[SPOILER] Shaka of Inca - gingereagle1969 & Sandover

[novice]

It sounds like you're overflowing and/or chopping into quechas, when that's not really where you want your hammers to go. What you can do is put these hammers into a worker or settler for one turn, then switch to a quecha and grow, and then finish the worker/settler after you've grown.

[gingereagle1969]

Some screen shots would be helpful.

There's not much difference to the last screenshot to be honest, except for the Copper reveal to the East (hence the settling of "SheWolf")

If you want, Sandover, you can access the g-mail account & look at the saves ... the password is the same for both the g-mail & the save, as mailed to you


OK, the update

3rd Quechua (Shabba03) built & I'm sending him South-East, he'll pass the proposed site for "HipsDontLie" on his way to the site for "LaTortua" .. 2nd Worker (Shappy02) being built* and Shaggy01 is roading the Gem & Gold Mines to the WakaWakaShaka**

It sounds like you're overflowing and/or chopping into quechas, when that's not really where you want your hammers to go. What you can do is put these hammers into a worker or settler for one turn, then switch to a quecha and grow, and then finish the worker/settler after you've grown.

*Oops .. damn, wasted hammers on the Terrace as well then ... ooh ... I did notice to extra hammers when I set the Worker building, I'll switch to another Quechua (Shabba04) next turn .. well, I'm supposed to be aggressive (:neenernee) so I'll build at least another 2 to send North-East & South-West .. I'm thinking that, unless they're spotted & contacted first, they will kill any lone Settlers, Workers & maybe even Warriors Don't let on

**will take him off this when I resume building Shaggy02, so he can chop

[gingereagle1969]

Switched production to a Quechua, hoping to get to size 4 by the time he's built so we can make use of the Gold & Gems .. Shaggy01 is roading like a good 'un!

OK, screenshot:



NW .. I've looked at the odds & Pleb01 may be better off defending against that Bear (37% if he attacks )

E .. Shabba02 & Settler have arrived, "SheWolf" will be settled next turn

SE .. Shabba03 is under those Spices

and the depressing demographics:



might be able to nab the lead in Soldiers & Land Area soon

to cheer ourselves up:

[gingereagle1969]

2nd update today .. not late at night this time

Things are looking up .. no longer bottom, but that won't last ..





AH must've given me some soldier points (3000) so I'm joint top .. for now, there's at least 2 Quechuas planned :neenernee ... will tech Writing -> Mathematics next

Also SheWolf has been founded ... had a nasty moment as there's a Bear lurking nearby (considered naming it "SheBear" but I'll stick with the plan) Shabba02 is now fortifying, so will gain a defensive bonus if it wants to try its luck (had a 37% chance to win if he'd attacked)

Talking of which, Pleb01 fended off that Bear , my prediction was correct ... he'll sit & lick his wounds (dirty boy) and then set off to the Bananas again ... if he dies , I'll just build another, better, Quechua to replace

Speaking of which .. the Quechua will be finished at the end of next turn, so I'll go back to the Worker I started previously & get Shaggy01 to chop his helper out

[gingereagle1969]

set tech to Writing & decide to make Pleb01 move on his way to the Bananas ... I'll let him heal again next turn, if he's good

at end of turn, the Quechua (Shabba03) was finished & the game automatically switched back to the Worker ... Shaggy01 will switch from roading to the Gold to chopping the forest north of the Oasis (which I'm still working along with the Corn Farm and the Gold Mine ... considered switching from Gold to the Gem Mine instead as I would trade 1 Hammer for 1 Food, but I would lose Commerce so will wait until size 4 to start working that square ... hmm, maybe I'll wait until size 5 before I again)

damn ... didn't look at the score & demos before exiting, hopefully they didn't change much ... I'll update on those next time

[Sandover]

It's just that pure text updates get boring fast.

[gingereagle1969]

It's just that pure text updates get boring fast.

That's why I'm slipping in the occasional Shakira pic

But I do see where you're coming from, so I'll try to take a screenshot (and maybe one of the demos) every other update from now on ... especially if they're moving in the right direction, otherwise I'll have to resort to Shakira's WMDs

Anyway, am I on the right track? Anything I should have done differently? Like the idea of 'kill first, ask questions (i.e. "who was that?") later'?

[gingereagle1969]

OK .. turned played

First the demos:



OK, probably 4th in Crop Yield as I switched from working the Pigs in SheWolf to the Copper ... this will push out the Terrace, which in turn will promote growth ... perfick!!!!

Now the snap-shot:



Shabba04 is en-route to the planned site for "DreamsForPlans"

Shaggy01 doesn't need to chop the next Worker (Shaggy02) as it will be ready after the next turn (OK, I forgot to set him chopping, oh well ) so he'll continue to road the Gold

Ooh, and yeah, WakaWakaShaka got to size 4!!!! Now 2nd in the Top 5 Cities list

No idea why the Shakirite (Incan) populace are so unhappy with Shaka's leadership though But then the whole world's populace seem to be slightly revolting with 69% the best score

[gingereagle1969]

I woke up this morning to find this in my in-box:

Goeiedag, Gingereagle of the Shakiriites (Did I get that right?),

We, Nakor and Gaspar of the glorious Totaal Voetbal Empire wish to extend our warmest wishes for the Shakiran (?) peoples! Hopefully you will prove to be as honest as Shakira's hips! :D

We have trudged through many great forests on this interesting map to come to your fair city, and appreciate your impressive Terraces. Not perhaps as impressive as 3-move workers on this map, but impressive nonetheless! Hopefully the early days of civilization have treated you well.

Hopefully our great empires can find many ways to cooperate in this harsh, arboreal world. To that end, we are curious, have you met any other civilizations yet? We have been privileged to meet both Consul Whovus of the Crazy Empire, and Emperor Malakai of the Koreans. Both have seemed like decent chaps thus far, though Whovus proved to be not much of a football player. If you fancy a kickabout, we're always willing to spread the beautiful game!

Regards,
Co-Trainers Nakor and Gaspar, Totaal Voetbal

A lot of hopes (and possibly fears too ) in that message!!

Sandover, I await your comments before I compose a response. In the meantime, let's leave them hanging :neenernee

[gingereagle1969]

OK, now the turn

Firstly, confirmation of the reason for the previous post:



What direction did that Warrior come from? How did Shabba03 miss him on his journey to the site for "LaTortua"? Oh, the keen-eyed may have spotted the Wolf lurking near him at the end of last turn (the square near the 'end-of-turn' red button) ... it attacked, and lost, so Shabba03 is half-way to a promotion, and on full health I could back-track him, and send that Warrior's head as a reply to Nakor & Gaspar (as befits the Aggressive trait) but that would just make an early enemy ... tempting though ... don't you think, Sandover?

Anyway, Shaggy02 has indeed been completed .. will send him as follows: Mine the Copper > Road to the Sheep > Pasture the Sheep > Road to SheWolf. Thinking I'll chop out a Settler next, then another 2 Quechua (Shabba05 & Shabba06), first to accompany the settler to the "BackInBlack" site - it's out on a limb, but the culture will eventually meet - the other to head South-West.

Writing completes next turn, then Mathematics (who knows, the contact may benefit here), followed by Masonry (will need to settle the sites with Stone ["GoodStuff"] and Marble ["DreamsForPlans"] at some stage )