Kev
Hired Goon
I am very interested to hear how everyone's game is going. I am, however, a bit wary about giving out too much information as it may be spoilish to someone who has just begun. So... If you haven't explored the entire world yet, haven't made contact with everyone yet, or if you just would like to avoid anything that you may feel would take away from your own game, then please do not read on.
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So far, I am about in year 1550. My still-expanding Mongol Empire had made short work of the upstart Engilsh Cililization almost 3000 years ago and finally finished off the last Russian city (when I finally found the darn thing) about 800 years ago. A more enlightened Empire has risen from this violent past and a Democracy rife with science and trade has emerged. A beacon of light in the world symbolized by it's Statue of Liberty and famous Observatory and University, the Mongols have granted Women's Suffrage, have built the United Nations, discovered a Cure for Cancer, built a mighty Hoover Dam and are currently in talks to finish developing a SETI program in the very near future. Future plans also include a space program but - with peaceful intentions - have decided not to pursue the development of a weapon of mass destruction. Yet.
Relations have been good with the Chinese and the Japanese. The Chinese have been rather isolationist but their cities are quite majestic and trade has been lucrative with them. The Japanese have been slowed by an apparent haphazard and poorly planned method of expansion that seems to include random city sites with little to no improvements within - rendering them relatively harmless.
Relations with the Vikings and the Egyptians, however, have had some strains. This is likely due from proximity as we all are sharing a very large continent.
The Egyptians have grown in similar fashion to the Chinese in that their cities are large with well-developed infrastructures, but of late they had been doing some major sabre-rattling. They had placed a great number of military units on the outskirts of a Mongol village about 50 years ago and when one of their diplomats was discovered stealing technology a minor war ensued. The superior Mongol units of calvary and destroyers cleared the threatening Egyptian units and, in a show of counterespionage, two Mongolian spies were able to bribe a large bordering Egyptian city. While still tense, relations with the Egyptians have improved slightly.
The Vikings still present the greatest obstacle to peaceful relations. Sneak attacks are happening with greater frequency and with more advanced military units. My own counterintelligence has spoiled every attempt to garner technology by nefarious means, but very little progress has been made to make the Vikings pay for their indiscresions. For some reason, an inept foreign advisor refuses every time to insist that Viking military remove themselves from various city limits. I am only given the choice to share maps or suggest an alliance. Mental note: fire that dopey foreign advisor. Why does she think it's always such a good idea to trade technologies anyway? Anyway... They (the Vikings) are constantly changing governments from Democracy to Monarchy and back again which may point to some inner turmiol that I can later exploit. Whatever the case, I am keeping a close eye on them and have made sure that they have no more room to expand.
What the future holds - I can see that my closest tech rival and military upstart - the Vikings - will likely have to be removed as a whole. With excellent trade and a technology that boasts the availability of battleships, cruise missles and armor, my military advantage is all bu assured (especially as I watch Viking caravels and frigates roam the waters). My discovery of sanitation can ensure that my cities can continue to grow and with freight my trade dollars are immeasurable. I can see, however, that a pact between the aforementioned Vikings and Egyptians will possibly necessitate a Mongolian government shift as the people demand war to avenge rival actions. When that happens, rest assured that the Vikings will go down harder than they do in the football playoffs and the Egyptains will soon follow.
If the Japanese don't do themselves in, I would think that they would soon follow and the Chinese will have to be curtailed to prevent future uprisings.
I'm feeling confident that the world will soon be mine.
I would love to hear how everyone else is faring as well!!!
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So far, I am about in year 1550. My still-expanding Mongol Empire had made short work of the upstart Engilsh Cililization almost 3000 years ago and finally finished off the last Russian city (when I finally found the darn thing) about 800 years ago. A more enlightened Empire has risen from this violent past and a Democracy rife with science and trade has emerged. A beacon of light in the world symbolized by it's Statue of Liberty and famous Observatory and University, the Mongols have granted Women's Suffrage, have built the United Nations, discovered a Cure for Cancer, built a mighty Hoover Dam and are currently in talks to finish developing a SETI program in the very near future. Future plans also include a space program but - with peaceful intentions - have decided not to pursue the development of a weapon of mass destruction. Yet.
Relations have been good with the Chinese and the Japanese. The Chinese have been rather isolationist but their cities are quite majestic and trade has been lucrative with them. The Japanese have been slowed by an apparent haphazard and poorly planned method of expansion that seems to include random city sites with little to no improvements within - rendering them relatively harmless.
Relations with the Vikings and the Egyptians, however, have had some strains. This is likely due from proximity as we all are sharing a very large continent.
The Egyptians have grown in similar fashion to the Chinese in that their cities are large with well-developed infrastructures, but of late they had been doing some major sabre-rattling. They had placed a great number of military units on the outskirts of a Mongol village about 50 years ago and when one of their diplomats was discovered stealing technology a minor war ensued. The superior Mongol units of calvary and destroyers cleared the threatening Egyptian units and, in a show of counterespionage, two Mongolian spies were able to bribe a large bordering Egyptian city. While still tense, relations with the Egyptians have improved slightly.
The Vikings still present the greatest obstacle to peaceful relations. Sneak attacks are happening with greater frequency and with more advanced military units. My own counterintelligence has spoiled every attempt to garner technology by nefarious means, but very little progress has been made to make the Vikings pay for their indiscresions. For some reason, an inept foreign advisor refuses every time to insist that Viking military remove themselves from various city limits. I am only given the choice to share maps or suggest an alliance. Mental note: fire that dopey foreign advisor. Why does she think it's always such a good idea to trade technologies anyway? Anyway... They (the Vikings) are constantly changing governments from Democracy to Monarchy and back again which may point to some inner turmiol that I can later exploit. Whatever the case, I am keeping a close eye on them and have made sure that they have no more room to expand.
What the future holds - I can see that my closest tech rival and military upstart - the Vikings - will likely have to be removed as a whole. With excellent trade and a technology that boasts the availability of battleships, cruise missles and armor, my military advantage is all bu assured (especially as I watch Viking caravels and frigates roam the waters). My discovery of sanitation can ensure that my cities can continue to grow and with freight my trade dollars are immeasurable. I can see, however, that a pact between the aforementioned Vikings and Egyptians will possibly necessitate a Mongolian government shift as the people demand war to avenge rival actions. When that happens, rest assured that the Vikings will go down harder than they do in the football playoffs and the Egyptains will soon follow.
If the Japanese don't do themselves in, I would think that they would soon follow and the Chinese will have to be curtailed to prevent future uprisings.
I'm feeling confident that the world will soon be mine.
I would love to hear how everyone else is faring as well!!!
