[Spoilers] PB 66

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thanks. Obv Agri/TW or Agri/Mine or Mali start.

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Actually now that I think about it, Agri/TW is superior because you want to improve the 6f pigs 1st and would prefer road W of cap on the way there. Need to check if pottery 1st might be viable

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Hmm worker builds too fast to get AH in time. Wont have BW done by 1st settler but grow to 4 and settle 2nd city by turn 31.

EDIT also Mali is out. Need to start with agri to get AH in time

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For lurkers too keep the draft moving: 1st pick my order based on availability is CHM/ORG, EXP/ORG, Sumeria. I really doubt I will get CHM/ORG or EXP/ORG though by then.

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so played more test SP games and wow FIN actually feels so bad. The nerf is more impactful in higher difficulties because you need commerce fast because of the heavy maintenance and higher test costs. Only prince and below, FIN might be really good. FIN could good on these setting if you pair with ORG but someone else can test. Been impressed by PRO because of the fast commerce.

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Surprisingly, I got my choice of leader at pick 8. Wonder why so many players picked civ 1st. Vikings and Rome I can understand but Khmer and America are questionable. Egypt is the obv choice for my civ unless it gets picked first else where. Don't need Sumeria if I am already ORG because I realized that normal courthouses are 2 whippable.

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Thanks, Pindicator for the raw=1 trick for dropbox. Way easier than what I was doing.

Guess I'll track C&D even though it's a chore and I will likely abandon it early with 12 players in the game. Good thing I wrote a good primer on this in the PB44 report.

Pop 5000/1657 = 3.0175 rounded

Land 2000/1773 = 1.128 rounded. This is about 147 tiles per player, which means there is actually a lot of potential for expansion given that I believe the map is 44% water.
When I settled, only 3 others settled also and only 25 tiles claimed with a max of 9 so some started coastal. 

Power level checks out from tech.

20 GNP is likely from vanrober and his CRE leader and probably is researching a tech with a preq and working a 1c tile to get 20 (I am getting 18 working no commerce tile but double prereq) so he is likely researching AH also.

Bummer that a city next to pig won't have a river connection.

Settings look ok.

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why did i think i had double prereq for AH? Durrrr. It only means that Vanrober is not working a commerce tile but still we are both teching AH

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T1





T2


Dissappointing lack of a good city that can share sheep. 4 food surplus is weak. Check NW then try to find other potential 2nd city sites.

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T3





T4


NE area looks disappointing. Borders will pop next turn so depends on what the hills will see to whether start moving scout back to explore a 2nd city site.