DI3 (Im back O_o) - Wonderless is Wonderful

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Here you go

 

[gozpel]

"Greece and Egypt MA against Germany. What a betrayer."

That's funny! Poor Alex seem very undecided in this game

 

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Just to make sure Barbslinger sees it, you are up again.

 

[barbslinger]

Perhaps peace with all but Alex and then an MA with all against Alex. Muhahah. j/k
I will not slow the victory date. Cities and temples are top priority.

Also, are we required to raze all wonder cities? It is in the spirit of the game and would allow more time for Greece to disappear.

 

[microbe]

I don't think we must raze all wonder cities, but I've no problem of doing so (that would mean we'll take on Egypt as well).

I'd be happy if we could win before 1000AD (which is very unlikely), but if we cannot, 1100AD or 1200AD doesn't make much difference to me. So whatever is fine with me.

 

[barbslinger]

However temple expansion takes 4 turns so unless the cities we have recently conquered and any city I can take next turn completes the expansion to put us over the top it won't happen. Let me have a look when I get home and report will be out around 11pm.

 

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I rushed a bunch of temples in 920AD so you should get an expansion in 2 turns.

 

[barbslinger]

DI –950AD – 5 turns to victory? We’ll see. There are a lot of open lands to settle so that helps. In Tula a settler is rushed for 116g and Calix short rushes a settler for 160g. We have 6 active settlers and 5 popping next turn. I sign Egypt up against Alex for 20gpt and 50g. Move some units to heal in town for one turn and get set to load the Konisberg army. We are way ahead in all categories including culture. Berlin and Athens are #1 and #2. Kyoto is #3. Wonderless is wonderful! Nampo, Ulsan and Kaesong rush caravels for the quicker trip across the bay now that I have navigation from Egypt for 28gpt, insense and ivory. I spend some cash rushing cavs back home to fill the caravels.

IT – Lots of units and settlers.

960AD – Take Xoclicalco ( remaned X). No loss. Just saw that both the Greeks and Germans are out of salt and iron. Too Frickin’ Bad! Lots of rearranging. Short rushed a couple brax.

IT – A bunch of cultural expansions to 57%/61%. Not quite. I don’t think 1000AD is going to happen unless I capture around 8 towns. Boats are nearly to shores with 9 cav.

970AD – Cologne is captured. Hamburg is captured. Hannover is captured. Can’t rush temples yet. Rush 3 more caravels and a cav. Found Sado and we’re at 59%/63%

IT – Expansions and growth to 60%/63%.

980AD – Nothing much. Landed first wave across the bay. 4 attacking next turn along with Berlin assault. Rushed a temple in Hamburg.

IT – Expansions take us to 62%/64%. More temples complete. Resign Egypt to Germans.

990AD – Frankfurt is captured. Berlin and the Great Library burn. Germans are no more. Leipzig is captured from the Greeks. 63%/67%.

IT – Some expansions and it is 64%/66%

1000AD – We capture Halic from the Greece on their East coast with the beach landing cavs. We take Heidelburg from Alex and settle 2 spots and that makes it 66%/68%! Can I get a little more? Answer is no as Marathon has a LB under the 2 hoplites. Shoot! This should be game though. Set up a worker Maginot line to keep the traffic clear on our road to the front. Save game for your HOF and hit enter.
IT – Punch enter a few times................

>> THE SAVE FOR EVERYONE <<

7557pts, pretty nice! Great game all. Nice bruising of the AI on
Emporer.

 

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:jump:

My first completed SG, my highest score!

What a fantastic warmonger's game!

Thanks to everybody for your great playing! And DI for setting it up although I don't know where he is up to now?

It certainly improved my warring skills. I'm looking forward to playing with you guys again!

I was just about to go to bed and I saw this. I'm very happy. on finishing it up so fast, barbslinger!

 

[gozpel]

Congratulations all, this was a fun game

And faster than I expected, since we didn't get iron or horses early on. Good job everyone.

 

[Yom]

@Microbe: Yeah, it seems like DI has a habit of disappearing from his sgs (take DI1 - 3CC AW for example).

Good job everybody. This game may have been wonderless, but it sure was wonderful (bad pun intended).

It just goes to show you that Archer rushes are pretty powerful when you're stuck with bad starts like we had (this was actually the first game, sg or sp I've ever used one).

 

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Yom, indeed we had a pretty bad start. If you look at the replay, we were packed with Korea and France while the other half of the world had plenty of land to settle on.

Glad we pulled it off.

 

[barbslinger]

What we did the AI was stupendous!

 

[microbe]

barbslinger/gozpel see my post in SGOTM thread. Anyone interested in an AW/Regent can go there have a look..

 

[barbslinger]

Originally posted by microbe
barbslinger/gozpel see my post in SGOTM thread. Anyone interested in an AW/Regent can go there have a look..

I already have Sling1 going AWE. With SGOTM 1 most likely an AW I think that 2 is enough. In fact every game I have been in for the past few months has been war, war, conquest or domination victory. I have to say that when I played SP's prior to SG participation I was leery of wars, but now it's like even on emporer/diety I have one look at mil advisor and if he says we are average it is GAME ON. My playing style has evolved and I forget what going for a Spaceship even was. I decided to go Space in GOTM30 and have joined another space SG for those reasons. I want to round my skills up on the building skills front now. Thank you for the invite but I must decline. On regent with a decent start you should be able to roll the AI too. Someone say "Archer rush!"

 

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barslinger, I meant SGOTM. Not meant to start another one.

Did I misunderstand your willing to do AW in SGOTM?

 

[barbslinger]

Mad-Bax will be setting those teams though. We don't form a team and dealre we're ready. He'll have the teams up in a few days for us.