[SPOILER] Shaka of Inca - gingereagle1969 & Sandover

[gingereagle1969]

yup, get ya ... could switch [only lost one turn] but would prefer to stick with Hunting as the future lies in Furs, Ivory, etc & it's only 3 turns! Mining -> Bronze Working is definitely up next as there's that Gold tile [ooh, and Gems] to dig. Then Writing -> Mathematics -> Calendar, Animal Husbandry, Wheel -> Pottery.

[Sandover]

Writing -> Mathematics -> Calendar, Animal Husbandry, Wheel -> Pottery

You can't get those techs in that order.

Pottery is the second key tech after bronze working. You should chop/slave workers, settlers and terraces pretty much everywhere and then cottage most of the land once the forests are gone.

[gingereagle1969]

but you said .....

OK .. Hunting, Mining -> Bronze Working, Wheel -> Pottery, Animal Husbandry, Writing -> Mathematics -> Calendar?[prolly 3 turns behind everyone else]

OR .. Mining -> Bronze Working, Wheel -> Pottery, Animal Husbandry, Hunting, Writing -> Mathematics -> Calendar? [having wasted 1 turn]

[Sandover]

I'm certain I never told you to go Calendar before The Wheel.

I like the second option better.

[gingereagle1969]

I'm certain I never told you to go Calendar before The Wheel.

I like the second option better.

no .. I was referring to your earlier comments about low priority

I'll switch, maybe we won't actually lose too many hammers .. just realised a lot of the other civs have Mining to start with whereas we have Agriculture, a bonus as one of the few non-forested tiles has Corn! Ooh, think I let the game decide to work a random forest tile .. should I switch to that oasis?

Musings on the map .. are we on an island? Either the 'real' sense and surrounded by water, or a 'technical' sense and surrounded by jungle? Or, is it like Fall from Heaven and we're in a 'lost valley' with only one, or two, mountain passes? i.e. we all have our own zones for early expansion before we have to interact with anyone else .. intriguing.

[Sandover]

Don't switch. As long as you're building a worker you will generate one extra hammer by virtue of working a 1/2/0 tile.

[gingereagle1969]

OK .. have the turn now .. will go and play it

Played it ....

Named starting Quechua 'Shabba01' and switched to Mining as per discussion.

[Square Leg]

Calendar needs Sailing, which needs fishing.

[gingereagle1969]

click & done ...

here's a treat for the lurkers

[gingereagle1969]

well .. that's Mining done, onto Bronze Working now .. still 2 turns to go for the Worker build, come on Shaggy01 get a move on!!


too soon for another Shakira pic .. will try to limit one per page from now on .. so if the lurkers want to see more of her, get posting