5 grams - SQUALL

5 Grams 1450AD

Pre-turn:
- 327G, +210gpt; RP in 21.
- MM: hire some scientists in non-growth towns with surplus food & move slider to 10% research. Get +232gpt and RP in 17 turns.
- Pick off 3 rifles near Bordeaux.

<IBT: Arabs land a rfile by Erdenet; Delhi musket => cav; Ta-Tu MA => army; Tabriz factory => cav; Murcia worker => temple; Tes temple => settler.>

Turn 1 1455:
- Rush temples in Tsetserleg, Chartres and Avignon.
- Kill 5 rifles.
- Cut saltpeter by Barcelona.

<IBT: Lots of naval bombardment; another lone rifle lands by Erdenet; Almarikh cav => cav; Chartres temple => settler; Karachi temple => cannon; Avignon temple => wealth; Whathehey worker => settler; Darhan univ => cav; Dalandz. musket => CH; Baruun-Urt cav => cav; Tsetserleg temple => wealth.>

Turn 2 1460:
- Take out the rifle by Erdenet; kill a cav, 6 rifles, a LB and a settler pair near Bordeaux (lose 1 cav).
- Reinforcements landed near Lyons.
- Rush temples in Lyons, New Hovd and Pimlico.

<IBT: Arabs attack naval task force (empty now), they lose 3 frigates to our 1; Delhi cav => cav; Lyons temple => wealth; Ulaanbaatar cav => cav; SugarTobbacoville factory => harbor; Choyr cav => cav; Shiraz harbor => MP; Pimlico temple => wealth; New Hovd temple => worker.>

Turn 3 1465:
- Sink a frigate.
- Kill a rifle.
- Armies are resting.
- Rush temples in New Darhan and New Ulaanbaatar.

<IBT: A cav sneaks in and captures a stack of workers by Bordeaux :wallbash: ; New Darhan temple => wealth; Almarikh cav => cav; Tabriz cav => cav; Erdenent univ => frigate; New Ulaanbaatar temple => harbor.>

Turn 4 1470:
- Kill 7 rifles.
- Capture Madrid (Temple of Artemis and Sistines).
- Rush temple at Uliastay.

<IBT: Arabs lose 2 rifles attacking our forces on a mountain and we get a GL; Karakorum Hoover => US; Delhi cav => cav; Choy CH => settler; Uliastay temple => MP; Darhan cav => cav; Dalandz. CH => cav; SugarTobbacoville harbor => frigate; Huterg CH => duct; Arvayhear worker => settler.>

Turn 5 1475:
- New Erdenet estbl.
- Form an army with GL.
- Attack on Barcelona produces another GL, create an army.
- Capture Barcelona and get 3rd GL in a row. :cool: Form another army.
- Rush temple in New Mandalgovi.

<IBT: Almarikh cav => musket; Ulaanbaatar cav => cav; Erdenet frigate => frigate; Baruun-Urt cav => musket; Choyr cav => cav; New Mandalgovi temple => worker.>

Turn 6 1480:
- Mow down more rifles near Madrid.
- Rush temples in Bordeaux and New Choybalsan.

<IBT: Delhi cav => cav; Orlean settler => worker; Almarikh musket => cav; Tabriz cav => cav; Darhan cav => cav; Dalandz. cav => cav; Brodeaux temple => worker; Spicetown worker => wealth; New Choybalsan temple => worker.>

Turn 7 1485:
- Kill 5 more rifles and 1 cav.

<IBT: Solo MDI lands next to Erdenet; Barcelona flips (we lose a musket); Erdenet frigate => cav; SugarTobbacoville frigate => frigate; Baruun-Urt musket => cav; Choyr cav => cav.>

Turn 8 1490:
- Kill the MDI by Erdenet.
- New Tsetserleg founded.
- Recapture Barcelona.
- Cav army dies attacking a stubborn rifle on plains tile; follow-up attack kills him and 5 more of his kinsmen.
- Capture Pyongyang.
- Rush temple in New Tabriz.

<IBT: 2 frigates die attacking our naval task force, we lose 1 frigate; 1 rifle and 1 LB die in attacks near Madrid; Delhi cav => musket; Ta-Tu army => army; Almarikh cav => cav; Ulaanbaatar cav => musket; Hovd Pentagon => rax; Darhan cav => cav; Dlandz. cav => cav; WLTKD (‘We Love the Khan Day’) in lots of cities; Saynshond CH => wealth; New Tabriz temple => wealth.>

Turn 9 1495:
- Land more forces by Lyons.
- Armies are resting.
- Rush temple in Madrid.

<IBT: Arabs lose a frigate, then sink one of ours; Madrid temple => wealth; Delhi musket => cav; Tabriz cav => cav; Hovd rax => cav; Choyr cav => cav.>

Turn 10 1500:
- Capture Pusan (SOZ).

Recap:
- Captured 4 cities and founded 2 others. We are now at 62% of world area and 75% of population, so I don’t expect to see another turn-set in this one.
- Our armies are pretty beat up, but there is a nice stack of fresh cavs sitting outside Barcelona. There are a couple of combat settlers are nearby as well.
- Reinforcements are staging near Tumentsegt; frigate escorts are definitely needed to run the gauntlet to Lyons.
- We have 621G, +204gpt, RP due in 5 turns.

Message from my military adviser (as I finished up this turnset at 1 AM): ‘Sleep is for the weak.’ :lol:

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Roster:
gozpel -> autoskip
bigfoot
grahamiam -> UP
dmanakho -> on deck
bede
el filet
 
Bring it on home, g-man.

Another hard fought well fought game.
 
Looks like one less SG in my busy schedule...
Oh, wait a sec... haven't i just enrolled myself in two more???? :lol:
 
Preflight check: Add a 4th Cav to Mama’s Army, use it to kill a rifle outside Pyongyang. Looks like we have more units than transports, so will build a few more quickly.

IBT:

T1: 1505AD Arabs have Rep Parts. This could get nasty.

IBT: RP -> Corp (0%, 13T)

T2: 1510AD We have 2 sources of Rubber. Arabs have 0.
@ Seoul: Mama’s Army kills 2 vet rifles (8/19); cav kills reg rifle and we take the city + HG
@ Hyangsan: Cav retreats, Cav kills rifle (2/4); cav dies to rifle (2/4); cav kills rifle (2/4); cav dies to Rambo and promotes it (2/5); cav dies to 2/4 rifle and promotes it (3/5); cav dies to rifle (1/5); cav kills Rambo (3/4); cav kills rifle and we take the town + Copernicus + 3g

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T3: 1515AD @ Nanpo: Overdue Army kills 3 rifles (1/18) :) ; Cav dies to Rambo (3/4); Cav kills rifle (2/4); 4/5 cav kills ¾ Rambo (1/5) and we take the town + Pyramids + cannon + 4g
@ Anjar: Daddy’s Army kills 2 Rifles (10/18); Rasta Army kills a Rambo but dies to a after redlining a rifle; Cav dies to redlined rifle and promotes it (2/4); Cav kills rifle and we take the town + 6g
@ Bayt Ras: Baccarat Army kills 2 rifles (10/18); Dooby Army kills Rambo and we take the town

IBT: Pusan flips :mad:

T4: 1520AD At 65.7% :gripe:
@ Pusan: Mama’s Army kills 2 rifles and we retake the town (11/19)
@ Pyongsong: Dooby Army kills Rambo and Rifle (9/18); Baccarat Army kills Rifle (5/18) and we take the town + 5g + cannon
Get a little sloppy moving units around and leave some cav’s exposed, but doesn't matta!

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Nice game everyone :hatsoff: I need to wait a little while before hosting this @ diety. I want to get rid of that pig called SGOTM6 1st ;)
 
Hurrah, we win! [party] :dance: :band:
 
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