AU 504 - DAR 1: 4000BC-2150BC

[Krill]

This is the DAR ("During Action Report") thread for the first 40 turns of AU504 - The Glory of Culture.

Use this space to discuss early-game moves, and plans for the future. For instance, where did you found your capital, and why? Since this report only spans 40 turns, please provide as many details as you can remember.

- Dominae

[Krill]

The Life of The Wierd and Wonderful Warmonger Gandhi


When Gandhi woke up on this grey Sunday morning, all he wanted was a nice cup of tea, to read his newspapers and have a good lie in.

Such a pity that he then remembered that his people did not know how printing presses worked, had not made a road to the sugar that Gandhi loved so much, and were so lazy that they required even his feeble hands to help them finish there jobs this millenia.

Gandhi had dicided to have his people settle on their arid plains, on the understanding that the leftovers from the wheat in the nearby fields would improve the soil of their camp. He then sent some of his workers to gather some food from the wheat, and remembering that his workers were mostly slackers started to look for some more people to send as workers to improve the Indians land.

Having found enough people to complete another work gang, Gandhi started on his plans to build large granary. Unfortunatly it would be a while before his architects came back with a complete plan, so he had is labourers prepare the basic building blocks of clay. Shortly afterwards, Gandhi began to wonder if his incompetent architects would be able to give his labourers the plans forthe granary before the huge stack of clay bricks collapsed under their tremendous weight. As it turned out he had to run the plans himself to his labourers just as the mound of bricks was beginning to collapse, but the labourers were able to move most of the bricks and begin constructing the granary quickly and efficiently. Gandhi blew out a large sigh of relief that he had not made such a stupid blunder so early in his plans.After a few centuries, he finally finished building his granary, and send settlers out to build new camps to train up some wariors.

One day Gandhi was walking aimless along, planning on what he should build in all these new cities when he bumped into something. It turns out that this "Thing" is the Great Xerxes, the emperor of mighty Persia, who looks a little green. Gandhi goes to offer him a paracetomol, but then he remembers that his people have yet to understand "Medicine". Xerxes seems so sick that Gandhi leaves him in peace, and chooses to talk to him later to ask him how his day was.



Now for the basics: Build queue = worker->Granary->settler (in 3 turns)->4 turn settler pump

Bombay founded in 2550 BC, builds 4 warriors, temple then barracks,

Madras founded in 2470 BC, builds 2 warriors, then a granary,

Bangalore founded in 2310 BC, builds 2 wariors then a temple,

Military: 4 warriors, 3 workers and one settler

Met Persia, who have BW, WC, masonry, minus alpha, pottery and CB.

[jshelr]

I was not able to delete this post -- but the content has been moved to thread two

[punkbass2000]

Not too much to report. AU mod, Emperor. Founded three cities. Two temples up and running, third in the works. Have four warriors (one from a hut) and two workers. Traded Alphabet + CB for WC, BW and MAsonry from the Chinese, Persians then had no techs to offer. Will research Writing in ten turns. Will build SoZ in near future. Hoping somebody nearby has Pottery!

EDIT: Oh yes, one curragh too.

[Theseus]

That is a wonderfully done pre-build for the SoZ, jshelr!!

[punkbass2000]

When should DAR 2 be started?

[Dominae]

Now! Someone (ideally Nathan) needs to decide what the cutoff date or event is, and then anyone should just start a new thread.

[Krill]

DAR 2 should be the next forty turns (turns 41-80 inclusive), if we follow how the DARs for the other Conquests AU courses were set out.

[Tarquinius]

Monarch Au-Mod (Now I am regretting I did not start on emperor..)

Hi all, decided to pop in again, after a lazy summer. I like this course. I am looking forward to see how the masters play this, so I can learn form them

What a great start. When I saw the second wheat I decided to go for two early granaries, to pump out cities really fast. Maybe setting up the capital earlier would have been better, but I wanted to try this.

I settled on the spot.
Capital builds: Worker-warrior-settler-temple-granary
Bombay founded 2800 BC, 777 from Delhi.
Bombay builds: warrior-temple-worker-granary

I was really lucky with huts, from my first huts I got Warrior Code and a settler (in 2510 BC)

I met the other civs quite quickly although I had only one, rather late, exploring unit.
In 2150 BC I was up CB and Pottery on both China and Persia.

In 2150 BC I had: 3 cities, 3 warriors, 3 workers, 1 Granary, 2 Temples.

Here my plans for the future were : expanding quickly, filling in the lands with a lot of cities. Those cities start building temples immediately. Maybe start some minor wars with the other civs to keep them busy and cut them off from ivory. (I only later realized I should have researched Mathematics a lot earlier. Now probaly Persia or Cina will build the Statue of Zeus if they lose a wonder race and have to switch...)

And the screenie from 2150 BC:

[Tarquinius]

Jshelr: if that is a 2150 BC screenshot I really bow to you... 6 cities

[jshelr]

We are speedy and a bit calendar-challenged

[punkbass2000]

Originally posted by Krill
DAR 2 should be the next forty turns (turns 41-80 inclusive), if we follow how the DARs for the other Conquests AU courses were set out.

Uh-Oh

[Modo44]

Gandhi the Warmonger

I'm playing AU mod, Monarch level. Normally it would be Emperor, but I'm still well capable of loosing at that level. The start looks very nice, so it's probably going to be an easy game.

Settled on the spot. Luckily it was a lake on the horizon, not sea.

Researched Pottery at max right from the start. Had to adjusting the lux slider, since no MP units are available and the city grows fast.

Now the fun part - my first build was a settler, completed right when the city reaches 4 pop, 3350 BC. Probably a bad thing to do, but not suicidal - at least on Monarch. Since the second build would probably be a granary, I need a second city ASAP, to put a temple in it. Cultural race, remember?

[Modo44]

Gandhi the Warmonger

Yes, Im using governors to handle my people. I set them to production and trade, so their choices are mostly what I would have done myself. Plus I never have to worry about riots.

The settler went towards the mountain to take a look. And what he saw, I liked.

Second build was a warrior for scouting purposes. Hopefully my last regular unit in this game. He went south and then counterclockwise around my territories.

Then I built the Granary. No temple in the capital, yet. It will be built inbetween settlers.

Here's the Fool on the Hill.

[Modo44]

Gandhi the Warmonger

After researching Pottery, I switched to Writing, at minimum science.

After finishing the Granary, a second Settler party was ready to depart. They went south.

My worker handling is crappy, I know.

In 2150BC I have 2 cities (3 in a turn), 2 workers, 1 warrior (exploring west), 1 granary and 1 temple. I'm first in population and family size, but second in GNP, Land area and MFG Goods. This should change soon, as my settlers fill all the good land that is available.

Do you think I should build the Temple in Delhi now, or switch to a Settler (it would finish in 3 turns as well)?

Here's my beginning of an empire at 2150 BC: