RSG4 NOW Emperor Spain

Alright, here is the rest.

Turn 6:
Music Theory in 4. Upgrade a few knights to cavs. Load a cav into the army, can fill it next turn. Build Zamora. Longbow dies redlining 2/4 musket, MDI kills it. Conq. army pillages, kills longbow. Knight captures cat.
IBT: Some motion. Lots of cav builds complete.

Turn 7:
Bombard for 4 hits at Canton. AC army kills 2 pikes at Canton. Cav kills horse. AC army kills archer on way to Canton. Cav retreats from 2/3 pike, 2nd cav kills it. Upgrade 2 more knights.
IBT: 2/4 knight suicides on our MDI, promoting him to elite.
Turn 8:
Bomb Canton. AC army kills pike and spear, takes city. Cav army advances to Shanghai - spear is showing. Build Merida. Kill musket with sword army.
IBT: Basically nothing.

Turn 9:
Cav army kills 4 spears at Shanghai. AC army advances there. Pillaging and moving.
IBT: Dutch longbows and a knight show up. Learn MT.

Turn 10:
Use SGL for Bach's. Cav army kills archer, razes Shanghai. CHINA IS GONE. Next target is MAYANS.
E MDI kills longbow, generates a leader. Leader goes to Madrid to rush Military Academy there. Cavs and archer kill longbows. 2 cavs die to knight, AC army kills it. Pillage some more.

Settler should settle in place to give us wines.
 

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Sorry, I've been out of it with a sick family (and sick myself). Sounds like great progress! I agree with what has been done and we should probably turn off science now and just rush our way to victory. The landmass is so small that I don't think gaining rails will make that big a different. We'll just push the AI in front of our advancing tide of armies. Bachs was a good call but I am bias; I really like Bachs even if it requires an extra tech.

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Also a reminder about our path to victory:

List of Civs in NOW Order:
1. Greece (eliminated)
2. Babylon (eliminated)
3. China (eliminated)
4. Mayans (now serving #4)
5. Netherlands
6. Arabia
7. Hittites
 
Got it.

I'll try to get it done over the weekend, if I have to work tomorrow I might not be done until Monday evening my time (I'm GMT+1).
 
I didn't get very far before I figured I should ask what I should do next.

Spoiler :
Turn 0 - Look around, think ahead.
IBT - JS Bach's, WOOO
Turn 1 - not much happened here, founded Lugo.
IBT -


It seems we have a Leader, I'm not sure what the plan is with this guy. I could use him to rush MA or the Pentagon, but then again another Army is never a bad thing.
 
Please use the MGL for the military academy in Madrid. (See notes in turn 10 above.) This will allow us to cash-rush armies with all the cash we will have now that we are shutting off research.
 
A leader gives us one army, the Academy gives us many.
 
Ah yes, I didn't notice that. Thanks CKS.

I was halfway through turn 4 when my computer decided to die. I've been trying to salvage my stuff using a friend's laptop all day, luckily I got the autosave. This is all I can remember, I had written more than this though.

Turn 0 - Look around, think ahead.
IBT - JS Bach's, WOOO
Turn 1 - not much happened here, founded Lugo.
IBT -Dutch seem to be industrial age
Turn 2 - Took Copan, decided against keeping it despite the ToA.
IBT - Arab and Dutch peace. Military Academy in Madird.
Turn 3 - not much, killed some stragglers
IBT - Dutch complete Magellan's Voyage

I can't actually play until I get a new computer. Sorry.
 

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Sorry to hear about your computer. :sad:

The puts Overseer in the hot seat!

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The Weekend Warrior has the save. I'll get started on it. How many turns should I play? 7 seems short(gets us to 850AD)or 12 (gets us to 900AD)?
 
I'd say go ahead and play whichever you think is best. I would probably do 12 turns because by turn 7 I'm just starting to feel 'in' the game. But whatever works for your schedule.
 
Any news Overseer?
 
Will post momentarily...
 
Here it is, things are difficult with Musket, Swiss Mercs, and (gulp) Rifles now in play.
More armies needed...

Spoiler :

Pre-flight: CivAssist 2, Word running. Get the save loaded.

Non-Combat
Settlers 1
Workers 9
Slaves 47

Military units:
Warriors 1
Archers 2
Spears 2
Pikes 1
Swords 4
Maces 6
Horsemen 3
Cavalry 7
Ancient Cavalry 7
Conquistadors 3
Catapults 12
Trebuchets 2
Cannons 2
Army 5, 1 Swords, 2 Ancient Cavalry, 1 Cavalry, 1 Conquistador

B]Unit Support:[/B]
Total Units: 70
Allowed Units: 56
Support Cost: 40 gpt

Contacts-Target list
1: Greece=> !Eliminated!
2: Babylon=> !Eliminated!
3: China=> !Eliminated!
4: Maya=>War Republic, Strong to
5: Netherlands=> War Republic, Strong to
6: Arabia=>Peace Republic, Strong to
7: Hittites=>Peace Republic, Strong to

Capital Size 12, grows in 999 turns, Pentagon in 13 turns.

Sliders9/0/1, Banking in 999 turns at 294 gpt, 1310 gold in the bank.

Turn 1, 780 AD: GSA wins vs 1hp Dutch Longbow clean. vCav wins vs 2hp Maya vKnight, -2hp. 2 vCavs retreat on Merc, vCav wins vs Dutch vLongbow clean. vCav loses vs Dutch vKnight. vCav wins vs vMerc, -1hp. rest Armies.

IBT: Wounded Dutch Knight grabs a slave. Merc landed near Logrono.
Seville Cavalry=>Cavalry.
Toledo Cavalry=>Cavalry.
Argos Cavalry=>Cavalry.
Santiago Cannon=>Cannon.

Turn 2, 790 AD: Near Logrono, Cannons 1 of 2, vCav wins vs 3hp vMerc, -2hp.
vArcher wins vs 1hp Dutch eKnight, -1 hp, promotes. vCav wins vs Dutch vLongbow, -1hp. vCav wins vs Dutch vLongbow, -1hp. vCav wins vs Dutch vLongbow clean. rHorse wins vs Dutch vLongbow, -1.

IBT: Longbow landed near Logrono.
Beijing Settler=>Courthouse.
Delphi Cavalry=>Cavalry.
Salamanca Cavalry=>Cavalry.

Turn 3, 800 AD: Near Logrono, Cannons 1 of 2, vCav wins vs 3hp vLongbow clean. Near Beijing, vCav wins vs vLongbow, -1hp. Rush Army at Madrid. Line troops up at the Hague.

IBT: Longbow and Merc landed near Logrono. Some other movement near Beijing and Canton.
Madrid Army=>Army.
Nineveh Settler=>Worker.

Turn 4, 810 AD:. Near Logrono, Cannons 1 of 3, vCav wins vs 2hp rMerc, -1hp. vCav wins vs vLongbow, -2hp. Near Beijing, eCav wins vs vLongbow, -1hp. 2nd Cav wins vs rKnight, -6hp.
At the Hague, 4th Cavalry wins vs vMerc, -12hp. vCav retreats vs vMerc, vCav wins vs vMerc, -2hp. vCav loses vs rMerc. vCav wins vs 2hp vMerc,
-2hp, and the Hague is ours! 2 slaves and 164 gold taken. Raze nets 5 more slaves. Damn Swiss Mercs are like cockroaches, hard to exterminate. Use Conq army to pillage Dutch Iron.

IBT: Trade WMs with the Hittites, bad news, Dutch have an island colony. More roaches…err Mercs scurry around.
Asturias Cavalry=>Cannon.

Turn 5, 820 AD: Rush Harbors in Teruel and Santander. Near Beijing, vCav wins vs vMerc clean, promotes. vCav wins vs 2hp
vLongbow -1hp. Near Canton, vCav wins vs rLongbow clean. At Bonampak, Cats 2 of 5. GSA wins vs 3hp vMusket, -4 hp, vs 3hp vMusket, 5 hp, Alicante founded near Canton.

IBT: Longbow and Merc landed near Logrono. Lots of Maya movement, they smell blood in the water. Unbeknownst to them, it’s their own.
Sparta, Santander, Pamplona riots.
Santander Harbor=>Caravel.
Teruel Harbor=>Caravel.

Turn 6, 830 AD: Near Bonampak, vCav wins vs vLongbow, -2hp.
2nd Cavalry wins vs vLongbow, -1hp.
Near Logrono, Cannons 2 of 3, vCav wins vs 2hp vMerc, -1hp. vCav wins vs vLongbow, -1hp. At Utrecht, 5th Cavalry wins vs vMerc, -7hp. eCav retreats vs vMerc. Trade Music Theory to the Hittite for Navigation.

IBT: Little movement, Longbow leaves Utrecht.
Santiago Cannon=>Cavalry.
Zaragoza Cavalry=>Cavalry.

Turn 7, 840 AD: At Bonampak, Cats 4 of 5. vMace loses to 3hp vSpear. 2nd Cavalry wins vs 3hp vSpear clean. 2nd Cavalry wins vs 3hp vSpear, -2hp. 2hp vCav retreats vs 3hp vSpear. Cadiz founded near Alicante. Near Cadiz, vCav wins vs vMerc, -2hp, promotes. 2 slaves taken. Near Beijing, vCav wins vs vLongbow clean.

IBT: Dutch cough up a Knight, who defeats 3hp eCav without a scratch, taking the slaves back. Mace and Longbow landed near Logrono.
Babylon riots.
Barcelona Cavalry=>Cavalry.
Murcia Cavalry=>Cavalry.

Turn 8, 850 AD: Near Logrono, Cannons 3 of 3, vCav wins vs vLongbow, -3hp. vCav wins vs 1hp vMace , -1hp. Near Zamora, vCav wins vs rMerc clean. At Nineveh, Cannons 2 of 3, eSword wins vs 2hp vMerc, -2hp. Near Cadiz, vCav wins vs vKnight, -1hp. Slaves retaken.
At Bonampak, Cats 3 of 5. 2nd Cavalry wins vs 3hp vSpear, -2hp.
2nd Cavalry wins vs 3hp vSpear, -1hp. 2nd Cavalry wins vs 3hp vSpear, -4hp. Bonampak is ours! 1 slave taken. Eiche founded near Cadiz.
Leave other troops unmoved. Save here.

Non-Combat
Settlers 0
Workers 9
Slaves 47

Military units:
Warriors 1
Archers 2
Spears 2
Pikes 1
Swords 4
Maces 4
Horsemen 3
Cavalry 23
Ancient Cavalry 7
Conquistadors 3
Catapults 11
Trebuchets 2
Cannons 6
Army 6, 1 Sword, 2 Ancient Cavalry, 2 Cavalry, 1 Conquistador

B]Unit Support:[/B]
Total Units: 83
Allowed Units: 64
Support Cost: 38 gpt

Contacts-Target list
1: Greece=> !Eliminated!
2: Babylon=> !Eliminated!
3: China=> !Eliminated!
4: Maya=>War Republic, Strong to
5: Netherlands=> War Republic, Strong to
6: Arabia=>Peace Republic, Strong to
7: Hittites=>Peace Republic, Strong to

Capital Size 12, grows in 999 turns, Army in 18 turns.

Sliders9/0/1, Physics in 999 turns at 215 gpt, 1609 gold in the bank.


The save:
 
Phooey on the Dutch and their island cities. :(

At +200 gpt we can rush armies about once a turnset. A few more cav armies and things will go more quickly. The other armies don't work well against rifles.

We're making progress, though. :)
 
Sweet! I'm up. I'll look it over and start play tonight!

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3 Caravels with a 2 unit Cav army and some loose Cavalry should fix the island issue.
 
Here it is!

Pre-Flight - Turn 200 (850AD)

The Mayans are being served with an eviction notice. Next stop, the history books.

Shuffle some units to press the attack on the Mayans.

Bombard Tikal - 9 cats/1 treb hit 3 times and reveal 2 vet muskets.

IBT - The Dutch gather a fleet by Samarra. Silly Willy.

Turn 201 (860AD)

At Tikal the arty goes 3 for 10.
16/16 AC vs 3/4 musket - win, -3hp. 13/16 AC vs 2/4 musket -win, -2hp. 11/16 AC vs 4/4 LB - win, -1hp. Capture city. 3 Resisters (of 3).

Move 4th Cav on Nanking. Advance cavs to make a strike at Quirigua.
Rush army for 1220gp.

IBT - The Dutch land 1 LB next to 3 cavs and a stack of 3 cannons. Not the best invasion ever planned.

Turn 202 (870AD)

Madrid: Army=>Army
Salamanca: Cav=>Cav

Our palace receives a second level to the west wing and east wing. :D

Name new army the 6th Cav. Load with 3 cavs.
Cannons go 3/3 on LB, 4/4 cav vs 1/4 LB - flawless win.
Cannon pings the drop-off Galleon to 2/3.

Battle for Nanking - 12/13 4th Cav vs 3/3 musket - win, -1hp. 11/13 4th Cav vs 3/3 musket - win, -1hp. 10/13 4th Cav vs 4/4 spear - win, -1hp. Capture city and sink a galleon - really, guys? You might want to invest in something more useful in a land war than a galleon. 3 Resisters (of 4).

China is down to 5 cities.

IBT - Bunch of LBs run around. Another Dutch galleon sails towards Samarra. Give it up guys.

Turn 203 (880AD)

Tikal: Worker=>Worker
Pharsalos: Settler=>Settler

Build an embassy with the Hittites for 94gp.



Give the Hittites Dyes and Gems to go to war with the Dutch. I want them to take Groningen so we don't have to ship our units down to the city. It will take a while to get to their islands anyway.

Battle for Quirigua - cats manage 5 hits and redline both muskets. 10/12 5th cav vs 1/3 musket - win, -1hp, promote 10/13. 10/13 5th cav vs 1/4 musket - flawless win, capture city. 2 resisters (of 2).

5/5 cav vs 3/3 LB outside Alicante - flawless win.

New formed 6th cav cuts it teeth on two Dutch LB - both die flawlessly and promote 13/13.

Advance on Chicen Itza. Mayans have 4 cities remaining.

Swap some cities from cannons to settlers to fill gaps and bring down unit costs.

IBT - Dutch send out a LB but it keeps its distance from Beijing. Another suicidal Dutch LB is dropped by Logrono. Two Mayan LB suicide on a Cav, redlining it before it promotes elite.

Turn 204 (890AD)

Athens: Settler=>Settler
Toledo: Cav=>Cav
Leon: Cannon=>Settler

Start by bombing the suicidal LB into the red. 4/4 cav vs 1/4 LB - flawless win.

Cats go 2/2 at Chichen Itza and reveal a 4/4 musket and at least two 3/3 muskets.
Upgrade a horse to cav for 150gp.
Found Alcorcon deep in Mayan territory to open a path to Chichen Itza.

Concentrate armies in Mayan lands.

IBT - More LB shuffle. Another Dutch ship sets sail to drop a LB no doubt.


Turn 205 (900AD)
Valencia: Cav=>Cav
Seville: Cav=>Cav
Bonampak: Worker=>Wealth
Pamplona: CH=>Barracks
Quirigua deposes us. It receives a 3/3 spear.

Cats go 4/10 at Chichen Itza. There are at least 5 muskets but only one 4/4 (now 3/4).

13/13 6th cav vs 3/3 musket - win, -4hp. 9/13 6th cav vs 3/3 musket - win, -2hp. 7/13 6th cav vs 3/4 musket - win, -3hp. 17/17 2nd AC vs 2/3 musket - win, -5hp. 12/17 2nd AC vs 2/4 musket - win, -3hp. 13/13 4th cav vs 2/3 musket - win, -2hp.

Capture city & GW. 11 Resisters (of 11). So that's how they are going to play it.

Battle for Lagartero - 10/13 5th cav vs 4/4 musket - win, -3hp. 16/16 3rd AC vs 3/3 musket - win, -4hp. 12/16 3rd AC vs 3/3 musket - win, -1hp. Capture city. 9 Resisters (of 10).

Battle for Quirigua - 14/14 1st Conquistadors vs 3/3 spear - flawless win. Capture city. 1 Resister (of 1).

14/14 1st Conquistadors vs 3/3 LB in the open - win, -2hp.

Mayans are down to 2 cities.

Rush a Caravel for 44gp. Send Cavs to Teruel to rendezvous with the caravel to invade Dutch island.

IBT - Dutch land a rifle this time. Much more interesting.
4/4 LB suicide on a 5/5 sword camped on a mountain, -1hp.

Turn 206 (910AD)

Nineveh: Worker=>Wealth
Uruk: Settler=>Caravel
Vitoria: Caravel=>Caravel

Cannons drop rifle to 1/4 - 4/4 cav vs 1/4 rifle - flawless win, promote elite.
4/4 cav vs 4/4 LB - flawless win, promote elite.
Cannons redline a traveling LB - 5/5 cav vs 1/3 LB - flawless win.

IBT - Arabia wants to talk. They want to trade WM. No thanks.
The Dutch want to talk. No thanks.
The Dutch land a horseman; a downgrade from a rifle.

Turn 207 (920AD)

Knossos: Cannon=>Worker
Lagartero deposes us. It gets a 3/3 spear for defense. Not going to cut it.

10/16 3rd AC vs 3/3 spear - win, -1hp. Capture Lagartero. 8 Resisters (of 8).
Battle for Yaxchilan - 13/13 4th Cav vs 4/4 musket - win, -2hp. 11/13 4th Cav vs 4/4 musket - win, -2hp. 10/13 6th Cav vs 3/3 musket - win, -1hp. Capture city. 6 Resisters (of 6).

5/5 cav vs 3/3 LB - flawless win.
Cannons redline invading Dutch horseman. 5/5 Cav vs 1/4 horsemen - win, -3hp.
5/5 sword vs 3/4 LB - win, -1hp.

IBT - Dutch land another LB at Suicide Lane.

Turn 208 (930AD)

Salamanca: Cav=>Cav
Zaragoza: Cav=>Cav

Cannons redline suicide LB - 4/4 cav vs 1/4 LB - flawless win.

Battle for Palenque (last Mayan city) - 13/13 5th cav vs 4/4 musket - flawless win. 10/13 6th cav vs 4/4 musket - win, -7hp. Ouch. 9/13 4th cav vs 3/3 musket - win, -2hp. Capture city & 3 slaves.

And the Mayans are history.



We now have ivory - our 8th luxuries.

Advance cats, trebs & cannons on Eindhoven.
Shuffle units. First batch of cavs head towards Dutch island.

IBT - zzz

Turn 209 (940AD)

Barcelona: Cav=>Cav
Corinth : Settler=>Worker
Santiago: Cav=>Cav

Battle for Eindhoven - arty completely misses. Hold off the attack.

14/14 1st Conquistadors vs 4/4 LB - flawless win.
Rush army at Madrid for 1068gp.
Drop first load of Cav on Dutch island.
Rush a Caravel for 116gp.

IBT - Dutch shuffle men & ships.

Turn 210 (950AD)

Madrid: Army=>Army
Argos: Cav=>Cav
Murcia: Cav=>Cav
Teruel: Caravel=> Caravel
Almeria: Cannon=>Settler

Arty has the exact reverse luck at Eindhoven and redlines both defending rifles. 5/5 cav vs 1/3 Rifle - win, -2hp. 4/4 cav vs 1/4 rifle - win, -2hp. 4/4 cav vs 4/4 LB - win, -1hp. Capture city and sink at least one galleon in port. Also steal 113gp. Wow. 5 Resisters (of 5).

Unload next batch of 2 cavs and 1 cannon on Dutch island. Ship chain is starting to form.
Create the 8th cav army.
5/5* MDI vs 3/4 LB - win, -1hp.

Battle for Utrecht - 13/13 5th Cav vs 4/4 rifle - win, -6hp. 17/17 2nd AC vs 4/4 rifle - win, -8hp. 14/14 1st Conquistadors vs 4/4 LB - win, -1hp.

Stop here.

Handoff Notes: Our armies are converging on Utrecht and we have two healed armies waiting for movement in Palenque. There is a sword army accompanying artillery to Rotterdam, which has the AoW.

There are 5 cavs and 1 cannon on the Dutch island and we have 13 turns left on our alliance with the Hittites against the Dutch. It looks like they might be on the verge of capturing Groningen but I think that the Dutch have been mobilizing and I don't know how much headway the Hittites are making against Rifles.

There is a settler on the spice near Utrecht to create an easier approach for our units to the city.
 

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The Dutch are gone. We are at war with Arabia.

Turn 0:
Cav army to Rotterdam, kills 4/4 rifle, 12/13.
E cav kills longbow, generates a leader. :) My leader production lately has been incredible.
Create an army, start loading cavs in it. Cav army to Rotterdam, kills vet rifle, 5/14.

IBT:
Rifle attacks E* cav and dies.
Rifle and longbow land near Logrono.

Turn 1:
Cannons go 2/2, E cav kills 1/3 rifle, V cav kills longbow.
Cav army goes 5/14, kills rifle at Rotterdam. Build city on spices.
Hurry army in Madrid.
8th cav army kills rifle in Utrecht, goes 4/12.
5th cav retreats from rifle in Utrecht.
Cav army kills rifle near Amsterdam.
IBT:Longbow walks around.

Turn 2:
Cats get 4 hits at Rotterdam.Cav army kills 3/4 rifle. Cav army kills 2 rifles. Sword army dies to 1/3 rifle.
Misclick and 4/14 army attacks Rotterdam rather than taking out a longbow. I decide I can live with this.
Wake 5/13 army to kill LB.
Send Conq army to cover.
IBT:Longbow suicides on island. Longbow lands by Logrono.

Turn 3:
At Utrecht: Cav army kills 2 rifles, cav redlines rifle, cav kills rifle to take town and a treb.
Cats bomb landed longbow, E cav kills it.
Cats bomb at Rotterdam, get one hit to redline the conscript rifle, Conq. army takes it and the Art of War.
IBT: Nothing

Turn 4:
Resting. Finally get army to island.
IBT:Nothing

Turn 5:
Rush army.
Advance on Amsterdam and Arnhem
IBT: Nothing.

Turn 6:
Cav army kills 2 rifles, razes Arnhem. Notice that the southern Dutch city is gone.
Cav armies kill 6 rifles at Amsterdam. 7/13 army dies attacking 3/3 rifle.

IBT: Rifle and warrior land near Logrono.

Turn 7:
Bomb rifle, kill rifle and warrior.
Army kills rifle at Maastricht.
Kill LB near Amsterdam, rest up.
IBT: LB suicides, doesn't scratch cav at Maastricht. Rotterdam flips.

Turn 8:
Cats hit 3 times at Amsterdam.
At size 6, the rifles at Amsterdam die like flies. We take the city, and Leo's.
Retake Rotterdam at the cost of one cav army and one cav.
Land 2nd army on island.

Turn 9:
Load 2nd army on island, redline it killing rifle. Other army kills rifle. 4 cavs combine to kill one wounded rifle and a longbow.
Maastricht is ours, the Dutch are gone.
Trade for maps.
Declare on Arabia.
IBT: Ansar warriors catch a worker.

Turn 10:
Kill 3 ansar warriors, 2 pikes, and a longbow.
Move a lot.

This game is almost over. Nobody else has rifles, so we should make good progress. It is just a matter of getting the cavalry moved along.
 

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