150BC
Take a look at dip, can get Republic for a silly amount will wait. No peace with anyone for now, still in alliances against Zulu, don't like the flip chance with Iznik on Otto and we want the Pyramids. This 10 turns will be war war war.
Move one of the Akabah warrior to a promotion town, not needed in Akabah have a sword and warrior there. Bringing the Riyadh spear to the front as its far enough in our lands not to defend.
Pushed the slider to 100% cash. 20 turns to Engineering, can't really do it much quicker without losing stacks of cash.
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IBT Carthage sign peace with Zulu again, I wonder if their rep can get any lower. 4 Roman archers come into view, approaching Iznik. We'll let them come and heal.
T1 130BC
Damascus horse->horse, Jeddah horse->horse
Could really do with a barracks in Iznik, worth the risk of losing it to flips. Can't rush resistance.
Set the Snagga workers to irrigate. Sword moves next to Uskudar and its undefended. I will destroy it next turn, I just don't want those cities around.
More swords and horses rush to Iznik, should have troops ready to push next turn. The Roman archers will be easy meat.
I notice that there are a couple of Ottomans left in Sogut, wonder what happened to the starving of Sogut?
Send warrior from Sogut to keep eye on settler near iron, who is now sitting on iron, have nothing to attack it with right now.
Made a mistake with southern settler, as I didn't see him below the sword.
Renog peace with Spain for 53 gold, Spain has Fuedalism now, Egypt have it too. No trade thankyou.
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IBT 4 Rome archers come next to Iznik, 2 others one square away. 6 nice easy kills.
T2 110BC
Killed three archers, no upgrades, no leader from one elite attack. Left one archer on hill near Iznik, one vet sword fortified in city, hoping for the archer to attack across river, and then letting the sword kill one of the next wave of archers for a guaranteed promotion. Rushed barracks in Iznik for 156 gold, expensive but allowing our troops to recover quickly is more important than gold. Will continue to starve out Iznik now as I'm now obsessed with getting a leader ready for the FP in Rome.
Why does it feel like I've played 10 turns already.
Moving settler to lake near Leptis Magna. Now my feeling is that these settlers are purely for either resources or space filling, so the best position for domination.
Don't need defence in Makkah, push sword out west as Carthage can't be trusted.
Destroy Uskudar, I was willing to take it for peace, actually they did offer it but I wanted all the Otto cities for peace, would only give two. Now they will only give one, looks like they wont give their last city away (not including capital).
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IBT Romans refuse the chance to attack across the river, put another archer on hill. Will have to think about this one.
T3 90BC
Mosul Spearman->Temple, leave sword in place for now in case Persia gets funny.
Narjan Horse->Horse
Madinah Aquaduct->Library. As I'm sure one of you warmongers will change it, I'll rush it near the end. I believe that we need a little commerce boost in our core cities.
Alexmanistan Sword->Horse
Worker completes road to Persia, we have no resources to trade. But get worker for WP + 25 Gold.
Built Anjar on the lake near Persia, might cause them to attack, defended by swords.
Sword kills Roman archer, horse kills Otto archer, decide to attack archers on hill, kill one, wound second, no losses horses retreated.
Romans settle next to iron, but we put a warrior on it.
Nothing to trade
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IBT Carthage Archer comes near, Roman archer move away.
T4 70BC
Sirplebidah warrior->spearman
Bagdad horse->horse
Swords begin long march to Rome, we can deal with Otto in its own time. Sword attacks Byztantium (rome) to the north, kills spear, but another left.
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T5 50BC
IBT 2 Carthage swords approach from west, 2 archers from SW, I've seen this before, we'll counter with our own swords, the weak Roman archer approaches Iznik, signs of desperation.
Jeddah changed to sword.
Elite sword kills roman archer, vet horse kills roman archer, vet sword dies attacking antayla, elite horse kills spear in antayla.
We can now take techs for GPT, so when we decide to kill our rep we should take one and declare war next turn. I already don't see much use for reputation in this game, but I wont destroy it until we all agree.
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IBT Carthage seemingly move to go around our southern border, will watch them carefully. Rome attack a weak horse on a hill who retreats but is trapped, can we send help in time.
T6 30BC
Jeddah sword->horse
Damascus horse->horse
Riyadh horse->horse
Destroy Antayla another elite win
Massed sword and horse movements into Roman territory, kill a roman archer
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IBT Carthage massed troops carefully skirt our land. Trapped horse dies, he will be revenged.
T7 10BC
Large stacks of death approach both Lutitia and Hispalis which sound like spanish cities to me, but appear to be Roman, what do I know.
Iznik down to size one now, safer to grow, AlanH will be pleased.
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IBT Carthage continue to send troops carefully round the southern border, could be approaching our undefended cities in the core, will keep watching very carefully. I'm sure now they are going to attack. Rome appear with an endless supply of archers, decide to let a 3 stack attack our stack of death on the mountain outside Hispalis.
T8 10AD
2 swords and a horse
capture city Lutitia NW of rome, horse kills roman archer in open.
Otto launch counter attack near Kurasan with a warrior from galley our sword eats him for lunch.
City of Byzantium captured to the north, linked to our lands.
Footsat formed near lake next to Carthage, the sword there is close enough to cut their Iron if the attack comes.
Aden formed next to sea between Egyptian cities.
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IBT Carthage make right turn towards our land, no border broken, but the intent is obvious. Rome move over from their own city, don't attack our troops on mountain
T9 30AD
Bahgdad horse->horse
horse kills archer on hill, horse dies to archer on hill, horse dies on attack on hispalis, horse kills one unit in hispalis, one weakened 2hp spear unit left, decide to use the elite sword to finish him, and then it happens...................................Smackster's Revenge generates Uthman for the slaughter of our defencless horse near Aydin.
Still hispalis was not taken, horse kills archer in hispalis (elite upgrade), sword kills archer in hispalis still not taken, sword kills 1hp spear in hispalis, city is taken at last.
Elite sword kills archer on hill, vet sword kills archer on hill, Uthman has room to get out to safety.
Block off carthage troops on mountains akaba, still expecting trouble here.
Happiness slider squeezed 10%
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IBT Carthage come to their senses move away. Rome puts more archers into attack, kills one of the sword defenders in hispalis.
T10 50AD
Makkah another settler, in another game I'd stop producing them, but here as we want to claim all the land space we can't rely on capture need to actually settle most of it.
Library in Madinah, back to horses
Just defensive movements for this turn, still under a little pressure from Rome, but only with archers, they are going to run out soon.
Here is the picture around the Roman front lines. Careful moves are required here.
Here is the picture of the Carthage troop movements. Still watching.
10 turns to Engineering, stacks of cash, probably need to think about getting republic soon. Uthman is in Iznik, which is funny as although its only size one, must have a flip chance still, I advise that he's moved next turn, if it flips this turn, I'll resign my commision for puting him there, I was just trying to get him out of the front lines. Hispalis should be safe as Smackster's Revenge is holding the fort there.
Summary
One turn left for alliance with Spain against Zulu, might as well declare peace now, get whatever we can for it. France has some money now 39gold so we can renegotiate for it. Egypt has cash too, I've been watching they didn't until now.
The settlers out there are just filling in the gaps, don't need to rush the temple until much later, 5 turns before we are ready to dominate in fact.
I had planned Uthman for the FP in Rome, but clearly its up to the rest from now.
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