Turn 13, 3520BC

[Hot Mustard]

Turn 13, 3520BC
(Current Plan)

Units
Grog: Move 3


Science
Current: Polytheism in 6 turns


Cities

Eye of the Storm (Size 2)
Growth: 3 turns
Production: Warrior in 4 turns

[Hot Mustard]

Re: Turn 13, 3520BC

Originally posted by dejon
Grog: Move 9 ?

This appeared to work last time, so once again - let's discuss.

The general previous opinion was obviously in favour of coastal scouting and/or heading east, as opposed to heading to the western hut.

So, what is our next move - 9 again (coastal) or 3 (along the river)?

[Cort Haus]

There's a chance of getting stuck behind that mountain and losing a lot of time on the river-Vox expedition if we go 9. I prefer 3, to get onto the river asap from here.

[vulture]

I vote for the 3-spam. We can see that there is an island or bay to the north of Grog - there is a land tile 888 of him, and water 88 and 89 (and possibly 99 by the look of it too). While it would be nice to explore there, it isn't something urgent, and as Cort says, we don't want to run any risk of getting stuck behind mountains - going 9 puts of 3 turns behind simply going 3 in terms of getting between us and where we think Vox are. Finding Vox is our first priority; nothing too bad is going to happen from not scouting behind the mountains for a few turns. The worst case scenario of not finding Vox could be very bad on the other hand.

[Arrian]

Agreed. Let's move to the southeast (3). In SP, I might take time to explore the coast fully. But Vox is out there and I want to see where.

-Arrian

[Mudhut]

Originally posted by vulture
I vote for the 3-spam. We can see that there is an island or bay to the north of Grog - there is a land tile 888 of him, and water 88 and 89 (and possibly 99 by the look of it too). While it would be nice to explore there, it isn't something urgent, and as Cort says, we don't want to run any risk of getting stuck behind mountains - going 9 puts of 3 turns behind simply going 3 in terms of getting between us and where we think Vox are. Finding Vox is our first priority; nothing too bad is going to happen from not scouting behind the mountains for a few turns. The worst case scenario of not finding Vox could be very bad on the other hand.

Can't be said any better. I too vote 3.

[Hot Mustard]

Top post edited to reflect popular opinion.

[Hot Mustard]

According to NeuroticOne's post here, Banana has sent on the save, but is hasn't shown up in our Gmail Inbox yet. I posted this fact in the common forum, just in case we need our time allotment, and I also PM'd NeuroticOne.

[snoopy369]

It JUST appeared in my inbox. Check yours now, and if it's not there in a few i'll post it here.

[Hot Mustard]

Thanks Snoopy!

Turn 13, 3520BC

Units
Grog: Moved 3, Lion is 3 of Grog - his first battle is nigh!


Science
Current: Polytheism in 6 turns


Cities

Eye of the Storm (Size 2)
Growth: 3 turns
Production: Warrior in 4 turns

[notyoueither]

You didn't see the lion before you moved?

[Hot Mustard]

Sure I did, but DeepO's and Arrian's comments in the Turn 8, 3720BC thread gave me confidence in proceeding as planned.

Would you have moved differently, or are you concerned that I didn't wait for team input?

[Arrian]

I think the move was still the correct one, lion or no.

-Arrian

[notyoueither]

Originally posted by dejon
Sure I did, but DeepO's and Arrian's comments in the Turn 8, 3720BC thread gave me confidence in proceeding as planned.

Would you have moved differently, or are you concerned that I didn't wait for team input?

It is probably OK, but I have lost units on the first combats so I'm a little leery of moving so aggressively.

[Mudhut]

The big thing is not losing Grog (I don't think this is likely), but we will probably have to wait to heal...and I really want to know where Vox are soon! So I possibly would have advocated another path if I had known the Lion was there.

But in any case, what's done is done, Dejon is doing an excellent job keeping everything ticking over, and we'll just play on from here. to dejon!

[Edit: added thumbs up]