Bowsling 2: The Lion and the Chariot

[CommandoBob]

0 (Preflight) 1250 AD

First off, cycled through the cities. Hired some geeks, changed some builds. Refining in 6, not 7, with no change in the science rate. At 90% and 100% we learn Refining in 5.

The Egyptian War continues.

Good News

Four Infantry and a Cavalry defend this city, but fall to the might of three amries (5 of 5).

We now control Smith's Trading Company, which means free markets and banks. We keep this city. We gain 69 gold and 9 resisters.

We go from +19 gpt to +78 gpt.

Egypt will agree to peace, but no cities in the deal.

We play with workers.

Pick off Rifle and Longbow and gain 2 slaves from Egypt (6 of 6, 0 of 1e).

Add a settler into Nagoya.

Switch science to Espionage, 4 turns at 60%, +316 gpt, 3469 gold.
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[IBT]
New Tyrana: worker -> wealth, maximize growth.
We stifle 3 resisters in Heliopolis.
caesarea: worker -> wealth, maximize growth.
New Hattusas: worker -> wealth, maximize growth.
Corihuayrachina: walls -> worker (Inca) in 4.
Pi-Ramesses: worker (Inca) -> worker (Inca) in 4.
Groningen: vFrigate -> vGalleon in 3.
Aleppo: vCavalry -> vCavalry in 2.
New Kadesh: worker -> wealth, maximize growth.
Ankuwa: vCavalry -> vCavalry in 3.
Kadesh: vCavalry -> vCavalry in 4.
Kanesh: vCavalry -> vCavalry in 3.
New Emar: worker -> wealth, maximize growth.

1 1255 AD

Around the Empire
73 tiles to Domination.

Good News

Three Rifles and a Cavalry cannot defend Thebes. It is burned to the ground, along with The Oracle (10 of 10). We get 79 gold, a cannon and three slaves when the city is razed. Our units are still in Egyptian territory.

Egypt wants peaces but is unwilling to let go of her island cities.

More Good News

One Calvary retreats, but their three Rifles and one Cavalry are trashed (14 of 15, 0 of 3e).

Alexandria is razed; we gain 76 gold and no slaves.

Egypt will accept peace, but no cities. Looks like we'll need a navy after all.

We rail to Pi-Ramessess and take those artillery to redline the Egyptian boat at Arnhem, then Frigates finish it off.


Worker Stuff
We rail to Pi-Ramessess and New Karatepe.
We irrigate a bunch from Zulu to China.
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[IBT]
Carthage feels chatty. They offer their World Map for our World Map and Medicine. No thanks.

New York: settler -> settler in 5.
Order restored in Heliopolis and then the city starves.
Karatepe: aqueduct -> wealth.
Stockholm: vCavalry -> vInfantry in 3.
Resistance in Pi-Ramessess is over.
Aarhus: vFrigate -> vGalleon in 5.
Alaca Huyuk: vCavalry -> vCavalry in 3.
Emar: vCavalry -> vCavalry in 7.
Alalah: vCavalry -> vInfantry in 4.


2 1260 AD

Around the Empire
Aztec settler pair 1SW of Corihuayrachina.
72 tiles to Domination.


Upgrade 3 cannons to artillery.

Worker Stuff
Rail to Heloipolis.
Irriagate around Zimbabwe.
Hire 2 geeks in Nanking for crowd control.
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[IBT]

Copenhagen: vInfantry -> vInfantry in 3.
Adana: vCavalry -> vCavalry in 3.
Hattusha: vCavalry -> vCavalry in 3.
Tyrana: vFrigate -> vGalleon in 3.
Aleppo: vCavalry -> vCavalry in 2.
Maastricht: vFrigate -> vGalleon in 5.

3 1265 AD

Around the Empire
Aztez settler pair goes home.
57 tiles to Domination.

Redline and sink another Egyptian Frigate near Arnhem.

Worker Stuff
Irrigate and road/rail.

Drop science to 30%, Espionage in 1, +726 gpt, 4403 gold.
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[IBT]
In Egypt, some rabble wearing white try to ambush an Army. Epic fail.

Espionage -> Refining in 10 at 30%.

Intelligence Agency?

Cuzco: courthouse -> artillery in 20.

Wonderful News

Theory of Evolution is built in Hattusas - Mil Acad.

We learn Refining.
We learn Steel.
Combustion in 10 at 30%.

Hattusas - Mil Acad: Theory of Evolution -> Army in 7 (for landings).
Yalburt: vCavalry -> vCavalry in 5.
Groningen: vGalleon -> vGalleon in 3.
Ankuwa: vCavalry -> vCavalry in 3.
New Volocano City: vInfantry -> vInfantry in 10.
Macao: worker -> worker in 10.
Kanesh: vCavalry -> vCavalry in 3.
Samuha: vCavalry -> vCavalry in 7.

4 1270 AD

Around the Empire
Egyptian Cavalry and Rifle 1W of Kyoto.

55 tiles from Domination.

eCavalry and eSword greet the visitors (16 of 17, 0 of 5e).

We redline 8 Egyptian ships next to our shores.

We raid a Hurrian camp for 25 gold.

Worker Stuff
We have five sources of Oil inside our borders.

Increase science to 80%, Combustion in 5, +94 gpt, 5094 gold. Even at 100%, Combustion is still 5 turns away.

This is the last turn of negoiated peace with the Aztecs. Could be back at war very, very soon. We beef up our border security just in case.
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[IBT]
Corihuayrachina: worker (Inca) -> worker (Inca) in 4.
Stockholm: vInfantry -> vInfantry in 3.
Pi-Ramesses: worker (Egypt) -> worker (Egypt) in 4.
Nagoya: vInfantry -> vInfantry in 8.
Aleppo: vCavalry -> vCavalry in 2.
Kadesh: vCavalry -> vCavalry in 4.
Alaca Huyuk: vCavalry -> vCavalry in 3.
Malatya: vCavalry -> vCavalry in 9.

5 1275 AD

Around the Empire
Egyptian War Chariot (2.1.2) 1 S of Miss Informed.

Steady at 55 tiles from Domination.

eSword whacks the War Chariot away (17 of 18, 0 of 6e).

We sink a frigate near Miss Informed.

We redline 4 ships near Arnhem. We sink three of them, 2 Frigates and a Galleon, while losing one Frigate.

We talk to the Aztecs and ask them to leave. They say they will but don't budge. And they won't give us any cash or techs (well, Facism) when we ask.

We're bored. We declare war.

Good News

Nine units defended, 7 Rifles, 1 Pike and 1 Mace. We lost an eCav on the Pike (26 of 28, 0 of 7e).
We liberate 136 gold, two settlers and five resisters.
Magellan's Voyage is ours. So we keep this city.

More Good News

Tlatelolco had three defenders, 97 gold and 3 slaves. We keep it for now for the ability to make railroads into Aztecia.
We sell the Bank for 40 gold.

Good News Continues

Calixtlahuaca also had 3 defenders in addition to 169 gold. We raze it (29 of 31).


We build Aztec 01 to get us closer to Xochicalco.


Breaking News

We win 3 of 6 as Cavalry battle the Rifles (32 of 37).
We get 191 gold and raze the city. We gain 5 slaves.

Two elites get the lowdown on two Aztec Longbow.

*Cavalry_1275.First* (34 of 39, 1 of 9e).

We pick off an Aztec settler pair (35 of 40).


News Flash

At Tzinzunten, two Rifles are removed, leaving a Longbow. eCavalry has no problems with it (38 of 43, 1 of 10e).
The city is ours, with 320 gold and a settler.

But no popup telling us that the Aztecs are dead. Drat.

Looks like the Aztecs have somebody on a boat somewhere.

Four leftover Aztecs units are eaten up (42 of 47).

Our MGL, Muwatallis, goes to Malayta to rush Intelligence Agency.

Tlatelolco and Aztec 01 are abandoned.

Worker Stuff
Miss Placed is located inside our borders, near Constantinople and Nicaea.

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[IBT]
Carthage and Aztecs sign a trade embargo on us.
Redlined Frigtate attacks us and dies.

Amsterdam: vGalleon -> vGalleon in 10.
Washington: vGalleon -> vGalleon in 9.
Zimbabwe: worker -> worker in 10.
Pollution near the capital.
Copenhagen: vInfantry -> vInfantry in 3.
Adana: vCavalry -> vCavalry in 3.
Tarsus: factory -> university in 6 (culture expansion is not an issue for this city.
Hattusha: vCavalry -> vCavalry in 3.
Tyrana: vGalleon -> vGalleon in 3.
Alalah: vInfantry -> vInfantry in 4.

Intellignce Agency is bulit in Malatya.

Malatya: Intelligence Agency -> vCavalry in 9.

6 1280 AD

Around the Empire

Domination in 43 tiles.


Worker Stuff
Rush the harbor in Arnhem for 28 of 6242 gold.
Miss Taken is built totally inside our borders near New Kadesh. Starts on wealth, grows in 5, with a lot of railed, irrigated grassland nearby.
Miss Fire finds a home near SE Shanghai; starts on wealth and grows in 5.

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[IBT]
New York: settler -> settler in 5.
Machu Picchu: worker (Inca) -> worker in 5.
The Hague: vInfantry -> vInfantry in 6.
Groningen: vGalleon -> vGalleon in 3.
Aarhus: vGalleon -> vGalleon in 5.
Aleppo: vCavalry -> vCavalry in 2.
Arnhem: harbor -> wealth.
Ankuwa: vCavalry -> vCavalry in 3.
Kanesh: vCavalry -> vCavalry in 3.

7 1285 AD

Around the Empire
Domination still at 43.
We sink a Caraveld and Frigate, both Egyptian.

Worker Stuff
Water and rails.
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[IBT]
We spot the Aztec houseboat, north of Carthage's shores.
Lots of Carthage settler pairs, too.

New Karhuyuk: worker -> worker in 10.
Stockholm: vInfantry -> vInfantry in 3.
Maastricht: vGalleon -> vGalleon in 5.
Alaca Huyuk: vCavalry -> vCavalry in 3.

8 1290 AD

Around the Empire
Domination at 43.
Five redlined Frigates will not return to an Egyptian home port.

Looks like the Aztec caravel is headed to mainland Egypt.

We gain an eCav attacking a barbarian encampment, along with 25 gold.

Worker Stuff
Miss Understood is another interior city; wealth and grows in 5.

Drop science to 40%, Combustion in 1, +626 gpt, 6424 gold.
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[IBT]
The trade embargo on us by Carthage and Egypt is over.

Combustion -> Mass Production in 7 at 40%.

Copenhagen: vInfantry -> vInfantry in 3.
Adana: vCavalry -> vCavalry in 3.
Corihuayrachina: worker -> worker in 5.
Yalburt: vCavalry -> vCavalry in 5.
Pi-Ramesses: worker -> worker in 4.
Hattusha: vCavalry -> vCavalry in 3.
Aleppo: vCavalry -> vCavalry in 2.
Kadesh: vCavalry -> vCavalry in 4.
Emar: vCavalry -> vCavalry in 7.

9 1295 AD

Around the Empire
43 is still the magic number.

Upgrade 5 Galleon to Transports for 375 of 7050 gold.

Worker Stuff
All of the Netherlands is now railed.
Miss Read is founded NW of Kyoto, on a freshly cleared jungle tile; wealth and grows in 5.

Raise science to 80%, Mass Production in 4, +97 gpt, 6675 gold.
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[IBT]
Heliopolis: worker (Egyptian) -> wealth. City has starved down to size 1.
Birka: vCavalry -> vCavalry in 12.
Ankuwa: vCavalry -> vCavalry in 3.
Alalah: vInfantry -> vInfantry in 4.
Kanesh: vCavalry -> vCavalry in 3.
Samuha: vCavalry -> vCavalry in 6.
Karhuyuk: factory -> university in 10 (core city).
Wellington: settler -> settler in 30.

10 1300 AD

Around the Empire
Holding at 43 tiles.

We spot an Aztec Settler guarded by two Knights. Artillery redlines them, eSword and eGuerilla kill them (44 of 49, 1 of 12e).

We also spot an Aztec Galleon around Pi-Ramesses. It must have another settler in it.

Upgrade another Galleon for 75 of 6772 gold.

Changed most Transport builds to Destroyers.

Loaded 4 Armies and 4 Infantry into 4 Transports and set sail to Egypt from Arnhem.
On the west coast, another Army and Infantry are loaded into a transport and sail SW towards Heiraconpolis.

Worker Stuff
Miss Direction converts a cratered tile into something useful; wealth and grows in 5.

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[IBT]
And the save is attached.

 

[CommandoBob]

This was a mostly quiet set of turns. When there was no fighting I concentrated on railing, irrigating and maximizing city growth to let us hire more geeks for faster science.


Egypt Invasion Force

Protected by some Frigates are our 4 Transports loaded with 4 Armies and 4 Infantry. They can land next turn at Haarlem. With four Armies the city should fall easily. The Infantry are to garrison the island and keep others from settling there. After Haarlem and healing, these guys can sail eastward to El-Amarna. The trip will be easy; the distance is only five tiles.

We sank a lot of Egyptian ships during these turns. Their navy is weak to non-existent.

Thougn not pictured, we also have an Army and Infantry sailing towards Heiraconpolis, their most isolated city. It is over 40 tiles to travel for the Frigate and Transport if they move at the Frigates's Magellan's Voyage enhanced speed of 6. Transports move faster than Frigates, but then it is unprotected. On the island, we've seen War Chariots occasionally patrolling the island, but they end their turn in the city. We have a Caravel and Frigate on station at Heiraconpolis. They spend their turns circling clockwise around the borders. Sort of pointless and useless, but it gives them something to do.


Random Stuff
We now control Smith's Trading Company and Magellan's Voyage, courtesy of Egypt and the Aztecs.

The Aztecs are almost gone. They have two ships, a Caravel and Galleon. The Caravel is empty. The Galleon is heading to where Egypt once was, so once they land we can end the Aztecs once and for all.

Egypt has only the three island cites, if that wasn't clear earlier.

Carthage is on the move, looking for new places to build. They have 5 settlers pairs on the prowl. Three are by Corihuayrachina, the other two just crossed the border into open land NE of New Karatepe. They have also founded a city to the north of New Karhuyuk. It is on the mainland, not an island, so it is very reachable.

We are still at peace with Carthage. The treaty ends in 4 turns.

We have 43 tiles before we win by Domination. The next culture expansion that will expand our borders is from Kyoto in 15 turns, where we will pick up a coastal tile or two. Besides that, we don't have anything to worry about as long as we don't keep any cities we capture past the end of the turn. We may need to keep Hadrumetum of Carthage if we cannot land on Heiraconpolis with our Army.

I managed to sneak in a few cities when I saw a spot that would not expand our borders.

Most of our territory is railed, though the newly conquered lands still need some work. We acquired a lot of marsh and jungle from the Incas and Egypt. All of the jungle tiles inside our border are either roaded or will be roaded next turn. We have 8 jungles left; three have workers/slaves in place to make a road next turn. We have four stacks of jungle-whackers, 1 of workers and 3 of slaves. Which means we can get rid of the jungles in two turns. The worker stack is 1NW of New Kanesh, the slave stacks are 1NE of Miss Placed, and 1NW and 2NW of Smyrna.

We are no so lucky with marshes. We still have four of them. On one of them we have a stack of 19 slaves; 16 to drain the marsh and then three to build a road on the new terrain. We have another stack of 19 that is ready to move onto a marsh tile next turn. The four tiles can be gone in four turns.

Even while we work on the marshes and jungles, we have plenty of workers and slaves to rail and irrigate what is inside our borders.

We have not improved anything at Heliopolis or Pi-Ramesses. We have rails to both cities, but little else. Heliopolis had a flip risk but now it is down to size 1 and has an Army in it to prevent flipping back to Egypt. At Pi-Ramesses we were letting it produce slaves for us, but given our current cash flow and quantity of slaves, new ones from our larger captured cities are not needed as much.

We are at 4 turn research and can maintain that easily for Amphibous Warfare and, if desired, Motorized Transportation.

There are some 10 slave stacks in play. These were used to rail and irrigate already roaded tiles.

Some units are still moveable, but for the most part this turn is over.

We still have no embassy with Carthage.

Carthage has Horses and Iron but no Saltpeter. Egypt has one source of Saltpeter, but Carthage isn't getting it. We might face Knights, but not Cavalry.

Carthage has nice terrain, a lot like Italy. Nice for us, since we can use our armies to block any counterattacks. Once we are south of Leptis Magna, the country is an average of 5 tiles wide.

Around the capital are our spare units. We do not have a continental rally point.

Military

• 002 Settler -5
• 046 Worker +7
• 214 Slaves +34
• 001 Swords
• 001 Musket
• 003 Knight
• 097 Cavalry +31
• 032 Infantry +10
• 014 Artillery
• 018 Artillery (captured)
• 001 Caravel
• 008 Frigate +3
• 001 Galleon +1
• 006 Transport +6
• 013 Army
• 009 Mace
• 008 Guerilla
  • 236 Allowed units
  • 242 Current units
  • 012 gpt unit support

 

[del62]

With the Intelligence Agency build we can steal maps and plans of military, this may help.

I think the roster is now

Elphantium Up
Del62 Waiting
Braniac Waiting
CommandoBob Just Played

With tupac and bowsling skipping.

 

[Brainiac18]

Ugh! Too bad Egypt didn't gave a city!..

 

[Bowsling]

Looks good! Elephantium may be able to finish it, otherwise del probably can.

 

[Elephantium]

Got it.

I'll play later today or tomorrow.

 

[CommandoBob]

There are some 10 slave stacks in play. These were used to rail and irrigate already roaded tiles.

Now, that is not very clear. I just read it and it confused me!

Well, that is what happens when I write stuff after midnight!


Better:
We have some slaves stacks with 10 slaves in the stack; two stacks for sure and maybe three. I used these Stacks-of-10 to rail (6 slaves) and irrigate (4 slaves) any flat land (grass, plain, desert) that only had a road.

 

[Elephantium]

Change Pi-Ramesses to Destroyer; rush the build.

Give Carthage the boot order. He complies.

Turn 1:

DD sinks Aztec Galleon. They're destroyed.



Move a lot of troops. I kind of mess up the worker stacks, but that doesn't seem like a big deal. We're close to victory.

Canton, Nanking, and New Kanesh are cranky. We adjust specialists to compensate.

Rush some Transports in Old Zulu-land, plus a couple of DDs for escorts.

Abandon Hangchow.

IBT:

Carthage makes two new settlements. More to burn...

Why do we have so many Settlers building? We already have more than we need for combat-Settler purposes.

Arnhem riots because I sold a Temple there

Turn 2:



Movin' troops. Drop slider to 70%; Mass Production still due in 1.

IBT:

Mass Production > Motorized Transportation

Turn 3:

Move troops. The first wave lands on the mountain next to El-Amarna

IBT:

Carthage gives us a hard boot over ... a slave railing in their newly-claimed territory.

Turn 4:



Carthage is paying 2gpt for peace. I go in to Renegotiate Peace and declare war.

Destroy Nora (new town S of Cadiz)
Destroy Cadiz.
Destroy Rusaddir (S of Heliopolis)
Destroy Cirta. We lose about 5 Cavs across these four cities.

Lose another Cav and Guerilla killing a settler pair and Sulcis (also near Heliopolis).

Capture Leptis Magna with the loss of three Cavs.

Mountain range near Carthage stops the advance.

IBT:

Carthage sets a counterattack on Leptis Magna in motion, little realizing that the fall of the city of Carthage itself is at hand.

Turn 5:

Land troops on Egypt's last island.



Battle of Carthage:
Three retreats
Lose a Cav.
Two retreats
Lose another Cav
Barely kill the first Rifleman.
Retreat
Lose a Cav
Retreat
Lose Cav to redlined Rifle
Kill 2nd Rifle
Kill 3rd Rifle
Kill 4th Rifle
Kill LB and ...



Battle for Theveste:
Two Cavs retreat
Cav kills Rifle
Cav retreats from Conscript Rifle
Cav dies
Cav kills Rifle
Cav kills LB and burns the city.

Sabratha:
Infantry Army kills one Rifle
One cav dies, one retreats
CB's Commandos kills two Rifles and takes the city!

Utica:
Cav army kills three Rifles.
tupaclive's troopers kills a Rifle and takes the city!

Newly formed Army kills two Rifles and seizes Oea!

Sink a Carthaginian Galleon.

Abandon New Kadesh, Tientsin, and Anyang to help avoid an accidental Domination win.

IBT:

Carthage moves more troops, for all the good it'll do them.

Turn 6:

Cav army kills two Rifles, one LB, and one War Chariot. The city burns.



Combat settler founds Spicy Assault on top of the ex-Carthaginian Spices.

Leptis Minor:
Cav retreats
Cav kills Rifle
Cav retreats
Cav kills Rifle and burns the city.

Lose two Infantry clearing a path for our next assault.

Hippo:
Army kills Rifle
Second Army kills two more Rifles
Cav retreats
CB's Commandos take out another Rifle.
CB's Commandos overrun a unit of Longbows and take the city!

Hadrumetum:
Cav kills Rifle
Cav retreats
Cav dies
Cav kills Rifle
Bowsling's Bruisers kill another Rifle
Muwatallis Macers kills the final Rifle and...



Carthage is still in the game.

Abandon New Abada, Spicy Assault, and COrihuayrachina.

IBT:

MT > Flight

More Settlers build ...

Turn 7:

Fortify a lot of troops, and then Civ3 crashes.

Restart from autosave...

IBT:

Zzz...

Turn 8:

Finally get around to killing off the random Carthaginian troops lurking about, and one of them turns out to be a settler stack.













Thanks for letting me join at the last minute, guys!

 

[del62]

Excellent Work Elphantium

 

[CommandoBob]

Why do we have so many Settlers building? We already have more than we need for combat-Settler purposes.

Most were switched over from temples to settlers that had too many sheilds invested to switch to from temples to workers, say about 15 sheilds or so. I'm a bit cheap and did not want to waste the excess sheilds. A settler wasn't the best option but if we needed to rush something we had some shields to reduce that cost.

I figured we would still need some settlers, even if we didn't have an immediate use for them.

But 12 settlers in production for 113 cities? That's overkill. Another thing I missed in my handoff notes. I'm going to blame the late hour when I wrote those notes. (That's my story and I'm sticking to it.)

Thanks for letting me join at the last minute, guys!

Glad you could join!

 

[Elephantium]

@CB: Ah, that makes sense re: temples => settlers. I just wish I'd been able to use more of them!

Also, thanks for setting me up with such a great position for the start of my set

 

[Brainiac18]

Well done!

 

[Bowsling]

Good work Elephantium and everybody!

Unfortunately, I didn't have as much time for this as I'd hoped.

I must say, we have come a long way from when we did an ICS in the shadow of Scandinavia and America. But it was well executed, from start to finish.

 

[Elephantium]

It was striking to watch the replay and see you getting hemmed in by the AI *really* fast -- and then after a few early wars, really turning it around. By time Scandinavia was finished off, the win was pretty much inevitable.

 

[Brainiac18]

It was striking to watch the replay and see you getting hemmed in by the AI *really* fast -- and then after a few early wars, really turning it around. By time Scandinavia was finished off, the win was pretty much inevitable.

Oh, that's about the time when I joined

 

[del62]

That early war push would have been much harder without Horses for the famous Hittite Three Man Chariot.