Initital observations and adjustments:
We have no ships, nor any cities building ships. Construction is switched in three cities so we now have one Privateer on the way and two Frigates.
IBT:
Byzzies move a bit, force one knight to retreat from the siege of their capital.
1380ad (1):
Some knights and our first Frigate are complete. =D
Single Byzzy Regular Pike survives massive bombardment before being finally yellowed. oO
Next Reg Pike also manages to doge rockets for long enough to exhaust our supply of Hwachas. He is then executed by a wounded MDI. oO
I think it is safe to say that the RNG is now officially insane.
Some moderate combat to weaken enemy capital defenses for next turn's pounding. Stopped after realizing my knights will be in no kind of shape to fight after this futile siegework.
Several newly retaken cities are set to science to starve the Byzzy Pezzies.
Many Workers set to Build Trade. Sorry, but this is necessary at this stage.
IBT:
Nothing notewrothy
1385ad (2):
The siege continues, this time bombings are a bit luckier, but limited offensive forces disallow me to do serious damage.
A spearman shows up, AND KILLS THE ELITE KNIGHT I SEND AT IT WHILE GETYING REDLINED. :'(
Sorry, I probably shouldn't have wasted an elite... =\
Another elite knight kills a 2-hp regular pike.
Boston MMed to grow sooner.
Some Spearmen sporadically upgraded to Muskets, to push us in the right direction.
IBT:
Byzzies make some silly moves.
1390ad (3):
Byzzy capital apparently has very scarce defense. Vet pike brought down to 2 hp, and then a Spearman who somehow fortified with the NW animation (?!) appears. When he is yellowed, and pike goes red, an ELITE WARRIOR appears. It's not freakin' funny, Theo. -.-
VARNA IS OURS! Whooooo!!!! =O
Siege shifted towards new Byzzy capital at Caesarea. (He he... I've actually been to Caesarea IRL.)
IBT:
Byzzy Longbowman slays lone Elite Knight. Blargh.
1395ad(4):
Elite Knight destroys evil Longbowman.
LAND AHOY!!!!!
A purple border is spotted by our skillful Frigate. =D
IBT:
Nithin'
1400ad (5):
SCANDINAVIA CONTACTED! Finally! This Lodbrok guy is the son of Odin, turns out. =O
He has pretty much nothing but one city. He's behind us in tech. I'm thinking he lost a major war against them Celts.
Follow his borders in order to find other rivals. Dark red border comes into sight but the Frigate falls a tile short of it.
IBT:
Nae much.
1405ad (6):
Banking is ours. Set to work on Theory Of Gravity.
Our great Pirate Fleet gets its first ship, soon to be joined by many more.
Contact is made with the dark red people of Japan. Tokugawa is not much better off than old Loddy. Except he has way more cities. But not as much as us. Bleh. Also, he is still in the Ancient Age. oO
With its last move, our other Frigate sees a light green border. Hmmm...
The siege on Caesarea is now ready to commence, once the Hwacha operators get some rest.
I notice I have a LOAD of workers and defenders on automated routes mostly northwards. Sorry about this, I was dead tired last night when I played the first half of my batch.
IBT:
Null.
1410ad (7):
Palace expanded.
Persia contacted. They have some luxuries, but they are also behind us in tech and in cities... They still are pretty big, both of our Frigates reach them at different points about an eighth of a map away from eachother.
The siege on Caesarea begins:
Two veteren pikes taken down to 1 hp and still not replaced! CHAAARRGE!!!!
Caesarea is ours. Well that was bloody easy. =\
Contact theo and resist urge to gift here half the empire. Instead ask her to give us all she got for peace. Which is 8 gold. Decide to wait till my last turn to sue for peace again in hope she has something to offer.
IBT:
*whistles idly*
1415ad (8):
Northern border of Loddy's realm sighted, along with orange spanish ship.
Spain contacted. Bella is on par with us on tech, way behind on size.
Rome discovered and contacted. They're behind us on tech, and on size. Got two luxeries we lack, but have none to spare.
Theo's resources dwindle.
IBT:
...
1420ad (9):
A Privateer of ours destroys a lone Persian galley.
Celts found and contacted. The Brenster is a bit behind us on cities and on par with us technologically.
Start disbanding some units (Knights and MDIs) to further developement in Newer and Newest Korea. We won't be needing this amount of offensive force any time soon, and I assume Cavalry and Guerilla will do us little good in the eventual MA wars we will face.
IBT:
Spanish Galley sinks our Privateer. :'(
1425ad (10):
Theo gives 15 gold + 1 slave for peace. I figure we can extort her later with tech and with threats.
I suddenly notice we have met everyone in the world. =O
Upgrade a few spears and pikes.
Optimize Boston so no laborer is wasted. If happiness does not improve, the Palace will be complete in 48 turns. If it does improve, the city will have to be MMed a bit and then the Palace will be ready quicker.
Not much to say, just keep building Privateers, they're cheap, they're fast, and we can use them to harm our rivals without war.
Get yer save
here.
We wouldn't want to take away from your Byzantine squashing fun afterall.
A few bad moves on the fighting and some more rotten RNG luck, but our goal is complete. Of course with the Byzantines and Mongols still around, they can spread the word about our aggressive ways. Maybe we eliminate them before communications start being traded?
