Here is the
740AD save
Take a quick look around, see that all looks well.
IBT
Zimbabwe, Mpondo resistance ends. Egyptians have a galley. Spain moves a few units
out of Madrid: Longbow, settler/spear.
Turn 1, 650 AD, 282g+46gpt, Metallurgy in 17. Seems like it was 23 before, better check
if someone just researched it. Nope, maybe my recollection of the metallurgy cost was wrong...
4/4 Azap defeats 3/3 Spear, captures 2 slaves
3/3 Azap defeats 3/3 Longbow
Ansar pillages Spanish saltpeter.
Stack of ansars in far W start E.
2 ansars to Spanish Iron, pillage next turn
IBT
Spain moves a stack of units around near ?
Makkah produces Ansar, starts another.
Resistance in Ulundi has ended.
Disease in Ulundi
Diriyah produces Ansar, starts another.
Edfu completes worker, starts temple
Romans building Bach's
Romans building Copernicus
Zulu building Sistene
Turn 2, 660 AD, 321g+36gpt, Metallurgy in 16.
Madrid:
4/4 Ansar defeats 3/3 Longbow, 2/4
4/4 Ansar defeats 3/3 Musket
Seville:
5/5 Ansar loses to 3/3 Musket, 1/3 left (gambled & lost)
2nd 5/5 Ansar pillages iron and pulls back to await reinforcements
Stack of Ansars moves forward for next turn
Madrid: 4/4 Ansar defeats 4/4 spear, 2/4
IBT
Spain moving reinforcements to Madrid, but we will catch them outside town
Carthage complains about troops walking through, say we will move them
France founds a town
Rome RoP deal comes up for renegotiation. Don't want to still be locked in 20 turns from now,
so decline it. No other trades are interesting enough to bother with. They won't even take
3 luxes for one.
Bagdhad completes musket, starts ansar
Riyadh completes ansar, starts musket
Alexmanistan completes musket, starts ansar
Turn 3, 670 AD, 358g+34gpt, Metallurgy in 15.
New musket starts long trek to take up MP in conquored territory
Seville: 4/4 Ansar attacks 3/3 Musket, breaks off attack at 1/4, don't see musket's status
4/4 Ansar attacks 3/3 musket, breaks off 1/4, musket still 3/3
Another 4/4 Ansar loses to 3/3 musket (1/3)
5/5 Ansar defeats 2/3 musket
4/5 Ansar defeats 1/3 musket, Seville liberated, 1 slave worker
Madrid: 4/4 Ansar defeats 3/3 spear (outside town) 2/4
3/3 Azap loses to 3/3 spear, 2/3
3/3 Azap loses to 3/3 spear, 3/4
4/4 Azap defeats 3/4 spear, 1/4 left
4/4 Azap defeats 2/3 spear, 3/4 left, Madrid liberated, 2 slave workers.
4/4 Ansar defeats 3/3 sword (outside town)
2/4 Ansar defeats 4/4 longbow (outside town) 1/4 left
IBT:
1/4 Ansar defeats 3/3 archer, promotes 2/5
2/5 Ansar loses to 3/3 archer
Madinah completes musket, starts ansar
Turn 4, 680 AD, 402g+40gpt, Metallurgy in 13
4/4 Ansar defeats 2/4 archer
Move units for assaults on remaining Spanish cities
Trade check: nothing much happening
reminders of deals
Peace+10gpt from Egypt - 2 turns
Peace+1gpt from Zulu - 16 turns
Dyes from Carthage for spices, silks, gems - 11 turns
IBT:
Seville resistance ends
Damascus completes musket, starts ansar
Dhahran completes ansar, starts musket
Turn 5, 690 AD, 442g+42gpt, Metallurgy in 12
santiago:
4/4 Ansar defeats 3/3 spear, 2/4 left
4/4 Ansar defeats 3/3 spear, 1/4 left
Barcelona:
5/5 Ansar breaks off attack vs 3/3 pike, 1/5 left, retreats to heal
2nd 5/5 Ansar loses to same 3/3 pike !
Hurry temple in Zimbabwe (18 turns) for 72g
Hurry ulundi temple (20 turns) for 80g
Hurry bapedi temple (23 turns) for 92g
Musket arrives in Alexandria, change production to Azap
Join a full-price worker to Dhahran
MM Seville to all scientists
MM Madrid to all scientists
Another 5/5 Ansar finally makes a dent in that pike at Barcelona, but retreats 1/5 to heal
Scientists have dropped Metallurgy to 11 turns
IBT
Order restored at Madrid, starvation
Zimbabwe finishes temple, starts azap (40)
Persepolis, Thebes riot, entertainers hired
Makkah finishes Ansar, starts another
Ulundi Temple->Azap
Susa worker->azap
Bapedi temple->azap
Najran riots, entertainer
French city of Rheims completes Sistene Chapel
Carthage building Bach's
Ottomans building Leo's
Turn 6, 700AD, 245g+43gt, Metallurgy in 12
MM Madrid, Seville to all scientists, Metallurgy in 10
Barcelona: 4/4 Azap loses to 3/3 pike, now 3/4
3/3 Azap loses to 3/4 pike, now 3/5
4/4 Azap loses to 3/5 pike, now 1/5
4/4 Azap defeats 3/3 spear
4/5 Ansar loses to 3/3 spear
Army kills 1/5 pike
Army kills 1/3 spear, Barcelona captured, 1 worker.
Santiago: 4/4 Azap defeats 3/3 Spear, Santiago captured, 3 slaves (1 worker, 1 settler)
Fledgling spanish are destroyed.
Stopping for the night
Continuation of turn 6
Move units toward carthaginian territory, fastest routes available.
End of turn 6, 246g+47gpt, metallurgy in 10
IBT
Cleo comes asking for peace treaty renewal. Their paltry one city does not affect our
plans for domination, and we don't have any troops close at hand. It's not a gpt deal
so won't hurt our trading rep if we break it (not that we care much) so go ahead and
extend peace.
Starvation in towns which were MM to all scientists
Resistence ends in some towns
Romans building Bach's
Indians building Leo's
Cartage building Copernicus
Turn 7, 710 AD, 283g+37gpt, Metallurgy in 11
Troops move toward next assignments
Workers work
MM to scientists, Metallurgy in 9
Cash rush a spear in Swazi (52g) to release the ansar on MP for battle.
IBT
Lots of fairly meaningless AI movement.
Baghdad completes Ansar, starts Musket
Swazi completes spear, starts another
Gordium completes spear, starts warrior
Palace expansion
Turn 8, 720 AD, 268g+36gpt, Metallurgy in 9
Workers work, move units toward next front.
IBT
Aimless AI movement
Madinah completes Ansar, starts another
El-Amarna completes worker, starts Azap
Kufah completes Ansar, starts another
Indians building Bach's
Turn 9, 730 AD, 304g+33gpt, Metallurgy in 8
Workers work, units move toward front
Check for trade info
We have 6 turns left on a lux for lux trade with Carthage
Rome is up Music Theory, and won't take 3 luxes for 1
India is up Music, down Astronomy and Chemistry
Ottomans are down Astronomy and Chemistry
France is up Music and Banking.
Zulu are down Astronomy and Chemistry
Egypt is up Music
No GPT at stake with Carthage, and we have dyes of our own :devil2:
Declare war on Carthage
Pillage saltpeter at Hadrumetum
Hadrumetum: 4/4 Ansar defeats 3/3 merc, 3/4
4/4 Ansar defeats 3/3 merc, no damage
4/4 Ansar defeats 4/4 archer, 3/4, Hadrumetum liberated, 2 slaves captured, temple
Advance leftover Ansars to Theveste
Pillage saltpeter at Leptis Magna
4/4 Ansar defeats loose 3/3 Merc, promoted 4/5, 2 workers captured
Leptis Minor: 5/5 Ansar defeats 3/3 merc, 3/5
5/5 Ansar loses to 3/3 merc 2/3 left
Ansar Army defeats 2/3 merc, only 1 hp left !!, Leptis Minor liberated. Produce temple
Rusicade: Capture a worker
4/4 Ansar defeats 3/3 merc, 3/4
4/4 Ansar defeats 3/3 merc, 1/4, Rusicade liberated, produce temple
Stack ansars at Theveste
Join full-price worker to Jeddah
Cadiz: 4/4 Ansar defeats 3/3 merc, 1/4
4/4 Ansar retreats from 3/3 sword, 1/4 left (sword 2/3)
Switch Mpondo to spear and cash rush (44g), so France doesn't see it as an easy target.
MM Barcelona to all scientists to starve population and cut down flip risk
Hurry temple in Barcelona (108g)
IBT
Carthage archer pushes back one of our ansars, 1/4
Makkah produces ansar, starts another
Barcelona produces temple, starts musketman
Diriyah produces ansar, starts another
Damascus produces ansar, starts another
Dhahran produces musketman, starts ansar
Leptis Minor riots, MM to scientists
Mpondo completes spearman, starts temple
Resistence in Hadrumetum ends
Turn 10, 740 AD, 193g+29gpt
4/4 Ansar defeats loose 4/4 sword, 2/4, protects workers at Riyadh
4/4 Ansar breaks off attack against 3/3 merc (at Cirta), retreats to mountain
Capture worker near hippo
Full-price worker joins Diriyah
Hippo: 4/4 Ansar defeats 3/3 merc, 3/4
Theveste, 4/4 Ansar retreats from 4/4 Musket, 1/4, musket is 2/4
4/4 Ansar loses to 4/4 merc, 2/4 left
3/4 Ansar retreats from 3/3 merc, 1/4 left (merc 3/3)
4/4 Ansar defeats 3/3 merc, 2/4 left
4/4 Ansar defeats 3/3 merc, 4/4
4/4 Ansar defeats 2/4 musket, 2/4 left
4/4 Ansar defeats 2/4 merc, 2/4 left
3/4 Ansar defeats 3/3 archer, 2/4 left, Theveste liberated, 6 resistors, temple, 5 slaves captured
End of turn 10 activity, 193g+36gpt, Metallurgy in 6
Spain eliminated
Carthage has 6 local and 2 remote cities left
our score 1270, nearest competitor is France with 734
We are still quite a ways from domination (700+ tiles remaining)
Lots of injured units
Watch out, many of Carthage's cities are on hills.
