The Sweetness and Light Game

[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

Re: Wondering About Wonders...

Originally posted by -Jrabbit
In 550 BC (iirc) we discovered Pottery, selected for study by Bob_Smurf42 in 800 BC.

In 350 BC (iirc) we completed Marco Polo's Embassy under leadership of La Fayette.



That was me. When the LH was built, the Gardens were not available. No turnlog notes on who got it, or when.

Clearly, it's our duty to make superior use of the WoWs we have. Does no good to whine about the ones we don't...

Ahhh, sorry, Jrabbit. Didn't mean to falsely accuse you.
So HG was built during La Fayette's reign... or in the reign of someone in the interim.

We should keep turnlog notes on this stuff Not that we can do anything about it... but so that we can know who to criticise with extreme robustness and constructivity

[La Fayette]

I am probably guilty for not having written who built HG when the AI completed it.
I don't feel guilty at all neither for having chosen MPE, nor for having advised that we should build LH (given the map ).

[Ben Kenobi]

Off-continent hut-popping prior to Jihad is forbidden!

Now I have to start over...

[Ben Kenobi]

Now I think I have a hang of all of these rules.


Goal is to get Mike's chapel in the next seven turns.

Requirements:

1. science, currently researching Monotheism.
2. 8 caravans.

we currently have:

4 built,
2 to be built this turn

2 more in the next 7 turns.

Need to finish Pool of grace and Sticky meanie caravans.
Rush sticky meanie.

Xin beggarsville, techs drop to 13 turns.

Hit enter.

AD 300
1 more caravan needed, pool of grace. 6 turns away, 40 gold needed.

AD 320
Mean City must stop Xinning.

AD 340
Rush caravan in pool of radiance.

AD 360
Babylonians repulse barbarian Legion invasion.

All caravans accounted for, and parked near Mean City.

AD 380
We discover Monotheism!

Select Medicine.

Time to grow grow grow!
Plow all caravans into Mean City.
Taxes shift to 30/0/70.

AD 400

An obscure painter by the name of Michealangelo
defaces the largest chapel on our slender isle with near-obscene frescos.
Oddly, the people are amused.
Pop at 0.87 million.

AD 420
Population leaps to 1.2 million
Raise luxuries to 80 percent to continue celebrations.

AD 440
Population to 1.6 million
Not enough money to build Aqueduct in Mean city.

AD 460
Population to 2 million
Green Meenie, Beggersville grow to size 8.

AD 480
Population to 2.2 million
2 cities can still grow, Maxwell's Hammer and
Pool of grace.

The consul calls for my resignation, and I reluctantly step down.

Science with full-xinning goes down to 6 turns/tech.
I've left 100 gold for the use of my sucessor.
Do us proud!

[Ben Kenobi]

And the save.
Play on!

[Scouse Gits]

Sounds good obiwan -

SG[1]

[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

Originally posted by obiwan18
AD 340
Rush caravan in pool of radiance.

A game older than Civ2!

[Old n Slow]

Unless I hear otherwise, I’ll add ten turns to our greatnesss (I saw greatness & I thought that maybe I could add to it).

[Bloody Monk]

Originally posted by Old n Slow
Unless I hear otherwise, I’ll add ten turns to our greatnesss (I saw greatness & I thought that maybe I could add to it).

By all means, fire when ready...er ah, well, build when ready. We have to keep our powder dry for a while yet. Good luck!!

Monk

[Ben Kenobi]

A game older than Civ2!

That should read pool of grace.

[SCG]

Originally posted by obiwan18
AD 340
Rush caravan in pool of radiance.

anyone for calling our elite forces (vet, most techically advanced) the Silver Blades?

[Old n Slow]

Rather quiet on the southern front.

Opening up the picture we see lots of.....emptiness; no wait we do have a place to call home. Luxeries are high, but growth opportunities are limited -- mainly due to lack of funds. (Three libraries in process??) It looks like 690+ beakers for the next advance. Hmmmm we're ahead a few techs, first in Pop. but are poor in what it takes to get going...so we opt for some questionable gains...$$$

Toggle back to 4.3.3

480 -- Big Bad Bill -- complete the temple (they have an opportunitie to supply dye!) (Babs start KRC)

500 -- Bad Leroy Brown finishes temple (with a little help from extra contributions) do some other 'adjustments'

520 -- A boat pulls out of Pool of Grace and sees a whale in sight of land (quick move of a citizen). (India starts the GW, now four pursuing that Wonder)

540 -- Beggarsville completes market (yeah we switched out of a few libraries...) Bad Leroy Brown makes a dye camel (we have plans for you). Unfortunately, BigBadBill no longer produces dye, so we don't speed the camel up (too much)

560 -- toggle is now at 7.3.0 (could be 8.2.0 but one of our cities lacks a temple -- now on the list) Money is to buy camels and boats, finish some white stuff

580 -- more of the same

600 -- Silver (d) from MH to MC = $60 & a couple of arrows each.

620 -- more partial & RB

640 -- Gems (n) Pool of Grace to Madrid = $192g Hmmm a fair distance, a somewhat fair return.

660 -- We leave a few boats in the water -- one spent ten turns sailing sort of towards Babylon with a Gems Camel (demanded by Ur). Two other boats are laden with goods (only dye is demanded so far) hopefully for Roman lands -- maybe by the the boat from Spain will return & some sort of ship chain can be set up. very quiet for us -- all glory & honor are yours, my successor.

[Scouse Gits]

Originally posted by Scouse Gits
Play Order

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

Looks good for Friday Night Strategic Drinking, guys!
BUT - I am getting married on Saturday so RL may interfere somewhat ...

SG[1]

[Cyrion]

Originally posted by Scouse Gits

I am getting married on Saturday so RL may interfere somewhat ...

SG[1]

Did I read it right?

Congratulations !



BTW: in that case, "interfere" might seem kind of an understatement...

[Scouse Gits]

Thank you - and yes (but I hope not)

SG[1]