Succession Game - The Sticky Mouse Academy Strikes Back - Page 4

-Jrabbit · October 13, 2002, 20:41

Don't forget to ZIP your save when you post it, Hydey.
Thanx.

Hydey · October 14, 2002, 08:33

1060 deliver caravans to Berlin

1080 discover engineering

1100 build caravans

1120 find Celts and establish embassy

1140 Deliver 3 caravans to Berlin

1160 Discover sanitation
Deliver 3 caravans to Berlin

1180 Keep building caravans

1200 Deliver 2 caravans to Berlin

1220 Discover Bridge building
Deliver caravan to Berlin

1240 Deliver 3 Caravans to Berlin

1260 Discover Invention
Deliver 3 Caravans to Berlin

1280 Build more caravans ,

A number of Vans ready to be delivered next turn

Hydey · October 14, 2002, 08:34

-Jrabbit · October 14, 2002, 08:50

Thanx Hydey. Did the D/L to my work PC. Will email to the iMac home system and open tonight.

(Unsure if I can play tonight though, as it's launch night for a major new microsite in my company's Web empire -- our first ecommerce effort. Management is watching,

so I've gotta make sure everything's right before we go live...)

Scouse Gits · October 14, 2002, 15:39

Good luck -Jrabbit - with both the game and the e-commerce site...

Sounds good hidey - lots of 'vans...

SG[1]

Hydey · October 14, 2002, 18:41

Quote:

Originally posted by Scouse Gits
Sounds good hydey - lots of 'vans...

built 1 per turn in One wonders and nil newton

La Fayette · October 15, 2002, 07:39

Good boy, Hydey!
Repeated Hides rule!

(La Fayette, ready to wear leather pants and the like...)

-Jrabbit · October 15, 2002, 08:55

D/L worked fine -- opened, took a quick look, and saved. Camel City!! And it looks like we'll have Democracy shortly.

With so many ships away from home, I worry about whether we can make that transition. Probably not practical... I generally have happy wonders to get me through such things.

Hmm, things to ponder as I get through the workday...
Will play tonight (US Central time).

La Fayette · October 15, 2002, 12:27

JRabbit
Running a Demo with lots of triremes and caravels at sea is not easy at all.
If I were you, I wouldn't switch to Demo before I get Magnetism or Industrialization.

-Jrabbit · October 16, 2002, 06:34

Well, I had a rough night of it, boys. Must have been tired, 'cuz I made a few silly mistakes. Played more turns than I meant to -- I swear that when you get to a certain late-night level, the "Civ2 One More Turn" syndrome is nearly uncontrollable.

anyway, here's the Zipped save. I'll write up my notes shortly.

Scouse Gits · October 16, 2002, 06:50

Game unzips OK - looking good (at least at first glance)

SG[1]

-Jrabbit · October 16, 2002, 09:18

Drat -- was about 2/3 done documenting when bleeping AOL hit me with a "you have been logged off for inactivity" notice. Bleeping bleepers... So here's what happened --

1300 -- Consul Chief Lagomorph surveys the republic, and sees that it is rich. Germans, English sign peace treaty, Egypt begins mighty Crusade of King Richard of Thebes.

Chinese, English both courting Magellan

One Wonders ends celebration @ 13. Berlin bombarded with Hides (184), Hides (264), and Beads (100). Mayor of Not The Gardens attempts to explain the Food 'van present in his fair city.

1320 -- Celts go to war with Chinese. We discover Democracy. Workers beg for chance to build giant Statue

in the harbor. Consul Chief Lagomorph sets them to work in the camel-breeding farms, selects Gunpowder over Gravity and Warrior Code. Hoover slips into discord. Northbound caravel spots hut, diplomat persuades NONE nomads to join forces.

1340 -- Copernicus

becomes extremely Obervant in Berlin. Leather-lovers in Frankfurt (188), Berlin (184 + 184 + 264

) are pummeled with our Hides. Egyptian port of Abydos (4) mapped in far SE.

Northern caravel heads homeward to set NONE settler to work, spotting a 2-whale island near Celt lands en route.

1360 -- Caravel spots hut on SE island. Diplomat enters and finds an advanced tribe complete with Pop=4, temple and library.

Rampant Cancer starts with one red face but is fortunate to have a young Elvis among its ppl to set things right.

1380 -- One Wonders builds caravan -- BUT NO HIDES ARE AVAILABLE!!

("What have I done?" laments the Consul Chief.) So upset is he that he spaces out during ship chaining, delaying delivery of needed goods to Berlin.

Load camels with wool instead. Hieroncopolis spotted east of Abydos.

1400 -- Not The Gardens builds cathedral, celebrates wildly. Gunpowder discovered, Steam Engine next. Insatiable Berliners gratefully accept more Hides (264 + 184 + 184), while trireme sneaks shipment of Coal into Leipzig (175).

1420 -- Barbs spotted in Egypt and at sea. Celts get republic. Byemike! celebrates. New trade route to Egypt considered, caravel sets forth.

1440 -- Underfunded caravel (with camel

) disbanded. Groggy Consul Chief Lagomorph gets more grog. Eastern explorers pop a hut, gain 200 GP

Population surpasses 4MM.

1460 -- Marcono prepares for celebration. Hides to Berlin (264 GP).

1480 -- Barbs come out of deep black sea, sink caravel with NONE settler.

Consul Chief vows revenge. Wise men demonstrate 1st practical Steam Engine. We propose its early application to a Railroad. Berlin (where the streets are paved with leather) accepts our Wool (264), plus 2 more shipments of Hides (264 ea.

).

1500 -- Celts become a republic. Magellan's Voyage

completed in Beijing. Not The Gardens ends celebration (13). Hut yields 50 GP. Consul Chief considers using growing reserve fund for bribery campaign. Diplomatic training stepped up.

1510 -- Replacement settler ships north to start colony. Barb crook bribed in northern Germany to help out. Dye delivered to Hambourg, netting 116 GP. Hardy Mongol workers build Egyptian-bound caravels.

1520 -- A Celt named Sun Tzu opens his War Academy

in Carmarth. Abydos defects from Egyptian empire, joins Barbarians.

Mongol Settler lands on our proposed northern outpost. Eastern caravel/dip positions to entice barbs to become NONE residents of Rampant Cancer.

1530 -- Steam engine determined to work just fine when mounted on wheeled cart. Lagomorphic Railroad is founded. Industrialization targeted. Hoover Sucks grows to 9 but seems unhappy about it. Treasury exceeds 7000.

Consul Chief Lagomorph

passes out; successor elected and installed in office while he sleeps.

* * * * *
Glad to hear it unzips OK. Whoever is next -- Straybow, I believe? -- have fun!

Hydey · October 16, 2002, 18:40

-Jrabbit, the penalty for playing too many turns is 50 push ups or 50 beers which ever you can manage the easiest.

Scouse Gits · October 17, 2002, 03:40

I had to count them to notice! - Bad -Jrabbit a full 13 turns! Bad, bad, rabbit!

It's strange - in some Succession Games you don't want to stop and in others you can't wait to hand over - but they are great fun!

SG[1]

Straybow · October 17, 2002, 10:01

I guess I'm next; will play ASAP

-Jrabbit · October 17, 2002, 15:07

Quote:

Originally posted by Scouse Gits
I played 12 turns, which seems about right for the second round.

SG(2)

SG[1] -- Go ahead --
Scold me

for screwing up the ship chain.
Call me an idiot

for finding away to take hides off the resource list.
Berate me

for losing a NONE settler.

for these things, I blame myself. ;wall:

But don't bash me

for playing one extra turn (13) when SG(2) said 12 = "about right."

-- Get a grip!!!

But I'll pay the price. Hydey, I'm, uh, forced to take the "50 beers" option.

(Actually, I meant to stop at 1500 but it got away from me. I was very tired and a bit, um, affected.

)

Scouse Gits · October 17, 2002, 20:45

Order of Play
Things are moving along very well

The game is in good shape and we all seem to be singing from the same hymn sheet

SG(2)
SG[1]
Vlad
La Fayette
Hydey
-Jrabbit
Straybow

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SG(2)

Scouse Gits · October 18, 2002, 06:27

OK - so I'm

- burn me!

Love the new smileys - thanks for bringing them to my attention, -Jrabbit

SG[1]

Hydey · October 18, 2002, 07:31

Yes its all fun in the

Scouse Gits · October 18, 2002, 08:00

Let's have a

now that the

has arrived -- or should that be

?

SG[1]

Sorry, Ming - but it is Friday!

-Jrabbit · October 18, 2002, 08:12

Quote:

Originally posted by Scouse Gits
Love the new smileys - thanks for bringing them to my attention, -Jrabbit
SG[1]

That was the main point. Just having fiun...

La Fayette · October 18, 2002, 19:00

(SG[1], trying to tell Ming what Friday night really means)

(Ming, showing he has understood)

Scouse Gits · October 18, 2002, 19:49

LaFayette we are

of such

ational thoughts - we are simply

or

depending upon how much wine we have consumed

The SGs well and truly

issed: (or :pissed: as we originally intended) this smiley is sorely missed!!!

Hydey · October 19, 2002, 11:09

Hydey more

issed:

-Jrabbit · October 20, 2002, 21:59

?????????????????????????????????????????????????
??????????? STRAYBOW WHERE ARE U ?????????????
?????????????????????????????????????????????????

Straybow · October 21, 2002, 02:33

I am alive. Went on a day trip Saturday and didn't get a chance to play before I left. Hope to have it posted within the hour.

Hydey · October 21, 2002, 07:56

Quote:

Originally posted by Straybow
Hope to have it posted within the hour.

well we are still waiting.

-Jrabbit · October 21, 2002, 23:28

Quote:

Originally posted by Straybow
I am alive. Went on a day trip Saturday and didn't get a chance to play before I left. Hope to have it posted within the hour.

Hmmm... Interesting interpretation of the "hour" concept...

Six Thousand Year Old Man · October 21, 2002, 23:51

That's what I miss most about succession games, Jrabbit... the heaping of abuse on the slow players

I post as quickly as I can regardless of how much it impacts the quality of my turns!

Hydey · October 22, 2002, 05:33

Perhaps he meant 1 hour and 1 week