The Quarterdeck - Turn Discussion Thread

[Cornflakes]

Turned on Research, Education in 9 turns. Trolls built Taj.

Well, if they weren't clear winners before they should be clear now. Think the game I'll last long enough for us to claim we aren't in last ?

[thestick]

Frankly, probably not. At least we have a good GNP!

[thestick]

It looks like Gillette and Trolls are going to have a huge war; Gillette's Power is sky high, and Trolls adopted Nationhood and Police State.

Domestically still boring building, Education in 6 turns.

[Cornflakes]

So we might yet make it out of the dungeon. And I don't mind boring building domestically. Let's keep this up while the neighbors of Trolls worry and fight among themselves while forgetting about the stunted backward Incans in the north

Next weekend I'll probably drop in game and check things out. This coming week will be rather busy for me through Thursday. Q will probably be playing our PB9 turns a couple days. I'm planning to stay in town for Easter weekend though and can cover turns if needed.

[thestick]

Yeah, domestic building is fine at this point. For a brief shining moment, we were 2nd in GNP due to turning on research. We're probably 3rd or 4th in actually GNP, since TEAM/M3 don't have Bureaucracy yet.

The storm clouds are brewing:

[Cornflakes]

That's an impressive power differential! I wonder if they'll be able to strike quick enough before Trolls can rally defenses.

[thestick]

I just hope TEAM doesn't get any bright ideas with those Knights...

[Cornflakes]

What about this. We offer to build Catapults for TEAM if they'll declare on Trolls too.

Tasunke,

Gillette appear to be gearing up for war with the Trolls. We do not border Trolls, and due to distance and lack of military tech we cannot effectively join in a dogpile. But we do have Construction tech and can spam Catapults. If you can work out a war plan with Gillette we will put our hammer cities to pumping out Catapults, and gift them to you 3-4 turns prior to your declaration (in this way you won't have to pay maintenance until you're ready to use them).

We can accompany such cooperation with a 15-turn rolling NAP that kicks in to extend our current NAP; all surviving cats to be gifted back prior to DoW.

Team Pirates

If we keep TEAM occupied with Trolls they won't won't be able to attack us ... This way we also don't have to commit too much. Just put San Juan on Catapult duty, and maybe mix in one or two from other cities if we don't have buildings to build.

[thestick]

Maybe we should ask them if they plan to invade Trolls first? Just a quick 'what do you know about the Gillette-Trolls war that is going to break out?'

[Cornflakes]

Go for it ... I trust your diplomatic skills more than my own.