Civ thread first race/location to 3 wins if no winner in 15 minutes

>>553525547
Dwarf
Volcano

Let's make this happen

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>>553525707
Yeah there's seems to be a lot less interest in civ lately

Undead necropolis

>>553525547
Race:
Dwarf-1
Undead-1

Location:
Volcano-1
Necropolis-1

>>553525927
I tryed to OP some a couple weeks back some were decent but then i could not get one to stay up longer then 5 mins. It's sad really i enjoy civ threads a great deal.

Goblins volcano

>>553525547
Vampire forest.

>>553526379
The last one I got going was 2 weeks ago but then my connection cut out luckily it's pretty solid now

>>553526525
Race:
Dwarf-1
Undead-1
Goblins-1
Vampires-1


Location:
Volcano-2
Necropolis-1
Forest-1

>>553525547
Skaven necropolis

>>553526720
Volcano
Dwarf

Dwarf volcano

>>553527024
My nigga.

>>553526934
Race:
Dwarf-3
Undead-1
Goblins-1
Vampires-1
Skaven-1

Location:
Volcano-4
Necropolis-2
Forest-1

volcano/dwarf wins

gimme a few minutes to start

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>>553527110
>>553527024

>>553527208
Your small clan (pick a name) has decided to settle here at the base of Mount Heroth a fiery volcano whose ashes create fertile farmland. Your clan includes a professional builder and miner. Your leader is called (pick a name) and he is highly skilled in (pick an attribute).

What now?

A) Scout
B) Hunt
C)Farm
D)Research
E)Breed
F)Something Else

You Have:
15 males 10 females 5 kids
including 1 builder, 1 miner
stone tools
3 turns worth of food (although dwarves can at times be greedy)

>>553527208
Aww yeah lets get that lava forge going.

bumpin

>>553528179
Clan name: The Iron Chest
Leader name: Big Dick Joe skilled in mining ( of course)

C Farm

We must secure a stable food source.

>>553528179
A

>>553528179
I think we should make farms first and maybe a wall around them??

Maybe just call it Clan Heroth after the mountain?

Leader Gorath

Highly skilled with his warhammer

>>553528179
Farm and agree with the iron chest clan

>>553528179
>>553528626
With a skill in fighting.

I'm gonna start writing in 2 mins
>toilet first

>>553528740
I'll 3rd Iron Chest, but Bick Dick joe is a bit shitty

>>553528636
I second Gorath, Big dick Joe... No thanks.

>>553529232
Was trying to ad a big of humor. In every sense Gorath is a much better name for realism.

>>553528179
A scout

>>553529232
The Iron Chest Clan led by Cheiftan Gorath skilled warrior with his mighty stone warhammer.

Gorath sends 4 dwarves to scout the area, whilst the rest of the clan starts to farm, the farm will take 4 turns to produce food. The scouts report that to the North the mountain has many caves where strange sounds can be hears some volcano-like,some not. To the South lies the edge of a great forest. To the West barren hills stretch for miles and to the East there is a river and what looks like a dirt road.

What now?

You Have:
15 males 10 females 5 kids
including 1 builder, 1 miner
stone tools
2 turns worth of food (although dwarves can at times be greedy)
Farms yield in 3 turns

>>553528480
Let's call the leader dwarfens

>>553530337
Hunt

>>553530337
Hunt for some food to stay good till farms are up.

How many actions per turn OP?

>>553530584
2nd this

Explore & hunt in woods

>>553530337
Hunt for food in the forest.

>>553530668
Agree

>>553530584
>>553530337
If there can be more actions I say start building stuff (watchtower, walls, forge)

>>553530584
Your actions are limited by your population the more tasks you try the slower/worse they will be completed. Also you have a pro builder and miner so building and mining will be easier

>>553530859
If you want tell me how many people to assign to what

>>553530803
>>553530859
>>553530584

I Vote Hunting and building a watchtower

Food and security first

>>553531040
2nd

For a long-term plan of action, I propose we keep our current camp light, perhaps gear it towards food production while moving gradually to the volcano and build a city there, if possible. Underground locations are easier to defend than open campgrounds, and with our small size we can leave construction smaller to make it pretty much impossible for anyone to overtake us.

>>553531546
Makes alot of sense still a simple watch tower should still be put in to place for now before we build a town.

5 dwarves set to work building a simple wooden watchtower, thanks to the expertise of your builder this task is 60% complete.

The rest of the clan sets about hunting and preparing the food. The forest is teeming with animals and you catch several rabbits aswell as some deer. Your hunters report tracks that seem to have come from two-legged creatures

You Have:
15 males 10 females 5 kids
including 1 builder, 1 miner
stone tools
2 turns worth of food (although dwarves can at times be greedy)
Farms yield in 3 turns

>>553531546
Granted

Yet a watchtower for guarding the farm is needed I think

>>553531743
Forget to edit you have, sorry:
15 males 10 females 5 kids (turn to adults next turn)
including 1 builder, 1 miner
stone tools
4 turns worth of food (although dwarves can at times be greedy)
Farms yield in 2 turns
Watchtower (60% and unmanned)

>>553531743
You didnt update food and farms

Also, i think we should explore the caves and see if we can mine some awesome stuff

>>553531997
Sorry fixed

>>553531927
send 4 males to scout caves rest work on the watchtower/farms.

>>553531743
4 dwarves to finish the construction of the watchtower, the rest will keep hunting.

>>553532147
I will correct. The rest should explore the caves, not hunt for food.

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>>553532062
No probs
I think people who Op this stuff are awesome so kudos to you. Mistakes happen

>>553532449
Being OP is my pleasure man I enjoy making a story thanks for playinf

Can we dig and mine into our side of the volcano? We can even build our homes there

>>553532585
If you want, you're gonna need to research appropriate tech first.

>>553532585
That's the plan, though we really should scout the caves first.

>>553532758
Yeah scout/mine first than see if we can move in and build a MASSSSIVE LAVA FORGE

>>553532926
Yes.....All my yes..

>>553532926
Don't forget dwarven volcano-magic.

>>553533086
writing now sorry for the wait

>>553533380
Were earth attuned naturally, I think becoming skilled at earth bending would be better and faster then volcano magic. Plus it will help us greatly in building cave defenses. I vote teach a child earth bending asap.

>>553533575
plus to control the volcano i think we would have to learn some fire magic and get dam skilled at it

>>553533575
Dwarves build with their hands and their tools. Not with magic

>>553533575
You do realize that lava is molten rock? Also, this isn't Avatar the last I checked.

Geomancey could be cool

>>553534173
Could create giant rock gnolms (cant spell) to protect our land imbued with life.

4 dwarves including the builder finish off the watchtower it provides an impressive view over the surrounding area and provides a defensive bonus. Whilst scouts enter the cave system it seems to be very large some routes become too hot to enter but one leads into a larger cavern. The scouts bring back bones they found in the caves they're slightly bigger than dwarf bones and the skull the found seems rat-like. Your miner found traces of iron ore.

17 males 13 females 0 kids
including 1 builder, 1 miner
stone tools
3 turns worth of food (although dwarves can at times be greedy)
Farms yield in 1 turns
Watchtower (unmanned)

>>553534525
Make sure the tower is manned
Mine in the day
Breed by night

>>553534525
Man the fuck out of that watchtower. It seems we've got a skaven problem in the volcano, so we need to clear those pests out. Since skavens are really good at magic, I do honestly think we should have some of our own to even up the odds a little bit, so let's get us a mage!

>>553534173
Earth bending. Geomancy. What the fuck does it matter what we call it let's terraform this shit.

>>553534525
Watchtower is to be manned 24/7 by atlest 1 male 2 would be best.

Have a female become a earth shaman or what ever you want to call her

>>553534525
>>553534890
Oh right, we do need to breed as well.

>>553535003
>>553535040
What i said plus the rest breed.

>>553535003
Keep tower manned, farm by day fuck by night.

I want to train a few people so it's not just the leader. Have him train em

>>553534890
I disagree. If the skavens are good at magic we must top them with our superiour melee skills

>>553534525
sup fellow civfags, too late to jump in? :)

>>553535434
never too late to join mate

>>553534525
Mine the ore

>>553535268
Only way to counter magic is with magic and with them being so skilled we should train magic wielders. Good luck going at them with a hammer while they fling projectile magic.

>>553535486
sweet, give me a couple of minutes to read through the thread

>>553535660
In narrow tunnels hammers>any ranged projectile

>>553535268
Yes, I'm not saying we should try to best them with magic, because we can't do that. I'm just saying we are completely defenseless against any magic they might possibly want to inflict on us, and as such we need a mage.

>>553535637
I have to agree with this one

>>553535637
>>553536054
Are we ready to get drawn into a possible conflict with skavens? I think not.

>>553535960
Is your imagination really limited to just fireballs and magic bolts? ANY magic they cast on us, we can't deal with.

>>553536314
Yeah and a rat skull cant deal with a hammer going through it

>>553536314
>>553535960
Earth magic is naturally defensive. We can make stone armor suits, flying balls of earth and natural shielding

>>553536314
hmmm, I see your point,
but as >>553536452 states, we have forces

>>553534525
Two males take it in turns to man the tower throughout the day and night, they report seeing campfires deep in the forest and at times far in the East.

Gorath instructs the women to try and learn magic. Most of the women show no potential and return to the farms. Two women manage to move a little dirt and another even moves a few rocks a little. The food is ready for harvest and this will last another turn.

The rest of the males start to mine the ore we now have 1/4 tonne of ore but insufficient tech/facilities for forging ect.

At the end of the day there is a mass breeding session with 5 pregnancies, the exhaustion (and their natural greed) causes the Dwarfs to consume 2x food.

You Have:
17 males 13 females 5 kids
including 1 builder, 1 miner, 2 Watchmen
stone tools
2 turns worth of food (although dwarves can at times be greedy)
Farms Harvest for 1 more turn
Watchtower (2x watchmen)

>>553536582
>>553536452
And if they inflict a magical plague on us? Sure, kill them. They're now dead. so are we, since we have no way of curing ourselves.

Op is kill?

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>>553536906
OP lives

>>553536829
The women who moved the rocks trains more in earth magic
Build bigger farms to sustain a bigger population

>>553536829
Our champion must begin training our generals! And expand farm!

>>553537194
Also start having 2-3 miners building a simple cave system near our base to get started on a underground home

>>553536829
Practice more magic, while the men should practice melee.

>>553537194
Agree with farm, also wormens do learn more magic. >>553537268 also

>>553537194
I second this

>>553536829
Start training men in combat. Train woman who moved rocks in magic. I think we should stop mining because we might be ambushed in the caves and can't use the ore yet. Build another farm, train men in combat, continuing teaching earth magic this turn IMO.

>>553537194
Agreed.

We need to start reseching

>>553537592
This

>>553537592
Agreed

>>553537539
The magic woman (pick a name) meditates to improve her skills she can now hold small rocks in the air and throw them with but not with enough force to do major damage.

The remaining 12 women along with 5 men (including your builder) harvest the crops and begin to expand the farms a little with another turn of work they will provide an extra turns worth of food.

Gorath and the remaining 11 men (and watchmen and miner) train, the men are now better melee warriors although their weapons are limited, 2 men show potential as warriors with a little more training they could go pro.

You Have:
17 males 13 females 5 kids (3 turns til adulthood) including 1 builder, 1 miner, 2 Watchmen
Earth Witch
stone tools
5 turns worth of food (although dwarves can at times be greedy)
Farms (yield in 4) 50% expanded
Watchtower (2x watchmen)
1/4 tonne of iron ore

>>553538486
Continue working on the farm
Then we should research weaponry.

>>553525927
>>553525707
You guys should go to /tg/ we got a nice civ revival going on right now

>>553538486
Magic lady us named wogri. Her training must continue.

Finish farm, start researching all things weapons tech.

>>553538486
I'd say build a forge and perhaps start researching for better weapons (preferably ranged) also let the witch continiue her training

>>553538997
I have thought about but have not got around to it

>>553538486
keep training the fighters with focus on the best 2

Keep expanding the farms

Research forging if we can

>>553538486
I think the women (I was under the impression there were three?) should try to learn some broader magic than just simple manipulation of the earth. I'm talking about enchantments, curses, healing spells. Actual spells!

Train the men more. The rest of the women can work on whatever.

>>553538997
Yeah I've never done this on TG but I might some time the advantage I guess is that people are more interested and more likely to continue again at a later date

>>553539209
also women keeps training magic

>>553539230
There was three but only the most gifted kept training

>>553539209
just pop in the catalog and search for a civ game when youre bored, ive been oping a lot lately, but other people are stepping up. We could always use more civ players and I would love it if we could get all the civ community on one board

>>553539230
Oh yeh there was three one was quite good the other two were alright, I was under the impression that people only wwanted the good one to train but the other two have potential too.

>>553539474
Would be nice. And being a fellow civ OP at times would be nice to have a thread that stays alive more offten.

>>553539474
Yeah that'd be cool, now that my exams have eneded I have time for Civ

>>553539613
we can always use more ops as well as new players.

>>553539691
Yea ive started oping again since I just graduated and have time again

Alright Im gonna start writing in 2-3 mins

>>553538684
Our earth witch should learn to locate ore within the ground.

>>553539743
ill hope on /tg/ and check it out then soon if i like it ill try out OPing there im still fairly new at it but i enjoy it so learning quick.
If i do stop by i always OP with the tag
>Deadlydeath

>>553540104
Great idea.

>>553540118
cool I got by shmeh when I op ill see you around

>>553539882
>>553540118

Yeah I'll definitely be on /tg/ at some point
tag >Jake the Dawg

>>553540391
I will be too, but i don't know how to tag

So who's running the story?

>>553540531
just type a >
before your name
>fiddle
it turns green and is called a tag

>>553540587
(ID: eakOm4Ki)
Is OPing

>>553538486
The farms have been sucessfully expanded by the women and 5 men.

Wogri and the other two meditate on earth magic, Wogri is trying hard to feel the natural energy of the earth so she can differentiate between different elements.

The men continue to train in the art of war. The tw potential warriors have reached a high prficiency in melee, you can now form a warrior class (pick a name). 1 more dwarf now has the potential to become a warrior. The two watchmen have begun to train using slingshots.
There was no time for building/weaponary research.

17 males 13 females 5 kids (2 turns til adulthood) including 1 builder, 1 miner, 2 Watchmen, 2 warriors
Wogri and 2 disciples
stone tools
4 turns worth of food (although dwarves can at times be greedy)
Farms (yield in 3) expanded
Watchtower (2x watchmen)
1/4 tonne of iron ore

>>553541520
Keep at it.

IS the name for the warrior class or for the two new warriors?

>>553541520
Farming, weaponry research, mogri practices with the other two magic users

>>553541520
Warrior platoon name: Iron Shields
They shall be the backbone of all defensive operations

Research weapons/forging.

Scout the forest.Skaven are nasty allys could be of use.

bumpin

>>553541918
Forests. Is there are two-legged creatures that leave footprints in the forests it's going to be elves. We can't associate with them, I'd rather we get assraped by the skavens.

>>553542319
could be Humans, Dryads, Shrooms, even if elfs we should know who is around us

>>553541520
We should put our expert miner to work and then upgrade our watchmen to crossbows.

>>553541864
class

>>553541918
>>553542319
Also, we don't need a strong defense against skavens, since they're weak in melee. We need a powerful offense to break them, so the warriors should be training attack strategies and be called Iron Hammers or something.

>>553542559
Dryads don't leave footprints, they're forest spirits. Highly doubt they're mycanea and humans are probably towards the road. We're playing dwarves who have a direct predisposition with elves. It's a forest. 1+1=elves

How in the hell do Dark Elves struggle with breeding? They are like sex machines!

>>553543218
Elves are immortal and thus have very low birth rates for pop control.

>>553541520
Your miner and 3 others begin looking into smelting the iron whilst the builder begins to lay the foundations for a forge (10% done).

Wogri has learnt how to scan for ore and her disciples can now lift and throw small rocks.

The farming continues on schedule.

The Iron Shields go South to explore the forest they see an encampment which appears to be a small Orc tribe.

The rest of the men make spears you now have seven stone spears.

The Iron Chest Clan:
Chieftan Gorath
17 males 13 females 5 kids (1 turns til adulthood) including 1 builder, 1 miner, 2 Watchmen, 2 Iron Shields
Wogri and 2 disciples
stone tools
7 stone spears
3 turns worth of food (although dwarves can at times be greedy)
Farms (yield in 2) expanded
Watchtower (2x watchmen)
1/4 tonne of iron ore

>>553544118
also small forge 10%

>>553544118
Well, whoopdedoo. Wogri should get her ass back to real magic instead of flim-flam earthbending from another universe. Put more people to work on the forge.

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>>553544118
bump

>>553544118
Train more warriors for the Iron Shields

Have Wogri scan nearby looking for iron or any good metals.

Main focus on getting the forge up and running

>>553544118
Continue mogri's training. Encourage her to try new and different things with it. Let her know that she is our peoples great gift from the earth.

And do other things

>>553544118
Wogri senses that the hills to the West are rich in metal but they are too far away for her to sense what metals. She locates various iron seams in the volcano which the miner has marked on a basic map. Her disciples meditate.

Gorath and the two Iron Shields train two more warriors. The two watchmen are also proficient in slingshot use now.

The miner and two men have now worked out basic iron working which means the forge will be easier to build.

The rest of the men focus on the forge (50%) whilst the women farm. The growth in population pputs a little more strain on the food strores.

The Iron Chest Clan:
Chieftan Gorath
17 males 13 females 5 kids (1 turns til adulthood) including 1 builder, 1 miner, 2 Watchmen, 4 Iron Shields
Wogri and 2 disciples
stone tools
7 stone spears
2 turns worth of food (although dwarves can at times be greedy)
Farms (yield in 1) expanded
Watchtower (2x watchmen)
1/4 tonne of iron ore

>>553544562
>>553544678
This and this

>>553545825
Forge (50%)

>we almost got pruned there I think :?

>>553545825
Full stream ahead wogri and disciples. And expand farm while building forge, if possible

>>553545825
Mine the volcano for the iron.

Expand farmland.

Build forge.

So wahts everyone doing while waiting for OP? I'm in a webm thread and might hop on spintiers with my duel screen. just keep thing thread alive mates.

>>553546603
What* Spintires* the thread*

Fuck im getting sleepy.

>>553546603
Am playing castle vania symphony of the night.

>>553546725
Stray awake!

>>553545825
the kids should already be adults no?

>>553545825
Wogri and her disciples continue, Wogri can now cause small spikes to rise from the earth the other two cannot do so yet.

The remaining 10 women harvest the farm and expand it a little (20% expanded). It's a good harvest it will last for 3 turns.

The miner and 5 others mine 1/8th of a tonne of iron ore. The remaining men work on the forge (90%).

Suddenly there comes a cry, the watchmen have spotted a small party of 5 orcs coming from the South.

The Iron Chest Clan:
Chieftan Gorath
19 males 16 females 0 kids (0 turns til adulthood) including 1 builder, 1 miner, 2 Watchmen, 4 Iron Shields
Wogri and 2 disciples
stone tools
7 stone spears
Iron Working
2 turns worth of food (although dwarves can at times be greedy)
Farms (harvest 2 turns) expanded (next expansion 20%)
Watchtower (2x watchmen)
3/8 tonne of iron ore

>>553547342
Yeah I forgot to edit as I though the thread was about to die.
>>553546725
I'm happy to continue tonight but I'll try and continue tomoroww as well 10:30PM GMT? on b or tg?

>>553547394
If they look angry, kill kill kill. If tradey, trade trade trade

>>553547323
Coffee the nectar of the gods.

>>553547394
Iron shields/Chieftain Gorath to the south defensive positions with Wogri in further back to provide magic support if needed

lets try to be diplomatic if we can but crush them if needed

>>553547394
arm seven men with the stone spears and have the 2 iron shields at the front.
have the men throw the spears at the orcs and have wogri guide them once in the air to hit their marks.

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>>553547394
Take them as slaves

It seems we're running low on people

>>553548462
Ya any orcs that live take as slaves!

>>553548524
You don't have to stay up dude

>>553548462
>>553548558
The Mighty force of the dwarfs will not rely on slave labor. Shall we just grow weak and fat as the slaves do all the work?

>>553548745
I'm okay with being fat and chillin with a slave empire. We should find some qt elves

>>553548703
DW I have a few more updates in me I'm just worried that people are going to bed. I will continue but also at 10:30 GMT I'll start another thread (I'll archive this). Hopefully you guys are up for continuing this (I've never managed to get a thread for more than 2 nights on /b/)

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>>553548745
Yes.

>>553549053
if you guys want I am running a thread at /tg/ that you can jump to after this one finishes.

>>>/tg/33050419

>>553549053
ill keep playing this is really fun

>>553549053
im awake for atlest another hour.

>>553547394
As the Orcs approach an the 4 Iron Shields and Gorath followed by the other men form a formidable formation. Wogri and her disciples prepares themselves to guide the spears to victory.

The Orcs approach with bronze tipped spears and clubs. They drop their weapons when they see a hail of Dwarvish spears and shout "Wait!" in the common tongue. Gorath puts a hand in the air and Wogri deflects the spears saving the Orcs.

A leader steps forward from the Orcs " we have an offer you for" he barks in broken common tongue. His tribe is fighting an Elven City state to the South and are in desperate need of iron and allies.

Meanwhile the harvest continues and the farms have been expanded more (40%). The builder finished the forge whilst the others were away. One woman is pregnant.

The Iron Chest Clan:
Chieftan Gorath
19 males 16 females 1 kids (3 turns til adulthood) including 1 builder, 1 miner, 2 Watchmen, 4 Iron Shields
Wogri and 2 disciples
stone tools
7 stone spears
Iron Working
4 turns worth of food (although dwarves can at times be greedy)
Farms (harvest 1 turns) expanded (next expansion 40%)
Watchtower (2x watchmen)
Forge
3/8 tonne of iron ore

Bumping to keep alive.

>>553549307
already there man
>>553549479
thanks
>>553549631
cool I will do some more updates 2-4 then we can resume tomoroww

Do people want to resume here or on /tg/ tomoroww

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>>553550445
Me too

>>553550387
YES DEATH TO THE ELF SCUM

we have not the warriors(...yet) for fighting but we can supply the orcs for war.

Start on heavy mining tunnels in to the volcano following the map we have to maximize iron bar production

>>553550387
For an orc to ask for help is kind of sad. Ask what we get from helping.

start making hammers and shields immediately. we should have the most capable dwarf become a smith

>>553550915
sorry forgot to add

We can trade iron forged weapons and shields..but what do the orcs have to offer in return?

Accepts orcs offer while secretly sending scouts to the elven city state to form a plan with the elves to double cross the orcs. Then we take them as slaves.

>>553551131
Us dwarfs could never ally with the elven scum.

>>553551718
But why join a losing side that is already desperate. Better to bet on a sure thing In my opinion

>>553551974
We are dwarfs we will not side with the elven scum the orcs may need help but with our help and our weapons they will crush the elf empire and we will be right at there side in battle. Let us forge a unbreakable alliance with orcs in the future forged from blood and sweat on the battlefield

>>553550387
"We have slaves 40 humans for you from eastern great path they come on carts to trade with elves we steal them and their carts. Elves not happy they hunt us now, you think about it you come to forest when time for deal, we must go ourselves now eleves to kill", says their leader.

Meanwhile the forge is now in use 5 men work the forge and produce 5 shields and 5 warhammers and 5 spears (using up 1/8 of a tonne, one dwarf shows potential for becoming a professional smith. The rest of the men mine aquiring 3/8 of a tonne of iron.

The women harvest the crops.
The Iron Chest Clan:
Chieftan Gorath
19 males 16 females 1 kids (3 turns til adulthood) including 1 builder, 1 miner, 2 Watchmen, 4 Iron Shields
Wogri and 2 disciples
stone tools
7 stone spears 5 iron ones
5 shields, war hammers
Iron Working
6 turns worth of food (although dwarves can at times be greedy)
Farms (4 turns until yield) expanded (next expansion 40%)
Watchtower (2x watchmen)
Forge
5/8 tonne of iron ore

>>553552517
child (2 turns til adulthood)