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Preturn- Set Research toward Norse Tradition at minimal research making 34 gpt. I decided I might want to try an early Attack on the Bulgars to get the tar. Start shuffling all avaible troops toward constantinople and Larissa to be picked up by Dromons.
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1- Continue to shuffle troops.
IT-irrigate finishes near constantinople.
2- Almost have troops in position.
IT-Constantinople archer->archer.
3- Load archer in Dromon. Troops in position. Declare on the Bulgars and unload 2 spears, 3 swords, and an archer near Pliska. Send a spear into Pliska territory.
IT- 3 Bulgar swords appear, but do not threaten our troops. Corinth warrior->spear, Adrianople warrior->warrior.
4- Attack Pliska, kill 2 spears, a horse, and a king. Lose a sword and a spear. Capture 2 workers. Capture the city. Bombard a bulgar sword with our Dromons take off a HP. Contact Magyars.
IT- 2 Bulgar swords move on the hill SW of Pliska. Sinope warrior->worker. Caesarea warrior->worker. Ancyra warrior->worker. Ephesus warrior->temple. Larissa warrior->warrior. Resistance in Pliska ends.
5- Bombard sword again, redlining it. warrior and spear continue toward Pliska. Kill the 2 swords with a 3/4 sword, takes no damage and a 3/3 sword now 2/3. Bulgar slaves start roading. A spear and 2 warriors leave Larissa. Spots Iron.
IT- Another sword appears on the mountian W, SW of Pliska, a warrior N, NW. Constantinople archer->archer.
6- Bombard the sword again. Our spear/ 2 warriors continue north. Retreat our troops into Pliska.
IT-Warrior moves north of Pliska, the sword SW of Pliska.
7- Kill the sword. 3/4 sword now 2/4. Just noticed Pliska has a Barracks. Fortify our troops their. Unload an archer on the tile being roaded by the Bulgar slaves. They will be done next turn. Bombard sword again.
IT- The sword I been bombarding moves to join the warrior a sword appears 2 tiles north of Pliska. Adrianople warrior->warrior.
8- Our spear and 2 warriors move into Bulgar territory outside Sredets. Slay the sword near Pliska, Promoting our sword to vet. Kill the warrior, promoting our archer to elite. move a spear to protect the archer from the sword.
IT- The sword attacks our spear, redlining the spear, the sword dies. Constantinople archer->settler. Pliska worker->warrior.
9- Load warrior and archer into Dromon in Nicaea and unload them on the road south of Pliska. Move our spear and 2 warriors move around Sredets. It is defended by a spear and on a hill. Switch Adrianople to an archer and cash rush it for 68 gold.
IT- Athens worker->worker. Sinope worker-> temple. caesarea worker->temple. Attalea worker->worker. Ancyra worker->temple. Larissa warrior->Barracks. Adrianople archer->Barracks. Nicaea worker->worker.
10- Continue to move troops into position to attack. Contact Turks.
IT- Cornith spear->rax.
11- Attack Ruse with a vet archer. Archer kills a Spear and Promotes to Elite. Attack with a elite archer killing another spear. Attack the archer in Ruse with a regular spear, the spear wins promotes to vet and.. captures a worker. Horses are finished being roaded. Another archer is loaded up and dropped off near Pliska.
IT- 3 Bulgar archers appear in 3 different spots.
12- Move most of our army inside Ruse. Fortify our spear and 2 warriors on a mountian. They are stuck between 2 archers. Contact the Abbasids. Constantinople is size 9 now and will riot next turn so hire scientist and turn off science gaining 4 more gpt. Switch Larissa to temple and rush for 88 gold. Temple rushed in Ephesus for 52 gold. Switch Athens to Barrack, don't rush.
IT- Archers move into our territory. Ephesus temple->barracks. Larissa temple->barracks. Constantinople settler->spear.
13- Science back to 10%. Load settler in Dromon and unload him where I want him. Lose a sword attacking an archer, then kill sword with an elite archer, no leader.
It- Archers move south of Ruse.
14- settle Varna. Kill the 2 archers. Attack Sredets with a regular warrior killing a spear. Lose a warrior attacking again. Rush an archer for 40 gold in Pliska.
IT-Constantinople spear->settler. Pliska archer-> archer.
15- Move sword to join spear and warrior on mountian outside Sredets. MOvements.
IT- an archer appears near our spear/warrior/sword stack near Sredets.
16-Our sword attacks Sredets killing a spear, takes no damages, the warrior and spear remain forified. Troops in Ruse are done Healing and they go off to fight.
IT- the Bulgar archer continues east, Larissa and Ephesus' borders expand
17- Attack Sredets again and our sword is killed. Move our army stack outside the city of Sredets.
IT- another archer appears, the archer going east returns west. Constantinople settler->spear.
18- the Settler is loaded up and lands where I want it to in 1 turn. Rush temple for 44 gold in Ancyra, Rush a temple in Caesarea for 56 gold. Rush an archer for 36 gold in Pliska.
IT- Caesarea temple->worker. Ancyra temple->barracks. Pliska archer->archer.
19- Settle Smyrna. Attack Sredets. Lose 3 archers kill 2 spears. Movements.
IT- Attalea worker->worker. Ruse warrior->temple. Nicaea worker->worker.
20-Must take Sredets on this turn. Our elite archer loses to an elite spear in Sredets giving them a Great Leader. Then attack with a 2/3 archer. Killing the spear and the leader and taking the city. The archer is promoted to vet. Make peace with the Bulgars gaining the city of Vindin and 1 gold. The city is located NW of Sredets and is size 3. How nice of them. Start roading Tar. Rush temple in Pliska for 112 gold.
We have tar. When It is done being road we should start building Dromons in Cornith because it has a harbor. Constantinople should be a spear/settler factory. Keep the Dromon in Constantinople there for shipping the settlers around. We should start settling the rest of our land and maybe try to get a city on the Italian Peninsilia. We make 50 gold per turn. So use it for rushing improvements. We still need more workers. So produce them in corrupt cities and Nicaea. We should save up vet warrior from the towns building barracks then upgrade them to swords when the iron is hooked up. I think that the Abassids should be our next target and for style points launch a seaborne assult at the holyland.
). Take a look around and notice that the Bulgars are udderly screwed 
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, they have HBR too. Begin mining another hill in Varna (want our first ring to be powerful). Silks are online, move workers to connect new city about to be built.
