Pre-Turn (240)
We have 2 trebs but will only have enough gold to upgrade one of them.
Move Northern SoL's South to help with bombardment.
IBT
Chemistry -> metallurgy
Turn 241 - 1655 AD
Upgrade Trebuchet
Move SoL's and units to set up attack next turn.
worker on road in middle of nowhere? Set him to delete it.
IBT
Copenhagen now Allies with Arabia
Turn 242 - 1660 AD
London: Barracks -> Longsword
al-Rashid helps us out by embarking 2 of his strongest units.
No better time to DOW
Sink 1 of the embarked Rifles and badly damage the other. Do some damage to Medina.
Clear all Arab units off of Canterbury island taking minimal damage in doing so.
(In hindsight I wish the rest had gone this smoothly)
IBT
We lose a Longsword to bombardment from Medina and it's Canon.
al-Rashid enters Industrial era.
Turn 243 - 1665 AD
Use SoL's to clear Arab units surrounding Medina and do some damage to the city.
Begin to embark our units.
Adjust economy to keep it at 0 income. (had gone to -9 with DOW)
IBT
Montezuma asks for open borders. Kindly refuse.
Caesar asks for a PoS vs. al-Rashid. Kind of a no brainer, might as well since WE'RE AT WAR WITH HIM!
Ramses asks for war vs. Askia
Kindly tell him we have our hands full at the moment.
Turn 244 - 1670 AD
Medina bombed down to nothing.
Land a single Longsword next to the city not liking the odds of attacking the city from the sea.
Medina and Mecca have been bombing our SoL's. Need to move one to our waters to heal.
Nottingham: Temple -> Lighthouse
Canterbury: Musket -> Musket
IBT
al-Rashid must have used a promotion to heal the only unit he had not fortified in a city (Camel Archer that was near 0). Bombardment of our landed longsword from Medina, it's cannon, and this camel archer are enough to kill it.
Turn 245 - 1675 AD
Land en-mass next to Medina. The bombardment from Medina, Mecca and their fortified cannons is proving problematic.
Our Navy kills the camel archer, the last non-city-fortified unit Arabia has.
Begin to bombard Mecca.
Move another SoL to our waters to heal.
IBT
al-Rashid apparently had enough cash to buy 2 camel archers and a rifle. We lose a Longbow to these units.
Turn 246 - 1680 AD
With the bombardment of Medina a Great General is born in Hastings. Embark him and move him to the war zone for the military bonus.
We finally take Medina with a Musket.
IBT
We lose another Longsword and an SoL to bombardment.
Turn 247 - 1685 AD
Bombard Mecca and move units into position to take it next turn.
Keep some units back to heal.
Clear a pike that landed next to Warwick.
IBT
Lose musket to bombardment from Mecca and it's cannon.
We get Scientific Theory from our research agreement with Oda.
There is coal near Coventry.
Oda enters Industrial era.
Turn 248 - 1690 AD
Severely weaken Mecca. With the fall of our musket during the IBT we don't have a unit in place to take it this turn.
IBT
al-Rashid realizes that his capital is in grave danger and asks for peace.
Not yet.
Turn 249 - 1695 AD
Mecca falls. Turn it into a puppet. (Screenshot missed
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Mecca contains the Hanging Gardens and the Porcelain Tower.
Begin to bombard Najran.
IBT
Pointiest Sticks
Turn 250 - 1700 AD
London Longsword -> Longsword
Set a couple of units to heal, move others toward Najran.
Continue bombardment of Najran.
I'm pretty disappointed in how many units I lost. al-Rashid had cannons in both Mecca and Medina. These combined with his camel archers caused lots of problems. I think we're past the worst, however, so it should be smooth sailing from here. Najran contains Machu Pichu and I think I see Hemji Castle there too so we should definately take it. Might as well take the whole island from here. Our economy is rolling now with the gold taken from the cities and we're up to +17 GPT. We can re-adjust our citizens for science and/or production. Happiness is only -3 with the additon of Gems and the Hanging Gardens so we're in pretty good shape there.
Demographics:
We're now in the lead score-wise.