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[ThePlagueRat]

So what about the border agreement then?
Is it gonna be broken by us, or by them?

[ThePlagueRat]

Originally posted by astrologix
I'm wondering if it is currently wise to settle that north area, because we risk to upset ND. They need lands to settle, because the north is mostly claimed by GoW. Doing so, maybe we will plunge ND into a war against us too quickly.

And then letting them have those lands?!
I think that would be a big mistake, sire...
We should perhaps send the diplomat to them and discuss
this old agreement first.

[astrologix]

Originally posted by ThePlagueRat


And then letting them have those lands?!
I think that would be a big mistake, sire...
We should perhaps send the diplomat to them and discuss
this old agreement first.

I've revised my position. I think we must settle that lake city, with the settler from Toledo.

You are right, we should know what is the status of that old agreement, and certainly our diplomats should work it.

[ThePlagueRat]

Very well Señor Generalissimo... and if we need the situation with ND to escalate, we might send a diplomat who can act kinda rude and press them out of that area. Diplomacy can often work slowly I guess, so we will have plenty of time to prepare before a war breaks out... Or we can renegotiate a border deal, if we want to pretend we are their friends.

[OliverFA]

If we take this lands we don't need to go to war with them. If the confrontation exists don't flee from it, but don't go for a gratuite confrontation.

[Togas]

There is not settlement agreement. We proposed to give them the North Valley, they never agreed to it. This was prior to Lux's destruction. Now that Lux is gone they seem to be eyeing all of Old Luxia. We could move into this area, but we should be warry to not move too quickly into an area we can't protect ... and spread our defenses thinly along the border.

--Togas

[BigFree]

Proposed City Sites

I'm making this proposal in hopes that other's will make their propsals also. More ideas mean a better chances for Spain to come out on top.

The way I see it, there are many tiles already overlapping. But you don't need many cities to over size 20 either, so that's not a bad thing since many bonus tiles can be switched around to give Spain the best use of it's total population.

In my image, I can see moving city "1" SE one tile and City "2" NE or E one tile also.

If you have some ideas put them up here. Don't be shy.

Also Togas has a map of proposed sites here , just scroll down to the last pic, you'll see it.

[Hot Mustard]

Looks sensible to me.

We already have settlers on the way to 6, X, and 1, iirc.

For the rest I would recommend the following order of settlement: 3,5,7,8,9,4,2.

[BigFree]

Whole World Map

Here'a a dousy of a Map that we just obtained from GoW!!

I made it into a "Whole World Map"

Here's a 800 x 400 picture

Here's a link for theBig Moma

[Fibrizzo]

Updated Map

This is the updated cities layout map, following the proposal of our King Togas.



The cities have been tagged following the chronological order of foundation, it is only a suggestion in the case of the ones yet to come (the idea is colonizing the coast first and then filling the gaps, except for cities 12 & 13).

(#) (Name)
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12 Mérida
13 Valladolid
14 Santander
15 Murcia
16 Cádiz
17 Lisboa
18 Córdoba
19 Albacete
20 San Sebastián

Some thoughts:

City #12 connects Sevilla to our territory. It is in a good place to grow and maybe could supply one or two settlers to the south...

City #13 could be N of this current position, between the mountain and the silk. It would give us control over the jungle, but at cost of more distance to Pamplona and less production/growth until the jungle is cleared.

City #18 is a good place to build the Forbbiden Palace.

[Nuclear Winter]

Hmm, I tought we planned to build the FP on the capitol of one of our enemies...

[astrologix]

Good job, Fibrizzo !

[Nuclear Winter]

Painting of Santiago

As I could not find a suitable thread to post it, I post it here... this is the real , full painting of Santiago, as most of the Painters only paint governamental buildings and rich people´s houses... here is it, with even the slums and all.

Hope you guys enjoy it.
Nuclear Winter

[ThePlagueRat]

Nice painting. Is it a Salvador Dali?

ooc:
Btw, I find it alarming that these expansion plans allowed ND to settle the whole valley in the north. We could have taken both the north and the south... Now it's too late.

[ThePlagueRat]

Here is a portrait of a Spanish princess.
Enjoy!

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