AG08-550AD
Pre-flight checks... OK
Portugal wants WM + 363gp for their WM but we can't sell it on so I decide to wait
Upgrade 10 MW (Goigouen)
Upgrade 10 MW (Niagara Falls)
MA still ranks us weak vs Byzantium

Use a Knight to scout the Gold hill - not much of interest revealed
Move Cats, Spear & Settler to SSW Bangalore
Move remaining Knights (8) to 3SW Bangalore
IBT
NTR
1 - 560AD
Upgrade 3 MW (Niagara Falls)
Troops advance toward Byzantium
Workers work
Cancel Peace Treaty with Byzantium
Buy MA vs Byzantium from Sumeria for Silks
Kill MDI & Pike for no losses
IBT
Byzantium & Sumeria attack each other
2 - 570AD
Bangalore switches to Barracks and hurries for 136gp
Our SoD moves to NE Pune
Workers work
Upgrade 2 MW
IBT
Byzantium & Sumeria scrap it out
Byzantium starts Smith's
3 - 580AD
Assault on Pune:
We kill 4 Pike, 1 Spear, 2 Knights & 2 Longbows for no losses promoting 3 Knights to elite
Raze Pune
General plan is to fish for leaders then start capturing cities once we have armies to hold them
IBT
Byzantium & Sumeria scrap
4 - 590AD
Kill 11 Pike & 2 Knights for the loss of 1 Knight promoting 1 Knight to elite
SoD moves East - trap Byzantine forces threatening Bangalore
Spot 2 Byzantine Dromons SE of New Salamanca
Upgrade MW & Spear
IBT
Byzantium & Sumeria scrap on
Byzantine SoD threatening Bangalore retreats ???
5 - 600AD
Kill 9 Pike & 2 Spears for no losses promoting 1 Knight to elite
Move wounded units to Bangalore
Fresh Knights arrive to support Army
Portugal & Byzantium have Metallurgy

- immediate steal is over 1200gp
Sorry but I'll have to stop here as I'm away tomorrow & need to prepare
Chokepoint
Notes
The SoD (3 SW Bangalore) can either head out on a pillaging mission or attack the Byzantine city to the South.
Watch out for the Dromons heading up our East Coast (3 South of New Salamanca, 2 SE of Neodakheat). I have 3 Knights in the area and there are 2 Spears in Kahnawake ready for upgrading next turn.
We're still rated weak vs Byzantium and I only managed to destroy 30 or so units. No joy with Leaders so far but the next player may have better luck.
There are 2 Pikes & 2 Spears fortified in Oiogouen still with full movement. I was going to upgrade them in Bombay but the next player can do as he wishes.
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Ted