Turn 85, 775 BC

[UnOrthOdOx]

Home south

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Home North

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Horde stack

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TODO:

Both workers start chopping!
Horde stack continue North
FS start Forge
Decide on a tech!

[polarnomad]

Shall we go for masonry so we can hook up stone? Otherwise sailing.

[Octavian X]

Masonry sounds like a good idea, so we can build the Hanging Gardens faster. I think it's our best bet for a wonder, and I think the health bonus is a better bonus for our team.

[UnOrthOdOx]

We get masonry from the Horde as soon as we get Alphabet from Sarantium (2 turns or so)

The Horde is also supposed to be working on Sailing.

We could research Archery for the 2 turns we're waiting for trades to catch up, or we can spend those 2 turns working towards something else. HBR being a prime candidate in that regaurd. Machinery is sitting at 30 turns, but I think we should be prepared to go after Literature as soon as trades catch up with us. (Sarantium is supposed to do Math)

The alternate is to see if the Horde has started Sailing yet. If not, we could research that ourself and have them supply archery.

[UnOrthOdOx]

Actually, looks like we get archery from Sarantium too. They say trades won't start till 'turn after next'. I'm not entirely sure, but I think that means they will send the trade after we play next turn, so we'll see it the turn after that.

Anyway, of the available research, only horseback riding and Machinery are truly 'available' as the rest are coming in trade.

I'm not a big fan of HBR this early, personally, but it does make sense in the trading dept, and Machinery is a huge 30+ turn dedication.

I strongly recommend we switch to 0 research to stockpile gold to run at a deficit once trades catch up. We don't lose anything this way, and buy time to get a better team vote on the issue.

I won't be able to play this turn till late tonight, and at some inconvenience at that. Can one of you guys get to it?

[polarnomad]

Ok, sounds good. Reduce research to zero. Will play the turn if no one else has when I receive it.

[UnOrthOdOx]

Hmm. I don't have it either. Posting and PMing for a resend.

[snoopy369]

In case you didn't get the email...

Feel free to delete the attachment if you are worried about file security once you have the save.

[Kloreep]

Thanks snoopy.

Security doesn't seem like it should be an issue, this is our private forum, and the files are stored by post # which would be very difficult to guess.

I haven't gotten any messages yet, and judging from the surveypoint.com message archive, it hasn't even arrived there at the mailing list address. Not sure what's up, hopefully just a delay in e-mail to surveypoint.

So, who'll play the turn? I can, but I've fallen out of the loop the past few turns, I'll need to spend some time getting back in first - looks like we have some new deals going on a turnplayer should be aware of. If someone else can get to it first, go for it; otherwise I'll post when I'm actually ready to play.

[Kloreep]

Playing now.

[Kloreep]

-We discover Metal Casting!
-HBR set as placeholder tech
-Fort Sierra finishes Chariot, starts on a Forge

-Chariot on west coast 8-2 (I believe it's here for fog removal, right?)
-Horde Stack moves 8; sees damaged barbarian warrior on the hill 8-8. We can see a Sarantium chariot on the freshly pillaged bronze mine.
-Workers chop
-New Chariot moved 2-3-3
-Chariot in the south moved 3, encounters Horde scout Captain James, Planet's E
-Science Slider reduced to 0%. We're pulling in +23 gold a turn.

[Kloreep]

Sarantium sent this with the 775 BC save, though we just got it now due to e-mail issues.

[polarnomad]

I sense a little tension being released here.