Ank10 - 3CC AWM

[Ankka]

I vote for blue & red too, as I said earlier.

Great idea for illustrating the possibilities of the spots, grs.

 

[andvruss]

I guess red green wouldn't be an option...I guess blue -red as my secondary.

 

[Sir Bugsy]

Actually Red Green could be an option. How would green compare to blue shield-wise?

 

[grs]

2950BC: Istanbul barracks - spear. Spot a pink border.

2900BC: --

2850BC: Let our warriors meet.

2800BC: Istanbul spear - warrior.

2750BC: Move spear towards "front".

2700BC: Instanbul warrior - settler.

2670BC: Road towards blue city.

2630BC: We are at pink's borders - no contact yet.

2590BC: Iron working in. We have iron on the hill direct se to Istanbul Enter the pink territory and it is the French. We can get Alphabet or Warrior Code for Iron Working. I select Alphabet because a) it is more expensive and b) We want cats more than archers, since we can build swords soon. Take her 10 gold too and declare war. Start to research Mathematics at min.

2550BC: Istanbul settler - warrior. Joan has rushed a spear in Orleans. She has at least a reg warrior and a reg spear now.

2510BC: Joan has moved 2 reg warriors out of Orleans.

2470BC: Istanbul warrior - warrior. Joan moves her warriors around

2430BC: We now have 2 regs and 2 vets vs 1 spear in Orleans. Go for it: vet. warrior dies do reg spear (-2). vet. spear flawlessly kills redlined spear and razes Orleans. Edrine is founded (blue) and starts a worker.

2390BC: Istanbul warrior - settler (?)

2350BC: River trap set. The AI will no attack a fort. spear across a river, so we will be able to pick on them after they have crossed next turn. Our stack is not far from Paris. Though we may need to cross the river. There are two more French warriors 2 or 3 tiles e from the other 2. Happy hunting.

Edit: Played before I saw the red, green idea was followed. Sorry, but it looked like a 4:1 for me.

Edit2: A pic of the known world.

 

[Sir Bugsy]

Excellent! Joan is now short a city. Let's send everything we've got to nail the French.

 

[Bede]

Got it.

Will post a plan tomorrow morning, play tomorrow night.

 

[Ankka]

Good job, grs. If we can do the same to France and as fast as we did to the Ottos in our last game, we will have only 6 enemies left, and they will be firther away.

 

[Sir Bugsy]

Wrong thread.

 

[grs]

Hmm, I thought for a moment bugsy switched sides and played the French

 

[Sir Bugsy]

Nope, just me being in a hurry to post to the other game we're playing.

 

[Bede]

Settle the red location and try to finish the French.

 

[Bede]

2350-1750BC

Played turns 35-50

River block didn't hold, spear pulled back to Istanbul.

French have a warrior parked on the iron mountain

Settler and warrior positioned at red dot.

French expedition failed. Spear promoted to elite by archer attack after pillaging most of the French road network and improvemtns. Spear fortified on far side of the river at Paris.

 

[Sir Bugsy]

I guess we can get some warriors built and kick the guy off our iron mountain, then make some swords.

 

[Bede]

It was one of those choices, dump the shields in the settler for a spear or give up the capitol and cover the mountain, or protect Istanbul.

 

[grs]

Hmm, did I risk too much?

 

[Bede]

I don't think so. 'Twas a chance worth taking and now France is a single town with no improvements to speak of. Couple more warriors, knock the Frenchman off the mountain about the time the workers are ready to road the iron, and swordsmen here we come.

 

[Ankka]

Fine job, Bede...

How many units do the French have on the mountain? IMHO we should build some warriors, throw them away and upgrade and then smash the French totally...



Sir Bugsy
grs
Bede
andvruss - UP!
Ankka - on deck

REMEMBER: 24h to post a "got it", total 48 to post turnlog and save.




EDIT: crossposted with Bede, and I agree with him there.

EDIT2: As I won't have much time until sunday, and I now have some, I'm gonna swap with andvruss and play now.

 

[Ankka]

So, a swap wioth andvruss because I won't have time in the weekend because I'll have guests but I have time now. And I wanted to get to play this game.

1750BC [Preturn]: Check to see where we are going... looks good.

IBT: Forest chop took 5 turns away from rax in Edrine.

Istanbul warrior > warrior.

1725BC [1]: Warrior fortifies in Istanbul.

Workers road normal grassland revealed by chop, next they will chop the furs.

Build Bursa as the red dot city.

BTW, we have another source of iron 2S 1SW of Edrine.

IBT: Regular archer emerges from Paris.

1700BC [2]: Have a hard time deciding what to do... attack with the elite spear or wait and see what the archer does.

I decide to wait, because one archer can't do so much harm.. hopefully.

IBT: Looks like more than only that one have sneaked past the spear, because one pops up E of Istanbul.

Istanbul warrior > warrior.

1675BC [3]: Wait and watch, what France decides to do.

IBT: Archer moves to beside Istanbul.

1650BC [4]: Attack archer with vet warrior, we win easily.

IBT: Forest chop takes another 5 turns off from the rax.

French warrior on iron mountain attacks and kills our 3-hp warrior. I took a too big risk. (1-1).

Istanbul warrior > warrior.

1625BC [5]: Vet warrior is redlined, but kills French disturber. (2-1).

Bursa is building a barracks, but would really need a chop, but no workers are available... hm. oh well.

IBT: An Aztac jag warrior runs just E of Edrine, but doesn't stop and we don't meet them.

1600BC [6]: There's a third iron source 2E 2NE of Edrine. that's 3 in our reach.

IBT: Istanbul warrior > warrior.

1575BC [7]: Workers got furs mined, go towards roading the iron.

IBT: Edrine rax > worker.

1550BC [8]: Warrior moves a little East to a mountain, spots French archer.

Istanbul warrior > warrior.

1525BC [9]: Iron mountain roading scheduled in 3 turns.

Gah, lose a vet warrior to French reg archer. (2-2)

IBT: Culture expands in Istanbul.

1500BC [10]: Slow down worker build in Edrine to get it at the same time it grows to size 3.

Kill ratio was a useless 2-2.

The known world in 1500BC:
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Sir Bugsy - on deck
grs
Bede - played before Ankka
andvruss - UP!
Ankka - just played, swap with andvruss

REMEMBER: 24h to post a "got it", total 48 to post turnlog and save.

 

[Sir Bugsy]

I think if we go to F4, you'll find we have contact with the Aztecs.

Let's connect the iron, build some swords, and kill us some Frenchmen.

 

[Ankka]

I checked F4 and we didn't have contact.

And iron is to be connected in 2 turns IIRC. Or one. Time for 2 warriors including the one currently being built to be built.