[spoilers] The what goes where?

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Turn 80 - 875 BC

I offered a cease fire to Q ... will see if he takes it. The axe was whipped at WSP ... that should take care of the Barb Spear. My scout picked up 5XP from the hut (Woodie II for him). I also found a Combat I barb warrior.

Lynn completed its fishing boat ... it is heading to one of the seafood tiles at Marblehead.

A settler is due out of Boston next turn - heading to Logan.

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Turn 81 - 850 BC

The brand new axe cleaned up the barb spear at 91% odds without a scratch. He continued to move into the fog to spawn bust. Once he has locked down a 5x5 grid, I will be swapping him out with a warrior (or archer).

The exploring galley (with the Woodie II scout) found those pesky lurkers. I might be able to see more next turn - will post a picture.

I offered Q a cease fire last turn (or the turn before) and he turned me down. I will have to be careful to maintain turn order during (what to me is a phony) war.

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Turn 82 - 825 BC

And here are those dang blast lurkers that screw up the demo screen. Someone should really jump over that ice and take care of that problem.



My exploring warrior ran into an 'axe' of Cale ... and decided that ending turn next to him wasn't a bright idea. Next turn he will run NE.



I think I am starting to see the impact of the known tech bonus. 39 raw beakers cuts maths to 4 turns, 38 is 5 turns. Anyone have an understanding of how much the uplift for this is under this mod? Maths is currently at 232/430 beakers.



And ... I should be able to pick up more known tech bonus (assuming that purple people know maths. My netted claims aren't required until 2 more turns ... so I will be using those turns for a little bit more exploring.

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Turn 83 - 800 BC

The purple border was Krill. He has 9 cities to my 6. I checked my maths research green bar before and after I met Krill and it didn't budge. Does that mean he doesn't know maths? I offered him the following:



Over in the east, my exploring Woodie II warrior (I must check if he has a name - I think he deserves one) found another civilization - the Japanese.



I offered Q a cease fire and BGN's scout is not dead(!) but he is still caught in the southern waste lands. I have an axe heading into that area to spawn bust. I wonder what will happen?

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Turn 84 - 775 BC

Q didn't accept my cease fire ... he did offer a peace deal - I took it. That means no threat from Q for 10 turns. I better make use of it ... as I expect he will.

Here is a map of the known lands with cities marked (my existing cities in light blue, Qs in gray and my future cities in red) ...



In other news ... my exploring scout found a hut and got ...



And here is BNG's scout ...



And some other interesting pics ...

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Turn 85 - 750 BC

The hunt for the BGN scout has intensified.



I have PM's BGN (copy to Commodore) about the DOW and taken the 2nd half. I expect that scout will be dead T86 or T87.

My exploring Warrior has got a name ... John Winthrop. A bit of a stuck up nancy boy ... but it'll do.

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I've been chatting to BGN (with a copy to Commodore) about the axe / scout war (skirmish?). We have agreed on a turn split (him:me) but only for any units involved in the conflict (scout for him, axe and maybe chariot [that he doesn't know about yet)).

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Weird wars we are fighting!


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Turn 86 - 725 BC

I logged in after BGN had ended turn and was presented with a diplo box ... BGN offers me a peace deal. Hmmm - no.

I then get a second offer from BGN ... a peace deal plus 1g per turn. Would I have got this screen if I had accepted the first one? What happens if I reject this ... do I get a peace deal plus 2g per turn?

I cross my fingers and click no ... and ...

nothing

So ... BGN ran his scout away from the axe (understandable) but he ran right into the chariot that I had positioned for such an event ...



Mr Chariot took those odds, dispatched the scout without a scratch and gained 2XPs for it (now 4/5). I also picked up 6 GG points.



Q is making use of our 10t peace deal ... he settled a city (Kill la Kill). I am betting that he put it down to pick up the horses.



My exploring warrior found something interesting ...



This also has options for being a pain-in-the-ass. Pity it isn't an axe out there.

The scout out west found more Krill land. Further, it looks like the land he is on is a peninsular and he has to run the Krill gauntlet to get anywhere further. I might send my galley back to give him a boost over to some more land.

I'll try and remember to grab some screenshots of the land to the west for you.

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Turn 87 - 700 BC