Pong Report

Summer 2017 update released today. Change list below. [NEW] Nubia Civ Unique Ability: +50% Production toward Ranged units. All Ranged units earn promotions 50% faster. Mines over strategic resources are +1 Production. Mines over bonus and luxury resources are +2 Gold. Queen Amanitore Unique Ability: Kandake of Meroë - +20% Production on all districts rising to +40% if the city contains a Nubian Pyramid adjacent to the City Center. Pitati Archer: Replaces the Archer. Stronger than the Archer with +1 Movement. Nubian Pyramid: Improvement. +1 Faith. Receives additional yields from adjacent districts. +1 Food if adjacent to a city center. For all other districts that award adjacency bonuses: +1 of the appropriate yield if that district is adjacent. Desert, Desert Hills, Floodplains. Jebel Barkal Wonder Unlocked at Iron Working. Awards 2 free Iron and +4 Faith to Cities within 6 tiles. ‘Gifts of the Nile’ Scenario The Nile River is the life-blood of not one ancient civiliz...

Ping-Pong Civ Game 2 Settings: All Standard except Quick speed and Fractal map. Civs: Random Game opens and I'm dealt Victoria of England in an icy strait in the corner of the world.

Nate and I generally play random civs, and this time I drew Phillip II of Spain. I haven't played too many games with him, and I tend not to focus on the Religious game. I figured I'd give it a shot this time around, try my best to found a religion, and then launch holy wars starting in the mid-game. An okay start. Only one luxury visible (tea), but a decent amount of food, and some mountains for a Holy Site. I start on a Slinger. I often build a scout first to explore as fast as possible, but I've had some good experiences rushing a city state with Archers and wanted to try that again. diving for Archery. Even if it fails, I end up with a decent barbarian hunting force. My warrior heads towards the flat land. A flat river valley with lots of rice! Lots of growth potential here. More tea. Wishing I could see some different luxuries, but it's early yet. Building a second Slinger. The initial policies practically picked themselves. I...

Before Pong-Report in January 2017, Joe and I played a 4-way FFA game with a very fast timer in order to ensure that we finished the entire game in one night. It was a fun game, but the short timer was maddening and lots of mistakes were made by everyone. I posted a rough report on Facebook, which I reproduce below.

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