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[quinnr]

4 of my people gather wood.
2 of them work to build a farm
2 of them begin searching for a way to make fire

[Haika]

lets see here, in J9 as you put it, (I agree with others the map is kinda sketchy, needs revision)

The farm animals will build another farm.
Population 1 will maintain farm #1(hopefully I'll eventually get a bonus)
Population 2 will take the coral building materials and build a hut/cave/home type thing.
Population 3 will gather food.

in J8
One population will search for animals to tame.
The other, who I will name, Mer the scout, will continue on his way to the northwest, and survey again at the mouth of that river there.

I'm assuming that the growth in population from my scout is from him finding 'wild' merfolk out in these areas who join up to the civilization. Makes more sense than some sort of asexual breeding.

And wow, these ocean restrictions are really limiting. Even with a farm I can't support my initial population, I hope that deep water will provide more space for such. Otherwise to grow, I'm going to have to spread out like amoebas, and that seems very odd.

[Lidhuin]

Have 1 person maintain each farm. Have 1 person in D19 try to tame a farm animal. Have 1 person in E19 create some digging implements out of stone, and have the final person in E19 create a storage shed out of stone, with a basement for storing food underneath. If that's too much for one person in one action, start with digging out the food storage basement.

You still have 2 people available. It only takes 1 pop unit to maintain All farms in any one terrain.

(Almost have all replies ready, but it does take a while. I find I prefer GIMP to MS Paint, but I do wish I could make it less pixelated...)

[100killer9]

Alright, have another work on the food storage, and the last one build a ditch in E20, connecting to the volcano and draining some lava into a resovoir.

[Lidhuin]

Newly defined actions

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Refine Materials: Turns 1 material into 1 refined material. (wood -> charcoal)

Make tools: Creates 1 tool. Tools can be used as materials, but less effectively. Tools are not consumed.

Build warehouse: Halves the effect of events that destroy stored materials, round down (if you would lose 1, you lose 0, if you would lose 2, you lose 1, etc...). A warehouse does not require maintainance, but does not score points aside from its construction.

Build home: A hexagon cannot have a population beyond double its base capacity (incl. templates). A city allows this capacity to be exceeded, so long as food is supplied. A point is scored for each home built that turn (+1 capacity), and for each one city maintained (max 1 city per hexagon). A city requires one unit to maintain it.

A city is established once the number of homes exceed double the base capacity (incl. Templates) of the hexagon it is in.

A city halves the effect of farms (stacks with forests)

As an abstracted game, a unit may represent anything from a single person to a million or beyond. It basically represents whatever would make sense. Same thing with time. Time passing may be a day, a year, a century or more.

Global Event
The volcano erupts, spewing forth lava, poisonous gas and ash. The volcano has proven itself active.


RNG
Event: The stone you collected last time proves too fragile and brittle for use and crumbles away. Perhaps it was all that exposure to the elements it suffered? (-1 stone)

Event: Rats get into your food store and eat themselves nice and fat. The food you collected last time is all spoiled as a result. (-1 food)

Your people manage to collect 3 wood.
Your people find a measly 1 food
Your people build 2 farms in F4
Your people collect 1 stone from the riverbed.
Your people consume the food in a feast and grow by one.

End of Turn Status:
points: 11+15=26
Population: 7+1 in F4
Farms: 2 in F4
resources: 0 food, 1 stone, 3 wood


Quinnr

You build two farms in H5
Your people find 5 wood in the forest.
They consume 2 food in a feast, but discover there is insufficient space for them to grow.
Your people wonder if the last piece of food will last. It does, for now.

In their search for how to make fire, your people produce 3 charcoal. Rather than consuming the wood to produce this as would usually be the case, the motivation found in discovering something new kept your people from consuming your gathered goods.

End of Turn status:
Points: 13+18 = 31
Population: 8 in H5
Farms: 2 in H5
Resources: 1 food, 5 wood, 3 charcoal

Your people consumed two food to avoid starvation (capacity increased from 5 to 8 (max capacity))


Haika
(A unit can be more than one person )
Event: Some of the coral that your merpeople so dilligently collected is stolen by native fish. You lose 1 coral.

You build a farm in J9 and maintain the farm already present.
You build 3 homes in J9. Your people discover the value of Cities!
You gather 1 unit of kelp fruit (1 food) in J9.
Your people grow by 3 in J9, after eating hearty amounts of kelp fruit. They would have grown by more, but found themselves limited by food. (-1 food, +3 pop units)

Event (J8): Your merpeople see a flock of seacow and prepare to tame them, but then, from out of the depths of the sea, they see that a flock of gargantuan crab is making their way towards the shore. They spend the next period of time taming these crab. (Tamed crab instead of seacow).
You tame 1 flock of gargantuan crab (amphibious farm animal) in J8. No growth possible.

Mer the scout goes NW and surveys, discovering the area contains a reef (+1 food). The discovery spurs the growth of your people and they grow by two.


End of Turn Status:
Points: 10+19=29
Population: 6 in J9, 1 in J8, 3 in I7
Farm Animals: 1 (sea) in J9, 1 (amphibious) in J8
Farms: 2 in J9
Cities: 1 (cap: +3) in J9
Resources: 0
Bonuses: +1 mineral in J8


Nevyn
Your people gather 3 food
Your people build 1 farm in D12
Your people maintain the 2 farms in D12
Your people gather 3 wood
Your people build 1 warehouse in D12
Your people consume two food and find that there is not enough room for them to grow. (capactiy increased from 5 to 8 (max capacity))

End of Turn Status:
Points: 11+17=28
Population: 8 in D12
Farms: 2 in D12
Warehouse: 1 in D12
Resources: D12: 1 food, 3 wood



100Killer9
Your people maintain the farms in D19 and E19
Your people fail to tame any animals in D19
Your people produce 1 tool in E19 from 1 stone.
Your people build 1 warehouse in E19
Your people build 1 warehouse in D19
Your people move 1 unit from E19 to E20 and ”survey” (magma reservoir) in E20

Your people in E19 grow by 2 to the maximum capacity of 5.
Your people in D19 fail to grow, due to a poor hunt, remaining at 3.
Your people in E20 grow by 1

The volcano erupts and fills your reservoir with magma, which solidifies into igneous extrusive rock (+1 mineral bonus). However, some of your people are caught by the devastation and your population in E20 falls by 1.

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Point counting issue discovered: since I count maintained population, and you grew by 1 in E20, then lost 1, and have 1, is the 1 you have the one from last turn or this turn? In other words, do you score 2 or 1 points? Hmm...
I'm going to follow the guideline that you do not lose points from losses and state that you will gain 2 points: 1 for growing, 1 for maintaining the 1 population.

End of Turn Status:
Points: 11+18=29
Population: 5 in E19, 3 in D19, 1 in E20
Farms: 2 in E19, 2 in D19
Warehouses: 1 in E19, 1 in D19
Bonuses: +1 mineral in E20, +1 stone tool in E19


I cannot finish the map by tonight, but will have it updated into this post tomorrow (I hope)

If you find any errors in my point counting, please let me know.

(So far, points seem to be within a fair range, so actions seem balanced).

Yeah, so, the map is going to remain a guideline which I will use to be able to tell where everyone is (I've got more zoom ).
Map, End of turn 2:

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[quinnr]

Er, what is my pop now?

[Lidhuin]

Quinnr

You build two farms in H5
Your people find 5 wood in the forest.
They consume 2 food in a feast, but discover there is insufficient space for them to grow.
Your people wonder if the last piece of food will last. It does, for now.

In their search for how to make fire, your people produce 3 charcoal. Rather than consuming the wood to produce this as would usually be the case, the motivation found in discovering something new kept your people from consuming your gathered goods.

End of Turn status:
Points: 13+18 = 31
Population: 8 in H5
Farms: 2 in H5
Resources: 1 food, 5 wood, 3 charcoal

Your people consumed two food to avoid starvation (capacity increased from 5 to 8 (max capacity))

see bold.

[quinnr]

Ooops, sorry...writing actions now

EDIT:
3 units go to colonize the place to the north.
1 unit works on the farms
2 units search for stone
1 unit scavenges for food.
1 unit builds a hut.

[Haika]

I'm curious if the points allow us to purchase anything, like perks, or good events(or maybe bad events for the other civs)

That said, on to actions:

In J9 that shall be named Home.
the animal unit will maintain the farms.
1 pop unit will make another farm.
3 pop units shall gather food.
1 pop unit will gather coral from the sea floor.
And the final population unit in J9 will pray and worship the merfolk gods and give thanks for the blessings they have recieved so far.

In J8
The crab animal unit will construct spawn pits, to make more crabs ]
The pop unit here will gather building materials

In I7
The unit Led by Mer the scout, shall continue it's great survey quest to the south. bolstered by the success so far, they brave the dark depths in search of larger areas to colonize.
Meanwhile, of the remaining population units here one shall attempt to tame local wildlife.
The other shall swim up the river/canal thing, and head for the coastline of the other side(H8?), to survey when they get there if time allows.

[Neyvn]

Is the Farms built on the City tile producing any food if cared for???

[Lidhuin]

Points are the measure by which you win the game by the 20th Turn. It allows for both violent and non-violent strategies. It also means that a player who has scored substantially more points than others, can be wiped out and still win.

Is the Farms built on the City tile producing any food if cared for???

Yes they do increase capacity, but the farms are halved in effectiveness (so it takes 2 farms to increase capacity by 1). This may become more important later on, if more structures/events/etc... end up also halving effectiveness, in which case the farms become useless (and will Not grant you points).

[Neyvn]

OK then.

1 Tend Field
2 Tend Field
3 Build Huts
4 Build Huts
5 Gather Wood
6 Gather Wood
7 Gather Food
8 Craft Spears

[100killer9]

2 people maintain farms, 1 person build a house in E19, one person build a farm in D19, two people build two farms in C20, one person build a warehouse in C20, one person dig a channel for lava to flow from E21 across E20 into F19, and one person make a bunker in E20 to have citizens retreat into in case of an eruption.

[RandomNumberGenerator]

1 maintains farms
2 gather stone
1 makes stone axes
4 make more farms

[Lidhuin]

Let me know if there are any errors, feedback is always accepted and map will be updated whenever I've got the time (it doesn't seem that important).

Remember, cities have no effect until they exceed max capacity by at least 1. In your starting areas, regular max capacity 8 (2 + forest + river = 4 * 2 = 8 ). For a city to start having an effect, it must have 9 homes in these areas.

Changes:

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Warehouses defend people and huts as well from negative effects. Bunkers count as warehouses.

Newly Defined Actions:

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Build Aqueducts: Leads water (or lava, not both) to target square. Increases city capacity by +1. Requires 1 unit to maintain (in any area it passes through). Limit: Must go from mountains, to hills, to lowlands.

Turn 3:
Global Event: Rivers flood! Some people near rivers suffer, others gain a boon from the silt fertilising their farms.

RNG

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Global event effect: Silt from the rivers double the effectiveness of your farms, beyond the usual maximum capacity!

F4: Your people till the lands furiously, building 4 farms, while maintaining the farms already present. Your people shape together 1 weapon tool that can be used both as an effective weapon and for cutting wood. Your people go out and gather 2 stone from the riverbed. Your people, already very densely populated for the amount of food they have available, grow very slowly by 2. They fear they would have starved without this years beneficial floods.

End of Turn Status:
points: 26+19 = 45
Population: 10 in F4
Farms: 6 in F4
resources: 0 food, 1+2 stone, 3 wood, 1 weapon tool (axe)

Quinnr

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Global event: Disaster! Flooding strikes your lowlands, killing 2 in H5.

Event: Colonizing the hills, your people notice that there are plenty of minerals here. Some of the elders suggest they should investigate further.

H5: Your people maintain the 2 farms. Your people go out and search for stone, finding 2 stone. Your people manage to scavenge 1 food in the wilderness. Your people build 1 hut. Three locals migrate northwards. Your people grow tremendously and increase by 3, but two are lost to the raging river. They consume one food to avoid starvation.

G5: Your people colonize the forested hills. They decide to build 2 farms and search for food. They find 1 food. Your people find joy in settling new lands and grow by 3. They consume one food to avoid starvation.

Points: 31+23=54
Population: 6 in H5, 6 in G5
Farms: 2 in H5, 2 in G5
Cities: 1 in H5 (cap: +1)
Resources: H5: 1 food, 2 stone, 5 wood, 3 charcoal, G5: 0 food

Haika

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Global Event: Your people are unaffected by the river's flooding and neither gain nor lose anything by the global event. Your people witness it though, and wonder if perhaps the gods have spared you?

Event! Your neglected city caught fire! How did this happen? 2 huts burn down, before the fire is put out and the cause is found (which just raises more questions).
Event! Your people grow curious of the minerals in J8 and try to mine them. They find 2 ores (no points).

J9: Your animals keep the farms running. Your people make 1 farm. Your people go searching for coral berries and find 2 food. Your people go searching for hard coral and find 1 coral. Your people give thanks to the gods, and they grow by 1. Two food is consumed to maintain capacity of 8. Your city falls in disrepair (no points gained for city this turn).

J8: Your crab constructs a farm (spawning pool). Your people gather hard coral from the seafloor and find 1 coral. Your crabs have bad mating seasons, but your people grow by 1.

I7: Your people fail to find any animals to tame, unfortunately. Migrants swim up through the river, finding it inhospitable to live in, but they proceed with all haste to the other side. Mer the Scout leads his people southwards. Your people grow by 1.

H8: Your people arrive, exhausted. They do not grow.

J7: Mer the Scout leads his people on a survey of the ocean floor here. He finds rare minerals in the area (+2 mineral bonus), but nothing else. The ocean floor is quite barren here, barely enough to sustain them.

End of Turn Status:
Points: 29+25 = 54
Population: 7 in J9, 2 in J8, 2 in I7, 1 in H8, 1 in J7 (Mer the Scout)
Farm Animals: 1 (sea) in J9, 1 (amphibious) in J8
Farms: 3 in J9, 1 farm in J8
Cities: 1 (cap: +3) in J9
Resources: 2 food, 1 coral in J9, 1 coral, 2 ores in J8
Bonuses:  +1 mineral in J8, +2 mineral in J7

Nevyn

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Global Event: Praise be to the gods! The floods have boosted our yield from our farms. Our people have grown more crops than usual (+1 food (no points from this), double farm yield).
Positive event: Innovation leads your people to trying out new tools. Your spear production this turn was doubled and your people tried using it.

D12: Your people tend the fields with one of your units, another unit builds a new farm (tend field). 2 of your people build 2 huts, while 2 of your people go out and gather 2 wood. 1 of your people gathers 1 food. The last of your people craft 2 weapon tool (spear) and go out hunting with one of them, bringing back 2 food. One food is consumed to maintain max capacity of 8 (current normal capacity: 4+3 from 3 farms (2x from event, ˝ from forest).

End of Turn Status:
Points: 28+20 = 48
Population: 8 in D12
Farms: 3 in D12
Cities: 1 in D12 (cap: +2)
Warehouse: 1 in D12
Resources: D12: 4 food, 5 wood, 2 weapon tool (spear)

100Killer9

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Global Event: Disaster strikes in E19! The fledling city your people started building is washed away by the raging river (half damage due to warehouse).

E19: Your 2 people maintain 2 farms and build 1 home. Two travel north, one travel northeast. Your population grows by 1 here.
D19: The 2 migrants maintain 2 farms and build a 1 farm. Three locals travels northeast. Your population grows by 1 here.
C20: The 3 migrants build 2 farms and 1 warehouse. Your population grows by 1 here.
E20: The 1 migrant build a warehouse (bunker). A local travels up the mountain. Your population grows by 1 here.
E21: The 1 migrant begins building an aqueduct (lava) from E21 to E20 (+1 point). It will be complete in three turns at this rate (from center of E21 to center of E20). No growth (max cap: 1 from river)

End of Turn Status:
Points: 29+24 = 53
Population: 3 in E19, 3 in D19, 4 in C20, 2 in E20, 1 in E21
Farms: 2 in E19, 3 in D19, 2 in C20
Warehouses: 1 in E19, D19, C20, E20
Bonuses: +1 mineral in E20, +1 stone tool in E19
In Progress: Aqueduct from E21 to E20 (3 turns remaining)