Played four turns and realized we needed to stop and discuss something.
[IBT Pre-flight 190 BC]
SSP and YakYak need two Spears for defense.
MM vHorse -> vSpear, due in 1.
Wake rSpear in Yakkity Yakutsk and send across the river towards SSP.
Wake rSpear in MM and send across the river towards SSP.
Wake eSpear in SSP and send to YarYar.
Wake vSpear in Iron Hill and send towards MM.
Hit Enter.
We win two battles with the Germans at YarYar (2 of 2).
Americans pull back.
3MCs around Rowdy Rostov.
Mosiac Moscow riots because I forgot about the rSpear serving as crowd control. My bad.
Iron Hill vSpear -> vSpear, 3 turns.
01 170 BC
Both rSpears arrive in Silly St. Peteys.
Hire a taxman in Mosiac Moscow from a flood plain. vSpear next turn.
vSpear in Iron Hill heads toward MM.
Pound the American Sword to red near YarYar.
Move the workers stack into MM.
Have a Bab spear on our Horses. Yakkity Yakutsk is empty, it might head for it.
Move worker through Yakkity Yakutsk and 2SW of YY, hoping to draw the Bab spear away from the Horses.
2 3MCs 1SE of RR. Pound with catapults. Throw 5 rocks, inflict 1HP on a 3MC.
Minor Skirmishes
vSword vs. r3MC, Sword wins flawlessly and promotes (3 of 3).
eSword vs. r3MC 2/3, 3MC retreats, Sword moves onto grassland (4 of 4).
Wake vSpear in RR, move out with the eSword.
These two units are adjacent to 2 r3MCs. One is redlined and it should not attack. The other might attack and so the vSpear will present for defense.
vHorse vs. American rSword 1/3, Horse wins, advances onto the flood plain and then moves back into YarYar.
Two Hittite rArchers are 1SW of Halifax, which has 2 vSpears. Tempted to move a Sword and attack the Archers, but decide not to. Halifax should be able to stand on its own.
[IBT]
Hittite Archer dies attacking Halifax (5 of 5).
Bab Spear pillages our Horses.
MM did not get better.
YarYar vSpear -> vSpear, 10 turns.
Hire a second taxman in MM. Not smart, CB, not smart at all.
Yakkity Yakutsk catapult -> catapult, 4 turns.
Rowdy Rostov went cranky, too. Hire a taxman.
02 150 BC
The empty city and undefended worker did not deter the Bab Spear.
1 3MC 1SW of RR. Hit with catapults, the first two tries redline the 3MC.
Wake the eWarrior.
Minor Skirmishes
eWarrior vs. r3MC 1/3, Warrior wins (6 of 6).
vSpear and eSword move back into RR.
eSpear moves to eWarrior and fortifies.
Catpults put 1HP on American rSword on YarYar mountain.
rSpears fortify in SSP.
vSpear arrives in YY.
vSpear arrives in MM and stops to help maintain order.
Move eSword onto eWarrior and eSpear outside RR and forfify.
Catpult joins the eUnits 1SW of RR.
The eWarrior, eSpear and eSword are 1N of a v3MC. I expect them to be attacked. The catapult may take a HP off of the 3MC.
New vSpear fortifies in YarYar.
Workers move toward RR.
Cylce through the cities. They look good.
[IBT]
Defeat German Sword and Archer at YarYar (8 of 8).
Mosiac Moscow vSpear -> vSpear, 2 turns.
Hittites land an rArcher near Yakkity Yakutsk on the north sugar.
03 130 BC
Iron Hill grew to 7 with 3 unhappy people. (Thank you, MapStat!)
Up the happy slider to 30%, now +7 gpt.
Drop the smart slider to 10%, still learn CB in 1 turn, now +12 gpt.
All three catapults in YarYar miss the wounded American Sword.
Send new vSpear in MM across the river to Yakkity Yakustk.
Workers move into RR.
New cataplut in YY misses the Hittite Archer.
Catapults in RR do 2HP on 3MC 1SE of RR.
Minor Skirmishes
eSword vs. v3MC 2/4, Sword wins (9 of 9).
And Promotes!
Good News
Rename to Mr. Rowdy Rostov.
Ivan the Terrible enters RR and builds the FirstSwordArmy.
Wake three vSwords in RR and add to the FirstSwordArmy.
The 3MC next to the Elites did not attack on the IBT. In fact, it stayed in place. Where it is now, it could attack Mr. Rowdy Rostov on open ground.
Move the vSpear in RR out with Mr. Rowdy Rostov 3/5.
Move vArcher out of MM to join vSpear and Worker 1SW of Yakkity Yakutsk.
Fortify FirstSwordArmy in RR.
[IBT]
3MC next to the Elites attacks the Spear defending Mr. Rowdy Rostov and dies (10 of 10).
Bab spear pillages the road to Halifax.
We learn Ceremonial Burial, begin to learn Mysticism, 15 turns at 10% science.
Iron Hill vSpear -> vSpear, 3 turns.
Hailfax catapult -> catapult, 7 turns.
04 110 BC
New Catapult in Halifax puts 1HP on Bab vSpear.
Catapult in Yakkity Yakutsk puts 1HP on Hittite Archer.
Catapult in YarYar puts 2HP on American Sword.
Catapults in YarYar are hot, hitting the American Archer on YarYar mountian twice and redlining the pesky little beast.
New Spear in Iron Hill to Rowdy Rostov.
Wake the Elites and move 1 South, into Hittite territory.
Mr. Rowdy Rostov moves into Rowdy Rostov, along with the redlined vSpear that defended him.
Catapults from Rowdy Rostov and the FirstSwordArmy move into Hittite territory, joining the Elites.
Army fortifies.
Minor Skirmishes
eSword vs. American rSword 1/3, we win flawlessly (11 of 11).
Move worker in YY and stop.
Move vSpear and vArcher to be 2SE of MM, hoping to force the Bab spear to move 1N.
Three workers in RR stay put.
Hire a taxman in MM to slow the growth; now grows in 4 not 1.
Save game for next tech discussion.
And the save is
>>HERE<<.
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(Just like technical manuals and movie credits. Not too hard.)
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Looks like the Hittites won't be a problem much longer. Those archers near Halifax could be trouble, though; a sword there would help. Of course, we also need to reconnect the horses.
