Bz3 - Always War Crusade

[Earp]

I can not take it today.

 

[NewDestroyer]

tommorow is best

 

[betazed]

ok.

So ND is up following the normal roster. I have updated the first post to reflect this.

 

[Earp]

ND, are you playing?

 

[betazed]

Earp if you want to take it, please go ahead and do so. ND can take it after you.

I started my own Revenge of the Chinese - AW Deity.

Hope you guys enjoy following that.
[/offtopic].

 

[NewDestroyer]

sounds good to me

 

[Earp]

I can't play until tomorrow evening. ND, if you can play before then, go ahead. Otherwise I'll post an 'I got it' sometime late tomorrow.

 

[Earp]

I got it

 

[Earp]

I am almost done with my turns. Unfortunately, life has gotten in the way several times during these turns. I thought I would try to give an example of how to fight defensively. Here is a turn where I am defending Tatung.

The Mongols have just showed up on our doorstep with 3 Medieval Infantry(2 of them vets), 1 Swordsman, and 1 archer. Some would look at this stack and see 3 units with an attack strength of 4, 1 unit with an attack strength of 3, and 1 unit with an attack strength of 2. However, this is how I look at the stack of units. I see 4 units with a measely defense of 2 and 1 unit with a defense of 1.

You will also notice above some Longbowmen to the west, some more Medieval Infantry to the NE and some archers near Xinjian. All of these units are one movement units and atleast two squares from any city. None of them are threats this turn and attacking them with horses is a major The horses would be left exposed in the open and easily defeated in counterattacks.

Here are our heroic defenders.

Notice the eight catapults. I saw the stack of attackers last turn and moved the catapults to this city. After firing our catapults, this is the result. All of the units with a defense of 2 have been reduced to 2 hps.

We have an army and 3 horsemen, but 5 evil Mongols to exterminate. Luckily there is a horse in Paoting and I move him to Tatung to make the first attack. This way he stays in Tatung after defeating the MI. The army is used to make the second attack. This way it also stays in the city after winning its battle. If either of these units made the last attack, they would not be able to retreat into Tatung and would be left exposed. The three horses in Tatung take out the last three Mongols. The last horse retreats back into Tatung after killing the archer.

 

[Earp]

Sorry this took so long.

0 - 340 AD
Our army is badly exposed. Move both spearmen from Shantung to protect it.
Move spearman from Tientsin to Shantung.
Send Elite Horseman from Beijing to Shanghai.
Switch Beijing's production to settler.
Move Elite Horseman from Xinjian to Tientsin
Move five Horsemen from Tatung towards Shantung
Move horseman from New Hangchow to Paoting.
Move settler from Paoting towards Shantung
Wake catapult in Canton and send it towards Shantung
Fire entertainer in Nanking
Fire entertainer in Tientsin
Macao switched to catapult
Anyang switched to Walls
Tatung switched to catapult
Paoting switched to catapult
Kaifeng switched to worker
Chengdu switched to Horseman
Canton switched to Horseman

IBT
Archer vs. vet Spear defending army. We win w/o losing a hp
Sword vs. vet Spear S of Shautung. We win w/o losing a hp
MI vs. vet Spear S of Shautung. We lose.
Our people want to build the Heroic Epic.

1 - 350 AD
Shanghai Spear --> Horse
Tsingtao Library --> Horse
Tientsin Horse --> Horse
Tautung Catapult --> Worker
Anyang walls --> Worker
New Hangchow Horse --> Spear
Rename Army
Genocidal Penguin(elite horse) vs. 4/5 MI. We lose.
Elite Horse vs. 3/5 MI. We win
Vet horse vs. vet sword. He loses two hp, we redline and retreat
Vet horse vs. 2/4 sword. We lose two hp and win.
Vet horse vs. reg archer. We win and capture two japanese catapults.

IBT
Vet MI vs. vet horse. We redline and retreat
Reg MI vs. vet horse. We redline and retreat

2 - 360 AD
Beijing Settler --> Horse
Canton Horse --> Library
Elite Horse vs. 1/3 MI.
Vet horse vs. 3/4 MI. We redline MI and die
Vet horse vs. 1/4 MI. We redline and win

IBT
Celts land 2 warriors, a spearman, and a gallic swordsman next to Macao.
Enlgish land a warrior, a horseman, and an archer next to Macao.

3 - 370 AD
Nanking Horse --> Horse
Kaifeng Worker --> Catapult
Vet horse vs. reg english warrior. We win w/o losing a hp
Hangchow founded and set to build walls.
We capture a catapult near Hangchow.

IBT
Reg archer vs. vet warrior. We win and promote to elite
Vet horse vs. 3/5 warrior. We lose and Macao is captured by the English.
Vet Gallic vs. Vet spear in Tientsin. We lose.

4 - 380 AD
Finish Construction and begin currency
Tsingtao Horse --> Spear
Xinan Horse --> Catapult
Disorder in Tientsin(because we lost a mp)
Tatung Worker --> Worker
Anyang Worker --> Catapult
Vet horse vs. reg spear. We win w/o losing a hp and promote to elite.
Vat horse vs. 2/4 Gallic. We win w/o losing a hp
Vet horse vs. reg warrior. We win.
Vet horse vs. reg warrior. We win w/o losing a hp and promote to elite.
Vet horse vs. 1/3 archer. We win w/o losing a hp
Switch Beijing's production to Settler

5 - 390 AD
Beijing Settler --> Horse
New Hangchow Spear --> Catapult
Army vs. reg MI. We win
Vet horse vs. reg MI. We lose and retreat
Vet horse vs. reg MI. We win and promote to elite.
Vet horse vs. reg MI. We win w/o losing a hp
Vet horse vs. reg archer. We win and promote to elite
Vet horse vs. reg spear(Mongol). We redline spear and lose.
Elite Warrior vs. 1/3 spear. We lose and spear promotes.
Vet horse vs. 2/4 spear. We win w/o losing a hp
Elite horse vs. 2/3 horse in Macao. We recapture our city.

IBT Celts land 4 Gallics by Macao

6 - 400 AD
Shanghai Horseman --> Horseman
Nanking Horseman --> Horseman
Tsingtao Spear --> Horseman
Chengdu Horseman --> Horseman
Tientsin Horseman --> Horseman
Paoting Catapult --> Catapult
Macao switched to walls.
Vet Horse vs. reg archer. We die
Vet Horse vs. reg archer. We redline and retreat
Elite Horse vs. reg archer. We redline but win
Elite Horse vs. reg archer. We win
Army vs. reg archer. We win and a unit in the army promotes
Vet horse vs. reg archer. We lose
4/5 horse vs. 2/4 archer. We lose
Vet horse vs. 1/3 MI. We lose
Vet horse vs. 1/3 MI. We win
Vet horse vs. 1/4 MI. We win
Elite Horse vs. Vet Gallic. We lose two hps and win
Vet horse vs. vet Gallic. We lose
3/4 Horse vs. vet Gallic. We win.
Elite Horse vs. reg sword. We redline and retreat w/o doing damage.

IBT
Reg Gallic vs. spear in Macao. We lose and he promotes.
Celts land three more Gallics and a warrior next to Macao.

7 - 410 AD
Tatung Worker --> Worker
Elite Horse vs. 1/3 spear
Elite horse vs. 3/4 MI. We redline and win.
Vet horse vs. 1/4 archer. We win.
Vet Horse vs. reg sword. We lose and he promotes to vet.
IRON City of Chinan founded. Begins work on city walls.
3/5 Horse vs. 3/4 Gallic. We win
Switch some horseman productions to swordsmen.

IBT The Celtic Gallic Swordsmen defeat a spearman and two horses and raze Macao

8 - 420 AD
Beijing Horseman --> Horseman -- Beijing is far from the front and it will take Swordsmen to long to get there.
Tsingtao Sword --> Spear -- We need some more defense in this area,
Xinjian Catapult --> Catapult
Shantung Sword --> Catapult
Kaifeng Warrior --> Spear
Vet Horse vs. reg archer. We win w/o losing a hp
Elite Horse vs. Reg sword. We win.
Chengdu switched to walls.
Vet horse vs. 3/4 sword. We win
Move troops around Chengdu to prepare to repel Celtic invaders.

9 - 430 AD
Nanking Horse --> Horse
Chengdu Walls --> catapult
Vet horse vs. 1/3 celtic warrior. We win and promote to elite.
Vet sword vs. 3/5 gallic. We redline gallic but lose.
Vet horse vs. 1/5 gallic. We redline but win.
Vet Spear vs. 1/3 gallic. We win and promote to elite.
Vet horse vs. reg archer. We win and promote to elite
Here is the defense of Tatung from the post above.
Use cats in Tatung
Vet horse(from Paoting) vs. 2/3 Sword. We win.
Army vs. 2/3 MI. We win
Elite horse vs. 2/4 MI. We win
Elite horse vs. 2/4 MI. We win
Vet horse vs. reg archer. We win

10 - 440 AD
Tsingtao Spearman --> Swordsman -- It is now at 15 spt and can produce a sword or horse every 2 turns
Tientsin Sword --> Sword
Anyang Catapult --> Catapult
New Hangchow Sword --> Sword
Elite Horse vs. 3/4 Gallic. We win
Cats reduce MI to 1 hp near IRON city of Chinan.
Elite Horse vs. 1/4 MI.
In an effort to keep the longbows off of the mountain near Paoting, I attack them in the open with horses.
Vet horse vs. reg longbow. We win
Elite horse vs. reg longbow. We win
3/5 horse vs. reg longbow. We lose.
Vet sword vs. 2/3 MI. We win

11 - 450 AD
Beijing Horse --> Horse
Disorder in Shanghai I checked all of the towns before hitting enter
Xinjian catapult --> catapult
Tatung Worker --> Worker
Hangchow Walls --> Barracks
Elite Horse vs. 2/4 MI. We win
Elite Horse vs. reg archer. We win
Elite Horse vs. 2/4 MI(on mountain). We win
Vet Horse vs. reg archer(on mountain). We win and promote to elite.

We have lots of elite units and I have failed to produce a leader. Good luck to our next field marshal.

I think the settler should found new Macao where he is standing. It will allow us to get the game within its radius. Several civs are building Sistine's which means they have theology.
I played an extra turn to get us back to an even year.

The SAVE

 

[Earp]

Who is up next? ND? betazed?

 

[betazed]

According to the roster, I come next. However, you switched turns with ND. So ND should be up.

I will reflect that in the first post.

 

[NewDestroyer]

ok here i go *gulp*

 

[NewDestroyer]

1)Shanghai horseman->horseman
*Note Nanking needs aqueduct
Nanking Horseman->Horseman
Tsingtao Sword->Horseman
Chengdu Horse->Horse
Paoting Catapult->Spear
Chinan Walls->Spear
Found Ningp starts spear
Horse at new hangchow redlines and defeats archer.

2)MI attacks China bombarded and redlined spear defeats it.
Canton Library->Spear
Shatung Catapult->Spear
1 Swordsman and 2 horseman defeat 2 MI at Chinan
Paoting Horseman redlines longbowman then dies.

3)Get Currency w/ +19 gold
Enter Middle Ages! Start on fuedalism at 20% w/ +5 gold a turn.
Beijing Horse->Horse
Tsingtao Horse->Horse
Situation at Paoting looks hopeless =(.
Xingjian Horse->Horse
Tienstin sword-sword
Use horse on mountain to attack 4 longbow stack. defeats 1 w/ no hp lose.
Use army to atatck the stack/ Defeats 1 longbowmen. Use sword to attack stack agian defeats it w/o a lost hp.
Use horse to attack stack. left stack destroyed. pulls horseman from tatung to attack long spear defeats it w/ 2hp left. bombard last longbow down to 3 hp. bombard spear by xinjian loses 1 hp and then i attack w/ elite horse. defeats it, loses 1 hp. 8 longbow left in line of sight heading for the city.

4)Taoting defeats attacking longbow, w/o losing 1 hp.
Nanking Horse->Horse
Tatung Worker->Spear
Anyang Catapult->Spear
Kaifeng Spear->Spear
New Hangchow Sword->Sword
Civs working Leo's.
Attack lone Pike at Xinjian w/ horse, defeat it w/ no hp loss.
Laughs at himself for thinking situation was hopeless. We have 9 attackers and 1 sword army. and at most 5 attackers a turn.
Lmao! accedently chose spear and it defeats 1 longbow, loses 1 hp.
Elite horse redlines and defeats 1 longbow in stack. Use sword army to attack stack. Defeats it loses no hp. Use 1 horse to finish the stack, loses 1 hp. Vet sword redlines longbow, dies. Vet horse defeats it, no hp lost. Horse from Hangchow comes and defeats yellowed longbow. 1 hp lost. 2 longbow left!.
Meanwhile in Chinan 3 bombardings later and 1 horse and sword later the MI threat is over. I see 2 keshiks coming in the distance.

5)Lose 1 spear defending a swordman, kills 1 longbow before dieing and redlines another.
Tsingtao Horse->Horse
Chengdu Horse->Horse
Use sword army to take out last korean longbow. Use vet spear and vet horse to screen it from MI.

6)Damit the sword army fell along w/ 1 sword and 1 spear. agaisnt 2 keshiks and 1 longbow.
Beijing Horse->Horse
Shanghai Horse->Horse
Canton Spear->Horse
Paoting Spear->Spear
Defeat lone Spear by New Hangchow.

7)Damn now we got keshiks and samurais up our ass.
Shatung Spear->Spear
Use a elite horse to take out a lone longbow 2 tiles from paoting, i know i shoulda waited =/.Use elite horse at Chinan to attack keshik stack. Defeat 1 but redline. damit. 1 horseman left have to pray sword defeats last keshik or have to move spear off iron to defend city. Yes!
keshik defeated, sword w/ 2 hp left.Use horse to attack lone spear, dies but redlines the spear. The city of Chinan rests on a roll of the dice.

8)Damn those Japs! a samurai comes in and defeats our last horse and takes 3 catapults damit!. They burned Chinan to the ground as well.
Anyang Spear->Horse
New HangChow Sword->Spear.
Well our iron source is up agianst 3 catapults and 2 samurai.
Ok the keshik on the mountain is at 2 def w/ 1 hp left. its defense and attack are the same on the mountain as it is attacking the city. therefore we shall play this situation defensivly. Use horse to attack Mongol MI and makes it lose 1 hp then retreats. Lose another horse attacking it. Use an elite horse on a MI and kills it but elite red lines. Use another elite on that stack. No Mi left. Use a vet horse on an archer. Loses 2 hp but defeats the archer.

9)Damit the japs went after Hangchow and took it instead of going for the iron. they captured instead of destroying it btw. Damit the koreans have knights now!
Beijing Horse->Horse
Tsingtao->Horse
Chengdu Horse->Horse
Attack Lone keshik in red w/ vet horse, defeats it w/ no loss. Get iron back online w/ a colony. I send 2 swords and 1 horse to try to reclaim hangchow.

10)An elite spear loses 3 hp and defeats a knight. Stack on the mountain attacks Paoting and all die to lone spearman, loses 3 hp.
Nanking Horse->Horse
Kaifeng Spear->Horse.
Vet Horse defeats a lone spearman, loses 2 hp.

Good luck to the next person, ull need it!

The Save

 

[betazed]

ND, you did your best.

I am up. Can you post a screenie for the benefit of all?

 

[Earp]

I don't know if I want to see a screen shot. Work some magic betazed.

 

[Snaproll]

I sort of thought the arrival of Samurai would hearken ill fate.

 

[betazed]

Originally posted by Earp
I don't know if I want to see a screen shot. Work some magic betazed.

I have only so many rabbits that I can pull out of my hat. And this may be beyond even rabbits.

There is one last rabbit though. Snap, has already suggested that in the AW Deity game.

I'll play and post a save late tonight.

 

[NewDestroyer]

btw is that save file working?

 

[Earp]

The save link is not working.

Edit: It shows the file size as 0K in the uploads folder.

You should probably try to re-upload it.