(Not so sure) It's good to be the Monarch

eyebiter · October 20, 2012, 03:56:05 PM

CYRUS WILL FEAR THE WRATH OF THE MONARCH!

MetalDog · October 20, 2012, 06:27:33 PM

No. I'm last. Be back shortly for part 2. Gotta go to Wally world.

Staggerwing · October 20, 2012, 06:52:14 PM

Quote from: MetalDog on October 20, 2012, 06:27:33 PM
No. I'm last. Be back shortly for part 2. Gotta go to Wally world.

Is that a euphemism for the... uh, 'Throne Room'?

MetalDog · October 20, 2012, 08:08:43 PM

^Hahaha! No, it's actually for Walmart. Had to do the shopping with my son and his old lady and the grandbaby. Back to put this beast back in motion.

MetalDog · October 20, 2012, 08:15:26 PM

The current state of research has Code of Laws in 8. That gives me Courthouse, which reduces maintenance costs of buildings in my cities and just as importantly, it gives me Espionage points. (A quick detour on Espionage, you can engage in missions against your opponents by moving Spies into their territories and leaving them on any square. The longer you leave them, the more successful the mission you perform will be. The only thing I use Espionage points for is to spy on what my opponents are researching.)

Feudalism is researched next followed by Aesthetics, Literature, Drama and then down to Machinery and then Engineering. Getting culture moving through the first three techs will be paramount in shooting for a Cultural victory. Machinery and Engineering give me unit and improvement bumps that are sorely needed.

MetalDog · October 20, 2012, 08:17:22 PM

Half a million in three cities. Good start :-)

MetalDog · October 20, 2012, 08:31:58 PM

A good time will be had by all. You will also notice a new city, Satsuma. I needed a buffer between me and Cyrus.

MetalDog · October 20, 2012, 08:33:02 PM

The other benefit of Code of Laws

MetalDog · October 20, 2012, 08:34:52 PM

Heron, the Great Engineer appears. I add him to my city, gaining a bump to Production and Science.

MetalDog · October 20, 2012, 08:36:39 PM

Now, a million people in the Japanese Empire.

MetalDog · October 20, 2012, 08:40:10 PM

The last of the forests near Kyoto goes down to pay for Chichen Itza. The 25% bump to defense for all my cities is key to surviving.

MetalDog · October 20, 2012, 08:42:03 PM

The discovery of Feudalism puts me in the Medieval era.

MetalDog · October 20, 2012, 08:44:31 PM

All units produced gain +2 XP points when created. That, along with the +3 from a Barracks in that city, gives units 5 beginning XP. That is enough to give your unit two bumps to start. That's incredibly helpful when setting up defenders or gathering an attack force. Serfdom makes my Workers more useful, too.

MetalDog · October 20, 2012, 08:46:41 PM

I turn Code of Laws and Feudalism into Machinery and some operating capital.

MetalDog · October 20, 2012, 08:59:21 PM

A quest is laid on the Japanese people. Not sure I will be able to make the 7 cities required. We shall see.