High Priestess in Space - Succession Game

[El Civ]

I'm still out STYOM. Although I now have MGE I'd rather stay out as I'm not familiar with this game and re-joining would put me in 3 succession games--small potatoes to you and the others here, I know, but remember that I'm a Civ-impaired newbie

[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

Originally posted by El Civ
I'm still out STYOM. Although I now have MGE I'd rather stay out as I'm not familiar with this game and re-joining would put me in 3 succession games--small potatoes to you and the others here, I know, but remember that I'm a Civ-impaired newbie

Stop impugning your Civ abilities... you're reminding me of me when I joined Apolyton

OK, since I've already played several turns in the Sticky game, I'll finish that one tonight and start this one tomorrow.

[Hydey]

Originally posted by Six Thousand Year Old Man

Either way, it should be played by the weekend.

Good work, lets keep it moving

[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

Mmmm... we're in fundy now. EXXXXXcellent.

STYOM is proclaimed Marzipan Wizard of the Zealots in 1380... Zounds! The infidels have a 3 tech lead on us! The dogs! This must be resolved... by hook or by... well, by Crooks

Goals:
-Resolve tech issue
-Acquire Magellan from Greeks
-pump up cities for trading
-begin to trade in earnest with Babs & Chinese
-crush all others

1380: Taxes adjusted to 3.3.4 to make Stonehenge celebrate.
Bridge Building, Feudalism and Chivalry acquired from Russians for Engineering, Writing and Seafaring. Maps exchanged.

1400: Viking Crusaders bribed to switch sides near Jarrow for 266 g. Mmm, irony.
Production in some cities switched to Crusaders.

1420: Gems>Stonehenge 55g, Beads>Stonehenge 45g
Peace with Babylonians. Trade Democracy for Gunpowder (200 g from sold Barracks)

1440: Leadership>Physics. Roskilde(Viking) bribed for 339 g and 39 plundered; the city also comes with a Settler. Vikings demand 150 g for peace... thus, we have war

1460: South Watch founded.

Barbarians plunder Asyut of Egypt

1480: Beads>Stonehenge 33g

Spartan Musketeer valiantly defeats three shipborne Barb Crusaders!

1500: 100 g from hut. Stock Exchange rushed in Stonehenge. Science rate adjusted to 5.4.1 (remembering too late the science effects of Fundy )

Greeks land near Temptation Isle - we agree to peace. For now

1510: Babylonians start Isaac Newton.

1520: Silver Men-an-Tol>Akkad 205g

1530: Tribute demanded from Greeks >War Lindholm(Greek) bribed for 392 g, and we gain Magellan and 92 g. Silk>St Petersburg 210g, Spice>St Petersburg 44g. Wool>Akkad 52g

1540: Viking assult bloodily repulsed at Roskilde. Adam Smith rushed.

1550: Adam Smith's Trading Co. in Glastonbury. Spice Athens>Stonehenge 207g Beads>Smolensk 56g, Salt>Smolensk 136g.

Next on the acquisition list: The Pyramids of Trondheim

1560: Physics>Theology (best of a bad lot)
Spice>Stonehenge 68g, Copper(d)>Stonehenge 72 g

Marzipan Wizard STYOM resigns the priesthood to tour with the Jim Rose Circus.
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We can probably steal a tech (Theory of Grav) from the Babylonians - but they are also researching Theology and I was waiting to steal that if they researched it before us. ToG just slows us down; our science rate is low enough as it is.

Lots of trading going on, and our Dragoons are running wild in Greek territory Although, we have so much money, bribing would probably be easier, if less fun I leave it to my successor to spend the cash in our bloated treasury

[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

The save...

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[Hydey]

Looking good STYOM.

[La Fayette]

We are well ahead, and not willing to conquer the world.
Therefore our one and only priority is research (mostly through caravans with a big delivery bonus). Therefore we choose a nice fat foreign city, namely Smolensk (size 12, the fattest foreign city we know of, and quite far away from Stonehenge) and send all our caravans there.
1570: Coal to Akkad = 260g
1580: Hut = 100g
1590: Russians steal a tech, but we don't declare war, since we are willing to trade with Smolensk.
1600: Silk to Smolensk = 330g; Pearls to Smolensk = 354g.
1610: Theology discovered, Metallurgy researched
Silk (thrice) to Smolensk = 186 + 189 +182g
Gold to Smolensk = 152g
Pearls (twice) to Smolensk = 132 + 156g.
We bribe Skara for 344g (51g in plunder)
1620: Mighty Zealot dragoons take Cyborg (plunder = 41g); Hut = Cremona (AT).
1630: Metallurgy discovered, Chemistry researched.
1640: Russian caravel sneak attacks close to Smolensk = 4 units lost; WE SHALL REMEMBER , but we reorganize our trade towards Stonehenge (now size 20); research must go on!
1650: Russian caravel sunk ; mighty zealot dragoons take Jorvik (plunder = 54g)
1660: Zealot caravel sunk, Russian caravel sunk ; Salt to Stonehenge = 60g; JSB to be completed next turn in Stonehenge.

[El Civ]

Marzipan Wizard STYOM resigns the priesthood to tour with the Jim Rose Circus.

And are you going to pound nails into your sinus cavity, or have a cannonball shot into your abdomen?

Hydey, your last turn notes made me laugh out loud. How many bitters did you down during your turn, or are you that naturally witty?

[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

Originally posted by El Civ

And are you going to pound nails into your sinus cavity, or have a cannonball shot into your abdomen?

Well, that course seemed the best and most logical one for a man of the cloth...

Besides, after 180 years of chanting, hanging bricks from one's naughty bits might be a nice change

[Hydey]

Whos next? Is it Vlad?

[-Jrabbit]

I'm back and see a next to my name.

Can't d/l until tonight around 8pm CST (13 hr from this writing). Still fearful that my software issues could be a problem, but see that the La Fayette save is a zip, so there is hope. Can wait if necessary.

Gits, please post/confirm whether it's me or Vlad.

[Vlad Antlerkov]

I'm willing to wait and let Jrabbit go ahead.

The Gits are going to be away for a while, sadly.

Here's the table:

SG[1]
SG(2)
Hydey		.
El Civ		.
STYOM		.
La Fayette		.
-Jrabbit
Vlad Antlerkov		.
Marquis de Sodaq
Messer Niccolò		.
Thoth		.

[-Jrabbit]

Thanks, Vlad. Very gracious of you. I'll d/l tonight.

[-Jrabbit]

Bad news, boys.

I have a software problem that I'll have to fix b4 I can d/l. This will take a little time, so I've gotta pass. Will let you know when and if I can return. Until then, I'm ...

Vlad, you're up after all...

[Vlad Antlerkov]

Still in the middle of playing, but I wanted to share this. The picture is dated 1670.

Everybody, laugh at the Russians now.

*realizes no one knows what the hell he's talking about*

*adds +1 anyway *