Rubbaduck
Artificial waterfowl
Go for a war victory here. Leave diplo for OCC-Louis 
King of the World #9: Genghis Khan
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vanatteveldt
Emperor
@Ultimocrat
The AI certainly changed from vanilla, but I think it is building more units now, not less.
Did you worker steal or DOW him earlier? That can cause him to go army-crazy...
The AI certainly changed from vanilla, but I think it is building more units now, not less.
Did you worker steal or DOW him earlier? That can cause him to go army-crazy...
ConsoleCowboy
Chieftain
Having now followed all of your games, I think that you should switch to Immortal in the next one. You will win this game anyway since there are no big surprises to be expected on this map. Now we can watch the history of the world unfold on it's (a little boring) railway to the happy end. I would like see you and the community push through some real hardships.
Fetch
When in doubt, reboot.
Yes, what Camikaze said. Get Feudalism and vassalize everyone, beeline UN and make the vote you king of the world all 'peaceful' like. I love the irony of this victory.
Go for a war victory here. Leave diplo for OCC-Louis
Actually Louis has second city. And that is not even barb one according it's name.
Something wierd is going in europe
monolith94
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I did the exact same thing, only I rushed to get, I think, around six chariots to attacks before Beijing popped 40% culture defense. I found it guarded by only two archers on vanilla. Hmmm.
Rubbaduck
Artificial waterfowl
I meant leave diplo victory for another game as Louis with OCC on. I don't remember if I was was joking or not anymore though
Supr49er
2011 Thunderfall Cup
Welcome to the Forums ConsoleCowboy. 
Stewie0416
Who Cares?
I would really like to see Mongolians in Paris
What's this sissy talk of 'cultural battles in korea' with Tokugawa? Culture is a sign of weakness! Crush the Japanese, they're likely heathens anyways, plus Kyoto is an excellent city and the rest of the home island will net you gold and silver. You can also colonize indonesia for all of those delicious resources that can be traded to the crowded Europeans for gold to fund your expansionist tendencies.
In short, start pumping gallies out of your coastal cities for the invasion, switch capitol to New Sarai then attack. After handling Toku build the Southern Korea city, start pumping workers to chop down that ugly jungle in the south and clean up the rest of your land.
After you've REX'd up a bit Asoka is the next logical target. From there you can carve an invasion corridor to the west. As you know most of Siberia/central Asia is worthless until you've got state property for watermill spam so ignore that land for now.
In short, start pumping gallies out of your coastal cities for the invasion, switch capitol to New Sarai then attack. After handling Toku build the Southern Korea city, start pumping workers to chop down that ugly jungle in the south and clean up the rest of your land.
After you've REX'd up a bit Asoka is the next logical target. From there you can carve an invasion corridor to the west. As you know most of Siberia/central Asia is worthless until you've got state property for watermill spam so ignore that land for now.
A short round, but I have some decisions to make, and I figured I'd ask you guys for help.
My horde of Keshiks was rapidly dwindling in effectiveness towards "quaint" status, so I immediately began a program of training Axemen and Swordsmen in preparation for further military adventures. Anyone with access to metals would quickly carve a force consisting exclusively of cavalry into steaks.
Of course, it wasn't all drums of war. Genghis Khan works hard, and he plays hard. Check out this over-the-top wedding gift I bought for our noble newlyweds:
Sure, Asoka's goofy looking head will decorate my palace walls in a few centuries. But, for now, let's live it up!
Once Code of Laws completed, I went about sharing it. Only with my best of friends, though:
Did you see Hattie giving me the eyes? Yeah, I did, too. She's sooo much hotter than Ramesses.
Anyway, a Golden Age without the Mausoleum just isn't worth having. So, well, I built it:
That's one of those 401(k) wonders. Kind of useless now, but it'll pay big dividends in the future. Unless there's a crash between now and then, of course.
I eventually got tired of waiting for those stupid Barbarians to grow their city to size 2 down in Malaysia, especially considering that India had an island city to the west. Asoka's my buddy, at least for a while, so I wanted to claim the city's tiles all peacable-like. So I told my men to go down there and take over the city, but to be careful and not break anything valuable. Of course they didn't listen. They burned the city. Ah, well. Keshiks will be Keshiks. I sent a Settler down there to refound:
That should be a nice little city in the future.
But enough talk! Let's have some action!
I also had the rest of my Chinese Expeditionary Force of Horse Archers, and a handful of Catapults trundling towards the coast.
The forces landed, withstood Tokugawa's attempt to drive them back to the sea (Yeah, there were a LOT of Spearmen in there. We would have been screwed without Axemen), and marched to the well-fortified gates of Kyoto.
Then everything went to hell:
Bad Julie! Bad! This is NOT what I need right now. Especially with my army on a friggin' ISLAND.
Ah, well. I'm not the only one with friends:
Good luck getting to Mongolia while being harried by the Indians. See? And you thought that wedding gift was a waste of money!
Meanwhile, on the Japanese front, I sized up my odds:
My first wave of Catapults was still on a boat. But I was getting reasonable odds with my Mobility Keshiks. And then there were injured Archers in there that would just heal and promote if I let them live. And, well...
What I'm trying to say is, one thing kind of led to another:
And we only ended up losing 3 or 4 units in the battle, and two of those were defenders against a counterattack! Not bad for not having any siege! Best of all, Japan's second city is, well, not in Japan. My guess is that he's in the Philippines somewhere. I routed the rest of his home islands forces, took a Worker, and am considering his offer of peace. He doesn't have anything to give me in tribute, though. Maybe we should just get back on the boats and finish him off.
A young Axeman studied the landings, formulated the results into proper military theories, and returned to Beijing to lend his expertise to future generations. His name was Hamilcar Barca:
Beijing is an ideal unit pump.
And with that, I closed out the round. Here's a look at the known world:
I'm using a Spy to do my scouting. Sure, he'll probably be caught sooner or later, but at least I don't have to worry about Open Borders.
Diplomacy:
As I'd said, Japan is willing to sign a peace, but I don't know if that's a good idea. And Rome is being belligerent. Caesar sent through a Praetorian/Chariot combo before I brought Asoka into the fray. They killed an Axeman and burned a Plantation before they could be wiped out. I don't think we'll see any more assaults, but I hate being at war like that.
Techs:
Frederick is a beast. As usual. But we'll jump ahead once our lands kick into high gear.
So, thoughts?
The save:
My horde of Keshiks was rapidly dwindling in effectiveness towards "quaint" status, so I immediately began a program of training Axemen and Swordsmen in preparation for further military adventures. Anyone with access to metals would quickly carve a force consisting exclusively of cavalry into steaks.
Of course, it wasn't all drums of war. Genghis Khan works hard, and he plays hard. Check out this over-the-top wedding gift I bought for our noble newlyweds:
Sure, Asoka's goofy looking head will decorate my palace walls in a few centuries. But, for now, let's live it up!
Once Code of Laws completed, I went about sharing it. Only with my best of friends, though:
Did you see Hattie giving me the eyes? Yeah, I did, too. She's sooo much hotter than Ramesses.
Anyway, a Golden Age without the Mausoleum just isn't worth having. So, well, I built it:
That's one of those 401(k) wonders. Kind of useless now, but it'll pay big dividends in the future. Unless there's a crash between now and then, of course.
I eventually got tired of waiting for those stupid Barbarians to grow their city to size 2 down in Malaysia, especially considering that India had an island city to the west. Asoka's my buddy, at least for a while, so I wanted to claim the city's tiles all peacable-like. So I told my men to go down there and take over the city, but to be careful and not break anything valuable. Of course they didn't listen. They burned the city. Ah, well. Keshiks will be Keshiks. I sent a Settler down there to refound:
That should be a nice little city in the future.
But enough talk! Let's have some action!
I also had the rest of my Chinese Expeditionary Force of Horse Archers, and a handful of Catapults trundling towards the coast.
The forces landed, withstood Tokugawa's attempt to drive them back to the sea (Yeah, there were a LOT of Spearmen in there. We would have been screwed without Axemen), and marched to the well-fortified gates of Kyoto.
Then everything went to hell:
Bad Julie! Bad! This is NOT what I need right now. Especially with my army on a friggin' ISLAND.
Ah, well. I'm not the only one with friends:
Good luck getting to Mongolia while being harried by the Indians. See? And you thought that wedding gift was a waste of money!
Meanwhile, on the Japanese front, I sized up my odds:
My first wave of Catapults was still on a boat. But I was getting reasonable odds with my Mobility Keshiks. And then there were injured Archers in there that would just heal and promote if I let them live. And, well...
What I'm trying to say is, one thing kind of led to another:
And we only ended up losing 3 or 4 units in the battle, and two of those were defenders against a counterattack! Not bad for not having any siege! Best of all, Japan's second city is, well, not in Japan. My guess is that he's in the Philippines somewhere. I routed the rest of his home islands forces, took a Worker, and am considering his offer of peace. He doesn't have anything to give me in tribute, though. Maybe we should just get back on the boats and finish him off.
A young Axeman studied the landings, formulated the results into proper military theories, and returned to Beijing to lend his expertise to future generations. His name was Hamilcar Barca:
Beijing is an ideal unit pump.
And with that, I closed out the round. Here's a look at the known world:
I'm using a Spy to do my scouting. Sure, he'll probably be caught sooner or later, but at least I don't have to worry about Open Borders.
Diplomacy:
As I'd said, Japan is willing to sign a peace, but I don't know if that's a good idea. And Rome is being belligerent. Caesar sent through a Praetorian/Chariot combo before I brought Asoka into the fray. They killed an Axeman and burned a Plantation before they could be wiped out. I don't think we'll see any more assaults, but I hate being at war like that.
Techs:
Frederick is a beast. As usual. But we'll jump ahead once our lands kick into high gear.
So, thoughts?
The save:
Jaaboo
Prince
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You can expect a few folks to bend their knee to you once you get Feudalism. Asoka, Mansa and a hemmed-in Cathy will kiss the ring if your power rating is significantly higher than others. So getting a beefy military is going to be a priority and your enemies have macemen (wow look at 'Bella). If you can get Asoka to voluntarily vassal to you, things will become a lot easier as he can research for you. Same with Mansa, and if you can get Cathy to vassal (it can happen) you'll have a powerful attack dog to distract Freddy.
So I would hunt down Toku - shouldn't take more than two or three galleys worth but continue your build up. You'll probably want to move your palace to Beijing when CS comes in.
So I would hunt down Toku - shouldn't take more than two or three galleys worth but continue your build up. You'll probably want to move your palace to Beijing when CS comes in.
JammerUno
King
If you plan on taking vassals later on, toku has to die simply because of the vassal mechanics. Freddy is your main concern now though, with cathy and him having different religions, they might go to war. If that happens, he'll have a boatload of good territory.
capnvonbaron
Democratia gladii
Ha... Jules is a bit of a monster indeed. How would Cyrus feel about blocking for you? That, to me, seems like a war where any outcome would be to your benefit...
Ultimocrat
Warlord
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I think you should get some cottage cities up in Siberia (NW of Beshbalik there is at least one good site) and Manchuria (1 good, one decent site). I'm surprised you haven't ReXed more since the last round -- how many workers do you have?
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