[spoilers] AT makes a funny thread title

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Turn 111

Countdowns:

3 turns to MetalCasting
9 turns to a GP for theology.

Mars expanded borders this turn, so I guess I don't get temporary custody of the floodplains.  I couldn't figure out how he did it (city only founded 14 turns ago and he didn't whip anything till recently), but he chopped a forest, so I presume he got it from that.

Not a big deal - the extra growth would have been nice for  a couple of turns.  

If I decide to jump into caste for any time, I might run an artist there to expand my borders again and put more pressure on him. 

In other news, buddhism spread to StolenLand, so more income for the shrine.

Oh, and I founded HereAndNow, which is yet another news talk show. 



It will grow on the sugar (which is being farmed for now) and then also work the whale - I'll chop in a terrace and overflow into a lighthouse.  It will grow slowly, but surely.  And will get some cottages.

some thoughts on the south:



If I put a fort on this black square tile, I can 1 turn his silver city if I choose.    He's absolutely going to see it coming, but it might worry him, so it might be worth the (15!!) worker turns.   Or, it might not be.  15 turns.. yikes.

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Turn 112

Countdowns:

2 turns to MetalCasting
7 turns to a GP
about 13 turns to AP - I don't have the micro set up completely.

I asked Krill if he wanted to do a whale for gem trade.   He has cheap markets, so he might say yes. 

I'm debating researching alphabet and getting OB with GKC and maybe krill.  Maybe send a spy to check out Superdeath.

CoL is obviously on the table, but the extra commerce and the spies would be helpful.

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Turn 113

1 turn to metal casting.  
6 turns to GP for theo.

Krill continues to whip units.  I presume he's attacking GKC.

He did not accept my whale/gem offer, which is unsurprising.

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Turn 114

Big turn

Krill declared on GKC, so he's not long for the world.

MrCairo techd CoL and switched into Caste, Monarchy and OR, which means he has Monarchy, as well (unsurprising, since he has wine).

He also proposed a fur for stone trade, which I declined and offered a whale for fur.


I got MetalCasting.  Whipped a market into OnPoint and started CoL.  I get it in 4 turns.  CarTalk, WaitWait and AllThings start forges - OnPoint starts one next turn.

I settle my last city next turn.  Violence is not far off.

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Turn 114

Not much from my point of view.  I did plant my 13th and final city, TedRadio.  Well, final for now.  If I take Superdeath over, I'll put down some more on that southern island and I'm debating re-settling Earth.

CoL in 3.   Setting up to get courts as soon as possible in most cities - for some, that's getting forges up, for others, that's just building pop so I can pop rush them ASAP.    With OR, court is a 4 pop rush after 8 hammers are in.  With OR+Forge,  it's 2 pop after 15 hammers are in, or 4 with 1.  overflow may be my friend in some of the cities.

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Fun with the mod

As Charriu pointed out, you can modify the F1 screen and even make your own screens.



I just made this one up for PB47, which lists at a high level what cities have what early improvements.    as you can see, everything has a terrace or is building one, and lighthouses are thick on the land.    A lot of raxes, too.

Beyond that, it's a little thin.  Forges will help a lot with that, though.

The markets will help a lot, because my expenses are pretty high.

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Krill got a GG and took a city. Still just moving to caste.

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Whipped a few forges to set up courthouses. Get CoL next turn and then it's courts basically everywhere.

CoL->alpha->Calendar, then straight to guilds, I think. Might go aesthetics for SoZ, probably not.

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I was listening to CarTalk yesterday (technically, the Best Of CarTalk, since they haven't made new episodes in years now) and they started it off with a story that went something like this:

There were these two scientists, one Russian and one Czechoslovakian, who were studying grizzly bears. They loved grizzlies, but had to study them from afar, because they had a hard time getting permission to go to america to study them. They applied every year, but were turned down.

Finally, one year, they received permission. They flew to New York and then on to Yellowstone to study the grizzlies in their natual habitat. They checked in with the park rangers like they were supposed to and the ranger said "it's grizzly mating season - very dangerous, we can't let you go out there". They begged and pleaded - this was their only opportunity. The ranger relented and gave them both a cell phone and instructions to call in every day.

So the scientists went out and made camp and called in every day. And then one day went by without a call. And then two days and the rangers organized a rescue mission. They got to the scientists camp and it was ravaged - blood everywhere, no scientists. There were 2 bear tracks leading away - a male and a female. The rangers follow the tracks and soon came upon the female. They knew they had to shoot the females to find any remains, so they did. When they cut her open, they found the remains of the Russian scientist, but not the other.

The one ranger turned to the other and said "this means that the Czech is in the male"

yes, it was pretty bad when I heard it

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Got CoL, am starting courthouses most everywhere. I can run at 30% with a slight positive gold or at 40% with -17 gold. I'm hoping with courts, I can run at 50 or 60%. Courts are going to take some time, though.

I accidentally finished one of the chops in WaitWait, so I whipped the forge. I'll bulb theology next turn and overflow everything into the AP. I don't have a good sense for how long it will take to build - something like 7-10 turns, I think, with the chops.