Preturn: The Black Plague has arrived, and vultures are circling Madrid! I'm not exactly sure how the plague spreads, having heard all kinds of different and occasionaly conflicting information, but I'm fairly sure that it can spread through units moving between cities and can kill units in a city. I move the garrison swords outside of the city, and cross my fingers. Valencia swapped to from pike to Galley. Trade Divine Right to Germany for Religious Persecution 10 gold and WM. Santiago starts the Inquisition, due in 10. Build an embassy in Aix-la-Chapelle, which is size six and starving
Investigate Rome; the Relic is not there. Oh well, overkill anyways. Hit enter.
IBT: Germany declares on the Bulgars. Burgundian Knight takes one of the Danish cities in Sicily. Hun (barb) warrior pops out of the fog and kills 5 slaves. The Black Death (somehow) spreads to Vasteras.(size 1 city in North Africa)
Turn 1: Preliminary plan is to launch a two-pronged offensive against the Abassids, hitting them from Africa while we land our armies at Jerusalem Seige weapons keep rolling towards New Bagdad. Since the armies are still awhile away, I land the four Knights next to the Swedish city of Elbing. Another galley full of knights sets sail from the homeland. Join a worker into Cordoba. Shave a turn off Robin Hood by switching to +0 food.
IBT: Germany declares war on the 'Abassids (this a turn after signing an MA with them). Black Death strikes Valladolid...
Turn 2: Valladolid's garrision heads for the hills. Attack Elbing: Knight 1 loses 3 hp straight and retreats. Knight 2 loses 2 hp and kills vet spear. Knight 3 redlines and kills regular spear and promotes, sinks a longship still in port. Raze the city, knights return to galley.
IBT: Navarre gets the plague, and loses a pop point. Dane Zerk razes a burgundians city.
Turn 3: Set research to 100% to get merchantalism next turn. Troops keep on marching.
IBT: The Celts sneak attack us for no apparent reason, sending a lone horsemen who redlines and retreats against a spear in Pamplona
Turn 4: A fortified sword is awkaned and kills the Celt horse. Mechantalism comes in. Science set to 50% on Professional Armies. Leon switched to Hanseatic League, due in 23.
IBT: Swedish Beserk kills the spear outside of Navarre, and Sweden lands 3 Beserks and a spear outside the now-empty Navarre..might want to start peace talks. Black Death kills off another pop point in Navarre. The 'Abassids kick out our, um, sight-seeing fleet.
Turn 5: Make Peace with Sweden. MM Lisbon, Hanseatic in 18. Time to take a peak at Jerusalem. Looks like there is about 13 Pikes, a sword, a king, a cat, and an Assassin.
The time has come. The battle lines are drawn. The heathens must pay. To War! To War! For King and Country!
Troops move up to assualt New Bagdad. Armies land on the outskirts of Jerusalem. New Bagdad falls to our knights, we take one loss. Prepare for enemy counterattack!
IBT: Well, that was dissipointing. I guess their army is either gassed out or busy flinging itself against the other AI's. One assassin is it. Black Death spreads to Seville, Jaen, and Barcelona.
Turn 6: Our Assassin detects an Abassid one lurking near Mosul, have a knight dispatch it. Capture Mosul, losing 1 elite knight and killing 2 pikes and a Longbow. Send 5 Knights south to take an 'Abbassid city that has its name cut off by the edge of the map next turn. Armies assualt Jerusalem, killing 10 pikes but recieving moderate to heavy damage. Full strength sword army is fortified on defense. 4 Knight unloaded next to the 'Abbassid city on Cyprus.
IBT: Abassid catapults fire on one of our galleys keeping watch on Alexandria. Longbow attacks knight from mystery city#1, knight wins.
Turn 7: Knights raze 'Abbassid island city. Kill three pikes in Jerusalem, other armies heal. They've been reinforcing the city, of course. Raze the mystery city, which turns out to be New Medina.
IBT: Black Death kills a spear in Jaen.
Turn 8: Toledo blades lose 13 hp, but manage to kill the vet spear in Alexandria. Take Alexandria. The Abbassids seem to have a 2 pike+a rushed Longbow defense pattern. Not sure why they're rushing Longbows, but they are unfortified. Raze Acre (another mystery city cut off by the map edge. All armies heal this turn, preparing for what will hopefully be the final assault on Jerusalem.
IBT: Plague spreads to Cordoba and Asturias.
Turn 9: The final assault begins. Kill 4 pikes in Jerusalem, redlining one army but leaving only a sword defending. Send in El Cid, who kills the sword and then defeats the Caliph in single combat. Jerusalem falls. VP reaches 29190. Abassid capital jumps to Bagdad (better location for them anyway)
IBT: Robin Hood's completes in Madrid. Inquistion completes in Santiago.
Turn 10: Raze Mystery city #3, which turns out to be Allepo. Must have been size or so, because our VP jumped from 29600 or so to 30310......
Victory!
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Completely different...we are the Magyars initially, a steppe tribe, not the civilized, christian Hungarians.
