The Sweetness and Light Game

[-Jrabbit]

That statement was a throwaway. Forgive me if it offends, BM.

The question above it is on topic, and still stands.

Oh, and btw, parsng without the qualifer yields a false syllogism.

[Bloody Monk]

Take it to OT, please.


edit: to remove unnecessary material

Monk

[-Jrabbit]

The year is 250 BC and King Bun accepts the mantle. We have 6 cities, all building camels. Clearly, we need navigation skills so we can take them asea. With science at a rate of 36 turns, we flop from70% tax to 70% science. -->> 16 turns. Incremental tickling.

225 BC -- Bush The Mean founded, more tickling.

200 BC -- Audience with Indira, we politely decline her request that we join her war against the Germans. Caravans progress. Gift Monarchy, trade Mysticism and the Wheel to Romans, receive Warrior Code, Iron Working. Though receptive, no map trade. (King Bun wonders if this is a Mac AI thing. )

175 BC -- Green Meanie, Heavens Gate camels completed. Hidden silk mining completed.

150 BC -- Babylonians now a monarchy. We hit 500,000 ppl. Despite giving Iron Working to India, Indira won't trade. Spanish refuse to chat.

125 BC -- Romans now a monarchy. Babylonians nearly complete Pyramids. Hmmmmm... Americans get Construction.

100 BC -- We've got our 200 shields and decide to build... the Lighthouse! (natch) Babs build Great pyramid of Ninevah. Others switch reseach to Great Library.

075 BC -- American capital moves to Philadelphia. First freight camel (gems) complete, awaits trireme.

050 BC -- Herodotus writes blasphemous history, calls us Mediocre! A few turns ago, we were supreme... Top civs are Germans, Americans, Spanish. Babylonians learn secret of The Republic. Trireme sets sail to far-off Madrid.

025 BC -- More of the same... Gift code of Laws to the Babs, but they won't trade -- or even talk.

001 AD -- Babylonian capital moves to Ninevah (presumably to be near Pyramids, where we will, in the fullness of time, bury them all!! )

020 AD -- Unavoidable disorder in Sticky Meanie (won't grow without 3rd worker). Babs now the world's first known Republic.

040 AD -- 2nd trireme prepares to head north to Berlin, Ur, and/or Leipzig -- needs to load 2nd freight before departure. Population now 600,000.

King Bun looks dejectedly about. 12 turns without a tech, when he wanted to set us on course for Mono and Mike's -- critical to early success with no Gardens hanging about.

Considered trading for (and becoming) Republic, but that made me think of Republicans, which made me think of Bush, which is just So depressing... So I just finished up and crashed.

SG Question:
The ruleset states: "No attacking except on Holy Home Continent" and "No military land units... may leave the Holy Home Continent." Was this a pointed commentary on the festivities in Iraq?

Sometimes it just sucks to be an American...

[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

I have the save... I'll take a look at it tonight, probably, and play tomorrow or Sat...

[Bloody Monk]

FYI

For anyone not familar with Rabbit sign...

After unzipping, rename to, for example, me_a40.sav....

Otherwise, it will not be recognized by the game. Some kind of Mac thing You will also need to tick "arrange windows" under view.

It's too bad the hutfinder does not work on the Mac as we have now built two cities one square off. Could be whales or could be fish, but it doesn't matter now. "It will all be okay in the springtime," to misquote slightly, Chauncy Gardner.

Monk

[-Jrabbit]

Save posted

Don't feel I did much worthwhile here. Got us a WoW.
Camel husbandry is our big industry.

Save zipped here.
(BTW, no more need to zip stuff for the rabbits. I can do that myself now. )

Turnlog tomorrow a.m. from the work comp.

STYOM is next.

[Scouse Gits]

Welcome to Obiwan18 and to Old n Slow

Play Order

SG[1]
SG(2)
Bloody Monk
SCG
Bob_Smurf42
La Fayette
-JRabbit
STYOM
obiwan18
Old n Slow

We now have 10 players which seems a comfortable number for this game.

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SG(2)

[-Jrabbit]

Another victim, er, player!
Woo-hoo!

[Bloody Monk]

Originally posted by La Fayette


You are very probably not so old as I am ... and not so slow as SlowThinker is
Hence I bet that [1] will tell us you are welcome .

Well said M La Fayette.

And as for the average question, we are all average; together we all average each other out; and some of us are a lot more average than others...but we are all of us, still learning new things.

As far as I can tell, the only major disqualifier is having a thin skin when it comes to receiving "feedback." Also, one has to be prepared to have a lot of fun.

Monk

[La Fayette]

Originally posted by Old n Slow
any chance of an average player stepping into the mix of things?

You are very probably not so old as I am ... and not so slow as SlowThinker is
Hence I bet that [1] will tell us you are welcome .

[Old n Slow]

Ok I clicked a few exciting buttons -- any chance of an average player stepping into the mix of things?

[-Jrabbit]

[La Fayette]

Originally posted by Scouse Gits
IMHO - next priority is Medicine & Shake's followed closely by Mono & Mike's

IMHO LH comes even sooner...
Anyway the lagomorph is the one going to decide (and he's getting wiser and wiser )

[-Jrabbit]

Downloaded, zipped on work PC, and sent to home comp.
I play tonight.

Note: If this works, it means I will no longer require a zipped .sav posting. (Of course, my Macophilic ways still dictate that my own posts be zips, as macsaves are useless for the likes of this bunch.)

[Scouse Gits]

obiwan - sorry I thought you were already aboard and were exhorting me to move the . You are now in.
LF - great turns - we are now definitely on the way

IMHO - next priority is Medicine & Shake's followed closely by Mono & Mike's, in this strange game The Oracle would not go amiss - we have LOTS of time - for once the science WoWs can take a back seat while we concentrate on growth and the eventual mega income from the tithes provided by the happy WoWs