Major and Jokemaster, we would still love to see your logs. Anyone else playing?
-4000 pop hut: Chariot! Excellent
-3900 London founded on starting location; horse from hut NE
-3850 Researching Alph; 50g from hut
-3800 Another 50g from hut
-3750 Archer from hut, this is not that great, he will head home and be disbanded
-3650 Weeds in hut
-3600 Alph->Laws; Another supported Archer, supported, 10 steps from London...hmm
(Mongols destroyed by Vikings!!!)
-3550 S1-settler built, heads south to found a city to host the archer
-3500 None-horse from hut (Near Karakorum); Currency from hut
-3450 York founded; run into cordial Vikings, they offer the wheel, no, peace
-3400 None-horse from hut
-3350 Discover Tenochtitlan, sign peace, they do not want to exchange techs, no tribute; weeds in hut
-3300 Another weeds
-3250 25g, mapmaking from huts; gift mm to Vikings, exchange maps: two cities on rivers, but only defender by one warrior each...
(Russian warrior approaches, sign peace, they offer myst., no, gift mm, no map trading)
-3200 Run into Washington, they offer pottery, no, peace
-3100 Gift mm to America, exchange maps
-3050 run into emtpty St. Petersburg (on hut location)
-3000 Hail Vikings hoping for an invitation to war with Russians, but no...decide not to raze St. Pete, don't want any bad tech now
-2900 More Weeds
-2750 Laws->Monarchy(60); Nottingham founded; Discover Babylon, peace, they offer pottery, no; we are strong
-2650 Let's start conquest with Babylon, send 2 horses and 2 chariots there
-2550 Hastings founded; another chariot from hut
-2400 Attacking units are in place...; Russians hail us and want Bronze
-2350 Attack Babylon, lose chariot#1, chariot#2 wins and vet, horse wins and vet, city razed, 32g and pottery, but Babs not wiped out
(Russians offer gold for alliance, declined since we wanted to wipe out them; Russians destroyed by Vikings...should have taken that gold)
-2250 Ur razed, 26g, Babylonians destroyed
-2200 Americans are not interested in exchangeing techs
-2100 Mon.(one turn too early)->HBR; Sneak attack America, raze New York (defended by Phalanx, rivered Wash. won't be easy), 14g; Only 1 warrior defending Trondheim. will have chariot and horse ready soon; revolution
(America hail us, sign cease fire for 74g, sign peace, we will need elephants for attack on Washington)
-2050 Become Monarchy
-2000 Sneak on Trondheim, chariot loses, horse cannot attack because of ZOC...
-1950 Horse is trapped, kill phalanx, still not vet, Vikings (who must have HBR) refuse to talk
Stats at 1950BC:
pop.: 100k; Cities: 4; techs: 8; gold: 219; Gov.: Mon; wonders: -; TR: 0D/0F
units: 1 settler, 4 horse, 1 chariot
-1900 Viking Chariot north of Nottingham, hail Vikings, pay 100g fro cease fire, give tech, no peace; Canterbury founded
-1850 Sign peace with Vikings, no tech exchange though
-1700 Vikings sneak attack! They kill a horse and have a Chariot near our undefended cities
(Vikings capture London)
-1550 Vikings raze Canterbury
With all those units I got from huts, it was a pretty logical decision to go straight for conquest. I really would have prefered to have more cities though...