Setting up IP Games XXXVI

[Ming]

Originally posted by rah
I"LL BRING PIZZA.
Rich

My wife and I both thank you in advance

[SmartFart]

I suppose I'll be available. Unless I do some oversleep.

[markusf]

Me to

[Flatlander Fox]

I will be lurking about tommorrow (Saturday) looking for a game.

An early start would be a GREAT thing *hint hint*

[Ming]

Well FF, I had "fun" with your Civ last night. But one question.

What the heck were you building marketplaces for when you only had 5 cities, and plenty of room to still expand...

[Flatlander Fox]

Expansion... Rah told me you would complain about that.

You forgot the 3 settlers that were going to give me 8 cities!

Plus, I am trying to get a jump on trade!

And the wicked ferrets were lurking about in the southern reaches, so I thought I could push my tech to Mono, and THEN get a few more cities.

Sounds good on paper anyway.

Thanks for taking over.

[Ming]

Originally posted by Flatlander Fox
You forgot the 3 settlers that were going to give me 8 cities!

Hmmmm... I guess you didn't want to mention that you were going to lose one of those 5 cities to barbs Fortunately, it was cheap to buy back.

Two of the settlers were heading into noman's land, with no good available land that I could see... and with no units protecting them. One died

Plus, I am trying to get a jump on trade!

Fine and good... but you need a FEW more cities to do that right.
It was good you had trade, I used caravans to build HG

And the wicked ferrets were lurking about in the southern reaches, so I thought I could push my tech to Mono, and THEN get a few more cities.

With the lack of trade around the few cities you had, you would NEVER have gotten to Mono before the end of the night. But after I cranked out a bunch of settlers, your sciences started coming a little quicker. Plus, I got a bunch of cities down there anyway... if I had been slower... it would have been an expensive battle with him.

But I had fun.


Attached is a save of the final turn.

[Flatlander Fox]

I see what you are saying, but I was hoping that with 8-10 core cities I could get on track.

The barbs were bad news, and the setts were primarily road builders until they could find a soft place to land.

I have a nasty habit of sending out setts without protection, but I have to try and cut corners where I can.

Oh well, if the save game name is any indication, I guess it was pretty bad .

But at least I was proud of it *sniff*.

[rah]

Yes it was an interesting game considering I wandered for 600 years only to have the whale next to my cap already being used.

So I decided to do a little borg eradication. THAT WHALE SHOULD HAVE BEEN MINE. It was by the end of the game

Thanks for subbing Ming.
Thanks for staying up a little later than you wanted to Baron O
FF, I told you he'd say that.
Epik, more units if you're going to go to war.

RAH

War4, we missed you.

[rah]

Well It's FRIDAY.
I'll be at ming's at the normal time.
But there is a chance that I'm sneaking out to play golf this afternoon but if it screws up my timing, it won't be by much.

Muppets or not, I just want to play.

RAH

[Ming]

Well sam... let me know if you are going to be bringing pizza

[rah]

You mean,

[War4ever]

but of course he is .....+1 by the way....good little debate were having

[Flatlander Fox]

Perhaps a 1x1 game is in order tonight?


*ducks*

[markusf]

I can play either..

If you want action,
med island map
Simul turns
Turn based warfare. Or just switch to turn based.
With 4 players.
~40 minutes to 1ad..
~another 40 min to gunpowder/democracy
~40 to iron clads /tatics