*Spoiler* Rule the World II - BtS - Page 2

Robi D · 09-01-2008, 09:28

1160 BC

A while since the last update. I now have deals with Darkness, DanDridge and akots. So i'm safe for the time being from any attack from the north and east. To get a deal from Darkness i did have to give up settlement of the British Isles, however that is not a huge loss because he already has boats sailing around there and would have beaten me anyway.

My main issue remains a lack of happiness. I will get Gems in the next 10 turns which will help a little. My 6th city was founded this turn so only 2 more left for the continent to be filled.

With peace stitched up and my lack of happiness Grahamiam has become a logical target for conquest in the near future. He has a religion which would help me a lot plus he control the vital crossroads between europe-africa-mid east.

The demographics are still looking ordinary.

digger760 · 09-01-2008, 23:00

Thanks for the update..grahamiam..is egypt correct?

Wow you gave up a city for peace..i guess it would have been hard to defend a remote location of you empire. Thats a nice peace of hard diplomacy from Darkness.

Robi D · 10-01-2008, 08:45

Yes Grahamiam is egypt. I didn't give up a city, but a future city location in england. Given darkness already has boats sailing around he would have more than likely beaten me there anyway. So my feeling was its better to take some pain and give it up and secure peace so i can focus on africa.

Robi D · 25-01-2008, 07:03

800BC

Things are moving alomg nicely. While i'm building up the military i'm doing a bit of exploring. I have a galley just leaving the mediterranean bound for north america (via briton, iceland, greenland) my scout has been heading to asia. I'm i bit surprised how far killercane has settled westward. He has been helped by dandridge being occupied by darkness and akots attacking him

Closer to home, i've settled my 8 and final european city. More to follow elsewhere hopefully.

Demographics are starting to pick up. Had a few more libraries built so i'm able to run some specialist.

I'm thinking it will be easier to attack egypt via the sea first. His city in the east is the holy city judging by the borders. Taking his african cities first should be a bit more of a surprise. From there i can attack his eastern city from either africa or europe.

Robi D · 13-02-2008, 12:59

325BC

Things are starting to move along. My cities are starting to come up to speed. Just like Simon in the first game i'm finding Europe is a bit low on production. Commerce and Food are fine but i don't really need 3 potential GP farms. I'm thinking with Maoi statues in Zvezda that can be high production city along with Zeljezo. Still i'm going to need more than 2 so i'm going to have to go hunting for some more.

Here is the West half

And the East Half

The Demographics

Further afield everyone seems to have caught the war bug. There is quite a free for all developing in Asia which i'm happy about, should buy me some more time to get up to speed. With my deal with Darkness my only concern is Africa for now.

My boats nearly made it to the Americas, i've already met Matrix and Nitro sailing the other way so there isn't many civs left to meet

mauer · 23-02-2008, 19:57

You need about a million more cottages. Granaries would be nice also. I also declared war on Russia.

Beorn · 23-02-2008, 23:31

Zito would've caught 2 more hills if it were 1E, along with keeping the seafood and wheat. Any reason to put it there? Overlap?

Robi D · 25-02-2008, 06:53

The long answer is i had it in mind for a GP farm, so i was looking to minimise the overlap, however i didn't realise both those forest were on hills until after i'd put the cities down. Had i seen it i would have moved the placement on Zito and Konjic 1E and Vino 1N.

The short answer stupidity

Robi D · 09-03-2008, 07:28

250 AD

Again some time has passed since the last update. While not much has happened in the physical sense, there is a lot of tension brewing.

First off my exploration of the globe is progressing nicely. Hopefully i can score the navigation bonus although i do have a few competitors

Closer to home my cities are finally on the productive side. I'm able to touch 80% research. Even my production is looking half decent. Continental Europe is firmly in my hands. Also i was able to build the colossus in Zvezda so the extra commerce from the sea will help my economy along.

With tensions starting to simmer my main focus now is on military matters. Darkness is very unwilling to extend our peace deal any further. he seems to think that there isn't room for both of us to have a shot at winning. So a build up has begun. I am on track to be one of the first with feudalism. Also killercane has launched an attack on Grahamiam. While i would love to get in there and take a few cities i have to keep Darkness in mind. Rostov though is an easy target. As you can see it mainly military techs in the research queue.

Demographics still are not brilliant but i'm slowly creeping up the ladder.

Finally having everyone under observation gives me a good look at the situation. On the GNP side of things IanDC has jumped ahead of the pack. Personally i think he is peaking early due to his financial trait and lots of flood plains. To keep it up he is going to have to get his hands dirty in Africa or he wont be going much further.

Robi D · 13-03-2008, 00:51

450AD

I moved in on grahamiams northern cities. I took Rostov without a fight. He did have an axe there but he is moving him back to Alexandria where he has a spear and some catapults.

Also i was able to extend the deal with Darkness to 1500AD so i don't have to worry about any problems with him for a while

09-01-2008, 09:28	#11
Robi D King Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Adelaide, Australia. Posts: 2,060	1160 BC A while since the last update. I now have deals with Darkness, DanDridge and akots. So i'm safe for the time being from any attack from the north and east. To get a deal from Darkness i did have to give up settlement of the British Isles, however that is not a huge loss because he already has boats sailing around there and would have beaten me anyway. My main issue remains a lack of happiness. I will get Gems in the next 10 turns which will help a little. My 6th city was founded this turn so only 2 more left for the continent to be filled. With peace stitched up and my lack of happiness Grahamiam has become a logical target for conquest in the near future. He has a religion which would help me a lot plus he control the vital crossroads between europe-africa-mid east. The demographics are still looking ordinary. __________________ "I'm altering the deal, prey I don't alter it further" Darth Vader "We shall defend what is ours. We shall never surrender" --Kosovo is Serbia!

10-01-2008, 08:45	#13
Robi D King Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Adelaide, Australia. Posts: 2,060	Yes Grahamiam is egypt. I didn't give up a city, but a future city location in england. Given darkness already has boats sailing around he would have more than likely beaten me there anyway. So my feeling was its better to take some pain and give it up and secure peace so i can focus on africa. __________________ "I'm altering the deal, prey I don't alter it further" Darth Vader "We shall defend what is ours. We shall never surrender" --Kosovo is Serbia!

25-01-2008, 07:03	#14
Robi D King Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Adelaide, Australia. Posts: 2,060	800BC Things are moving alomg nicely. While i'm building up the military i'm doing a bit of exploring. I have a galley just leaving the mediterranean bound for north america (via briton, iceland, greenland) my scout has been heading to asia. I'm i bit surprised how far killercane has settled westward. He has been helped by dandridge being occupied by darkness and akots attacking him Closer to home, i've settled my 8 and final european city. More to follow elsewhere hopefully. Demographics are starting to pick up. Had a few more libraries built so i'm able to run some specialist. I'm thinking it will be easier to attack egypt via the sea first. His city in the east is the holy city judging by the borders. Taking his african cities first should be a bit more of a surprise. From there i can attack his eastern city from either africa or europe. __________________ "I'm altering the deal, prey I don't alter it further" Darth Vader "We shall defend what is ours. We shall never surrender" --Kosovo is Serbia!

13-02-2008, 12:59	#15
Robi D King Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Adelaide, Australia. Posts: 2,060	325BC Things are starting to move along. My cities are starting to come up to speed. Just like Simon in the first game i'm finding Europe is a bit low on production. Commerce and Food are fine but i don't really need 3 potential GP farms. I'm thinking with Maoi statues in Zvezda that can be high production city along with Zeljezo. Still i'm going to need more than 2 so i'm going to have to go hunting for some more. Here is the West half And the East Half The Demographics Further afield everyone seems to have caught the war bug. There is quite a free for all developing in Asia which i'm happy about, should buy me some more time to get up to speed. With my deal with Darkness my only concern is Africa for now. My boats nearly made it to the Americas, i've already met Matrix and Nitro sailing the other way so there isn't many civs left to meet __________________ "I'm altering the deal, prey I don't alter it further" Darth Vader "We shall defend what is ours. We shall never surrender" --Kosovo is Serbia!

23-02-2008, 23:31	#17
Beorn Disabled Vet Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: RAWR! Posts: 1,555	Zito would've caught 2 more hills if it were 1E, along with keeping the seafood and wheat. Any reason to put it there? Overlap? __________________ Please do not annoy, torment, pester, plague, molest, worry, badger, harry, harrass, heckle, persecute, irk, bullyrag, vex, disquiet, grate, beset, bother, tease, nettle, tantalize or ruffle the animals. San Diego Wild Animal Park

09-01-2008, 23:00	#12
digger760 King Join Date: Apr 2003 Location: The Fake Dog Poo Factory. Posts: 1,887	Thanks for the update..grahamiam..is egypt correct? Wow you gave up a city for peace..i guess it would have been hard to defend a remote location of you empire. Thats a nice peace of hard diplomacy from Darkness.

23-02-2008, 19:57	#16
mauer King Join Date: Sep 2006 Posts: 2,033	You need about a million more cottages. Granaries would be nice also. I also declared war on Russia.

25-02-2008, 06:53	#18
Robi D King Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Adelaide, Australia. Posts: 2,060	The long answer is i had it in mind for a GP farm, so i was looking to minimise the overlap, however i didn't realise both those forest were on hills until after i'd put the cities down. Had i seen it i would have moved the placement on Zito and Konjic 1E and Vino 1N. The short answer stupidity __________________ "I'm altering the deal, prey I don't alter it further" Darth Vader "We shall defend what is ours. We shall never surrender" --Kosovo is Serbia!

09-03-2008, 07:28	#19
Robi D King Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Adelaide, Australia. Posts: 2,060	250 AD Again some time has passed since the last update. While not much has happened in the physical sense, there is a lot of tension brewing. First off my exploration of the globe is progressing nicely. Hopefully i can score the navigation bonus although i do have a few competitors Closer to home my cities are finally on the productive side. I'm able to touch 80% research. Even my production is looking half decent. Continental Europe is firmly in my hands. Also i was able to build the colossus in Zvezda so the extra commerce from the sea will help my economy along. With tensions starting to simmer my main focus now is on military matters. Darkness is very unwilling to extend our peace deal any further. he seems to think that there isn't room for both of us to have a shot at winning. So a build up has begun. I am on track to be one of the first with feudalism. Also killercane has launched an attack on Grahamiam. While i would love to get in there and take a few cities i have to keep Darkness in mind. Rostov though is an easy target. As you can see it mainly military techs in the research queue. Demographics still are not brilliant but i'm slowly creeping up the ladder. Finally having everyone under observation gives me a good look at the situation. On the GNP side of things IanDC has jumped ahead of the pack. Personally i think he is peaking early due to his financial trait and lots of flood plains. To keep it up he is going to have to get his hands dirty in Africa or he wont be going much further. __________________ "I'm altering the deal, prey I don't alter it further" Darth Vader "We shall defend what is ours. We shall never surrender" --Kosovo is Serbia!

13-03-2008, 00:51	#20
Robi D King Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: Adelaide, Australia. Posts: 2,060	450AD I moved in on grahamiams northern cities. I took Rostov without a fight. He did have an axe there but he is moving him back to Alexandria where he has a spear and some catapults. Also i was able to extend the deal with Darkness to 1500AD so i don't have to worry about any problems with him for a while __________________ "I'm altering the deal, prey I don't alter it further" Darth Vader "We shall defend what is ours. We shall never surrender" --Kosovo is Serbia!