Sengoku PBEM - Uesugi spoiler thread

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This thread will include spoilers of the Uesugi that I am currently playing in the Sengoku PBEM (there :http://forums.civfanatics.com/showthread.php?t=89831).

Other players from this PBEM, please avoid this thread, it is NOT for you !

For some infos, the PBEM uses the MP version of Sengoku on a smaller map of Japan (one island representing mostly Honshu). I (as the host) modified the Yamabushi so that its movement is only one with all terrain as roads. Otherwise he could move 6 per turn which was exagerated (personally I consider it a bug). No other change. Civs were picked up randomly.

The following posts will include pictures, strategies and results, events...

I did not settle right away. My settler started just NE of my worker (grassland) but after moving my worker to the hill and both my daimyo and ashigaru scouting, I decided to send my settler on auto-move to where it is now, between two rivers, on the seaside, and close to the dyes .
Unfortunately I spotted a barb settlement so I need to bring back my daimyo (who needs experience) to the place I will build my first city.

A good thing to remember, avoid auto-move in PBEMs.

Here it is we built our first city on turn 3. It seems we are the last to settle but others did not settle right away (just need to see the scores : 30 immediate settling, less, moved one turn or more (me )).
Our ashigaru wants to get experience by being attacked.
Our daimyo goes to the city to protect it/get experience too.

Now my my first city is built, I need to explore outlying villages and bait the barbarians to attack me for hopfully getting promoted.

My ashigaru in the North East discovers alphabet in a village (was where the incense is). And he will visit another village next turn...

My daimyo is less lucky and spawns barbarians in an area where there were two and a village already !

Our Ashigaru visits another village that proves full of hostile barbarians. Nice start for the first half of 1452 Our daimyo attacks one of the barbarians discovered last turn and get promoted. Once our barracks are finished and with the path of research we are following we hope to upgrade it soon to visit other would-be powers.

Nice Idea Lou. I will follow this one, as Sengoku is a challenging scenario. Using the Daimyo Early in wars against AI Ashigaru is one nice way that I use to farm tech on High levels. I then research the middle tech tree and almost always pop an SGL. Top level techs I usually extort with Daimyo wars.