Preflight Check
F1 - Check cities.
MM Tblisi add second tax man, still in resistance.
MM Novgorod change clown to tax and add tax, still in resistance.
MM Grand River, change clown to tax.
MM Salamanca change Hoover to U Suff. I will use Cornplanter to rush Hoover.
MM Others just to optimize and reduce excess food waste.
Science at 50/0, Corporation in 4, will probably go for Sanitation next.
Fance, 7 Gold, Polite
Germany 141 Gold, Polite
England, 4 Gold, Annoyed
War Plans: I need to be prepared for a little more resistance than in the early turns of the war. I expect Russia will be rushing and drafting Riffles. I could expect to see to or three in cities now. I may have to plan for a break of 1 to 3 turns for reinforcements.
Also, I need some Settlers to fill in the border gaps in our new Russian territory.
Hit Enter and here we go
IBT
Russian rRiffle attacks vCav NE of Moscow. vCav retreats, no damage to rRiffle
Moscow Riots - hire some tax collectors
Zimbabwe - Police Station -> Cav
Persepolis - Cav -> Cav
St. Regis - University ->Settler
Gordium - University -> Cav
Sidon - Worker -> Cav (I may change to Library before my turns are out)
Ganogeh - Bank -> Cav
Turn 1 (1210 AD)
Workers continue to work in groups improving cities to the South and East and Tyendenaga in the Northeast.
Battle of Riga
vCav vs rSpear - Die no damage to Spear
vCav vs rSpear - Win lose 1 HP
vCav vs rSpear - Win lose 2 HP
vCav vs rLongbow - Win no damage, promotes
Riga is ours - set build to Temple
Move damaged units into city to heal and quell resistance.
Battle of Minsk
vCav vs cRiffle - Retreat no damage to Riffle
Discontinue attack for this turn, we need more healthy units, next turn.
F1 check - hire tax men in resisting cities where necesary
IBT
Russian Riffle attacks eKnight(Vodka Rocker) - we win no damage
Niagra Falls - Cav -> Cav
Grand River - Cav -> Hoover
Cattaraugus - Settler -> Cav
Centralia - Cav -> Cav
France (Marseilles) built JS Bach
Susa change from JS Bach to Factory due in 1
Turn 2 (1220 AD)
Workers continue to improve and railroad in the Southeast portion of our home continent around St. Regis, Mauch Chunk and Camp Mistic.
Battle of Sevastopol
Elite Cav(4/5) vs Reg Cossack - win no damage
Elite Cav(4/5) vs Reg Spear - win no damage
Battle of Minsk
Vet Cav vs Conscript (Killer) Riffle - we lose Riffle loses 1 HP and promotes
Unloaded Cornplanter on main continent. Will rush Hoover next turn.
2 Galleons with 7 Cavs and 1 Settler left port at Gayagaahe for the Russian front.
F1 Check
War weariness has already struck Tyre, hired a tax man to prevent riot. All other cities are okay, so I didn't want to move slider yet.
Corporation in 2, slider still at 50/0, +500 per turn. Over 4000 in bank. I'm going to buy some stuff next turn.
France 133 Gold down 3 techs
Germany 163 Gold down 3 techs
England 10 Gold down 3 techs
(strange - CivAssit tells me that we can sell contact with Japan, must be a bug)
We have an opportunity to trade luxuries with France and Germany. France will give all gold and 28 gpt for 4 luxuries and Germany will give all gold and 4 gpt for 2 luxuries. It will still there in a couple of turns, so I'm going to wait until Corporation comes in. Then I'll trade and make sure I get the quickest research time for getting some optional techs.
IBT
Pasargadae - Bank -> University
Susa - Factory -> Cav
Arbela - Courthouse -> Cav
Satsuma - University -> Bank
Oil Springs - Police Station -> Factory
Akwesasne - Cav -> Cav
Bactra - Cav -> Cav
Caughnawaga - Cav -> Cav
Tyre - Settler -> Court
Turn 3 (1230 AD)
More worker moves, mostly railroading, some mining on the main continent.
Cornplanter rushed Hoovers in Grand River
Battle of Odessa
Elite Cav vs Conscript Riffle - Win lose 2 HP
Battle of Sevastopol
Elite Cav (4/5) vs Reg Spear - Win lose 2 HP
Capture Sevastopol, move both Cav outside city, into city to quell resistance, set to temple
F1 Check
Hired tax men in resisting cities where necessary.
Left slider at 50/0, Corporation in 1 (50% was the best deal), 504 gpt
Change Osaka to Courthouse and rush
Tokyo hurry Bank
Concord change to Aqueduct and hurry
Edo hurry Aqueduct
Antioch hurry Aqueduct
Hlobane hurry Library
Tarsus hurry Court
Kagoshima hurry Court
Mauch Chunk hurry University
Geronimo hurry Settler
Tyendenaga hurry Police Station
Oka hurry Court
Chondote hurry Aqueduct
Nara hurry Settler
Panama hurry Harbor
Objiwe hurry Court
Kyoto hurry Settler
Maybe a bad idea to leave me with over 4000 gold. I wanted to build up some more infrastructure as the war with Russia will be over in about 3 turns, except for the one island city. Total gold left in the bank is 1590.
IBT
Russians want to talk...maybe later, but not yet.
Vet Russia Cossack attacks Elite Cav (3/5) - we lose Cossack down to 1 HP
Russian Galleon leaves the coast heading Northeast. I'll get a Galleon up there to see what they're up to.
Corporation comes in. Sanitation in 4.
Kyoto - Settler -> Harbor
Osaka - Court -> Harbor
Tokyo - Bank -> Police Station
Concord - Aqueduct -> Court
Grand River - Hoover -> Factory
Edo - Aqueduct -> Court
Antioch - Aqueduct -> Harbor
Allegheny - Cav -> Factory
Hlobane - Library -> Harbor
Tarsus - Court -> Market
Kagoshima - Court -> Harbor
Mauch Chunk - University -> Police Station
St. Regis - Settler -> Factory
Geronimo - Settler -> Worker
Tyendenaga - Police Station -> Factory
Oka - Court -> Library
Chondote - Aqueduct -> Library
Nara - settler -> Harbor
Panama - Harbor -> Court
Objiwe - Court -> Harbor
Turn 4 (1240 AD)
More worker improvements in old Persia and old Zula lands.
Battle of Odessa
Vet Cav vs Conscript Riffle - Win lose 3 HP
Vet Cav vs Reg Spear - Retreat aarrgh Spear loses only 1 HP
Vet Cav vs Reg Spear (3/3) - Win lose 3 HP
Elite Cav (3/5) vs Reg Spear (2/3) - Retreat no damage to Spear
Battle of Minsk
Vet Cav vs Reg Riffle - Die redline Riffle
Vet Cav vs Reg Spear - Win lose 1 HP
Vet Cav vs Reg Spear - Die (the RNG hates me) Spear Redlines
Vet Cav (3/4) vs Reg Riffle (1/3) - Die (of course) Riffle promotes
Battle of Krasnoyarsk
Vet Cav vs Reg Pike - Win lose 1 Hp
The city is ours. Hire 2 tax men and set to temple.
F1 Check
Leaving slider at 50/0 gives us Sanitation in 4. 504 gpt and 2097 in the bank.
IBT
Moscow riots hire more tax men.
Susa - Cav -> Cav
Tblisi riots hire more tax men and starve them down.
Turn 5 (1250 AD)
Battle of Odessa
Vet Cav vs Conscript Riffle - win no damage
Vet Riffle vs Reg Spear - win losing 1 HP
Odessa is ours. Hire tax men and set to temple.
Battle at Rostov
Vet Cav vs Reg Riffle - win no damage promote
F1 Check
I had to bump Lux up to 10% to combat war weariness. Slider at 50/10, Sanitation in 3, 361
gpt, 2605 in bank.
Trade Incense to Germany for WM and 6 GPT
Trade Wines and Dyes to France for WM, all their gold (131) and 10 gpt
Trade Silks and Wine to England for WM and all their gold (194), it doesn't look like they have any gpt right now.
IBT
Persepolis - Cav -> Factory
Niagra Falls - Cav -> Factory
Tonawanda - Cav -> Factory
aarrrgh -- Tblisi flipped back to the Russians (side note: in hindsight when I took Odessa the capital switched to Minsk. I didn't think about it at the time, but rushing a temple might have been a good idea.)
Ganogeh - Cav -> Factory
Turn 6 (1255 AD)
Workers are improving all over now. Focusing on rails, changing a few irrigation to mines
on some bonus grass close to our second core, and filling in water in regular grassland to make up the food diff.
Battle of Rostov
Elite Cav vs Reg Spear - Win 1 HP damage
Rostov is ours. The Russians are now off the island Northeast of their main continent.
Battle for Tblisi
Vet Cav vs Reg Riffle - Win lose 2 HP
Recapture Tblisi set to temple
Settled Owego near the English border between Novgorod and Swerdlovsk and two tiles directly south of Smolensk
Battle for St. Petersburg
Vet Cav vs Conscript Riffle - Lose redline the Riffle
Vet Cav vs Reg Spear - Win no damage
Vet Cav vs Conscript Riffle (1/2) - Win no damage
St. Petersburg is ours. Set to starve, hire tax men, start a temple.
F1 Check
No city changes.
Drop science to 40%, lux still at 10%. Sanitation in 2, 545 gpt, 3324 in bank.
IBT
Zimbabwe - Cav -> Bank
Susa - Cav -> Cav
Centralia - Cav -> Factory
Akwesasne - Cav -> Factory
Odessa riots, hire more tax guys.
Turn 7 (1260 AD)
Workers work.
Battle of Kiev
Vet Cav vs Reg Cossack - Win -1 HP
Vet Cav vs Reg Spear - Win no damage
Vet Cav vs Reg Spear - Win no damage
Kiev is ours. Set to starve, hire tax men, start temple.
Battle of Minsk
Vet Cav vs Vet Riffle - retreat, no damage to Riffle
Vet Cav vs Vet Riffle - die Vet Riffle loses 1 hp
Vet Cav vs Vet Riffle (3/4) - Win (wow) Redlines Cav
Vet Cav vs Conscript Riffle - win -2 hp
F1 Check
Hire more tax men to continue starving Russian cities
Drop Science to 30%, Sanitation in 1, 687gpt, 3876 in Bank
Rush temples in Sverdlovsk, Novgorod, Smolensk, Moscow, Riga and Krasnoyarsk.
IBT
A single Russia Cossack re-took Tblisi.
Sanitation comes in. Set to Refining
Moscow - Temple -> Library
Arbela - Cav -> Hospital
Smolensk - Temple -> Library
Bactra - Cav -> Hospital
Caughnawaga - Cav -> Hospital
Sverdlovsk - Temple -> Library
Novgorod - Temple -> Library
Krasnoyarsk - Temple -> Library
Riga - Temple -> Library
Turn 8 (1265 AD)
Battle for Tblisi
Vet Cav vs Reg Cossack (2/3) - Redlined, but won
Retake city, set to temple.
Battle of Minsk
Vet Cav vs Conscript Riffle - Retreat no damage to Riffle (the RNG is killing me)
Vet Cav vs Conscript Riffle - Won, -1 HP
Vet Cav vs Reg Spear - won -2 hp
FINALLY take the city. I decide to raze it since I have 3 Settlers to fill in the blanks, and I don't want to deal with the flip risk.
F1 Check
Bumped up Lux rate to 20%
Raise Science to 60% - Refining in 5, 118 gpt
Camp Mistic hired 2 clowns (I hate clowns) I need to end the war soon.
IBT
Susa - Cav -> Hospital
Gordium - Cav -> Bank
Turn 9 (1270 AD)
Battle of Vladivostok
Vet Cav vs Con Riffle - Won -2 hp
Vet Cav vs Reg Spear - Won -2 hp
The city is ours, set to starve, start tempe.
The Russians are now exiled on their own island.
I'm going to sign a Peace Treaty now. I think we could go either way with this, but I don't really see that we gain anything by wiping them out.
Gayagaahe switch to Library and rush
Contact Cathy Peace for WM and all her gold (18). She'd give 1 gpt, but I don't want to enter into a 20 turn deal for only 1 gpt.
F1 Check
Cities ok. Continue to hire tax men to starve down Russian population.
Science at 60, Refining in 4, 395 gpt 3957 in bank
Drop lux to 0
Rush Temple in Sevastopol
Rush Temple in St. Petersburg
IBT
Salamanca - Uni Suff -> Hospital
St. Petersburg - Temple -> Library
Sevastopol - Temple -> Library
Gayagaahe - Library -> Court
Turn 10 (1275 AD)
Mostly improvements.
Rushed Harbor in Kagoshima
Rushed Temple in Kiev
Rushed Temple in Odessa
Rushed Temple in Vladivostok
Rushed Temple in Tblisi
Built Neodakheat in our new Russian lands
Built Oiogouen in our new Russian lands
Pass off report. I think we're in a great position now to build up our production centers.
I've started a lot of factories and other infrastructure builds. I think we should build a few more settlers to fill in the remaining gaps. Also, I was thinking we should irrigate over some of the mines in the old Zulu and Japanese lands, especially around the cities that are plagued by corruption. We still have a lot of cash, it might be a good time to rush some more infrastructure. We are also light on defensive units and have a lot of undefended cities. I don't think we are at risk of a major military attack, but it is a risk.
To summarize I think we should proceed like this:
1. Switch to Democracy
2. Focus on Factories and production in our core.
3. Focus on irrigation and growth everywhere else.
4. Build more cities, to fill gaps and take advantage of land.
5. Build more defensive units for protection.