Exploration, discovery, the hiring of mercenaries.... 2500BC

MrWhereItsAt · April 30, 2003, 08:49

3150 BC ended after I changed all the cities to building Horsemen and adujsted labourers for maximum shields. The Barb Horse brained himself on our Mountain-climbing Archer.

I tiebreak the move orders for Archer #1 by moving him to the West instead of home to Majestica.

In 2950BC a hut is spotted at (123, 39) - it is 25 gold. Nice for if we DO need to rush a unit in Majestica.

In 2900BC we discover Alphabet - oh look! No advances leading to Monarchy can be researched at this time. It's almost as if it knows

I choose Bronze Working instead.

Also this turn, the Imperialis Horse is built. I have no orders for him apart from "Explore!", so I head East into the tundra hoping for huts.

Horses from Majestica and Dominion do likewise in a North and West direction respectively. The circling Archer near Dominion finds a hut with Pottery in it in 2700BC.

A mercenary Archer homed to Imperialis is found next turn (2650BC), and a Horse for Majestica at another hut the same year. I decide to stop at 2500BC.

In 2600BC Bede proclaims us the most powerful Civ on the planet (really? With all those mercenaries?

)

Code of Laws is found in a hut in 2550BC, so we're not COMPLETELY off track for Monarchy. An advanced tribe is found on a river quite far from home, becoming the city of Glorificus - flanked by forest on one side and tundra on the other - a bizarre, bizarre map.

At the start of 2500BC I save the game.

This map is damn weird. o.0

Screenshots to follow.

MrWhereItsAt · April 30, 2003, 09:00

The map, in 2 parts

West

East

And the Big 5

MrWhereItsAt · April 30, 2003, 09:02

And the Demographics.

CannonFodder · April 30, 2003, 12:23

Quote:

Originally posted by MrWhereItsAt
In 2900BC we discover Alphabet - oh look! No advances leading to Monarchy can be researched at this time. It's almost as if it knows

I choose Bronze Working instead.

Code of Laws is found in a hut in 2550BC, so we're not COMPLETELY off track for Monarchy.

ARGH - I hate it when that happens. Oh well...at least we'll have a good defender (like we really need it)

George Bush Sr. mode Stay the course. end George Bush Sr. mode

CannonFodder · April 30, 2003, 12:26

Note: When do you plan on sending us lowly ministers the save?

shade · April 30, 2003, 12:28

good choices

...we have quite some exploring units...I like it...and those archers

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I have the impression we might be put in some sort of corridor =>small strip of grass between 2 groups of hostile territory...as you say, very strange...I just Love it

Shade

H Tower · April 30, 2003, 13:56

MWIA, from now on could you put the ending year in as part of the thread title?

-Jrabbit · April 30, 2003, 14:30

Wow, we're pretty spread out -- going to need to backfill some nearby city spots...

War4ever · April 30, 2003, 15:51

lots of lousy terrain i noticed

atawa · April 30, 2003, 16:22

strange terrain, enough specials though.

The river looks promising

-Jrabbit · April 30, 2003, 20:08

The river is GREAT!! The only civ-river I can recall where you can actually travel in a straight line!

Definitely calls for a river-based approach to early cities, imho.

Ben Kenobi · April 30, 2003, 20:25

*constructive criticism*

This is why I wanted to save Horseback riding for our tech off of the path to Monarchy. The game always cuts us off at some point.

Now we will wait a few more turns to get into Monarchy.

War4ever · April 30, 2003, 20:55

you pop enough huts you get unwanted techs etc.....so don't sweat it..its a rare game to get monarchy without a hiccup

MrWhereItsAt · April 30, 2003, 21:19

Quote:

Originally posted by CannonFodder
Note: When do you plan on sending us lowly ministers the save?

I sent it already... Haven't you got it yet? I have had no non-delivery messages.

obiwan - point taken, but if we had done that then we wouldn't have Horseback Riding yet and all those huts would still be begging.. And hey! At least we got CoL from a hut - that's just as good as if we had started Alphabet and didn't get it from there...

I thought if anyone was happy it would be you, shade.

So many mercenaries.. And the specials are appearing, just in Mountains and tundra where we can't change them for a few millennia.

CannonFodder · April 30, 2003, 21:32

Strange...I haven't gotten it. You did send it to the email I posted in the ministers emails thread?

Bob_Smurf42 · April 30, 2003, 21:48

I don't have it either...

It looks like concentric squares of alternate terrain around Glorificus.. wonder what's inside?

Well, he did warn us...

MrWhereItsAt · April 30, 2003, 23:16

Hmm.... I'll send it again when I get home in about 3-4 hours... chegreen thingy and papa_smurf whatsit - those are the right ones and the ones in the Ministers' emails thread, I hope?

MrWhereItsAt · May 1, 2003, 04:46

Save resent to all of you - no error messages. Post here if you have a problem again and I'll just zip it, post here and PM you guys the password for the zip.

CannonFodder · May 1, 2003, 14:50

Still nothing...

It is "chegreenleaf@yahoo.com"

I hope I don't get spammed...

Hydey · May 1, 2003, 18:30

Quote:

Originally posted by CannonFodder
I hope I don't get spammed...

If you get 40,000 emails from porno sites, have you then been spammed?

mrboo123 · May 1, 2003, 19:02

funny, I never got a save let???

Bob_Smurf42 · May 1, 2003, 22:53

I still don't have it:'papa_smurf95401@lycos.com'
Maybe Lycos thinks it's spam...nope, not there...very strange...I got the first one...

Maybe you messed up and sent it to my yahoo address.......nope, not there either...

MrWhereItsAt · May 1, 2003, 23:36

Damn bizarre - I'll post it in a passworded zipfile here and PM you guys the password. AThis will likely delay the next turns played until early next week as polls etc. need to be put up.

BruceTheStupid · May 2, 2003, 15:59

Quote:

Originally posted by Hydey

If you get 40,000 emails from porno sites, have you then been spammed?

Or you could say you've been "oversexed".

MrWhereItsAt · May 3, 2003, 02:32

OK - saves are on the Apolyton server via the upload feature. The Ministers have been PMed the links. The links work, I have just tried them. I have plenty of room for PMs, so they should work, If not I have no idea what more I can do. Emailing the save, posting it here with a password, uploading it secretly and PMing the links... what else is there?

/me REALLY hopes this works