So we'll see whether he can mau my lawn.
We did 15 turns before his boy came from school today, more to come soon.
I'm Will: creative, financial, +1 hammer water+river tiles UB, super transport UU.
He's Hammi: organised, agressive, +2 health colosseum UB, shock archer UU.
Difficulty is Noble, there are AI's, map is fractal, tech trading is off IIRC.
Dragon Belly, 100% Grumpy, founded on the spot.
The advisor told me to move 1 left but I didn't listen, so I missed out on stone + cow. Fuck. Well as it stands, it has 5 hills and is a great prospect for Ironworks, HE and settled MGL's.
I could get the cow and 2 hills if I settled the green circle.
However, the more I look at it, the more I could get a super sea city (the question mark) with 10 extra food, a few land shields +moai statues +dike = super duper production city. It has 10 coast (1 fish), 1 sea tile, wheat and stone with 2 river plains it can borrow from the capital. Big on specialists, big on use for my financial trait from sea tiles.
Then there's another high food spot up North with corn and sheep.
I don't plan on pasturing the pigs so I didn't go for a size 1 worker with AH first. Research was set to BW for slavery and chops. I'll get to see where copper is so that I can agressively disconnect his copper when/if I meet him. His shock archers will be a pain if I rush him with axes so it's not in the plan basket. Chariots would be, given the opportunity.
This is my first BtS - hell, my first Civ4 game where I'm not under the masterful guidance of the Whomper. So I'm alone in the dark, and I hope that the light will come not from the tunnel but from the dragon belly's fire that will consume Texas.