Recent content by Minou

T77: Time to go to war with Sumeria and back to way with Hungary. One of our Muskets takes an empty city which triggers the Square Rigging even though no unit was inside. Sumeria buys GS Omar. Domestically, Imotep gets the Mausoleum to within one turn of finishing (forgot to slot Skyscrapers...

T76: The Era Clock countdown starts. Thank goodness, Sumeria left Imotep for us to claim as well. Four cities flip, I was expecting 5 based on the loyalty meters but somehow Buda is still ours and shows 0 loyalty - I am not sure if the city has a fractional loyalty point left not shown by the...

T75: One more CS met this turn, Mohnejo-Daro who is a vassal of Egypt. We can complete Metal Casting at any time but its better to wait so Trebs don't go obsolete yet. Much cheaper to buy and upgrade these into Artillery which will be needed when Urban Defenses go up. Sumeria is continuing...

T74: Biggest Pillage turn of game, SIX cities flip (all three former Khmer cities, Buda, Nekhen, and Utretch). I set Mass Production to complete at the start of the turn since it was within one, to minimize lost overflow. This is the opposite of what makes sense in many games, but we still only...

T73: Another case of clicking End Turn too soon - forgot to swap out Gothic Architecture and back into Serfdom once we finished Kilwa. Oh well, it won't cost more than a few Builder chargers and we have so much faith they are basically free. Between turns, Greece steals Buenos Aires, which is a...

T72: Buda is no down to -6 from Unhappiness, so all of our current Flip cities should revolt every two turns. The Berserkers take Ephesus, a huge breakthrough as the city can be surrounded by more than a dozen mines. The city is at 3 pop, so we have 5 turns to churn out Pillagers and Builders...

T71: Made the mistake of ending the turn with negative gold again, losing the Archer outside Flip City which is a real pain as it will cost at least one pillage. The main domestic event is completion of Kilwa! We also complete a Harbor in the capital and buy a University there for the Printing...

Sorry to have left this thread stalled so long - time for an update!

T68: Naval Tradition complete. Our roving Longship in the north spots pink CS borders and a hut. By upgrading more Knights and Berserkers we can drain our Iron and get some cheap Warrior purchases even though we have unlocked Swordmen. After all the pillaging and upgrades, we can run a single...

T66: Education and Civil Service complete between turns - I always try to leave any tech/civic with one turn left to finish at the end of a turn to minimize overflow loss, sine pillages are worth way more than natural science/culture. This turn the Quad finally nails the kill for NT boost. We...

T64: Pericles sends an envoy to Buenos Aires, which breaks our levy but only ends up costing a single pillage (lost a second this turn to moving a Slinger wrong). We can mine Niter outside Flip Village for the Rifling boost, and start upgrading some Knights. We get a single pillage in Sparta...

T61: Iron Working is complete. Free cities will now spawn Swordmen. If possible, it is really important to take back each city the turn it flips. Rebel units don't attack the turn they spawn, but if you fail to take a city they can kill units or enter the city. Our flip cities have less than...

T58: Bad news - walls go up in Ephesus. We would have captured the city easily in three turns but now we will need to come back with upgraded units later. Plus, I made a dumb mistake - I bought a Chariot leaving us with only 1g, and since we have -5.5gpt income we lose a unit to bankruptcy. That...

T57: Feudalism complete, boosting Stirrups. We can slot Serfdom, Raid, Equestrian Orders, and Inspiration. There are now three main theaters. First, in Hungary our Longships pillage 222g and attempt to take Buda. The city is at 66, and the first hits for 38. According to the formula, our...

T55: Apprenticeship is complete. Normally when a Civ unlocks Apprenticeship, Free Cities start spawning Man at Arms which can be dangerous. A nice synergy with Norway is that they have Berserkers instead, so there is no drawback to getting Apprenticeship early. We take back both Sparta and...