Turn Discussion Thread

[TheHumanHydra]

HAK, I chanced to have a look at the game when it was (unprompted) our turn, so I decided to play. Everything seemed to be in order in the cities, so I didn't change anything there. I moved several workers over to whatchamajigger to help chop the University. I set research to 100% to finish Calendar, then back down again. I selected Machinery as the next tech, as that is my recommendation, but we can always decide on something different. I moved the scouts around in the Trolls' land (we might want to send some of this information to Gillette):









I recorded the number of troops in the tiles I didn't highlight too for reference.

As if we couldn't tell already, evidently the Trolls have a lot of troops:



They're in Police State and Nationhood.

The long-awaited event did occur this past turn too:



(Note TEAM's knight.) I didn't see any of Gillette's troops in my scouting. I think what I feared is coming true - the power of the strategic defence in Civ IV is manifesting itself; Gillette won't be able to get far if anywhere. I wonder where this leaves us ...

Random side-note; I don't know if you noticed, but the Trolls' techs are visible in the diplomacy advisor now. Predictably, they're pretty far ahead of us, though thankfully macemen are the best they can build for now.

I was glad to play another turn; helps me keep in touch with what's going on.

[HitAnyKey]

Haven't done an update in a long time, so here's a quick update via pictures. Don't have much time to type stuff before I run off to work. Suffice to say that Gillette declared war on the Trolls and razed their island city and one of their coastal cities. But plako has been whipping & drafting units like crazy, so it's going to be a bloody war. The battle of WIFOM is going to be a tough one for Gillette though, as Trolls have been piling up units in there. It'll take a few turns just for Gillette to drop the defenses bonus down with the catapults before they can start attacking.

[TheHumanHydra]

Only six cats vs. 100% defence and city walls? It'll take them forever to take down those defences! Where are the other cats we gifted them, and why didn't we gift them more? (Rhetorical question, I know why.) Also, Gillette barely has more units than the Trolls at WIFOM - unless Gillette has massive reinforcements incoming, I predict they won't take it: a Trolls victory in this war.

HAK, do we know from Gillette whether TEAM has shown any inclination to join the war against the Trolls?

[HitAnyKey]

I haven't spoken to Gillette at all in about a week or so. So I have no idea what they have going on or what they plan ti do at that city. I did see they have a few more catapults coming from their border but that's all I was able to see. I am thinking of sending them the next catapult s frim PugPen and Orient Pount but ut still may not help.
I just haven't had a chance to contact them with my fiancee in town this past week.

[TheHumanHydra]

Would you like me to handle it?

[HitAnyKey]

Would you like me to handle it?

Go for it if you havr the time and inclination.

[TheHumanHydra]

I havr the inclination.

[HitAnyKey]

I realized that since we're about to hopefully get the UoS that we should pick up Priesthood and start building Temples for the research bonus that the wonder is going to give them. So I spent a turn getting Priesthood, and I believe we will have Machinery after the next two turns.

[HitAnyKey]

I'll try to do some sort of actual report of sorts later, but I'm in a bit of a mood tonight. Just figured I'd post a quick screenshot....TEAM has finally invaded Trolls. A bit late, since Gillette has already had to withdraw and were currently starting peace negotiations, but maybe now they can decide send their army back in.

[HitAnyKey]

If the turn comes back around to us before Sunday night, you'll need to play it as I won't be back online until then.