The Civ Files: Legoland

[BigFurryMonster]

Not much info here, except this message from Vondrack that was intercepted by me:

Well, seems we are stuck alone on an island... unless we can get off it quickly, we will lag behind tech-wise, I fear... but it is not that
bad, I'd say... ;-)

[statusperfect]

Finding them first means $$$. Now a port city is even more important.

[Jon Shafer]

And they'll probably be a colonial empire as well... competition.

[CiverDan]

Well, we know what wonder they will be going for. They will probably get it too as no other team is in a situation where they need the lighhouse to find other civs.

[BigFurryMonster]

The Great Library could help them out, too.

[Jon Shafer]

Only if they get contact with other civs.

[BigFurryMonster]

Oh? Does it only apply to civs you have met ..?

(I'm sure they'll build a galley once they complete it)

[Jon Shafer]

Yep. You have to have contacts with the civ to get a tech from them. Which would be good for us.

[Jon Shafer]

I had a discussion with redstar of Legoland. Check out the other thread I posted for info on it.

[CiverDan]

With regards to Legoland, obviously us contacting them by bringing one of OUR boats to them is only feasible if the galleys don't have to leave the coast to try to get their. We just don't have the resources to build the lighthouse or try suicide galley attempts.

[Jon Shafer]

Redstar said that a 3950 BC mini-map trade is going over well at their forum. I believe it's a great idea, personally.

[Jon Shafer]

I traded mini-maps with Vondrack earlier today.

[BigFurryMonster]

They claim to "go naval" within two turns from now.

[Jon Shafer]

More discussions with Vondrack.

They've found a fairly large island between Legos Minor (the northern section of the Legoland continent where we're going to rebuild), and our old continent, aka BoB. The island will actually allow us to cross over to the Legoland continent through the north, and from what Lego can see so far, contains mountains, hills and plains.

In other news, Vondrack has confirmed that Legos Minor contains both iron and horses. All we need now is saltpeter and we're set!

Also, Vondrack explained to me that GoW claimed to offer us Construction for our scientific tech, but GoW approached Lego asking them to research Construction for them and then trade it after they have contact (which won't be too much longer), and said that GoW and Lux had a deal for Theology for Construction (which we don't). I explained the situation to Vondrack, and he wasn't too pleased with it. We'll see how things go.