RBP3 [SPOILERS] Team Nice Shot - Pacal of Carthage

[Mr. Nice Guy]

Looks like William is going to battle a bear next turn. Good news... odds will be in his favor with the forest bonus and the C1 promotion. Still though, I don't like taking my chances so early. Can you see any way to get to the "send William here" tile without making him confront the bear?

[Shoot the Moon]

I'd say just battle it. I'd actually like to see if we couldn't get a unit 10 xp off barbs to unlock the Heroic Epic anyway. It's a risk, but we do have three warriors, so if one dies it's not the end of the world.

[Shoot the Moon]

We were the last to have not played (and had been that way for a while) so I went ahead and played. I moved William, and oddly the bear didn't attack. William didn't reveal anything worth mentioning. I didn't see where the bear moved to, but we no longer have vision on it, so my guess is to the SE. I think we should move William 1NE next turn.

I was thinking we could do a quick 3 turns of scouting with Karen (there is a sign in game). It is all along forested hills, so it should be pretty safe.

I'm not sure what your plans with Jordan are. I assume he's sitting in the capital for the next couple hundred turns , but I have not moved him (nor have I ended turn). I have also not moved William.

[Mr. Nice Guy]

Thanks for ending turn. I had to work late today -- 12-10 and didn't get the chance to end turn.

I didn't have any more specific plans for Jordan other than MP duty, maybe settler or worker escort duties where appropriate. But soon (hopefully) we will have access to better military units, so our warriors will make decent MP units for the next millenia.

Will log in and check things out, finish the turn and go to bed. To think that I used to work 2-11 5 nights a week.. I don't know how I used to do it!

[Shoot the Moon]

I had to work late today -- 12-10 and didn't get the chance to end turn.

Ouch. If you have another such work day and would just like me to play that day, just let me know.

MP duty sounds fine for Jordan.

[Mr. Nice Guy]

First the diplomacy from A4:

We thank you for congratulating us on our 2nd city and would also like
to congratulate you on achieving the same feat.

We haven't yet had a reply from DIM about meeting with you, probably
because they also need more time to discuss messages like us, however
we shall keep you updated. We should inform you that there is a long
lake stretching N-S to the E of where we met, and our culture will
soon block of the northern way around it. You will probably have to go
south around it, although we are not sure how long it is (probably
goes some 5-6 tiles).

We would also like to reach an espionage agreement with your team.
Unfortunately we, like you, are lacking in contacts ATM and we have
already arranged an EP agreement with DIM. However, we will move EP's
away from you when we have another contact.

And a few minutes later...

It seems that an hour after we post our reply, DIM manages to send us
a response. Ah well, that's life.

They have said that they are sending a scouting unit in your direction
with the intent of meeting you soon. We have replied that they, like
you, will have to go South around the lake to our SE. Maybe the two of
you could meet around there?

To make this meeting as pain-free as possible, could you give us the
location of your scout when you send it out in relation to the tile we
met (where Karen ended turn when we made contact)? We will keep you
informed on their scout's position in return.

[Mr. Nice Guy]

And a screenshot from the east:



Nothing exciting over there, yet. But lots of rivers for us to eventually expand toward...

I have given William a path that will reveal a little more fog while at the same time arriving at Red Dot in time to clear the way for the settler.

[Mr. Nice Guy]

And a thought. I would also like to move a warrior toward 10XP, so it makes sense to use a 3XP warrior to meet team DIM, rather than a freshly produced warrior. William is going to be occupied in the east for a while, so what if we sent Jordan up to the north, headed Karen south after her expedition as MP for Carthage, and used the warrior to-be-produced in Utica as its MP guard?

If we did so, we would have Jordan exploring new territory in 10 turns, and likely meeting team DIM in 15ish turns. I have marked in game the tile to start our westward explorations, it is a forested hill to give us maximum visibility as we head out.

If you think this is a good plan (better than using a fresh warrior for exploration)... then I will send team A4 a note letting them know our ETA.

[Shoot the Moon]

That sounds like a great plan.

[Mr. Nice Guy]

That sounds like a great plan.

Okay, cool. Proposed message, then:

Greetings,

Thank you for the information about the lake. If I remember correctly, when we first met Conan the Warrior, he sat on a forested hill 1 SW of a plains fur tile. There is a plains forested hill 4W of Conan's hill. We will have a warrior on that tile on T50. We plan to use that tile as a jumping-off point for western exploration, beginning on T51.

Any changes? I think I'll leave the message up overnight and send it in the morning before work.