CVN1 - Not So Corrupted Romans

[microbe]

The game is basically over. It's just a question of when and how we are going to destroy everybody else.

We are on our own continent so war won't bother us (especially when rails are finished). We are tech lead. We own twice the cities than the biggest AI.

Egypt is the only close AI, but our next target is Korea. Get rid of Hitties at some convenient time.

We can always make MAs against Egypt or any other AI to slow them further down. Let the other continent fight among themselves. But we still need to build more advanced units to replace those spears and legions. Maybe rush a couple of universities and switch those to cavs.

Have fun!

 

[Cuivienen]

The Great Library slingshot has made this game almost boring. Oh well. Looks like my turns will be building infrastructure, then we'll invade Korea maybe fifteen turns from now.

We need to decide on a victory condition now. We have plenty of options open -- Diplo. is still a possibility, as we have a pristine rep. I dislike diplo, however. We could go for Space, which may prove the most interesting (see if we can keep our strong tech lead). We should still conquer Korea, however, for the extra research capabilities Korea will provide.

Domination and Conquest are also very real possibilities, though we will need to act quickly for either one. Preferences?

Cultural victory was turned off because low corruption would too easily lead to an accidental cultural victory, IMO.

Anyway, "Got it." I'll play tomorrow.

 

[microbe]

I'd vote for conquests. I especially want to wipe Japan out of our planet. I think it will be faster than Space. I've got too many space victories recently.

 

[Bede]

@TeamCVN1
I will be out of pocket until next Wednesday with no game and no net access. Please skip me.

 

[Cuivienen]

Okay, I really will actually play tonight. Sorry for the delay.

 

[SesnOfWthr]

Cuivienen? Did your cat eat your disc again?

 

[Cuivienen]

No, just being forgetful. I do that sometimes. I'll have this in about two hours.

 

[Cuivienen]

Anyay:

700 AD (IT) -- Everything looks good.

~ Korea and Egypt ally vs. Greece. Poor Greeks.
~ A Privateer attacks our Galley stack and loses.
~ Egypt signs peace with Greece. I guess buying in Korea was just so they could screw their rep in the process.
~ France and England ally vs us... This could turn into an ugly dogpile.
~ Korea wants to renew the RoP. I think not; we'll be attacking soon.
~ Our people want to build the Heroic Epic!
~ Aleppo and Kadesh riot (oops)

710 AD (1) --

Renew Peace with the Mongols for 120 gold.
Renew Peace with Arabia for 16 gold.
Renew Peace with the Maya for their World Map.
Renew Peace with Sumeria for 10 gold and their World Map.
Renew Peace with Greece for 7 gold and their World Map.
Renew Peace with Egypt for 20 gold.

Now a dogpile would ruin reps across the board. Mission accomplished.

Viroconium: Cathedral --> University

~ Two Privateers kill Galleys in our stack. A third fails.

720 AD (2) --

England will talk. They give 62 gold for Peace.
Upgrade two Galleys to Galleons in Lutetia.

Greece is the only Scientific civ in this game, and they are about to die. I trade them Magnetism and Theory of Gravity for Music Theory (comes free), 10 gold and their World Map to bring them into the Industrial Ages. They get Medicine. Damn.

~ The Maya decide to screw their rep and ally with the French against us.
~ The Hittites and French ally vs us. Stupid Hittites. They're an OCC!
~ Greece and Arabia sign Peace.

730 AD (3) --

Fill our two Galleons with Legionaries and head for Tyrana, the Hittite OCC.

~ The Arabs begin Newton's
~ The Hittites send a force of Spears and Archers at Aleppo. I doubt its lone Legion will hold.

740 AD (4) --

Galleons still headed for Tyrana. Not much else of interest...

~ Our Legionary in Aleppo is overwhelmed by Hittite Archers and dies. The Hittites take the city.
~ France and Greece sign Peace.
~ The French are building Newton's.

750 AD (5) --

Harran: Library --> Courthouse
Pisae: Marketplace --> Cavalry

~ Greece and England sign Peace. Will the Greeks survive!?

760 AD (6) --

Hieraconpolis: Marketplace --> University
Brundisium: Aqueduct --> Temple

The remainder of our Galley fleet returns to Lutetia and upgrades to Galleons.

~ Egypt wants to renew our RoP. Sure, for 17 gold.
~ Korea and France ally vs us! I think that's our signal to invade Korea.
~ England and France sign an Embargo vs us.
~ The Japanese and Mongols ally vs us.

770 AD (7) --

Hattusha: Library --> Barracks
Lugdunum: Cathedral --> Barracks

A Cavalry redlines and retreats attacking Cheju.

~ Renew RoP with Sumeria -- they give 10 gold and 2 gpt.

780 AD (8) --

Steam Power --> Industrialization

While Greece is about to die, gpt is still fine to take from them. Steam Power to Greece for Medicine, 257 gold, 125 gpt and their World Map.

Lutetia: Aqueduct --> Cavalry
Kadesh: Library --> Barracks

We have an Iron Works city! Byzantium is rather small, however
We also have two sources of Coal, one connected in Hittite lands and one unconnected on a mountain near Byzantium.

~ The Japanese and Arabs ally vs us and we lose our Ivory
~ Sumeria and Greece sign Peace.
~ The Mongols and Greece sign Peace.
~ Japan and Greece ally vs the Maya.

790 AD (9) --

Rome riots, but I scroll ahead to catch every other rioting city.

Hispalis: Cathedral --> Cavalry
Syracuse: Musketman --> Library

Unload troops next to Tyrana.

France will talk, but requires Medicine for Peace. I think not.

~ Egypt offers us 11 gpt, 1 gold and their World map for Wines. I decline, as they might ally vs us at any moment.
~ England and Japan ally vs the Maya.
~ Greece and Japan sign an embargo vs us.
~ The Japanese sink our now-empty Galleons.
~ The Hittites launch a pitiful counterattack consisting of a single Archer/Spear pair.
~ The Volcano north of Hattusha erupts.

800 AD (10) --

Veii and Lutetia riot.
Cumae: University --> Cavalry
Lugdunum: Barracks --> Cavalry

We take Tyrana. The Hittites now control only Aleppo.

Leaving a bunch of units unmoved. I'll have the Save up in a couple of minutes.

Save

 

[microbe]

Cool. A dogpile against the mighty Rome? Show them the iron and blood!

andvruss - up
sesn - on deck

 

[andvruss]

Got it. ///

 

[andvruss]

Will complete turns after VB2 and before AVS2 tomorrow (Ill try).

 

[SesnOfWthr]

Will complete turns after VB2 and before AVS2 tomorrow (Ill try).

Fine with me. I wouldn't play before later tomorrow or maybe Friday anyhow.

 

[Cuivienen]

You there, andvruss? One day until skip...

 

[SesnOfWthr]

geez, I completely forgot about this one.

If Andvruss hasn't posted by tomorrow, I should be able to pick it up.

 

[andvruss]

Turns almost completed, along with AVS2.

 

[microbe]

6 days a player for the past 20 turns..

I think we need to go strict with 24/48 rules and extend only when the player requests. Anxious to trim down the number of SGs I am playing..

 

[andvruss]

800: I see you left me to MM every city we have due to WW, Cuivienen . War with 7 civs also...Luxes raised to 20. Indust due in 8 with -5gpt.
Shuffle uneeed troops in the middle to the north

IBT: Sumeria and Japan sign embargo vs us
France and Greece sign alliance vs Maya
Arabia and England sign alliance vs Maya
Veii uni-cav
Japan drops off 2 cv and 2 sams at Tyrana.

810: With 3 cannons and 3 injured leions in defending range, I dont think I could hold. I abandon Tyrana and goto the hills to heal.
Empty Veii of units to cover south to where A french galleon is.

IBT: We lose legion where Tyrana used to be flawlessly to a cav
Lose another legion on a hill with cannon spport to a cav flawlessly. Luckily the next 2 sams to attacks both lose, so we hold that position.
In an RNG luck, an Arab cav attacks Hispalis from there city, and the 2hp legion flawlessly defeats it.
Rome uni-cav

820: Vet cav flawlessly defeats reg pike in Cheju
Reg Legion dies to vet spear, -1hp, promotes spear

IBT: Lose 2 3 hp legions fortified on a hill to 2 2hp cavs....3 cannons protected by 1 2 hpcav
Hitties drop off 1 archer and 1 spear
Hattashush rax-temple

830: 2 hp legion fails to kill 1 hp cav. Disband 3 cannons, and the island with the last Hittie city has no units on it, and Japan is bombarding us vevery turn with 4+ frigates.
Vet cav dies to elite spear
Legion flawlessly killed by unfortified pike. Our ofensive at Cheju ends.

IBT: More bombardment
Sumeria and England sign alliance vs Maya
Mongols and England sign alliance vs Maya
Every city we have riots
Mecca completes Newtons.
Japan landed 3 cavs and a MDI on our other island
Hitties land 3 more units, and they march towards unprotected Veii

840: Vet MDI flawlessly kills 2 hp spear, promotes to elite
Sign peace with Maya for their WM
Sign peace with mongols, throwing in Pyhsics for 107 gold.
Sign peace with France, throwing in 80 gold
Sign peace with Hitties with them throwing in 56 gold and their WM
Sign peace with Japan with us throwing in 320 gold
.....All WW ends and we are still at war with 3 nations
Neapolis switches to Military Academy

IBT: Japan and Greece sign alliance vs Hitties
Ugarit market-temple
Pompeii uni-cav
byzantiummarket-IW

850: Indust due in 2 with +51gpt

IBT: Sumeria and Arabia sign alliance vs us
Hitties and Japan sign alliance vs Hitties
Korea and Greece sign peace
Kadash barracks-court

860: Nice, peaceful turns

IBT: Korea and France sign alliance vs Maya
Hitties and Greece sign peace
We discover indust-electrcity
Rome cav-factory
Ravenna cathedral-cathedral
Hispalis cav-factory

870: Change most city builds to factories

IBT: Tarsus market-temple
Japan declares war on us because of an MPP with Arabia (!)
Arabia drops off 2 cavs, musket and MDI

880: Attacks on Khursan fails as 2 cavs die.
Sign peace with Arabia for 80 gold.
Abandon Ankuawa and Syracuse on the other island. Rush cav in Adana and Kadesh

IBT: England and Egypt sign alliancve vs Hitties
Lose Adana to 3 Japanese cav attacks.
Kadesh cav-cav

 

[andvruss]

Lost cities...

 

[SesnOfWthr]

This is my got it, but I won't play before tomorrow.

 

[andvruss]

Save. We are at war still weith 3 other nations, but no war weariness.....
We could take the Korean city on our mainland with more cavs. Kadesh is in danger of falling. More cav need to be rushed there (off the map in last pic, pop 5).