scoutsout
Minstrel Boy
This is a "gonna 'got it' tomorrow". Chamber-type party tonight... you guys want me to play this tomorrow - trust me.Bede said:
I'll give the turnlogs another read tomorrow morning, play 10, and pass it along....
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I'll give the turnlogs another read tomorrow morning, play 10, and pass it along....
scoutsout
Minstrel Boy
a little eye candy
scoutsout
Minstrel Boy
Pre-flight check
Talk about change... it's hard for me to believe I've played in this game before...
Magnetism in 3 @-297gpt, treasury has 313g (!) Take science down to 50%, Magnetism in 4 @ -64gpt, which we can afford.
Let's see... we're in Republic now. Our Army is costing us 102gpt. We've got 2 Size 6 cities that can grow, and a size 11 that can grow... Rome can grow a bit... we've also got some Warriors that can be disbanded.
Diplo check... we're at peace with everybody
18 turns left on a deal with Hiawatha
10 turns left on something with Shaka
18 left on wines to Cleo
18 left on something with Abe, and he has military tradition
17 left on horses to Tokugawa, who is still in the Ancient Age.
So, it appears I have no business making any wars this round.
Little map check..an unsettled (?) peninsula between America and Japan... that's odd, something must have been sacked there. I wonder if i can get a toehold in there...
We have a lot of cities in need of some worker turns
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IBT -
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Veii Bank>University
Syracuse Library>Aqueduct
Palmyra Aqueduct> Bank
Tarentum Harbor>Market
Artaxata Harbor>Worker
Hippo Regius Harbor>Worker
Arretrium Worker>Worker
Gordiun Harbor>Worker
Aden Harbor>Temple
The Iroquois are building Shakespeare's Theater, Smith's
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Turn 1/960 AD
Move some warriors toward placed we can use some shields
Disband a warrior in Selucia ...and the game hangs...
After the re-boot, move some workers, Our Army cost is down to 98gpt
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IBT - American Warrior Attacks Egyptian Spear at Edfu and dies
Americans found Cincinatti on an island to the north
Caesaraugusta Market>Aqueduct
Casarea Caravel>Aqueduct
Nicomedia Market>Court
Aurelianorum Harbor>Market
Nicopolis Worker>Court
Buto Harbor>Market
Palace Expansion
The Egyptians are building Shakespeare's Theater
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Turn 2/970 AD
Not much to tell here... some worker moves
disband a warrior in Verona
Army cost down to 96 gpt
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IBT- We lost our supply of silks
Cleo offers to trade WM. I decline
Mecca Knight>Knight
Antium Riots and gets a scientist
Cumae Riots and gets a taxman
Pisae Bank>University
The Egyptians are building Shakes
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Turn 3/980 AD
Lots of worker moves and not much else. Move a MDI into Kufah and disband a warror.
Army cost at 92gpt
Science to 40%
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IBT - Some Egyptian units move
We discover Magnetism, set queue to ToG.
Ravenna Aqueduct>Bank
Eburacum Riots
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Turn 4/990 AD
I gotta get this stupid happines problem under control
Scienc to 40%, lux to 20%, ToG in 7, +20gpt
Lots of worker moves, and a few warrior moves, and not much else
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IBT - Some American and Egyptian troop movement near Edfu, an Iroquois Galley appears in the area
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Turn 5/1000 AD
Pompeii Knight>Bank
Disband a Warrior in Nicopolis
Disband 3 Warriors in Verona
Army cost is now 82gpt
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IBT - a couple more Iroquois galleys appear off the NE coast
Byzantium University>Barracks
another palace expansion
The Iroquois are building Newton's
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Turn 6/1010 AD
More of the same, worker moves
Upgrade a galley and 2 Caravels to Galleons
Nobody will trade us much of anything.
Treasury at 130g+40gpt, ToG in 5
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IBT - America and Egypt sign peace
Galley movement to the east
Viroconium Bank>Court
Anjar Harbor>Market
Basra Harbor>Court
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Turn 7 1020AD
More worker moves and not much else
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IBT-
Byzantium Barracks>Knight
The Egyptians are building Smith's
The Americans are building Newton's
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Turn 8/1030 AD
Not much to tell, but just to let you guys know I'm doing something, we're hacking away at some jungle...
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IBT- The Zulu want to renegotiate 25gpt for Iron and Ivory
they offer WM+18gpt+14g, I take him to 23gpt+18g+WM
Mecca Knight>Knight
Brundisium Granary>Bank
Curia Worker>Court
The Egyptians are building Newton's
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Turn 9/1040 AD
Science to 30% still gets us ToG next turn
A little wheelin' and dealin'
Iroquois will offer us Military Tradition for Ivory, Spices, WM, 125g+22gpt
Egypt will sell it to us for Spices, Iron, WM, 125gpt+12gpt
Abe wants Spices, WM, 55gp...forget THAT...
Egypt gets the deal, and now 'slinger can build us some Cavalry...
I upgrade 3 Knights to Cav to save 'slinger the trouble.
Hey, at least I got to do SOMETHING besides worker moves!
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IBT - We enter the Industrial Era, set research to Steam Power, due in 14 at 40%
Our people want to build the Military Academy! Why doesn't that surprise me? (Though I do find it amusing that Rome is about 8 turns from completing the Pentagon...)
Khurasan Court>Market
Corfinium Harbor>Temple
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Turn 10/1050 AD
MM a citizen in Viroconium off that no-gold producing volcano to a freshly mined mountain
Antium will build Newton's in 4 turns...
Our workers hook up an other spice near Gordion
Move some Galleons...dang that's all the fun I get to have? Oh well
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Talk about change... it's hard for me to believe I've played in this game before...
Magnetism in 3 @-297gpt, treasury has 313g (!) Take science down to 50%, Magnetism in 4 @ -64gpt, which we can afford.
Let's see... we're in Republic now. Our Army is costing us 102gpt. We've got 2 Size 6 cities that can grow, and a size 11 that can grow... Rome can grow a bit... we've also got some Warriors that can be disbanded.
Diplo check... we're at peace with everybody
18 turns left on a deal with Hiawatha
10 turns left on something with Shaka
18 left on wines to Cleo
18 left on something with Abe, and he has military tradition
17 left on horses to Tokugawa, who is still in the Ancient Age.
So, it appears I have no business making any wars this round.
Little map check..an unsettled (?) peninsula between America and Japan... that's odd, something must have been sacked there. I wonder if i can get a toehold in there...
We have a lot of cities in need of some worker turns
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IBT -
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Veii Bank>University
Syracuse Library>Aqueduct
Palmyra Aqueduct> Bank
Tarentum Harbor>Market
Artaxata Harbor>Worker
Hippo Regius Harbor>Worker
Arretrium Worker>Worker
Gordiun Harbor>Worker
Aden Harbor>Temple
The Iroquois are building Shakespeare's Theater, Smith's
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Turn 1/960 AD
Move some warriors toward placed we can use some shields
Disband a warrior in Selucia ...and the game hangs...
After the re-boot, move some workers, Our Army cost is down to 98gpt
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IBT - American Warrior Attacks Egyptian Spear at Edfu and dies
Americans found Cincinatti on an island to the north
Caesaraugusta Market>Aqueduct
Casarea Caravel>Aqueduct
Nicomedia Market>Court
Aurelianorum Harbor>Market
Nicopolis Worker>Court
Buto Harbor>Market
Palace Expansion
The Egyptians are building Shakespeare's Theater
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Turn 2/970 AD
Not much to tell here... some worker moves
disband a warrior in Verona
Army cost down to 96 gpt
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IBT- We lost our supply of silks
Cleo offers to trade WM. I decline
Mecca Knight>Knight
Antium Riots and gets a scientist
Cumae Riots and gets a taxman
Pisae Bank>University
The Egyptians are building Shakes
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Turn 3/980 AD
Lots of worker moves and not much else. Move a MDI into Kufah and disband a warror.
Army cost at 92gpt
Science to 40%
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IBT - Some Egyptian units move
We discover Magnetism, set queue to ToG.
Ravenna Aqueduct>Bank
Eburacum Riots
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Turn 4/990 AD
I gotta get this stupid happines problem under control
Scienc to 40%, lux to 20%, ToG in 7, +20gpt
Lots of worker moves, and a few warrior moves, and not much else
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IBT - Some American and Egyptian troop movement near Edfu, an Iroquois Galley appears in the area
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Turn 5/1000 AD
Pompeii Knight>Bank
Disband a Warrior in Nicopolis
Disband 3 Warriors in Verona
Army cost is now 82gpt
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IBT - a couple more Iroquois galleys appear off the NE coast
Byzantium University>Barracks
another palace expansion
The Iroquois are building Newton's
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Turn 6/1010 AD
More of the same, worker moves
Upgrade a galley and 2 Caravels to Galleons
Nobody will trade us much of anything.
Treasury at 130g+40gpt, ToG in 5
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IBT - America and Egypt sign peace
Galley movement to the east
Viroconium Bank>Court
Anjar Harbor>Market
Basra Harbor>Court
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Turn 7 1020AD
More worker moves and not much else
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IBT-
Byzantium Barracks>Knight
The Egyptians are building Smith's
The Americans are building Newton's
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Turn 8/1030 AD
Not much to tell, but just to let you guys know I'm doing something, we're hacking away at some jungle...
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IBT- The Zulu want to renegotiate 25gpt for Iron and Ivory
they offer WM+18gpt+14g, I take him to 23gpt+18g+WM
Mecca Knight>Knight
Brundisium Granary>Bank
Curia Worker>Court
The Egyptians are building Newton's
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Turn 9/1040 AD
Science to 30% still gets us ToG next turn
A little wheelin' and dealin'
Iroquois will offer us Military Tradition for Ivory, Spices, WM, 125g+22gpt
Egypt will sell it to us for Spices, Iron, WM, 125gpt+12gpt
Abe wants Spices, WM, 55gp...forget THAT...
Egypt gets the deal, and now 'slinger can build us some Cavalry...
I upgrade 3 Knights to Cav to save 'slinger the trouble.
Hey, at least I got to do SOMETHING besides worker moves!
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IBT - We enter the Industrial Era, set research to Steam Power, due in 14 at 40%
Our people want to build the Military Academy! Why doesn't that surprise me? (Though I do find it amusing that Rome is about 8 turns from completing the Pentagon...)
Khurasan Court>Market
Corfinium Harbor>Temple
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Turn 10/1050 AD
MM a citizen in Viroconium off that no-gold producing volcano to a freshly mined mountain
Antium will build Newton's in 4 turns...
Our workers hook up an other spice near Gordion
Move some Galleons...dang that's all the fun I get to have? Oh well
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scoutsout
Minstrel Boy
Well, there isn't much to tell. I basically managed to move the game forward, which is probably enough at this juncture. Losing silks IBT hurt us for a turn. Sorry team. I did manage to get us a couple of techs, and into the industrial age.
We stand a pretty good chance of getting Smith's and Newton's thanks to some nice pre-builds from Bede and 'slinger.
At this juncture we should probably decide if we're going to pursue communism>domination or democracy>space race. I think either is feasible, but with everybody else in Democracy, they're going to start to run away tech wise. We either need to get into democracy and keep them in sight, or get into communism and trample them under foot. We are not going to win this in Republic, the military cost (and all these little bitty towns) will eat us alive.
Some notes for the next player:
I've got the research queue set to Steam Power, but it's fresh, so it won't waste anything to change it. We've got a couple of luxuries that are in demand. I didn't see any offers that excited me on my last couple of turns, so I thought I'd leave those decisions to the next better player. You should actually be able to do some stuff in pre-flight if you'd like to.
So, without further ado, here's > > The Save < <
We stand a pretty good chance of getting Smith's and Newton's thanks to some nice pre-builds from Bede and 'slinger.
At this juncture we should probably decide if we're going to pursue communism>domination or democracy>space race. I think either is feasible, but with everybody else in Democracy, they're going to start to run away tech wise. We either need to get into democracy and keep them in sight, or get into communism and trample them under foot. We are not going to win this in Republic, the military cost (and all these little bitty towns) will eat us alive.
Some notes for the next player:
I've got the research queue set to Steam Power, but it's fresh, so it won't waste anything to change it. We've got a couple of luxuries that are in demand. I didn't see any offers that excited me on my last couple of turns, so I thought I'd leave those decisions to the next better player. You should actually be able to do some stuff in pre-flight if you'd like to.
So, without further ado, here's > > The Save < <
Sir Bugsy
Civ.D.
I've got it.
Sir Bugsy
Civ.D.
Pre-flight 1050 AD Diplo Check We have some gpt deals with Hiawatha (8 turns), Shaka (18), Cleo (19), Abe (8), and Tokugawa (8)
Tokugawa is in the early middle ages. Doesnt even have knights yet.
Shaka is down several techs.
If I put together a navy, slinger can take Japan in a few turns.
I can tell Im following scout, some major building going on.
Change Arretium, Hippo, and Artaxata from workers to galleons. Wake up a bunch of ACs, and head them towards Hippo for embarkation to Japan.
Upgrade our caravel to a galleon for 30G. On further study, I think Caesaraugusta will be our embarkation port.
IBT Hispalis: Bank=> cav
Gordion: worker=> worker
1. 1060 AD Need some cash for rushing galleons. Drop science by 10%. Steam due in 17.
IBT Damascus: Market=> Library
2. 1070 AD Spend 156G rushing a galleon. I think 7 or 8 should do the trick. Gathering forces at Caesaraugusta.
IBT Hippo: Galleon=>galleon
Seleucia: Harbor=> Market
3. 1080 AD More maneuvering.
IBT Antium: Newtons=> Cav
Asyut: harbor=>court
Everyone cascades to Smiths
4. 1090 AD Hurry a galleon in Arretium for 148G.
Renew an ivory deal with Abe for 10gpt.
IBT Japan & America sign an MA against Zululand.
Arretium: galleon=> galleon
Byzantium: cav=> cav
Bagacum (interesting name): harbor=> duct
5. 1100 AD More of the same. Two more turns left on the Japanese deal.
IBT Mecca: cav=>cav
Virconium: court=> univ.
Neopolis: market=> galleon
Lisht: harbor=> market
6. 1110 AD Final maneuvering for the D-day landing.
Spend 140G on a galleon in Artaxata
IBT Rome: pentagon=> cav
Palmyra: Bank=> univ.
Artaxata: Galleon=> market
Aurelianorum: Market=> Library
7. 1120 AD Declare war on Japan and land our forces on the mountain next to Kagoshima. Force includes 14 ACs and our AC army. A spear defends Kagoshima.
Here are intrepid forces on D-Day at 0700:
To be continued .
Tokugawa is in the early middle ages. Doesnt even have knights yet.
Shaka is down several techs.
If I put together a navy, slinger can take Japan in a few turns.
I can tell Im following scout, some major building going on.
Change Arretium, Hippo, and Artaxata from workers to galleons. Wake up a bunch of ACs, and head them towards Hippo for embarkation to Japan.
Upgrade our caravel to a galleon for 30G. On further study, I think Caesaraugusta will be our embarkation port.
IBT Hispalis: Bank=> cav
Gordion: worker=> worker
1. 1060 AD Need some cash for rushing galleons. Drop science by 10%. Steam due in 17.
IBT Damascus: Market=> Library
2. 1070 AD Spend 156G rushing a galleon. I think 7 or 8 should do the trick. Gathering forces at Caesaraugusta.
IBT Hippo: Galleon=>galleon
Seleucia: Harbor=> Market
3. 1080 AD More maneuvering.
IBT Antium: Newtons=> Cav
Asyut: harbor=>court
Everyone cascades to Smiths
4. 1090 AD Hurry a galleon in Arretium for 148G.
Renew an ivory deal with Abe for 10gpt.
IBT Japan & America sign an MA against Zululand.
Arretium: galleon=> galleon
Byzantium: cav=> cav
Bagacum (interesting name): harbor=> duct
5. 1100 AD More of the same. Two more turns left on the Japanese deal.
IBT Mecca: cav=>cav
Virconium: court=> univ.
Neopolis: market=> galleon
Lisht: harbor=> market
6. 1110 AD Final maneuvering for the D-day landing.
Spend 140G on a galleon in Artaxata
IBT Rome: pentagon=> cav
Palmyra: Bank=> univ.
Artaxata: Galleon=> market
Aurelianorum: Market=> Library
7. 1120 AD Declare war on Japan and land our forces on the mountain next to Kagoshima. Force includes 14 ACs and our AC army. A spear defends Kagoshima.
Here are intrepid forces on D-Day at 0700:
To be continued .
barbslinger
Gun blast'n shot drinker
Woo-hoo! More cities coming. With the pentagon you can add an ac to army right? Should be a blow out over there. Sounds like communism should be coming by in 20-30 turns or less. Are we still thinking of that? Need to keep our eyes peeled for it to get the SPHC prebuilding in the NE.
We didn't have a Smiths prebuild?
We didn't have a Smiths prebuild?
scoutsout
Minstrel Boy
I believe Smith's was already building when I got the game. I think we had 9 turns left on the build when I finished my turns. The way I read Bugsy's log, everyone cascaded to it, but I don't think anybody finished it. If the cascades were from Newton builds, we should get it - because Bede started a palace prebuild for newtons that had a ton of shields.barbslinger said:We didn't have a Smiths prebuild?
We should probably go ahead and start the SPHC build if that's the way we're going to go... and it sounds like we are. Of course, if we get a MGL....
It looks like Bugsy's going to hand you a bridghead for unloading those cav 'slinger. This ought to be interesting...
Edit: Forgot about my screencap - Scroll up Barbslinger....
barbslinger
Gun blast'n shot drinker
Beautiful! Smiths should be 1-2 away! Loads more cash!
Sir Bugsy
Civ.D.
7. 1120 AD (cont)
IBT Shaka wants to talk Trade WM, I dont think so. The Japanese response is the rush build of a spear in Kagoshima.
Syracuse: Duct=> Univ.
Lose our supply of wines.
8. 1130 AD Bump lux up 20% for the wine loss.
@ Kagoshima: 6/6 AC kills 4/4 spear (-1hp)
6/6 AC kills 4/4 spear (-2 hp & .
Marc Antony appears
5/5 AC killed by 4/4 sword (-2hp)
16/16 AC Army kills 4/4 sword (-2hp)
14/16 Army kills 4/4 sword (-1hp)
13/16 army kills 4/4 sword (-5 hp)
5/5 AC kills 4/4 sword (-2 hp)
5/5 AC retreats from 4/4 sword (-1hp) fresh sword on top (how many defenders do these guys have?)
6/6 AC killed by 4/4 sword (redlined & promoted)
6/6 AC kills 4/4 sword (-2hp)
6/6* AC kills ¾ sword (-3 hp)
6/6 AC kills 2/4 sword (no loss)
5/5 MDI kills 2/5 sword (no loss & the city finally falls)
3 resisters. Contains granary & market. Why isnt there any food in the granary? Well looks like you gents will just need to don these scientist outfits until you find some food. Whats that?... youll starve. Oh well.
Start a harbor so we can get the silks over the sea eventually.
Antony becomes an Army The Western legion
Hiawatha now has Steam, but want two arms and a leg.
IBT The Japanese send nearly everything they have towards Kagoshima
Cumae: Smiths=> cav
Pisae: Univ=> cav
Hispalis: cav=> cav
Caesaraugusta: duct=> library
Tarentum: Market=> duct
Nicomedia riots. WW already?
9. 1140 AD Load a 4th vet AC into our AC army.
There are 26 Japanese units with view of Kagoshima. Lets see how many we can kill. Spears: 3 Swords: 3 Horses: 1 Archers: 4 Promotions: 2 Losses: 3
Plus:
Well save him for something. There are two healthy archers and two healthy swords within striking distance of Kagoshima.
IBT We lose a pike and an AC. They lose an archer and a sword.
The rampaging Americans have destroyed the Zulu.
Kufah riots.
10. 1150 AD There are now 12 swords, 4 archers, and 6 spears at the gates of Kagoshima: Archers killed: 1, Swords killed: 2, Spears killed: 4, Promotions: 2 Losses: 1
There are still 10 healthy swords and 3 healthy archers that will attack Kagoshima next turn. There are fortified galleons by Caesaraugusta ready for loading. Good luck slinger. This one looks like it may get a lot more interesting before Tokugawa is gassed.
The leader is on his way home.
Save: http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads7/Bede_01,_1150_AD.SAV
IBT Shaka wants to talk Trade WM, I dont think so. The Japanese response is the rush build of a spear in Kagoshima.
Syracuse: Duct=> Univ.
Lose our supply of wines.
8. 1130 AD Bump lux up 20% for the wine loss.
@ Kagoshima: 6/6 AC kills 4/4 spear (-1hp)
6/6 AC kills 4/4 spear (-2 hp & .
Marc Antony appears
5/5 AC killed by 4/4 sword (-2hp)
16/16 AC Army kills 4/4 sword (-2hp)
14/16 Army kills 4/4 sword (-1hp)
13/16 army kills 4/4 sword (-5 hp)
5/5 AC kills 4/4 sword (-2 hp)
5/5 AC retreats from 4/4 sword (-1hp) fresh sword on top (how many defenders do these guys have?)
6/6 AC killed by 4/4 sword (redlined & promoted)
6/6 AC kills 4/4 sword (-2hp)
6/6* AC kills ¾ sword (-3 hp)
6/6 AC kills 2/4 sword (no loss)
5/5 MDI kills 2/5 sword (no loss & the city finally falls)
3 resisters. Contains granary & market. Why isnt there any food in the granary? Well looks like you gents will just need to don these scientist outfits until you find some food. Whats that?... youll starve. Oh well.
Start a harbor so we can get the silks over the sea eventually.
Antony becomes an Army The Western legion
Hiawatha now has Steam, but want two arms and a leg.
IBT The Japanese send nearly everything they have towards Kagoshima
Cumae: Smiths=> cav
Pisae: Univ=> cav
Hispalis: cav=> cav
Caesaraugusta: duct=> library
Tarentum: Market=> duct
Nicomedia riots. WW already?
9. 1140 AD Load a 4th vet AC into our AC army.
There are 26 Japanese units with view of Kagoshima. Lets see how many we can kill. Spears: 3 Swords: 3 Horses: 1 Archers: 4 Promotions: 2 Losses: 3
Plus:
Well save him for something. There are two healthy archers and two healthy swords within striking distance of Kagoshima.
IBT We lose a pike and an AC. They lose an archer and a sword.
The rampaging Americans have destroyed the Zulu.
Kufah riots.
10. 1150 AD There are now 12 swords, 4 archers, and 6 spears at the gates of Kagoshima: Archers killed: 1, Swords killed: 2, Spears killed: 4, Promotions: 2 Losses: 1
There are still 10 healthy swords and 3 healthy archers that will attack Kagoshima next turn. There are fortified galleons by Caesaraugusta ready for loading. Good luck slinger. This one looks like it may get a lot more interesting before Tokugawa is gassed.
The leader is on his way home.
Save: http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads7/Bede_01,_1150_AD.SAV
barbslinger
Gun blast'n shot drinker
Ooh, looks like fun! Will gander at it and play tonight. Do we have an FP yet? That would be good leader usage. I think we're still pretty far from being commies. Are reinforcements inbound? I guess I'll see tonight. Nice work Bugsy!
Sir Bugsy
Civ.D.
Hopefully you can withstand the onslaught of Japanese swords at Kagoshima. If you can't it will have been entirely my fault.
barbslinger
Gun blast'n shot drinker
I would never place blame on an individual for having courage to attack. Maybe if you landed with 3 units I would have squawked. I'll do my best to CYA.Sir Bugsy said:
barbslinger
Gun blast'n shot drinker
Bede01- Romans 1150AD
Preturn Looks like a big lead for us! Lux tax is about 84gpt. We can get silks from America for 33gpt and our spices. Deal. I increase research losing 118g this turn to get steam in 1. Im hoping to parlay it and ivory into a deal with Egypt for Nationalism. Run through all the cities swapping a few to temples and others to courts. It makes no sense to put a library in a town that due to corruption makes only 1-2 gold. What 1 extra beaker? A court will increase the gold/shields and then speed the time to the library which will then make quite a few more beakers. Take a few workers off of multi turn chops to prepare for rails. Why do we have workers planting forests on grassland? Is this a new strat Im unaware of? A couple other cities swap to a worker skim. Kagoshima indeed looks in peril. I swap to walls and rush for 36g. It will be a battle. But I think we will win.
IT We hold losing 3 battles and we are really weak now.
Veii Uni > Wkr, Antium-Cav>Wkr, Kago-Walls>Rax, Byz-Cav>Cav, Nico-Court>Aqueduct, Hippo-Wkr>Wkr, Gordion-Wkr>Wkr. Nico is now pulling 5 of 8 shields while its neighbor is still only pulling 2 of 7 shields.
[1] 1160 We have 2 coals neither hooked up. 1 in the NE territory and one in the jungle of our path to the NE territory. I was hoping for one being hooked up already. We now have a 12/22 AC army and a 15/16 cav army in Kago. I use the cav army to clear a spear and 2 swords and a 2/5 cav to clear an archer. No leader. That leaves a spear and 2 swords on the mountain. The cavalry army can still attack, and does taking out the spear. The Acav army beats both swords and is now 9/22. Were a 97.6% favorite if a sword attacks and it probably wont. I worker rush the rax in Kago for 120 vs 160g for a straight rush. I think well be fine. Brundesiums bank in 11 goes to colloseum in 5 with growth in 6. It is ready to riot and needs a scientist. Rome goes to MilAcad for ToE prebuild in 19 and Byzantium goes to Palace for Hoover prebuild in 72. Catch 6 cities plotting to riot. WW some more. Would be nice to be commies.
IT No attacks but there are 3 swords, 4 spears and an archer knocking at the door that I can play with. Veii and Antium Wkr > Wkr(growing this turn. Kagoshima-Rax>Harbor for future dyes.
[2] 1170 Easily kill all the new intruders. All are ready to heal next turn and then it is pillaging time. Workers should finish coal road next turn too. Other workers are grouping up. BTW, or research is Elec in 13. I have Rome starving a bit to give Antium 5 food. Romes problem will be solved shortly as it wont lose pop for another 10 or so turns. Just started thinking about the flip chances. Kago is down to 2 pop though. Electricity in 12 with some scientist help. Looks like if you take the time to change tax/science specialists you can find a point where one extra scientist will drop the turns and then set the rest to tax.
IT No flip, whew, had me worried for a sec. Mecca-Cav>Uni, Antium and Veii-Wkr>Cavs, Lauria-Harbor>court.
[3] 1180 Coal is online! Begin aligning workers. Kago troops are not healed yet. Another cav army is on the way there. Dyes will be ours! We get 19gpt from Hiawatha for ivory. Just saw Antium had newtons, swap to uni. Hurry 2 courts.
IT No sign of the Japanese still, this should be a walk. Kufah-Ct>Mkt, Jerusalum-Aque>Temple(its ready to grow and cause trouble), Buto-Ct>Market(could go temple if its growth hampers it), Teurnia-Harbor>Ct. I move its tiles for growth.
[4] 1190 About 7 tracks are laid now. I have a big group leap frogging from The jungles towards rome. We take Tokyo with one AC loss. Dyes should be ours next. I weed by leaving the army in Kago. Cavs and another army will arrive next turn.
IT - 2 Iro frigates in cruising in the far north. No galleons. Cumae-Cav>Wkr on growth, Neapolis-Galleon>Ct, Pisae-Cav>Cav, Mediolanium-Temple>Ct
[5] 1200 Workers going at it. I use the leader to hurry the uni in Newton city. I think Ill get others. Sure enough, the attack on Tokyo is acav army drops two spears and 1st elite cav produces a leader and takes the city. Rush the harbor in Kago and we also control the Japanese iron. A peek with the cav army into Osaka shows only spears still. Shoot, Tokyo came with a harbor. Wasted some cash there. America wont give a dime for dyes even though Abe has 1955g. Hiawatha will give some gems for dyes, spices and 18gpt. This allows a lux drop and science increase for elec in 7. Switch all tax to science and get no decrease in turns so swap a lot back to tax. No new techs on the board.
IT Tokyo is quelled. Antium Uni > Worker on growth, Kago-Harbor,opps>Temple, Cumae-Wkr>cav, Brund-coll>Bank. America starts US. They have industrial.
[6] 1210 Lots of roading. We take 4 down in Osaka and Edo lose 2. They should both fall next turn. With the uni addition I thought Id see if electricity would drop to 5 with scientists. No dice.
IT Antium-Worker>Cav, Pompeii-Bank>Cav, Hispalis-Cav>Lib, Ceasarea-Aque>Temple.
[7] 1220 I rush a uni in Mecca with the leader. Edo, Osaka and the bonus town Nara all fall. That leaves Satsuma. Im going to fortify the remaining leaders for that attack. We get wines and 49gpt for Salt and steam from Cleo. Dont want her falling to easily to Abe. Adjust sliders and play around and its electricity in 3!!!
IT Mecca Uni>Worker on growth, Ravenna-Bank>Lib, Syacuse-Temple>cannon. Were going to need arty someday. I flame Cumae and Jerusalum because I didnt go all the way up the list. Iros start US.
[8] 1230 We are almost connected from Syacuse to the far north with a large group near Byzantine to pump its shields on Hoover prebuild and head east.
IT Mecca-Wkr>Cannon, Veii-Cav>Cav, Auriel-Lib>Cannon, Augustador-Harbor>Court. 2 more small flames due to growth. Sorry.
[9] 1240AD We take Satsuma and Trajan appears, headed home. The Japanese are destroyed. All is right with the world and electricity comes in next turn. We can irrigate the Western peninsula.
IT Anjar Court>Market in 17. Man they make a difference.
[10] Roading. Byz makes 20 clean shields now. Looks like my MilAcad was premature. Its down to 7 and we get Medicine in 5. I swap some tiles to get it to 10. Rome has 245 shields and Byz has 142. At present rate it is 20 turns to ToE but that will drop as we see how long it takes to get SciMeth. Rearrange tiles then and drop a worker railing bomb on it. I think around 14-16 turns until ToE. 32 turns to Hoover but that will drop too as we rail. I get Medicine in 4 by kicking up science specialists.
And that is that. Rails are almost from one end to the other. I would dedicate a group to continue on Byz railing so that we can increase shields for Hoovers. 4 turns to Medicine and then figure how to rail/reconfigure Rome for optimum ToE.
Preturn Looks like a big lead for us! Lux tax is about 84gpt. We can get silks from America for 33gpt and our spices. Deal. I increase research losing 118g this turn to get steam in 1. Im hoping to parlay it and ivory into a deal with Egypt for Nationalism. Run through all the cities swapping a few to temples and others to courts. It makes no sense to put a library in a town that due to corruption makes only 1-2 gold. What 1 extra beaker? A court will increase the gold/shields and then speed the time to the library which will then make quite a few more beakers. Take a few workers off of multi turn chops to prepare for rails. Why do we have workers planting forests on grassland? Is this a new strat Im unaware of? A couple other cities swap to a worker skim. Kagoshima indeed looks in peril. I swap to walls and rush for 36g. It will be a battle. But I think we will win.
IT We hold losing 3 battles and we are really weak now.
Veii Uni > Wkr, Antium-Cav>Wkr, Kago-Walls>Rax, Byz-Cav>Cav, Nico-Court>Aqueduct, Hippo-Wkr>Wkr, Gordion-Wkr>Wkr. Nico is now pulling 5 of 8 shields while its neighbor is still only pulling 2 of 7 shields.
[1] 1160 We have 2 coals neither hooked up. 1 in the NE territory and one in the jungle of our path to the NE territory. I was hoping for one being hooked up already. We now have a 12/22 AC army and a 15/16 cav army in Kago. I use the cav army to clear a spear and 2 swords and a 2/5 cav to clear an archer. No leader. That leaves a spear and 2 swords on the mountain. The cavalry army can still attack, and does taking out the spear. The Acav army beats both swords and is now 9/22. Were a 97.6% favorite if a sword attacks and it probably wont. I worker rush the rax in Kago for 120 vs 160g for a straight rush. I think well be fine. Brundesiums bank in 11 goes to colloseum in 5 with growth in 6. It is ready to riot and needs a scientist. Rome goes to MilAcad for ToE prebuild in 19 and Byzantium goes to Palace for Hoover prebuild in 72. Catch 6 cities plotting to riot. WW some more. Would be nice to be commies.
IT No attacks but there are 3 swords, 4 spears and an archer knocking at the door that I can play with. Veii and Antium Wkr > Wkr(growing this turn. Kagoshima-Rax>Harbor for future dyes.
[2] 1170 Easily kill all the new intruders. All are ready to heal next turn and then it is pillaging time. Workers should finish coal road next turn too. Other workers are grouping up. BTW, or research is Elec in 13. I have Rome starving a bit to give Antium 5 food. Romes problem will be solved shortly as it wont lose pop for another 10 or so turns. Just started thinking about the flip chances. Kago is down to 2 pop though. Electricity in 12 with some scientist help. Looks like if you take the time to change tax/science specialists you can find a point where one extra scientist will drop the turns and then set the rest to tax.
IT No flip, whew, had me worried for a sec. Mecca-Cav>Uni, Antium and Veii-Wkr>Cavs, Lauria-Harbor>court.
[3] 1180 Coal is online! Begin aligning workers. Kago troops are not healed yet. Another cav army is on the way there. Dyes will be ours! We get 19gpt from Hiawatha for ivory. Just saw Antium had newtons, swap to uni. Hurry 2 courts.
IT No sign of the Japanese still, this should be a walk. Kufah-Ct>Mkt, Jerusalum-Aque>Temple(its ready to grow and cause trouble), Buto-Ct>Market(could go temple if its growth hampers it), Teurnia-Harbor>Ct. I move its tiles for growth.
[4] 1190 About 7 tracks are laid now. I have a big group leap frogging from The jungles towards rome. We take Tokyo with one AC loss. Dyes should be ours next. I weed by leaving the army in Kago. Cavs and another army will arrive next turn.
IT - 2 Iro frigates in cruising in the far north. No galleons. Cumae-Cav>Wkr on growth, Neapolis-Galleon>Ct, Pisae-Cav>Cav, Mediolanium-Temple>Ct
[5] 1200 Workers going at it. I use the leader to hurry the uni in Newton city. I think Ill get others. Sure enough, the attack on Tokyo is acav army drops two spears and 1st elite cav produces a leader and takes the city. Rush the harbor in Kago and we also control the Japanese iron. A peek with the cav army into Osaka shows only spears still. Shoot, Tokyo came with a harbor. Wasted some cash there. America wont give a dime for dyes even though Abe has 1955g. Hiawatha will give some gems for dyes, spices and 18gpt. This allows a lux drop and science increase for elec in 7. Switch all tax to science and get no decrease in turns so swap a lot back to tax. No new techs on the board.
IT Tokyo is quelled. Antium Uni > Worker on growth, Kago-Harbor,opps>Temple, Cumae-Wkr>cav, Brund-coll>Bank. America starts US. They have industrial.
[6] 1210 Lots of roading. We take 4 down in Osaka and Edo lose 2. They should both fall next turn. With the uni addition I thought Id see if electricity would drop to 5 with scientists. No dice.
IT Antium-Worker>Cav, Pompeii-Bank>Cav, Hispalis-Cav>Lib, Ceasarea-Aque>Temple.
[7] 1220 I rush a uni in Mecca with the leader. Edo, Osaka and the bonus town Nara all fall. That leaves Satsuma. Im going to fortify the remaining leaders for that attack. We get wines and 49gpt for Salt and steam from Cleo. Dont want her falling to easily to Abe. Adjust sliders and play around and its electricity in 3!!!
IT Mecca Uni>Worker on growth, Ravenna-Bank>Lib, Syacuse-Temple>cannon. Were going to need arty someday. I flame Cumae and Jerusalum because I didnt go all the way up the list. Iros start US.
[8] 1230 We are almost connected from Syacuse to the far north with a large group near Byzantine to pump its shields on Hoover prebuild and head east.
IT Mecca-Wkr>Cannon, Veii-Cav>Cav, Auriel-Lib>Cannon, Augustador-Harbor>Court. 2 more small flames due to growth. Sorry.
[9] 1240AD We take Satsuma and Trajan appears, headed home. The Japanese are destroyed. All is right with the world and electricity comes in next turn. We can irrigate the Western peninsula.
IT Anjar Court>Market in 17. Man they make a difference.
[10] Roading. Byz makes 20 clean shields now. Looks like my MilAcad was premature. Its down to 7 and we get Medicine in 5. I swap some tiles to get it to 10. Rome has 245 shields and Byz has 142. At present rate it is 20 turns to ToE but that will drop as we see how long it takes to get SciMeth. Rearrange tiles then and drop a worker railing bomb on it. I think around 14-16 turns until ToE. 32 turns to Hoover but that will drop too as we rail. I get Medicine in 4 by kicking up science specialists.
And that is that. Rails are almost from one end to the other. I would dedicate a group to continue on Byz railing so that we can increase shields for Hoovers. 4 turns to Medicine and then figure how to rail/reconfigure Rome for optimum ToE.
barbslinger
Gun blast'n shot drinker
Double post
scoutsout
Minstrel Boy
I believe I see a pattern emerging here... I get the game, do some basic stuff (whack-a-barb, build stuff for the next whatever) Bugs gets the game, puts some things into position...
...then 'slinger gets the game, and makes sure that by the time it gets back to me, I won't recognize it any more, and it'll take me ten turns just to figure out what the heck is going on!!!!
"Nice Turns" doesn't quite describe it well enough... way to go!
...then 'slinger gets the game, and makes sure that by the time it gets back to me, I won't recognize it any more, and it'll take me ten turns just to figure out what the heck is going on!!!!
"Nice Turns" doesn't quite describe it well enough... way to go!
Sir Bugsy
Civ.D.
That was great slinger. I don't know about that foresting grasslands stuff. 
Must have misclicked.
So where do you see this going? Develop the homeland and our new Japanese cities and prepare for a landing in America staged from Japan?
Must have misclicked. So where do you see this going? Develop the homeland and our new Japanese cities and prepare for a landing in America staged from Japan?
You gentlemen certaily know how to move things along. I'm still keen on the Communists to Alpha Centauri.
As for the next target, which one controls the most territory, as that's where we will be most likely to find any missing resources.
Finish the heavy buildings then bring on the revolution!
Order of go:
barbslinger-whupped some Worthy Oriental Gentlemen
Cuivienen-up
Bede-on deck
scoutsout-The Builder
Sir Bugsy-The General Staff
As for the next target, which one controls the most territory, as that's where we will be most likely to find any missing resources.
Finish the heavy buildings then bring on the revolution!
Order of go:
barbslinger-whupped some Worthy Oriental Gentlemen
Cuivienen-up
Bede-on deck
scoutsout-The Builder
Sir Bugsy-The General Staff
Sir Bugsy
Civ.D.
If we're going Commie, we will actually want to reduce the number of cities we have. The more cities, the more corruption. We will want to have the optimum number of cities and not one more. That number increases with the SPHQ. I'll need to look it up. We will want to have courthouses in every city we want to keep. Jumping to Communism will take some planning.
barbslinger
Gun blast'n shot drinker
If playing my usual game America would indeed be next, however, I have never been a commie and I'd like to give it a go to get a feel for it. Roman communists in Space is "a funny thing happened". Interested in that OCN and how damaging it is after you get to it too.Sir Bugsy said:
BTW, I had a terrible time trying to post last night. Bugs, how do you get 2 pictures to show in the same post?
