Gator01 - Team B - 100K

[ainwood]

I am, most likely. Must have let this slip under the myriad of other games I have. I've got it.

Did you play? Should some-one else take it?

 

[Kaiser_Berger]

I haven't played yet, and the way its looking I don't have a realistic chance to play this until Sunday at the earliest. So, if someone else can step in and take it that would be superb. Sorry for letting this slip so badly, RL has really bitten me in the rear as of late.

 

[a space oddity]

Dumb question: where's the 440AD save?

 

[ainwood]

Good point......

 

[bed_head7]

Whoops! Sorry about that. Just got back from a college visit, or would have posted it sooner.

 

[ainwood]

The next question: Who's gonna play it?

 

[Kaiser_Berger]

I can probably get to it tomorrow night now that its back up.

 

[Kaiser_Berger]

Preturn- Screw around with cities a bit. Upgrade 11 MW to knights.

T1 450

Sign peace with Russia. Sign RoP with them to guard their cities.

T11 550

Fairly boring. At the start of the set I had entertained thoughts of taking on Persia, but out dire need of develpment squelched that. Our gpt has improved from +103 to +179, lots of infrastructure and culture has been rushed. After thats all in place we can pump some more military, but it seems more and more likely that we'll be wanting cavs before we make any major offensive pushes.

 

[Northern Pike]

Thanks for getting us started again, KB.

I'm in feast mode and I've got the flu, so I'm afraid I can't volunteer to play now, though I should. Space, could you take it?

 

[a space oddity]

Sure, I can't play today, but probably can tomorrow evening (=in about 36 hours from now).

 

[a space oddity]

Sorry guys, I couldn't get to it. I'll try to play within 24 hours from now, but I can't guarantee. If I haven't posted by then just skip me, again.

 

[a space oddity]

The save

Those immortals on our land and the empty cities make me nervous. I decide to at least have a few units in the border towns.

We need to have many more cities, some of the corrupt cities switched to produce settlers.

In 570AD The Germans learn Education, so I buy Chemistry from Egypt for Spices and 43gpt. Sell Chemistry to the Germans for Education. Boy, we are a long way behind in techs! Start Metallurgy at min.

Shortrush a lot of culture buildings. I have founded about 5 new cities, but there's room for more.

Persia has signed peace with Russia in the last interturn and has some cavs on our land. Our peace deal and RoP with Russia can be ended when we ever we want. I saved some of the money to allow tech purchases, notably Metallurgy and hopefully MT too. I have started to build our military too. We are currenly making 184gpt and are paying Egypt 43gpt.

We now only trail Japan in culture per turn, we make 169cpt they do 200cpt. We need to dogpile them in the near future.

 

[Northern Pike]

Sounds good.

 

[mad-bax]

We can recapture the GL at any time remember.

Will you play next NP?

 

[Kaiser_Berger]

With us having Education, GL seems to be a moot point now.

 

[a space oddity]

We can recapture the GL at any time remember.

Shoot, I bought Education....


<----- Space

edit: X-posted with KB.

 

[Northern Pike]

Will you play next NP?

Sure, although not necessarily any more promptly than has been characteristic of this game.

 

[ainwood]

Just some random thoughts on getting to 100K culture quickly: We need to expand a bit to get us more room for culture cities, but I was also thinking about the optimum way of getting culture quickly. Any support for a revolt to communism with some pop-rushing of culture buildings? Being religious we don't suffer anarchy too much (from both the no-culture-in-anarchy-turns and the lost production).

 

[Northern Pike]

750 AD, end of turn

 

[Northern Pike]

650 (0): I trade iron to the English for Metallurgy and 264 gold, then rush Tyendenaga's harbour (220 gold) so that we can use Centralia's iron for ourselves.

I buy Astronomy from the Romans for 65 gpt. No one has Physics yet.

Russia and Germany make peace. Talk about two bald men fighting over a comb....

Tyendenaga harbour --> settler.


660 (1): Hamburg library --> worker (full food box).

We get a palace expansion.

The Romans are building Adam Smith.


670 (2): Not much.


680 (3): Berlin cathedral --> musketman, Kiev cathedral --> barracks, Konigsberg marketplace --> knight, Frankfurt library --> cannon, Forbidden Legend cathedral --> cannon, Vladivostok temple --> library, Krasnoyarsk library --> settler.

The Egyptians complete Bach.


690 (4): Suddenly three of our serious opponents have Physics, and two don't. I send gems, spices, and 31 gpt to the Persians (whom we're not going to be ready to attack in under twenty turns anyway) for Physics; trade Physics and 6 gpt to Rome for Military Tradition; and send Physics to the Egyptians for Banking, 3 gpt, and 5 gold, leaving us fully caught up in required techs.

Hmm, I take it we've never had a victorious army? The Military Academy isn't coming up as a build.

Leipzig marketplace --> barracks, Kente temple --> library, Ganda aqueduct --> cannon.


700 (5): Kiohero library --> worker (food box).


710 (6): We found New Salamanca between Salzburg and Oka.

We get a palace expansion.


720 (7): Three of our rivals have Magnetism.

Allegheny aqueduct --> bank.


730 (8): We trade the Russians Banking for Printing Press and their WM, cancel our RoP with them, and declare war. We take Heidelberg without loss from its garrison of two spearmen and destroy a longbowman outside Riga (3-0).

Six libraries and a temple complete in our original homeland.


740 (9): We take Riga from its garrison of two spearmen and a longbowman and eliminate the "Fragile Russians" (6-0).

We found New Niagara Falls in the Novgorod-Smolensk gap.

Salzburg temple --> settler, Skannayutenate temple --> library.

We get a palace expansion.


750 (10): The Persians have been evacuating our territory in an orderly way throughout this round.

Four elite victories didn't produce a Great Leader.