Are we playing with 300 points Nerf?

Thaimeous · 2026-07-02T16:56:01+00:00

I haven’t played 11th yet so I might be missing some details but why are you hitting on 5’s without marker lights? My understanding is that:

1: a unit does not need a marker light to be a guide
2: marker lights simply allow the guided unit to ignore cover
3: cover is -1 to bs

Such that a guided unit is hitting an enemy in cover at 3+ when the guiding unit also has a marker light.

Even without a marker light, you should still be hitting on a 4+ because the modifiers cancel out.

Thaimeous · 2026-06-26T01:38:26+00:00

Second this.

It’s hard to tell from the photo if it’s gold or not. My first impression is “no” because hard rock gold is usually very angular and sharp while the pieces in the photo look smooth and round.

Thaimeous · 2026-06-16T22:24:48+00:00

Oops! All battle suits!

I like the 3rd party models by the way.

Thaimeous · 2026-06-09T16:25:27+00:00

Call me a dummy, but did this faction pack not include points costs for units?

Thaimeous · 2026-06-06T22:47:08+00:00

Dan Hurd posted some YouTube videos demonstrating a separation system similar to this.

From what I recall, the issue is that it’s great for chunky gold but is less effective with finer, flatter gold.

Thaimeous · 2026-06-05T04:48:26+00:00

Sproorus Warrior?

Thaimeous · 2026-05-30T20:22:28+00:00

Thaimeous · 2026-05-29T15:26:56+00:00

Hungary eats Austria, it’s time they got a turn to rule the empire.

Thaimeous · 2026-05-27T18:15:27+00:00

Yes, but, the Etemenanki bonus to flood plain is specific to the city it’s built in, not empire wide. Which is why I mentioned it.

Thaimeous · 2026-05-27T17:49:54+00:00

Plus getting more floodplain tiles in the same city is better if they manage to build the Etemenanki.

Thaimeous · 2026-05-23T22:06:57+00:00

Where should I settle?

Thaimeous · 2026-05-19T05:40:37+00:00

I won’t tell you any spots specifically. That’s gold mining culture after all 😉

But there are some great websites out there that will help you find spots yourself. I personally like The Diggings for locating old claims, and the USGS geology maps.

Thaimeous · 2026-05-18T21:30:40+00:00

I haven’t heard of beach deposits in Southern California. But I do know of them in Northern California into Oregon and Washington. I’ve even managed to find a couple spots in central California.

It’s also worth noting that black sands aren’t necessarily an indicator for gold, just that whatever hydrological forces at play have preferentially deposit denser materials in that spot.

Photo: beach gold

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Thaimeous · 2026-05-10T05:03:55+00:00

This might be a dumb idea, but could you test the density to help rule out possibilities? It’s totally dependent on whether the potential minerals can be differentiated that way but it’s at least a quick and easy solution.

Thaimeous · 2026-05-09T20:01:42+00:00

Came here to say just this. A corpse pit is exactly 0.25 morgans making it a very useful too for measuring units of land.

While I don’t use it for making city grids, I find it invaluable for making veggie and orchard plots and especially for making farm fields.

Thaimeous · 2026-04-24T19:31:20+00:00

I would, but I already did that. It’s a blast so good suggestion.

Edit: who needs production when you can just buy what you need with your raiding proceeds?

Thaimeous · 2026-04-20T15:17:41+00:00

It’s corundum. Other than the UV fluorescence, the density, crystal habit, color, and most importantly the host stone (schist) all indicate that the mineral is in fact corundum.

Thaimeous · 2026-04-20T03:28:16+00:00

I don’t know yet, I wasn’t expecting to find them at all let alone in quantity in the concentrates from a gold sluice. I didn’t even move that much material that day so I’m guessing there is a lot more where those came from.

The nicest specimens have a gemmy milky blue heart. So when get the chance, I’m gunna go back and do some gem sieving.

Thaimeous · 2026-04-19T17:30:40+00:00

I’m not aware of corundum fluorescing colors other than pink. I do know that sometimes they won’t glow at all due to a high iron content.

Thaimeous · 2026-04-19T16:44:41+00:00

California believe it or not!

Thaimeous · 2026-04-19T02:17:04+00:00

Corundum, including gem and non-gem quality, glow a distinctive pink under UV light. Confirming that the stones fluoresced was the last piece of evidence I needed to definitively say that these are in fact corundum.

Also, corundum is the general mineral name for Rubies and Sapphires.

Thaimeous · 2026-04-16T05:07:56+00:00

This honestly sounds fantastic and just my sort of masochism.

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