Bribing a barb leader

[War4ever]

i remember the day i bribed abarb leader..most disappointed to only get another dip.....though i don't really know what i was expecting

[Caesar the Great]

if i don't have any other units around otherwise the gold is usually better

[ramses II.]

@Caesar the Great
You're rigth: The gold is better.
But I take 2000 gold instead of 150 ...and the NONE units he finds ... and the cities he finds ... and the nomads ... and the techs he steals (maybe the diplo becomes a vet spy).

[War4ever]

actually , i have always called barb diplomats , barb kings....never once believing it was a diplo...until i was teach a girl how to play the game and sure enough, barb kings are barb diplomats

this was yesterday btw

[-Jrabbit]

Teaching The Game to a girl???
...sounds serious

On topic, this is good Food 4 Thought.

I usually don't play archipelagos, so early ship exploration hasn't been a huge priority for me, but I find ramses' assertion intriguing. I'm a bg fan of the early 150 but if the longer-term payoff differential is that big...

Maybe I'll branch two games off a common start and compare. (In my copious spare time. )

[TCO]

I love bribing the ships...

[Jawn Henry]

The ships are what interest me the most. I tried a few times to get the leaders, not worth much to me. Never got much out of it... Kill him and take his boat - if it's worth it..

Sometimes it's fun just to sink the boat in the ocean - there's something gratifying about seeing "5 units killed." after combat.

JH

[ColdWizard]

i prefer to kill/ransom the king, and use the money to buy barb ships and other units

[Alexander's Horse]

Originally posted by rah
There are only a couple of circumstances where I'll bribe the King.

You listed 5

[War4ever]

your point?

[rah]

Originally posted by Alexander's Horse


You listed 5

Shucks,
When I started typing there were really only a couple but as I started listing them I started thinking of a few more really obscure ones. But they don't really count since they really never happen.

Rich
It's like when my daughter askes me for a couple of bucks and it always ends up being considerably more.

[War4ever]

Originally posted by rah



Shucks,
When I started typing there were really only a couple but as I started listing them I started thinking of a few more really obscure ones. But they don't really count since they really never happen.

Rich
It's like when my daughter askes me for a couple of bucks and it always ends up being considerably more.

fall for it every time do you.....

bribing the early barb boat is the best....that early boat nicknamed "lost at sea" or "fantastic voyage" is great fun and allows for alot of early huts you wouldn't normally get till later

[rah]

What can I say, she's my little princess.
The worst thing is when she's done with me, she hits up Mrs. RAH. I wonder where she learned to be sneaky like that from.

[War4ever]

well the ferrets are sneaky LOL

[rah]

Yep, A chip off the ole block.

RAH