Starting Position

[Spiffor]

Originally posted by lmtoops
Spiffor....What is a "...tropical desert."?

It's a desert located at the tropico, like the Sahara. Tropicos are warm, but can bet wet or arid. If wet, they'll become jungles, if arid, deserts.
It seems we have started just north of the equatorial jungle, and just south of the arid tropico, which leaves us very small round for grassland on our longitude

[Kloreep]

Excellent analysis, Spiffor.

Originally posted by Spiffor
BTW, how come we produce 4 shields already ?

I assume that's because the shot is from the chat save, where AP was on. Now that it's finally off, the warrior should take 5 turns. (I don't think the mine's completion will help, as it should happen on turn 4, but I hope I'm wrong.)

[Sharpe]

Indeed , excellent analysis, Spiffor !

I think Kloreep is correct, that screenshot looks to be from the original acclerated production turn.

If what they are saying about accelerated production is correct, the cost of everything will be doubled.

That should mean that:

Warrior will be ready in 5 turns instead of 3
Growth will be in 7 or 8 turns instead of 4
Bronze Working will be available in 18 turns instead of 9

(Could someone check if I am right about these figures?)

(I don't think the mine's completion will help, as it should happen on turn 4, but I hope I'm wrong.)

Hmm, I only voted for mine then road because I thought that the mine would speed up the production of the warrior by one turn.

If not, road then mine would be the better decision (especially as road will only take 1 turn to do and mine 3 turns with our industrious trait)

[Kloreep]

Actually, a road takes two turns.

But you're right, we should run a simulation. I'll set up a scenario and test this. (Can't give you a report on anything commerce-related, as I don't have PTW and I'm not sure how much commerce we're producing in the first place.)

[ZargonX]

Looking at the extended shots, I think striking out due East with our first warrior will be our best bet. It seems to hold the best indications of clear land in that direction, though it also looks like the jungle may start to thin to the west. I think the first five or so turns of exploration will give us a good sense as to whether we are hemmed in or have some good spots for growth.

[Tiberius]

It seems to me that our river stops on the mountain south-east from Legopolis (actually it starts there )
Eastwards there is a shielded grassland and a regular one, but no river. Maybe we should try west, though, going along the river.

However I don't think this is such a problem, because by the time our settler will be ready, we'll have 3 warriors already and a thus good knowledge of the surroundings.

[vondrack]

OK, the Chronicles of Legoland thread contains all the relevant files and screenshots for you to review. I would kindly ask everybody to go through their posts in this thread and edit/update them, so that they refer to the info found in the Chronicle thread. I guess the last thing we need is the confusion caused by outdated information being used over and over. This will be the only time to do that, as no more turns should hopefully be replayed. Sorry for the inconvenience.

Kloreep, would you update the links in your first post, so that they refer to the screenshots shown in the Chronicles thread, please?

[Kloreep]

Since the Chronicle post has everything here and more, I'm just going to put a big notice at the top to go to the Chronicle thread. I'll probably just take my links down soon.

[rendelnep]

I might be too optimistic but I s there a chance that river will lead us t o flood plains?