Inherited 730BC -
Literature in 4
Everything looks ok.
We need workers for sure, and more military... hmm
(1) 710BC
Los Alamos: sword->settler
Fangorn: spear->spear
Minas Morgul ->sword ->settler
The three Iroq that showed up near mother-in-lawville really trouble me. There is one spearman defending. There is no one near to help defend. If the city is captured it will be destroyed. We also have a stack of three babs northwest of Fangorn. They can be dealt with. The russians are moving around our troops and not engaging, so I'm not concerned about them. But the Iroquois are troubling. I don't want to waste a settler resettling mother-in-lawville, and besides, what would the wife say when we lost her moms city??
Go hit up the Iro for peace. They don't CoL, and asking around, we'd barely break even trading for CoL.
Decision time: Cancel peace talks with Iro
Reposition troops, and pull swords closer to MiLV to deal with any iroq warriors who survive.
Because of all the troops on our borders, I switch MM to one more sword.. We're gonna need it. If we lose MILV, I'll switch back to a settler in time.
Cross my fingers, and hit enter.
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Our spearman in MILV promotes to elite defending against 2 of the 3 warrior attacks. The third loses his nerve and fortifies. Another warrior appears.
Russians attack a wounded swordsman I accidently left exposed. It kills the first russian warrior, but then falls to an archer
Barbarians appears next to Andersonville
(2) 690BC
AndersonVille: Spearman->Spearman - Just in time to stop the barbarian horseman from ransacking.
Kill the spineless Iroquios warrior. Also kill the Russian archer that defeated our brave breatheren.
The babs have been moving a stack towards Fangorn, and I positioned our forces to repel them once they came down out of the mountains. The battle for Fangorn forest approaches.
I leave Minas Morgul on a swordsman. I think we're ok, but having another sword in two turns will make me feel better. Especially since the southern barbarians are acting frisky.
Science still at 100%. Lit in 2, -6gpt with 30 in the bank.
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The battle of Fangorn forest raged for twenty years. In the end, the Babylonian forces lay decimated at the foot of Fang mountain. Out of the three divisions that attacked Fangorn, only 1 managed to escape back to the mountain. Unfortunately for them, a troop of Fangorn swordsmen are waiting for them
(3) 670BC
Two barbarian horsemen are approaching Minas Morgul. A troop of swordsmen will arrive next turn, but one of the horses will reach the city walls. We have a warrior defending.
We chase down and destroy the remaining Babylonian warrior on Fang mountain. We see an approaching unit of spearmen, and we cover the Western Fangorn Forest floor with their bodies. One remaining unit of Bowmen are all that remain in our forests.
The Russians are still playing tiddlywinks along our north eastern borders. They haven't entered our territory and haven't made a specific move towards any city. So we leave an extra swordsmen in Fangorn, and one is due in three turns at Los Alamos, will be plenty of time if that's where the RUssians decide to go.
Science to 60%, Lit in 1 at +5gpt
None of our opponents will consider straight peace. The Germans and Romans haven't learned anything. The Iroquois have currency, everyone else is only up CoL and we have a monopoly on philosophy. In a turn or two, after getting Lit, we will be in a good trading position, if the others AI learn something new, and I don't think their all researching Lit.
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We chased a Babalyonian spearmen into a part of the Western Fangorn Mountain controlled by the Germans. Bizmark is furious with us, we withdraw our troops, but his unreasonableness with our slight tresspass in our efforts to defend ourselves will not be forgotten. (or forgiven)
(4) 650BC
Minas Morgul: sword->spearmen
Literature comes in. Some elderly philosopher was executed when caught lecturing about the benefits of a representative government. His body was burned and his ashes scattered, lest his words be remembered.
We cannot research Monarchy with our bank account in anything less that 44 turns while breaking even. The best we could do is 39 turns at -18gpt which would bankrupt us. Research to 10%, +18gpt Monarchy in 50. Hopefully we can trade a bit soon.
The barbarians are trying to pass to the east of Minus Morgul. Our new swordsmen sends them back to wherever barbarian souls go. We ordered up a spearmen, because the settler is going to need an escort if he is heading south.
The Russians make a quick dash into our territory by Fangorn. (bad idea). We promote a swordsman to elite dispatching one of them. The other is on an un-roaded part of the forest, and we will wait to dispatch him with a newly arrived elite swordsmen
Tech situation hasn't changed. Iro up Currency, but won't give it up in peace talks for anything.
Everyone else is up CoL and we now have a monopoly on philosophy and Literature.
We really need to grow, but I'm glad I built that swordsmen. Barbarians weren't so pleased, but we aren't the evil barbarians today.
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In the news today, a roman diplomat was found dead in Minas Morgul today. Speculation is that his heart was sent back to Ceasar as a reply to his demand for our understanding of Philosophy.
Late breaking news: The Roman Empire declared war on the the DarkEmpire. Prayers for the soon to be dead roman armies are being held in churches across the nation.
The barbarians destroyed our spice road!
Our swordsmen will be handle them. We have a worker in Minus Morgul to repair the damage.
(5) 630BC
Our swordsmen redlines defeating the barbarian horse
The worker moves to fix the road
We begin roading the horses by MILV.
With the death of the last Russian Spearman, our territories are free of our enemies presence now. Time to build and prepare for our next push!
Our forces are staged between MILV and Minus Morgul. If the Romans come it will be from the north, so we will start to reinforce there with our veterans and allow our new recruits to seal up our northwestern borders.
Someone learned philosophy and traded it to everyone except the Germans, so I trade it to them for all their gold (30), and adjust research to 80%. Monarchy in 40 at -47gpt. We have 77.
Nobody but the Iro still have anything but CoL and we really don't need that tech right now. I keep our monopoly on Lit. The Russians must have learned it, because they have 200 gold and everyone else excep the Iroquois are broke. I probably sold it to the Germans way too cheap, but I'm always surprised at just how low the AI trades techs amongst themselves and I've ended up with nothing more times than not.
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Our enemies are still licking their wounds.
(6) 610BC
Los Alamos: sword -> sword
Dol Guldur: barracks -> worker. Its not growing at size 2 and needs to clear the jungle to have any chance. In fact, we need a lot of work done to get our few cities productive. We are also way behind in number of cities.
I have to adjust science down a notch. This puts us at monarchy in 45 at 0gpt. I should have just left it off. I've wasted a few of the little coin we made from the Germans..
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Iroquois show up with 2 archers near MILV.
(7) 590BC
We dispatch one, promoting our sword to elite. The Germans don't seem to have a problem letting the Iroqouis through their territory, and it's irritating. Game should have a diplomatic option of demanding they force other civs from their territory. We let the other one live for now. He'll either expose himself at the plains of MILV and be destroyed, or go around a German worker and be killed in Fangorn Forest.
Our horses are hooked up. I switch Los Alamos and Fangorn to horsemen.
Im thinking as soon as Nuremburg grows to size 2, its going to look tastey
I change my mind and use a swordsmen from MILV to dispatch the other archer. Moving back the fog shows an adjacent archer and an approaching swordsmen. We move a spear to defend the sword, into German territory... Lets see what they say about it.
The Iroquois now know CoL too.. but still won't give up currency. THey don't have Philosophy either, but we still can't get them to give up currency in the peace negotiations. Our monopoly on Literature is vice like.
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Glad I moved the spear to protect as it dies gallantly defending the spearman. I think killing the archer with the sword would be vengeance indeed.. but what about the approaching sword??
(8) 570BC
Hm.. I guess I had Minus Morgul on a settler as it completes. No problem, I'll order up his escort now.
The babylonians appear with a galley near MILV.
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The wounded Iroqouis archer retreats, the sword doesn't appear through the fog. The babylonian galley is gone too.
(9) 550BC
Andersonville: spear->spear. This little town is growing really small, and only has 3spt. I'd like to make a worker, but going back to size 1 will hurt. defense isn't going to be something we have too much of anytime soon.
We kill a Russian warrior in the mountains north east of Fangorn. I think he was a scout as there are no other troops visible.
Nothing new on the tech front.
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Iroquois swordsmen appears near the Western Fangorn Forest. Our swordsman is waiting for him.
(10) 530 BC
spices are hooked back up.
sword moves to disperse the barbarian camp in the south.
Settler and escort are ready in Minus Morgul
Don't have time for a screenshot. Anyone notice bad days at work come in pairs?
Kill german horse and roman warrior with 2 flawlees elite swords.
Washington will try to navigate to fangorn.![[pissed]](/images/smilies/pissed.gif "Pissed [pissed]")
I am noticing a bad trend here. Kill 2 archers but our horse is exposed, apparently attacking across a river in territory we own that is roaded counts as 2 moves. (No smilie can describe this)
