Brian Shanahan
Permanoob
Playing it now, just wanted to give the day as it was a big change of plans.
8 City Challenge
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I would just take peace with Charly immediately, since there's no rush to finish him and his city spots will prevent others to settle in that area. Then just heal and strike Corinth, maybe from the Ottoman side so you have time to bring reinforcements quickly.
Brian Shanahan
Permanoob
Ok I've played on a further four turns. I stopped up here as it'd take 3-4 turns to raze Corinth (manoeuvring), and I didn't want to hand over the turn in the middle of a siege.
Ok so report:
T461:
Manoeuvre around for backstab on Peri.
T462:
Say no to free speech.
Declare on Peri, move in units, declare peace on BK (couldn't get tech, didn't want Vienne):
Take and raze Rhodes (Peri has no port now). Lose a marine @85%.
T463:
Sully wants war vs WK, say no.
Results of Un vote, BK and Sully both defy (otherwise we'd lose the 2xp):
Raze Halicarnassus (a new build in former HRE) for no losses.
Try to bribe Churchill, but he's WHEOOHRN, probably us.
T464:
IT lose the blimp, had it in border city no sight into Greece otherwise.
Raze Mycenae for lose of 1 artillery.
Partisans appear, and in hitting them lose a tank (88%) and leave 1 tank and Infantry exposed. There's a worker under the tank, kill before pressing end turn.
Take and raze Pharsalos, lose 1 tank @88% (seems to be my unlucky number that).
For a few ending shots I've basically done troop numbers:
South is our main stack for Corinth. It is light on artillery but should raze (only 4 infantry in atm).
North-Central is our secondary stack, razing it's way south.
North-East is a small stack of Marines, should handle the 2 Infantry in Ephesus easy.
Our naval stack, one giant clunking fist. I'd consider moving it towards England during the next set. It is useless for Pericles, as it'd have to slog through hostile territory to get anywhere.
And finally the Victory screen:
From this I'd say if we took Pericles out we'd have loads of time to win this one.
Ok so report:
T461:
Manoeuvre around for backstab on Peri.
T462:
Say no to free speech.
Declare on Peri, move in units, declare peace on BK (couldn't get tech, didn't want Vienne):
Spoiler :
Take and raze Rhodes (Peri has no port now). Lose a marine @85%.
T463:
Sully wants war vs WK, say no.
Results of Un vote, BK and Sully both defy (otherwise we'd lose the 2xp):
Spoiler :
Raze Halicarnassus (a new build in former HRE) for no losses.
Try to bribe Churchill, but he's WHEOOHRN, probably us.
T464:
IT lose the blimp, had it in border city no sight into Greece otherwise.
Raze Mycenae for lose of 1 artillery.
Partisans appear, and in hitting them lose a tank (88%) and leave 1 tank and Infantry exposed. There's a worker under the tank, kill before pressing end turn.
Take and raze Pharsalos, lose 1 tank @88% (seems to be my unlucky number that).
For a few ending shots I've basically done troop numbers:
Spoiler :
South is our main stack for Corinth. It is light on artillery but should raze (only 4 infantry in atm).
North-Central is our secondary stack, razing it's way south.
North-East is a small stack of Marines, should handle the 2 Infantry in Ephesus easy.
Spoiler :
Our naval stack, one giant clunking fist. I'd consider moving it towards England during the next set. It is useless for Pericles, as it'd have to slog through hostile territory to get anywhere.
And finally the Victory screen:
Spoiler :
From this I'd say if we took Pericles out we'd have loads of time to win this one.
. The plan seems quite clear, kill Pericles while rush bying more units and continue with Churchill. One minor issue are the spies in GP city, I'd just change them to merchants.
cripp7
Playin' Bored
Ok, we have a big enough fleet so Naval can start building units. Our stack by Corinth is a little beat up, next turn combine the stack and move in to Raze the city. Send the small fleet back to pickup marines. All cities should be on units.
Espionage needs an Agency to get that spy spec.
GP needs to hire priest and 2 merchants.
Money City needs to hire 3 merchants
Science hire
specs
Espionage needs an Agency to get that spy spec.
GP needs to hire priest and 2 merchants.
Money City needs to hire 3 merchants
Science hire
specs
MatrixTheKitty
Skitty
Brian Shanahan
Permanoob
Maybe because it is the number of Bel-Shamharoth doubled up! Oh NO! We're all DOOMED I TELL YOU DOOMED!
Gottle o' geer, millenium hand and shrimp. Bugrit! What'd I tell them Millenium hand and SHRIM!
MatrixTheKitty
Skitty
Turn 0 (464):
MMed GP to have two merchants and only one priest
Put Espionage on an Intelligence Agency
MMed Science to have scientists instead of engies
MMed Money to ave merchants instead of engies
Turn 1:
GP becomes unhappy,
50%
Naval: Battleship > *Tank
Turn 2:
Raze Ephesus, Peri gets free Infantry
Turn 3:
One of our Ships of the Line is sunk by a Greek sub
Turn 4:
GP unhappy, 60%
Turn 5:
Churchill cancels marble deal, reneg to 4GPT for our Marble
Turn 6:
Got a GG, settled him in Army
Razed Parthian
Turn 7:
Got +1
in the Forge in Army because of the Master Blacksmith event.
UN calls to stop the war against Pericles, I defy it.
Turn 8:
Resolution would have passed if I didn't defy it, we get 5 unhappiness in every city
Athens goes Legendary
Turns 9-10: zzz
Turn 11:
Peri founds another city somewhere
So does Sully
Corinth has been razed!!
Overview:
wheeeeeee destruction
Our forces in Greece are pretty beat-up, but that bastard isn't getting any culture victories anytime soon! I'm handing it off here and you guys can decide what to do next, because my job is done.
Though I would suggest getting peace with Peri to get our beleaguered victorious troops out of danger, since he is finally willing to talk.
The Save
MMed GP to have two merchants and only one priest
Put Espionage on an Intelligence Agency
MMed Science to have scientists instead of engies
MMed Money to ave merchants instead of engies
Turn 1:
GP becomes unhappy,
50%Naval: Battleship > *Tank
Turn 2:
Raze Ephesus, Peri gets free Infantry
Turn 3:
One of our Ships of the Line is sunk by a Greek sub
Turn 4:
GP unhappy,
60%Turn 5:
Churchill cancels marble deal, reneg to 4GPT for our Marble
Turn 6:
Got a GG, settled him in Army
Razed Parthian
Turn 7:
Got +1
in the Forge in Army because of the Master Blacksmith event.UN calls to stop the war against Pericles, I defy it.
Turn 8:
Resolution would have passed if I didn't defy it, we get 5 unhappiness in every city
Athens goes Legendary
Turns 9-10: zzz
Turn 11:
Peri founds another city somewhere
So does Sully
Corinth has been razed!!
Overview:
wheeeeeee destruction
Our forces in Greece are pretty beat-up, but that bastard isn't getting any culture victories anytime soon! I'm handing it off here and you guys can decide what to do next, because my job is done.
Though I would suggest getting peace with Peri to get our beleaguered victorious troops out of danger, since he is finally willing to talk.
The Save
Brian Shanahan
Permanoob
You must have been very cautious on Corinth, or else he moved his whole army there Matrix. By my reckoning it should have taken but 4 turns to get to the city and raze it.
Otherwise very good work. We're rolling well down the line.
Otherwise very good work. We're rolling well down the line.
MatrixTheKitty
Skitty
When I tried getting near the city the initial stack was getting like surrounded by anti-tanks so I decided to consolidate all of our forces to attack Corinth.
I made peace with Pericles right away, since our stack was badly damaged.
We got an UN resolution for diplomatic victory, but fortunately Pericles was far from winning. Another UN vote forced emancipation for everyone.
Churchill declared on Suleiman and managed to capture couple of cities.
I thought it wise to finish Charlemagne off quickly, so I razed his last 4 cities. Then I realized we have "completed kills" setting on
. I had no boats to chase him, so peace was made. I managed to lose three 87,5% fights in a row against a single partizan infantry!
So at the moment we have a stack waiting to declare against Churchill. Reinforcements are being built on the main continent. We might want to build one big marine stack to raze English coast cities as well, so maybe we need to delay the war a bit? We definitely need more artillery, which are being built at the moment.
Felt kind of a useless set, since we couldn't kill Charly after all. Sorry about that...
We got an UN resolution for diplomatic victory, but fortunately Pericles was far from winning. Another UN vote forced emancipation for everyone.
Churchill declared on Suleiman and managed to capture couple of cities.
I thought it wise to finish Charlemagne off quickly, so I razed his last 4 cities. Then I realized we have "completed kills" setting on
. I had no boats to chase him, so peace was made. I managed to lose three 87,5% fights in a row against a single partizan infantry! So at the moment we have a stack waiting to declare against Churchill. Reinforcements are being built on the main continent. We might want to build one big marine stack to raze English coast cities as well, so maybe we need to delay the war a bit? We definitely need more artillery, which are being built at the moment.
Felt kind of a useless set, since we couldn't kill Charly after all. Sorry about that...
cripp7
Playin' Bored
Ok, good deal! Where is Charlie? On the rules,
> Refridge which would give up fighters and carriers. Can we get a couple airships to fly over Church's land to find his stacks? He does have bombers also!
Heal up our current stack 4 turns, then take out Pericles or hit Church. Him having bombers/fighters, those will damage our units a lot. I say take the trade and hit Pericles while build a couple carriers with fighter support for Church.
Overall we need more marines for coastal, mg for fogbusting, tanks for cleanup
cripp - on deck
Brian -
Matrix -
Meiz - just played
Spellcraft - up
yena - tokyo
So we need to start getting MGs to start fogusting that land. Also need to get more marines for Church's coastal cities, have all cities switch to marines for a few turns. also Church will trade Flight+10
> Refridge which would give up fighters and carriers. Can we get a couple airships to fly over Church's land to find his stacks? He does have bombers also!Heal up our current stack 4 turns, then take out Pericles or hit Church. Him having bombers/fighters, those will damage our units a lot. I say take the trade and hit Pericles while build a couple carriers with fighter support for Church.
Overall we need more marines for coastal, mg for fogbusting, tanks for cleanup
cripp - on deck
Brian -
Matrix -
Meiz - just played
Spellcraft - up
yena - tokyo
Thy_Spellcraft
King
Ok got it!
Will go for the game tomorrow evening!
Will go for the game tomorrow evening!
cripp7
Playin' Bored
actually instead of the MGs use Marines to fog bust in case any units/settlers try to sneak by so we can eradicate them before they even get settled.
Something else that I just thought of, there's no rule against using nukes! I say pick up flight from Church, Wang is one turn from Rocketry, so we can trade that from him.and we just research fission, and then build the MP.
I say switch civics to PS for the +25% unit production, -50% for more. So we can kill the culture slider to build gold, and then switch back to US to rush by units.
Something else that I just thought of, there's no rule against using nukes! I say pick up flight from Church, Wang is one turn from Rocketry, so we can trade that from him.and we just research fission, and then build the MP.
I say switch civics to PS for the +25% unit production, -50%
for more. So we can kill the culture slider to build gold, and then switch back to US to rush by units.
Thy_Spellcraft
King
I'm sorry guys but I have to delay my set for a day.. Couldn't finish my other SG in time so I needed this evening!
cripp7
Playin' Bored
Damn you!!
Brian Shanahan
Permanoob
Thy_Spellcraft
King
OK, played my set so far:
IT:
Took the purposed deal with curch:
Continued with Fission and changed the production to marines wherever it had been senseful.
1899:
Sulei came to demand this:
NO!
And as some trade got canceled I decided for this one to get back the needed happiness:
1901:
As our main Stack is nearly healed I decided to DoW Peri once again:
But as WW became a REAL thread I needed to raise culture even to 50%..
1902:
Bomberattacks.. But nonetheless I took Eretria loosing only a single ari:
1904:
The UN Election came and I decided for Chilly as he'll do it anyway I think..
1905:
As expected: Chilly became UN Secretary.
1906:
Chilly helps a lot in our goals:
1907:
On we went with Pergamon loosing two aris:
And after the 9th fighter became loaded I think it's time to move the next invasion fleet towards Chilly.. But this I left to the next player..
BTW: We relly need to tzhink about how to stop Chilly: He finished SS-Docking during my set and he has gunships already!!!
And just on a side note:
IT:
Took the purposed deal with curch:
Spoiler :
Continued with Fission and changed the production to marines wherever it had been senseful.
1899:
Sulei came to demand this:
Spoiler :
NO!
And as some trade got canceled I decided for this one to get back the needed happiness:
Spoiler :
1901:
As our main Stack is nearly healed I decided to DoW Peri once again:
Spoiler :
But as WW became a REAL thread I needed to raise culture even to 50%..
1902:
Bomberattacks.. But nonetheless I took Eretria loosing only a single ari:
Spoiler :
1904:
The UN Election came and I decided for Chilly as he'll do it anyway I think..
1905:
As expected: Chilly became UN Secretary.
1906:
Chilly helps a lot in our goals:
Spoiler :
1907:
On we went with Pergamon loosing two aris:
Spoiler :
And after the 9th fighter became loaded I think it's time to move the next invasion fleet towards Chilly.. But this I left to the next player..
BTW: We relly need to tzhink about how to stop Chilly: He finished SS-Docking during my set and he has gunships already!!!
And just on a side note:
I'm not sure how to take this, but hopefully this one was meant as kind of a joke.. I really want to have fun playing this SGs and not having kind of duty on this..
Brian Shanahan
Permanoob
I took it as a joke too, or did you not click on the link in my last post Thy?
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