22-01-2004 09:13									#1
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Chow produces another settler next turn. Where to go?

I see three possibilities: a site in the west, a site in the south (eg claming that horse or those furs before LL does), or a third settler for Japan (as I think our new island should be called ).

We have to decide a general direction before next turn...

	26-01-2004 01:22									#2
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*bump*

Now we need to decide on a _specific_ direction before next turn. Do we send the settler to a B site in order to fill in the rest of the Buffet-Kung Pao stretch, or do we send it past Kung Pao to the horse or furs or somewhere like that?

	26-01-2004 01:44									#3
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I am torn on this - the safe bet would be to send it to the B site - as that would fill in the rest of our area behind the chokepoint and avoid the barb problem.

On the other hand, it is very likely that LL will try to get that horse, and also we will need to prevent LL from getting furs if we want a chance to trade them furs for their dyes (unless we take the dyes of course )

Our plan for placing units on the southern gold mountain and the other mountain should avoid barb camps forming on most of the western jungle. However the eastern jungle would likely remain dark and possibly result in barbs emerging - which could threaten any city we put beyond the chokepoint (though not for some time due to the slow pace of moving through the jungle).

I would say if we are:
Very aggressive: go SE of the chokepoint
Aggressive: go for the furs
Safe: B site

I am leaning toward the furs site - if we placed it on the other side of the river we would gain a 25% bonus which might help out on the defense. We could then use the next settler to found the B site city.

Last edited by Sharpe on 26-01-2004 at 01:51

	26-01-2004 11:29									#4
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My inclination is to the furs site. We can backfill after that