Micro Thread

[plako]

Might be. Had to try it. My intuition just fights against cutting so many forests down and not improving and utilising the good tiles we've. but with 2 workers we'll place improvements for 2 cities pretty fast.

[novice]

Some sandboxes:
- Elizabeth of India
- Pacal of Inca
- Pacal of Babylon

Worldbuilder file, if you want to edit in your own combination.

More sandboxes:
- Sury of India
- Vicky of India

[novice]

Here's Vicky on turn 30. I chopped three forests. Both our resources are improved and are being worked.

[zakalwe]

I don't think we should settle among so much ice.

[plako]

With Victoria. Growing to size 2 after farming Corn, building 2*FW and chopping 3 forests would delay settling until T33. This was not fully optimized so there might be a possibility to get 1T out of this.

[darrelljs]

plako do you want to save the forests for after Math(ematic)s, or were you just worried we weren't using the Worker turns for tile improvements?

I'm not a huge Vicky fan but I guess that's a discussion we can start on the back of the snake pick .

Darrell

[plako]

If we're going to stay size 1 until T30 founding a city towards fishies would also work and provide few forests more.

With Sury and 4 forest chops one can get city out in T30 too, if staying size 1.

[plako]

plako do you want to save the forests for after Math(ematic)s, or were you just worried we weren't using the Worker turns for tile improvements?

I'm not a huge Vicky fan but I guess that's a discussion we can start on the back of the snake pick .

Darrell

It is probably just a bad habit i.e. sparing my forests to be used later when using them is more efficient and for wonder races. Fast workers obvivously make chopping quite efficient right from the beginning so staying at size 1 is not that bad idea indeed.

[plako]

Actually with Sury we could get city settled on T29 with 4 forest chops.

[darrelljs]

Yeah I tend to chop right away, just because the hammers are more valuable early in the game when your ability to make them is so limited. In particular I like to clear cut the capital; I figure any wonder would get chopped out at different location anyway, even Stonehenge. I typically don't chop until I've improved at least a food resource, though this case might be different if we are India and going for a quick second Fast Worker.

In three more picks I think we will know our leader, because I think we can accurately predict who the Pirates will pair with Inca. I'll start sandboxing then .

Darrell