Turnset 47 (T259 to T260)
T259 - Barbarians: 1 Warrior died.
KHMER JUST DOW'd Korea!
I did not expect that.
How the hell did Surya even get to Korea?
Single units do not start wars.
It had to have been at least 3 units.
Khmer doesn't have open borders with the Yue or China, and it's not like he could sail an invasion to Korea either.
The Yue don't have open borders with Khmer or China either.
Looking back, I thought Korea was a possibility.
I suppose the closeness of Korea combined with the Annoyed attitude allowed Khmer to pick Korea as a good war target besides me and the Yue.
One crazy thing I just noticed is the power graph over the last 22 turns.
Khmer has been plotting/preparing for war and yet didn't build any more military units?
Everything about this business against Korea seems strange to me, but it is the reality.
Wang Kon is a Protective civ with 3 cities, so he might be able to hold for a time if he can defeat Surya's stack that just stepped into his land.
The real question is how Tokugawa conducts amphibious invasions since Korea is also at war with Japan.
I predict Korea will hold for a while.
Spain signed peace with Scandinavia, the very turn after goading me into war against them.
Ragnar has an Axe now threatening the Tashkent frontier to go with his Archer.
Moving forces down to deal with them both soon.
My scouting has revealed Spain in its entirety.
The Pyramids will be very tempting to capture some day, but I will likely get a -1 diplo hit with every Hindu civ and ruin trading possibilities with a Friendly civ if I attack her.
Even worse, if you are running Representation and you lose the Pyramids, you will revert back to your old civic you were running previously.
T260 - Barbarians: 1 Spear died.
It might be time to make a Deal With The Devil.
If I join Khmer and Japan in their war against Korea, I will be able to sign Open Border agreements with both of them.
War allies can always Open Borders no matter what their relations are at.
Pros:
1) Sign Open Borders with Khmer and Japan.
This will allow me to scout their empires, get foreign trade routes, and keep an eye on their activities in the future with units and passive espionage.
2) Gain better relations with Khmer+Japan every 8 turns we are at war together and every 25 turns of Open Borders to help reduce DOW's in the future.
3) Korea doesn't have open borders with anyone, so it is very unlikely they can hurt me.
Cons:
1) Ruin relations with a 3-city civ that is on the way out.
2) Get -1 Relations with Poland, Ethiopia, and Egypt who are all Pleased with Korea.
Shared Hinduism should mitigate the diplo hit with Poland+Ethiopia, and I don't care at all about Egypt.
On paper this 2nd war on top of the Ragnar war looks like a good idea.
Even giving foreign trade routes to Khmer won't accelerate them too much because they already have trade routes with Cyrus of Persia.
No Korean units nearby according to my military advisor.
I DOW'd Wang Kon of the Korean Empire!
Signed Open Borders with Khmer and Japan.
Getting eyes on Suryavarmen's cities will be a huge relief.
Estrsucan finally expanded borders in South India.
Gifted Fish to Hungary to build relations.
Library whipped in Kashgar.
That will let Kashgar expand borders in 15 turns and give me a 2nd source of copper in case Bronze City gets razed again.
Produced my 1st Archer unit.
Will send it north to test out the "bombard" feature on a barb.
China and Yue are growing in population.
Ragnar's Axe and Archer joined up west of Tashkent.
The tech situation remains static.
T259 - Barbarians: 1 Warrior died.
KHMER JUST DOW'd Korea!
I did not expect that.
How the hell did Surya even get to Korea?
Single units do not start wars.
It had to have been at least 3 units.
Khmer doesn't have open borders with the Yue or China, and it's not like he could sail an invasion to Korea either.
The Yue don't have open borders with Khmer or China either.
Looking back, I thought Korea was a possibility.
Spoiler :
...Suryavarmen will choose anyone who is less than 150% as powerful as him to make war against. (My power ratio against him would have to be > 1.500 to be safe)
Land Targets are a huge temptation (Yue, but Surya is Pleased with them), and the odds are higher with people he has bad diplo relations with (Korea, Poland, and Ethiopia are all at Annoyed)
I'm at Cautious.
I think there is a range limit of something like 99 tiles, so he's not gonna target Spain.
Hopefully he picks Yue to attack...
One crazy thing I just noticed is the power graph over the last 22 turns.
Khmer has been plotting/preparing for war and yet didn't build any more military units?
Everything about this business against Korea seems strange to me, but it is the reality.
Wang Kon is a Protective civ with 3 cities, so he might be able to hold for a time if he can defeat Surya's stack that just stepped into his land.
The real question is how Tokugawa conducts amphibious invasions since Korea is also at war with Japan.
I predict Korea will hold for a while.
Spain signed peace with Scandinavia, the very turn after goading me into war against them.
Ragnar has an Axe now threatening the Tashkent frontier to go with his Archer.
Moving forces down to deal with them both soon.
My scouting has revealed Spain in its entirety.
The Pyramids will be very tempting to capture some day, but I will likely get a -1 diplo hit with every Hindu civ and ruin trading possibilities with a Friendly civ if I attack her.
Even worse, if you are running Representation and you lose the Pyramids, you will revert back to your old civic you were running previously.
T260 - Barbarians: 1 Spear died.
It might be time to make a Deal With The Devil.
If I join Khmer and Japan in their war against Korea, I will be able to sign Open Border agreements with both of them.
War allies can always Open Borders no matter what their relations are at.
Pros:
1) Sign Open Borders with Khmer and Japan.
This will allow me to scout their empires, get foreign trade routes, and keep an eye on their activities in the future with units and passive espionage.
2) Gain better relations with Khmer+Japan every 8 turns we are at war together and every 25 turns of Open Borders to help reduce DOW's in the future.
3) Korea doesn't have open borders with anyone, so it is very unlikely they can hurt me.
Cons:
1) Ruin relations with a 3-city civ that is on the way out.
2) Get -1 Relations with Poland, Ethiopia, and Egypt who are all Pleased with Korea.
Shared Hinduism should mitigate the diplo hit with Poland+Ethiopia, and I don't care at all about Egypt.
On paper this 2nd war on top of the Ragnar war looks like a good idea.
Even giving foreign trade routes to Khmer won't accelerate them too much because they already have trade routes with Cyrus of Persia.
No Korean units nearby according to my military advisor.
I DOW'd Wang Kon of the Korean Empire!
Signed Open Borders with Khmer and Japan.
Getting eyes on Suryavarmen's cities will be a huge relief.
Estrsucan finally expanded borders in South India.
Gifted Fish to Hungary to build relations.
Library whipped in Kashgar.
That will let Kashgar expand borders in 15 turns and give me a 2nd source of copper in case Bronze City gets razed again.
Produced my 1st Archer unit.
Will send it north to test out the "bombard" feature on a barb.
China and Yue are growing in population.
Ragnar's Axe and Archer joined up west of Tashkent.
The tech situation remains static.