AG9 - OCC Conquest (Monarch)

[microbe]

My personal opinion is to ignore all non-core cities and send the army deep into India to pillage everywhere. With their initial wave of WEs eliminated we should be able to defend ourselves without the army, and maybe take a couple of nearby cities (like the ivory city).

After the pillaging we can see if we could go on more offense.

There is also a choke at New Bombay that we probably could use.

 

[Aggie]

That sounds like a great plan Pillaging helped us a lot in the MELI1 game as well.

EDIT: But we then shouldn't use it for anything else than pillaging. It should keep it's full strength or it will perish. And indeed, ruininbg the core is the best option. Also: it may be best for now to use our remaining troops for defense.

Is it a good idea to include Greece in this war? I think so. They will probably kill a few Indian units and we want them of this planet as well.

ROSTER:
Aggie--------->on deck
6thgentexan
Microbe
Grimjack
Ankka-------->up

 

[microbe]

I think we should ally Greece.

The reason I didn't do so was twofold:
1) I didn't want to be locked in 20 turns war. If India turned out to be too strong, we would need to sign peace asap (which means the game probably was lost anyway).
2) I didn't want India to capture Greece cities to be even stronger.

But now I think we should be able to handle India well.

EDIT: Ansur army could pillage 4 tiles a turn (a free pillage for every move). It should pillage all the way into the core, and circle around after that. It would be fun. But avoid coastal tiles if possible - you may get bombarded. AI wouldn't use trebs to bombard, but they may use boats. As Aggie said, keep full health of the army is the key. Stay on hill/mountain at end of turn if needed.

 

[Ankka]

I'm up? Two SG's... I'll try to make it today.


So I should pillage India with the Ansar army, sign Greece againsta them and then se what I can do more?

 

[Aggie]

Sounds good. Pillaging up to the core and keep us alive is the key here

 

[microbe]

Question: should we play 10 or 15 turns? I thought we should play 15 but Grimjack did 10, so I did 10 too.

 

[Ankka]

I have always played 10 turns so far...

 

[Ankka]

I think I don't have the energy to play today, so you'll have to wait until sunday the earliest.

 

[Aggie]

Ankka, that is no problem. But if 6thgentexan has the time, than he could swap with you.

I said that we could play 15 turns each, but I understand that we have a lot to do per turn now. 10 or 15 turns is both fine by me.

EDIT: I'm mistaken. I'm up but will not be able to play today or tomorrow morning

 

[6thGenTexan]

Pillaging their core and keeping them from salt is the way to go.

I will be heading to the beach on Tuesday, May 18, until Tuesday, May 25. Odds are I will not get to play my turn when it arrives on Monday. Please skip me. Too bad I will miss the fun dishing out some pain to India. I will expect to read how you have reduced them to a relocated core in old Germany.

6gntxn

 

[Ankka]

Back at home, I'll try to get the turns done today.

 

[Ankka]

I'm playing now, and have a question: What should the leader do?

 

[Aggie]

Good question. You could rush a unit. I assume that we don't have improvements tp build and surely no chance for a 2nd army.

 

[Ankka]

The only problem is that we can't rush units.

Buildings we could rush are:

cathedral
colosseum
granary
courthouse

Seems like we have no use of the leader, eh?

 

[Aggie]

Of course, forgot about that! Cathedral could be good, for hapiness...

 

[Ankka]

Yeah... we could get a WLTKD up, and doesn't that boost economy? I'll rush the cath.

 

[Ankka]

1375AD [PRETURN]: Check to see our situation & troops positions. Looks like we have a leader... wonder what to do with him...

Check out what Greece wants for an MA against India. Some 500+ gold. Quite a lot... I think we can afford it, though. Sign the deal: MA against India for WM + 510 gold.

Press enter and hope India hasn't got something in her sleeve...

IBT: We kill a couple of longbows but lose a crusader. India captures Halicarnassus. With one WE.

1380AD [1]: Vet crusader kills longbow & promotes.
Elite crusader kills a barb that was gonna destroy our colony.
Kill off a longbow near New Bangalore.

Our army is down to 2 hp, not good. Needs some rest, seems... after that it will be sent to pillage.

IBT: A WE surprises our troops near the ex- saltpeter town of India, and we lose a 2-hp MID.

1385AD [2]: A crusader of ours does a man's job: redlines a WE on a mountain.
Another one kills a wounded one.

Ah, army is back in action! Send him towards the India core immidiately. I hope you guys were right when you said that WE's won't attack a healthy army.

Attack a reg musketman hoping that the AW will retreat. It doesn't, but at least the musket is redlined.

Just noticed that India is in anarchy. Wonder what they're changing to...

IBT: Gandhi comes asking for peace, and we should give him all the workers from our capitol. No way. YOU shall give something to us, when we re ready for peace.

Whoops. Indians capture an undefended Trebuchet.

Mecca ansar > cath. I'll rush it with Hind. (the ledaer)

1390AD [3]: Ansar kills reg longbow.
Vet ansar kils the reg 1-hp musket that stole our trebuchet.

IBT: Knights Templar produces crusader.
Mecca cath > ansar.

Greeks start Bach's.
Greeks complete Cop's observatory.

1395AD [4]: Grim Vengeance is approaching the Indian core. So far noone has attacked it.

IBT: A vet 3-hp pike makes a vet WE retreat. As I guessed, WLTKD is held in Mecca.

1400AD [5]: Upgrade two cats to trebs.
Vet crusader attacks New Bangalore, which has a reg spear as a defender. We win, raze the city & get our treb back.

Our army is almost there, next turn it shall start pillaging around Delhi.

1405AD [6]: Kill some barbs & get 25 gold from a barb camp.
Elite crusader kills a vet WE in the Far Southern Fort.

Army started pillaging. 3 tiles this turn, more to come.

IBT: A cruzader makes a WE retreat.

1410AD [7]: Pillage. Some units shuffling.

IBT: We lose 2 crusaders, but redline a WE.

1415AD [8]: Upgrade the last 2 cats we currently have.

Kill a longbow.

Indians have a WE near our dyes colony, we'll lose it as I have no troops capable of attacking it anywhere nearby. Well, we've got slaves...

IBT: Kill 2 WE's, but lose the colony.

Greeks start Bach's.

We kill 2 spears and a wounded longbow in Indus & raze it.

1420AD [9]: We kill 2 spears and a wounded longbow in Indus & raze it.

IBT: Our elite* ansar at the spices colony is attacked by a vet 5-hp WE, and we win! The ansar is redlined, though, but still. Quite cool, I'd say.

We also kill a longbow.

Mecca ansar > ansar.

Greeks start Bach's again.

1425AD [10]: Vet ansar kills longbow & promotes.

 

[Ankka]

And the save.



BTW, I just remembered that I forgot to rebuild the colony in the south...


Next better player.

 

[Aggie]

Good work That army hasn't been attacked. As you can see, another strange thing in C3C. Call it a bug. Combinded with the fact that the AI doesn't make armies...

ROSTER:
Aggie--------->up
6thgentexan-->on deck
Microbe
Grimjack
Ankka

 

[Ankka]

AI doesn't make armies? Way stupid.