[Misc] Age of Mythology - Daeron wins!

Ash · September 15, 2025, 11:16pm

So these were the optimal approaches to the game:

Marshal · September 15, 2025, 11:16pm

pictured: tutuu calling the game early to prevent daeron from killing me and blocking my 30 dollar idf donation

tutuu · September 15, 2025, 11:17pm

Round 1:

Hippo:

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Marissa:

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Ishmael:

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Leafia:

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Marluna

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Daeron

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tutuu · September 15, 2025, 11:20pm

Round 2:

Hippo:

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Marissa:

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Ishmael:

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Leafia:

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Marluna

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Daeron

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Ash · September 15, 2025, 11:20pm

In order:

Farms-Markets-Barracks ratios mean how you should divide the gold you get per round. Rank 1, if they got a thousand gold at start of round, would go 588-387-25 => 600-400-0 on Farms-Markets-Barracks.
Spies budget is how much you spend on spying. There was more to this in the actual program, but all the numbers were 0.
Convert 10% of your villagers to merchants.
Wait to buy your unique building until at least that specific round.
Attack an enemy if you know that your army is at least {attack_threshold} of your enemy’s, and commit {attack_commit_frac} of your soldiers to your attacks.

ElizaThePsycho · September 15, 2025, 11:21pm

@daeron on a scale of 1 to 10 how much shadow and how much council

tutuu · September 15, 2025, 11:22pm

Round 3:

Hippo:

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Marissa:

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End of Round 3 report:

You’ve purchased 4 Markets for 200 Gold
You’ve purchased 18 Barracks for 900 Gold

You’ve successfully attacked Shady Shamima with 1350 Soldiers. They had 800 defending Soldiers. 800 Soldiers die on both sides. You have 550 looting Soldiers.

You get 2 free Barracks due to your faction trait

Your 40 Barracks have produced 2400 Soldiers

Kevin has attacked you with 1410 Soldiers. You had 2400 defending Soldiers. Both sides lose 1410 soldiers.

You’ve captured 550 Civilians from Shady Shamima:
239 Villagers
311 Merchants

Start of Round 4 report:

Your 239 Villagers have produced 239 Villagers
Your 1311 Merchants have produced 1967 Gold

You currently have:

478 Villagers
1311 Merchants
1540 Soldiers

1967 Gold

5 Markets
40 Barracks
The Pantheon

Victory condition trackers:

Your total Gold produced is 4067. There are 0 players ahead of you in this regard

Your total war points are 2210. There are 0 players ahead of you in this regard

Ishmael:

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Leafia:

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Marluna

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Daeron

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End of Round 3 report:

You’ve purchased 6 Farms for 300 Gold
You’ve purchased 6 Barracks for 300 Gold
You’ve purchased 1375 Villagers for 1375 Merchants

Your attack on Ninetytwo was unsuccessful because somebody attacked them with a bigger army. Your 250 attacking Soldiers return immediately to defend

Your 11 Barracks have produced 550 Soldiers

Landistania has attacked you with 1350 Soldiers. You have 800 defending Soldiers. Both sides lose 800 Soldiers. Landistania loots 550 of your Civilians:
239 Villagers
311 Merchants

Start of Round 4 report:

Your 1136 Villagers have produced 2,386 Villagers
Your 1564 Merchants have produced 1,720 Gold

You currently have:

3,522 Villagers
1564 Merchants
0 Soldiers

1720 Gold

11 Farms
The Bazaar
11 Barracks

Victory condition trackers:

Your total Gold produced is 2820. There are 3 players ahead of you in this regard

Your total war points are 800. There are 2 players ahead of you in this regard

tutuu · September 15, 2025, 11:23pm

Round 4:

Hippo:

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Marissa:

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Ishmael:

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End of Round 4 report:

You’ve purchased 10 Markets for 500 Gold
You’ve purchased 16 Barracks for 800 Gold
You’ve purchased 1774 Merchants for 1774 Villagers

You have successfully attacked Cloudmane with 2700 Soldiers. They had 1800 Soldiers. Both sides lose 1800. You have 900 looting Soldiers.

Your 49 Barracks have produced 2940 Soldiers

Kevin has attacked you with 2460 Soldiers. You had 2940 defending Soldiers. Both sides lose 2460 soldiers.

You have looted from Cloudmane:
144 Villagers
756 Merchants

Start of Round 5 report:

Your 1144 Villagers have produced 1144 Villagers
Your 3863 Merchants have produced 5795 Gold

You currently have:

2288 Villagers
3863 Merchants
1380 Soldiers

5828 Gold

10 Markets
49 Barracks
The Pantheon

Victory condition trackers:

Your total Gold produced is 8628. There are 2 players ahead of you in this regard

Your total war points are 5160. There are 0 players ahead of you in this regard

Leafia:

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End of Round 4 report:

You’ve purchased 26 Barracks for 1300 Gold
You’ve purchased 31 Anti-Spy Network for 31 Gold
You’ve purchased 5000 Merchants for 5000 Villagers

You have not attacked anybody

Your 26 Barracks have produced 1300 Soldiers

Enrico Dandolo has attacked you with 2700 Soldiers. You have 1800 defending Soldiers. Both sides lose 1800 Soldiers. Enrico Dandolo loots 900 of your Civilians:
144 Villagers
756 Merchants

Start of Round 5 report:

Your 1106 Villagers have produced 1659 Villagers
Your 4794 Merchants have produced 11601 Gold

You currently have:

2765 Villagers
4794 Merchants
0 Soldiers

11601 Gold

5 Farms
12 Markets
The Bazaar
31 Barracks
262 Anti-Spy Network

Victory condition trackers:

Your total Gold produced is 14263. There are 0 players ahead of you in this regard

Your total war points are 1800. There are 3 players ahead of you in this regard

Marluna

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Daeron

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tutuu · September 15, 2025, 11:25pm

Round 5:

Hippo:

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Marissa:

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End of Round 5 report:

You’ve purchased 13 Markets for 650 Gold
You’ve purchased 50 Barracks for 2500 Gold
You’ve purchased 956 Merchants for 956 Villagers

You have successfully attacked Shady Shamima with 5740 Soldiers. They had 3200 Soldiers. 3200 Soldiers die on both sides. You have 2540 looting Soldiers.

Your 120 Barracks have produced 7200 Soldiers.

Kevin has attacked you with 3660 Soldiers. You had 7200 Soldiers. 3660 Soldiers die on both sides.

You looted from Shady Shamima:
2358 Villagers
182 Merchants

Start of Round 6 report:

Your 2358 Villagers have produced 2358 Villagers
Your 1493 Merchants have produced 5524 Gold

You currently have:

4716 Villagers
1493 Merchants
6080 Soldiers

5537 Gold

27 Markets
120 Barracks
The Pantheon

Victory condition trackers:

Your total Gold produced is 12 737. There are 4 players ahead of you in this regard

Your total war points are 11 610. There are 0 players ahead of you in this regard

Ishmael:

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Leafia:

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Marluna

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Daeron

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End of Round 5 report:

You’ve purchased 42 Farms for 2100 Gold
You’ve purchased 43 Markets for 2150 Gold
You’ve purchased 42 Barracks for 2100 Gold
You’ve purchased 35 Spy Network for 35 Gold

You have attempted to attack Landistania with 550 Soldiers. Somebody else attacked them with more Soldiers. Your Soldiers return home to defend.

Your 53 Barracks have produced 2650 Soldiers.

Landistania has attacked you with 5740 Soldiers. You had 3200 defending Soldiers. Both sides lose 3200 Soldiers. Landistania loots 2540 of your Civilians:
2358 Villagers
182 Merchants

Start of Round 6 report:

Your 18 070 Villagers have produced 162 630 Villagers
Your 1382 Merchants have produced 12 162 Gold

You currently have:

180 700 Villagers
1382 Merchants
0 Soldiers

12 162 Gold

80 Farms
70 Markets
The Bazaar
53 Barracks
35 Spy Network
100 Anti-Spy Network

Victory condition trackers:

Your total Gold produced is 21 347. There are 1 players ahead of you in this regard

Your total war points are 4000. There are 3 players ahead of you in this regard

tutuu · September 15, 2025, 11:27pm

Round 6:

Hippo:

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End of Round 6 report:

You’ve purchased 20 Barracks for 1000 Gold

You’ve attacked Enrico Dandolo with 4860 Soldiers. Somebody else has attacked them with a bigger army. Your 4860 Soldiers return home to defend.

Your 101 Barracks have produced 6060 Soldiers

Enrico Dandolo has attacked you with 11 280 Soldiers. You have 10 920 Soldiers. Both sides lose 10 920 Soldiers. Enrico loots 360 Merchants.

Start of Round 7 report:

Your 0 Villagers have produced 0 Villagers
Your 640 Merchants have produced 640 Gold

You currently have:

0 Villagers
640 Merchants
0 Soldiers

640 Gold

101 Barracks
The Pantheon

Victory condition trackers:

Your total Gold produced is 5640. There are 5 players ahead of you in this regard

Your total war points are 18 450. There are 1 players ahead of you in this regard

Marissa:

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Ishmael:

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End of Round 6 report:

You’ve purchased 168 Barracks for 8400 Gold

You have successfully attacked Kevin with 11 280 Soldiers. They had 10 920 Soldiers. Both sides lose 10 920 Soldiers. You have 360 looting Soldiers.

Your 333 Barracks have produced 19 980 Soldiers

Cloudmane has attacked you with 5000 Soldiers. You have 19 980 Soldiers. Both sides lose 5000 Soldiers.

You have looted from Kevin:
360 Merchants

Start of Round 7 report:

Your 6688 Villagers have produced 6688 Villagers
Your 4547 Merchants have produced 9094 Gold

You currently have:

13 376 Villagers
4547 Merchants
15 340 Soldiers

9096 Gold

10 Markets
333 Barracks
The Pantheon

Victory condition trackers:

Your total Gold produced is 26 096. There are 4 players ahead of you in this regard

Your total war points are 22 920. There are 0 players ahead of you in this regard

Leafia:

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End of Round 6 report:

You’ve purchased 200 Markets for 10 000 Gold
You’ve purchased 1601 Anti-Spy Network for 1601 Gold

You’ve attacked Kevin with 5000 Soldiers. Somebody else has attacked them with a bigger army. Your 5000 Soldiers return home to defend.

You’ve successfully attacked Enrico Dandolo with 5000 Soldiers. They had more defending Soldiers than that. Both sides lose 5000, and you receive no information on how many Soldiers they had

Your 231 Barracks have produced 11 550 Soldiers

Nobody has attacked you

Start of Round 7 report:

Your 13 272 Villagers have produced 50 437 Villagers
Your 4794 Merchants have produced 117 069 Gold

You currently have:

63 709 Villagers
4794 Merchants
16 550 Soldiers

117 069 Gold

28 Farms
212 Markets
The Bazaar
231 Barracks
1874 Anti-Spy Network

Victory condition trackers:

Your total Gold produced is 142 933. There are 1 players ahead of you in this regard

Your total war points are 6800. There are 3 players ahead of you in this regard

Marluna

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Daeron

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End of Round 6 report:

You’ve purchased 243 Markets for 12 150 Gold
You’ve purchased 100 000 Merchants for 100 000 Villagers

You have not attacked anybody

Your 53 Barracks have produced 2650 Soldiers.

Nobody has attacked you

Start of Round 7 report:

Your 80 700 Villagers have produced …

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726 300 Villagers

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Your 101 382 Merchants have produced …

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3 602 102 Gold

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You currently have:

807 000 Villagers
101 382 Merchants
2650 Soldiers

3 602 114 Gold

80 Farms
313 Markets
The Bazaar
53 Barracks
35 Spy Network
100 Anti-Spy Network

Victory condition trackers:

Your total Gold produced is 3 623 449. There are 0 players ahead of you in this regard

Your total war points are 4000. There are 4 players ahead of you in this regard

tutuu · September 15, 2025, 11:29pm

Round 7:

Hippo:

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Marissa:

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Ishmael:

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End of Round 7 report:

You’ve purchased 181 Barracks for 9050 Gold

You have attacked Ninetytwo with 15 340 Soldiers. They had more Soldiers than that. Both sides lose 15 340 Soldiers, and you aren’t told how many Soldiers they had.

Your 514 Barracks have produced 30 840 Soldiers

Ninetytwo has attacked you with 4950 Soldiers. You had 30 840. Both sides lose 4950 Soldiers.

Start of Round 8 report:

Your 13 376 Villagers have produced 13 376 Villagers
Your 4547 Merchants have produced 9094 Gold

You currently have:

26 752 Villagers
4547 Merchants
25 890 Soldiers

9142 Gold

10 Markets
514 Barracks
The Pantheon

Victory condition trackers:

Your total Gold produced is 35 190. There are 4 players ahead of you in this regard

Your total war points are 43 210. There are 0 players ahead of you in this regard

Leafia:

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End of Round 7 report:

You’ve purchased 2341 Markets for 117 050 Gold
You’ve purchased 19 Anti-Spy Network for 19 Gold
You’ve purchased 50 000 Merchants for 50 000 Villagers

You haven’t attacked anybody

Your 231 Barracks have produced 11 550 Soldiers

Shady Shamima has attacked you with 2650 Soldiers. You had 28 100. Both sides lose 2650 Soldiers.

Start of Round 8 report:

Your 13 709 Villagers have produced 52 094 Villagers
Your 54 794 Merchants have produced 15 448 072 Gold (holy shit)

You currently have:

65 803 Villagers
54 794 Merchants
25 450 Soldiers

15 448 072 Gold

28 Farms
2553 Markets
The Bazaar
231 Barracks
1893 Anti-Spy Network

Victory condition trackers:

Your total Gold produced is 15 591 005. There are 1 players ahead of you in this regard

Your total war points are 9450. There are 4 players ahead of you in this regard

Marluna

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End of Round 7 report:

You’ve purchased 1000 Farms for 50 000 Gold
You’ve purchased 1000 Barracks for 50 000 Gold
You’ve purchased 900 000 Merchants for 900 000 Villagers

You have attacked Enrico Dandolo with 4950 Soldiers. They had more Soldiers than that. Both players lose 4950 Soldiers.

Your 1099 Barracks have produced 54 950 Soldiers

Enrico Dandolo has attacked you with 15 340 Soldiers. You had 54 950. Both sides lose 15 340 Soldiers.

Start of Round 8 report:

Your 10 022 942 Villagers have produced 1 356 104 053 Villagers
Your 1 000 000 Merchants have produced 1 000 000 Gold

You currently have:

1 366 126 995 Villagers
1 000 000 Merchants
39 610 Soldiers

1 000 043 Gold

1220 Farms
The Aqueduct
1099 Barracks

Victory condition trackers:

Your total Gold produced is 1 115 993. There are 2 players ahead of you in this regard

Your total war points are 20 290. There are 1 players ahead of you in this regard

Daeron

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End of Round 7 report:

You’ve purchased 36,000 Markets for 1,800,000 Gold
You’ve purchased 18,000 Barracks for 900,000 Gold
You’ve purchased 18,000 Farms for 900,000 Gold

You’ve purchased 600,000 Merchants for 600,000 Villagers

You’ve purchased 5 Spies for 5 Gold
You’ve purchased 2,109 Anti-Spy Network for 2,019 Gold

You have attacked Cloudmane with 2,650 Soldiers. They had more than that and you aren’t told how many. Both sides lose 2,650.

Your 18,053 Barracks have produced 902,650 Soldiers

Nobody has attacked you

Start of Round 8 report:

Your 207,000 Villagers have produced 374,463,000 Villagers

Your 701,382 Merchants have produced 2,802,392,822 Gold

You currently have:

374,670,000 Villagers
701,382 Merchants
902,650 Soldiers
5 Spies

2,802,392,822 Gold

18,080 Farms
36,313 Markets
The Bazaar
18,053 Barracks
35 Spy Network
2,209 Anti-Spy Network

Victory condition trackers:

Your total Gold produced is 2,806,016,271. There are 0 players ahead of you in this regard

Your total war points are 6,650. There are 5 players ahead of you in this regard

tutuu · September 15, 2025, 11:31pm

Round 8:

Hippo:

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Marissa:

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End of Round 8 report:

You’ve purchased 459 Markets for 22 950 Gold

You’ve attacked Kevin with 61,280 Soldiers. They had 7560. Both sides lose 7560. Kevin has 640 Civilian units (all Merchants). You loot them all and eliminate Kevin.

Your 690 Barracks have produced 41,400 Soldiers.

Kevin has attacked you with 6780 Soldiers. You had more. Both sides lose 6780.

Start of Round 9 report:

Your 0 Villagers have produced 0 Villagers
Your 6,849 Merchants have produced 339,710 Gold

You currently have:

0 Villagers
6,849 Merchants
88,990 Soldiers

339,737 Gold

486 Markets
690 Barracks
The Pantheon

Victory condition trackers:

Your total Gold produced is 423,734. There are 2 players ahead of you in this regard

Your total war points are 26,590. There are 3 players ahead of you in this regard

Ishmael:

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End of Round 8 report:

You’ve purchased 182 Barracks for 9,100 Gold

You have attacked Ninetytwo with 25,890 Soldiers. They had more Soldiers than that. Both sides lose 25,890 Soldiers, and you aren’t told how many Soldiers they had.

Your 696 Barracks have produced 41,760 Soldiers

Ninetytwo has attacked you with 39,610 Soldiers. You had 41,760. Both sides lose 39,610 Soldiers.

Start of Round 9 report:

Your 26,752 Villagers have produced 26,752 Villagers
Your 4,547 Merchants have produced 9,094 Gold

You currently have:

53,504 Villagers
4,547 Merchants
2,150 Soldiers

9,136 Gold

10 Markets
696 Barracks
The Pantheon

Victory condition trackers:

Your total Gold produced is 44,284. There are 3 players ahead of you in this regard

Your total war points are 108,710. There are 1 players ahead of you in this regard

Leafia:

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Marluna

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End of Round 8 report:

You’ve purchased 10,000 Farms for 500,000 Gold
You’ve purchased 10,000 Barracks for 500,000 Gold
You’ve purchased 100,000,000 Merchants for 100,000,000 Villagers

You have attacked Enrico Dandolo with 39,610 Soldiers. They had more Soldiers than that. Both players lose 39,610 Soldiers.

Your 11,099 Barracks have produced 554,950 Soldiers

Enrico Dandolo has attacked you with 25,890 Soldiers. You had 554,950. Both sides lose 25,890 Soldiers.

Start of Round 9 report:

Your 1,266,126,995 Villagers have produced 1,564,046,676,924 Villagers (what the fuck???)
Your 101,000,000 Merchants have produced 101,000,000 Gold

You currently have:

1,565,312,803,919 Villagers
101,000,000 Merchants
529,060 Soldiers

101,000,043 Gold

11,220 Farms
The Aqueduct
11,099 Barracks

Victory condition trackers:

Your total Gold produced is 101,115,993. There are 1 players ahead of you in this regard

Your total war points are 85,790. There are 2 players ahead of you in this regard

Daeron

Summary

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End of Round 8 report:

You’ve purchased 28,060,162 Markets for 1,403,008,100 Gold
You’ve purchased 14,030,081 Barracks for 701,504,050 Gold
You’ve purchased 14,030,081 Farms for 701,504,050 Gold

You’ve purchased 200,000,000 Merchants for 200,000,000 Villagers

You’ve purchased 5 Spies for 5 Gold

You’ve purchased 66 Anti-Spy Network for 66 Gold

You have attacked Cloudmane with 902,650 Soldiers. They had 11,550. Both sides lose 11,550. They have 120,597 Civilians. You loot them all, and eliminate Cloudmane.

Your 14,048,134 Barracks have produced 702,406,700 Soldiers

Cloudmane has attacked you with 25,450 Soldiers. You had 702,406,700. Both sides lose 25,450 Soldiers.

You’ve successfully spied everyone. Results will be posted below

From Cloudmane, you’ve looted:
45 803 Villagers
74 794 Merchants

Start of Round 9 report:

Your 174,715,803 Villagers have produced 245,443,747,694,631 Villagers ()

Your 200,776,176 Merchants have produced 620,521,529,907,550 Gold

You currently have:

245,443,922,410,434 Villagers
200,776,176 Merchants
703,272,350 Soldiers
5 Spies

620,521,529,907,550 Gold

14,048,161 Farms
28,096,477 Markets
The Bazaar
14,048,134 Barracks
35 Spy Network
2,275 Anti-Spy Network

Victory condition trackers:

Your total Gold produced is 620,524,335,923,821. There are 0 players ahead of you in this regard

Your total war points are 164,247. There are 0 players ahead of you in this regard

tutuu · September 15, 2025, 11:32pm

that’s it, there’s no more rounds

tutuu · September 15, 2025, 11:33pm

balance/design aside, thinking about the gameplay decisions: i think that people tunnel visioned their unique buildings too much. three players built their unique building on turn 1, when building 2x of the respective regular one was objectively better. marluna had a better opener than daeron, and she also went all in on economy and she scaled the most during the mid game (and by midgame i mean round 5-6). i was completely convinced she was going to win on round 5-6, she had 500k villagers and 9k merchants when daeron had 180k villagers and 1.3k merchants, but then she kept not making any markets, so daeron caught up and overtook her. i think that she, just like almost everyone else, ended up tunnel visioning her unique building, which for her was focusing on villagers when it was time to focus on gold instead. GGs again!

Marluna · September 16, 2025, 3:11am

yeah, not making any Markets was my bad.

I thought solo farm method is ahead of the game, for anyone who is focused on their special resources.

Hippopablompoyeetus · September 16, 2025, 9:03am

ill take joint second place

Hippopablompoyeetus · September 16, 2025, 9:11am

can you critique my gameplay so i know how to improve for next time

Hippopablompoyeetus · September 16, 2025, 9:58am

Thoughts from me is:

great premise for misc
scaling a bit much and im clearly not as good as maths as anyone else so maybe change how that stuff works
options to spend gold on more things (embassies to establish a dm to other ppl shld be all nations)
a lot needs to be tweaked but id join again i think

Daeron · September 16, 2025, 10:41am

The game needs to be sufficiently complicated that making an excel spreadsheet to optimize your moves isn’t feasible in any way

tutuu · September 16, 2025, 3:25pm

https://youtu.be/p7SloL39V4Y?feature=shared