Brant Guillory, 4 April 2013

Bad puns, great gameplay, and occasionally brilliant maneuvers, as Brant’s Civ V Gods & Kings AAR rolls on.

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We finally found someone else, so let’s negotiate with them and see what it gets us. Meanwhile, we’re spreading Catharism around the world.

Have a Little Bit of This!

Catharism has now been spread to Lisbon, and you’ll notice by the green bar under their name that our influence there has gone up.

Brant Guillory, 28 March 2013

Brant’s long-form AAR, testing the limits of attention spans everywhere. Especially his.

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Hey now, are there really other civilizations in this game? Fo’ sho’!

Movin’ Out.

We’re moving our settler out to a nice little wooded lot with a lot of waterfront and some nearby resources.

Brant Guillory, 7 March 2013

Brant’s extended Civ V Goda & Kings AAR, as he’s on pace to outlast Bonanza in episode longevity

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Last time we healed up some of our more adventurous dudes, and found jack-nada in the ruins. We’re in the 200s and we still haven’t found another civiliation. My Carthiginians are starting to feel more lonely than Wodin at a strip club.

Taking a Break.

I wouldn’t put it past Sir Idiot Scout Dude to screw up being told to take a nap and get better, but just in case I’ve got a warrior nearby to babysit him.

Campout!

Now that I’ve discovered Trapping, I can have a worker build a camp on a tile with Deer as a resource.

These Guys Just Can’t Take a Hint.

And we’re about to gear up for the Battle of North Utique, Part IIIIII, with a new barbarian camp having appeared.

This’ll Just Take a Second.

I hope. We dispatch our speaman to clean up this mess. “It’s just an archer” he says, hoping not to be channeling his inner Custer.

Brant Guillory, 3 March 2013

We’re ten parts into the story, and the Carthiginians are still just finding their feet in the world. You’d never know we’re playing on “quick” huh?

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Can you believe it’s 120AD and we still haven’t found any other major civilizations? Me either. Where the hell is everyone else? I kinda feel like Azz back in the old R&P last year.

Building a Wonder on a Whim.

It’s not going to take too long to build the Terracotta Army, so we’ll throw it in the queue and see what we get. +6 culture is nice to have.

Number 9… Number 9… Number 9

Brant Guillory, 14 February 2013

Do the math. Seriously. We’re at 0 AD, and we’re 9 freakin’ episodes into this AAR. Most games run ’til at least the mid-1700s, even on “quick” speed. And the turn/year ratio gets more granular as we go. Oy.

Code Monkey Note: We were going to run another episode of UCG’s Crusader Kings II AAR, but he’s traveling through Lower Bandwidthia right now, and our Ed in Chief seems to be battery-challenged, so you’re getting Civ V Part 9 ahead of schedule…

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Last time, we updated our tech research plan, wrapped up our first policy tree, and triggered a new Golden Age.

Start Building Already!

I can now get my lumber mills and Colosseums underway. I really need those Colosseums. Bread and circuses, friends. Bread and circuses.