Well I finally started exploring again and this time decided to pop the hut I ran across. Got a nice prize.
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I am also about to finish my first settler. I have a worker covered by that warrior east of Persoplis.
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A couple of turns later I am trying not to let that barbarian get between my worker and me. This was a bad turn for me as in the in-between turns both my warriors were attacked and killed. Then the barbarian pillaged Persepolis and killed a citizen of my great nation. This was a major setback
, but the worst is yet to come!
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In between turns a barbarian emerged from the fog onto the spot with the wheat. Then on my next turn my worker completed the road he was working on and I couldn’t stop the barbarian from killing him. So short of having an escort on him I couldn’t have saved that worker (my spear in Persoplis couldn’t get there in time due to the river) – this is new to me. In the turn order I am used to I would have been able to cancel the worker action and move him away. I was feeling quite bad at this point, I am used to barbs (I typically play on Raging) but I have rarely been hurt this badly.
Finally some good stuff happens
. I found Pasargadae and meet the Germans. He isn’t up tech on me and so I can still get one in trade for CB and Pottery. I figured he would have those by now through trade, so most likely he hasn’t met anyone else yet! We may be isolated together by geography! I vow that he will soon be licking my boots.
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Then I get my fist bit of real luck
. The turn after I met the Germans I decide to call Biz up again as I still have some cash, and what do I see?
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He must be having barb problems too as he has two workers up for trade. I am still 5 turns from having one out of Pasargadae, and that will be painful for Pasargadae’s growth. I almost never buy workers this early, but painful times call for painful measures so I mortgage everything and buy both from him. This will hurt him as much as it helps me. Biz is all but my piss bucket boy now.
