Goz -10 Slow Motion is our Potion

[gozpel]

This is shaping up nicely. Gman's roster stands so I get the pleasure of doing some railing too.

What's a good city for Military Academy? Probably the capitol after the coal plant, I guess. A couple of tank armies later will be nice. If we build MA, why don't throw in Pentagon for kicks too?

I agree with Bede, more Inf. and we're set to take on Byz. When that happens, it's the usual raze and replace for us.

 

[grahamiam]

capitol can do probably 44spt with the factory, so it'll probably do 60+ with the coal plant. Should be good enough for some armies

Banks/SE's + Wall Street would be very nice right now to help our stealin' ways

 

[Offa]

Our border town with the Byzantines in the west (Oiogouen) has a stack of artillery etc in in but still has a 4% flip risk (mapst). Thats a 50% chance in 17 turns by my rough calculation: too high for comfort. I think we ought to empty all but the mandatory 2 units from this town.

 

[Sir Bugsy]

I can take it.

 

[Sir Bugsy]

Pre-flight – 1250 – Well we are in an alliance against Carthage for 19 turns, so a war footing is appropriate.

IBT - China and Carthage sign a treaty.

1255 – Plant an agent in Carthage. They have a strong navy and a lot of rifles.

IBT – Japan and China sign a treaty.

1260 – Plant a spy in Theodora’s bedroom. She has 89 infantry, a strong navy and not much else. Oh, 6 settlers

IBT – Start the military academy in Salamanca.

1265 –

Both the Sumerians and Byzantines know steel and refining.

IBT – Catch the Sumerians planning a spy.

1270 – Plant a spy on the Hittites.

1275 – I buy medicine from the Hittites for Corporation and dyes.

After Action – This is a very phony war. We really need to maximize our economy. We’ll need to get stock exchanges in as many cities as possible and we’ll need Wall Street. Eventually we may need to increase our science capability, but for the moment it all needs to be cash buildings or military.

Save: http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads11/Goz10,_1275_AD.SAV

 

[gozpel]

I'm off the the hospital for a procedure tomorrow. I don't think I'll be in the mood to play after that, so skip me.

WackenOpenAir - ?
Bede ->
gozpel -> skipped
Sir Bugsy -> just played
bed_head7 -> UP
ThERat -> on deck
Kaiser_Berger - ?
grahamiam
Offa

 

[bed_head7]

I have it. Will likely play this one tonight.

 

[bed_head7]

(0) - Not really feeling energetic enough to examine every city.

IT - America signs in with Sumeria against Carthage.

1280 AD (1) - Since the Americans are now on our team, give them Nationalism for 6gpt, free artistry, and 191g.

1285 AD (2) - I seem to recall railroads.

IT - Sumerians finish Hoover Dam. So we are falling off the pace a bit.

1290 AD (3) -

IT - Now Japan is brought in against Sumeria.

1295 AD (4) -

IT - And now Sumeria and Carthage make peace.

1300 AD (5) - All I did all turn was make money and build railroads. We have more than enough for a safe steal, but I figured I would let the next player pull the trigger. As a steal doesn't really open up any trading opportunities at this point, I was rather hoping someone would learn something useful to us, but that looks as though it is overly wishful thinking. Railroading is done, and there is a huge stack of workers somewhere random for pollution cleanup. We could start merging natives into cities, I would think.

Oh, gozpel, sorry I didn't play my turn yet. I figured I needed to do this first, but I really want to sleep now, so it will have to wait another day.

 

[gozpel]

No worries bedhead. I'm in a bundle in that game already and can use some time for thinking.

I figured it would be lazy turns, continue to build Inf. and try to steal. Money is worth nothing, except when we use it.

I know Rat loves MM-ing, so he can sort things out.

WackenOpenAir - ?
Bede ->
gozpel ->
Sir Bugsy ->
bed_head7 -> just played
ThERat -> UP
Kaiser_Berger - on deck?
grahamiam
Offa

I just saw this:

We could start merging natives into cities, I would think.

Yes, please. Just leave 18-24 or so (full) workers hanging around, for cleaning up measures. I thought about the same thing and read back, but of course Bedhead is awake.

 

[ThERat]

save

Pre-Turn
since I so 'love' MM, will do that
question is what is our target in this game?

A war against byz would be nice actually, at least some action
well there we go, our safe steal wasn't that great and they declare on us

sell Japan medicine for 14gpt and 100g

MM and see that Brighton is too much irrigated, mine it back

pillage both rubbers and place armies in such a way that they block off Byz units so our workers are safe

IT Byz comes running with a stack of infantry and guerilla and moves both their workers into our land

1. 1305AD
bomb Constantinople, take out 2 redlined units and city is razed for 2 slaves

fix most of the issues with overirriagtion, join quite a few workers already
income now +666ggt

IT Byz reply pretty lame, attack and promote a reg infantry I accidentally produced and put into the jungle
we get Heroic Epic

2. 1310AD
pound that small stack

3. 1315AD
advance towards Adrianople
go for a safe steal and get refining from Sumeria
get sci methods from Hittites for that

we do have oil but Sumeria doesn't have it

IT renew deal with Sumer who first demanded oil, told them off

4. 1320AD
our military production is slowly picking up after all those infra builds
since Byz landed some big stack at neo... at hittite land sign them in for 500gold only
then sell them iron for 33gpt and the 500gold

pound Adrianople but this will be a harder nut to crack we need more arty

IT Byz take Neo but are then overrun by Hittites

5.1325AD
spy Adrianople, it has 14 units inside, we need far more arty

 

[Sir Bugsy]

WackenOpenAir - ?
Bede ->
gozpel ->
Sir Bugsy ->
bed_head7 ->
ThERat -> just played
Kaiser_Berger - UP?
grahamiam - on deck
Offa

 

[Sir Bugsy]

g-man - why don't you take it. I think KB is MIA.

 

[gozpel]

Curiously I saw Kaiser_Berger2 the other day. He might have some trouble with his account.

He haven't posted for a while, but: :Last Activity: Feb 04, 2006 12:57 AM"

 

[grahamiam]

ok, i'll play tonight. I was going to play Thursday, but I've had this stomach thing that's been sapping me of all my energy this last week. I'm ok now, so it's time

 

[grahamiam]

Preflight check: Sell Corp to China for Ironclads, WM, 17gpt, and 20g
Sell Commie to Japan for 13gpt and 30g

IBT: Byz land 2 units (Inf and Cav) near Mauch Chunk

T1: 1330AD Kill 1 Rambo and 4 Infantry in Andranople. There’s a stack of 6 infantry sitting near the border, so I rotate them back for MP duty and move up Cav so we can have a bigger attack force next turn.

Mauch Chunk starts Wall Street.

IBT: Pentagon completed. Byz land 4 units near Mauch Chunk

T2: 1335AD Take care of the landing. Kill 1 Rambo and 5 Inf in Andro. Also destroy most improvements and get the pop down to 6 with Arty

Carefully steal Steel from Sumeria. He is up Combustion and AT still.

IBT: Japan and Byz sign trade embargo against us

T3: 1340AD Capture Andronple, raze it.

Capitol jumps to Prilep, which should make the Byz a bit stronger

IBT:

T4: 1345AD Moving Arty and stuff around. I organized the workers into Nationalities as well as pollution busting groups.

IBT: America and Hittites sign MA vs Japan. Hittites ask us to pile on as well but I decline.

T5: 1350AD Sell Commie to America for Silks, WM, 20gpt, and 50g. Execute a careful steal from the Byz, take Combustion
Attack Chalcedon. Don’t have enough arty to redline everything, but we have a lot of cavs so I press the issue, getting this on the 1st try

However, the attack stalls so I move up more cav and arty. It should fall next turn unless it get’s reinforced by another transport.

I’ve been building Infantry for the coastal cities and then moving the junk units to the interior cities to free up cavs. We have a lot of cavs than still need to be freed-up.

 

[Sir Bugsy]

I organized the workers into Nationalities as well as pollution busting groups.

Let's just hope they don't organize and go on strike.

 

[Sir Bugsy]

Roster Check:
WackenOpenAir -> on deck?
Bede ->
gozpel ->
Sir Bugsy ->
bed_head7 ->
ThERat ->
Kaiser_Berger -> Please check in
grahamiam -> just played
Offa -> UP

 

[gozpel]

I organized the workers into Nationalities.

That was a move of a mastermind

And Grahamelda? You been sipping on the old malt again?

Ok, better and better by the turns, now we just have to get rid of Byz from our island at least. Settlers will be handy now or very soon, to fill in the gaps.

At this stage, what's the cheapest unit we can build? We could use a few cheap ones for MP duties, since attack forces are quite important.

 

[Offa]

Ok, my turn. What should we do with the leader?

 

[Offa]

Well, no reply. I will make another army then. Ideally I'd like tanks in it.

Sumeria has got awfully big and is likely to roll over some of the others now. However, if we can secure our own continent and a really good economy we ought to be able a win: space most likely.