RPB3 SPOILERS Bismarck of India (regoarrarr, darrelljs, sooooo, sunrise089)

[regoarrarr]

So pros and cons

Hunting
Pros:
* Discount to Anim Husb (saves us 21 beakers or about 2t - makes AH 129 instead of 150).
* Pre-req of Archery, which we may need
Cons:
* If we are settling the copper, we may not want archery
* We have not seen any deer or ivory.

Animal Husbandry
Pros:
* Reveals horses (I asked Meatbalz if he had seen any horses as I believe he has researched AH) and they said they hadn't seen any but obviously they can only see parts of our capital)
* Lets us hook up our sheep tile and the nearby pigs
* On the way to Writing
Cons:
* Gives up the 2t Hunting discount

The Wheel
Pros:
* Allows us to build roads to our 2nd city
* Ensures we never "waste" a worker turn
* On the way to Pottery
Cons:
* Makes AH (horses / sheep / pigs) further away

I think I would vote for Wheel next.

[sooooo]

Need the warrior to explore round the copper for potential sites. Do we know if that copper is closer to us than it is to Ruff?

I think we need archery whatever happens, even if we settle copper.

Hunting next for me.

[darrelljs]

Selected Hunting...after accidently putting a turn into AH .

Copper should be closer to use, I think we want to settle it next. I think the mystery civ to the SE must be a rush civ, why else hide your identity?



Darrell

[regoarrarr]

Selected Hunting...after accidently putting a turn into AH .

Copper should be closer to use, I think we want to settle it next. I think the mystery civ to the SE must be a rush civ, why else hide your identity?
Darrell

I think during the chat Meatbalz said that they hadn't met Byz, Rome or Aztec (context meaning that those were rush civs) though that still leaves folks like Egypt.

I also asked if it was the Kalin / Athlete / Jowy team (Inca) thinking that maybe they wanted to hide their identity from us specifically but he said no, and also confirmed that the mystery team asked not to be identified to anyone, not just us specifically

[regoarrarr]

We also need to figure out what we're going to be doign with our workers. If we go Hunting->AH, we have about 17t of work for them to do before we get AH. They'll finish farming the rice next turn (T30) and then have nothing to do.

We have 4 forest left at Ladies Night.

[darrelljs]

They'll be able to chop, then improve tiles at the new city.

Darrell

[regoarrarr]

Email from ruff

I've recently met the Incas. They mentioned they might be interested in a missionary and I offered to sell them one. I'd like to extend the offer to you too. I haven't agreed on terms so that area is still fluid but I did mention that it is dependent on my ability to build them and the opportunity cost for the Aztec nation.

[regoarrarr]

I wrote a quick note back to him

Thanks for the note ruff.

I think we are definitely interested in a missionary. Like we mentioned before, even though as human players there is no real "We care for our brothers and sisters of the faith" bonus, often times it does seem to play out that way....

I'll try to get an "official" response out to you shortly, but in the meantime, do you have any info on where the Incas might be located? We can also let you know that we ran into a HRE scout right near our capital. They say that they are far to the SE, and have met one other civ that was mostly to your south, but mentioned that the civ in question asked to not be identified. Not sure what that is all about.

We told them where you were located but if you have any scouting units this way we'd be happy to arrange a meeting.

Also, per our agreement, we have ceased EP spending towards you

DJ Civ.

[regoarrarr]

They'll be able to chop, then improve tiles at the new city.

Darrell

So specifically what are we doing from next turn (T31) until the settler is done? And shoot we should have revolted to Slavery last turn I think. That way we were only wasting a turn of the 3/0/1 rice vs. wasting the 5/0/1 rice that we'll have starting this turn

We're really lacking a cohesive plan here.

[regoarrarr]

Quick email to HRE

Hey guys - I logged in today and noticed there was an injured lion right near where I remember your scout being - he didn't bite it did he?

If so, fear not we'll avenge him shortly (hopefully!)

DJ Civ

Am chatting with Krill, who we have just met in game. Big news is that apparently dead Korea is/was to our immediate south, so that's awesome!

Will post the log when I"m done

In the meantime, i have no idea what to do with our workers