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punkbass2000
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Waterloo, ON, Canada
Feb 2002
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This is the thread for the first six-player, No AI AU mod PBEM (AFAIK).Unfortunately, if you are Theseus, snoopy, Paddy, Moonbars or Ljube, you may not read this thread.
Well, not much to say yet, just thought I'd give you guys my start position. No specific plans yet as little is known about my surroundings. Researching pottery full blast, making a warrior or two in the meantime. Gonna be an uphill battle, though, as we all had random civs and I got stuck with the Romans while the rest are strong civs except for Moonbars (Spanish). As you can see, I'm up against the Dutch, Chinese, Babylonians and Iroquois(!).
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punkbass2000
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Waterloo, ON, Canada
Feb 2002
time: 00:19
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Originally posted by Tarquinius
Nice to see you playing a MP game anyway!
What size of map is it? Standard? Are there any barbs? |
Small map. Everything else is random, so I don't know, but I haven't seen any barbs yet.
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It looks like it will be a tough game for you, as you have not a particularly good start (although not too bad either.) Or are the start locations modded so they are balanced? |
The map is not modded. I agree my start is not top notch, but I suspect it may be alright. The looks of the map suggest a 3 billion age, so everyone may have quite a few mountains around. IT also looks like cold because I'm pretty close to the equator and there's plenty of grassland and only a hint of desert/floodplain in the north and three plains right by me. Also looks like 80% water, but that is more difficult to determine. All the forest further suggests a cooler map as well as a dry map. All in all, I do have freshwater as well as close coast, and if there are as few rivers as my guesses suggest, the Agr. civs may not be too powerful. There's enough grass land around to take advantage of quite a few hills as well as mountains later on.
Oh, and the first warrior will be built next turn. Will it go North, East, West or South? Who knows? Stay tuned to find out...
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punkbass2000
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Waterloo, ON, Canada
Feb 2002
time: 00:19
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Well, I think it's safe to say I'm isolated. I hope this is an arch map, or else I'm probably screwed. I think snoopy (as the Dutch) is likely to have huge advantages. Mine, Ljube and T's UUs are probably not going to be useful. I'm fairly certain that there won't be much land mas beyond what can be seen in this screen. I'm cetainly glad I went the pottery/granary route with only one warrior, as it seems barbs are only from huts (I popped barbs which are still around in the screen down south). Exploration won't be a big deal, and the short term loss of an early settler will be outweighed by my ability to build tons of settlers in the long run and fill out this isle. I want my first city on that hill 2 tile to the SW of my capital so that it will not need an aqueduct and will allow irrigation to be brought down to that cattle, but I'm torn because I also need a city two tiles to the W of my capital so I can get naval units out there. If there's ocean between me and everyone else it won't matter though, so I'm probably going to go with the hill first, which will build a granary immediately.
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punkbass2000
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Waterloo, ON, Canada
Feb 2002
time: 00:19
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Time again. Just completed granary. Lost conscript warrior to barbs; couldn't get the E one in above screen to attack on mountain feasibly and quickly, so I opted for the hills and evidently lost. Other warrior not doing too much, minor exploration.
Granary was built with spice forest chop, 10 turns at 2fpt and 2 turns at 5spt 1 fpt with the spice forest, while it was being chopped (it almost feels like an exploit  ). Growth with full granary is imminent and a settler's on its way. At this point I see no reason to not pump out settler till island is full, aside from letting Gnome grow a bit.
Worker roading spices.
Long time till Writing, but self-research is not really worthwhile for it yet anyway. Also, another immense benefit of choosing Pottery at full blast right off the bat: preq. for Map Making. My main concern is whether I should try for Phil to grab MM for free or just go full steam towards MM. Given that snoopy, Moonbars and Ljube all start with Alph., I'm probably going to play it safe and bee line for MM; contacts will be important in this, I think. Also, with so many coastal cities, harbours and galleys will be pressing concerns.
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