05-01-2004 10:22									#1
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Once again, I love that plural.

In 3 turns, both Chow Mein and Dim Sum produce a settler. Where do we send them?

My proposed layout:



0 is already founded, and A will be next turn. Everything else with regard to city placement is as it is in the pic.

I would suggest we go for D with one of them (to continue western expansion), and for the other either B (to complete settlement of the southeast between Buffet and Kung Pao) or E (Western expansion, and with the founding of D we'll bring the hill iron into our territory and give E 2 2-food tiles to work.)

	05-01-2004 11:05									#2
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I would agree to D and B1 for the next two. I think that E should wait until we have B1 up and running.

Regarding settlers after that, I'd suggest getting a settler down to G soon to start building a temple and seal our chokepoints. Then we can backfill in E.

	05-01-2004 16:26									#3
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I wonder whether we should send a settler south of the chokepoint sometime soon. Latin Lover's aggressive settlement of the southern spices may be a test whether we will respond with a settler of our own. If we send nothing, they may push further west.

Also if we do discover an island east of us, that should be a priority for settlement over any mainland city.

	05-01-2004 17:56									#4
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D, then a B. Though, as Sharpe says, an island off our coast should be made an immediate priority as well.

	06-01-2004 03:59									#5
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Good point. I'm currently assuming that's LL land over there we wouldn't be welcome to settle and would probably find the good land taken anyway, but if it is an island, let's claim it ASAP.

	06-01-2004 06:21									#6
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Oh , I forgot to vote ...

I would agree with all of you : D and one of the B's (B1 right now but I have changed my mind more than once already )

Though as I said earlier - if that is an island to our east - that becomes a priority IMHO .... but if it is LL's area , Houston we have a problem... as that is too close for comfort (in addition to LL's creeping up on us from the south too...)

	10-01-2004 07:25									#7
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I think we should send the galley back now for the Chow settler. Whether or not this land is connected to LL, I at least want a city at the tip by the two whales. So: Shall we send a settler over? If so, where does the remaining Dim Sum settler go?

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	10-01-2004 07:58									#8
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Definitely send at least one settler over there, but if we have two available then get the other over there ASAP as well.

I'd recommend sending the warrior to that hill to see if we can see farther to the southeast.

	10-01-2004 08:15									#9
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Both settlers is an idea... the second one will have to wait its turn, but it might be worth it. I'll vote for that

Where shall we place our cities? I'm thinking W, E-E, and NE-NE-NE-NE-N of Ship's Cook currently. But we don't know nearly enough about the area beyond that one-tile chokepoint to judge about that last one.

	10-01-2004 10:40									#10
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All three of those sites work well for me. Though I definitely want to know more about the area too.

	15-01-2004 08:20									#11
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We need to decide two things before the next turn: a) are we building the two-whale tip city? and b) if that's so, do we want to use the first settler for it?

If the answer is yes to both questions, Chopsticks & the settler will disembark next turn.

	16-01-2004 07:13									#12
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*bump*

The latest screenie from across the ocean:



Seems this land is quite close to the LL mainland, unless that's actually another island.

Please at least post a straight vote; the turn is coming back around.

	16-01-2004 07:19									#13
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Uh, yeah, settle the area near the whales...but then settler near the hill with the second one. If we get a third over there in time then go north.

	16-01-2004 10:31									#14
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Tip and Hill with the 2 settlers. Get the north later, like Rhoth says.

	16-01-2004 12:18									#15
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So we want to use the settler that boarded the galley this turn for the tip city?

If so, the settler can disembark on the tip next turn.

	16-01-2004 23:34									#16
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I think so yes. If LL discovers the island soon we'll at least have one city on the island and they can't say a word about it.

	17-01-2004 01:19									#17
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I know Sharpe is opposed to the tip as a city site, but since Rhoth and I are in favor, I unloaded the settler and spear there.



From the land uncovered this turn, it looks like this land may be connected to LL after all. I'm still in favor of settling the site though; it's really closer to us and protects us from LL using the site for 1-turn galley landings in a war. Should we still settle? And should we send the other settler pair over?

	17-01-2004 03:43									#18
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Yes on both counts. First come, first serve

	17-01-2004 04:04									#19
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Yes and yes. I don't see any claim they have on it, just as we did not claim the spice city before they settled it.

	22-01-2004 09:06									#20
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Both Zargon and Rhoth vote for the hill for the next site. I'm okay with that. Objections?