IHT: I'm going to teach those Germans a lesson !
Otto; Repeat after me:
A is for Attack - that makes people mad,
B is for Blunder - for which you'll pay bad.
C is for City - the thing you have razed,
D is for Defense - motivated and crazed.
E is for Endeavour - We'll try really hard,
F is for forgiveness - which we don't have in our heart.
G is for German - confusing stupidity with might,
H is for Hatred - which you started to light.
Washington, 1 reg spear + 1 reg warrior against 3 reg archers. Combat analysor states that without a wall the spear has 54% chance of winning.
With a wall 70%. Assuming (with a wall) we loose 1 HP, the spear then still has a 50% chance of winning. Then the warrior has 40% chance of winning. This means if the spear dies in the first or 2nd attack, we will most likely die.
That means a wall will give us at max 30% + 21% = 41% chance the spear will die in the first or 2nd attack, if it doesn't loose any HP and promotes.
Realistic is to expect to loose 1 HP in the first attack, bringing the chance to 51%.
If instead I don't build walls, but instead rush a spear; the chance of loosing both spears in the first to attacks is 21%. That's what I'll do then. Rush a spear for the cost of 1 citizen.
IBT: Chinese want our scouting unit out -> Sorry, just fleei--- err routine training missions.
the 3 spears move accross the river next to Washington.
Washington finishes the spear, starts another.
[1] 3000 BC. Fortify spear. We meet Russia, they have nothing interesting. Germans refuse peace.
I just hope I have my calculations right ...
IBT: Battle for Washington
3/3 archer Vs 3/3 Spear -> Spear wins flawlessly
3/3 archer Vs 3/3 Spear -> archer wins, loosing 1 HP
Attacked stopped. Palace expands. Our cave gets stairs.
[2] 2950 BC. Scout, but don't do anything to Washington.
IBT: 2/3 archer leaves our lands, a spear moves onto our improved BG. Russia demands our troops out. OK
[3] 2900 BC. Scouting. Germany demands everything we have for peace. He hasn't been learning his lesson, it seems.
I is for injury - which you added to insult,
J is for Justice - your death the result.
K is for Killing - your head on a pole,
L is for Life - Just survival our goal.
M is for our Money - in which you won't dulge,
N is for Nuts - like in "Battle of the Bulge".
O is for Out - Get out; get out you,
P is for pillage - What you'll instead do.
IBT: What a talented visor am I; the Germans pillaged our mined BG.
[4] 2850 BC. Move worker to grassland tile to mine.
No trades possible, Germany still demands everything for our survival. "Nuts" is my reply. If you wait till 1944 the American future 101st Airborne Acting Commander, BG General McAuliffe, will tell you the same. Get used to it !!
IBT: the Germans regroup and now have 2 reg archers and 1 reg spear in striking distance. I'm not afraid.
Russia demands our scout out. OK
[5] 2800 BC. Our defenses are: 3/3 spear and 3/3 warrior, with a spear due next turn. If we can just hold out against the archers. I think we can.
IBT: ARRGHH !! First archer kills our spear, getting 1 scratch himself.
3/3 reg archer Vs 3/3 reg warrior. Strike 1 to the archer. Strike 2 to the archer. 3/3 archer Vs 1/3 warrior. But he wins 3 strikes in a row and the archer is out. The warrior promotes. Due to the dropped number of MP's the spear isn't finished and instead Washington riots. Just what we needed the most.
[6] 2750 BC. Germany still demands everything for peace. No. We're not going to pay for your war; even if we die. Checked the calculator: if the 2/3 archer attacks; we have a 53% chance of winning the battle.
IBT: Germans leave our lands to heal, Spear finishes. Phew... that was close
[7] 2710 BC. Fortify Spear and start another.
Peace is still too expensive.
[8] 2670 BC. Whip a spear. Move our scouts south again. The lone warrior near Russia is going back to Germany as a distraction force.
Germany still demands too much. He can't seen to learn.
Q is for Quickly - quickly leave our lands,
R is for revenge - or we'll kill you with our bare hands.
S is for Surrender - What we'll never do,
T is for tribute - And this we won't too.
U is for U.S. - The nation we still are,
V is for victory - not close, still very far.
W is for Washington - It's ours and not from you,
X is for Xtremes - What you've put us through.
Y is for Yankees - We will not be slaved,
Z is for Zulus - like who you've behaved.
IBT: Warrior joins the archer/spear army group and another warrior/spear move in as well. Washington builds spear, starts walls.
[9] 2630 BC. Worker finishes mine and starts roading.
IBT: archer+warrior+spear (all 3/3) move to Washington. I do not fear them; we have 2 reg spears and 1 vet warrior. In 3 turns we'll have walls. Germans send in reinforecements consisting of 2 reg spears and 1 vet warrior. Our warrior near Leipzig is drawing attention as a vet archer is chasing him.
[10] 2590 BC. Fortified on plains our warrior stands 18% chance of victory, fortified on a hill he has only 28% chance of survival. On a mountain only 40%. He flees south. And spots silks.
Next player can decide whether to pop-rush walls or not.
The Save 2590 BC
. The city had a big " 
me please " sign painted on its naked bottom, and Otto was only too happy to oblige...
ya, but we hardly know ya :shakehead:
.
). Otto has had his fill of the alphabet soup, and our fledging nation is safe, for now. 
, will be to build more cities. I will try to sneak a settler out of Washington if I can. In order to accomplish that, I will have to try to pull the AI puppet string with our units in the North. In some rules, that would be called an exploit, but I don't see much options here.
to the homies that fell.
Germany.
