·Imhotep·
Legendary Builder
Checking back into teh roster. 
AA02: Catherine's Aggressive Adventures
- Thread starter pholkhero
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I've played my turns and all is well but I had no net access at home last night so could not put up the save and report. If it's not back tonight, I'll put the save, my screenshots and report on a flash drive and post it from work.
Sorry to delay.
All went well anyway. I stopped the war with France for monarchy to start with and redeclared later on. We only need to take his last city to finish him off now. I also built the Pyramids... why? Because they were still there and with stone seemed fast.
Sorry to delay.
All went well anyway. I stopped the war with France for monarchy to start with and redeclared later on. We only need to take his last city to finish him off now. I also built the Pyramids... why? Because they were still there and with stone seemed fast.
I started by whipping a courthouse in Orleans and optimising everything for growth as we've got plenty of room for growing our cities.
I started the pyramids in the capital and then took peace with France as he was offering a respectable deal.
Then as we have the Hindu religion in most of our cities and we can do with the happiness I revolt to OR and HR at the same time. Gives us a hit of 2 turns of anarchy but the benefits are worth it IMO.
I also took peace with Washington for not much but I don't even know where he is!
Throughout the turns I made a few trade deals with some of those that are happy with us. We have quite a big group of Hindu countries and nearly everyone is happy with us.
They are so happy with us in fact that I asked Joao for Aesthetics and he gave it to us. I didn't expect him to say yes so I didn't take a screenshot. But another free tech is nice.
Population growing well now.
I redeclared on France as they were getting close to construction and I don't feel like waiting until he's got cats. I took Tours and we've only got one more city to take now. The forces need a turn or 2 to heal and then we can clean up the french to get rid of any residual homeland unhappiness.
The pyramids completed in the capital.
I stopped when CS came in and I immediately adopted Bureaucracy. Sorry if I should have waited so as not to hand over to the next player a game in Anarchy
I tentatively selected machinery next to get macemen and allow us to go full war and build cats, upgrade our maces and start going for domination. We can build the Forbidden City now and should think about where that's best put.
We also need to do a bit of exploring. A spy has finally just finished but it will be worthwhile sending him out to find out what's going on around us. Or making some other units to do it. Or even trading maps when we can do that. Up the next players.
The Save:
I started the pyramids in the capital and then took peace with France as he was offering a respectable deal.
Then as we have the Hindu religion in most of our cities and we can do with the happiness I revolt to OR and HR at the same time. Gives us a hit of 2 turns of anarchy but the benefits are worth it IMO.
I also took peace with Washington for not much but I don't even know where he is!
Throughout the turns I made a few trade deals with some of those that are happy with us. We have quite a big group of Hindu countries and nearly everyone is happy with us.
They are so happy with us in fact that I asked Joao for Aesthetics and he gave it to us. I didn't expect him to say yes so I didn't take a screenshot. But another free tech is nice.
Population growing well now.
I redeclared on France as they were getting close to construction and I don't feel like waiting until he's got cats. I took Tours and we've only got one more city to take now. The forces need a turn or 2 to heal and then we can clean up the french to get rid of any residual homeland unhappiness.
The pyramids completed in the capital.
I stopped when CS came in and I immediately adopted Bureaucracy. Sorry if I should have waited so as not to hand over to the next player a game in Anarchy
I tentatively selected machinery next to get macemen and allow us to go full war and build cats, upgrade our maces and start going for domination. We can build the Forbidden City now and should think about where that's best put.
We also need to do a bit of exploring. A spy has finally just finished but it will be worthwhile sending him out to find out what's going on around us. Or making some other units to do it. Or even trading maps when we can do that. Up the next players.
The Save:
pholkhero
Deviant Mind
good turns. the only thing i might've done differently is wait until CS came in and revolted to all three at one time, but other than that 
Is monty still at war with Louis?? If so, is it worth letting him finish up Louis??
Are we going for Dom again? I have no preference as of right now, though it might be hard on a lakes map. In any case, i think we should take out monty next. He's going to be a nutter, esp since we don't share religions. Take him out, and we free ourselves from worry for a bit of time.
Is monty still at war with Louis?? If so, is it worth letting him finish up Louis??
Are we going for Dom again? I have no preference as of right now, though it might be hard on a lakes map. In any case, i think we should take out monty next. He's going to be a nutter, esp since we don't share religions. Take him out, and we free ourselves from worry for a bit of time.
·Imhotep·
Legendary Builder
I'd need a skip - I've a bad cold...
pholkhero
Deviant Mind
i iwll pick this up tomorrow then, coldie
pholkhero
Deviant Mind
I started off the game by going through all our cities, with specialization on my mind. More on all that to follow in my next post.
Everything looked good. I just looked for growth where possible, or stagnating at the happy cap. We had some war weariness in some cities, as well as the “homeland” penalty in our new French cities, so I decide to just let any cities grow into unhappiness and figure we’ll be out of this war soon.
I also whipped the courthouse at Orleans for 2 pop as it was unhappy.
On the IBT, Hannibal(Carthage) declared war on Montezuma(Aztec). This’ll occupy the psycho for a bit.
790 AD
I said no to this. I checked the Tech Screen and the only other tech we can get for this tech is Aesthetics. Not worth it imo.
Yaroslavl': Archer > Forge (20 turns) I figure this’ll be a production city.
Orleans: Courthouse > Library (12 turns) Good for more science there. Orleans will work nice as a commerce city
Moscow: Courthouse > Chariot (4 turns) We need a couple of these guys to explore a whole lot more.
805 AD
Hannibal stopped by this turn and wanted us to declare on Monty. I said not yet.
835 AD
I took out two French archers this turn, one in our lands, and one just south of Tours.
Moscow: Chariot > Chariot (3 turns)
Rostov: Catapult > Hindu Temple (20 turns)
850 AD
Sitting Bull wanted to trade:
Mostly everyone had Construction, so I took it.
Our cats bombarded down the defenses at Lyons this turn. It only took 3 cats, but I decided to wait until next turn to send in all four of them before taking the city. At the time, I thought it was the last city.
860 AD
Finally, the attack a Tours went in! I lost our first cat at 32.5% odds, but all the rest had 100% odds and all withdrew. So, since I never knew you could get Accuracy with CRI, and don’t remember ever seeing before, all four of our cats had it. Is someone being funny here?
I sent in our axes first, both our spears (the general included) and then the swords, and all 7 won.
Notice the blue border up north ~ d’oh! [Will some tech savy person make me a :doh: smiley ~ perhaps a smiley slapping his head or a homer simpson smiley ~ thanks!] I started the city on a courthouse for when it’s out of revolt. Our army would briefly pause, while the rest headed north.
870 AD
Moscow: Chariot > Forge (12 turns) For production of course.
On the IBT:, Louis XIV(France) and Montezuma(Aztec) have signed a peace treaty. Well, let’s just hope that he doesn’t backstab us, though he’s still at war with Hannibal.
880 AD
Monty wanted us to get in on the act with Hannibal, but I said no, of course.
On the IBT:, one of our catapults defeated a French archer.
890 AD
Our first reconnoitering chariot send back a report. Look at that interesting stack Joao has forming ~
900 AD
At Chartres, the real, real last city, our cats have taken down the defenses, and out best Sword dies! I was torn as to what to do next as the city had many defenders. I decided to bring up the all those units that were healing back at Tours; I didn’t think we’d need them. I fortified our units there and waited for our reinforcements.
St. Petersburg: Market > Hindu Temple (10 turns) We’ll need the happy face, I think.
Rheims: Archer > Courthouse (45 turns) Odd that we had the archer there, but I won’t say we didn’t need it. It also has a 8 gpt maintenance.
910 AD
Orleans: Library > Market (38 turns) Bleh! There’s workers there now chopping some of those forests, which greatly speeded up the city.
930 AD
Again, all of our cats went in first at Chartres, and all 3 withdrew! I’m getting AI-type luck here with that!! After that, another 7 units go in, and all win!!
French Empire has been eliminated
940 AD
Monty wanted us to cancel our deals with the English. Sorry, my friend ~
Novgorod: Market > Forge (23 turns)
Marseilles: Archer > Courthouse (36 turns)
950 AD
We hit 2 million people:
I decided to take peace with Georgie, too, since there was no use for it now. We got 25 gold for it.
960 AD
Moscow: Forge > Catapult (5 turns)
990 AD
Yekaterinburg: Courthouse > Granary (90 turns)
1000 AD
Research begun: Machinery (15 Turns). This might be nice for some maces
I also decided it was time for a revolution:
I put St Petersburg onto a Wealth build since it just finished its Hindu Temple, and I can’t see anything else it needs right. Not to mention our crummy financial state.
Ah, nuts! On the IBT:, Hannibal(Carthage) and Montezuma(Aztec) have signed a peace treaty. I think it’s just a matter of time for us and him.
1010 AD
I decided to trade around Code of Laws:
1030 AD
I stopped here as we were finally out of revolution. We currently earning about 40gpt towards the about 1000 needed for binary research of Machinery. The next player should go until that’s in. Maybe Machinery > Paper to bulb education with the GS we’ll be getting soon? Or academy him?? Up to the group.
Also, whip courthouses this set where possible. Two cities should finish in 5 and 7 turns, respectively, and the rest could probably be whipped soon. That should be all for them for now. We’ll also need some defensive units, too, for when we take out monty soon.
I have one worker building a fort here:
With all those Portuguese units being stacked there at the border, we should start collecting a sizeable defensive stack (maybe cats, archers and HAs??) that could respond to either city there in case of a threat.
Our army sits in the north:
It could *probably* start the war by itself, without any reinforcement.
Here’s Azteca with units defending in signs:
And a possible plan of attack:
That red line with white dots represents the oh-so-ugly border we currently share with Monty. We should probably build a few units to act as a defense in Rheims in case of a counter-attack, but our army could no doubt move through those first three cities with few problems; it’s well-experienced. Our new borders would be much more defendable until we could eliminate Monty fully ~ or rather, our economy could afford to eliminate him fully. We also might get help from the rest of the world in this, too.
[more to come]
Everything looked good. I just looked for growth where possible, or stagnating at the happy cap. We had some war weariness in some cities, as well as the “homeland” penalty in our new French cities, so I decide to just let any cities grow into unhappiness and figure we’ll be out of this war soon.
I also whipped the courthouse at Orleans for 2 pop as it was unhappy.
On the IBT, Hannibal(Carthage) declared war on Montezuma(Aztec). This’ll occupy the psycho for a bit.
790 AD
I said no to this. I checked the Tech Screen and the only other tech we can get for this tech is Aesthetics. Not worth it imo.
Yaroslavl': Archer > Forge (20 turns) I figure this’ll be a production city.
Orleans: Courthouse > Library (12 turns) Good for more science there. Orleans will work nice as a commerce city
Moscow: Courthouse > Chariot (4 turns) We need a couple of these guys to explore a whole lot more.
805 AD
Hannibal stopped by this turn and wanted us to declare on Monty. I said not yet.
835 AD
I took out two French archers this turn, one in our lands, and one just south of Tours.
Moscow: Chariot > Chariot (3 turns)
Rostov: Catapult > Hindu Temple (20 turns)
850 AD
Sitting Bull wanted to trade:
Mostly everyone had Construction, so I took it.
Our cats bombarded down the defenses at Lyons this turn. It only took 3 cats, but I decided to wait until next turn to send in all four of them before taking the city. At the time, I thought it was the last city.
860 AD
Finally, the attack a Tours went in! I lost our first cat at 32.5% odds, but all the rest had 100% odds and all withdrew. So, since I never knew you could get Accuracy with CRI, and don’t remember ever seeing before, all four of our cats had it. Is someone being funny here?
I sent in our axes first, both our spears (the general included) and then the swords, and all 7 won.
Notice the blue border up north ~ d’oh! [Will some tech savy person make me a :doh: smiley ~ perhaps a smiley slapping his head or a homer simpson smiley ~ thanks!] I started the city on a courthouse for when it’s out of revolt. Our army would briefly pause, while the rest headed north.
870 AD
Moscow: Chariot > Forge (12 turns) For production of course.
On the IBT:, Louis XIV(France) and Montezuma(Aztec) have signed a peace treaty. Well, let’s just hope that he doesn’t backstab us, though he’s still at war with Hannibal.
880 AD
Monty wanted us to get in on the act with Hannibal, but I said no, of course.
On the IBT:, one of our catapults defeated a French archer.
890 AD
Our first reconnoitering chariot send back a report. Look at that interesting stack Joao has forming ~
900 AD
At Chartres, the real, real last city, our cats have taken down the defenses, and out best Sword dies! I was torn as to what to do next as the city had many defenders. I decided to bring up the all those units that were healing back at Tours; I didn’t think we’d need them. I fortified our units there and waited for our reinforcements.
St. Petersburg: Market > Hindu Temple (10 turns) We’ll need the happy face, I think.
Rheims: Archer > Courthouse (45 turns) Odd that we had the archer there, but I won’t say we didn’t need it. It also has a 8 gpt maintenance.
910 AD
Orleans: Library > Market (38 turns) Bleh! There’s workers there now chopping some of those forests, which greatly speeded up the city.
930 AD
Again, all of our cats went in first at Chartres, and all 3 withdrew! I’m getting AI-type luck here with that!! After that, another 7 units go in, and all win!!
French Empire has been eliminated
940 AD
Monty wanted us to cancel our deals with the English. Sorry, my friend ~
Novgorod: Market > Forge (23 turns)
Marseilles: Archer > Courthouse (36 turns)
950 AD
We hit 2 million people:
I decided to take peace with Georgie, too, since there was no use for it now. We got 25 gold for it.
960 AD
Moscow: Forge > Catapult (5 turns)
990 AD
Yekaterinburg: Courthouse > Granary (90 turns)
1000 AD
Research begun: Machinery (15 Turns). This might be nice for some maces
I also decided it was time for a revolution:
I put St Petersburg onto a Wealth build since it just finished its Hindu Temple, and I can’t see anything else it needs right. Not to mention our crummy financial state.
Ah, nuts! On the IBT:, Hannibal(Carthage) and Montezuma(Aztec) have signed a peace treaty. I think it’s just a matter of time for us and him.
1010 AD
I decided to trade around Code of Laws:
1030 AD
I stopped here as we were finally out of revolution. We currently earning about 40gpt towards the about 1000 needed for binary research of Machinery. The next player should go until that’s in. Maybe Machinery > Paper to bulb education with the GS we’ll be getting soon? Or academy him?? Up to the group.
Also, whip courthouses this set where possible. Two cities should finish in 5 and 7 turns, respectively, and the rest could probably be whipped soon. That should be all for them for now. We’ll also need some defensive units, too, for when we take out monty soon.
I have one worker building a fort here:
With all those Portuguese units being stacked there at the border, we should start collecting a sizeable defensive stack (maybe cats, archers and HAs??) that could respond to either city there in case of a threat.
Our army sits in the north:
It could *probably* start the war by itself, without any reinforcement.
Here’s Azteca with units defending in signs:
Spoiler too big pic :
And a possible plan of attack:
That red line with white dots represents the oh-so-ugly border we currently share with Monty. We should probably build a few units to act as a defense in Rheims in case of a counter-attack, but our army could no doubt move through those first three cities with few problems; it’s well-experienced. Our new borders would be much more defendable until we could eliminate Monty fully ~ or rather, our economy could afford to eliminate him fully. We also might get help from the rest of the world in this, too.
[more to come]
pholkhero
Deviant Mind
So, here's my proposed assignments:
Moscow ~ production
We can build about 6 farms here on teh grass forests, and then even stick in a workshop on a final grassland.
St Petersburg ~ either a commerce city or, better yet, a science city:
Novgorad ~ production:
Though it needs more farms.
Rostov ~ commerce:
Yaroslavl ~ GPF!
Orleans ~ commerce
Paris ~ commerce or science:
Yakaterinberg ~ commerce:
Lyons ~ commerce:
Rheims ~ production:
Marseilles ~ fishing, science village
Tours ~ commerce:
Chartres ~ mini-production, perhaps continually building City Garrison units:
So let us know if you agree/disagree on that, and the next player can stick signs in-game to help us remember what's what.
Moscow ~ production
We can build about 6 farms here on teh grass forests, and then even stick in a workshop on a final grassland.
St Petersburg ~ either a commerce city or, better yet, a science city:
Novgorad ~ production:
Though it needs more farms.
Rostov ~ commerce:
Yaroslavl ~ GPF!
Orleans ~ commerce
Paris ~ commerce or science:
Yakaterinberg ~ commerce:
Lyons ~ commerce:
Rheims ~ production:
Marseilles ~ fishing, science village
Tours ~ commerce:
Chartres ~ mini-production, perhaps continually building City Garrison units:
So let us know if you agree/disagree on that, and the next player can stick signs in-game to help us remember what's what.
pholkhero
Deviant Mind
Roster:
beserks01 >> on deck
robo kai
Kikinit
Imhotep
pholkhero >> just played
negyvenketto >> UP NOW
And the Save:
beserks01 >> on deck
robo kai
Kikinit
Imhotep
pholkhero >> just played
negyvenketto >> UP NOW
And the Save:
reverend oats
King
Just a lurker here, but it looks like you played Kikinit's turns over again.
·Imhotep·
Legendary Builder
No, Kikinit ended at 775 AD, pholk started his report with 790 AD. Although I don't understand we have the Pyramids and can't switch to Representation, at least on that screenie
...Hackapell
Rhetorician
Lurker's comment
It looks like reverend oats is right. Robo Kai and kikinit's saves are the same, and pholk and kikinit played the same turns (watch the upper right hand corner of kikinit's screenies)
It looks like reverend oats is right. Robo Kai and kikinit's saves are the same, and pholk and kikinit played the same turns (watch the upper right hand corner of kikinit's screenies)
pholkhero
Deviant Mind
yeah, Kikinit posted the 775 save.
I guess if he wants to post the right ones, I'll re-do. if Negy wants to take it from mine, that's fine, too. At least France is done for ~
I guess if he wants to post the right ones, I'll re-do. if Negy wants to take it from mine, that's fine, too. At least France is done for ~
negyvenketto
Scientist
I would continue from Kikinit's save (sorry Pholky ) but if Imhotep is recovered from cold, he could be up.
) but if Imhotep is recovered from cold, he could be up. So sorry Pholk. Looks like I wasted your evening. 
I'll see if i can find the right save and you can decide what to do.
I normally save my SG's in a special folder. In this case I didn't. I put it in my SP game folder and then when I uploaded it with my report, i took the last save from the SG folder
I should have been paying more attention to the years.berserks01
Obviously Very Confused
I thought Pholk's report looks funny during the first few screens ...
In any case, I'll need one more skip before I can play. My stitches goes out this Thursday, and then I'm back on the regular roster again.
I like Pholk's plan of attack against Monte, but I'd go for more pults before starting it. We don't want to delay our stack too long after taking a city just to heal, so pults will help with that.
In any case, I'll need one more skip before I can play. My stitches goes out this Thursday, and then I'm back on the regular roster again.
I like Pholk's plan of attack against Monte, but I'd go for more pults before starting it. We don't want to delay our stack too long after taking a city just to heal, so pults will help with that.
·Imhotep·
Legendary Builder
I could play - just tell me which save I should use...
pholkhero
Deviant Mind
ahh, just play from Kikinit's save ~ we'll pretend my turns never happened 
and I'll go after you.
Here's a roster then:
beserks01
robo kai
Kikinit >> just played
Imhotep >> UP NOW
pholkhero >> on deck
negyvenketto
and I'll go after you.Here's a roster then:
beserks01
robo kai
Kikinit >> just played
Imhotep >> UP NOW
pholkhero >> on deck
negyvenketto
·Imhotep·
Legendary Builder
Okay, got it...
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