***SPOILER*** Killer-Grille

Grille · 15-10-2004, 16:16

52:
6 turns of peace and Maya demand 20g (= whole treasury) tribute! Grrr. I don't risk anything and pay. Good thing at least there was no deficit spending then.
55:
To my surprise, Mongols are #1 in pop and MFG while land coverage sucks. Strange, but things don't seem as shitty as I thought.
56:
Colossus completed by Dutch.
Further mm-ing/F11 MFG investigation shows that *someone* produces 20spt.
57:
1 settler arrived at the northern likewise bottleneck (see pic post#4); I will settle the gold hill next turn and could fully block possible French trespassing in ~10 turns (additional units needed).

Pity I will likely not succeed reaching/blocking the southern bottleneck in time (area near former Ta-tu).

Meanwhile I hope some wandering French and Mayan warriors take out some barb camps thretening Mongolia.

Killer's city of Medina is in the top5; so some portion of the ~80(!)-points score gap between us may be explained by border expansions.

15-10-2004, 16:16	#11
Grille Join Date: May 2003 Location: in a swamp. Posts: 901	52: 6 turns of peace and Maya demand 20g (= whole treasury) tribute! Grrr. I don't risk anything and pay. Good thing at least there was no deficit spending then. 55: To my surprise, Mongols are #1 in pop and MFG while land coverage sucks. Strange, but things don't seem as shitty as I thought. 56: Colossus completed by Dutch. Further mm-ing/F11 MFG investigation shows that someone produces 20spt. 57: 1 settler arrived at the northern likewise bottleneck (see pic post#4); I will settle the gold hill next turn and could fully block possible French trespassing in ~10 turns (additional units needed). Pity I will likely not succeed reaching/blocking the southern bottleneck in time (area near former Ta-tu). Meanwhile I hope some wandering French and Mayan warriors take out some barb camps thretening Mongolia. Killer's city of Medina is in the top5; so some portion of the ~80(!)-points score gap between us may be explained by border expansions.