1884 (1): We dispose of twenty-one Roman units adjacent to Dye-De-Dye, generating a Leader/army (21-0).
We rout the final four Hittite pikemen in Hattusas and storm the city (25-0).
We raze Hattusha, held by three pikemen and a 3MC (29-0).
We raze Ankuwa, held by two pikemen and two spearmen, also trampling a 3MC on the approach (34-0).
We overrun a Hittite MDI while advancing on Alaca Huyuk (35-0).
We found Dagon and Sarnath to keep the world at the city limit.
Twenty-two enemy units perish attacking our beachhead cities--nineteen of them Romans at Dye-De-Dye, where we gain a Leader/army on defense (57-0).
An Egyptian privateer attacks a Roman caravel while one of our destroyers looks on, like the German squadron watching Admiral Dewey at Manila Bay.
We discover Rocketry, and surprisingly enough we have aluminum.
Objectively we should shut off research now, but I realize that it can be easiest and most enjoyable to finish off the game with MA. So as a compromise I leave research at zero, yielding about 1500 gpt for rushes after extensive MM, but keep most of our scientists on duty, so that Ecology is due in ten turns.
1886 (2): We take Alaca Huyuk in the northern Hittite enclave (garrison of two pikemen; 59-0).
We abandon Hattusas and found the tactical town of Ulthar.
We pummel a Hittite archer as we approach Hubishna (60-0).
We smite twenty-two units in Tyrana, but the town remains garrisoned, stalling our attack on the Hittites (82-0). We do gain two Leaders/armies.
On the Egyptian front we seize Heliopolis, held by three musketmen (85-0).
We consolidate our beachhead in Egypt, slaying twenty-two Eg units around Maize (107-0).
On the Roman island we strike down thirty-two Roman units around Dye-De-Dye, but aren't yet in a position to advance (139-0).
We use a bomber to sink an Indian frigate off the German coast (140-0).
We found Celephais, Iranon, Rlyeh, and Thalarion to keep the world at the city limit.
Our enemies counterattack a good deal, the Hittites in particular. We repulse sixteen attacks and lose two tanks (156-2).
The Indians move a stack of sixty-four cav towards our Maize beachhead.
1888 (3): We storm Tyrana, held by a remaining garrison of ten (166-2). We gain our fifth Leader/army of the round.
We seize Hubishna, held by just three pikmen (169-2).
We abandon Tyrana and found the tactical town of Sona-Nyl.
We capture Adana, held by three pikemen (172-2). We gain our sixth Leader/army.
We take Kadesh, held by four pikemen (176-2). We gain our seventh Leader/army.
We storm Harran, held by three pikemen, an archer, and an LB (181-2). We gain our eighth Leader/army of the round.
We seize Aleppo, held by three pikemen (184-2), and complete our conquest of the Hittite core. They still have three cities in their northern enclave.
Turning our attention to the Russians, we take Novosibirsk (garrison of three musketmen; 187-2) with tanks landed by sea last turn.
We capture Yaroslavl, also with tanks landed by sea (garrison of four musketmen; one tank lost; 191-3).
We abandon Kadesh and found the TT of Kadath.
We storm Yakutsk, held by three musketmen (194-3).
We abandon Yakutsk and found the TT of Cathuria.
We take Yekaterinburg, held by three musketmen (197-3).
We seize Rostov, held by three musketmen (200-3).
We dispose of an Egyptian force of six landed next to Munich (206-3).
We abandon Green Blue (just because of the city limit) and found the TT of Xura on the Roman island.
We capture Byzantium, held by nine assorted units (215-3).
We abandon Thalarion (city limit) and found the TT of Akariel in Egypt.
We storm and briefly hold Giza, held by three musketmen and a pikeman (219-3).
We take and briefly hold Avaris, held by six musketmen and an MDI (226-3).
Outside cities we smite twenty-two enemy units, mostly Roman, while losing an inf (248-4).
We found Hatheg, Skai, and Leng to keep the world at the city limit.
We repel seven attacks by the Egyptians while losing an inf (255-5).
The Aztecs and the Dutch go to war.
1890 (4): We open our final offensive against the Hittites by taking Emar, held by four pikemen and a spearman (260-5).
We seize Ivriz, held by a pikeman and a spearman (262-5).
We storm Alalah, held by two pikemen, and
eliminate the Glorious Hittites (264-5). Sixty-two Hittite units that we can see come off the map.
We abandon Novosibirsk and found the TT of Teloth.
We capture St. Petersburg, held by four musketmen (268-5).
We descend on Vladivostok, held by three musketmen (271-5).
We take Moscow, held by just four musketmen (275-5).
We abandon St. Petersburg and found the TT of Arkham.
We acquire Krasnoyarsk, held by two musketmen (277-5).
We abandon Kras. and found the TT of Kingsport.
We seize Novgorod, losing a Sip (garrison of two musketmen; 279-6).
We storm Smolensk, which looks inaccessible behind a wall of mountains, but its remarkable what the combination of Sip/cav armies and combat railing can do (held by three musketmen; 282-6).
We abandon Novgorod and found the TT of Miskatonic.
We capture Bryansk, held by three musketmen and an MDI, though our Sips forget how to retreat and we lose two (286-8).
We abandon Ivriz and found the TT of Stethelos, letting us move tanks next to Tver for next turns attack.
In Egypt we settle for a consolidation turn, building rails and fortresses while picking off twenty Eg units, though we do have two settlers in aggressive positions for next turn (306-8).
On the Roman island we take Lutetia, held by two musketmen and a cav (309-8).
We abandon Byzantium and found the TT of Aira.
We capture Pompeii, held by three musketmen (312-8).
We abandon Pompeii and found the TT of Ooth-Nargai.
We storm Pisae, held by three musketmen (315-8).
We abandon Pisae and Yekaterinburg and found the tactical towns of Mnar and Ilarnek.
We take Viroconium, held by three musketmen (318-8).
We seize Cumae, held by three musketmen (321-8).
We abandon Yaroslavl and found the TT of Oonai, allowing us to move units next to Khabarovsk for next turns attack, and also to shatter two musketmen of the garrison this turn (323-8).
Here and there we slay thirteen enemies outside cities (336-8).
We found Narthos and Jaren to keep the world at the city limit.
We break thirteen Russian attacks, losing a tank (349-9).
1892 (5): We seize Khabarovsk, held by sixteen assorted units since the Russians were using it for healing (365-9).
We storm Tver, held by three musketmen, and
eliminate the Glorious Russians (368-9). At least fifty Russian units that we can see come off the map.
Well, I had to see whether we could finish off the Russians this turn
, but Ill stop here. Only the units used to take the two Russian cities have moved, so youll effectively be starting at the beginning of the turn. Our enemies didnt make any landings on our coasts during the IT.
Fifty-nine elite victories this round, four of them defensive, generated eight Great Leaders. All eight came in the first twenty-seven victories, after which our luck cooled off.
I thought you guys usually finished this earlier.
This is why I felt we didn't need MA--they're basically just showing up for the victory parade, like the M26 tank. 
