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Old 27-10-2019, 03:55   #1
Beorn
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New game tomorrow morning. There's a bounty on my head.

The map is Shuffle so this is as likely to be an isolated start as a pangea brawl.

Things I'd like to try:
  • A straight-up warrior rush
  • Natives
  • Ethiopia
  • Spain
  • Espionage economy (ideally with Sumer or Aztec)
  • Colossus+Financial coastal economy
  • Food+Spiritual civic-flip economy

Barring that, I'll pick the best looking prime numbered leader in the list.

Things to be mindful of:
  • Play the map first. Civ and traits come after.
  • 80/20 rule for worker turns: I tend to be a perfectionist with tiles but it's better to have fewer roads and less perfect cities but the crucial tiles faster everywhere. Whipping makes the last 1-3 citizens part-time workers, so their improvements matter less.
  • Keep neighbors engaged without dogging them. See to their needs first and build trust. It'll be harder to earn and all the more necessary - I need to respect my fellow spammers' weariness towards me.
  • Settle fast for a military pump and an economic backbone. Gonna need 1 of each.

Beyond that, no game plan. Map comes first.
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