3 grams - Prodigal Son's

[M60A3TTS]

Agreed, light the torches.

 

[RowAndLive]

Brennus plays the fiddle...

Edit:
Two down, computers obtained, 62 Inf upgraded to MI with ~15 conscripts not done (although 450g is pretty cheap). 1 mandatory specialist converted to a scientist for research toward radar arty. Monty signed on to our hit list again. Both the Celts and Aztecs have huge navies. Why aren't we seeing them bombarding our coasts?

Edit 2:
Well, ask a stupid question... The fleets showed up, but arty took all the Celts to red, just couldn't follow up for kills. Should have jets there next turn for kills. Two more down, got a MGL & built another tank army. All 4 fleets are moving around - wonder why.

 

[Admiral Kutzov]

The mesage I tried to enter was too short.

 

[M60A3TTS]

@ R&L: Maybe if you can finish up what you can tonight, I can grab it and play tomorrow. Up in LK87 at the moment.

 

[RowAndLive]

IBT: Celts & Japan declare peace. Aztec fleet of 2 DD, 3 F, 2 galleons shows up off of Vitoria.
Celts destroy a tank @ New NFalls, and lose to a inf @ New MChunk
Sala army > jet ftr, MChunk tank > tank, Tyendenaga tank > tank, Caughnawaga settler > bomber, Gandasetaigon lib > bomber, Oigouen tank > tank, Kawauka fcty > jet ftr, Kente tank > tank, Kiohero tank > tank
Alesia flips.

1792 – 1
@New NFalls, vTank -0 kills 2/4 tank, vTank -2 kills red tank & promotes (3/5)
@Entremont, arty ~6/13 taking 4 MI to red, 16/17 cav army -1 kills 1 red MI but dies to next, 17/17 cav army -6/+1 kills red MI, -4 kills red MI, 5th Cav army kills last red MI & captures 1 worker + 1 arty. Capital jumps to Lugdunum (pentagon). Get 260g from selling improvements, and abandon Entremont.
Doh! I didn’t use the ZOC for movement first. :banghead:
@Alesia, 1st tank army -12 kills MI, 2nd tank army (new) -1 kills MI, 2nd tank army -0 kills MI, vTank dies promoting MI to 2/3, vTank dies doing nothing, vTank -1 kills MI & retakes Alesia > worker.
Lose a bomber to a jet fighter at Nemausus. Use 2 more bombers to disconnect 1 spice tile.
@New MChunk, eTank from Toledo -1 killing red tank.
Succeed with a quick steal of Computers from the Celts for 1677g > miniaturization (in pursuit of radar arty w/ robotics, instead of modern armor)!
Bombing destroys rax, market, lib at Santiago. Injure a MI & TOW, & kill 2 citizens. Can’t bomb coal tile?

IBT: Aztecs & Celts MA against us. Aztec fleet withdraws. We have an infiltration issue in old Japan.
Tonwanda tank > tank, Rheims MobSAM > jet ftr, Catt tank > tank, Marseilles tank > tank, DTower tank > tank, Centralia settler > tank, GRiver bomber > jet ftr, Gayagaahe tank > tank
Darhan riots > clown

1794 – 2
Disconnect Celt oil & SP on French island via bombing again.
@RiverF, divert 6 arty to take Aztec eInf to red, vTank -3 kills red Inf
Disconnect second spice tile near Nemausus.
Convert 62 Inf to MI. Position troops to take Nemausus next turn.

IBT: Aztecs capture & steal ~12 workers near Ulaanbaatar. :rage: 3 Aztec inf approach Salt Hill. Aztecs bombard 1 pt off inf at neck near Monte’s Demise. Aztec fleet (2 DD, 3 F, 2 Gall + 1 DD, 2 F, 1 Tport) shows up again at Vitoria. Cetic tanks take out 2 MI at New Akwesasne. Celt fleet ( 2 BB, 7 DD, 3 transports) arrives at Gewauga and lands 2 tanks.
Alesia worker > worker, Latrobe stock exch > bomber, VFalls MSAM > tank, Oil Springs tank > tank, Chondote settler > bomber

1796 – 3
@Nemausus, arty goes 5/7 taking 2 inf to red & 2/5 taking tank red, 1st Cav army -3 kills 3 defenders & jet ftr & takes city. Nothing to sell, abandon Nemausus.
@Salt Hill, move 6 arty from River Fwd, arty goes 3/6 on inf on mtn, 5 more from main stack go 4/5 reducing 3 inf to red, vTank -1 kills 2 inf & promotes, vTank -0 kills red inf on mtn.
@New Akwesasne, 1st tank army -2 kills 2 Celt tanks, moves back to New Catt.
@Lugdunum, lose 1 bomber, with 2 doing nothing.
@Valencia, 4th Cav army -9 kills 2 MI.
@Gewauga, arty in Rheims from SOD goes 6/6 knocking tanks to red, arty goes 16/20 knocking 2 BBs 4 DDs & 2 Tports to red (& injuring cargo), vTank -2 kills 2 tanks & promotes.

IBT: Japanese Iclads bomb Valencia defenders to red. Celt tank kills MI in Barcelona Bound.
New Mortons worker > cruise missle, Rheims jet > jet, Catt tank > jet, mystic tank > jet, Oka tank > tank, Middle Filler Tank > tank, Gewauga tank > tank, Onnontare tank > tank, Desert Harbor tank > tank
Cognac riots > taxman

1798 – 4
Bombing runs on Celt ships fail.
Bombing runs on Celt oil fail.
@Salt Hill, arty goes 4/5 taking 2 Aztec inf red, 4/5 tank -0 kills 2 inf & Sitting Bull rises from the din. Unit renamed Rhino Spearhead. Sitting Bull to Sala & forms army.
@Gayagaahe, arty goes 10/10 taking 3 DDs & 1 Tport to red.
@Valencia, eTank -2 kills MI, eTank -0 kills 2 MI, 3/5 tank dies taking tank to 2/4, 4th Cav Army –1 kills tank & captures Valencia > temple. Sell rax & bank, but keep rax – cool.
New Tyendenaga founded > Jet.
2 Bombers kill tank near Barcelona Bound.
@Lugdunum, lose 1 rBomber, kill1 citizen, damage 3 units, destroy stock exch, 3rd Cav Army -3 kills a TOW, 6th Cav Army -8 kills MI.
New Kahnawake founded @ Nemausus > temple
@Alesia, arty goes 3/3 taking tank to red, 5th Cav Army -1 kills red tank

- Forces in place to take (?) Lugdunum next turn.
- Be aware that first bomber (From New Alleghany) @ Lugdunum will be lost to jet, so use a regular.
- 3/5 tank in Catt is meant for joining tank army in Gewauga.
- Another army coming due in Sala next turn.
- Large Celt fleet (all red) W of Gayagaahe under fog.
- 3 Aztec fleets at Vitoria & Valencia.
- failed to disconnect Celt oil this turn, but added 2 more bombers to airport doing this job.

 

[grahamiam]

ok, looks like good progress

m60's up
i'm on deck

 

[M60A3TTS]

Early-

Start off by in 1798 by changing Sala from Army to Manhattan Project.

Celts captured Latrobe as I wasn't paying atttention, but took it back with cav army.

Capture Agedincum and Pamplona in 1804. Much razing and replacing. Celts northern towns similarly disappear. Start to take it to Monty now, since he has the terrain we need.

Aztecs and Celts declare on Byzantines.

Finish off palace expansion. In 1806, Capture Aztec town of Texcoco, but he recaptures it during the IBT. That same year our scientists adjust their goggles as the countdown runs it’s course at our nuclear testing facility. “I am become death, the destroyer of worlds.”

In 1808 the Celts are evicted from the mainland as Lapurdum falls. Steal his military plans as well for about 1500g. Aztecs lose Teotihuacan and Tepexpan to us. Artillery SOD to within range of Tenochtitlan.

Building lots and lots of settlers to fill in the holes. And cultural buildings to add more tiles on our way to domination.

Brennus is basically shut down and hiding out on his islands.

Mid-

In 1810, Defense Ministry announces the deployment of the SS-20 “Red Cloud” IRBM.

The Aztec capital falls and Xochicalco as well. Now Tlateloco is taken, gotta love artillery, and sell it’s improvements off. Raze and replace.

In 1814 Tlaxcala gets captured which kept flipping Schuykill all game long. No more of that!

In 1816 basically tear down the Aztec peninsula with tanks, MI, and arty, capturing as we go. Then M60 gets overly creative and detonates not one, but two devices on Aztecs and Celts. Dad strongly disapproves and declares. Actually, the hope was that Theo would declare, so I could grab her tiles and go over the limit, but she was way too smart. Dad not so.

Population pushing over 70%, just need land now.

Late-

Keep cranking settlers out. Fill in a few small openings here and there to get to the dom limit. Make peace with Celts, another not-so-bright move as Alesia flips and we lose Hoover’s. Well, the game is almost over. Almost 10K in the bank. Nothing really to do with it.

Dad launches a couple feeble attacks. Hit the 10 turn mark, but don’t know that Grams wants it for only a couple. Head over the 66% mark in terrain on my turn 12 in 1822. In a final reminder to his child, Dad’s cultural superiority claims another town, but matters not. And so the Prodigal Son, whose back at one time was against the wall and waaay behind in tech, dominates the world! Score 5513.

Well done, folks! This one took some time, but was a lot of fun. I really felt all along that Salamanca would get us through this. It was just a monster starting location and made all the difference. And the steals were almost perfect. Commie’s my favorite gov in C3C now, hands down. Deals with those Fascist devils every time.

 

[M60A3TTS]

 

[M60A3TTS]

And the save before victory for those who want to check it out

Save before victory

 

[Admiral Kutzov]

Fun game. Things were rough in the beginning, but, as M60 pointed out, the army factory got us through. I think I'll replay this as an epic game without the prodigal restrictions and see where it goes.

 

[grahamiam]

excellent work, gents! come from behind victories are always the best

btw, i love it when i'm right

espionage and stealing are the easiest way to catch up at higher levels. we can do this, trust me

 

[denyd]

Excellent finish M60, very enjoyable to all and look forward to the next one.

 

[RowAndLive]

Great finish, M60! I enjoyed the game, and have THOROUGHLY learned my lesson about arty stacks. Sorry for the slow turn sets, but we've been having some extended family issues for a few months, and it has only just gotten better in the last day or two.

I look forward to the opportunity to game with you Comrades again in the future.

PS: I like it when you're right too.

 

[Bede]

Well, well done, all.

From getting whomped by everybody to king o' the hill!