Predator, Conquest
As we left off the Germans in 90 AD at the beginning of the Middle
Ages, they were at war with the Russians and so could not immediately
tickle out their bonus Technology. The Germans themselves had gotten
Monotheism.
During the Russian campaign, the German luck held on. At the siege of
Sevastopol the Great Military Leader Richtoffen emerged. He was
obvoiusly dyslectic and couldn't spell even his own name. The great
Chancellor Bismarck, having as we remember captured The Great Library,
a Scientific Great Wonder, in Moscow, was in need of a Military Great
Wonder in order to initate a Golden Age for his German Empire. He had
the plans for a Great Wall at hand but the chance that the Russians
would provide him with better plans made him put Richtoffen on
hold. He had heard rumors of an academy of war lead by a distinguished
Chinese gentleman. While fighting the Russians, Bismarck also
developed his new Empire Core around the Forbidden Palace in
Stuttgart.
130 AD 134 Capture Smolensk
150 AD 135 Capture Kiev
150 AD 135 Capture Sevastopol
150 AD 135 Emerge Military Great Leader Richtoffen
170 AD 136 Found Bonn
190 AD 137 Capture Tblisi
190 AD 137 Found Salzburg
230 AD 139 Capture Odessa
230 AD 139 Found Dortmund
Then in 260 AD the knowledge of Construction was disseminated in all
lands and Russia discovered Feudalism, which it promptly taught our
Germans in exchange for peace. A massive barbarian uprising
immediately followed in the vicinity of the Russian OCC in the far
south. Bismarck now had the plans he needed and ordered the
construction of Sun Tzu's Art of War on Alpha continent. Now how did
Richtoffen get that spelling right?
Bismarck also resumed research, viz. for the knowledge of Chivalry.
Many Workers were brought to Alpha continent to mine grassland and
irrigate plains, for now the Golden Age had started. And even so,
German troops had already landed in Spain.
260 AD 141 Peace Russia
260 AD 141 Learn Feudalism
260 AD 141 Found Brandenburg
270 AD 142 War Spain Lose Russian Luxuries on home island
270 AD 142 Capture Toledo
280 AD 143 Build Sun Tzu's Art of War
280 AD 143 Found New Berlin
280 AD 143 Enter Golden Age
290 AD 144 Capture Seville
300 AD 145 Capture Barcelona reconnecting Russian Luxuries plus local Wines
The warring ways of the Germans did not please all. In 310 AD the vile
Carthaginians sneak attacked Germany and captured the demilitarized
city of Cologne. This didn't deter Bismarck from destroying the
Spanish and then take on France and Carthage simultaneously.
Lucky Otto was presented with a third Military Great Leader by the
name of Hengest at the rape of Paris, and promptly had him build The
Great Wall in that city lest someone else build it first.
Russia was soon destroyed and unsuspecting England attacked under a
right-of-passage agreement.
310 AD 146 War Carthage
320 AD 147 Peace Spain
330 AD 148 War Spain
340 AD 149 Capture Madrid with The Colossus
340 AD 149 Found New Leipzig
390 AD 154 Found New Hamburg
390 AD 154 Peace Carthage
400 AD 155 Destroy Spain
400 AD 155 War Carthage
410 AD 156 Capture Paris
410 AD 156 Destroy France
410 AD 156 Emerge Military Great Leader Hengest
420 AD 157 Build The Great Wall for denial
420 AD 157 Capture Carthage
420 AD 157 Found New Konigsberg
420 AD 157 Capture Sverdlovsk
420 AD 157 Destroy Russia
440 AD 159 War England
480 AD 163 Destroy England
490 AD 164 Destroy Carthage
500 AD 165 Conquest Victory
The German conquest could have come a few turns earlier had Bismarck
not counted so steadfastly on being able to win the far-away city of
Oea in a fake peace deal. Also in England the last remote city put up
the fiercest fight causing great losses for the German troops. As
Bismarck used to say: You can't have luck all the time.
It is not recorded exactly when the Germans discovered the art of
Chivalry, but the Russian and Spanish wars were fought mainly with
Swordsmen, and the later campaigns with Swordsmen, Medieval Infantry
and Knights. The Knights were trained first as Horsemen and then
armour was bought for money. No more research was conducted.
). Warriors could be built in the smallest desert village then.
). Then I split my forces and went for France (England allied at first) and Carthage at the same time. I made peace for towns, raped rop and bought tech for gpt whenever possible - and backstabbed whenever there was something to gain. I mean, I was really fierce this time 
.
, woke up 
, continued milking, and accidentally triggered domination when my Forbidden Palace town expanded - I didn't think it would pick up any new tiles, but obviously I was wrong 
