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Date Posted: 21:58:18 08/17/03 Sun
Author: Elf
Subject: Re: Strategy for first 2 years
In reply to: Caesar Clifford 's message, "Re: Strategy for first 2 years" on 17:39:50 08/17/03 Sun

Sounds like a good start CC, you got the max KR, didn't accept the 3000db gift and achieved a profit.

Your balance sheet was essentially the same as mine except for gold and if you didn't trap the scorpions you probably lost a lot there. I presume the ones you are having trouble with are the ones that start out just to the east of the creek near the gold mine locations. Scorpion movement is not entirely random. If you start the game and watch them they will consistently move to the north. (First delete trees and hide clifs to facillitate viewing) There are three single rock tiles in a row parallel to the cliff face (that runs NE to SW). The scorpions will always move to the north of these three tiles, then just fill the tiles between the 3 rock tiles with gardens (free of course) and the scorpions are trapped for the rest of the game.

You are right that the Personal Mansion should be built and the 1600db given early to minimize interest.

Other than a couple of houses by the entrance, all my houses were in a single block such that the roads from the gold mines and Palace passed the houses in the block to get labor. Some of the houses in this block eventually evolved to manors. You probably picked up on this, but the gold mines can get workers from housing on the other side of the creek. Some houses in the housing block were placed just to the south west of the creek and just south of where the first bridge is. Gold mines pick up workers from there.

If its any consolation I find that in most contests, including this one, the first year is the hardest. This is because one has to build from nothing and because small errors in the first year can extrapolate to large ones by the end of the game.

Regards,
Elf

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Re: Strategy for first 2 years -- Caesar Clifford, 23:20:12 08/17/03 Sun
- Re: Strategy for first 2 years -- EmperorJay, 02:01:13 08/18/03 Mon
  - Re: Strategy for first 2 years -- Caesar Clifford, 06:03:55 08/18/03 Mon
    - Re: Strategy for first 2 years -- Elf, 13:17:36 08/18/03 Mon