Ok, I've got it.
Rik repeats to himself: must play the world, must play the world.
Rik repeats to himself: must play the world, must play the world.
Ank07 - Plain Deity
- Thread starter Ankka
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IHT. It seems to me the only way we can win is to kick some serious behinds and there is only 1 candidate: Scandinavia. Unfortunately that's also a hard one to kick.
Switch Najran to rax, Khurasan to spear, Setting Mecca and Damascus up for 15 uncorrupted SPT, focussing on commerce.
[1] 90 BC. Contemplate to buy Ivory from China. Decide not to, our Iron for Dyes ends in 5. Saving money for big warrior to swords upgrade.
[2] 70 BC. Starting a fortress near Scandinavian Copenhagen as the start-off point for out attack.
[3] 50 BC. Switch Aden from temple to rax. Khurasan gets a taxman.
IBT: Medina flips from us. Damascus finishes Cathedral.
[4] 30 BC.
IBT. Berzerker enters our lands near Khurasan.
[5] 10 BC. Move a warrior from Kufah to block the land-passage. If that berzerker had friendly intentions he'll retreat. If he hadn't friendly intensions
Sending a horseman there to assist.
IBT. Egyptians want to talk. Their TM for ours + 9 gold ? What about you get our WM + 8 gold for your TM. Done. Berzerker did not attack, instead he fortified himself.
[6] 10 AD. Cancel Iron for Dyes deal with China. Buy Chivalry from India for WM + 502 gold. Upgrade 4 horsemen to Ansars. 1 spear in Khurasan to Pike. Buy Dyes from China for WM + 7gpt + 4 gold.
Incense from Egypt for 9 gpt. Down lux to 20 %. Gpt rises from +16 to +55.
IBT. Berzerker leaves. Otto's and Egypt sign peace. Yamama riots as I mistook a content face for a happy face.
[7] 30 AD. Moving swords, archers and ansars to Fortress.
[8] 50 AD. I spot a Scandivanian Caravel. That means they have Astronomy.
[9] 70 AD. The Vikings seem to have lost Molde to the Egyptians.
IBT: India and Scandinavia sign MA against Egypt
[10] 90AD. I unfortunately can't get Damascus to 20 uncorrupted spt. Mecca is, Baghdad is on 10 uncorrupted spt, Najran, Kufah, Basra on 5. I can't decide to build either courthouse in Damascus or Forbidden Palace there. Next player can decide.
We have a SoD in a fortress 2 tiles West of Copenhagen (Scandinavia's Silks-city) consisting of 1 pike, 1 cat, 2 archers, 6 swords and 5 ansars. We still have 3 horses which can be upgraded immediately (we lack 1 gold for all 3 now).
We can win this war now. I'll fight (AI controlled) berzerkers with ansars any day.
Good luck !
Switch Najran to rax, Khurasan to spear, Setting Mecca and Damascus up for 15 uncorrupted SPT, focussing on commerce.
[1] 90 BC. Contemplate to buy Ivory from China. Decide not to, our Iron for Dyes ends in 5. Saving money for big warrior to swords upgrade.
[2] 70 BC. Starting a fortress near Scandinavian Copenhagen as the start-off point for out attack.
[3] 50 BC. Switch Aden from temple to rax. Khurasan gets a taxman.
IBT: Medina flips from us. Damascus finishes Cathedral.
[4] 30 BC.
IBT. Berzerker enters our lands near Khurasan.
[5] 10 BC. Move a warrior from Kufah to block the land-passage. If that berzerker had friendly intentions he'll retreat. If he hadn't friendly intensions
Sending a horseman there to assist.
IBT. Egyptians want to talk. Their TM for ours + 9 gold ? What about you get our WM + 8 gold for your TM. Done. Berzerker did not attack, instead he fortified himself.
[6] 10 AD. Cancel Iron for Dyes deal with China. Buy Chivalry from India for WM + 502 gold. Upgrade 4 horsemen to Ansars. 1 spear in Khurasan to Pike. Buy Dyes from China for WM + 7gpt + 4 gold.
Incense from Egypt for 9 gpt. Down lux to 20 %. Gpt rises from +16 to +55.
IBT. Berzerker leaves. Otto's and Egypt sign peace. Yamama riots as I mistook a content face for a happy face.
[7] 30 AD. Moving swords, archers and ansars to Fortress.
[8] 50 AD. I spot a Scandivanian Caravel. That means they have Astronomy.
[9] 70 AD. The Vikings seem to have lost Molde to the Egyptians.
IBT: India and Scandinavia sign MA against Egypt
[10] 90AD. I unfortunately can't get Damascus to 20 uncorrupted spt. Mecca is, Baghdad is on 10 uncorrupted spt, Najran, Kufah, Basra on 5. I can't decide to build either courthouse in Damascus or Forbidden Palace there. Next player can decide.
We have a SoD in a fortress 2 tiles West of Copenhagen (Scandinavia's Silks-city) consisting of 1 pike, 1 cat, 2 archers, 6 swords and 5 ansars. We still have 3 horses which can be upgraded immediately (we lack 1 gold for all 3 now).
We can win this war now. I'll fight (AI controlled) berzerkers with ansars any day.
Good luck !
conehead234
Braves on the Warpath
Good job. I will try to post some comments later.
Build up Ansars and strike Copenhagen (after improving the defenses of border cities). Kill the Berzerkers before they can strike; the 4-2-3 Ansar is very good for this. Push through into their core, perhaps even Trondheim, and then make peace for mucho techs.
Scandinavia. 
people to play their turns...
A little touch o' the cat always helps. 
You do a good job running your games Ankka so I don't mind the gentle 
once in a while
ANK07 PTW
90AD
Thank you, Rik. No MMing todo and a nice setup for the Viking Assault and Battery
Ragnar has a causus belli on the neck.
Spend some gold upgrading horsemen to Ansars.
Workers need to finish roads, then move to safety
Move cat and pike to confront Ragnar's 'zerk
Look around the diplo screen tosee if I can't find a dogpile.
Ragnar is allied with India against the Egyptians. India is far away from us..
Abe has an RoP with Ragnar but no trades running
Osman has RoP and deals running with Ragnar
Egypt is at war with Ragnar and Mahatma
Spain has an RoP but no deals with Ragnar. We don't have diplomats in her capitol.
China has RoP but no deals with Ragnar and again we have no diplomats in his capitol
Unfortunately we have little to trade for any alliances against Ragnar.
We need Ragnar's silks and elelphants and technology
Ottomans start Copernicus
T1 110
Shift some troops in the west and hem in Ragnar's 'zerk
Upgrade a unit
Move workers away from front, Still some work to complete at front so negotiations with Ragnar are delayed
Abe wants our treasury and TM. I want his help against Ragnar so agree, relunctantly
Spain joins the catfight against Cleopatra
T2 130
Fill out garrison on neck. Add two more Ansars to invasion force.
Still another worker turn left at front
Indians come calling and ask us to join agansit Cleopatra. Not in our best interests.
Chinese start Copernicus
T3 150
workers safely out of war zone.
Ask Ragnar to move his 'zerk and he declares
Ansar kills 'zerk and GA starts. Income doubles. Productivity at Damascus goes to 27spt. swap to Ansar due in 1
Beef up garrison at Khursan. Move catapault into postion at Bodo, capture slave. Bodo is defended by a spear.
Cleopatra the Avaricious wants 22gpt for alliance aginst Vikings...Not!
Abe will join and is a little more expensive at 33gpt, but he's closer so sign him up. Mahatma will turn against his ally for 28gpt. Done
Stack moves into position at Copenhagen. It's defended by a musket. Three Ansars are in reserve in the fortress.
Ragnar counter attcks reserve in fortress and retreats an Ansar. Counters aginst SoD and loses a 'zerk to catapault and pike
Chinese start Bachs's.
T4 170
Ansar kills 'zerk ar Copenhagen
Cat destroys library at Bodo
Copenhagen
Cat deals minor casualties to musket
Ansar dels minor casulaties to musket, then dies. Next Ansar deals minor casulaties to last musket in garrison, but dies. Ansar delivers heavier casulties to musket and rereats to Mecca.
Ansar cripples musket but dies. Ansar from reserve fails and musket is promoted to elite
Copenhagen has lost population
Zerk from Copenhagen attacks reserve and kills pike.
T5 190
Ansar from reserve kills elite 'zerk and promotes to Elite.
Cat at Bodo hurts spear in garrison. Healthy spear retreats Ansar.
Cat at Copenhagen misses. Vet horseman cripples elite musket but dies. Vet Ansar dies to Elite musket. Musket forces vet Ansar to retreat. Reinforce seige force with Ansar from Damascus.
Ottomans join with Egypt against Ragnar
Zerk attacks beseigers at Copenhagen, kills pike but is crippled
Ottomans start Bachs. Egyptians start Bachs Indians start Bachs Americans start Bachs
T6 210
Attack at Bodo is delayed as 'zerk has covered our iron supply. Cat hurts 'zerk and Ansar finishes him off MDI kills spear at Bodo
Cat at Copenhagen misses. Elite musket kills fresh Ansar. Healed warriors from Mecca reinforce attack at Copenhagen.
Ragnar attacks reserve fortress, loses a zerk and promotes a pike
T7 230
Healed Ansar kills 'zerk out of Copenhagen
Ansar takes Bodo and promotes to Elite
Cat at Copenahgen misses, again! Ansar wounds elite musket but dies. Helathy ELite musketforces Ansar to retreat crippled
Rearrange citiznes at Damascus and Mecca. Both cities are now delivering 30spt
Buy some gems from the Ottomans and hope to turn lux down, saving 10gpt, but it doens't work as the Damascenes claim they are oppressed!!?
Viking zerks kill a pike and Ansar outside Copenhagen
T8 250
MDI from Baghdad kills offending zerk at Copenhagen.
At Copenhagen
Fresh MDI cripples elite musket but dies
Elite Ansar wounds elite musket but dies
Ansars at Copenhagen carry out pillaging campaign, Copenhagen has lost another pop point so let's accelerate the decline
Troops from west heading east elaving pikes and warriors in Bodo garrison
Ottomans and Egypr ally against India. Americans start Copernicus.
T9 260
At Copenhagen
Cat misses. Elite musket kills MDI Ansar wounds MDI but retreats. Attack goes on hold until pillaging campaign cuts Copenhagen off from rest of Scandia.
Mecca, Damuscus and Baghdad start cats. We need more artillery
T10 270
Ansar dies attacking 'zerk outside Copenhagen
Ansar kills 'zerk and pillagers move deeper into Scandia
Ansar kills 'zerk heading into Copenhagen
Scandanavia has fallen into anarchy.
Our attack at Copenhagen has been stalled by those muskets. There are more stonethrwoers on the way. The pillager are working deeper in Scandanvia and can isolate Copenhagen in a couple more turns.
GA started on my third turn so has seventeen to run. At next end of round Damascus should switch to FP to complete as GA ends.
Backlines appear secure. Ragnare has galleys sailing around but so far has not dropped of any troops.
I've built an embassy in Beijing but bringing him against the Vikings is too expensive yet. Mao is the most pacific amongst us, grinning at everyone.
I fear I was a little tentative. Those muskets scared me just a little. However things are tracking now
You do a good job running your games Ankka so I don't mind the gentle once in a whileANK07 PTW
90AD
Thank you, Rik. No MMing todo and a nice setup for the Viking Assault and Battery
Ragnar has a causus belli on the neck.
Spend some gold upgrading horsemen to Ansars.
Workers need to finish roads, then move to safety
Move cat and pike to confront Ragnar's 'zerk
Look around the diplo screen tosee if I can't find a dogpile.
Ragnar is allied with India against the Egyptians. India is far away from us..
Abe has an RoP with Ragnar but no trades running
Osman has RoP and deals running with Ragnar
Egypt is at war with Ragnar and Mahatma
Spain has an RoP but no deals with Ragnar. We don't have diplomats in her capitol.
China has RoP but no deals with Ragnar and again we have no diplomats in his capitol
Unfortunately we have little to trade for any alliances against Ragnar.
We need Ragnar's silks and elelphants and technology
Ottomans start Copernicus
T1 110
Shift some troops in the west and hem in Ragnar's 'zerk
Upgrade a unit
Move workers away from front, Still some work to complete at front so negotiations with Ragnar are delayed
Abe wants our treasury and TM. I want his help against Ragnar so agree, relunctantly
Spain joins the catfight against Cleopatra
T2 130
Fill out garrison on neck. Add two more Ansars to invasion force.
Still another worker turn left at front
Indians come calling and ask us to join agansit Cleopatra. Not in our best interests.
Chinese start Copernicus
T3 150
workers safely out of war zone.
Ask Ragnar to move his 'zerk and he declares
Ansar kills 'zerk and GA starts. Income doubles. Productivity at Damascus goes to 27spt. swap to Ansar due in 1
Beef up garrison at Khursan. Move catapault into postion at Bodo, capture slave. Bodo is defended by a spear.
Cleopatra the Avaricious wants 22gpt for alliance aginst Vikings...Not!
Abe will join and is a little more expensive at 33gpt, but he's closer so sign him up. Mahatma will turn against his ally for 28gpt. Done
Stack moves into position at Copenhagen. It's defended by a musket. Three Ansars are in reserve in the fortress.
Ragnar counter attcks reserve in fortress and retreats an Ansar. Counters aginst SoD and loses a 'zerk to catapault and pike
Chinese start Bachs's.
T4 170
Ansar kills 'zerk ar Copenhagen
Cat destroys library at Bodo
Copenhagen
Cat deals minor casualties to musket
Ansar dels minor casulaties to musket, then dies. Next Ansar deals minor casulaties to last musket in garrison, but dies. Ansar delivers heavier casulties to musket and rereats to Mecca.
Ansar cripples musket but dies. Ansar from reserve fails and musket is promoted to elite
Copenhagen has lost population
Zerk from Copenhagen attacks reserve and kills pike.
T5 190
Ansar from reserve kills elite 'zerk and promotes to Elite.
Cat at Bodo hurts spear in garrison. Healthy spear retreats Ansar.
Cat at Copenhagen misses. Vet horseman cripples elite musket but dies. Vet Ansar dies to Elite musket. Musket forces vet Ansar to retreat. Reinforce seige force with Ansar from Damascus.
Ottomans join with Egypt against Ragnar
Zerk attacks beseigers at Copenhagen, kills pike but is crippled
Ottomans start Bachs. Egyptians start Bachs Indians start Bachs Americans start Bachs
T6 210
Attack at Bodo is delayed as 'zerk has covered our iron supply. Cat hurts 'zerk and Ansar finishes him off MDI kills spear at Bodo
Cat at Copenhagen misses. Elite musket kills fresh Ansar. Healed warriors from Mecca reinforce attack at Copenhagen.
Ragnar attacks reserve fortress, loses a zerk and promotes a pike
T7 230
Healed Ansar kills 'zerk out of Copenhagen
Ansar takes Bodo and promotes to Elite
Cat at Copenahgen misses, again! Ansar wounds elite musket but dies. Helathy ELite musketforces Ansar to retreat crippled
Rearrange citiznes at Damascus and Mecca. Both cities are now delivering 30spt
Buy some gems from the Ottomans and hope to turn lux down, saving 10gpt, but it doens't work as the Damascenes claim they are oppressed!!?
Viking zerks kill a pike and Ansar outside Copenhagen
T8 250
MDI from Baghdad kills offending zerk at Copenhagen.
At Copenhagen
Fresh MDI cripples elite musket but dies
Elite Ansar wounds elite musket but dies
Ansars at Copenhagen carry out pillaging campaign, Copenhagen has lost another pop point so let's accelerate the decline
Troops from west heading east elaving pikes and warriors in Bodo garrison
Ottomans and Egypr ally against India. Americans start Copernicus.
T9 260
At Copenhagen
Cat misses. Elite musket kills MDI Ansar wounds MDI but retreats. Attack goes on hold until pillaging campaign cuts Copenhagen off from rest of Scandia.
Mecca, Damuscus and Baghdad start cats. We need more artillery
T10 270
Ansar dies attacking 'zerk outside Copenhagen
Ansar kills 'zerk and pillagers move deeper into Scandia
Ansar kills 'zerk heading into Copenhagen
Scandanavia has fallen into anarchy.
Our attack at Copenhagen has been stalled by those muskets. There are more stonethrwoers on the way. The pillager are working deeper in Scandanvia and can isolate Copenhagen in a couple more turns.
GA started on my third turn so has seventeen to run. At next end of round Damascus should switch to FP to complete as GA ends.
Backlines appear secure. Ragnare has galleys sailing around but so far has not dropped of any troops.
I've built an embassy in Beijing but bringing him against the Vikings is too expensive yet. Mao is the most pacific amongst us, grinning at everyone.
I fear I was a little tentative. Those muskets scared me just a little. However things are tracking now
pindicator
Emperor
Got it, but SGOTM2 is ahead of this on the list, so I probably won't get to it until tomorrow night.
pindicator
Emperor
Write up soon to come, but this victory was costly. Probably even ill-advised.
pindicator
Emperor
Load up the save, and review Bede's write-up.
We are currently at war with Ragnar, but so is everyone else besides Mao and Isabella.
Goal for the war, as Bede put is: "We need Ragnar's silks and elephants and technology." I'll try to get at least the silks in my 10.
No MMing needed that I could tell -- and at 30spt in 2 cities, we're gonna give Ragnar the hurt with ansars.
Taking a look at the diplo menues:
China: up Mono, Theo, Invent; we have 6 turns on a dye deal with them
Egypt: up same 3; we have 6 turns on a incense deal with them
Vikings will not acknowledge us.
India: up same 3; we have 13 turns left on MA costing us 28gpt
Ottoman: up same 3; we have 17 turns left on a gem deal costing us 15gpt
Spain: up Monarchy, and we can trade for it... but what's the point?
America: up same 3; we have 13 turns left on MA costing us 33gpt
Anjar is undefended? As a coastal town, I'll have to trust Bede on this one, but I am going to throw pikemen in it as soon as i can.
IBT-
'zerk from Stravanger dies to pike, but redlines it
'zerk from Copenhagen dies to pike, but redlines it
'zerk from Copen kills Ansar, -2HP
China and Egypt sign MA against Scandinavia. Free is a good price
Culture expandings abound.
Quell 2 resistors in Bodo.
Turn 1, 280AD
Cats go 1/2 on Copen. Looks like 2 elite muskets at least... no good.
Wounded pikes make trip back home.
Ansars pillage, 1 cuts road off all the way to Stravanger; the other cuts a road E of Copen.
Put Bodo on starvation diet.
Would like more cats before I attack Copen, so I will be at least as timid as Bede
Upgrade sword to MI for 20g
Advance Elite Ansar from Kufah to front lines (hopefully will net us a leader!)
Try to reposition backline troops to cover coast effectively.
MM Khurosan to max commerce as cat is due next turn.
MM Yamana to max production, and get that Harbor online quicker; since we're starving Bodo it doesn't need the tiles.
Ragnar will speak with us, but will not give us anything worthwhile.
IBT-
Spanish want to talk. I already told you Isabella, we don't want your monarchy!
Viking galley looks to be heading right towards undefended:
Kufah riots; I just checked that city--it was good; well, now it is again.
Basra builds market.
Resistance in Bodo ends.
Ottomans build Copernicus.
Turn 2, 290AD
That galley could be just heading home, but I can't risk it. Our galley redlines theirs before losing.
At risk of exposing some Ansars, I isolate Copen with pillaging. Time to attack soon.
Upgrade another sword to MI for 20g.
With all the ansars we have lined up, the attack looks good for next turn.
And with the resistance in Bodo done, I move 2 pikes out to help defend other cities.
India will offer us Theology for 34gpt. Will pass for now, but it may be worth it to buy off another civ before we extort from the Vikings.
IBT-
Vikings want to talk. They won't give us anything for peace, so screw them.
Sure enough, the Vikings capture Baghdad via amphibious zerks.
Will retake with ansars next turn (was prepared for this).
'zerk kills redlined pike (cause I forgot a road was there), but he's exposed now.
Chinese building JS Bach's.
Turn 3, 300AD
MI loses to 'zerk in Baghdad, -2HP.
Ansar flawlessly mops up; Baghdad is ours and the resistance is over. But I do notice some WW.
The RNG is hating me in my SGs lately. Ansar loses to zerk, -3HP. MI comes from Mecca and finishes the job.
All four cats miss... so far that makes them 1/9.
Am I stubborn enough to continue the attack? You bet I am!
Ansar loses to musket, -1HP -- do these guys ever retreat?
MDI loses to musket, -2HP.
Okay, a third musket is now showing. This is bad; we need to bombard the city -- I'm not that stubborn i guess.
MDI loses to musket, -1HP and promo -- that's enough; I'm not that stubborn. We may not be able to take this town without a huge SOD or cannons.
Turn 4, 310AD
War weariness is starting to get up there.
Pillaging is going wonderfully; Scandinavia has no troops to take out our pillagers.
IBT-
And so what didn't I do after noticing the WW? That's right, up luxuries... so we get rioting.
Ottomans building Smiths.
Turn 5, 320AD
Cat knocks Copenhagen down to 7. Oh please, just one more pop gone. Sadly the other 5 cats miss.
Hereid is now isolated due to pillaging.
China's price for an MA against the Vikings keeps dropping; soon it may be them paying us.
Up lux to 30%
IBT-
zerk kills pike near Stockholm and redlines.
zerk appears from Stravanger.
zerk kills ansar near Hereid, -1HP. Do ansars retreat or am I just cursed lately?
Turn 6, 330AD
vet Ansar kills zerk, -3HP but we get a promo.
Cats destroy the barracks and colesium in Copenhagen. Sadly, no pop drop.
IBT-
India and Scandinavia sign peace treaty. Our income doubles.
Renegotiate incense for 13gpt, up from 9.
Renegotiate dyes for 11gpt, up from 7.
China building Newton's.
Ottomans building Magellan's.
Turn 7, 340AD
Cats go 1/7, destroying temple.
ansar redlines zerk and dies... i hate ansars right now.
Upgrade a host of warriors to MIs in Damascus. This is going to be our big push, I think. Probably for the next player, too.
IBT-
Ottoman's want to talk: they want an MA vs. India. Well, they won't even tempt so, so I dismiss em.
Ottoman's building Newton's.
Turn 8, 350AD
Cats go 1/7, hitting a musket.
China has taken Molde, a weak Viking city in their far east.
Turn 9, 360AD
Cats go 3/7, hitting a musket each. This looks like it's the turn.
MDI dies, -1HP off musket.
MDI dies, -1HP off musket.
MDI dies -- they do that well.
MDI dies, nada.
MDI wins
, only -1HP and promos.
Ansar redlines musket and dies.
Ansar dies fruitlessly.
Ansar redlines musket and dies.
Ansar kills musket flawlesly.
Ansar kills musket, -2HP and we take the city!
5 resistors, production set to barracks and citizens set to starve.
Move remaining troops to Hareid, my next target. Culturally, it is the one to hit, and it has already been pillaged and separated from the rest of their empire.
Rognar will now give us Theology for peace.
Turn 10, 370AD
Pillage the iron near Stockholm. An egyptian musket tells me that I wasn't the only one with that plan. This also cuts off the towns of Stockholm, Vadso, and Karasjok from the rest of the Viking empire.
Move troops and workers towars Hareid.
Vikings will give us Theo for peace; not much else. I think we need to convince them otherwise.
Final thoughts:
High cost on taking Copenhagen. With muskets on a hill, we can expect the same from Hareid -- maybe less if we can keep those muskets as vets before we commit. Reykjavik and Karasjok are also on hills, but the rest are not.
May want to change Damascus to FP like Bede mentioned.
Did not MM or diplo this turn.
Do not attack Hareid until you decide to fully commit to it. At the current technology level, expect to lose about as many troops as I did, even though I had bad RNG.
Good luck to the next player; you'll need it.
We are currently at war with Ragnar, but so is everyone else besides Mao and Isabella.
Goal for the war, as Bede put is: "We need Ragnar's silks and elephants and technology." I'll try to get at least the silks in my 10.
No MMing needed that I could tell -- and at 30spt in 2 cities, we're gonna give Ragnar the hurt with ansars.
Taking a look at the diplo menues:
China: up Mono, Theo, Invent; we have 6 turns on a dye deal with them
Egypt: up same 3; we have 6 turns on a incense deal with them
Vikings will not acknowledge us.
India: up same 3; we have 13 turns left on MA costing us 28gpt
Ottoman: up same 3; we have 17 turns left on a gem deal costing us 15gpt
Spain: up Monarchy, and we can trade for it... but what's the point?
America: up same 3; we have 13 turns left on MA costing us 33gpt
Anjar is undefended? As a coastal town, I'll have to trust Bede on this one, but I am going to throw pikemen in it as soon as i can.
IBT-
'zerk from Stravanger dies to pike, but redlines it
'zerk from Copenhagen dies to pike, but redlines it
'zerk from Copen kills Ansar, -2HP
China and Egypt sign MA against Scandinavia. Free is a good price
Culture expandings abound.
Quell 2 resistors in Bodo.
Turn 1, 280AD
Cats go 1/2 on Copen. Looks like 2 elite muskets at least... no good.
Wounded pikes make trip back home.
Ansars pillage, 1 cuts road off all the way to Stravanger; the other cuts a road E of Copen.
Put Bodo on starvation diet.
Would like more cats before I attack Copen, so I will be at least as timid as Bede
Upgrade sword to MI for 20g
Advance Elite Ansar from Kufah to front lines (hopefully will net us a leader!)
Try to reposition backline troops to cover coast effectively.
MM Khurosan to max commerce as cat is due next turn.
MM Yamana to max production, and get that Harbor online quicker; since we're starving Bodo it doesn't need the tiles.
Ragnar will speak with us, but will not give us anything worthwhile.
IBT-
Spanish want to talk. I already told you Isabella, we don't want your monarchy!
Viking galley looks to be heading right towards undefended:
Kufah riots; I just checked that city--it was good; well, now it is again.
Basra builds market.
Resistance in Bodo ends.
Ottomans build Copernicus.
Turn 2, 290AD
That galley could be just heading home, but I can't risk it. Our galley redlines theirs before losing.
At risk of exposing some Ansars, I isolate Copen with pillaging. Time to attack soon.
Upgrade another sword to MI for 20g.
With all the ansars we have lined up, the attack looks good for next turn.
And with the resistance in Bodo done, I move 2 pikes out to help defend other cities.
India will offer us Theology for 34gpt. Will pass for now, but it may be worth it to buy off another civ before we extort from the Vikings.
IBT-
Vikings want to talk. They won't give us anything for peace, so screw them.
Sure enough, the Vikings capture Baghdad via amphibious zerks.
Will retake with ansars next turn (was prepared for this).'zerk kills redlined pike (cause I forgot a road was there), but he's exposed now.
Chinese building JS Bach's.
Turn 3, 300AD
MI loses to 'zerk in Baghdad, -2HP.
Ansar flawlessly mops up; Baghdad is ours and the resistance is over. But I do notice some WW.
The RNG is hating me in my SGs lately. Ansar loses to zerk, -3HP. MI comes from Mecca and finishes the job.
All four cats miss... so far that makes them 1/9.
Am I stubborn enough to continue the attack? You bet I am!
Ansar loses to musket, -1HP -- do these guys ever retreat?
MDI loses to musket, -2HP.
Okay, a third musket is now showing. This is bad; we need to bombard the city -- I'm not that stubborn i guess.
MDI loses to musket, -1HP and promo -- that's enough; I'm not that stubborn. We may not be able to take this town without a huge SOD or cannons.
Turn 4, 310AD
War weariness is starting to get up there.
Pillaging is going wonderfully; Scandinavia has no troops to take out our pillagers.
IBT-
And so what didn't I do after noticing the WW? That's right, up luxuries... so we get rioting.
Ottomans building Smiths.
Turn 5, 320AD
Cat knocks Copenhagen down to 7. Oh please, just one more pop gone. Sadly the other 5 cats miss.
Hereid is now isolated due to pillaging.
China's price for an MA against the Vikings keeps dropping; soon it may be them paying us.
Up lux to 30%
IBT-
zerk kills pike near Stockholm and redlines.
zerk appears from Stravanger.
zerk kills ansar near Hereid, -1HP. Do ansars retreat or am I just cursed lately?
Turn 6, 330AD
vet Ansar kills zerk, -3HP but we get a promo.
Cats destroy the barracks and colesium in Copenhagen. Sadly, no pop drop.
IBT-
India and Scandinavia sign peace treaty. Our income doubles.
Renegotiate incense for 13gpt, up from 9.
Renegotiate dyes for 11gpt, up from 7.
China building Newton's.
Ottomans building Magellan's.
Turn 7, 340AD
Cats go 1/7, destroying temple.
ansar redlines zerk and dies... i hate ansars right now.
Upgrade a host of warriors to MIs in Damascus. This is going to be our big push, I think. Probably for the next player, too.
IBT-
Ottoman's want to talk: they want an MA vs. India. Well, they won't even tempt so, so I dismiss em.
Ottoman's building Newton's.
Turn 8, 350AD
Cats go 1/7, hitting a musket.
China has taken Molde, a weak Viking city in their far east.
Turn 9, 360AD
Cats go 3/7, hitting a musket each. This looks like it's the turn.
MDI dies, -1HP off musket.
MDI dies, -1HP off musket.
MDI dies -- they do that well.
MDI dies, nada.
MDI wins
, only -1HP and promos.Ansar redlines musket and dies.
Ansar dies fruitlessly.
Ansar redlines musket and dies.
Ansar kills musket flawlesly.
Ansar kills musket, -2HP and we take the city!
5 resistors, production set to barracks and citizens set to starve.
Move remaining troops to Hareid, my next target. Culturally, it is the one to hit, and it has already been pillaged and separated from the rest of their empire.
Rognar will now give us Theology for peace.
Turn 10, 370AD
Pillage the iron near Stockholm. An egyptian musket tells me that I wasn't the only one with that plan. This also cuts off the towns of Stockholm, Vadso, and Karasjok from the rest of the Viking empire.
Move troops and workers towars Hareid.
Vikings will give us Theo for peace; not much else. I think we need to convince them otherwise.
Final thoughts:
High cost on taking Copenhagen. With muskets on a hill, we can expect the same from Hareid -- maybe less if we can keep those muskets as vets before we commit. Reykjavik and Karasjok are also on hills, but the rest are not.
May want to change Damascus to FP like Bede mentioned.
Did not MM or diplo this turn.
Do not attack Hareid until you decide to fully commit to it. At the current technology level, expect to lose about as many troops as I did, even though I had bad RNG.
Good luck to the next player; you'll need it.
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