Emperor SG?

[madviking]

Preturn: Switch a citizen in Istanbul to a taxman, to break even
1 (730 BC):
Istanbul -- sword -> sword
Kill Greek archer (1-0)
Found Bananatown

2 (710 BC):
Bursa cat -> cat

3 (690 BC):
Edrine sword -> sword
Uskudar cat -> rax

Battle of Corinth
*Bombard the crap out of Corinth...eHoppy goes to 3hp
*vSword kills rHoppy (2-0)

4 (670 BC):
Battle of Corinth
*Keep bombarding...
*vSword kills 3/5 eHoppy
*CORINTH BURNS

Change Istanbul to settler to fill in the newly procured land

5 (650 BC):
Istanbul settler -> sword
Moving troops to focus on Sparta

6 (630 BC):
Bursa cat -> cat
Rome completes Temple of Artemis
Sumer completes Great Wall
Contact new civ: Japan, east of Russia. Backward!
Pick up Ceremonial Burial from them.

7 (610 BC):
Iznik cat -> cat

8 (590 BC):
Edrine sword -> sword
Found Aydin on top of the ruins of Corinth
Lose a sword and an archer, but kill an archer (3-2)

8 (570 BC):
Istanbul sword -> sword

Battle of Sparta
*Redline both rHoppy defenders
*Two vSwords perfect
*We capture Sparta

Kill stray Greek archer (6-2)

10 (650 BC):
Code of Laws -> Literature
Bursa cat -> sword
Oops...Iznik riots...forgot to check Mapstat. :\

Wow, monopoly on Code of Laws...!

Trades:
Russia - Code of Law for Map Making, Horseback Riding and $39
Japan - Mathematics for Mysticism
India - Map Making for Polytheism and $16
Sumer - Code of Laws for Philosophy and $18

FOURFER!

We have achieved tech parity with the AI! Save for Sumer, who have Construction.

madviking - whooped greece
Overseer - continuing the whoopage right up next
Calis -
Daeron -
Gamezrule/Sparthage - afk

 

[Daeron]

Situation looks so much better than when we started, heh.

I was wondering, would it be handy to make a list of the order we met the different civs? I have compeltely forgotten this myself.

 

[madviking]

It seems it is:
- Greece
- India
- Russia
- Sumer
- Japan

 

[GamezRule]

I am back.

 

[TheOverseer714]

Welcome back, hope you had a good trip. I am preparing to play, plans are to eliminate Greece this turn set unless they escape by boat.

 

[madviking]

IIRC, they have four(?) cities left: Athens, and then a few crap towns out in the western desert.

One thing I've noticed lately is that we need more workers! Kinda my fault, but easily correctable. Maybe build workers in Tsargrad Istanbul to control population.

For future reference, next target is India.

 

[Sparthage]

BWA HA HA HA! I'm back, and am glad to see that things are going well. Especially with Greece.

 

[madviking]

USA #1

(Psst...Overseer...)

 

[TheOverseer714]

Friday... I have no life from monday to thursday, due to work.

 

[madviking]

Friday has passed...

 

[TheOverseer714]

I'm done with a very unlucky set, I made no headway at all, Athens is loaded with Hoplites. I'll get you the save in a few minutes. Here is the turn-log:

Spoiler :

Pre-Flight: CivAssist 2, Word running. Open the save, look things over.
Looks good, adjust Istanbul to shed a worker on growth. Change Scientists to Taxmen in Edrine, Iznik and Bananatown.

Civilian units:
Workers 3

Military units:
Warrior 1
Archers 1
Spears 4
Swords 7
Catapults 12
Curraghs 2

Unit Support:
Total Units: 30
Allowed Units: 32
Support Cost: 0 gpt

Enemies/Hit list:

Greece=>Average compared to War, target 1
India=>Average compared to Peace, target 2
Russia=>Weak compared to Peace, target 3
Sumeria=>Weak compared to Peace, target 4
Japan=>Weak compared to Peace, target 5

Research: Literature 13 turns -4gpt, 90 in the bank.

Hit Enter=>

IBT: Greeks send 3 Archers toward us.
Istanbul Worker=>Swordsman.
Bananatown Warrior=>Spearman.

Turn 1, 530 BC: Move units toward war-zone.
Ping all Archers to red, kill them. 2 swords lose an hp, 1 exposed to hidden Archer.
3-0

IBT: Greek Archer doesn't attack.

Turn 2, 510 BC: Fortify wounded troops.

IBT: 2 more Greek Archers show.

Turn 3, 490 BC: Ping and kill Greek rArcher with vSword clean, 4-0
Move 5 Swords and Catapult stack toward Athens.

IBT: Greek Archers turn around and go back...?
Istanbul Swordsman=>Worker.
Edrine Swordsman=>Swordsman.

Turn 4, 470 BC: Move troops beside Athens.

IBT: Greeks are confused, archers turn around again.
Istanbul Worker=>Swordsman.
Iznik Catapult=>Catapult.
Uskudar Barracks=>Archer.

Turn 5, 450 BC: at Athens, catapults miss 9 out of 9, WTH? No attack.

IBT: One Greek Archer threatens Uskudar, other heads toward Sparta.
Bursa Swordsman=>Swordsman.

Turn 6, 430 BC: Ping Archer at Uskudar, get 2 hits at Athens...not enough to attack.

IBT: Greeks want to talk... not allowed. One Greek Archer threatens workers near Bursa.

Turn 7, 410 BC: Sword loses an hp, killing rArcher. 5-0
Catapults suck against Hoplites in cities,get 2 hits at Athens...still not enough to attack.

IBT: Greek Archer threatens Swords near Sparta.
Istanbul Swordsman=>Settler.
Aydin Catapult=>Catapult.

Turn 8, 390 BC: Redline an Archer, but attack another in forest, Sword loses an hp, killing rArcher.
Get 4 hits at Athens, I'm going for it.
vSword wins vs rHop, -2hp.
vSword loses.
vSword loses, promotes undamaged Hoplite...attack postponed. 7-2
Athens is going to need a huge effort, they have at least 4 defenders.

IBT: Greeks have 4 towns, more than we thought and plenty of troops.
2 Archers, head toward Sparta. Another group, 2 hoplites and and Archer appear.

Turn 9, 370 BC: Redline 2 Archers, vSword wins vs rArcher clean,
vSword loses vs rArcher, who promotes. 8-3

IBT: Greek archer retreats, another moves forward.
Edrine Swordsman=>Swordsman.
Bursa Swordsman=>Swordsman.

Turn 10, 350 BC: vSword loses to red-lined rArcher, the RnG gods hate me suddenly. 8-4

Civilian units:
Workers 5

Military units:
Warriors 3
Archers 1
Spears 4
Swords 9
Catapults 14
Curraghs 2

Unit Support:
Total Units: 38
Allowed Units: 32
Support Cost: 6 gpt

Enemies/Hit list:

Greece=>Strong compared to War, target 1
India=>Average compared to Peace, target 2
Russia=>Weak compared to Peace, target 3
Sumeria=>Average compared to Peace, target 4
Japan=>Weak compared to Peace, target 5

Research: Literature 2 turns -1gpt, 19 in the bank.

The save:

 

[madviking]

madviking
Overseer - just played
Calis - UP (Eng v. Germany 9:30AM ET tomorrow btw guys)
Daeron - says in other sg's that he is busy...?
Gamezrule
Sparthage

 

[Calis]

Got it. No play today.

World Cup day today!

Will start tomorrow!!!!

 

[madviking]

I am happy right now.

 

[Calis]

I am happy right now.

 

[GamezRule]

Sparthage and I are alternating spots, so he is up next.

 

[madviking]

You can guys can work with that. Just whichever one is up, take it.

 

[GamezRule]

You can guys can work with that. Just whichever one is up, take it.

lol

 

[madviking]

You expect me to remember whose turn it is?

 

[GamezRule]

Ok, don't have a cow!