[Spoilers] - dtay in pb27

[dtay]

Nothing to say yet.

[BRickAstley]

Here is the list of the first pairings. I generated this list on random.org using a passphrase, so you can double check that this was random with no meddling (I would hope it's not a problem but I thought it was fun to do it this way anyways.)

You have 48 hours to choose whether you want to keep the combo you have been given, or to re-roll for a new one. Keep in mind this is the format:

Roll 1: Keep or re-roll with unused/rejected leaders/civs.
Roll 2: Keep or re-roll with unused/rejected leaders/civs.
Roll 3: Keep.

Please notify me whether you are keeping or re-rolling your combo in your thread or via PM.



Full list showing methodology and unrolled leaders/civs:

Attachment version for people with imgur problems:

[dtay]

I'll keep.

Brief thoughts on pick:
1) Oracle is a strong draw, priesthood for the zigg and ind to build it faster. And getting a religion is always good in these large games, which'll be nearby techwise.

2) Hope I start by farm food so I can go right to bronze working. If I don't need hunting will probably go mining->bronze, then get the prereqs for w/e I want to oracle, which probably means pottery, then go up to priesthood and oracle metal casting for cheap forges. Colossus kinda sucks now though, so don't care about that as much. Could also think about oracling code of laws for a religion, though bit of a wasted efficiency since I don't need it for courthouses.

3) Look at me counting my chickens before they hatch, discussing WHAT I should oracle before I even have a start :lol

4) Imp is great combo with ziggs, get lots of cities and then plop down cheaper courthouses (ziggs are only 90 hammers) that I have super early.

5) Don't like Ind that much but at least goes well with the desire for priesthood.

[dtay]

If there's a least favorite v3 change, it's the quay/colossus changes. Bleh.

[Fintourist]

3) Look at me counting my chickens before they hatch, discussing WHAT I should oracle before I even have a start :lol

Well, after seeing your PB13 & PB18 starts I would not consider it even too bold if you started speculating what you are going to do with Liberalism this time :P

[dtay]

We're going to Oracle Liberalism into... Horseback Riding.

I think I did actually get liberalism before HBR in PB13

[dtay]

With PB18 over and destruction of North Korea in PB22 completed, need moar civ, give me start!

[GermanJoey]

North Korea?

edit: oh wait, you mean Portugal, of course, of course...

[dtay]

Lol. Yeah I think I started pretty much exclusively referring to them as that in my thread sometime while that team was being strangely reticent to trade their map.

[BRickAstley]

Here is the starting BFC sandbox for you to look at and start planning, if you choose to do so. This accurately represents what the starting BFC will look like when you load into the game. The file has any strategic resources stripped out (since you would not know those on turn 0).

We reserve the right to make any changes to the BFC, but this is at least very close to what it will look like in game, so should be dependable for planning purposes.

No screenshot for the thread too because that's just time consuming right now for me to go take a picture of each one too.

Link to the starting sandbox: https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/4491...wordWBSave