CommandoBob
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Feedback: Delay on Tsetseieg is fine.
Need to get Sapporo ASAP to beat the Japanese SoD
Toronto: rPike -> Granary.
Road the tile outside Bulgan; it will also allow sniping attacks on the Mongols.
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0 0975 AD
Toronto : rPike in 5 -> Town Center in 15.
Vancouver: vPike in 2 -> Town Center in 8.
Quebec: Castle in 25 -> Town Center in 22.
Regina: Windmill in 4 -> Market in 6.
Mississuaga: vKnight in 4 -> Market in 7.
[IBT]
Bulgan stack kill a Trebuchet (1 of 1).
1 1000 AD
Federal Reserve: 30 gold, -15 gpt
Quebec and Montréal are cranky. Hire a taxman in both cities.
War
Two Mongol Spears 1N of Bulgan (hill).
Transport Ship finds Vitoria of Spain.
vKnight falls to vKeshik (1 of 2).
eAC takes out HorseArcher (2 of 3, 0 of 1e).
vEnslaver finishes off the vKeshik (3 of 4).
Workers
Road the hill 1W of Bulgan.
Remaining workers and slave mine the plain 2NW of washington, next to the river.
Three workers remain outside Bulgan.
Move nearby Spear and vWarrior from other Washington stack to protect.
Washington now is at 48 spt, up from 46.
The other mining stack at washington will finish this IBT. Might have 1 turn Knights starting this turn.
Edmonton stack moves onto Furs in the Forest, to chop.
Winnipeg stack (1SW of Winnipeg) roads and starts to mine.
Mississuaga stack (1S-1SE of Mississuaga) road 1E towards Montréal.
Roads on these hills are hard to see!
Calgary: keep the geek, clown -> taxman, hire two more taxman. City is at size 10 and aqueduct still completes in 14.
This puts us at +0 gpt for the turn, so no more tweaks for now.
[IBT]
Keshik is kabobed by a Pike outside Ulaagnom (4 of 5).
Apprentice in New York.
Royal Garisson in Thunder Bay produces a vMace.
Britian is building Vatican (Renaissance, 600s, more happiness, doubles Cathedrals).
2 1025 AD
Federal Reserve: 30 gold, -5 gpt
Surrey is cranky. Hire a taxman; Town Center still in 2.
War
Two Mongol Spears 1NE of Bulgan. We leave them alone.
Two Pikes and two Knights are added to the Tsetserleg stack; ready to move out next turn.
Bulgan stack heads towards Sapporo. Send a vPike across the border to scout the way.
Workers
Washington is now only 49 spt. Mine the remaining plain, work it and we are at 51 spt. Grow in 7 instead of 5 which is a small price to pay for 1 turn Knights.
Upgrade Apprentice.
Mississuaga stack completes a back road into Montréal.
Begin to mine, then road, the last unimproved grassland in Washington's FatX.
Winnipeg: hire a taxman; aqueduct in 6, not 5; city still grows in 8.
Federal Reserve: 30 gold, -1 gpt
[IBT]
Siege Workshop in Boston produces Catapult.
Charllottetown: Granary -> Town Center in 24.
Potala Palace is built in Seoul, Korea.
3 1050 AD
Federal Reserve: 29 gold, -17 gpt
Edmenton is cranky. Hire a second taxman, Town Center in 2 instead of 1.
War
One Keshik and 2 HorseArchers outside Ulaagnom. The city has two defenders, Pike and Enslaver.
Two Mongol Spears 2NE of Bulgan.
Send a Pike from the Tsetserleg Stack back into Ulaagnom.
Move next to Tsetserleg, rSpear defends. Send another Pike into Ulaagnom.
Eleven units advance next to Tsetserleg.
Gather nine units to cross the borders near Sapporo, with more on their way.
Workers
Mississuaga stack roads northish of Halifax.
The Bulgan stack mines the hill 1SE of Bulgan.
See that we need a coastal road from Ottawa to Charlottetown; there is no direct path between them.
Need to mine some hills around Philly, too.
New worker is spacedbarred in New York. Plenty of work, not enough protection.
Montréal: hire a 3rd taxman, city still grows in 1.
Toronto: work irrigated plain for faster growth, 3 turns vs. 5.
Vancouver: clown -> taxman, hire second taxman; grow in 4, not 2; Town center still 5 turns away.
Winnipeg: hire 2nd taxman; zero growth; aqueduct still in 5; city is size 10 and cannot grow larger until the aqueduct is built.
Ottawa: work a road grass tile instead of unimproved BG; city produces 1 more gold; still grows in 1; castle in 12 not 10.
Halifax: hire a taxman; still grows in 1; castle in 9 not 8.
Thunder Bay: hire a taxman; still grows in 1; vPike in 4 not 3.
Federal Reserve: 29 gold, +2 gpt
[IBT]
Ulaangom is attacked 7 times and we lose 3 Pikes (8 of 12).
Slaver's Hut in Washington produces a vEnslaver.
Bulgan: walls -> American Flag in 4.
Surrey: Town Center -> windmill in 20 (with two forest chops to complete this sooner).
4 1075 AD
Federal Reserve: 34 gold, +1 gpt
Frederiction is cranky; hire a taxman; zero growth; castle still in 7 turns.
War
Wounded Keshiks 1W and 1SW of Ulaagnom.
At Tsetserleg we are on the wrong side of the river, but attack anyway.
vKnight retreats from rspear (8 of 13)
Repeat (not good; not good at all). (8 of 15)
vKnight beats down 2/3 Spear (9 of 150.
vKnight is beaten by 2/3 Spear, promoting it. Blast! (9 of 16)
eKnight is called in and the 3/4 spear is no more (10 of 17, 0 of 2e).
Good News
No gold for us but we capture two Move 2 slaves. Our new addtion starts on City Walls, 20 turns away.
The two slaves are stuck in their old city until we clean out the Mongol debris between here and great USofA.
In local clean up around Tsetserleg:
eAC eeks out a win over a 1/4 Mongol HorseArcher (11 of 18, 0 of 3e).
eWE gores out 1/4 Keshik (12 of 19, 0 of 4e).
Our eWE is 2/6, so one vPike, vAC and vKnight move and fortify with it. They are on a Mongol road to Ulaangom, so we can expect counterattacks from the core.
Wounded units move into Tsetserleg, to help calm the rabble.
Sapporo is defended by vFirelancer (2.4.1).
Move 10 units next to the city.
Workers
Add a road near Philly.
Winnipeg slaves mine 2NW of Winnipeg.
Mississuaga stack roads 1W of Montréal.
Mine the BG SE of Bulgan; AF build in that city drops to 3 turns.
Surrey: fire the taxman.
Thunder Bay: fire the taxman.
Halifax: fire the taxman.
Montréal: Castle in 7 -> aqueduct in 4 (grows in 9999, +2 food and three taxmen).
Federal Reserve: 34 gold, +9 gpt
[IBT]
Forest chop at Surrey.
We get a nastygram from Spain based on our naval movement.
We let our Transport Ship be automoved somewhere.
Great Monastary in Washington produces a Missionary.
Royal Garisson in New York produces a Mace.
Edmonton: Town Center -> vPike in 6, after firing both taxmen.
Quell one resister in Tsetserleg.
Great Iron Mine produces Supply Shipment in Philadephia.
5 1100 AD
Federal Reserve: 43 gold, -16 gpt
Tsetserleg pacified citizen is unhappy, so he becomes a taxman.
War
Wounded keshik 2S of Ulaangom.
Two Mongol Spears on our Ivory source.
Sapporo
vFirelancer kills vKnight (12 of 20).
vFirelancer retreats vKnight, taking no damage itself (12 of 21).
vFirelancer retreats vKnight (12 of 22).
rFirelancer retreats vKnight (12 of 23).
rFirelancer retreats second vKnight (12 of 24).
4/5 Firelancer kills vKnight (12 of 25).
So only three defenders that are Firelancers.
Our other attackers are not as strong as our Knights. We won't waste them here. We'll come back later and avenge our fallen.
The wounded Knights move 1S, still in Japense territory.
Sapporo had no archer or artillery types in the city. No defensive bombardments at all.
New vKnights remove the Mongol Spears from our Ivory (14 of 27).
Just now realized a THawk was toting around a Supply Shipment!
New Knight in Philly escorts the new supply shipment to the capital.
Klobber a Keshik on a hill (15 of 28).
eAC cannot topple a HorseArcher (15 of 29).
vEnslaver takes over and completes the deed (16 of 30).
The boot from Spain put us next to France.
The French have 13 cities, 37K in gold, and know Navigation, Sacred Art, Alchemy and Clockworks.
Our military is Strong compared to the Monarchy of France.
Our boat was moved westwards, so we continue in that direction.
Workers
Add a road 2NE of Philly.
Begin mining 1N-1NW of Philly.
Mississuaga stack add a second Montréal-Vancouver turnpike.
Mongol slaves from Tsetserleg begin to connect to Washington, protect with vPike out of Ulaangom.
They are joined by a native worker.
Begin to mine the cleared forest near Surrey.
Federal Reserve: 68 gold, -5 gpt
[IBT]
vFirelancer leaves Sapporo; eFirleancer defends.
Lose a vTHawk and vKnight to Mongol Catapult and Keshik (16 of 32).
Regina: Market -> Windmill in 8.
Thunder Bay: vPike -> American Flag in 3.
First culture expansion for Ulaangom.
6 1125 AD
Federal Reserve: 69 gold, -1 gpt.
Edmonton and Quebec have unhappiness issues. Edmonton hires a taxman; Quebec: taxman -> clown (which keeps the city growing).
Japan shows as having 19 cities in MapStat.
War
Wounded vKeshik 1SW of Bulgan (hill).
Wounded vKeshik on our Ivory.
vCatapult sanitizes our Ivory tile (17 of 33).
Wounded Knights from Sapporo arrive in Boston.
Pull units away from Sapporo, to avoid naval bombardment.
Transport Ship tresspasses into French waters.
Workers
Mississuaga stack road 1NE of Vancouver.
Begin to mine 1N-1NE of Winnipeg.
Road 1E of Philadelphia (hill).
vTHawk with the Stealth Supply Shipment arrives in the capital.
Bulgan workers begin to irrigate 1E-1NE of Bulgan.
Montréal: hire 4th taxman (aqueduct still in 2, zero growth until it is built).
Federal Reserve: 94 gold, +0 gpt.
[IBT]
Five Japanese units appear from the fog, NW of Sapporo.
vFirelancer moves 1SE, now 1SW of Sapporo.
Preboot from France.
Tsetserleg flips back to the Mongols. We lose 6 units.
Missisauga: Market -> aqueduct in 4.
Bulgan: AF -> Christian Community in 3.
7 1150 AD
Federal Reserve: 94 gold, -3 gpt.
War
2West of Sapporo: 2 rAsian Longsword, 1 rFirelancer, 1 vLongbow, 1 rSamuri.
We had units blocking one of several roads into Tsetserleg and now they are inside Mongol borders. We pillage the road and retreat to 1SW of Ulaangnom.
We have a worker stack (1 native, 2 slave) 1NW of Ulaangom working on a road, with a Pike providing protection. Two HorseArchers and 1 Keshik were visible on the road to Tsetserleg before the previous units moved. In short, this stack is vulnerable. Wake them. Pike moves into Ulaangom, worker/slaves move to where our units exited Japan (1E-1NE of Ulaangom).
We find Chatres, France.
The flip of Tsetserleg does not claim the Iron that Ulaangom works.
Workers
Begin to mine 1NW of Surrey.
Missisauga group roads the BG 2SE of Charolettown.
Road 2SE of Philly (hill).
Begin to mine 2NE of Philly.
Bulgan: works a soon-to-be irrigated plain; Christian Community in 2 not 3.
Federal Reserve: 94 gold, -3 gpt.
[IBT]
Fend off a Keshik attack outside Ulaangnom (18 of 34).
First two invisible attacks, both near Greece, take out two Pikes (18 of 36).
Montréal: Aqueduct -> Castle in 8 (fire all four taxmen).
Vancouver: Town Center -> vPike in 3 (fire both taxmen).
Supply Center in Edmonton makes some Furs.
Winnipeg: Aqueduct -> vPike in 3.
Royal Garrisson in Thunder Bay produces a vMace.
8 1175 AD
Federal Reserve: 100 gold, -17 gpt.
Montréal is cranky and to raise the luxury to 40% because of only one city doesn't make sense. Instead, hire a taxman, Castle in 9.
War
One rSamuri 1N-1NE of Ulaangnom (hill).
Small stack of five Japanese units (2 Sword, 2 Firelancer, 1 Longbow) just across the Japanese border.
One rFirelancer 1SW of Sapporo.
vChariot kills a Greek Spirit 2S of Winnipeg (19 of 37).
vWar Elephant tramples a Greek Wraith to death 1S of Victoria (20 of 38).
Mined BG SE of Bulgan is now Mongol.
Two Mongol Spears sightseeing around Bulgan promote two Knights to Elite status (22 of 40).
In Ulaangnom are five Pikes, plus five attackers and a settler.
We have 20 combined units (includes workers) 3NW of Boston, where we can enter Japan in some hills to get close to Sapporo.
We sight Avignon, Spain. The city is defended by a 2/4 Knight, with Babylonian ships and units next to the city. Spanish forces are nearby, just across the border in France.
Workers
Missisauga group roads 1W of Quebec.
Irrigated tile at Bulgan is roaded.
Road 1N-1NE of Philly (hill).
Begin to mine 2NE of Winnipeg.
Toronto: hire a taxman.
Vancouver: hire a taxman.
Edmonton: hire a taxman.
Winnipeg: hire a taxman.
Thunder Bay: hire a taxman.
Surrey: hire a taxman.
Gatineau: hire a taxman.
Federal Reserve: 100 gold, +4 gpt.
[IBT]
Forest chop at Surrey.
England wants 24 gold. We pay.
Spain and Babylon are at war. We watch Spain run down a Musket and Archer-type unit at Avignon.
Spain and France are also at war. Spain winds up one unit short of taking Chartres.
France has 12 cities and Spain 26, so Spain has been whipping up on France for some time.
We lose our Pike inside Japan and fend off an rSamuir and 2 Mongol attacks at Ulaangom (25 of 44).
Thunder Bay: AF -> Christian Community in 2 (with some short term shuffling of citizen assignments).
Bulan: Christian Community -> granary in 10.
Mesoamerican Christianization is built in Machu Picchu, Inca.
9 1200 AD
Federal Reserve: 83 gold, -8 gpt.
Montréal is cranky (again) so we hire a 2nd taxman, Castle still in 7.
War
Two redlined Keshiks 1W of Ulaangom (hill).
Mongol Longbow and Spear 2SW of Ulaangom (hill).
Two Japanese Firelancers and 2 Longswords 2NE of Ulaangom (hill).
Just across the border is the Japanese Longbow that took out our Pike, 3NE of Ulaangom (hill).
Lone Firelancer is 1N-2NE of Ulaangom.
Firelancer and Longsword are 2N-1NE of Ulaangom.
vKnight dispatches one redlined Keshik (26 of 45).
eKnight avenges our fallen Pike (27 of 46, 0 of 5e).
Fifteen units follow this eKnight into Japan.
Wounded WE heals in Boston.
Workers
Road 2NE of Bulgan (plains).
Road 3NW of Boston (hill).
Missisauga group roads 1SE of Charlottetown.
All the tiles around Philly are roaded; send that group towards Missisuaga.
Begin to mine 1E of Philly.
Federal Reserve: 83 gold, -7 gpt.
Our gpts to Babylon and Britian end this IBT.
[IBT]
Preboot from Spain.
Chatres falls to Spain.
Halifax: Castle -> vPike in 4.
Greeks are building Vatican (Renaissance, 600s, more happiness, doubles Cathedrals).
Babylon is building Holy Book Printed (Printing Press, 500, more happiness in all cities).
10 1210 AD
Federal Reserve: 76 gold, +149 gpt
Regina is cranky, hire a taxman, which puts the city at zero growth. Not the best solution.
War
Two Mongol HorseArchers 1S-1SW of Ulaangom (hills).
Keshik and two foot units 1SW of Ulaangom (hills).
Catapult and Keshik 1NW of Ulaangon (hills).
Five vPikes are in Ulaangom.
One Japanese Firelancer 2NW of Ulaangom (hills).
Firelancer and Sword 1W of Sapporo.
Firelancer left Sapporo and moved 1S.
Two Firelancers and Swords that were 2NW of Ulaangom moved 1E, as if heading to Boston.
eFirelancer defends Sapporo.
Sapporo
vKnight is redlined but knocks 3HP off the eFirelancer (27 of 47).
vKnight is upended by vFirelancer but now that unit is the best defender of Sapporo (27 of 48).
vKnight retreats from 2/4 Firelancer (27 of 49).
vKnight is bested by 2/4 Firelancer, which became a 2/5 Firelancer (27 of 50).
vKnight overpowers 2/5 Firelancer (28 of 51).
vKnight falls to red but wins out over second 2/5 Firelancer (29 of 52).
Good News
Sapporo is now part of Yankeedom. No gold and seven resisters.
The Bank, Harbor and Castle are intact.
The shortest road to Sapporo is 1S of Sapporo, where a vFirelancer stands.
vKnight removes that speed bump (30 of 53).
Road is built to Sapporo.
Clean up 3 Firelancer around Sapporo (33 of 57).
Three Longswords cost us 1 vAC, but we gain an Enslaved worker (36 of 61).
Only one Japanese unit remains inside our borders.
Send an Enslaver out snooping NW of Sapporo. No Japanese units in sight.
vKnight in Ulaangom redlines but fails to destroy Keshik outside of the city (36 of 62).
vAC takes apart a catapult 1NW of the city (37 of 63).
Workers
Missisauga group roads 1W of Charlottetown.
Twelve Move1 Slaves move to 1W of Halifax, to mine.
New road 1W of Missisuaga.
Road 1NW of Bulgan.
Federal Reserve: 76 gold, +175 gpt
And the save is attached.
Need to get Sapporo ASAP to beat the Japanese SoD
Toronto: rPike -> Granary.
Road the tile outside Bulgan; it will also allow sniping attacks on the Mongols.
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0 0975 AD
Toronto : rPike in 5 -> Town Center in 15.
Vancouver: vPike in 2 -> Town Center in 8.
Quebec: Castle in 25 -> Town Center in 22.
Regina: Windmill in 4 -> Market in 6.
Mississuaga: vKnight in 4 -> Market in 7.
Bulgan stack kill a Trebuchet (1 of 1).
1 1000 AD
Federal Reserve: 30 gold, -15 gpt
Quebec and Montréal are cranky. Hire a taxman in both cities.
War
Two Mongol Spears 1N of Bulgan (hill).
Transport Ship finds Vitoria of Spain.
vKnight falls to vKeshik (1 of 2).
eAC takes out HorseArcher (2 of 3, 0 of 1e).
vEnslaver finishes off the vKeshik (3 of 4).
Workers
Road the hill 1W of Bulgan.
Remaining workers and slave mine the plain 2NW of washington, next to the river.
Three workers remain outside Bulgan.
Move nearby Spear and vWarrior from other Washington stack to protect.
Washington now is at 48 spt, up from 46.
The other mining stack at washington will finish this IBT. Might have 1 turn Knights starting this turn.
Edmonton stack moves onto Furs in the Forest, to chop.
Winnipeg stack (1SW of Winnipeg) roads and starts to mine.
Mississuaga stack (1S-1SE of Mississuaga) road 1E towards Montréal.
Roads on these hills are hard to see!
Calgary: keep the geek, clown -> taxman, hire two more taxman. City is at size 10 and aqueduct still completes in 14.
This puts us at +0 gpt for the turn, so no more tweaks for now.
Keshik is kabobed by a Pike outside Ulaagnom (4 of 5).
Apprentice in New York.
Royal Garisson in Thunder Bay produces a vMace.
Britian is building Vatican (Renaissance, 600s, more happiness, doubles Cathedrals).
2 1025 AD
Federal Reserve: 30 gold, -5 gpt
Surrey is cranky. Hire a taxman; Town Center still in 2.
War
Two Mongol Spears 1NE of Bulgan. We leave them alone.
Two Pikes and two Knights are added to the Tsetserleg stack; ready to move out next turn.
Bulgan stack heads towards Sapporo. Send a vPike across the border to scout the way.
Workers
Washington is now only 49 spt. Mine the remaining plain, work it and we are at 51 spt. Grow in 7 instead of 5 which is a small price to pay for 1 turn Knights.
Upgrade Apprentice.
Mississuaga stack completes a back road into Montréal.
Begin to mine, then road, the last unimproved grassland in Washington's FatX.
Winnipeg: hire a taxman; aqueduct in 6, not 5; city still grows in 8.
Federal Reserve: 30 gold, -1 gpt
Siege Workshop in Boston produces Catapult.
Charllottetown: Granary -> Town Center in 24.
Potala Palace is built in Seoul, Korea.
3 1050 AD
Federal Reserve: 29 gold, -17 gpt
Edmenton is cranky. Hire a second taxman, Town Center in 2 instead of 1.
War
One Keshik and 2 HorseArchers outside Ulaagnom. The city has two defenders, Pike and Enslaver.
Two Mongol Spears 2NE of Bulgan.
Send a Pike from the Tsetserleg Stack back into Ulaagnom.
Move next to Tsetserleg, rSpear defends. Send another Pike into Ulaagnom.
Eleven units advance next to Tsetserleg.
Gather nine units to cross the borders near Sapporo, with more on their way.
Workers
Mississuaga stack roads northish of Halifax.
The Bulgan stack mines the hill 1SE of Bulgan.
See that we need a coastal road from Ottawa to Charlottetown; there is no direct path between them.
Need to mine some hills around Philly, too.
New worker is spacedbarred in New York. Plenty of work, not enough protection.
Montréal: hire a 3rd taxman, city still grows in 1.
Toronto: work irrigated plain for faster growth, 3 turns vs. 5.
Vancouver: clown -> taxman, hire second taxman; grow in 4, not 2; Town center still 5 turns away.
Winnipeg: hire 2nd taxman; zero growth; aqueduct still in 5; city is size 10 and cannot grow larger until the aqueduct is built.
Ottawa: work a road grass tile instead of unimproved BG; city produces 1 more gold; still grows in 1; castle in 12 not 10.
Halifax: hire a taxman; still grows in 1; castle in 9 not 8.
Thunder Bay: hire a taxman; still grows in 1; vPike in 4 not 3.
Federal Reserve: 29 gold, +2 gpt
Ulaangom is attacked 7 times and we lose 3 Pikes (8 of 12).
Slaver's Hut in Washington produces a vEnslaver.
Bulgan: walls -> American Flag in 4.
Surrey: Town Center -> windmill in 20 (with two forest chops to complete this sooner).
4 1075 AD
Federal Reserve: 34 gold, +1 gpt
Frederiction is cranky; hire a taxman; zero growth; castle still in 7 turns.
War
Wounded Keshiks 1W and 1SW of Ulaagnom.
At Tsetserleg we are on the wrong side of the river, but attack anyway.
vKnight retreats from rspear (8 of 13)
Repeat (not good; not good at all). (8 of 15)
vKnight beats down 2/3 Spear (9 of 150.
vKnight is beaten by 2/3 Spear, promoting it. Blast! (9 of 16)
eKnight is called in and the 3/4 spear is no more (10 of 17, 0 of 2e).
Good News
No gold for us but we capture two Move 2 slaves. Our new addtion starts on City Walls, 20 turns away.
The two slaves are stuck in their old city until we clean out the Mongol debris between here and great USofA.
In local clean up around Tsetserleg:
eAC eeks out a win over a 1/4 Mongol HorseArcher (11 of 18, 0 of 3e).
eWE gores out 1/4 Keshik (12 of 19, 0 of 4e).
Our eWE is 2/6, so one vPike, vAC and vKnight move and fortify with it. They are on a Mongol road to Ulaangom, so we can expect counterattacks from the core.
Wounded units move into Tsetserleg, to help calm the rabble.
Sapporo is defended by vFirelancer (2.4.1).
Move 10 units next to the city.
Workers
Add a road near Philly.
Winnipeg slaves mine 2NW of Winnipeg.
Mississuaga stack roads 1W of Montréal.
Mine the BG SE of Bulgan; AF build in that city drops to 3 turns.
Surrey: fire the taxman.
Thunder Bay: fire the taxman.
Halifax: fire the taxman.
Montréal: Castle in 7 -> aqueduct in 4 (grows in 9999, +2 food and three taxmen).
Federal Reserve: 34 gold, +9 gpt
Forest chop at Surrey.
We get a nastygram from Spain based on our naval movement.
We let our Transport Ship be automoved somewhere.
Great Monastary in Washington produces a Missionary.
Royal Garisson in New York produces a Mace.
Edmonton: Town Center -> vPike in 6, after firing both taxmen.
Quell one resister in Tsetserleg.
Great Iron Mine produces Supply Shipment in Philadephia.
5 1100 AD
Federal Reserve: 43 gold, -16 gpt
Tsetserleg pacified citizen is unhappy, so he becomes a taxman.
War
Wounded keshik 2S of Ulaangom.
Two Mongol Spears on our Ivory source.
Sapporo
vFirelancer kills vKnight (12 of 20).
vFirelancer retreats vKnight, taking no damage itself (12 of 21).
vFirelancer retreats vKnight (12 of 22).
rFirelancer retreats vKnight (12 of 23).
rFirelancer retreats second vKnight (12 of 24).
4/5 Firelancer kills vKnight (12 of 25).
So only three defenders that are Firelancers.
Our other attackers are not as strong as our Knights. We won't waste them here. We'll come back later and avenge our fallen.
The wounded Knights move 1S, still in Japense territory.
Sapporo had no archer or artillery types in the city. No defensive bombardments at all.
New vKnights remove the Mongol Spears from our Ivory (14 of 27).
Just now realized a THawk was toting around a Supply Shipment!
New Knight in Philly escorts the new supply shipment to the capital.
Klobber a Keshik on a hill (15 of 28).
eAC cannot topple a HorseArcher (15 of 29).
vEnslaver takes over and completes the deed (16 of 30).
The boot from Spain put us next to France.
The French have 13 cities, 37K in gold, and know Navigation, Sacred Art, Alchemy and Clockworks.
Our military is Strong compared to the Monarchy of France.
Our boat was moved westwards, so we continue in that direction.
Workers
Add a road 2NE of Philly.
Begin mining 1N-1NW of Philly.
Mississuaga stack add a second Montréal-Vancouver turnpike.
Mongol slaves from Tsetserleg begin to connect to Washington, protect with vPike out of Ulaangom.
They are joined by a native worker.
Begin to mine the cleared forest near Surrey.
Federal Reserve: 68 gold, -5 gpt
vFirelancer leaves Sapporo; eFirleancer defends.
Lose a vTHawk and vKnight to Mongol Catapult and Keshik (16 of 32).
Regina: Market -> Windmill in 8.
Thunder Bay: vPike -> American Flag in 3.
First culture expansion for Ulaangom.
6 1125 AD
Federal Reserve: 69 gold, -1 gpt.
Edmonton and Quebec have unhappiness issues. Edmonton hires a taxman; Quebec: taxman -> clown (which keeps the city growing).
Japan shows as having 19 cities in MapStat.
War
Wounded vKeshik 1SW of Bulgan (hill).
Wounded vKeshik on our Ivory.
vCatapult sanitizes our Ivory tile (17 of 33).
Wounded Knights from Sapporo arrive in Boston.
Pull units away from Sapporo, to avoid naval bombardment.
Transport Ship tresspasses into French waters.
Workers
Mississuaga stack road 1NE of Vancouver.
Begin to mine 1N-1NE of Winnipeg.
Road 1E of Philadelphia (hill).
vTHawk with the Stealth Supply Shipment arrives in the capital.
Bulgan workers begin to irrigate 1E-1NE of Bulgan.
Montréal: hire 4th taxman (aqueduct still in 2, zero growth until it is built).
Federal Reserve: 94 gold, +0 gpt.
Five Japanese units appear from the fog, NW of Sapporo.
vFirelancer moves 1SE, now 1SW of Sapporo.
Preboot from France.
Tsetserleg flips back to the Mongols. We lose 6 units.
Missisauga: Market -> aqueduct in 4.
Bulgan: AF -> Christian Community in 3.
7 1150 AD
Federal Reserve: 94 gold, -3 gpt.
War
2West of Sapporo: 2 rAsian Longsword, 1 rFirelancer, 1 vLongbow, 1 rSamuri.
We had units blocking one of several roads into Tsetserleg and now they are inside Mongol borders. We pillage the road and retreat to 1SW of Ulaangnom.
We have a worker stack (1 native, 2 slave) 1NW of Ulaangom working on a road, with a Pike providing protection. Two HorseArchers and 1 Keshik were visible on the road to Tsetserleg before the previous units moved. In short, this stack is vulnerable. Wake them. Pike moves into Ulaangom, worker/slaves move to where our units exited Japan (1E-1NE of Ulaangom).
We find Chatres, France.
The flip of Tsetserleg does not claim the Iron that Ulaangom works.
Workers
Begin to mine 1NW of Surrey.
Missisauga group roads the BG 2SE of Charolettown.
Road 2SE of Philly (hill).
Begin to mine 2NE of Philly.
Bulgan: works a soon-to-be irrigated plain; Christian Community in 2 not 3.
Federal Reserve: 94 gold, -3 gpt.
Fend off a Keshik attack outside Ulaangnom (18 of 34).
First two invisible attacks, both near Greece, take out two Pikes (18 of 36).
Montréal: Aqueduct -> Castle in 8 (fire all four taxmen).
Vancouver: Town Center -> vPike in 3 (fire both taxmen).
Supply Center in Edmonton makes some Furs.
Winnipeg: Aqueduct -> vPike in 3.
Royal Garrisson in Thunder Bay produces a vMace.
8 1175 AD
Federal Reserve: 100 gold, -17 gpt.
Montréal is cranky and to raise the luxury to 40% because of only one city doesn't make sense. Instead, hire a taxman, Castle in 9.
War
One rSamuri 1N-1NE of Ulaangnom (hill).
Small stack of five Japanese units (2 Sword, 2 Firelancer, 1 Longbow) just across the Japanese border.
One rFirelancer 1SW of Sapporo.
vChariot kills a Greek Spirit 2S of Winnipeg (19 of 37).
vWar Elephant tramples a Greek Wraith to death 1S of Victoria (20 of 38).
Mined BG SE of Bulgan is now Mongol.
Two Mongol Spears sightseeing around Bulgan promote two Knights to Elite status (22 of 40).
In Ulaangnom are five Pikes, plus five attackers and a settler.
We have 20 combined units (includes workers) 3NW of Boston, where we can enter Japan in some hills to get close to Sapporo.
We sight Avignon, Spain. The city is defended by a 2/4 Knight, with Babylonian ships and units next to the city. Spanish forces are nearby, just across the border in France.
Workers
Missisauga group roads 1W of Quebec.
Irrigated tile at Bulgan is roaded.
Road 1N-1NE of Philly (hill).
Begin to mine 2NE of Winnipeg.
Toronto: hire a taxman.
Vancouver: hire a taxman.
Edmonton: hire a taxman.
Winnipeg: hire a taxman.
Thunder Bay: hire a taxman.
Surrey: hire a taxman.
Gatineau: hire a taxman.
Federal Reserve: 100 gold, +4 gpt.
Forest chop at Surrey.
England wants 24 gold. We pay.
Spain and Babylon are at war. We watch Spain run down a Musket and Archer-type unit at Avignon.
Spain and France are also at war. Spain winds up one unit short of taking Chartres.
France has 12 cities and Spain 26, so Spain has been whipping up on France for some time.
We lose our Pike inside Japan and fend off an rSamuir and 2 Mongol attacks at Ulaangom (25 of 44).
Thunder Bay: AF -> Christian Community in 2 (with some short term shuffling of citizen assignments).
Bulan: Christian Community -> granary in 10.
Mesoamerican Christianization is built in Machu Picchu, Inca.
9 1200 AD
Federal Reserve: 83 gold, -8 gpt.
Montréal is cranky (again) so we hire a 2nd taxman, Castle still in 7.
War
Two redlined Keshiks 1W of Ulaangom (hill).
Mongol Longbow and Spear 2SW of Ulaangom (hill).
Two Japanese Firelancers and 2 Longswords 2NE of Ulaangom (hill).
Just across the border is the Japanese Longbow that took out our Pike, 3NE of Ulaangom (hill).
Lone Firelancer is 1N-2NE of Ulaangom.
Firelancer and Longsword are 2N-1NE of Ulaangom.
vKnight dispatches one redlined Keshik (26 of 45).
eKnight avenges our fallen Pike (27 of 46, 0 of 5e).
Fifteen units follow this eKnight into Japan.
Wounded WE heals in Boston.
Workers
Road 2NE of Bulgan (plains).
Road 3NW of Boston (hill).
Missisauga group roads 1SE of Charlottetown.
All the tiles around Philly are roaded; send that group towards Missisuaga.
Begin to mine 1E of Philly.
Federal Reserve: 83 gold, -7 gpt.
Our gpts to Babylon and Britian end this IBT.
Preboot from Spain.
Chatres falls to Spain.
Halifax: Castle -> vPike in 4.
Greeks are building Vatican (Renaissance, 600s, more happiness, doubles Cathedrals).
Babylon is building Holy Book Printed (Printing Press, 500, more happiness in all cities).
10 1210 AD
Federal Reserve: 76 gold, +149 gpt
Regina is cranky, hire a taxman, which puts the city at zero growth. Not the best solution.
War
Two Mongol HorseArchers 1S-1SW of Ulaangom (hills).
Keshik and two foot units 1SW of Ulaangom (hills).
Catapult and Keshik 1NW of Ulaangon (hills).
Five vPikes are in Ulaangom.
One Japanese Firelancer 2NW of Ulaangom (hills).
Firelancer and Sword 1W of Sapporo.
Firelancer left Sapporo and moved 1S.
Two Firelancers and Swords that were 2NW of Ulaangom moved 1E, as if heading to Boston.
eFirelancer defends Sapporo.
Sapporo
vKnight is redlined but knocks 3HP off the eFirelancer (27 of 47).
vKnight is upended by vFirelancer but now that unit is the best defender of Sapporo (27 of 48).
vKnight retreats from 2/4 Firelancer (27 of 49).
vKnight is bested by 2/4 Firelancer, which became a 2/5 Firelancer (27 of 50).
vKnight overpowers 2/5 Firelancer (28 of 51).
vKnight falls to red but wins out over second 2/5 Firelancer (29 of 52).
Good News
Sapporo is now part of Yankeedom. No gold and seven resisters.
The Bank, Harbor and Castle are intact.
The shortest road to Sapporo is 1S of Sapporo, where a vFirelancer stands.
vKnight removes that speed bump (30 of 53).
Road is built to Sapporo.
Clean up 3 Firelancer around Sapporo (33 of 57).
Three Longswords cost us 1 vAC, but we gain an Enslaved worker (36 of 61).
Only one Japanese unit remains inside our borders.
Send an Enslaver out snooping NW of Sapporo. No Japanese units in sight.
vKnight in Ulaangom redlines but fails to destroy Keshik outside of the city (36 of 62).
vAC takes apart a catapult 1NW of the city (37 of 63).
Workers
Missisauga group roads 1W of Charlottetown.
Twelve Move1 Slaves move to 1W of Halifax, to mine.
New road 1W of Missisuaga.
Road 1NW of Bulgan.
Federal Reserve: 76 gold, +175 gpt
And the save is attached.