Next Oedo year:1540.
As 1510 ends we'll learn Robotics.
We need to learn Fundamentalism at the end of 1530, revolt and conquer the world immediately.
For one turn conquest of
America, we need 6 battleships+6 capturers, 8 tanks for philly/ny (2 transport)
battleship tshirt west>buffalo, lamename sanfran, hesitation washington, northstar atlanta, oviedo chicago, salzburg boston
14 armor (ghent,cannae,cunaxa,santander,*,*,*,*,*,*,*,*,*,*)
Carthage, probably 4-6 tanks (panormus,caralis,leptis,sydney,hamburg,vigo) and 2-3 spies (@caralis,dip@naples,@melbourne) [ship from malaga best?] [ready in uselesspass]
Sioux, 1 warrior (melbourne rifleman)
France, 4-6 tanks (seville,barcelona,tours,pamplona,leon,rodrigo minor), 1 spy (in orleans) to buy lyons
Japan, 8 tanks to be safe (grenada,bilbao,valladolid,edo,issus island,dublin,speeditup,toronto), 3 spies (cartagena,uselesspass,emptyspace) (1 transport)
Russia, can it be done? 13 cities, democracy, well defended. 2 vulnerable to battleships. Incomplete roads, no rails.
8 engineers next turn (70,92 Provocation, [rail should reach odessa in 3 turns], russians building rail to riga] need road to novgorod, kiev, smolensk, yakutsk, krasnoyarsk,stpete's..
2 battleship (atyourownrisk>sevastopol, port russia>novgorod)
5-6 armor north (bergen,genoa,berlin,venice,*abu)
southern task force [3 ready, 14 shipping]
5 sverdlovsk (havana,aragon,) (transport havana)
5 minsk (issus,rodrigo,verona,nuke,desert)
8 moscow (*russiansahead,*corfu,melbourne,bear paw,malaga,calatrava,contfront,nolandwasted)
6 kiev (plannedlongago
evacuate caravans and engineers from america, break alliance
all engineers from middle continent can be moved to russia for rails
armor cost-225ish with some shields, 320 from nothing, we can afford 60-80 with 19500 in the bank.
battleship=armor+480
1510AD (turn 0) Unhappiness in New Granada, Desert Outpost ruthlessly stamped out by Elvis; in ContinuousFront, NotHere stopped by worker reassignment. Rodrigo, Cannae, Dublin red hats inconsolable without ending celebration for food concerns. Cadix, Hamburg build roads and increased trade makes celebration continue. Looks like we only have 91 cities.
Whatalamename copper to Lyons for 456. Desert Outpost beads to Lyons for 456. Rodrigo Minor gold to SanFran 432. Valencia copper SanFran 636. Caracas silver Odessa 530. Pisa silk Washington 1602. Naples salt Moscow(n) 300. Burgos oil Oviedo 803. Cartenna dye Washington 400. UselessPass spice Washington 684. Mexico City silk Washington 684. Avila coal Sevastopol 517. Turin wine Santander 450. Valencia coal Sverdlovsk 660. Hesitation copper Sverdlovsk 160, demand must have changed between the two. Leon gems Cunaxa 1152. Bear Paw copper accidentally visits Washington 170. Madrid II dye Washington 756. Toledo dye Washington 690. Cartenna silk Washington 1502. CityOverlap silk Washington 630. Cartenna coal SanFran 535. Rodrigo Minor silk Washington 444. Mexico City dye Washington 456. Calatrava copper Philly 256. Saragossa spice Washington 1412. Cordoba copper SanFran 744. NoLandWasted silk Washington 636. NoLandWasted coal SanFran 510. Killdeer silk Washington 852.
19457 gold in the bank, 59 freight active, 26 in production.
Rush to 5689g.
Unwanted cargo in America and France evacuated. Ships rearranged slightly to plan for new delivery sites next turn and more throughput per turn.
wanted in america - silk spice dye copper gold coal
unwanted in america - oil hides silver wine beads cloth
wanted in russia - silk spice dye coal beads copper wool gems (dye,copper,coal@minsk)
unwanted in russia - oil hides
enter. Americans develop Conscription. Sioux revolt. Barb crusader kills diplomat. Odessa builds Eiffel Tower, Russians change to Womens' Suffrage, Japanese abandon. EmptySpace, UselessPass, Cartagena, Salamanca spy. Issus Island celebrates. Port of Spain engineer. Robotics>Amphibious Warfare. Milan SH. Orleans sewer. Madrid builds Adam Smith. 86M citizens.
Interesting stats: we have 103 engineers, 3 settlers, 16 riflemen, 42 armor, 6 battleships, 46 transports, 8 diplomats, 10 spies, 59 freight.
1520AD (turn 1) Toronto oil Leptis 1526. Lisbon gems Leptis 612. Prague dye Washington 296. Caracas silk Washington 456. Pamplona gold Rodrigo 1044. RussiansAhead spice Salamanca 462, beaker box is full. 2 ships full of engineers arrive in Russia - Provocation founded (70,92), rail built to Minsk and Moscow. Northern rail moves toward Yakutsk. UselessGesture founded (37,71). Portable Russia founded (43,115). 12000 gold, rush 3 armor, some sewers, harbors, trucks. American alliance dissolved, engineers sent home. Enter.
Sioux change to Republic. Russians complain about troops near Krasnoyarsk, abandon Suffrage, begin Suffrage. Japanese develop Bridge Building.
Provocation builds city walls (size 1 dropoff point for massive armor squad, don't want to lose them to a freak warrior beats tank accident). LongOverdue silk truck. Ajax, Bear Paw celebrate. NotHere harbor. Lonely Island aqueduct. Many cities end celebration. WhereIsMyHides, Tblisi sewer. Amphibious Warfare>Fundamentalism. Panormus offshore platform. Valencia supermarket. Toledo marketplace. 89M citizens.
1530AD (turn 2) Probable Cause founded (111,39) to facilitate Invasion America. Invasion Point founded (3,53) to end France. Opportunity founded (98,72) to use up a supported settler. 16 more armor arrive in Provocation, more than sufficient for the task. Bribed Carth settlers for 508, become NON, they were in the way. NoLandWasted oil Hamburg 364. Burgos dye Washington 792. MadridII oil Cunaxa 775. Cadix oil Ghent 724. Rail connects to Kiev, Odessa, Riga. LameName oil Malaga 892. New Granada dye Washington 552. Capua hides Osaka 312. Beaker box full. Gold 10500, rush to 2867. SETI costs 1956, done. 911g left.
Checking the invasion force, last minute purchases are still an option. We can move 16 troops from Seville to France/Japan, 8 from Tours to the Kagoshima area (can transfer from Edo to Tours to docking bay near Kagoshima), 24 from Oviedo to America, 32 back and forth between Calatrava and Issus since each ship can go both ways, 16 from Corfu to RussiansAhead to Provocation (but only 8 next turn, more won't be needed).
France: 8 armor in Invasion Point, 1 armor+spy in Orleans to take Lyons. Confidence 100%.
Japan: 9 armor, 2 spy, 2 dip in Edo. Spy being built in Tours. Armor in Toronto. Spy in Seville. 7 armor being built on the mainland to assist. Confidence 100%.
Carthage: 6 armor, transport in UselessPass. 2 spies, transport in Mexico City. Diplomat and spy at Caralis. Can recall up to 36 armor from Russia. Confidence 100%.
America: 6 armor in Probable Cause. Not enough. 5/6 battleships close enough to contribute. Making 8 more armor for backup. 2 spies and a dip in Probable Cause to help with movement.
Russia north: Rail to Vladivostok, Sevastopol (battleship ready), Yakutsk will be ready on schedule. Rail to Smolensk can be completed with engineers on hand. 5 additional road/rail needed to reach Krasnoyarsk, that's 15 engineers for rails. 5 armor in Venice/Berlin (need more) - Added 8. Transport built in AtYourOwnRisk, will allow transfer of troops from Provocation to Sevastopol. Transport rushed in Corfu to bring in 8 engineers. Rail will get close enough to destroy Krasnoyarsk, one way or another. Confidence 98.6%.
Russia south: Battleship ready off Novgorod, road from Odessa would be nice but shouldn't be necessary. StPete separated from the railnet by 3 road sections, 1 can be railed in time. 11 engineers making rails. 32 units in Provocation, at least 1 is a transport, at least 17 armor. Minsk, Sverdlovsk, Moscow, Kiev, Odessa, Riga, 1 for Novgorod, and StPete must fall to this force, so about 4 armor per city needs to be enough. Confidence: enough.
enter. Barbarian kills engineer at Port of Spain. Guerillas near Port Russia. French demand I withdraw troops, one offending unit pulled back. Some celebrations end, some begin. Fundamentalism>Laser. 92M citizens. Why was I not given the option for revolution? Oedo year missed.
1540 (turn 3) 5103g in the coffers.
French campaign - Paris falls to 2 armor. Lyons sells for 374g. French civilization destroyed. 6 armor left over at InvasionPoint.
Japanese campaign - Rail complete to Osaka. Osaka captured by 1 armor, 1 rifleman. Path to Kyoto cleared. 2 armor capture Kyoto. Catapult defects for 164, Satsuma for 380-182. Kagoshima revolts for 270-109, Japanese civilization destroyed.
Carthage campaign - 2 armor capture Carthage. Malaca revolts for 168-65. Utica revolts for 214-83. Carthaginian civilization destroyed.
American campaign - Softened Atlanta, Boston, Washington, Buffalo, Chicago with battleships. Atlanta yields 128g, 2 tanks take Philly+83g, Washington (colossus,SoL,101g), Chicago+88g, Boston+67g, Buffalo+51g. One armor takes SanFran+53g, assisted by one more takes New York+Pyramids+34g. American civilization destroyed.
Russian campaign north - Captured Vladivostok, Yakutsk, Sevastopol, Smolensk, bad driving slows down the road to Krasnoyarsk, 6 engineers from Corfu area prepared for shipment. 6 armor on standby. Pause.
Russian campaign south - 2 armor capture Minsk+93g. Moscowteer takes out a tank! Spies report city walls, city walls destroyed. 2 more tanks take Moscow+69g, government escapes to Kiev. Next tank captures Odessa+Eiffel+3g. 2 tanks take Kiev+10g and Riga+4g. Battleship takes out Novgorod's defender, armor finishes the job +4g. Sverdlovsk resists a 2/3 strength armor, should have waited on that one, 2 more armor take it and 4g. 2 armor take StPete and 4g.
Russian campaign north revisited - 8 engineers sent from mainland, 3 more engineers needed to complete the rail to Krasnoyarsk, but road is complete. We have engineers and transport available. 8 more sent to Provocation, Founded Railway (59,81) with a supported settler, rail completed to Smolensk, north and south campaigns united, rail up to one space from Krasnoyarsk and that space is roaded. 2 armor capture Krasnoyarsk+2g. Russian civilization destroyed. At least 14 armor left idle in Provocation. A few more to the north.
Sioux "campaign" - A diplomat walks into a bar, Sioux civilization destroyed.
Closing moves - 8 engineers board ship at Caracas, found EndPoint, Wine Depot, WhalesRUs, GreenPlains. ExpandedPants founded (144,26), OverThere (5,27).
Any monkey could win in 5 turns given this amazing setup. I meant to win with style - switch into Fundamentalism on an Oedo year in an instant bloodless revolution, conquer everything but the Sioux, switch back to Democrazy with 100% luxuries and buy the diplomatic victory all in one turn. What went wrong? I wasn't given the option to revolt that I expected, and I went ahead with the attacks, so we're finishing in Anarchy. I probably should have left the Sioux alive for the sake of the final score. So why didn't it work? Also my estimation of troops required was a bit high in spots, but no harm done.
Final stats: 91 engineers, 15 riflemen, 88 armor, 8 battleship, 51 transport (mostly unnecessary as we have cities in 1-trip distance), 46 freight (49 in production, economic recovery is just around the corner), sundry others. Income 232, cost 546, 65 turn discoveries@57b/t. Score 2225, 289%.
Final save:
View attachment PH_A1540.SAV
And a save before the slaughter:
View attachment PH_A1530.SAV
Fin.
Miss the Russian moves: Will let you guess why. Receptive Japs want to talk: War on French? No. Industrialization? No. (maybe should have said yes... but they wont be alive for very long anyways) Ask for war on Russians: They ask for Industrialization and Metallurgy: I say no. (only did this for doing it btw) 
