AK3 Cleo Emperor

[Admiral Kutzov]

lookin good. glad you noticed the silks deal. I'm inclined to put the spanish into OCC.

AK
Bede - finished silk jammie ride
Cuivienen - up (no post in a long time, awol?)
Kaiser Berger - up if no post from Cuivienen by tonight
Danz - on deck sorta
Viper275

 

[Kaiser_Berger]

I've seen Cuivienen active in other threads recently, so perhaps she just forgot about this. Hmmm. Nonethless, I've got me eye on it. If she doesn't get it by tonight, you can assume that I've got it, although I won't be able to play until Sunday night.

 

[Kaiser_Berger]

Preturn-We're looking good. I think I'll continue the war, as with the GL coming in 8 turns, we'll get the techs anyway.

IT- zzz

T1 50

I gather forces at Seville. Nothing much else.

IT- zzz

T2 70

Our war chariot force is within range of Madrid.

IT- We learn Philosophy. Set science to Republic, but I turn research off, as theres no reason to research right now with the GL due soon.

T3 90

Our war chariots prevail, and Madrid is ours, along with the Colossus.

I try to attack Barcelona, but our luck runs out. It will have to wait.

IT- zzz

T4 110

I move some troops towards Barcelona

IT- zzz

T5 130

Not much. Just troop movements.

IT- zz

T6 150

Troops are ready to strike Barcelona next turn.

IT- zzz

T7 170

We take Barcelona. In the process of the battle, we get this message.

Ramses will create an army, I assume.

IT- zzz

T8 190

We take Valencia.

Ramses creates a sword army.

I think we can continue our conquests into Russia, as they don't have iron.

IT- zzz

T9 210

A lot of troops move towards the Russian border.

IT- We complete the Great Library, and the tech will flood in next turn.

T10 230

More troops movements. I'll play one more to get us back to an even year.

IT- Here comes the tech. We get:

Mysticism
Horseback Riding
Polytheism
Currency
Republic
Monarchy
Feudalism
Engineering

T11 250

I revolted in the IT, so we enter a new government next turn.

Not much this turn.


Summary. We're looking good now. We can enter a Republic next turn, and we have an army that is strong compared to Russia. We can probably take them with our War Chariots, and expecially now that we have a sword army to support them. We should build markets in our core. We also have suicide galleys getting ready to make trips.

 

[viper275]

On the turns! Glad Bede got his chariot ride. I say to attack Russia to rid nearby lands of those pests. Amazed how many techs KB grabbed in 1 turn!

I think that Cuivienen can post occaisionally in normal threads, but with school starting it would be too big of a commitment to play an SG. Don't know though.

 

[danz]

Gotta love the sound of war chariots clattering down the streets of Madrid!

 

[Kaiser_Berger]

Anyone playing this one?

 

[danz]

Hey, looks like I'm, up! Thanks for the reminder, KB. Got it.

 

[danz]

1.250. We're in anarchy, so hire scientists all over the place and Invention is now due in 15. Sogn peace with Spain. They're officially doing 1CC now.

2.260. Republic! Income skyrockets. Run research/lux at 50/20, Invention in 7, treasury at 773 with income of -11 GPT.

IT. Lost galley.

3.270.

4.280. GA is finished

IT: Galley ended in ocean square, but contacts England and meets German galley.

5.290. Galley sinks. Engineering+Literature to Germany for Monotheism+54G. They are up Chivalry. Monotheism to Russia for Invention+Wine. Invention to Germany for Chivalry. Tech parity with everyone, except England is far behind.
Embassies: Berlin is size 11, has Pyramids, Sun Tsu's in 7. York (hmm, who took London?) is size 8, coloseum in 13.

IT: Germany starts Leo's and Knights Templar.

6.300.

7.310. Chivalry to Russia for Gunpowder+5GPT+1G. Gunpowder to Germany for 8GPT+20G.

8.320.
9.330.
10.340.

We are building KT in our capital (that can bi switched to Sistine or Bach pretty soon) and have an FP prebuild in another big town (it already has library and market so what the hell). Chariots are slowly upgrading to knights. Have a lot of consolidation to do, and we ought to odernize our army before we go on. Russia will have pikes and muskets, so chariots are a going to be quaint at this point. We are jostling for a small island with Russia (just rushed a temple, we might flip the Russian town ince it's closer to our capital) and have another one to ourselves (settler ready to plop down next turn). But things look good! We can be the tech broker.

 

[viper275]

Got it. Up in 3 games now so it may take a while.

 

[Admiral Kutzov]

@ danz - disregard the PM. Nice trades

 

[danz]

We had that nice big stack of chariots and an army camped out on the Russian border, but I wasn't sure whether to attack or not. On the one hand, there is the stack... it's hard to say no to a couple of dozen units all piled up and ready to go! On the other hand, there is the timing... is it the right time to mop up this continent? In retrospect, I'm glad I didn't attack, because Invention, Chivalry and Gunpowder all started to roll in. Those make our war chariots museum pieces. But, it would probably have been possible to take out one or two Russian cities before anything bad happened... maybe

 

[Bede]

Since we are no longer lonely I htink it's time to remove the Russians from the face of the earth. Cats, swords, chariots and knights should dent her muskets, methinks. BTW does Cathy even have saltpeter, or do we?

 

[Admiral Kutzov]

AK -
Bede - finished silk jammie ride
Cuivienen - (no post in a long time, awol?)
Kaiser Berger -
Danz - just played
Viper275 - up

 

[viper275]

Played 11 turns to get it back on track (it confuses me because I sometimes find my turn number if I forget which one I'm on by going to the victory status screen and looking at the total.)
Preturn- Declare on Russia. Yaroslavl captured. The War Chariots are useful because so far I've only seen Spearmen. Pithom looks like it might be in danger right next to Russia without defense, switch to Spearman.
IBT- Galley sinks. Thebes and Bede's Hill riot, hire an entertainer in both.
1
Busiris founded. Smolensk captured, lose a lot of chariots there. Captured a trebuchet, though.
IBT- Germany builds Sun Tzu's Art of War.
2
St. Petersberg captured, get some workers from it.
IBT- I kind of ignored the wonder alert thing this time, sorry. I think Germany built Knights Templar. Whoever did, we can't build it now. Switch it to Heroic Epic. The Germans now building Sistine Chapel.
3
Not much happened.
IBT- None
4
Krasnoyarsk captured.
IBT-Zzzz...
5
Nothing
IBT- N/A.
6
Heal a few units, those that are healed move toward Rostov.
IBT-Lots of cities riot from War Weariness. For now I move up luxury slider.
7
Zzzz.....
IBT-Nothing
8
Rostov captured.
IBT- Cathy built Leonardo's Workshop in Moscow. Yay! That's pretty easy to capture from here. But first I have to deal with a bunch of archers that went up to Rostov.
9
Nothing
IBT-Very little.
10
Russia outnumbers the units guarding Rostov so we'll have to take it back.
IBT- Rostov captured by Russia.
11
Moved a few workers.

Admiral Kutzov up, Bede on deck.

 

[Admiral Kutzov]

Got it. Actually I got it this morning and played a little before I transported Linebacker to the game of the week. In looking at the save, we are a very unhappy people. I don't think we have the juice to eliminate Ekaterina. Therefore, peace in my time in return for Irkutsk, Murmansk, 1gpt, 2g and a partridge in a pear tree. Then, drunk on olive oil from the olive branch, we secure wines from Ekaterina for silks, dyes and 9gpt. MM the cities. Rush settlers in Buto, Seville, Hieranopolis (however it's spelled) Science to 40% to get chem in 9. Germany is up theology but I don't want to pay too much for tech insurance so no deal. Have just returned from the game of the week (Linebacker had many nice tackles, 1 catch for 20 yards; I promise I won't post about him anymore except in the appropriate thread). BTW, Ekaterina has neither horses nor saltpeter causing me to draw sabre and cackle gleefully. My turns will (as usual) be spent building infrastructure and setting up Bede for a war.

 

[danz]

Sounds like we're going to lose all our military before it can be upgraded. Maybe get some concessions from Russia and build some modern units for 20 turns before going at it again? I don't see what's the hurry. We have everything we need for now.

 

[Admiral Kutzov]

Sounds like we're going to lose all our military before it can be upgraded. Maybe get some concessions from Russia and build some modern units for 20 turns before going at it again? I don't see what's the hurry. We have everything we need for now.

great minds etc...

 

[Admiral Kutzov]

the save

Very few significant things happened. Founded 4 new cities. Germans build Copernicus in 510, We're now researching metallurgy and the knights keep moving toward the russians. Sorry Bede, no attack this set unless you are Patton, Von Clauswhatever, and Sonny Zoo (he was sonny bono's older brother right?) all rolled into one.

 

[Bede]

Got it...but who is Sonny Zoo?

 

[Admiral Kutzov]

I told you, Sonny Bono's older bro. (Sun Tzu)