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Epic 24: Speed Racer |
| Being the report for the Realms Beyond Civilization Epic
24, the rules for which can be found here.
I've been taking a lot of Civ breaks, lately, for reasons given in my Epic 21 write-up. Tried playing 22, but got obliterated way, way early. 23 was old Civ, and I'm too much addicted to PTW to play old Civ. So after overdosing on Battletech for a while, here I am again. 24 sounds like an easy-playing game. My own continent, no wars, just build build build. On accelerated production, which I haven't played before. Me being the builder fiend that I am, this ought to be interesting. So away we go. |
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A Brave New World |
| And lo, I was RBCiv-24 of the Carthaginians, who are a
nice brown color, are commercial and industrious (score!), and happen
to have a nice start spot.
Carthage is founded, the Wheel is started, irrigation happens, and some warriors are started. And say, where did the 600,000 buttons by all the units come from? Is there an option I missed somewhere? A warrior is produced in absolute record time, and wondering if I can get hit by barbarians, I check the scenario...Raging? Yeah, I'd say there MIGHT be barbarians at some point during the game... Which is why, a couple turns later, this happens:
Gotta remember not to pop the huts like that, self. It maybe isn't all bad, though:
In 3150, the Wheel comes in, and I begin on Ceremonial Burial. Rather belatedly, I remember that horses are almost useless in a game with no warfare. Oops. Ceremonial Burial duly comes in in 2850, and I go for Writing. That comes in in 2150, and I go for Literature, in the vague hopes of pulling the GL. Sabratha is founded in 1725 BC, and the island of Carthage is totally filled to capacity.
The next 600 years or so is essentially a lot of me realizing that I can't do ancient wonders vs the cascade for anything, and that yes, temples and granaries and infrastructure-shaped objects are in fact cool. And then, all of a sudden:
Contact Joanie, offer up CoL and Lit + 25 gp for Bronze Working, Math, and Warrior Code. She's got Philosophy, too, but that's coming in next turn anyway, so why bother? Going back post-trade, she's got Iron Working, Horseback Riding, and Currency, too. Research is going to get the off switch real quick here. All of a sudden, Korea comes out of nowhere in 1000 BC offering Horseback Riding for 24 gold. Why not? That same turn, Ghandi comes in offering Iron Working for 40 gold. Meanwhile, it's 5 turns to the GL and counting. 4...3...2...1...
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