Fluphen Azine
What is Fluphen Azine?
@ Hammer Rabbi
@ kb27787
As usual I do not bother with the UU... especially since I have to sit here and play small ball until I can pounce! So in that idea I suppose I am playing a true India style of Passive/Aggressive.
Turns 53-200
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No need to make jokes when I have a good wingman watching my six like you ! I set the Zulu/Kahn joke right up for you and you spiked it down good!
@ kb27787
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That is not Gandhi the Warmonger... that is kb27787 the Warmonger!! Nice job on your 2nd attempt to actually switch up your style and get into some aggressive maneuvers!!
As usual I do not bother with the UU... especially since I have to sit here and play small ball until I can pounce! So in that idea I suppose I am playing a true India style of Passive/Aggressive.
Turns 53-200
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Interestingly enough I never built one unit this game except for my scout who died by a horseman barb! I think that is a first for me. I am really falling in love with Holy Warriors ! I currently have 12 Xbows, 2 Longbows, 3 Pikes, 2 Cannons, and 2 Muskets. Even if I lose being 6th in Army without building any troops on turn 200 is pretty fun for me. Actually I had 5/6 workers and I had to recently delete them all to keep myself under the unit cap. I plan to build a few if I need them when the war with Zulu starts. I blocked him for a good amount of time but he finally sneaked in on my backside where I could of captured his unprotected settler but I figure my CS allies will take care of that city.
I almost got Petra on turn 84. I suppose if I would of not taken so many tech detours I would of had it. Anyways the good news is that I did not have to waste my GE since I was one turn away from using him and I used him for Borobudur instead which is nice to get the faith rolling and I had my Cont. almost converted but Shaka was able to get the last Religion and he is doing a good job of spreading it which is unfortunate for me. However if I can attack and win, I can correct the Religious situation which goes along with my Holy War theme.
PT off at turn 175 but I wasn't even trying for it when I seen Korea. I pretty much am beelining to Dynamite to get Artillery and to press into Shaka who is at war with Assyria and Arabia. Arabia is in trouble and it looks like a good stalemate between Assyria and Shaka. I have been using all my caravans for gold into Civs. I was close to 100gpt for a good while but some recent loans and I moved two caravans over for food to the capital has almost bankrupted my empire. I have to be careful when I start this war because it could result in an economic disaster if I don't get all the caravans out of Zulu Nation first.
Of course I used some exploits like giving 32gpt to Korea to war against Russia and I gave them the DOW next turn and got white peace later. Recently Korea asked me to join him in a war with Russia and I couldn't bribe them so I said why not!? The same goes for Austria when I needed Ivory and I got it for 28gpt and Dowed her one turn later getting white peace a few turns down the road. She married Ur and Genoa which is nice because my last Deity game with her she refused to marry any CS. She has pretty good control over the CS's but I was able to vote for Shaka to be head of the WC. I was hoping he would DOF me so I could abuse him but my only DOF is Assyria which came very late.
I really am enjoying this map. So much tension being far behind in spt and cpt but I am actually on my normal pace for my games being around 10% behind in tech. However, culture is going to be tough for me this game and I do not expect to win WF and might not be able to get the 350 hammers when it finally gets purposed if ever.
As you can see in the picture my Empire is horrible. Perhaps I should of played the small Piety Strategy with this type of an empire at turn 200 lol. Anyways I feel comfortable in my position for now but I was unhappy that Shaka became Super Shaka earlier than I would of liked. Kahn basically put up no fight and lost all his cities but one. One a bright side... Shaka has built some good Wonders but I do not like that he has Red Fort, however it could be worse if he had the GW as well. I stole a few techs but I got greedy when Korea asked me not to spy and I lost that highly promoted agent !
As usual the no reload/replay mod is in effect for my game so if I lose I lose and it will show up as a loss on my player page !
I almost got Petra on turn 84. I suppose if I would of not taken so many tech detours I would of had it. Anyways the good news is that I did not have to waste my GE since I was one turn away from using him and I used him for Borobudur instead which is nice to get the faith rolling and I had my Cont. almost converted but Shaka was able to get the last Religion and he is doing a good job of spreading it which is unfortunate for me. However if I can attack and win, I can correct the Religious situation which goes along with my Holy War theme.
PT off at turn 175 but I wasn't even trying for it when I seen Korea. I pretty much am beelining to Dynamite to get Artillery and to press into Shaka who is at war with Assyria and Arabia. Arabia is in trouble and it looks like a good stalemate between Assyria and Shaka. I have been using all my caravans for gold into Civs. I was close to 100gpt for a good while but some recent loans and I moved two caravans over for food to the capital has almost bankrupted my empire. I have to be careful when I start this war because it could result in an economic disaster if I don't get all the caravans out of Zulu Nation first.
Of course I used some exploits like giving 32gpt to Korea to war against Russia and I gave them the DOW next turn and got white peace later. Recently Korea asked me to join him in a war with Russia and I couldn't bribe them so I said why not!? The same goes for Austria when I needed Ivory and I got it for 28gpt and Dowed her one turn later getting white peace a few turns down the road. She married Ur and Genoa which is nice because my last Deity game with her she refused to marry any CS. She has pretty good control over the CS's but I was able to vote for Shaka to be head of the WC. I was hoping he would DOF me so I could abuse him but my only DOF is Assyria which came very late.
I really am enjoying this map. So much tension being far behind in spt and cpt but I am actually on my normal pace for my games being around 10% behind in tech. However, culture is going to be tough for me this game and I do not expect to win WF and might not be able to get the 350 hammers when it finally gets purposed if ever.
As you can see in the picture my Empire is horrible. Perhaps I should of played the small Piety Strategy with this type of an empire at turn 200 lol. Anyways I feel comfortable in my position for now but I was unhappy that Shaka became Super Shaka earlier than I would of liked. Kahn basically put up no fight and lost all his cities but one. One a bright side... Shaka has built some good Wonders but I do not like that he has Red Fort, however it could be worse if he had the GW as well. I stole a few techs but I got greedy when Korea asked me not to spy and I lost that highly promoted agent !
As usual the no reload/replay mod is in effect for my game so if I lose I lose and it will show up as a loss on my player page !
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