[Spoilers] Thread 64. Top Secret.

[flugauto]

In Krill We Trust.

http://realmsbeyond.net/forums/showthread.php?tid=7333

Rolled Pangaea with fairish (novtool~300) distribution.
CTON (or AW if PBEM size and preferred)
Prince Difficulty
Normal Speed
Barbs on
Events, huts off
EP on
Two random combos given each player, pick one of them.
RBmod 2.7.0.4 or whatever is current.
Don't be a jerk.
Do play your turn regularly.
Don't melt down.
Do approach this as just game to play with some other dudes.

- Wetbandit
Pericles (CRE, PHI) of Aztecs (hunting, mysticism, sacrificial altar, jaguar).

- Flugauto
Darius (FIN, ORG) of England (fishing, mining, stock exchange, redcoat).

- Yuris
Zara (CRE, ORG) of Japan (fishing, wheel, pagoda, samurai).

- Commodore
Ghengis (AGG, IMP) of China (agriculture, mining, pavillion, chokonu).

- Pindicator
Wang Kon (FIN, PRO) of Ottomans (agriculture, wheel, hamman, janissary).

[Krill]

Now that's a bad idea.

Your choices are:

• Augustus of Greece - Flug
  
• Darius of England - Flug

I think it is obvious to state that this pick method doesn't leave you much choice.

[flugauto]

Darius of England.

[Krill]

[Mardoc]

Very interesting. Gut says worker first, research Agriculture. But it's probably worth a sandbox, because I can see a case for workboat first, Fin Fish is a pretty darn good tile, and it looks like the worker would get bored pretty quick if all he can do is farm and mine.

[flugauto]

Darius (FIN, ORG) of England (fishing, mining, stock exchange, redcoat).

There are no 2-3 hammer tiles, WB takes forever to build.

Agriculture is 8 turns, BW is 14 turns.
Worker first is 12 turns.
The worker farms the wheat 5 turns. Then the worker moves onto the hill and mines for 5 turns. Then the worker can chop.

[flugauto]

[Mardoc]

Oooh! I like where that scout is standing for a city.

Probably worth checking to the west of the capital to see if there's a better city#2 option or if it should be the gold.

[flugauto]

Lets hope there is more food north of the gold. The scout should go NW-NE next turn, then check the west.

From the demos it looks like Wetbandit has a smilitar start: 3 hammers, 4 food and 17 GNP + 2 from CRE. He has only 5 land tiles though.

[Mardoc]

I'd love more food, but since there's minimal editing, we'll probably have to get by with less than we're used to.