[PB81] naufragar is a rock. He is an iiiiiiiiiisland.

[naufragar]

At the risk of telling the mapmaker my plan to break the map? 

Boudicca of Portugal, baby!  We’re colonizing the New World!

(Not a joke. )

[Amicalola]

[Rusten]

Work boat first could be bait, so don't feel forced to pick a fishing civ.

But it's not a true Nauf game without you locking yourself into a gimmick on T0, so we all know you'll pick Portugal anyway. 

[naufragar]

And there we have our working relationship in a nutshell.

Rusten: You know, winning is fun.

Naufragar: Eh, sounds boring.

In all seriousness, if Mjmd doesn’t take America, I’ll have to think a long time about it. Even if I don’t want it, I’m not eager to see how The Black Sword (TBS) would use it for total bs.

Still need to sim.

[Rusten]

America is always the right pick TBH. I still think* that civ is busted.

*In the same way I 'think' the sky is blue and 2+2 = 4

[naufragar]

Damn it. Mjmd went Zulu. If I were sure that TBS would pass on America, I would too, but I'm absolutely confident that if I give up America to TBS and he takes it, he just runs away with this game.

Have to think.

[naufragar]

But it's not a true Nauf game without you locking yourself into a gimmick on T0, so we all know you'll pick Portugal anyway. 

Screw it. Let TBS have his fun. I want to have mine. Boudica of Portugal all the way to 4th place!

[Rusten]

I ran some simulations for fun and this looks like a very strong and natural T21:




Warrior completes on size 3 working best tiles every turn. AH finishes in time for worker to pasture. New city grabs deer when it's settled so capital can start on another settler right after without losing out on power tiles. Alternatively you can grow to 4 on another warrior after the first settler (not working the ivory, warrior completes same turn as growth). Which of those is better depends on surroundings.

This is not me signing up as a dedlurker btw. I don't want to lose interest early again and feel like I'm letting you down if I disappear, but if you want some help and advice I'll be glad to stick around when available.

[naufragar]

This is not me signing up as a dedlurker btw. I don't want to lose interest early again and feel like I'm letting you down if I disappear, but if you want some help and advice I'll be glad to stick around when available.

Thanks for the sim! I should've told you I built a sandbox, so you'd have a bit less work.

I'm traveling Sunday to Sunday, so today's about my only simming day, so I'll see if I can produce something comparable. Pseudo-edit: But I also owe the PB75 folks a retrospective. Work, work, work.

One thing I can't tell from your plan: we get to choose a bonus starting tech, so if we go Hunting, we can get AH (or BW) very quick. I tried making Wheel work, just for beaker efficiency, but I haven't found a way yet.

[naufragar]

First draft using Hunting as our free accelerator tech:


Still need to test going BW before AH and going double worker.