So I am early in a new game last night (Emporer/Continents/Siam) and I'm at war with Monty and the only approach to the only city I can attack due to landmass/ocean is his captial - I've got iron and am attacking with 2 swords (more inbound)/2 cats and an archer or two. He's captial is on a hill, other side of a stream and he's got an archer in the city/an archer outside the city and a few jags moving around - all in all it looks like he's presenting a credible defense strategy.
The ENTIRE approach to his city is forrest/hills and the city is at the bottleneck of a two tile wide peninsula - there literally isn't a single grassland/plain on the entire accessible side of the city. Movement is going to be painfully slow and I am going to take plenty of damage from the city/archer combo.
So as I begin to lure out his jags and start lining up to move into assult range Washington wanders down two scouts mixed in with my troops and proceeds to STAND THERE AMONG MY TROOPS for at least 10 turns. I'm already being funneled to three possible attack squares through 1 move/turn territory and I have two roadblocks dropped in place by a third party. And it's not like they moved in, realized they couldnt continue on and moved away, they JUST STOOD THERE. It seems like I've had this happen before but never two units and never in such a tight spot.
ARGHHHH!
/of course maybe he know's he's next... he is on my continent and its pretty much required that you try to purge your main continent of opposition.
The ENTIRE approach to his city is forrest/hills and the city is at the bottleneck of a two tile wide peninsula - there literally isn't a single grassland/plain on the entire accessible side of the city. Movement is going to be painfully slow and I am going to take plenty of damage from the city/archer combo.
So as I begin to lure out his jags and start lining up to move into assult range Washington wanders down two scouts mixed in with my troops and proceeds to STAND THERE AMONG MY TROOPS for at least 10 turns. I'm already being funneled to three possible attack squares through 1 move/turn territory and I have two roadblocks dropped in place by a third party. And it's not like they moved in, realized they couldnt continue on and moved away, they JUST STOOD THERE. It seems like I've had this happen before but never two units and never in such a tight spot.
ARGHHHH!
/of course maybe he know's he's next... he is on my continent and its pretty much required that you try to purge your main continent of opposition.