RAH rules V: Attack of the Ferrets

[Cobra]

What about dry dock?

Bringing ships at every point you want: sometimes you need lots of battleships on a lake and there is no land tightness narrowly enough for a Panama-City. Just found a city at the seacoast. Bring in the ships, dissolve the city (ships stay on land) move settler one field away, found new city, bring in ships, dissolve...and so on.

[rah]

I have no problem with that. How about the rest of you? Expensive way to move ships and a bummer if you lose a stack . Fewer opportunities to need that type of thing on our small rock worlds.

[Ming]

I remember when the "dry dock trick" first came up, people considered it a big cheat. But I see your point.

[War4ever]

if your going to spend the resources to do that in our worlds.....all the power to you.....

i certainly won't........

[-Jrabbit]

Battleships in Oklahoma?

Oh yeah, that's consistent with game logic.

[Ming]

As consistent as bribing a city for 23 gold

[rah]

But we don't allow city bribing.

It would be good for a sneak attack on an inland lake. But dangerous setting up. If you're spotted, it could get dicey.

[Ming]

Yeah... ships caught in port... and a size one city could be nasty

Did anybody ever remember that rule we discussed over the weekend of the lost?

[ColdWizard]

oops, forgot to include the warrior gunpowder thingy. I'll try to add it in tomorrow (if 'poly is still fast)

[Ming]

Yeah... add it when you can... late night and early morning are the best times these days.

[Ben Kenobi]

Battleships on an mountain fortress with no city nearby would be interesting to see.

[rah]

If you're playing the AI, it would be a cruise missle bait area. Do Battleships get the terrain modification defense bonus or the fortress modifier for that matter?

[DrSpike]

Rah in another thread: The other day I started on the 0 coordinate on a river. I was able to start two cities on the river that both could use the same whale. Sweet.

A rarity sure, but it happens............is Rah clever for exploiting it? Or is he doomed to be eaten alive by his own ferrets for his cynical exploitation?

[rah]

That has never been discussed here, but I doubt anyone has an objection to using that exploit. You are right, it is a rare occurence. If anyone does, please post it here.

[rah]

On second thought, you really can't outlaw it since whenever your city grew, it would automatically use the whale. That would make it a bit too tedious, having to remember to take it off every time, and if you missed it once, you wouldn't want to be accused of cheating.