Chieftain to Monarch: Game Two

[CommandoBob]

The game looks great so far, Commando!

though I wonder...its impressive that Pisae has more culture than East Mecca..

For a long time I used East Mecca as a worker pump and so it had minimal culture. And I had planned to build on the tile that is now Pisae. It is on Ring 3 of RCP 4, great placement, but Rome beat me to it. So East Mecca got overshadowed by the Roman tile stealers.

 

[CommandoBob]

End of Turnset Twenty Four Stats:

Science: Military Tradition, 1 turns
Treasury: 1880 gold, -146 gpt; 2.7.1


Arab Military:

• 28 Workers
• 02 Swords
• 04 Pikes
• 06 Longbow
• 31 Muskets
• 46 Cannon
• 01 Army
• 53 Ansar Warriors
• 12 Maces

Total Units: 187
slaves: 83

Current unit numbering:
musket 31
mace 34
cannon 46
ansar 103
longbow 06


[IBT 1250 AD Preflight]
From CAII, see that the Arabs lack 431 beakers to learn Military Tradition.
It will cost 20 gold per Ansar to upgrade to Cavalry. Have 4 eAnsars that will not upgrade, leaving 49, figure on 50. Fifty units at 20 gold per unit totals to 1,000 gold. We have 1,880 gold, so no problem there.
Consider dropping the smart slider down to 60%, gaining 400 beakers, and only losing 76 gold this turn. The following turn, drop science down to 10%, still adding 68 beakers (and thus learning Military Tradition) but also adding 232 gold.
Just looking at the gold I see that learning MT in one turn will cost 138 gold. Learning MT in two turns will cost 76 gold on turn one and then pay 232 gold on turn two and thus be a net gain of 156 gold. The overall difference between these two is 294 gold (-138 to +156).

The short term goal is to capture Rome and thus acquire Sun Tzu's Art of War. This means barracks through the Arab Empire (with no upkeep), faster healing for wounded units and all new units will be veterans.
I'm not in a rush to do anything, but the Arabs need to capture Rome, not an AI. Rome looks pretty solid, but that could change.
So, I'll learn MT in one turn to get Sun Tzu's quicker.

After MT, I'll drop the smart slider down to 40% or so and begin to learn/buy Banking, with the idea of heading to Economics to get Smith's Trading Company.

Notice that CAII and PTW do not agree on my income.

Hit Enter.

Greek settlers trespass into Arabia.
See a light blue mounted unit deep in Roman lands.
Roman settler pair moves south. Koreans attack and kill the musket and capture the settler.

We learn Military Tradition; begin to learn Banking, 4 turns at current rate (which will decrease).

Someone wants to build a Military Academy. Sounds like a good idea.

01 Mild Mannered Mecca university -> Military Academy, 27 turns.
x04 Alesia harbor -> settler, 3 turns.
x03 Lugdunum university -> vMusket, 5 turns.
x07 Richborough market -> university, 20 turns.
03 Demaskus university -> vMusket, 6 turns.
08 East Mecca university -> vMusket, 5 turns.

241 1255 AD

Upgrade 21 Ansars to Cavalry for 420 gold in Kufah. Other Ansars are on border patrol.
Upgrade 1 Pike to Musket (32p) for 30 gold in Mediocre Medina.
Drop science down to 40%, Banking in 6 (not 4), but +36 gpt (not -154).
We now have a strong military compared to Rome and Korea.

Trading time, looking for things to keep the Arabs happy.
See that while the Ottomans are up Banking and Astronomy, they do not need MT. In fact, the Arabs have no techs to sell to Rome, Carthage or India, in addition to the Ottomans.
May need to peddle Metallurgy and MT and stir up trouble.
And Rome has the most money.

Sell Metallurgy to Scandinavia for WM and Wines.
Sell Metallurgy to Russia for WM and Incense.
Sell Metallurgy to Ameria for WM and 33 gold (all).
Sell MT to Greece for WM, Banking, 16 gpt and 44 gold (all).
Sell MT to Egypt for WM, Astronomy and 10 gold (all).
Sell Education to Spain for 9 gold (all).
Carthage is up Democracy, Navigation and Physics. The first two are optional, the last is not. Cannot buy it, either.

Buy a worker from the Ottomans for WM and 95 gold.
Sell that worker to Rome for 28 gold (of 119). Wanted to get all of Rome's gold.
Sell WM to Rome for 13 gold (of 91).

Buy Physics from the Iroquois for WM, MT and 72 gold.
Need two techs (Theory of Gravity and Magnetism) to leave the Middle Ages. Both take 11 turns.
Learn Economics, 9 turns.

Drop the happy slider to zero and cycle through the cities.
Rush the library in Uruk for 96 gold.
Rush the market in Entremont for 256 gold, then hire a clown to make sure the city stays happy.

Raise the smart slider up to 50%, learn Economics in 7 turns, +45 gpt.
May have Mediocre Medina begin a palace prebuild for Smith's Trading Company.
Save game, August 30.
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[IBT]
Reopen game, August 31. It has been more than a month since I've played at this game, so the last turn took a while as I got my bearings. Trading was done at the end and may not have been well thought out. I could reload and undo what I have done, but what would I learn doing that? So, for better or worse, I will forge onwards.

Realize we can sell Physics to Rome.
Rome offers Navigation, 17 gpt and 70 gold for Physics. I counter with WM, Navigation, the Ottoman Worker we just sold them and 78 gold (all), with NO gpt. Caesar agrees. And is broke.

Sell MT to Korea for WM, Gems, 17 gpt and 29 gold (all).

Would like to bleed the Iroquois, but they are too close and too strong. After Rome is captured, they need some Arab attention. On the histograph, the Arabs are in first place with 1095 points, the Iroquois are in second with 913, followed by the Ottomans at 825. The Iroquois are expanding, having taken some cities from Rome/Greece, I cannot be sure.
But Hiawatha needs to be stopped.

Hit Enter.

Egypt settler pair sneak in down south.
Greek settler pairs fortify in the mountains.

x01 Entremont market -> palace (Smiths Prebuild), 22 turns.
02 Mediocre Medina university -> vCav, 5 turns.

Arab Small Wonder

04 Ivory City Heroic Epic -> university, 19 turns.
17 Silk City II library -> market, 25 turns.
x08 Uruk library -> market, 15 turns.

Iroquois have learned Magnetism.

242 1260 AD

Rename the new Cavs, CavXXa, up to Cav21a.
Idiot! Moved the units from Kufah (21 vCav, Ansar Army and some Muskets) as a stack and so they did not make it to Blue Dot because of the foot soldiers. Should have moved by units (all Cavs, etc) and not as a group. Doesn't damage anything, just irritating.
Reassign and rename two settlers, sending the eastern most settler to be part of the Roman attack that will kick off next turn.
Block the Egyptians from walking north.
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[IBT]
Egyptians leave.
Roman settler pair crosses the Arab borders north of Iron City. Good, a pretext for war.

x05 Gergovia settler -> settler, 6 turns.
13 MuskRat Love university -> bank, 14 turns.


243 1265 AD

Talk to Roman, ask that units be removed, they are not. Ask again, same result.
Declare war on Rome.
Wake the stack at Blue Dot, move east one tile onto the White Dot.
Add the Cav stack and friends.
All total, 98 units are on this White Dot. This will shoot the war weariness sky high, but this war will be short, since the target is to capture Rome and not kill all Romans.
Do not attack the Roman settler pair, will wait one turn. An American galley is north of the Romans and could try to steal a city spot.
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[IBT]
Greeks move out east.
Romans move west.

Greece and Rome sign a peace treaty.

x04 Alesia settler -> settler, 3 turns.
x06 Camulodunum settler -> market, 25 turns.
12 Yoyo Ma market -> university, 29 turns.

244 1270 AD

Pounding of Ellipi (on a hill)
Cannon misses.
Cannon misses.
Cannon misses.
1HP on vMusket, vMusket defends.
Library destroyed.
Cannon misses.
Cannon misses.
Cannon misses.
Cannon misses.
Cannon misses.
Cannon misses.
Cannon misses.
1 HP on vMusket, vMusket defends.
1 HP on vMusket, vMusket 3/4 defends (only 3 vMuskets).
Citizens killed, Ellipi now size 1.
Cannon misses.
Cannon misses.
Cannon misses.
Cannon misses.
Cannon misses.
1 HP on 3/4 musket, 3/4 musket defends.
Cannon misses.
Cannon misses.
Cannon misses.
Cannon misses.
Cannon misses.
Cannon misses.
Cannon misses.
Cannon misses.
Cannon misses.
Cannon misses.
Cannon misses.
Cannon misses.
Cannon misses.
Cannon misses.
Cannon misses.
Cannon misses.
Cannon misses.
1 HP on 3/4 musket, 3/4 musket defends.
Cannon misses.
Cannon misses.
Cannon misses.
Cannon misses.
Cannon misses.
Cannon misses.
Cannon misses.

So much for pounding the Romans senseless!

Battle of Ellipi (on a hill)
vCav vs. vMusket 3/4, vCav dies, redlines musket, 2/4 musket defends (0 of 1).
vCav vs. vMusket 2/4, vCav wins, 2/4 musket defends (1 of 2).
vCav vs. vMusket 2/4, vCav dies, promotes musket (1 of 3).
vCav vs. eMusket 3/5, vCav wins (2 of 4).
eAnsar vs. vMusket 1/4, eAnsar wins (3 of 5).

Ellipi 1270 AD

Ellipi is now Arab, grows in 20, courthouse in 27.
Rename to x10 Ellipi.

A Korean knight is parked where I had planned to stack troops. This will create a slight change in plans.

Leader Hunting
eSword vs. vLB 3/4, eSword wins (4 of 6).
eMace vs. vPike, eMace wins, 2 slaves (5 of 7).

Found 20 Balketh (instead of Balkh) on Ring 2 NW of Iron City, grows in 10, library in 40.

Get our settler to the Yellow Dot, heavily protected by 18 Cav, 2 Muskets, the Ansar Army and some lesser units.

Move some foot soldiers south to East Mecca, looking to get Pisae.
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[IBT]
Spanish Knight attacks Pisae and loses.

Spain and Rome sign a peace treaty.

Greek settler pairs split up, one heads east, the other north.
Spanish settler pair trespasses in the south.

06 Kufah university -> vCav, 7 turns.
10 FussAat university -> bank, 10 turns.

245 1275 AD

Building a city at Yellow Dot does not greatly help us attack Rome. We gain some tiles, but not those adjacent to Rome.
Build anyway.
Found 21 Muzzle (from Mosul) on the hill 2E of Rome. It grows in 10, library in 80.

Battle of Rome
Ansar Army vs. vMusket, Army is yellowed (6 of 8).
vCav vs. vMusket, vCav loses, musket is yellow, vMusket defends (6 of 9).
vCav vs. vMusket, vCav loses, damages and promotes musket, vMusket defends (6 of 10).
vCav vs. vMusket, vCav wins, musket 4/5 defends (7 of 11).
vCav vs. eMusket 4/5, vCav retreats, defender undamaged (7 of 12).
vCav vs. eMusket 4/5, vCav wins, rMusket defends (8 of 13).
vCav vs. rMusket, vCav loses, redlines musket, rMusket defends (8 of 14).
vCav vs. rMusket, vCav loses, damages and promotes musket, rMusket defends (8 of 15).
vCav vs. rMusket, vCav wins, musket 2/4 defends (9 of 16).
vCav vs. vMusket 2/4, vCav wins, musket 2/4 defends (10 of 17).
vCav vs. vMusket 2/4, vCav wins and promotes, musket 1/3 defends (11 of 18).
vCav vs. rMusket 1/3, vCav wins flawlessly, vLB defends (12 of 19).
vCav vs. vLB, vCav wins (13 of 20).

Rome 1270 AD

Rome (and Sun Tzu's Art of War) is now Arab. The Hanging Gardens and the Great Library also now acquire an Arab air.
x11 Rome has 4 resisters, zero growth and a library in 16 turns.
We get another Roman slave.

Leader Hunting
eSword vs. vLB, eSword wins (14 of 21).
rMace vs. vPike, rMace loses (14 of 22).
rLB vs. vPike, rLB loses and damages pike (14 of 23).
vMace vs. vPike 3/4, vMace wins and we get two more Roman slaves (15 of 24).

Move wounded units from the battle of Rome into Muzzle.

On the north coast, looks like Ottomans and Americans want to explore and I must assume they intend to settle.
Need to use the settler that was intended to replace the Roman city to make a city to fill in the gaps on the north shore where units are lacking.
Could use workers to prevent any nosey neighbors, but this is a tactic that has some gray areas. On one coastal tile I have some workers working and moved the Ansar off of that tile to occupy another coastal tile. That seems okay, the workers are working, not just blocking.
Found 22 Haydab, grows in 5, library in 80.

Upgrade one Pike to Musket.

Found 23 Bait Race (Bayt Ras) on the forest north of Iron City. It grows in 10, library in 80.

Raise science slider to 60%, learn Economics in 2. Will drop the slider down next turn.

Save game, August 31.
Open game, September 1.
Need to fill in the gaps left when Babylon was captured to stop the AI settler migration.
Babylon, rush courthouse for 112 gold.
Murr, rush library for 172 gold.
Uruk, switch from granary to settler, 1 turn.
Alesia, switch from settler (2 turns away) to explorer, rush for 28 gold, and switch back to settler, now due in 1.
Gergovia, switch from settler (4 turns away) to explorer, rush for 40 gold and switch back to settler, now due in 2. City will grow this turn, but it will still take 2 turns on this settler.

Hit Enter.
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[IBT]
American galley heads east and disappears from the north coast.
Greek settler leave Arabs lands, both pairs of them.
Egyptian settlers head south, moving away from Arabia.
Ottoman ship turns back.
Spanish units, mostly military, appear to be heading home.
Korea attacks Pisae, loses two units and maybe kills two, but does not take the city.
Korea drops off an archer next to Hispalis, the Roman city on the Arab north shore.

Carthage and Iroquois sign an MA vs. Rome.
Carthage declares war on Rome.

x09 Babylon courthouse -> library, 12 turns.
Resistance in x11 Rome ends.
x11 Rome riots. Make everybody in Rome a scientist. It will starve. Too bad.
x04 Alesia settler -> university, 19 turns.
x03 Lugdunum vMusket (33) -> vMusket, 5 turns.
19 Murr library -> market, 20 turns.
05 Iron City library -> market, 20 turns.
07 Far Riverside vMusket (34) -> vCav, 9 turns.
x08 Uruk settler -> market, 12 turns.
08 East Mecca vMusket (35) -> vCav, 7 turns.
18 A-jar II library -> market, 13 turns.
Palace Expansion, build up the right wing.

246 1280 AD

Can't drop the science slider any and still learn Economics in one turn.
Group up slaves, evacuate Rome in case it flips, move settlers towards their new homes.
Hum drum stuff.
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[IBT]
Celts want to talk.
They offer WM for WM. They are on islands, so we agree to swapping their WM for our TM. They have no gold. No changes to the mini-map.

Korea attacks Pisae with two Knights and loses both to Muskets.
Iroquois attack Pisae with a Mounted Warrior (I think) and defeat a Musket.

We learn Economics and begin to learn Theory of Gravity. Might be able to trade Economics for Magnetism.

Rome starves but does not flip.

02 Mediocre Medina vCav (22) -> vMusket, 4 turns.
03 Demaskus vMusket (37) -> vCav, 8 turns.
x02 Verulamium vCav (23) -> university, 23 turns.
x05 Gergovia settler -> market, 20 turns.

247 1285 AD

The mountain road that Arab labor built so long ago to connect East Mecca to Pisae is now open for us to use to assault Pisae. Move all the cannons and most anything else (muskets, Ansars, maces, etc) to help support the cannons.
Have some units, already in Roman land down this way, move to isolate Pisae from the south.
Pisae is defended with an rMusket in good health.

Change Rome to build a worker instead of library, 1 turn.
Change Entremont palace -> Smiths Trading Company, 26 turns.
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[IBT]
Iroquois attack Pisae with wounded Mounted Warrior and it dies.

x11 Rome, starves, worker -> worker, 2 turns.
11 Aden university -> vCav, 7 turns.

Ottomans are building Smith's Trading Company.

248 1290 AD

Pounding of Pisae (on a hill)
(Hope this does better than the last pounding!)
University is destroyed.
Cannon misses.
Citizens are killed, now at size 4.
Cannon misses.
Citizens are killed, now at size 3.
Cannon misses.
Cannon misses.
Citizens are killed, now at size 2.
Cannon misses.
Cannon misses.
Citizens are killed, now at size 1.
Cannon misses.
Cannon misses.
Cannon misses.
Cannon misses.
Cannon misses.
Cannon misses.
Barracks destroyed.
Cannon misses.
Cannon misses.
Cannon misses.
1 HP on eMusket (finally!), vMusket defends.
Cannon misses.
Cannon misses.
Cannon misses.
Cannon misses.
Cannon misses.
1 HP on vMusket, eMusket 4/5 defends.
1 HP on eMusket, rMusket defends.
Cannon misses.
Cannon misses.
1 HP on rMusket, vMusket 3/4 defends.
Cannon misses.
Temple destroyed.
Cannon misses.
Cannon misses.
Cannon misses.
Cannon misses.
1 HP on vMusket, eMusket 3/5 defends.
Cannon misses.
Cannon misses.
1 HP on eMusket, vSpear defends.
Cannon misses.
Cannon misses.
Cannon misses.
Cannon misses.

Battle of Pisae (on a hill)
vMace vs. vSpear, vMace wins (15 of 24).
vMace vs. rMusket 2/3, vMace loses, musket promotes (15 of 25).
vAnsar vs. vMusket 3/4, vAnsar retreats (15 of 26).
vLB vs. vMusket 3/4, vLB wins (16 of 27).
vMace vs. vMusket 2/4, vMace wins (17 of 28).
vMace vs. eMusket 2/5, vMaces loss (17 of 29).
vAnsar vs. eMusket 1/5, vAnsar wins flawlessly (18 of 30).

Pisae 1290 AD

Pisae is now Arab.
Renamed to x12 Pisae, it grows in 10, library in 40.

Found 24 SiouxHair (Suhar) 3 SE of Babylon. It grows in 5, library in 40.

Battle of Antium (2nd Roman capital)
vCav vs. vMusket, vCav dies (18 of 31).
vCav vs. vMusket, vCav wins (19 of 32).
vCav vs. rMusket, vCav wins (20 of 33).
vCav vs. rMusket, vCav retreats (20 of 34).
vCav vs. rMusket 2/3, vCav wins (21 of 35).
vCav vs. rPike, vCav retreats (21 of 36).
eCav vs. rPike 2/3, eCav wins and promotes (22 of 37).
Rename this unit Aunti Em.

Antium 1290 AD

Antium is now Arab.
Renamed to x13 Antium. It has 3 resisters, grows in 40, worker in 10.

Build an Army in Antium with our leader. Fill with 3 vCavs. We now have CavArmy01.

Found 25 Tif (Taif) 2SW of Babylon. It grows in 5, library in 40.

Upgrade 10 Ansars (in various cities) to vCavs.

Save game, September 1.5 (that is, it is past midnight and technically it is September 2, but it feels like a longer September 1.)

September 2, open game.

Send a Cav to spy on Cumae, the third Roman capital. It is defended by a vMusket.

Hit Enter.
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[IBT]
Iroquois help the Arabs by attacking Pompeii and Veii and inflicting injuries to the Romans.

x13 Antium stops resisting and then stops producing. Oh, well. All citizens become geeks which will force the city to starve next turn (but it will be a happy starve!).

India is building Smith's Trading Company. Maybe I should have rushed it instead of making an army.



249 1295 AD

Rome is cranky. Need 4 shields to make a worker next turn. Hire two geeks and still net 4 shields, so worker will be produced. City will starve, which is even better, since that means a drop in size from 8 to 6.
Rename the Ansar to Cavalry upgrades.

Battle of Pompeii
Ansar Army vs. Archer Army, Ansar Army wins, taking only 2HP (23 of 38).
Ansar Army vs. vPike 2/4, tougher battle, but Ansar Army wins (24 of 39).

Pompeii 1295 AD

Pompeii is now Arab. It has no luxuries or other goodies and is too far away to really worry with. So we raze it.
We get three slaves from razing Pompeii.

Evacuate Antium. Move CavArmy01 up to Cumae, along with other Cavs and Ansars. Plan to attack and capture (not raze) Cumae and then attack and capture Ravenna, both cities, next turn. Have an army and seven fast movers; I think it can be done.

Battle of Veii
vCav vs. vMusket 3/4, vCav loses, promotes musket, I think (24 of 40).
vCav vs. eMusket 3/5, vCav wins (25 of 41).
vAnsar vs. vMusket 2/4, vAnsar wins (26 of 42).

Veii 1295 AD

Veii is now Arab and we gain 4 slaves.
Rename to x14 Veii. It has 3 resisters. Make geeks of non-resisters and try to make a worker.
Move the slaves NW to make a forest road and connect to another road two tiles away.

Upgrade 4 Ansars to Cavalry.

Move the cannons and supporting muskets to the desert south of Pisae. The Iroquois will be the next target of the Arabs.
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[IBT]
Egypt wants to talk. Wants to swap WMs. No.

x11 Rome worker -> courthouse, 14 turns.

Korea is building Smith's Trading Company.
Ottomans are building Shakespeare’s' Theater.

250 1300 AD

No cities flipped; good.
Time to finish off Rome.

Battle of Cumae (3rd Roman capital)
CavArmy01 vs. vMusket, CavArmy01 wins (27 of 43).
CavArmy01 6/12 vs. vPike, CavArmy01 wins, Cav in Army promotes to elite (28 of 44).
vCav vs. rMusket, vCav wins (29 of 45).
vCav vs. rMusket, vCav wins and promotes (30 of 46).

Cumae 1300 AD

Cumae is now Arab.
Rename to x15 Cumae. It has four resisters. It grows in 14, worker in 5.

Battle of Ravenna (4th Roman capital)
vCav vs. vMusket, vCav loses (30 of 47).
vCav vs. eMusket 4/5, vCav retreats (30 of 48).
vCav vs. rMusket, vCav wins (31 of 49).
eAnsar vs. eMusket 2/5, eAnsar retreats (32 of 50).
eAnsar vs. eMusket 2/5, eAnsar wins (33 of 51).

Ravenna 1300 AD

Ravenna is now Arab.
It has three resistors, grows in 20, worker in 10.
Rename to x16 Ravenna.

Battle of Hispalis (5th Roman capital)
vAnsar vs. vPike, vAnsar retreats (33 of 52).
vAnsar vs. vPike 3/4, vAnsar wins (34 of 53).
vAnsar vs. vSpear, vAnsar wins (35 of 54).
Hispalis is now Arab.
It grows in 3, courthouse in 40.
Rename to x17 Hispalis.

The Romans 1300 AD

And Rome is history.

Found 26 HamAss (Hama) between Haydab and Hispalis on the north coast of Arabia.
It grows in 5, library in 80.

Found 27 TooBook (Tabuk) 2S of Hispalis. It grows in 5, harbor in 80.

Upgrade 8 Ansars to Cavalry.
Upgrade 2 Pike to Muskets.

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[IBT]
Current unit naming:
Cavalry 37
Musket 37
Mace 34
Cannon 46
Ansar 103
Longbow 06

Arab Military:

• 02 Settlers
• 28 Workers
• 02 Swords
• 05 Longbow
• 39 Muskets
• 36 Cavalry
• 46 Cannon
• 02 Army
• 10 Ansar Warriors
• 09 Maces

Total Units: 197
slaves: 100

Wonder Race:
Smiths Trading Company
city (size) (nation)
Entremont (11) (Arab)
Seoul (7) (Korea)
Uskudar (10) (Ottoman)
Bangalore (12) (India)

And the save is >>HERE<<.

 

[CommandoBob]

The Last of Rome

Eastern Front 1265 AD

The capture of Rome went off very well. Ellipi fell on the second turn of warfare, as expected, the advance city was built on that turn also and then Rome fell on turn 3. Just like clockwork.

However, I really expected the cannons to do more damage than they did to the units and city of Ellipi. Forty-six cannons did 5 HP of damage, destroyed one building and reduce the city size one time. Seven successful attacks out of 46. But the balance to this is that Ellipi is built on a hill and the units were fortified, which made them harder to hit and damage. This same thing happened at Pisae; lots of bombardment that seemed to do little damage.

After Rome fell I was worried about it flipping back to Rome. The flipping did not bother me, just evacuate the city, but losing Sun Tzu’s Wonder was not something I wanted to happen. So I sent units to attack Antium. I saw the furs by Antium and thought they would help keep the Arabs happy by adding to our luxuries. I did not know if Rome had any trades in progress, but capturing these three furs would make their life more difficult, so it seemed a good idea. Antium fell rather quickly (one turn; one loss and two retreats) and gave us a leader in the process.
It was after capturing Antium, when checking with the Trade Advisor, that I saw we Arabs already had several sources of fur, so the main reason to attack Antium turned out to be bogus.

After the capture of Antium I saw that it was possible to rid the world of the Red Roman Renegades is just two more turns. We had units outside Pompeii (an Ansar Army to fight their Archer Army was the main attraction) and four units near Veii (2 vCav and 2 vAnsar), plus more that could be in place in one turn. I gambled that 4 healthy, fast, veteran units could defeat the wounded defenders of Veii and I was right. If I had lost this turn, I still units that could attack the following turn.

Once Veii was gone, Rome had only three cities left, Cumae, Ravenna and Hispalis. All three were conquered on one turn and Roman was gone.

Wonders
I started Entremont building Smith’s Trading Company once we learned Economics. Right now three other civs are building this wonder. I need to examine those cities on the IBT to gauge how close they are. I almost used our second great leader to build this wonder, but thought that an Army on the front lines was more important. The next leader will probably build this wonder.

Settler Pair Leakage
The north coast of Arabia was fairly well settled during these turns. And other, more productive cities were built on Ring 2 and 3. There only remains a few interior tiles that need to be ‘captured’, which I think can be done by culture expansion. If not, I have a settler in place ready to claim these tiles. This will be an IBT project.

Overall, the Arabs went for 26 cities in 1255 AD to 42 cities in 1300 AD.

Science
We are learning Theory of Gravity at 50%, due in 4 turns. If we increase science to 90% we can learn it in two turns and could possibly trade it for Magnetism, which would get us into the Industrial Age and into Steam Power.

Need to consider this on the IBT.

Who’s Next?
Rome was not a serious threat. Close, obnoxious and clearly a pest, plus a good prize (Sun Tzu’s) but not a threat.

I think that the Iroquois are the biggest threat. In game terms, they are second to the Arabs in score. They are close to the Arab borders, which makes them easy to attack. They have cavalry, like the Arabs, but lack the sheer number of Arab cities (42 Arab vs. 14 Iroquois). Plus, all military units built by the Arabs will now be veteran, thanks to Sun Tzu. In the war with Rome, it was only the Iroquois that managed to capture any Roman cities.

This war cannot begin next turn. There are Ansars to upgrade and move to the border with Hiawatha.

Overall
I was surprised at how quickly Rome went down. The war with Babylon went a lot slower than I expected, even though the end was quick. With Rome, its elimination was an afterthought. I had planned to capture Rome, make peace and then attack someone else. But Rome would not talk, so we kept attacking. And Rome kept losing units and cities until it was gone.

Gee, that was fun!

 

[Mirc]

Looks very good!

 

[Marsden]

Wow, Bob. That's a lot of detail. Great going.

 

[CommandoBob]

End of Turnset Twenty Five Stats:

Science: Theory of Gravity, 4 turns
Treasury: 924 gold, 126 gpt; 5.5.0


Current unit naming:
Cavalry 37
Musket 37
Mace 34
Cannon 46
Ansar 103
Longbow 06

Arab Military:

• 02 Settlers
• 28 Workers
• 02 Swords
• 05 Longbow
• 39 Muksets
• 36 Cavalry
• 46 Cannon
• 02 Army
• 10 Ansar Warriors
• 09 Maces

Total Units: 197
slaves: 83 ?

[IBT 1300 AD Preflight]

We are learning Theory of Gravity. Need that and Magnetism to leave the Middle Ages. Four others know of Magnetism. May be able to trade ToG for it.
Military Tradition is pretty well known. The Arabs and seven others have Cavalry. I think we have the most. If we don't, we soon will.

We have three native luxuries: Furs, Ivory and Silks. We import Wines, Incense and Gems.
x12 Pisea will capture a wine AFTER it builds a library and expands. Many turns or a lot of gold from now. The rest of the former Roman territories have only more furs.
The Iroquois have wine and dyes. The wine is adjacent to Niagra Falls (one wine). The dyes, all four of them, are near Grand River. Another group of three dyes in near Centralia.
The Greeks have three diamond mines near Delphi, in the mountains. We also have 11 turns remaining on some deal with Greece.

Cannot buy Magnetism. Will have to learn it.

Steam Power is two techs away.
Up science to 60%, learn ToG in 3, not 4 (and keep a positive cash flow).

x07 Richborough university (11 turns) -> colosseum (3 turns), rush for 120 gold, switch back to university (8 turns).
Change clowns to geeks.

Not quite ready to take on the Iroquois. Would like to have Steam Power first, or soon after war is declared. Will spend these ten turns or so trying to get smarter and happier (libs, unis and markets).
And settling.

Hit Enter.

02 Mediocre Medina vMusket (38) -> vCav, 5 turns.
x03 Lugdunum vMusket (39) -> bank, 13 turns.

Iroquois are building Shakespeare's Theater.
Carthage is building Smith's Trading Company.

251 1305 AD

Found 28 Santa (Sana'a) on the north coast; grows in 5, worker in 10.
Cav37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44 (upgrades and renames of Ansar Warriors).
Found 29 SheHire (Shihr), grows in 5, library in 80.
Musket 40p, 41p.
Upgrade on Ansar to Cav, 20 gold.
​

[IBT]
x15 Cumae worker (29) -> courthouse, 16 turns.
06 Kufah vCav (45) -> bank, 13 turns.

Iroquois are building Smith's Trading Company.
Greeks are building Smith's Trading Company.

252 1310 AD

Cav45 and 46.
Upgrade 5 Ansar Warriors.
Drop science down to 50%; Theory of Gravity still due in 1.
​

[IBT]
We learn about gravity, Magnetism will take 5 turns.

08 East Mecca vCav (47) -> bank, 13 turns.

Indians are building Shakespeare's Theater.

253 1315 AD

Wow. Theory of Gravity is an Arab monopoly!
The only tech we need is Magnetism.

Tech Shopping: offering Theory of Gravity
Ottomans: Democrcacy, WM, 23 gpt and 110 of 116 gold.
India: Spices, WM, 5 gpt and 30 of 37 gold.
Korea: Democracy and WM.
Greece: Democracy, WM, 11 gpt and 9 of 9 gold.
Carthage: Democracy, WM, 10 gpt and 110 of 116 gold.

Tech Shopping: asking for Magnetism
Ottomans: Magnetism, 63 gpt and 116 of 116 gold for ToG.
India: Magnetism, 6 gpt and 37 of 37 gold for ToG.
Carthage: Magnetism, 10 gpt and 116 of 116 gold for ToG.

Make the deal with the Ottomans.

Ottomans learn Steam Power, but don't want to sell it to us. Ungrateful, unwashed infidels.

We begin to learn Steam Power, 11 turns.
Up science from 50% to 80%, we learn it in 7 turns at -14 gpt.

Rush the library in Pisea for 280 gold. This will let us capture some wine on the culure expansion.

Welcome Cavs 45 to 53.
​

[IBT]
x12 Pisea library -> market, 50 turns.

254 1320 AD

Worker stuff, unit fidget.
​

[IBT]
03 Demaskus vCav (54) -> bank, 15 turns.
07 FarRiverside vCav (55) -> university, 23 turns.
10 FussAat bank -> vCav, 5 turns.
11 Aden vCav (56) -> bank, 14 turns.
16 ArabCeltConnector harbor -> market, 25 turns.

Iroquois are building Newton's University.
Carthaginians are building Shakespeare's Theatre.
Ottomans are building Newton's University.

America lands a settler pair on what used to be East Rome but is now unclaimed.
Indians trespass, heading north from the southwest corner of Central Arabdom.

255 1325 AD

Worker stuff.
Have an ongoing ROP with India. Cancel it. Will talk to Gandhi next turn on his interlopers.
​

[IBT]
America builds Atlanta on the mainland.
Three settler pairs head home (Spain, India and Greece).

x14 Veii worker -> library, 80 turns.
02 Mediocre Medina vCav (57) -> bank, 10 turns.

256 1330 AD

Worker stuff.
Move units out of America.
Extend the wall of units blocking the newly conquered Roman territories from nosey neighbors.
​

[IBT]
x09 Babylon library -> market, 13 turns.
x08 Uruk market -> bank, 16 turns.
18 A-jar II market -> aqueduct, 10 turns.
13 MuskRat Love bank -> privateer, 5 turns.
28 Santa worker (34) -> library, 80 turns.

Indians are building Newton's University.
Egyptians are building Smith's Trading Company.
Greeks are building Shakespeare's Theatre.

257 1335 AD

Lining up workers to make rails in 3 turns.
​

[IBT]
Korea wants to talk. Wants to swap Territory Maps. No thanks.
Korea doesn't want to pay for furs (18 gpt) any longer.

Say What?

Iroquois declare war on us. Good! Saves us the trouble.

In various attacks we lose 6 units and they lose 2 (2 of 8).

x07 Richborough university -> bank, 16 turns.

War happiness occurs in a few towns.

258 1340 AD

Steam Power in 2 turns, -13 gpt.
Our military advisor says we are strong compared to Hiawatha's people.
In prepartion for war, the cities that border Carthage and the Iroquois have 3 defenders in them.

Idiot! The tile where all 46 Arab cannons sit is not roaded! Can't move to the mountains around Mauch Chunk.
It will take three turns to be able to road that tile. The closest worker, a stack of 3, are about to connect our wines near Pisea this turn. Next turn they can move to the this tile and build a road the following turn. Then on the third turn we could enter the mountians.
It is a delay but it also my own fault. I don't want to risk these units, even with 6 muskets defending, on a flood plain. A mountain is much safer. So we wait.

So we wake a few cannons to pound the units nearby.
Seven shots, 6 hits and two nearby units are redlined.
Sadly, no elite units are nearby.

Minor Skirmishes and Pick Offs
vLB vs. vCav 1/4, LB wins flawlessly (3 of 9).
vCav vs. vMusket 1/4, Cav wins (4 of 10).
eCav vs. eCav 2/5, we win flawlessly (no leader) (5 of 11).
eMace vs. vCav 3/4, Mace is redlined but wins (no leader) (6 of 12).
vCav vs. vCav 3/4, we win taking 2 HPs (7 of 13).
vCav vs. vCav 1/4, we win flawlessly (8 of 14).
vCav vs. vCav 2/4, we win flawlessy (9 of 15).
​

[IBT]
We lose 6 units, mostly Cav; Iroquois lose 4 (13 of 25).

x13 Antium worker (35) -> cannon, 40 turns.
19 Murr market -> courthouse, 8 turns.
04 Ivory City university -> vMusket, 5 turns.

259 1345 AD

The attacks on the IBT we just pinpricks. Only one city is in danger and that is Veii, where I moved an army. I've pulled Arab forces into the cities, except around Mauch Chunk. I will let them attack us, bleed themselves dry, and then counter attack.
Steam Power in 1.
​

[IBT]
Russia and Iroquois have signed an MA against us. Russia has one city.
I am shaking in my boots, but from laughter, not fear.
We lost our supply of incense.
Russia declares war on us.

We lose 4 units, Iroquois lose 3 (16 of 32).

We learn Steam Power and begin to learn Electricity (8 turns).
The Hanging Gardens are obsolete. Must be in Bablyon, since we didn't build them.

x01 Entremont shuts down, probably due to the loss of incense. Hire a clown.
x09 Bablyon, hire a clown.
x03 Lugdunum, hire a clown.
x15 Cumae, hire a clown.
x05 Gergovia, rush a market, 128 gold.
10 FussAat, hire a clown.
13 MuskRat Love privateer -> vMusket, 3 turns.
Everyone else is OK.

Somebody wants Iron Works.

x06 Camulodunum market -> privateer, 8 turns.
x05 Gergovia market -> settler, 5 turns.
17 Silk City II market -> aqueduct, 17 turns.
x16 Ravenna worker (36) -> harbor, 80 turns.

260 1350 AD

Two cities sit on coal, Camulodunum and Pisea. We have four sources of coal.
Artillery tile is roaded.
Korea wants Theory of Gravity for Incense.
We make the trade, which puts Korea into the Industrial Age (and a free tech, maybe Electricity).
Looks like he just learned Steam Power.

vCav vs. vCav 1/4 (on the mountian where I want to put the Arab cannons), we win (17 of 33).
vCav vs. eCav 2/5, we win but are redlined (18 of 34).
vCav vs. vCav, we win but are redlined (19 of 35).
vCav vs. vCav 3/4, we win (20 of 36).
vCav vs. vMusket, Musket wins and promotes (20 of 37).
eCav vs. eMusket 3/5, Cav wins (no leader) (21 of 38).
​

[IBT]

And the save is >>HERE<<.

 

[CommandoBob]

End of Turnset 26 Quick Stats:
Science: Electricity, 8 turns
Treasury: 615 gold, -7 gpt; 2.8.0


Current unit naming:
Cavalry 57
Musket 37
Cannon 46
Worker 36

Arab Military:

• 31 Workers
• 01 Swords
• 04 Longbow
• 38 Muksets
• 36 Cavalry
• 46 Cannon
• 02 Army
• 04 Ansar Warriors
• 06 Maces

Total Units: 168
slaves: 83 ?

Iroquois War
I was surprised when the mighty purple people declared war. But the war has not been bad; no cities have changed hands, even though Hiwatha has made a somewhat attempt to conquer Pisae. Now I have an Army in that city, so it should be safe.

1350 AD Mauch Chunk Area

Yeah, I know the image says 1340 but it is really 1350 AD and those are the current units around Mauch Chunk. That city is on a hill, so units will be tought to kill. I hope to pound the city down to size or less before I sent troops in. But that means a lot of war weariness, so time will tell.

Other Stuff
I had more stuff in my first post, but it got lost on the server somehow. I hit preview, it went and never came back. And of course I had not copied it.

Anyway, I forgot that it takes 6WT to make roads. My worker gangs were in groups of three.

After Electricity, we are heading for Replacement Parts for Infantry and faster workers.

 

[Tribute]

Good jobs (on gameplay and record keeping). It's so nice how you can stand recording all those attacks.... Though at this rate of improvement, aren't you WAY past monarch now?

 

[CommandoBob]

...Though at this rate of improvement, aren't you WAY past monarch now?

I may have been, but some of the events in the next 10 turns took the wind of my sails.

 

[CommandoBob]

End of Turnset Twenty six Stats:

Science: Electricity, 8 turns
Treasury: 615 gold, -7 gpt; 2.8.0


Current unit naming:
Cavalry 57
Musket 37
Cannon 46
Worker 36

Arab Military:

• 31 Workers
• 01 Swords
• 04 Longbow
• 38 Muksets
• 36 Cavalry
• 46 Cannon
• 02 Army
• 04 Ansar Warriors
• 06 Maces

Total Units: 168

[IBT 1350 AD Preflight]
The Arab-Iroquois War was started by the Iroquios. So far the battles have been inconclusive, though the Iroquois have won more of the battles. No cities have been taken.

The Arabs just learned about Steam Power in 1350 and have only begun to rail their land. It will take many turns to connect everything east-west and north-south. In the meantime, Cavalry reign supreme with their ablity to move-attack-move.

Lots of people are building Smith's Trade Company, including the Arabs. Should investigate some other cities, but we are running at negative gold on the way to Replacement Parts.

The Arab military is rated strong when compared to the Iroquois. Time to make that pay off.

We lose our import of gems (Korea) and wine (Vikings) this next turn. We have a wine connected, so that will not be a problem. We have ivory, silk, furs and wines that are Arab. We lack incense, dyes, gems and spices. We may be gaining some dyes from Hiawatha.

Our economy is focused more on banks and smarts than figthing forces. This will change as the builds are completed but that means the initial forces will need to last a bit longer than average.

Hit Enter.

Lots of Iroquois units fidget moving near Mauch Chunk.
In combat, we kill two, lose one musketeer and three workers (2 of 3).

10 FussAat vCav (58) -> vCav, 6 turns.
14 BackHoe market -> bank, 23 turns (12 turns for vCav).

Koreans are building Newton's University.

We lost our supply of gems and wines.

261 1355 AD

Seige of Mauch Chunk
1 HP on vMusket, 1HP on vMusket, 1HP on vMusket (3 vMuskets in the city) 2nd HP on vMusket, population reduction (now 11), population reduction (now 10), 2nd HP on vMusket, 2nd HP on vMusket, 3rd HP on vMusket, 3rd HP on vMusket, 3rd HP on vMusket.
All 3 defenders (vMuskets) are redlined.

Battle of Mauch Chunk
vCav vs. vMusket 1/4, Cav wins and promotes (3 of 4).
vCav vs. vMusket 1/4, Cav wins (4 of 5).
vCav vs. vMusket 1/4, Cav wins (5 of 6).
vCav vs. vCav 1/4, we win (6 of 7).
vCav vs. vCav 1/4, we win (7 of 8).

Good News

Mauch Chunk is now Arab.
x18 Mauch Chunk (9) has 6 resisters, grows in 8, worker in 3.
We gain Cannon (47).
We liberate our captured workers and they are renamed to Workers 37, 38 and 39 (I don't remember their original names).

We move cannons and muskets adjacent to Salamanca, the Iroquois capital.

Minor Skirmishes
eMace vs. vCav, Mace loses (7 of 9).

About six Iroquois units are trying to focus on Arab lands, but none are grouped together. Don't have enough troops to worry with them and attack Iroquois cities. Will let these units wander around, attack and bleed, and then we will kill them.

Babylon is cranky, hire two clowns, city is short 1 fpt.

Sell furs and silks to Korea for 35 gpt, which offsets our current shortfall of -35 gpt.
Korea has gems for sale, but not to us.
India has free dyes and spices, but the price seems to be too high for us Arabs to purchase.
Sell Banking to Spain for WM, 72 of 72 gold.

Really need luxuries more than cash and no one has any gold, except maybe Hiawatha.
​

[IBT]

Bad News

We lose 21 Muzzle (7 of 10).
x01 Entremont riots again.
Hire a clown in Entremont.
And in 02 Mild Mannered Mecca, x03 Lugdunum, x13 Antium, 03 Demaskus, 04 Ivory City, x15 Cumae, 06 Kufah, 07 FarRiverside, 08 East Mecca, 10 FussAat, 11 Aden and 13 MuskRat Love.
Need to play with happy slider.

x11 Rome courthouse -> vCav, 12 turns.
x04 Alesia university -> vCav, 6 turns.

We quell 2 resisters in x18 Mauch Chunk. The city shuts down anyway.
Hire 5 geeks.

13 MuskRat Love vMusket (38) -> vMusket, 5 turns.

Koreans are building Shakespeare's Theatre.

262 1360 AD

Battle for 21 Muzzle
vCav vs. vCav 2/4, we win (8 of 11).

Good News

21 Muzzle in now Arab again.

Seige of Salamanca
Population reduction (now 11), 1HP on vMusket, population reduction (now 10), 1HP on vMusket, temple destroyed, 1HP on vMusket, 1HP on rMusket, 2nd HP on vMusket, barracks destroyed.
Four defenders, 3 vMuskets, 1 rMusket.
Too strong to attack right now.
Will move more cannons in and pound some more next turn.

Move units out of Mauch Chunk (flip risk).

Minor Skirmishes
vCav vs. vMusket 2/4, Cav wins (9 of 12).
vCav vs. rMusket, we retreat (9 of 13).
vCav vs. rMusket 2/3, Cav wins (10 of 14).
vCav vs. vMusket, vCav wins (11 of 15).

Increase happy to 20%, reduce science to 60%, electricity in 7 turns.
​

[IBT]
Iroquois want to talk. Later.

We defeat an archer attack (12 of 16).

Bad News

Boy, as I ever stupid. I left Mauch Chunk undefended and an Iroquois Cavlary captured it.
Two muskets enter Mauch Chunk to help defend it against us.
Three Arab workers were captured by a Purple musket.


05 Iron City market -> university, 25 turns.
08 East Mecca bank -> vCav, 5 turns.


263 1365 AD

Pounding of Mauch Chunk
1HP on vMusket, 2HP on vMusket, 3HP on vMusket, vCav is 3/4.
Mauch Chunk has two defenders.
1 1/4 vMusket, 1 3/4 vCav.

Pounding of Salamanca
Population reduction - now 9, 1HP on vMusket, 1HP on vMusket, market destroyed, population reduction - now 8, population reduction - now 7, 1HP on rMusket, population reduction - now 6, 2nd HP on vMusket, population reduction - now 5, 2nd HP on vMusket, 2nd HP on vMusket, bank destroyed, cathedral destroyed, library destroyed, university destroyed, population reduction - now 4, colosseum destroyed, 2nd HP on rMusket.
Salamanca has four defenders.
3 2/4 vMuksets and 1 1/3 rMusket.

Battle for Mauch Chunk
vCav vs. vCav 3/4, we win (13 of 17).
eCav 4/5 vs. vMusket 1/4, Cav wins (14 of 18).

Good News

x18 Mauch Chunk is again Arab.
It has 6 resisters and 1 geek and three workers.
It will starve next turn. Let it begin a worker.

I think these three workers have been captured before so I rename them 37, 38 and 39.

Battle of Salamanca
vCav vs. vMusket 2/4, Cav wins (15 of 19).
vCav vs. vMusekt 2/4, Cav wins (16 of 20).
vCav vs. vMusekt 2/4, Cav wins (17 of 21).
vCav vs. vCav, we win (18 of 22).
vCav vs. rMusket 1/3, Cav wins (19 of 23).

Good News

Salamanca is now Arab.
x19 Salamanca has three resisters. It begins a worker, 10 turns.

Canon48 discovered in Salamanca.

Battle for St. Regis
rArmy vs. vMusket, Ansar Army wins, but is redlined in enemy territory (20 of 24).
​

[IBT]
Ottomans want to talk. Wants to swap territory maps. No.
We lose a Cav, they lose a Cav (21 of 26).

x03 Lugdunum bank -> vCav, 7 turns.
04 Ivory City vMusket (39) -> vCav, 6 turns.
06 Kufah bank -> vCav, 6 turns.

We quell two resistors in x18 Mauch Chunk.

264 1370 AD

Minor Skirmishes
vCav vs rMusket, Cav wins flawlessly (22 of 27).
eSword vs. vLongbow, Sword wins (23 of 28).
vCav vs. vMusket 1/4, Cav wins (24 of 29).
vCav vs. rSpear, Cav wins (25 of 30).

Continue railroading.
Hire a clown in HamAss and TooBook
​

[IBT]
Ottomans and Korea sign an MPP.
Scandinavia and Russia have signed an MA against us.
Scandinavia declares war on us.
Ottomans and Iroquois have signed a trade embargo against us.

Our wounded (redlined) Ansar Army is killed by a Purple Cavalry (25 of 30).

x05 Gergovia setttler -> settler, 5 turns.
Resistance in x19 Salamanca is over.
We quell two more resisters in x18 Mauch Chunk.
x18 Mauch Chunk shuts down. The two unhappy citizens are turned into geeks.

Greeks are building Newtons University.

265 1375 AD

Rail to Mauch Chunk, heading to Salamanca in the south.
Railing towards Antium in the east.

Minor Skirmishes
vCav vs. eCav, we lose (25 of 31).
eCav vs. eCav 2/5, we win, no promotion (26 of 32).

Move units deeper into Purple Land.
​

[IBT]
We lose 2 Cavs in two attacks (26 of 34).

x19 Salamanca worker -> library, 27 turns.
02 Mediocre Medina bank -> vCav, 5 turns.

Bad News

x18 Mauch Chunk flips back to Iroquois control. We lose three units.

10 FussAat vCav (58) -> vMusket, 4 turns.

Ottomans complete Shakespeare Theatre in Istanbul.
Greeks are building Newton's University.

266 1380 AD

3rd Battle of Mauch Chunk
vCav vs. rMusket, Cav wins (27 of 35).

Good News

x18 Mauch Chunk is now Arab for the 3rd time.
This city of 6 has five resisters. The one happy citzen becomes a geek.

Minor Skirmishes
vCav vs vMusket, Cav wins (28 of 36).
vMace vs. vMusket, Mace wins (29 of 37).
vCav vs. rCav, we win flawlessly (30 of 38).
​

[IBT]
We have one unit inside Greek borders. Greece is touchy. We will move the unit.

We win two battles (32 of 40).

x06 Camulodunum privateer -> ironclad, 9 turns.
19 Murr courthouse -> aqueduct, 9 turns.
We quell one resister in x18 Mauch Chunk.
18 A-jar II aqueduct -> bank, 15 turns.
13 MuskRat Love vMusket (40) -> vMusket, 5 turns.

Carthaginians are building Smith's Trading Company.
Indians are building Newton's University.

267 1385 AD

Move our vMace out of Greece.
Privateer01 sets sail, to check out the oceans.
Move cannons next to Grand River.
More rails.
No fighting.
​

[IBT]
We lose two units in two battles (32 of 42).

01 Mild Mannered Mecca Military Academy -> bank, 10 turns.
x04 Alesia vCav (59) -> settler, 3 turns.
x10 Ellipi courthouse -> library, 14 turns.
08 East Mecca vCav (60) -> vCav, 4 turns.

Carthaginians are building Newton's University.

268 1390 AD

Seige of Grand River
1HP on vMusket, 1HP on vMusket, temple destroyed, 1HP on rMusket, population reduction - now 11, barracks destroyed, 2HP on vMusket, marketplace destroyed, 2nd HP on vMusket, 2nd HP on rMusket, 3rd HP on vMusket, population reduction - now 10, library destroyed, 3rd HP on vMusket.
City defended by 2 vMusketes and 1 rMusket, both redlined.

Battle of Grand River
vCav vs. rMusket 1/3, Cav wins (33 of 43).
vCav vs. vMusket 1/4, Cav wins (34 of 44).
vCav vs. vMusket 1/4, Cav wins and promotes (35 of 45).

Good News

Grand River, size 9, has seven resisters. Hire two geeks, start a worker.
Capture 2 cannons (48 and 49) and two slaves.

Cannons damage an vCav outside the city.
vCav vs. vCav 2/4, we win (36 of 46).

Cannons damage Viking Knight outside the city.
vMusket vs. vKnight 2/4, Knight takes 1HP and reteats (37 of 47).

Move a bunch of Cav to around Niagra Falls, the second capital of the Iroquois.
​

[IBT]
Ottomans and Scandinavia have signed a trade embargo against us.

We lose two battles to the Iroquois and win one against the Vikings (38 of 50).

We learn Electricity and begin to learn Replaceable Parts (Infantry, Artillery and faster workers) in 9 turns.

x02 Verulamiun university -> bank, 15 turns.
11 Aden bank -> vMusket, 5 turns.
12 Yoyo Ma university -> cannon, 5 turns.
25 Tif library -> courthouse, 12 turns.

269 1395 AD

Looks like war wearniess has kicked in. According to MapStat, over half of the Arab cities will shut down next turn.

Found the city 30 Accem (Mecca backwards) between Grand River and Salamanca. Grows in 7, worker in 10.
This means that Grand River is no longer isolated from the greater Arab Empire.

Battle of Niagra Falls (2nd Iroquois Capital)
CavArmy vs. vMusket, Army wins, but is very weak (39 of 51).
vCav vs. vMusket, Cav retreats (39 of 52).
vCav vs. rMusket, Cav wins (40 of 53).
vCav vs. rMusket, Cav wins (41 of 54).
vCav vs. vMusket 3/4, Cav wins (42 of 55).

Good News

Niagra Falls is now Arab.
Niagra Falls, size 11, has 8 resisters. Hire three geeks, start a worker.
We capture 2 workers.

Minor Skirmishes
vCav vs. eCav 3/5, we win and promote (43 of 56).
eCav vs. rPike 1/3, Cav wins flawlessly (44 of 57).
vCav vs. vArcher 3/4, Cav wins (45 of 58).
vCav vs. vCav 1/4, we win flawlessly (46 of 59).
vAnsar vs. rCav 1/3 (Viking), Ansar wins and promotes (47 of 60).

Rails completed to all cities except Richborough.
Move some muskets to the front lines for a stiffer defense.

Need to decide if to raise luxuries or make peace.

Fiddled with peace with the Iroquois. No cities and no techs for peace. Not good.
At 40% luxury rate, all but a handful of cities stay happy.
Continue war, but will try to work it faster. Hiwatha has 8 or 9 cities left. Will try to at least wipe out the core before asking for peace.

Need more Cavalry.

Up the happy slider to 40%.
Five cranky cities:
Antium, change cannon to worker and hire two clowns.
Cumae, hire a clown.
Haydab, hire a clown.
Ravenna, hire a clown.
Hispalis, hire a clown.

Cycle through the cities.
​

[IBT]
Greeks want to talk. Wants to trade Democracy for Electricity. No.

Win one and lose one with the Vikings (48 of 62).

Bad News

No units in x18 Mauch Chunk, thought it was immune to a Cavalry but I was wrong.

x09 Babylon market -> vCav, 10 turns.
x04 Alesia settler -> settler, 2 turns.
x03 Lugdunum vCav (61) -> vCav, 6 turns.
20 Balketh library -> market, 20 turns.
x13 Antium worker -> worker, 10 turns.
03 Demaskus bank -> vCav, 7 turns.
04 Ivory City vCav (62) -> vCav, 6 turns.
x05 Gergovia settler -> settler, 4 turns.
06 Kufah vCav (63) -> vCav, 6 turns.
24 SiouxHair library -> courthouse, 16 turns.

Egyptians are bulding Newton's University.

270 1400 AD

4th Battle of Mauch Chunk
vCav vs. vCav, we lose but redline the sole defender (48 of 63).
vCav vs. vCav 1/4, we lose again (48 of 64).
eCav vs. eCav 2/5, we win (49 of 65).

Good News

And once again, like a broken record, Mauch Chunk is Arab.
This city of 5 has five resisters. Start a worker.

Worker40 in Antium.

Battle of Cattaragus, (3rd Iroquois Capital)
vCav vs. eMusket, Cav loses (49 of 66).
vCav vs. eMusket, Cav retreats (49 of 67).
vCav vs. vMusket, Cav retreats (49 of 68).
vCav vs. vMusket, Cav wins (50 of 69).
vCav vs. vMusket, Cav wins (51 of 70).
vCav vs. rMusket, Cav wins (52 of 71).
vCav vs. vMusket 3/4, Cav wins (53 of 72).
eCav vs. eMusket 2/5, Cav wins (54 of 73).

Good News

Cattaraugus is now Arab.
So is JS Bach's Cathedral.
This city of 11 has eight resisters. Begin a worker.
Capture Cannon50.

Rail to x22 Cattaraugus.

Pillage saltpeter south of Niagra Falls.

Minor Skirmishes
vMace vs. rPike, Mace wins and promotes (55 of 74).
eCav vs. rArcher, Cav wins (56 of 75).
eAnsar 4/5 vs. eBezerk 2/5, Ansar wins (57 of 76).

Road to Richborough is complete.
All Arab cities are now connected by rail.
​

[IBT]

 

[vorlon_mi]

OK, so Hiawatha had built Bach's cathedral, which was making some good
culture... perhaps leading to the culture gap that enhanced the flip risk
for Mauch Chunk? IIRC, resistors also enhance the flip risk.
Had/has Hiawatha built other culture-producing wonders?

After a while, did you consider razing Mauch Chunk, and building your own
city there? I can't recall from the map whether it was well-positioned or not.
Near a key resource, perhaps?

 

[CommandoBob]

Had/has Hiawatha built other culture-producing wonders?

I need to check, but I don't think so.

Mauch Chunk only flipped one time. Twice it got captured because I had moved units out the city in case it did flip and had not blocked the roads.

I did consider razing and resettling, but decided to try and starve the city into submission. For now, I need a city there to allow rail movement into the land of Big Purple.

So except for the culture flip, Mauch Chunk's problems were ones I created. To raze and replace the city because it got captured is to fix the symptom and not the problem. The problem was me, not Mauch Chunk.

Culture Wars
In 1350 the culture leaders were Iroquois, the Ottomans and the Arabs. In 1400, the order was still the same but we were gaining ground on both of them. I don't have the numbers, but the Arab culture growth is always increasing, not the up and down swings of the AI. In twenty turns we should be caught up with the Ottomans and the Iroquois will be a distant bad dream. Or so I hope.

 

[vorlon_mi]

Don't get me wrong ... I understand about leaving cities un- or under-defended,
and having the AI capture them back. It is a problem I am also trying to
rid myself of. The last few maps I have played seem to have relatively
skinny peninsulas or fingers of land, so that nearly all the cities are on the coast. My rule is : no easy invasions, so I tend to leave a defender in
all coastal cities. And it doesn't help if they're *all* coast!

The RR link answered my main question, about razing vs. starve-n-hold.

 

[CommandoBob]

I realize (now) my response about Mauch Chunk sounded a bit terse and sort of snappy, but it was not directed at you, but at me.

I mean really!
I capture the city once, and leave units in the town to subdue the crabby and pigheaded. I move units out in case of a flip but don't pay attention to the roads and the city gets 'liberated' by the Iroquois. I capture it again, leave units in the city to keep it under control for one turn too many and the city flips back. Once again Arab units conquer Mauch Chunk, only to have it be snatched away again by Iroquois from the west, while I had positioned units to protect it from the east. So for a fourth time we stormed the city to make it Arab again. Sounds like a Civ III soap opera.

Now, I did consider razing and resettling after the third conquering; but I did not care to do that. By now I was upset enough to keep the city and starve it down. Quickly. And gloat about the starving. I wasn't about to let the Purples in Mauch Chunk get off easy by abandoning the city. I've got plenty of slaves. I wanted them to pay (for my mistakes!)

(Jumping up and down for joy when some cyber citizens of a pretend city starve to death over a five year time span. Hmm. Maybe I have real issues. )

 

[vorlon_mi]

No, no, really, no offense taken. I beat myself up about mistakes I make,
and especially if I made a similar mistake in a previous game, and didn't learn
from it. I'm doing a better job with bringing my forces in a group to attack,
and I try to figure out where my weak point is, for the AI counterattack...
and I usually miss it and lose a city I shouldn't have lost.

On the plus side, I really enjoy your method of logging battles. I found myself
using your terms as I watched my Cavalry attacking Delhi and Bengal --
vCavalry -> rRifleman, wins flawlessly
vCavalry -> rRifleman, wins and promotes

I'm definitely going to use it when I step up a level!

Edit: add comments for next turns

Now to your game ..

We lose our import of gems (Korea) and wine (Vikings) this next turn. We have a wine connected, so that will not be a problem. We have ivory, silk, furs and wines that are Arab. We lack incense, dyes, gems and spices. We may be gaining some dyes from Hiawatha.

Is your next military objective to get some of these luxuries? Or do you need additional sources
of coal, or rubber-likely jungle? Is it too early to consider a pre-build for Hoover Dam?

 

[CommandoBob]

Is your next military objective to get some of these luxuries? Or do you need additional sources
of coal, or rubber-likely jungle? Is it too early to consider a pre-build for Hoover Dam?

I neglected to put this in the turn log, but we gained 2 dyes when we captured Grand River. There are two clumps of dyes inside the Deep Purple borders; we'll be getting complete control of one of those clumps shortly.

We are doing okay on strategic resources. We have plenty of iron and saltpeter and Mild Mannered Mecca sits on some horses.

What I need to do (opposed to what I will do ) is shuffle around the Cavs into a stack for future attacks. On the north coast is an American settler pair that is hemmed in by five units, two of them Calvary. Just need to bite the bullet, kill the pair and release the remaining units for Worker Guard duty and Border City Beefup. Hiawatha has nine cities left and I don't know if I can capture them all in the next 10 turns. An extra pair of Cavs would be a good help.

I haven't really given much thought about Hoovers; I clean forgot about it and the bonus of a 'free' hydro plant in each city.

I played this last of turns differently from the others. Normally, I would do a pretty indepth analysis of city builds, units, yada yada and then mentally sketch out my plans. The turns would be played in one, maybe two sittings, with the goals somewhat in place.

This time I didn't do that. I just kept playing from the previous turnset and played about two turns at a time. With no goals to shoot for (except getting another luxury) the Arabs basically fumbled around and did rather poorly.

On the plus side, all of the Arab cities are connected by rail, even the newly Arab cities. Which means movement to the front will not be a problem. And railing was something I did focus on, not warfare. Now that the main rails are down I can focus again upon incorporating the Deep Purple into the Mighty Pink.

 

[Ansar]

Any updates soon?

 

[CommandoBob]

Any updates soon?

I sure hope so.

SGOTM 11 took up a good bit of time and I needed to play the next to last turnset (possibly) of Nero04. Nero04 is a semi-abandoned Training Day Game that HawkChieftain and I have been playing (the last two of the starters) for about the last eight months or so. We are Spain, my turns at 1790 AD, we have built six space ship parts and we are in our Golden Age.

My plan is to get another set of turns done here before I am up in any other SGs.

 

[CommandoBob]

End of Turnset Twenty seven Stats:

Science: Replaceable Parts, 12 turns
Treasury: 650 gold, +6 gpt; 2.4.4


Current unit naming:
Cavalry 62
Musket 40
Cannon 50
Worker 40

Arab Military:

• 02 Settlers
• 32 Workers
• 01 Swords
• 04 Longbow
• 38 Muksets
• 31 Cavalry
• 51 Cannon
• 01 Army
• 01 Privateer
• 01 Ansar Warriors
• 04 Maces

Total Units: 166
107 Slaves

City builds:

• vCavalry [10] (Mild Mannered Mecca, Mediocre Medina, Lugdunum, Demaskus, Ivory City, Kufah, East Mecca, FussAat, Babylon and Rome)
• Settler [2] (Alesia and Gergovia)
• Library [9] (Muzzle, Veii, Ellipi, HamAss, Haydab, Bait Race, Santa, SheHire and Salamaca)
• Worker [6] (Niagara Falls, Grand River, Antium, Cattaraugus, Mauch Chunk and Accem)
• Market [3] (Balketh, Pisae and ArabCeltConnector)
• Ironclad [1] (Camulodunum)
• Bank [5] (Richborough, Verulamium, Uruk, A-jar II and BackHoe)
• Aqueduct [2] (Murr and Silk City II)
• Courthouse [4] (Hispalis, Cumae, SiouxHair and Tif)
• University [2] (Iron City and FarRiverside)
• vMusket [1] (Aden)
• Harbor [3] (Ravenna, MuskRat Love and TooBook)
• Cannon [1] (Yoyo Ma)
• Smith's Trading Company [1] (Entremont)

Wonder Races:

• Newton's University
  • Cheju (Korea)
  • Edrine (Ottomans)
  • Memphis (Egypt)
  • Athens (Greece)
• Smith's Trading Company
  • x01 Entremont (Arabs)
  • Theveste (Carthage)
  • Bangalore (India)
  • Seoul (Korea)
  • Uskudar (Ottomans)
  • Thebes (Egypt)
  • Corinth (Greece)

Luxuries:
We grow our own wine, furs, dyes, ivory and silks (5 of the 8).
We import incense from Korea.

Cycle through the cities again, firing some specialists.

There is a good atacking hill 2N of Oil Springs, the fourth Iroquois capital. This is also 2 tiles from friendly, Arab territory. Having a city here puts Oil Springs and Akwesasne one empty tile away from Arab lands. Will plan to build this city.

Currently we are at war with the Iroquois, the Vikings and the Russians.
[IBT 1400 AD Preflight]
Hit Enter.

Viking Mace kills Arab musket (0 of 1).
Viking Archer attacks vCav and promotes Cav to Elite (1 of 2).
Iroquois Cav kills Arab musket (1 of 3).

02 Mediocre Medina vCav (41) -> vCav, 5 turns.
x08 Uruk bank -> vMusket, 4 turns.
10 FussAat vCav (42) -> vCav, 4 turns.

271 1405 AD

Resisting Cities
Cattaraugus starved down to 10, hire three bean counters, city will starve.
Niagra Falls starved down to 9, hire three bean counters, city will starve.
Rail a tile towards Tonawanda.

Leader Hunting
eAnsar 4/5 vs. Viking vMace 1/4, Ansar wins (2 of 4).
No leader.

Rail a tile in the east.

The American settler on the North Coast has been disbanded, though the archer is still here.
Talk to Abe. Ask him kindly (or kindly as an Arab can be) to remove his archer.
American Response 1405 AD

Abe declares war.

vLongbow vs. American vLongbow, Arab Longbow wins (3 of 5).

Send Cav25 to snoop out Tonawanda. City is on grassland, size 11, defended by a vMusket, with a wounded Cavalry inside.

Battle of Tonawanda
vCav vs. vMusket, we retreat (3 of 6).
vCav vs. rMusket, Musket is redlined and wins (3 of 7).
vCav vs. rMukset, Cav wins (4 of 8).
vCav vs. vMusket 3/4, Cav wins (5 of 9).
vCav vs. eCav 2/5, we win flawlessly (6 of 10).
vCav vs. rMusket 1/3, Cav wins with one shot (7 of 11).

Tonawanda 1405 AD

Tonawanda is now Arab, and we decide to keep it. This city borders Egypt and has saltpeter in the initial nine tiles.
Tonawanda is size 10 with 9 resisters. We hire a beancounter and begin a worker. This city will starve.
We capture 2 Iroquois slaves.
Rename to x23 Tonawanda.
We gain control of two more dyes.

We rail to x23 Tonawanda.
We capture 2 more Iroquois workers inside the border of Egypt.

Battle of Atlanta
vCav vs. rMace, Cav wins (8 of 12).

Atlanta 1405 AD

Atlanta is now Arab, but we don't want it.
Atlanta is razed.

Minor Skirmishes
vCav vs. American vKnight, Cav wins flawlessly (9 of 13).
We capture an American worker.

Slave group 'R' will be formed next turn.
Move a settler into Purple Lands, heading to the hill 2N of Oil Springs. It is well defended.

Try to talk to the Americans to show them the error of their ways but they refuse the meek Arab envoy. And he even bathed!
​

[IBT]
Egypt is worried about the Arab slave finder. We assure her it will move.

Good News 1405 AD

We build Smith's Trading Company in x01 Entremont.

x01 Entremont Smith's -> vCav, 3 turns. Queue up a bank to follow.
x04 Alesia settler -> settler, 3 turns.

x20 Grand River flips back to Iroquois control. We had one musket in the city.

x15 Cumae courthouse -> market, 25 turns, 50% corrupt (4 of 8).
08 East Mecca vCav (65) -> vCav, 4 turns.
13 MuskRat Love vMusket (41) -> vMusket, 5 turns.

Carthaginians are building Newton's University.
So are the Indians.
And Koreans.
Newton's University is built in the Korean city of Seoul.

Russian units near Tonawanda.
Egyptian units make a show of force to 'convince' our vMusket to leave. We will.

Last turn we ended with +12 gpt, with Smith's we now have +50 gpt.

272 1410 AD

Resisting Cities
Niagara Falls starved to size 8 but still has 5 resisters. Hire 3 beancounters. City will starve.
Cattaraugus starved to size 9 but stil has 6 resisters. Hire 3 beancounters. City will starve.

2nd Battle of Grand River
eAnsar 4/5 vs. rPike, Pike wins but is redlined (9 of 14).
eCav 3/5 vs. rPike 1/3, Cav wins with one shot (10 of 15).
x20 Grand River is again Arab.
x20 Grand River, size 6, has 4 resisters. Hire 2 beancounters, begin a work, city will starve.

Move our settler onto its hill, 2N of Oil Springs.

Found 31 Anidem on the north plains near the Iroquois cities of St. Regis and Neapolis.
It grows in 5, worker in 10.
Rails are connected to it and through it.

Battle of St. Regis
vCav vs. vMusket, Cav wins flawlessly, (11 of 16).
vCav vs. vMusket, Cav retreats (11 of 17).
vCav vs. vMusket, Musket wins and promotes (11 of 18).
vCav vs. rMusket, Musket wins (11 of 19).
vCav vs. rMusket 2/3, Cav wins (12 of 20).
eCav vs. eMusket 2/5, Cav wins barely (13 of 21).
vCav vs. rLongbow, Cav wins (14 of 22).

St. Regis 1410 AD

St. Regis is now Arab.
x24 St. Regis is size 6 and has 5 resisters. Hire a beancounter, begin a worker, city will starve.
Rails are connected to St. Regis.

America ignores us.

See an unconnected wine near Niagara Falls.
​

[IBT]
Greece and Russia sign a trade embargo against us.
Carthage and Iroquois sign a trade embargo against us.

We lose a vCav to an Iroquois Longbow (14 of 23).
Russian forces head east.

x11 Rome vCav (66) -> library, 9 turns (same time for another Cavalry).
01 Mild Mannered Mecca vCav (67) -> vCav, 5 turns.

x21 Niagara Falls flips back to Iroquois. We lose a musket.

x07 Richborough bank -> vMusket, 5 turns.
22 Haydab library -> courthouse, 20 turns.

273 1415 AD

Resisting Cities
Grand River, hire two beancounters, city will starve.
Cattaraugus, hire three beancounters, city will starve.
Tonawanda, leave alone.
Mauch Chunk, leave alone.
St. Regis, leave alone.

2nd Battle of Niagara Falls
vCav vs. rRifle, Cav wins (15 of 24).
vCav vs. cRifle, Cav wins flawlessly (16 of 25).
vCav vs. cRifle, Rifle wins (16 of 26).
vCav vs. cRifle 1/2, Cav wins (17 of 27).
x21 Niagara Falls is again Arab.
This city of 5 is full of resisters. Start a worker.

Found the city of 32 Sucsamad on that hill 2N of Oil Springs.
32 Sucsamad grows in 5, worker in 10.
Somehow Sucsamad is already connected by rail.

Battle for Oil Springs, 4th Iroquois Capital
CavArmy01 vs. vRifle, Army wins but is redlined, with a unit in the Army becoming elite(18 of 28).
vCav vs. vRifle, Rifle wins (18 of 29).
vCav vs. vRifle, Cav wins flawlessly (19 of 30).
vCav vs. vRifle 3/4, Cav retreats (19 of 31).
vCav vs. vRifle 2/4, Cav wins (20 of 32).
vCav vs. cRifle, Rifle wins and promotes without a scratch (20 of 33).
vCav vs. rRifle, Rifle wins (20 of 34).
vCav vs. rRifle, Cav retreats (20 of 35).
eCav vs. rRifle, Cav wins (21 of 36).
vCav vs. vCav, Iroquois Cav wins (21 of 37).
eCav vs. vCav 2/4, eCav wins (22 of 38).

Oil Springs 1415 AD

Oil Springs is now Arab.
We raze it.
We gain 8 slaves.

Leader Hunting
eSword vs. vLongbow 1/4, wins with one swing (23 of 39).

Battle of Akwesasne
vCav vs. rRifle, Rifle wins (23 of 40).
vCav vs. rRifle, Cav retreats (23 of 41).
vCav vs. rRifle, Rifle redlines but wins (23 of 42).
vCav vs. rRifle 2/3, Cav wins (24 of 43).
eCav vs. rRilfe 1/3, Cav wins with one shot (25 of 44).
Akwesasne is now Arab.
x25 Akwesasne we will keep. It is size 5, with 3 resisters. Hire two beancounters, begin a worker and make the city starve.

Leader Hunting Again
Bombard Russian Sword and Pike near Grand River.
eMace vs. vPike 1/4, one swing and the Pike dies (26 of 43).

We are still strong compared to the Iroquois.
They have four cities on this land mass and one of on an island east of the Celts.
Next turn Neapolis falls.
And then we have two turns when our cannons will be inside Iroquois territory before they can bombard Allegheny.

Looks like it will take the rest of these turns to get the Purple Menace to be a One City Civ.

We have 25 Cavalry.

​

[IBT]
We win two and lose one in battles with the Vikings (28 of 46).

Celts and Iroquois have signed a trade embargo against us.

x22 Cattaraugus worker -> worker, 4 turns.
x05 Gergovia settler -> cannon, 6 turns.
11 Aden vMusket (42) -> vCav, 7 turns.
12 Yoyo Ma cannon (51) -> cannon, 5 turns.

274 1420 AD

Resisting Cities
Niagara Falls (5) four resisters, hire a beancounter.
Grand River (4) three resisters, hire a beancounter.
Cattaraugus (6) three resisters, hire three beancounters, city will starve.
Tonawanda (10) nine resisters.
Mauch Chunk (5) five resisters.
St Regis (6) five resisters.
Akwesesane (4) two resisters, hire two beancounters, city will starve.

Pounding of Neapolis
1HP on vRifle, barracks destroyed, population reduction to 9, temple destroyed, 1 HP on vRifle, population reduction to 8, 1HP on rRifle, (3 Rifles defending) and 2nd HP on vRifle.

Battle of Neapolis
vCav vs. vRifle 3/4, Rifle wins and promotes (28 of 47).
vCav vs. eRifle 4/5, Cav retreats (28 of 48).
eCav (Aunti EM Elite *) vs. eRifle 4/5, Cav retreats (28 of 49).
vCav vs. eRifle 3/5, Rifle wins (28 of 50).
vCav vs. rRifle 2/3, Cav wins (29 of 51).
vCav vs. vRifle 2/4, Cav retreats (29 of 52).
eCav vs. vRifle 2/4, Cav wins (30 of 53).
vCav vs. eRifle 2/5, Cav retreats (30 of 54).
Enough of Neapolis.

Leader Hunting
eCav vs. Viking vSword 1/4, Cav wins (31 of 55).
eCav vs. Viking vPike 1/4, one shot battle (32 of 56).
eMace vs. Viking vMace 1/4, one swing wins it (33 of 57).
vMace vs. Viking vPike, Pike wins (33 of 58).

Form Slave Group S, 6 slaves
​

[IBT]
Egypt and Ottomans have signed an MPP.

Spain wants to talk. Wants to swap Territorial Maps. Um, no.

Iroquois Cav comes out of Neapolis and snipes a wounded Arab Cav (33 of 59).

x01 Entremont vCav (68) -> vCav, 3 turns.
x04 Alesia settler -> vMace, 4 turns.
19 Murr aqueduct -> vCav, 6 turns.
17 Silk City II aqueduct -> vCav, 12 turns.
x08 Uruk vMusket (43) -> courthouse, 6 turns.
x12 Pisae market -> bank, 23 turns.
10 FussAat vCav (69) -> vCav, 4 turns.

275 1425 AD

Resisting Cities
Niagara Falls (5) four resisters, fire beancounter, worker in 8, grows in 9.
Grand River (4) three resisters, fire beancounter, worker in 6, grows in 10.
Cattaraugus (5) two resisters, hire three beancounters, worker in 7, city will starve.
Tonawanda (10) nine resisters.
Mauch Chunk (5) five resisters.
St Regis (6) five resisters.
Akwesesane (3) two resisters, work the mountain, worker in 8.


Pounding of Neapolis Round 2
2nd HP on eRifle, 3rd HP on eRifle; 42 bombardments and 2 hits!


Battle of Neapolis Round 2
vCav vs. eRifle 2/5, Cav retreats (33 of 60).
vCav vs. eRifle 2/5, Cav wins and promotes (34 of 61).
vCav vs. cRifle, Cav retreats (34 of 62).
vCav vs. cRifle, Cav retreats (34 of 63).
vCav vs. cRifle, Cav wins (35 of 64).

Neapolis 1425 AD

Neapolis is now Arab.
x26 Neapolis is size 6, no resisters, grows in 20, worker in 10.
x26 Neapolis is connected by rail.

Slave Group 'T' is formed, a stack of six slaves.

Leader Hunting
eCav 4/5 vs. Viking rPike 1/3, Cav wins (36 of 65).
rLongbow vs. Russian rSpear 2/3, Spear wins (36 of 66).
eCav vs. Russian vArcher, Cav wins (37 of 67).
eCav vs. Russian rLongbow, Cav wins (38 of 68).
eSword vs. Russian rSpear 1/3, Sword wins (39 of 69).

Good News 1425 AD

And Promotes to Tonawana Tank, producing the MGL Hind.
Hind goes to Mild Mannered Mecca to form CavArmy02.
eMace vs. Russian rSpear 1/3, Mace wins (40 of 70).

More Good News 1425 AD

And Promotes to Mighty Mace, producing the MGL Ziyad Ibn Abihi.
Ziyad Ibn Abihi goes to Mild Mannered Mecca to form CavArmy03.


Wow, two MGLs back to back.
​

[IBT]
We survive two Viking attacks (42 of 72).
See a Viking boat off our coast and remember that Bezerkers can attack from offshore.
We lose x26 Neapolis to a wounded Iroquois Cavalry (42 of 73). I forgot to take it out last turn and had only one unit in Neapolis. Just stupid.
We lose x19 Salamanca to a single Iroquois Cavalry that defeated a vMusket (42 of 74).

02 Mediocre Medina vCav (70) -> vCav, 4 turns.
x03 Lugdunum vCav (71) -> vMace, 3 turns.
x06 Camulodunum Ironclad -> vCav, 8 turns.
04 Ivory City vCav (72) -> vCav, 6 turns.
06 Kufah vCav (73) -> vCav, 6 turns.
08 East Mecca vCav (74) -> vCav, 4 turns.
30 Accem worker (41) -> library, 80 turns.

Someone suggests we build the Pentagon.

276 1430 AD

Resisting Cities
Niagara Falls (5) four resisters.
Grand River (4) one resisters, worker in 1, grows in 4.
Cattaraugus (4) two resisters, hire two beancounters, worker in 5, city will starve.
Tonawanda (10) seven resisters, hire two more beancounters, worker in 5, city wii starve.
Mauch Chunk (5) four resisters, worker in 1.
St Regis (6) five resisters, worker in 6.
Akwesesane (3) two resisters, work the mountain, worker in 7.

2nd Battle of Neapolis
vCav vs. eCav 3/5, Iroqouis Cav wins (42 of 75).
eCav vs. eCav 1/5, Arab Cav wins (43 of 76).
And x26 Neapolis is again Arab.
x26 Neapolis is now size 5, no resisters, grows in 5, worker in 10.


2nd Battle of Salamanca
vCav vs. vCav 3/4 (across river), Arab Cav wins (44 of 77).
x19 Salamanca is again Arab.
This city of five has two resisters; hire 3 beancounters, worker in 10, city will starve.

See some Viking units starting to gather around Grand River. Don't like this. One stack of four, a second stack of nine.

Can get peace with the Vikings at no cost. Throw in Theory of Gravity and the Viking will sign an MA vs. Iroqouis and give 4 gpt plus 16 of 16 gold.
Don't make the deal. Will learn how to fight this stack.

Minor Skirmishes
vCav vs. Viking vBerzerk, Cav wins, taking 1HP (45 of 78).
eCav vs. Viking rPike 2/3, Cav wins (46 of 79),
eCav vs. Viking rMusket 1/3, one shot does the trick (47 of 80).

Move cannons towards Allegheny, move CavArmy03 next to Allegheny.
Defended by vMusket.

Battle of Allegheny, 5th Iroquois capital
CavArmy03 vs. vMusket, Army wins without much damage (48 0f 81).
CavArmy03 vs. rMusket, Army wins (49 of 82).
vCav vs. rMusket, Cav wins (50 of 83).
vCav vs. cRifle, Cav retreats (50 of 84).
eCav vs. cRifle, Cav retreats (50 of 85).
CavArmy01 vs. cRifle, Army wins (51 of 86).

Allegheny 1430 AD

Allegheny is now Arab.
x27 Allegheny is size 10, seven resisters, hire two beancounters, worker in 4, city will starve.


Minor Skirmishes Continued
eSword* vs. Russian rSpear, Spear wins (51 of 87).

​

[IBT]
Russia attacks x23 Tonawanda and lose but promote a Musket to elite (52 of 88).
Russia then destroys some roads on a hill.

21 Muzzle library -> courthouse, 10 turns.
Resistance in x20 Grand River ends.
x20 Grand River slave -> courthouse, 40 turns.
x13 Antium worker (42) -> worker, 10 turns.
03 Demaskus vCav (75) -> vCav, 7 turns.
07 FarRiverside university -> bank, 16 turns.
x18 Mauch Chunk slave -> worker, 4 turns.
13 MuskRat Love vMusket (43) -> vMusket, 5 turns.
16 ArabCeltConnector market -> aqueduct, 20 turns.
23 Bait Race library -> courthouse, 16 turns.


277 1435 AD

Resisting Cities
Niagara Falls (5) four resisters, worker in 6.
Grand River (3) resistance over.
Cattaraugus (3) two resisters, a beancounter, worker in 4, city at zero growth.
Tonawanda (9) six resisters, hire three beancounters, worker in 4, city will starve.
Mauch Chunk (4) two resisters, work the mountians, worker in 2.
St Regis (6) five resisters, worker in 5.
Akwesesane (3) resistance over.
Allegheny (9) six resisters, hire two beancounters, worker in 2, city will starve.

Egypt has a worker and gold and could buy some of our furs, but will not.

Allegheny is connected by road and later by rail.

The Viking Stack of Doom (3 vBezerks, 1 vMusket, 1 vPike, 1 rPike, 1 vMace and 1 vArcher; total of eight units) moved eastwards.
Moved the cannons to meet them and introduce them all to Arab artillery.

Leader Hunting
eCav vs. vMusket 1/4, Cav wins (53 of 89).
eCav vs. vArcher 1/4, Cav wins (54 of 90).
eCav vs. rPike 1/3, Cav wins (55 of 91).
eCav vs. vPike 1/3, Cav wins (56 of 92).
eCav vs. vMace 1/4, Cav wins (57 of 93).
eMusket vs. rSpear 1/3, Musket wins (58 of 94).

Need to reexamine trades.
May need an ROP with Greece to get the Iroquois removed from this land by the end of 1450 (3 turns).
Lots of forward railing needed next turn.

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[IBT]
Viking Cav attacks the settler pair, kills the vMusket and captures our settler (58 of 95).
Iroquois Cavalry and Musket land in Celtland, near x01 Entremont.
Wounded Russian forces cross the borders to heal.

x01 Entremont vCav (76) -> vCav, 3 turns.
x19 Salamanca worker (43) -> courthouse, 20 turns.
01 Mild Mannered Mecca vCav (77) -> Army, 23 turns.
x07 Richborough vMusket (44) -> vMusket, 5 turns.
18 A-jar II bank -> courthouse, 5 turns.
14 BackHoe bank -> vCav, 7 turns.

278 1440 AD

Resisting Cities
Niagara Falls (5) four resisters, worker in 5.
Cattaraugus (3) two resisters, a beancounters, worker in 3, city at zero growth.
Tonawanda (9) three resisters, hire three beancounters (six total), worker in 3, city wii starve.
Mauch Chunk (4) two resisters, work the mountians, worker in 1.
St Regis (6) five resisters, worker in 4.
Allegheny (8) five resisters, hire three beancounters, worker in 2, city will starve.
Salamanca (3) one resister, worker in 3.

Clearing the road to Centralia
Grassland railed.
vCav vs. Viking vCav 1/4 (that took our settler), we win (59 of 96).
That conquered tile is railed.
Build 33 Dadhgab on an iron hill, grows in 5, worker in 10.
33 Dadhgab is two tiles away from Centralia of the Iroquois.
CavArmy01 moves adjacent to Centralia, thought it could attack this turn. Drat.

Minor Skirmishes
Redline the Iroquois invaders in Celtland.
vCav vs. Iroquois vMusket 1/4, one shot wins (60 of 97).
vCav vs. Iroquois vCav 1/4, one shot wins (61 of 98).
vCav vs. Viking vArcher 1/4, one shot wins (62 of 99).
vCav vs. Viking vBeserk 1/4, one shot wins (63 of 100).
vCav vs. Viking vBeserk 1/4, Cav is redlined but wins (64 of 101).
vCav vs. Viking vBeserk 1/4, Cav wins, 1HP (65 of 102).
vMusket vs. Viking vArcher 1/4, Musket wins (66 of 103).
eCav vs. Viking rPike 1/3, Cav wins (67 of 104).

Roaded the mountain due east of Dadhgab.
Moved cannons and attackers adjacent to Centralia.
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[IBT]
Vikings want to talk. Vikings will give 1 gpt and 33 of 33 gold for mutual peace. Accept.

See a Korean ironclad.

Spain and Iroquois sign a trade embargo against us.

x04 Alesia vMace (01) -> vMace, 4 turns.

x21 Niagara Falls flips back to Hiawatha. We lose a Cavalry.

x03 Lugdunum vMace (02) -> The Pentagon, 27 turns.
x27 Allegheny slave -> worker, 10 turns.
x18 Mauch Chunk slave -> worker, 4 turns.
10 FussAat vCav (78) -> vCav, 4 turns.
12 Yoyo Ma cannon (54) -> cannon, 5 turns.
28 Santa library -> courthouse, 20 turns.

279 1445 AD

Resisting Cities
Cattaraugus (3) one resisters, hire second beancounter, worker in 2, city should starve.
Tonawanda (8) two resisters, hire six beancounters, worker in 1, city wii starve.
Mauch Chunk (3) two resisters, work the mountians, worker in 4.
St Regis (6) five resisters, worker in 3.
Allegheny (6) five resisters, hire three beancounters, worker in 10, city will starve.
Salamanca (3) one resister, worker in 2.

3rd battle of Niagra Falls
vCav vs. rRifle, Rifle wins (67 of 105).
eCav vs. rRifle 2/3, Rifle wins (67 of 106).
vCav vs. vRifle 2/4, Cav wins (68 of 107).
And Niagara Falls is Arab again.
Niagara Falls (4) has three resisters, grows in 20, worker in 10.

Pounding of Centralia
Population decrease to 2, 1HP on rRifle, 1HPon rRilfe, Popluation decrease to 1, 2nd HP on rRifle, barracks destroyed, 2nd HP on rRifle, 1HP on vCavalry, 2nd HP on vCavalry.

Battle of Centralia
vCav vs. rRifle 1/3, Cav wins (69 of 108).
eCav vs. rRifle 1/3, one shot wins (70 of 109).
eCav vs. vCav 2/4, Arab Cav wins (71 of 110).

Centralia 1445 AD

And Centralia becomes Arab.
x28 Centralia (1) one resister, grows in 10, worker in 10.
We gain one cannon and 4 slaves.

Minor Skirmishes
vIronclad vs. Galleon, Ironclad wins (72 of 111).

We road the jungles towards Tyendenaga.
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[IBT]
Celts want to talk. Wants to trade WMs. Will wait until 1450.
Russia wants to talk. Will give WM, 1 gpt and 20 of 20 gold for peace. Accept the deal.

x09 Babylon vCav (79) -> bank, 20 turns.
02 Mediocre Medina vCav (80) -> vCav, 4 turns.
x17 Hispalis courthouse -> library, 20 turns.
x05 Gergovia cannon (55) -> university, 23 turns.
x23 Tonawanda slave (44) -> worker, 10 turns.
08 East Mecca vCav (81) -> vCav, 4 turns.
25 Tif courthouse -> market, 10 turns.

We lost our supply of incense. That means cranky people next turn.

280 1450 AD

Resisting Cities
Cattaraugus (3) zero resisters, worker in 1.
Tonawanda (6) two resisters, hire four beancounters, worker in 10, city will starve.
Mauch Chunk (3) one resister, work the mountians, worker in 1.
St Regis (6) five resisters, worker in 2.
Allegheny (6) three resisters, hire one beancounter, worker in 4, city will starve.
Salamanca (3) one resister, worker in 1.
Niagara Falls (4) two resisters, hire two beancounters, worker in 9, shortage of 2 food.
Centralia (1) one resister, worker in 9.

Talk to the Celts. Buy their WM and 3 of 3 gold for Printing Press, a tech everyone has except the Celts.
And our knowledge of world geography does not increase.

Let Ironclad01 heal in Alesia.

Move CavArmies next to Tyendenga.
Move a settler to be between Centralia and Tyendenga.
Lots of railing in Celt Land.

Planning ahead:
Next turn Tyendenga will become Arab. It is defended by a vMusket and faces 3 Cav Armies.
This will rid the mainland of the Deep Purple influence.

After the Iroquois, the next target is the Greeks, since they will be surronded by Arabs. The Greeks have only seven cities. The war should not last seven turns.

We learn Replacement Parts in 2 turns and will need to upgrade the vMuskets to vInfantry. That will cost money, so time to trade.

Sell Electricity to Greek for WM, Democracy and 1551 of 1551 gold; refused 150 gold per turn.
Sell Electricity to Ottomans for WM, Free Artistrry, 2 gpt and 148 of 148 gold. Ottomans know more about the world than we do.
Sell Democracy to Spain for WM, 8 gpt and 114 of 114 gold.
Sell Electricity to India for WM, spices, 118 gpt and 107 of 107 gold.
Sell Steam Power to Egypt for WM and 70 of 70 gold.
Sell Electricity to Korea for WM, incense, 46 gpt and 48 of 48 gold.

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[IBT]

And the save is >>HERE<<.

 

[CommandoBob]

The war with Hiawatha has not gone as I planned, largely because I had no plan. Exploiting opportunites worked on Rome but not on the Iroquois. Their cities were a bit more spread out and not clumped together.

On the other hand, the Iroquois have only two cities left. One is their 6th capital, Tyendenga. The other city is offf on some island somewhere.

Tyendenga should fall next turn, since it will be attacked by 3 Armies. Then comes a few turns of healing and then on turn 5 of the next turnset the Arabs will attack Greece, which has only seven cities. At this point, Greece will be surronded on three sides by Arab lands.

My goal is that the war with Greece last 5 turns, aiming for 3 turns. Having rails will let Arab units move from one attack place to another very quickly.

In two more turns we learn Replacable Parts and the Muskets will be upgraded to Infantry. We will begin Scientific Method and will have a prebuild for Darwin's Voyage, aiming for Hoover.