Ragnar is no more!
>>>THE SAVE<<<
Turns:
0 1270 Some minor MM, mostly chaging clowns to tax collectors in resiting cities. Press Space, see what the Vikings will chuck at us. IBT: Rome dials up for TM swap, I tell him to go away. A single 'zerk pops up. Add a couple of bits to the Palace.
1 1275 Pop 'zerk with Elite Luck Horseman - no GL. Move troops into position by Trondheim.
2 1280 More troop movement. IBT: Inca start JS Bach.
3 1285 Capture Alesund. IBT: A few more 'zerks pop up. Units in place to hit Trondheim this turn, Copenhagen next.
4 1290 Capture Trondheim, the Oracle, Rax, Harbor, Market intact! IBT: Bergen flips, lose an Elite Cav. Should easily re-take next turn, but annoying.
5 1295 Sell Physics, Economics, Metallurgy, Silks, Spices, WM to Rome for Furs, Dyes, 60g, 2gpt. Re-take Bergen. Capture Copenhagen with Ele armies. Rax intact
Two Vet Cavs die to Pikes in Molde. RNG, curse you. Third wins losing 1hp. Fourth is red-lined. Oops, having messed round with the Settler Galleon, lost the spot to the Mongols... sorry. IBT: Inca knocks twice... asks for ROP+Horses for gpt. I tell him to go away, of course. MilAcad finished in Delhi. Inca boats heading our way. I think they may be getting ready to declare. Start on Nationalism (seeing as we're going for Commie).
6 1300 Stuff moves round. More railing and organising of Worker stacks. IBT: Inca boats turn round and go away.
7 1305 Rumble into Molde. Only Stockholm remains of the Vikings on the mainland. Capture Bodo, Stockholm is the only Viking city now. I took a couple of free shots there with Cav armies to soften it up. Main strike force hits next turn. Not sure I like where Bodo is, though - but there's a Settler available, should next player wish to move it. Looks like Winnipeg flipped to the Mongols at some point, too. IBT: Cav beats off a sea-born invasion at Bodo, and Copenhagen flips! They only have one chuffing city! Lost an Ele and a Cav.
8 1310 Stockholm falls. Back to Copenhagen, I guess
. The single Cav in Molde takes out the Pike in Copenhagen, promotes, and finally:
Next: start re-organising to take on the remains of the Mongols. The rail network has snaked down to ex-Viking holdings, so should be able to move around easily. All Trebs upgraded.
9 1315 Quiet time
the Mongol front is very long. I'm assigning one Army to each potential flashpoint.
10 1320 Core is building a mix of Cavs and Factories. Researching Nationalism for Commie & Espionage. Need Settlers to fill in around ex-Viking lands (at next player's discretion). Rail network is moving along nicely, have a number of 6-native or equivalent stacks railing 1 tile/turn.
Pic of the extended soon-to-be front vs. Mongols:
Viper up next, I believe - enjoy!
Neil.
. Declare on Mongols. Bukhara captured. Qaragandy captured. Herat captured. Bisbalik captured.
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