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Bradius's
Briefing
The Voyages of Jason
Heroics for People Less Than Heros
For the third Iolcus episode you have treasury requirement,
a new Quest, and to prepare some goods to send to a colony of your
choice It is now time to build a Hero's Hall for Jason!
To get Jason to visit, you will need:
- 3 Triremes
- Two horsemen companies
- 64 crates of food
- 8 horses
- 16 amphorae of wine.
A trireme, if you haven't dealt with them before, uses an astonishing
100 laborers. Once you build one, you should send the people home
and then start building the next one. This way you can avoid a
serious labor shortage. Other than that, this is a straightforward
challenge. I started building up my estates to make up the 2 horsemen
companies that you will need. Once you have Jason, you can send
him to return the Golden Fleece of Greece. While working on this
challenge, I managed to beg and borrow enough stuff to finish
the Oracle of Apollo. I also started building up some extra marble
to begin Zeus' Stronghold. Oh yeah, some poor sod tried to conquer
me around this time and Athena had his army for lunch without
me having to field one rock thrower! Also, a Dragon may visit
your city. Without Apollo's Sanctuary to deal with the Dragon,
I am not sure how well your city will fare. Fate can be a cruel
thing, best to be prepared if fate deals you a bad hand.
Once you have finished getting ready to start a colony, you will
have two choices: Corcyra or Corinth. It looked
to me like Corcyra was the more peaceful of the two missions,
so I chose Corcyra.
 In
Corcyra you have plenty of fertile land on which to build
vines and wheat farms, as well as spread out your city most any
way you want. Space and available fertile land are not a problem
here. Also, you can finally tax people (yeah)! You will probably
want to beg for some marble and sculptures. I traded away my oil
and fleeces to keep the other cities happy while I was building
up my wine trade. You can't produce sculptures, but you can either
buy them or beg for them. I chose begging. After you finish your
colony and get things running smoothly, it is back to Iolcus again!
For your final episode in Iolcus you get to have some
fun and really build up your city in grand style. No top notch
city could be without Zeus' Stronghold, so that is your big ticket
item. To build the foundation of Zeus' Stronghold you will need
a hefty 48 slabs of marble and 2,920 drachmas. Once you build
the foundation, you will still need another 145 slabs of marble,
28 loads of wood and 22 sculptures. The other requirements were
not too difficult in my case, but it does take a fairly long time
to build the Stronghold. Also, don't forget to tax your people
now that you can. If you do, you will finally be in a position
to buy your marble instead of begging for it. Either way, enjoy
building your grand city.
Good luck and happy adventuring. May Zeus smile upon you.
Bradius
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