Never expect a pact to get in the way of a good attack! I’ll almost always accept Open Borders (barring Caesar), but I’ll always expect an attack if possible, and I’ll always attack if it is a decent shot at succeeding. Pacts that end when attacked are great to accept sometimes just to get it out of their hands. It can be fun to accept a Military Alliance or Promise of Military Protection, then immediately attack them…
I’ll go again if the spot is still open.
Mysterio’s 5th Game created!
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Congrats, @hardco! Close game all around.
My main error was forgetting that I would lose Nostradamus’ +3 to Strength versus Aggressions at the start of Age III, which allowed @JMH.75 to cripple my Science income. As a result, I never completed the Eiffel Tower (I really need to stop taking that wonder!), because I had to spend my Resources on rebuilding my Science income. So many +4 Culture turns missed! 
Always in for a revenge match 
I’ll go again.
It’s time to gather players for Mysterio’s 6th Game! Need just one more guin…er, I mean player!
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I have not played in a while, been swamped with work, but have a 3 day weekend coming up, so will jump in with you all for the 4th spot.
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everytime I play with you all I get hammered. Losing all stored food, then getting attacked and losing any science generation all in a row, plus despite I tried to stay competitive on the military side, but was shut out of it…my game is just about over already.
edit: and Mysterio piles on.
This isn’t meant to be a criticism, but what’s preventing you from consistently ending your turn such that your [Strength + # of Military Actions] Strength is equal to or greater than the highest Strength among the other players? That’s the bare minimum I consider before ending my turn, so I’m just curious what your thought process is, so we can perhaps advise you.
Then again, sometimes the cards just don’t fall for one the right way, no matter how much planning’s been done.
It literally was not possible. I have spent almost every turn trying to build military.
As the Nostradamus of the game, let me impart my wisdom… The main issue wasn’t the Rats and the aggressions, but the fact that your civilization had corruption from turns 4 through 7. I understand that some games go better than others, and I’ve ran into issues when I’ve chose to build Silk Road, but 4 turns in a row of corruption is generally always going to be game over. Taking Alchemy and upgrading your 1 Philosophy was also probably not ideal, because you were sitting on a lot of food, and you could just add a population and build a second Philosophy instead. You save 4 science and leave yourself less susceptible to Rats.
Lastly, just because you can seed an Event, doesn’t mean that you should. Cards like Vast Territory I are too powerful to just seed blindly without a plan to ensure that you can win the territory. The yet unseen event you seeded that triggered the Rats was also questionable (even more so to risk Rats with so much food). Before I seed an event, I try to see it could trigger something that would wreck me. Rats and Dark Ages are the biggest culprits, but I will generally pass on playing an event if those are serious risks.
I curse everyone that plays Rats, Dark Ages, and Ravages of Time. SO rude.
I hate those cards too…
I also hate the cards you end up getting in Innovation 
Says the guy leading 3-2 lol…
Congrats, @Hardco! (I sound like a broken record.)
In this game, I think my mistake was bidding too high on a few colonies I didn’t really need, which took resources away from building up my infrastructure. The game was close throughout after @kennfusion resigned, although @JMH.75 and Hardco separated themselves from me at the Age III point or so.
If there’s interest in playing a 7th game, post a reply. Otherwise, I’ll just sit in a corner and lick my wounds. 
I think I was out of the running in this game until the International Agreement (played by you I assume) allowed me to grab the Red Cross and build it in 1 turn for 39 points. I thought I could close the gap on @JMH.75 with Impacts, but you both had better culture engines than me. Having Impact of Technology show up was a nice bonus that hides how close the game was before final scoring…
I’ll go again if people are interested. I’ll sit out if even more people are interested though!
Yeah, that was played by me. I thought long and hard before playing it and concluded it was the most favorable (for me) Event card I possessed. Plus, I really needed every Culture point I could get. But it obviously backfired on me!
The Red Cross was a really nasty surprise after I thought I was save for a military takedown by grabbing the 13-army points wonder. I’m up for revenge
don’t lick wounds but look at the final score table of game 4 (in which Hardco was driven into resignation) and get back your determination.
it’s possible!
but wait…you opened a door for him to score 39 points 
ok, lick on! 
