[Spoiler] Returning to Randomness: Thoth plays a happy, hippie builder game

[Thoth]

After the constant warfare of pb68, I'm looking forward to a peaceful builder game.  Mabe even a cultural victory.

[Thoth]

https://youtu.be/yVMdFvlGku4

[Thoth]

Krill - Mehmed II / Byzantine
yuris - Hammurabi / Greek
Commodore - Frederick / Carthaginian
Thoth - Suleiman / Ethiopian
superdeath - Kublai Khan / Indian
mackoti - Gandhi / Portuguese


Phi/Imp of Stele (1 merchant slot, free Sentry promotion for units built in city) and Oromo Warriors (Musket with Drill 2 and 4)

I can work with this.

Phi is +150% GPP and fast Unis
Imp: Cheap settlers (situational....can be excellent can be trash), -10% net city costs (nice but not amazing), +100% Great General points (stacks additively with Great Wall and inherent +100% from inside borders. I don't rate this as worth much, but hey, extra GGs are nice I guess?), and cheap Customs Houses (a racing stripe painted on the side of a car with wings unless you're Portugal)


Henge with and race for an early merchant to bulb currency? Or run a trade mission. Or bulb CoL (need Currency and Metal Casting first or lack the prerequisite). Bulbing Col followed by a Prophet to shrine Confucionism would be nice but not really practical I think. But we'll see what the start looks like. REX + Recover works well here with a Currency bulb/trade mission from a Stele based Merchant.


Or just beeline HBR and horcher someone.


https://youtu.be/r-2NVQV1QzM

[Thoth]

Bing: Victoria of Babylon
Krill: Shaka of Sumeria
Yuris: Lieu Ye of Dutch
Superdeath: Boudica of Mongolia
Commodore: Brennus of England
Pindicator: Qin Shi Huang of Japan
Thoth: Gilgamesh of Ottomans


Cre/Pro of Hammams and Janisaries.


Cheap granaries, walls, castles, drill 1/3 on archery and gunpowder, +2 culture per city, 1/2 price Theatres, and a 35% boost to producing Libraries and Observatories.

One of the better Rexers in the game but nothing in the way of economic help. Protective buffs Jans a bit so that's nice. Aquaducts are cheaper than in base and happiness may be at a premium on a random map so the Hammams may be useful.

Still not Boudiccea but I can work with this.

https://youtu.be/UXLQ-lWBER0

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Your start:

[Thoth]

Thanks! 

[Thoth]

How reliable is the Fog?

Are we going to get the full BFC revealed?

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Fog is fully reliable. The map was done when these screenshots were taken.

If players generally want BFC revealed, I'll do it.

[Thoth]

Got it.

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