Colossus has made a very nice job, but we are now so close to the endgame that I don't think it makes any difference.
IIRC I was offered CFC (needless tech in this game) or Flight (that might help us conquer some faraway remaining cities in the very endgame).
I would probably have chosen CFC if we were planning to launch, but we are not, are we?

[Scouse Gits]

Fair enough, I guess, it put a bit of a crimp in my infrastructure program

SG[1]

[Julius Brenzaida]

I know that it is Bruce who should play now
But which one
Not Bruce J I hope ...

[La Fayette]

Bruce J
Don't worry. Bruce Strayb should be coming to power before you.

[Straybow]

Just like Bruce said, it is taking about 2 hours per turn, and that includes 1871 trying to figure out where things were and what's going on. God, I wish there were a way to attach a note to a unit, especially intended caravan/freight destinations. I have high hopes for Xin Yu's management program (wish I could help).

[Straybow]

Not-so-hidden cities

When you get a map from another Bruce (or Shiela) you actually get mysterious updates as time goes by. If a third Bruce builds a city on land that was explored by your map-swapping mate, sometimes the game will give you the location by placing an irrigation grid on the tile (example below).

I'm not sure exactly what conditions must prevail. Does the third Bruce give your map-swapper a map? Does the map-swapper discover the cities by exploration? Whatever the case it is one more thing to watch for while the game develops.

[Scouse Gits]

Good catch, Strayb - have you also noticed that if you left click on a square that contains a (hidden) city the map does not centre??

I hate to say this, but I believe that it was Eyes that first found this one...

SG[1]

[Straybow]

I didn't see it anywhere in the Library. I had mentioned it once some time ago, but I had no saves of the game in which I discovered it for myself. This was the first time since then that I'd had a really good chance to document it.

The non-centering effect is news to me. On the 1871 save you can verify the location of a Zulu city east of Kazan (just above the Buffalo tile) by that method.

[Scouse Gits]

Hey, Bruce - how's the genocide going?

Bruce

[La Fayette]

IMO Bruce Strayb is responsible for the slow and painful genocide (but since he's the boss, either we shut up or start a revolution ).