Wow... I just started my first "new game" in how long?

[Theseus]

Between AU, MZOBC, the DGs, and what not... I realized I hadn't started a random new game, just for fun, in... 6 months, maybe?

Gotta try Sipahi, so:

(I forgot how much fun just picking settings is! )

Emperor, random opponents, standard, warm, wet, 3B, continents with min water, restless. All vic conditions.

This will be my "f*ck around game" while we play AUSG101. BTW, do we want to also play a regular AU game any time soon?

Wish me luck!!! (like it's really needed with IND and friggin' 8a Cavs ).

[fanes7]

Theseus , you really can try some deity game , trust me , you can beat it .

[Theseus]

fanes7, I do not see your posts.

[Theseus]

Friggin' map generator!!!

My capitol, Istanbul, is on the hill 47 from the incense in the eastern peninsula...

And I just traded for The Wheel.

This is like an AU game alexman or Dominae would dream up!! Zulus to the west, and Persians to the northwest... gimme a break!

[sidenote: I've got camps built at Istanbul 63 and 99... and excellent way to put roads on hills, even when IND]

[Jaybe]

OMG! What an interesting map that would be if Mountains were Impassable!

(That's the only way I play now. I don't know what I'll do with C3C!)

[Dominae]

Can you secure the chokepoints?

It does look like an interesting map. Have fun!


Dominae

[Thrar]

Nice map you have there!
Lots of room to expand in your backyard, maybe a camp at 44 from Istanbul along with a couple of warriors to secure it? And a city between the gems and incense, if you can hold it?

How did you manage to explore such a large part of the map in only a couple more than 40 turns? Ottomans are not expansionist, are they?

[Harovan]

What is MZOBC?

[Hot_Enamel]

Master Zen Online - Boot Camp

[Theseus]

@Thrar: SCI and IND... there's nothing to build right off!! So I built Warriors, 9 of'em.

Anybody notice what is MISSING??!!

[Harovan]

Iron, I guess.

[Dr. A. Cula]

Nice start, I think. IIRC from my last Ottoman game, you start with Bornze Working, so get a city by the sea.

And it looks like you'll have a hard time putting people on horses, when there doesn't appear to be any around. It's a shame, really, I recently noticed Sipahis are much better against Infantry than plain Cavalry (or maybe it was just the rng).

[Arrian]

No horsie for you! You come back, next game!

I too started a new game last night (stupidly, at 9:30... what the hell was I thinking? Oh, I'll just play for a 1/2 hour. Yeah). Rome again... I just like 'em. Wanted to investigate RCP some more (even though it's going bye-bye) with closer spacing than normal (for me). Ring #1 was at 3.5 tiles. Feels cramped. Is cramped. But it works.

Grog helped, though. Having the Pyramids by the time I had 4 cities was priceless. My map is rather "interesting" too. One small river in my domain. Some lakes, thank the RNG. Got a horsie, but no iron anywhere near my start. Only by fighting through 2 AIs have I gotten it. But now it's on. My attack stack is poised on the border with AI empire #3: 20 legionaries, 2 pikes, 1 2x archer army, 1 archer, ~6 horsemen.

The potential problem I see with the tight spacing is building the big medieval/industrial wonders. It's tough to get a monster production city when each town gets 8 or so land tiles to work.

-Arrian

[Theseus]

I just found my first accessable horses...

28 TILES FROM ISTANBUL!!

[Rhothaerill]

Originally posted by Theseus
I just found my first accessable horses...

28 TILES FROM ISTANBUL!!

Are you SURE Dominae didn't design your scenario?