The Riddle Thread

[Tilanus Commodor]

The Riddle Thread
(Indirect Publications)

Hey solvers and non-solvers!

The Napoleonic Era Team invites you to a new sensation, the indirect publication! - of our work. We thought that just telling you what we want/would/will do is an old and boring method of information. Of course, we will not stop posting enunciated news, but these questions solutions in this thread contain extra news, secrets we allow you to know.

In indefinite intervals we'll post riddles in any way. Of course, if many previous riddles were not solved, you won't get many new ones until the day you solved most of the old ones. So, more right solutions may mean more riddles and more riddles mean more hidden extra information! Right? No questions? Fine!

» Eligible is everyone who has no access to NE Team Forums. «

Let's start, here are the still existing riddles (solutions in green):

1. What are you giving a civ which had never seen the sea if you not remove ships?
   [Smuggler Ship with Stealth Mode - Swiss] - solved by dutchman and DarthLeon
   
   
2. Any idea how to compensate a lack of natural resources without mills and plantations?
   [buildable resources] - solved by Abadu
   
   
3. Can hussars fly?
   [Winged Hussars] - solved by Abadu
   
   
4. Which black chapter of history skipped ES? (maybe "had to skip") And why are we interested in that?
   [meant was the slavery, we will include slaves] - solved by Abadu
   
   
5. Americans: The evil Daltons are fighting for you.
   [American Church Tech 'Colt Company' - ships 25 pistoleros; pistoleros, renegados, and comancheros have +30% ranged attack] - solved by Der_Magen
   
   
6. God is a monument and experience, a monument built by humans.
   [Equestrian Statue and Statue of a Saint - Italian building that auto-gathers XP] - solved by alvaro_qc and stormchaser239
   
   
7. thecavalrymantrainsheavyreichstagatsaxon
   [the heavy saxon cavalryman trains at reichstag - new heavy german cavalry unit!] - solved by charon
   
   
8. [click for image]
   [Poland is new major civ!] - solved by fordmaniac
   
   
9. Play chess with your emoticons - it's the fourth echo!
   [Swashbuckler - Late Game Unit.] - solved by alvaro_qc
   
   
10. A ship ships faster than a men running with knee-breeches!
    [Imperial Shipments] - solved by NE Team
    
    
11. Everyone knows what a cracker is right? So what could a fast-cracker be?
    [The Sharpshooter will be in as Late Game Unit.] - solved by Jrvj
    
    
12. : *finnish sentence*
    [Finns are new minor civ with clubmen] - solved by fordmaniac
    
    
13. Americans: The food is where the horses run in circles.
    [A hybrid building of livestock pen and stable called Ranch] - solved by alvaro_qc
    
    
14. [click for image]
    [Italian Inquisitor (Tactical Stealth Unit/vs. Heroes/Mercenaries/Natives/Spies)] - solved by DarthLeon
    
    
15. Storming of the Bastille: The National Guard is coming in cards!
    [Expanded Revolutionary Deck] - solved by DarthLeon
    
    
16. With me you can build things you always dreamed off, but when I'm not there, you need to find me on another place, but for you, I'll come to you and regrow, where you knocked me down.
    [Native Civs can plant trees] - solved by Lostfan
    
    
17. Americans: Watch my squad exploding in your base!
    [Demolition Squad delivers 4 Nitro Petards] - solved by DarthLeon
    
    
18. Prussians: The Great Junker (Age IV)
    [Ships 3 DTH] - solved by DarthLeon
    
    
19. French: The War Minister (Age IV)
    [Ships 4 Young Guards] - solved by BazzBrother
    
    
20. Puzzled!
    Austrian Explorer - gives - Hussars - in combat - a powerful - and - canine - allows him to train - companion; Right sentence starts with "Cavalry Officer: Improves your.."
    [Cavalry Officer: Improves your Austrian Explorer in combat, allows him to train Hussars, and gives him a powerful canine companion.] - solved by dutchman
    
    
21. When the Riders turned into Gold, the [missing word] bonus obviously changed. Explain!
    
    
22. A unit good at reinforcing hand infantry formations. Trains at a new building. It's called _ _ _ _ _ .
    [Tross, trains at Reichstag] - solved by Lostfan
    
    
23. There's a tech called 'Warehousing', what's the effect of it?
    [increases gather rate of crates] - solved by Fig Newton

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[alvaro_qc]

[alvaro_qc]

[Tilanus Commodor]

Your last word is a part of a right solution and I really don't know what you're thinking, but you shouldn't make doublepost and edit your messages.
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[Tilanus Commodor]

see it from the other side, you are allowed to create riddles - that's a priviledge for everyone who has access to NE Forums

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[charon]

[Tilanus Commodor]

uh yeah .... ermm ... yes .. maybe?

Edit: well, the 'word' is exactly saying what kind of unit it'll be. Put in the right word order and you'll get it
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[charon]

I think this could be the unit:
"the heavy saxon cavalryman trains at reichstag ".

[Tilanus Commodor]

Correct! We're not sure about the exact name yet, but this unit will be a new heavy german cavalry unit.

New riddle added!
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[fordmaniac]

Is the answer of riddle 8 taht the poles are added in a coming version of the mod?
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[charon]

I'll hope that they will be added,
especially because of the great winged hussars .

[lgn]

[Tilanus Commodor]

Yay! that was pretty easy it seems (didn't expect you guys to have such a good knowledge about flags )

And yes, you can combine rd.3 with rd. 8 Hussars will be Polish RGs.
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[charon]

[Tilanus Commodor]

Well, Church is wrong, but you're going in the right direction, tech is wrong.

btw - Poles r0xx! just played a beta of them *harhar*
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