huerfanista
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King of the World #9: Genghis Khan
- Thread starter Neal
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And Louis is the Earth18 french leader (it's DeGaulle on Earth34).
Sciguy001
CiV Great Scientist (duh)
You should do a peaceful or so French game. 18 civilization, minimal war (maybe a few conquests against England and the native world) and found a bunch of colonies in Britian, Scandanavia, N Africa, S. Africa, Australia, Polynesia, Newfoundland, and S. America.
For this game, please do not win by a diplo victory. They are very unsatisfying, domination is so much more exciting.
For this game, please do not win by a diplo victory. They are very unsatisfying, domination is so much more exciting.
Gagonite
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Neal, about the Domination win, it says you need 41% population, 51% land. You have 48% population, which is more than enough, you just need ~20% more land now. Don't burn any of Russia's cities.. keep em, you need land more than population right now.
That being said.. let loose the dogs of war!
That being said.. let loose the dogs of war!
Civman33
Gunship Pilot
The game's won, go for a UN victory! And why do people like the idea of France OCC AP game?
Ultimocrat
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What about doing an unconventional earth 18? Something along these lines, maybe with slightly altered start locations for balance (e.g. Zara on the west of the Rift valley, etc.):
Pacal
SB
Lincoln
Hannibal
Mansa
Zara
Shaka
Mehmed
Stalin
Darius
Gandhi
Sury
Mao
Wang
Joao
Charlemagne
Ragnar
Louis
I think that could be really interesting. Now that I have BtS I might play around a little bit and try to create such a scenario.
I realize this goes against my previously-stated opinions about keeping to the original earth 18, but I did just get BtS, so I'm curious about how more of the leaders play on the earth map.
Pacal
SB
Lincoln
Hannibal
Mansa
Zara
Shaka
Mehmed
Stalin
Darius
Gandhi
Sury
Mao
Wang
Joao
Charlemagne
Ragnar
Louis
I think that could be really interesting. Now that I have BtS I might play around a little bit and try to create such a scenario.
I realize this goes against my previously-stated opinions about keeping to the original earth 18, but I did just get BtS, so I'm curious about how more of the leaders play on the earth map.
Genghis Khan surveyed the maps of his European holdings and frowned. The Romans and Spaniards, hiding behind their allegiances to Egypt and Russia, refused to honor the ancient borders and sent their Workers out to claim the hereditary French and German lands that had been won in honorable combat by the Mongols:
This was unacceptable. Even worse was the fact that the upstart Isabella had set up Assembly Lines all across Iberia and was training her soldiers to fight with the very weapons the Horde used! New military advantages, or at the very least an influx of new materiel, would be needed to bring Spain to its knees.
Caesar, though, was weak, as was his bride-queen Hatshepsut. Their rich cities were garrisoned by leather-clad Longbowmen and a smattering of commoners armed with unrifled muskets.
A speedy subjugation of Egypt and Rome seemed a fine diversion as Bombers were built and an upgrade to Mongolia's obsolete Cavalry brigades was sought:
The people of Thebes were terrified. They saw the Mongolian Scarab-Tanks crest the unmanned fortress hill linking Africa to Eurasia. There was no way that their soldiers, mostly ceremonial since the expulsion of the Greek Invaders, could hold out against those steel behemoths. The garrison, apparently sharing their misgivings, broke and ran (Literally; Thebes had held 8 or 9 units; the turn after I put my Tanks into position, all but two inexplicably started marching south).
Thebes was no shining city- centuries of warfare had destroyed most of its more impressive monuments, and the Mongols, looting and defacing property from the safety of their Scarabs, were not much more gentle:
Rome, the Eternal City, held a significantly higher opinion of itself than did Thebes. Its people were fairly backward but prosperous and happy. They had had their differences with Temujin in the past, and were not thrilled to see that nearby Paris and Berlin had fallen under the Mongol yoke, but they were excited to claim what they could of the lush French and German countryside. They were willing to let bygones be bygones.
Unfortunately for them, the Great Khan holds grudges:
The hulking beasts squatting outside Rome reminded the citizens of massive, cannon-wielding Praetorians, belching smoke and rumbling like angry dragons. The Roman soldiers fought bravely and well, but their weapons were no match for the Tanks' impenetrable hides.
Refugees, including the noble Caesar himself, fled southward toward Sicily as the city's perimeter was breached:
Mongol commanders let the people run. How far could they go?
On the north African coast, Russian observers took careful notes as village after village fell to the armored juggernaut:
Temujin hated to show his hand in this way, but Catherine was far from Industrial Revolution, and was tinkering with meaningless secrets of the atom rather than improving the lifeblood of her very nation. Let the Russians gawk!
Of course, the campaign was not simply one of conquest. Mongol brutality exploded into atrocity in less strategically valuable cities:
The free peoples of the world begged Genghis Khan to stop the war crimes. That was all they could do, though: beg.
In the north, the Roman bastion of Antium was surrounded on all sides. Destroyers floating offshore pummeled the city walls, faceless Tanks slaughtered elite Grenadiers by the dozen, and the citizenry were driven underground by merciless, untouchable Bombers.
Finally, in 1792, the once-proud Roman empire ceased to be:
Caesar himself had each arm and leg strapped to a different Tank and was ripped apart in a gruesome display of Mongol power.
Upon hearing of the fate of her beloved Julius, and that of the people of Pithom, Hatshepsut knew that there was only one way for the brutality to end. With a heavy heart, she accepted Genghis Khan's offer of marriage, and went off to live in the factory-city of Chengdu:
Egyptian lands are now administered by a new regent, an energetic young functionary named Ramesses. Okay, not really, but cut me some slack, eh?
Genghis Khan never tired of war, but he felt the toll it took on his people. He dressed himself in his finest furs, applied an extra daub of grease to his beard, and stood before the United Nations.
"Fellow world leaders," he began. "It is well known to all gathered here that your petty nations continue to exist only at my whim. I ask only for a token of submission. A vote for my overlordship is a vote for the lives of your people."
Temujin scanned the room. "Honestly, I have already won. How do you hope to defeat me? Montezuma? You expect to conquer the world? The ineptitude of your army is matched only by that of your navy! Catherine? You expect to build a spaceship? You can't even build an automobile. And I swear," and with this his tone went from teasing to grave, "if any of you tries to snake a Cultural Victory out from under my nose, I will rip your throat out and feed it to my horses."
A low hush fell over the room as the votes were tallied. A recount was called, and the census of Scandinavia was pored over to ensure the accuracy of the result. Finally, in 1796, the results were in:
14 votes short! Needless to say, the Mongol emperor's response was less than understanding. A full week had passed before he was finally calm enough to resume his duties as President.
His first act? To vent his rage on the woman who had the gall to run against him:
Russia's European and Middle Eastern border was massive, so the battles there tended to be cat-and-mouse ones of maneuver and deception. Progress was slow.
In Asia, meanwhile, troops funneled through the Tomsk Corridor, hurtling against the city of Sardis, which had declared itself Russian despite its Mongol occupation:
Egypt fought the Mali to a standstill. Neither combatant was a particularly warlike people, and neither's territory was honestly worth the loss of life it would take to claim it, so few actual battles were fought. This suited the Mongols well enough. So long as a massive, obsolete Malinesian army didn't traipse into the Arabian peninsula, Genghis Khan would be content.
The war against Spain, though, was an exclusively Mongolian affair. In fact, some historians argue that claiming Iberia and quashing Isabella's knowledge of Infantry was Khan's main objective in the crusade:
Seville held little of value. Its people smashed the gun-making equipment before it could be determined whether it was stolen Technology or simply an independent discovery.
Madrid, however, was full of cultural treasures:
Genghis laughed. The tithes of the world's Buddhists would serve to pay only for their own domination!
Isabella made her final stand on the steps of the Church of the Nativity in Barcelona, exhorting her troops to fight to the last man before her head was vaporized by an opportunistic sniper:
The source of Isabella's Infantry was never discovered with much certainty, but her secret died with her.
The tempestuous Catherine, though, was not going to take the loss of her border cities lightly. She amassed every spare soldier she could put on a horse, and gave them powerful new Artillery pieces and orders to take Hamburg:
The Mongols rushed everything they could to the city's defense, and a valiant stand was made, but it was not enough. The battered invaders were promptly driven off by Mongol reinforcements, but the damage was done. The city's cultural landmarks lay in ruins, and the recalcitrant citizenry refused to resubmit to proper authority.
Catherine also sent speedy outriders around the front to take the lightly-defended city of Tomsk:
Again, these were petty annoyances but they added up. Catherine was a worthy opponent.
By 1810, warfare had been revolutionized. Russian garrisons now regularly held black-clad Anti-Tank troopers, which could crack the once-impenetrable Mongol Armor like fragile eggshells. That hardly mattered now, though, as the bumbling Cavalrymen upgraded to Keshik Flyboys:
Eventually, even mighty Moscow fell to the Gunships' withering, fast-hitting assault:
Hatshepsut was broken and humiliated. Catherine was on the ropes. Montezuma had retreated into isolation. Mongolia stood astride the globe as an undisputed colossus. The time for asking was over with.
Genghis, now flanked by a pair of submachine-gun-wielding Paratroopers, slammed his hand down on the U.N. lectern. The other representatives shrank back in their chairs, having little choice but to comply:
A darkness fell upon the land...
Well, that was fun! These massive late-game military pushes always take a lot out of me, but they're always a blast to write up. Thanks to everyone for following, and I apologize for the U.N. victory, but, well, the game was won millenia ago.
How did we do? I'm glad you asked:
Better than Saladin! Not too shabby! I'll see you next game!
This was unacceptable. Even worse was the fact that the upstart Isabella had set up Assembly Lines all across Iberia and was training her soldiers to fight with the very weapons the Horde used! New military advantages, or at the very least an influx of new materiel, would be needed to bring Spain to its knees.
Caesar, though, was weak, as was his bride-queen Hatshepsut. Their rich cities were garrisoned by leather-clad Longbowmen and a smattering of commoners armed with unrifled muskets.
A speedy subjugation of Egypt and Rome seemed a fine diversion as Bombers were built and an upgrade to Mongolia's obsolete Cavalry brigades was sought:
The people of Thebes were terrified. They saw the Mongolian Scarab-Tanks crest the unmanned fortress hill linking Africa to Eurasia. There was no way that their soldiers, mostly ceremonial since the expulsion of the Greek Invaders, could hold out against those steel behemoths. The garrison, apparently sharing their misgivings, broke and ran (Literally; Thebes had held 8 or 9 units; the turn after I put my Tanks into position, all but two inexplicably started marching south).
Thebes was no shining city- centuries of warfare had destroyed most of its more impressive monuments, and the Mongols, looting and defacing property from the safety of their Scarabs, were not much more gentle:
Rome, the Eternal City, held a significantly higher opinion of itself than did Thebes. Its people were fairly backward but prosperous and happy. They had had their differences with Temujin in the past, and were not thrilled to see that nearby Paris and Berlin had fallen under the Mongol yoke, but they were excited to claim what they could of the lush French and German countryside. They were willing to let bygones be bygones.
Unfortunately for them, the Great Khan holds grudges:
The hulking beasts squatting outside Rome reminded the citizens of massive, cannon-wielding Praetorians, belching smoke and rumbling like angry dragons. The Roman soldiers fought bravely and well, but their weapons were no match for the Tanks' impenetrable hides.
Refugees, including the noble Caesar himself, fled southward toward Sicily as the city's perimeter was breached:
Mongol commanders let the people run. How far could they go?
On the north African coast, Russian observers took careful notes as village after village fell to the armored juggernaut:
Temujin hated to show his hand in this way, but Catherine was far from Industrial Revolution, and was tinkering with meaningless secrets of the atom rather than improving the lifeblood of her very nation. Let the Russians gawk!
Of course, the campaign was not simply one of conquest. Mongol brutality exploded into atrocity in less strategically valuable cities:
The free peoples of the world begged Genghis Khan to stop the war crimes. That was all they could do, though: beg.
In the north, the Roman bastion of Antium was surrounded on all sides. Destroyers floating offshore pummeled the city walls, faceless Tanks slaughtered elite Grenadiers by the dozen, and the citizenry were driven underground by merciless, untouchable Bombers.
Finally, in 1792, the once-proud Roman empire ceased to be:
Caesar himself had each arm and leg strapped to a different Tank and was ripped apart in a gruesome display of Mongol power.
Upon hearing of the fate of her beloved Julius, and that of the people of Pithom, Hatshepsut knew that there was only one way for the brutality to end. With a heavy heart, she accepted Genghis Khan's offer of marriage, and went off to live in the factory-city of Chengdu:
Egyptian lands are now administered by a new regent, an energetic young functionary named Ramesses. Okay, not really, but cut me some slack, eh?
Genghis Khan never tired of war, but he felt the toll it took on his people. He dressed himself in his finest furs, applied an extra daub of grease to his beard, and stood before the United Nations.
"Fellow world leaders," he began. "It is well known to all gathered here that your petty nations continue to exist only at my whim. I ask only for a token of submission. A vote for my overlordship is a vote for the lives of your people."
Temujin scanned the room. "Honestly, I have already won. How do you hope to defeat me? Montezuma? You expect to conquer the world? The ineptitude of your army is matched only by that of your navy! Catherine? You expect to build a spaceship? You can't even build an automobile. And I swear," and with this his tone went from teasing to grave, "if any of you tries to snake a Cultural Victory out from under my nose, I will rip your throat out and feed it to my horses."
A low hush fell over the room as the votes were tallied. A recount was called, and the census of Scandinavia was pored over to ensure the accuracy of the result. Finally, in 1796, the results were in:
14 votes short! Needless to say, the Mongol emperor's response was less than understanding. A full week had passed before he was finally calm enough to resume his duties as President.
His first act? To vent his rage on the woman who had the gall to run against him:
Russia's European and Middle Eastern border was massive, so the battles there tended to be cat-and-mouse ones of maneuver and deception. Progress was slow.
In Asia, meanwhile, troops funneled through the Tomsk Corridor, hurtling against the city of Sardis, which had declared itself Russian despite its Mongol occupation:
Egypt fought the Mali to a standstill. Neither combatant was a particularly warlike people, and neither's territory was honestly worth the loss of life it would take to claim it, so few actual battles were fought. This suited the Mongols well enough. So long as a massive, obsolete Malinesian army didn't traipse into the Arabian peninsula, Genghis Khan would be content.
The war against Spain, though, was an exclusively Mongolian affair. In fact, some historians argue that claiming Iberia and quashing Isabella's knowledge of Infantry was Khan's main objective in the crusade:
Seville held little of value. Its people smashed the gun-making equipment before it could be determined whether it was stolen Technology or simply an independent discovery.
Madrid, however, was full of cultural treasures:
Genghis laughed. The tithes of the world's Buddhists would serve to pay only for their own domination!
Isabella made her final stand on the steps of the Church of the Nativity in Barcelona, exhorting her troops to fight to the last man before her head was vaporized by an opportunistic sniper:
The source of Isabella's Infantry was never discovered with much certainty, but her secret died with her.
The tempestuous Catherine, though, was not going to take the loss of her border cities lightly. She amassed every spare soldier she could put on a horse, and gave them powerful new Artillery pieces and orders to take Hamburg:
The Mongols rushed everything they could to the city's defense, and a valiant stand was made, but it was not enough. The battered invaders were promptly driven off by Mongol reinforcements, but the damage was done. The city's cultural landmarks lay in ruins, and the recalcitrant citizenry refused to resubmit to proper authority.
Catherine also sent speedy outriders around the front to take the lightly-defended city of Tomsk:
Again, these were petty annoyances but they added up. Catherine was a worthy opponent.
By 1810, warfare had been revolutionized. Russian garrisons now regularly held black-clad Anti-Tank troopers, which could crack the once-impenetrable Mongol Armor like fragile eggshells. That hardly mattered now, though, as the bumbling Cavalrymen upgraded to Keshik Flyboys:
Eventually, even mighty Moscow fell to the Gunships' withering, fast-hitting assault:
Hatshepsut was broken and humiliated. Catherine was on the ropes. Montezuma had retreated into isolation. Mongolia stood astride the globe as an undisputed colossus. The time for asking was over with.
Genghis, now flanked by a pair of submachine-gun-wielding Paratroopers, slammed his hand down on the U.N. lectern. The other representatives shrank back in their chairs, having little choice but to comply:
A darkness fell upon the land...
Well, that was fun! These massive late-game military pushes always take a lot out of me, but they're always a blast to write up. Thanks to everyone for following, and I apologize for the U.N. victory, but, well, the game was won millenia ago.
How did we do? I'm glad you asked:
Better than Saladin! Not too shabby! I'll see you next game!
Civman33
Gunship Pilot
Can you please make King of the World #10: Roosevelt? Or Lincoln?
Shoot the Moon
Playing World in Conflict
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Congrats on yet another win (and your first Diplomatic!) It was a great read, especially that last round.
Sitting Bull next!
Sitting Bull next!
Civman33
Gunship Pilot
...And can you please post the final state of the world?
Harv
Emperor
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Gratz on your win. 
Neal, I bet your game has improved much since you posted KotW#1 with Everybody's Favorite Psychopath. Sometime I suggest you revisit that game and see how you compare.
I still think Aztecs on Earth18 are just way too much fun!
As for KotW#10, I have a sense France is going to win the vote. I am not sure about the OCC - I would rather see another big scoring game. Besides, OCC is not really helpful in developing Earth-map strategy.
I will have to see the poll before I decide how to vote. Hmm - I am leaning a bit towards Teddy and America.
Neal, I bet your game has improved much since you posted KotW#1 with Everybody's Favorite Psychopath. Sometime I suggest you revisit that game and see how you compare.
I still think Aztecs on Earth18 are just way too much fun!
As for KotW#10, I have a sense France is going to win the vote. I am not sure about the OCC - I would rather see another big scoring game. Besides, OCC is not really helpful in developing Earth-map strategy.
I will have to see the poll before I decide how to vote. Hmm - I am leaning a bit towards Teddy and America.
BakingTheArt
His Evening Coat
Let's go FDR.
DMOC
Mathematician
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France OCC! Of course, you may end up culturally flipping some cities (ESPECIALLY on Earth 34), which will be interesting to see. Just raze those excess, junk cities.
I imagine that either that Earth 18 or the Earth 34 will be interesting, as the French leaders in the earth maps are Industrious.
I imagine that either that Earth 18 or the Earth 34 will be interesting, as the French leaders in the earth maps are Industrious.
capnvonbaron
Democratia gladii
holy cow!! totally epic finish Neal... I particularly enjoyed Jules' death 
My vote for KotW10: Louis OCC, America Earth 34, or Diety Caesar.
My vote for KotW10: Louis OCC, America Earth 34, or Diety Caesar.
Sciguy001
CiV Great Scientist (duh)
I think that a Louis No-War game would be a lot more interesting than a OCC, but it seems like OCC Louis is much more popular. Put both up as a choice when you post the KoTW 10 choose thread.
Shadowcrow
Chieftain
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There should probably be a KOTW main thread were the next leader can be chosen. Regardless My vote is to see what you can do with North America as the Americans.
Joshua368
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Well if you have the one city challenge option checked off in custom game, culture flipped cities will autoraze... it's like a massive very slow moving atomic blast of culture.
Gagonite
Irishman
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One thing that could be fun is remove the Native American Civs and do a Colonization No-War Game with Elizabeth. Or keep the native american civ's in, and do the same but wage no war with any old-world civ 
An OOC Louis game, while different, probably would not be much of a good write-up, unless you had some military campaigns in there.
An OOC Louis game, while different, probably would not be much of a good write-up, unless you had some military campaigns in there.
