Goz -10 Slow Motion is our Potion

[bed_head7]

Once again, I probably left some micromanaging for ThERat. Just didn't have the focus tonight.

1455 AD (1) - Get 77gpt, 1039g from Hittites for Atomic Theory.





The wonders of bombers in Conquests...



Take computers, for no particular reason to be honest.



1460 AD (2) -



1465 AD (3) - Failed steal attempt, though the spy escapes.

1470 AD (4) - Moving transports towards Sumerian cities.

IT - Screwed up pretty badly, and left transports on open sea in the range of Sumerian bombers. A transport with artillery and a couple tanks goes down, and another just survives.

1475 AD (5) - Most units in bomber range are in the harbor at Nagoya. I am not sure how we'll get them safely to the Sumerian land, though. We have tons of bombers stationed there as well.

 

[ThERat]

save

Pre-Turn
again MM for me??? bedhead

decide to sign in Carthago to fight Sunmer since they could help us with the invasion to that intermediate Island

IT China and Sumer sign alliances against us, who cares

1. 1480AD
bomb Akshak and ferry units there
carefullt steal fission this time round

2. 1485AD
unload 3 transports next to Akshak
bomb it until no units left inside

3. 1490AD
attack and raze Akshak after taking out 2 units, we get 1 slave which i Hoped for so we can build an airfield there to
get over our troops
land units next to Erech, bomb it off the 3 units inside

4. 1495AD
raze Erech and build an airfield
shift units towards next city, send over a settler that can be put ont that Island without flip risk
in the west attack Byz Vidin, one unit left
safely steal rocketry from Sumer

btw Sumer has neither oil nor aluminum

IT Japan declares on Sumer
Trebinzond flips to Byz

5.1500AD
raze Vidin in the south
take Isin, keep it in order to ship in a settler
found New Maunch Chunk to salvage our airfield since Crathago is trying to settle nearby
it's not an ideal location, but I had no choice, we want to move onto Sumer in the north so we need this intermediate station there
temporary

take back Trebinzond

there are several transports to shift out units on the Sumer main continent at Tientsin, we can try and get another airfiled at Isin
I rather not put bombers into a flip risk city

 

[Bede]

btw Sumer has neither oil nor aluminum

Did we take it from him or did a trade route break when the war started. I read something about bombers?

 

[ThERat]

I am not too sure whether they started my turnset with oil but the alu seems to have been lost for them once we razed Erech

 

[Ansar]

lurker's comment: Is it me, or does this map look weird...? , close,small islands?, and it does not look like a standard map..., also, shouldnt Carthage be on the coast, i mean, he is seafaring, and the map generator always puts seafaring civs on the coast..., well, enough about the question, great job with the pics. And great job on destroying the byzantines(or well...crippling them).

 

[madviking]

Atk- its a map of the philipeanes.

 

[Sir Bugsy]

I know you can't drive a ship from east to west. Sounds like a custom map. Oh, well. Most of us didn't know it was a custom map.

 

[gozpel]

I noticed that too when scrolling the map sideways. But Gman mentioned it someplace before.

Roster Check:

WackenOpenAir -> Winning at poker.
Bede ->
gozpel ->
Bugsy ->
bed_head7 ->
ThERat -> just played
Kaiser_Berger -> MIA
grahamiam -> UP
Offa -> On deck

 

[grahamiam]

I noticed that too when scrolling the map sideways. But Gman mentioned it someplace before.

ehr, no I didn't The map was developed by _Phillipe_ as a huge map of the Philipeans. I then asked emporer (Lord Parkin), to resize it to 150x100. Just looking at the map, I always envisioned numerous hot landings. Unfortunately, Sumeria didn't expand as planned and has lost her oil, making this way too easy

anyways, got it.

 

[grahamiam]

hi,
I'm 4 turns in but need to crash. We have a foothold on the Sumerian landmass, but I accidently declared war on Carthage (pillaged the wrong tile, and didn't read the warning, too tired). Oh, and we can nuke if we want
I'll finish up Friday night.

 

[grahamiam]

Preflight check: Do a safe steal on Sumeria

Well, that’s not the way I like to start

Make mental note that we are at war with Byz, Sumeria, and China.
Nothing else to do.

T1: 1505AD Move lots of stuff up to the Sumeria island. Drop off about 10 tanks and kill a bunch of bombers in Tientsin

IBT: America wants an MPP, decline; suffer 1 bombing run in Isib.

T2: 1510AD Sink 4 Frigates, kill a bomber in Tientsin, destroy the barracks and some pop, but they have stuffed it with 1 Mech and 2 TOW’s, so the bombers don’t do much damage.

IBT: Spain and Hittites sign MA vs Carthage
Crap, Sala riots. Looks like the new Declaration caused a lux to get cutoff. Bleck, have to scroll ahead and MM every freaking city to stave off riots. All the clowns are making me feel silly

T3: 1515AD What a frickin pain in the ass that was. I decide to divert 2 transports so we can take the Chinese capitol and get gems to avoid that BS again.

5 Arty redline 2 Mechs in Tientsin; bombers kill an infantry and redline another, then start bombing an impossible-to-hit TOW. Finally, after about 10 bombers, I hit it and move to the next TOW. This one only takes 3 bombers, but dies instead of redlining. Then kill an infantry and redline another, then it cycles the redlined Mech’s back on top. Next bomber kills the 1st mech, 2nd mech takes 2 bombers, and then find a 3rd redlined mech. Boy, am I glad that the rax was destroyed last turn! Well, this one only takes 2 bombers but a 4th shows up. This one proves tough and nearly wears out the “B” button on my keyboard, but finally dies. 4 more bombers fail vs a redlined TOW, but now I’m thankfully out of bombers.

Attack on Tientsin: vTank dies to ¼ TOW (2/5); vTank dies to redlined TOW (1/5); vTank dies to redlined TOW (1/4); vTank kills redlined TOW (4/4); vTank kills redlined TOW (4/4); eTank kills redlined inf (4/5); eTank kills 3/5 cav and

We also get 3 Arty in the deal, which promptly ding 3 nearby infantry. Move up a transport with 5 tanks and a worker, and then another with 6 arty. Bombard Hadrumetum, redlining a Mech and taking an inf down to 2hp. Attack with tanks:
vTank kills 2/4 inf (4/5), vTank kills ¼ Mech and

Raze it to limit our town holds (we already have our foothold). Use the tank army to kill a ¾ infantry outside of Tientsin, and I get treated to seeing a decent sized Sumerian infantry stack.

Oops, I pillage a tile near old Hadrumetum, and accidently cause a war with Carthage I really shouldn’t play when I’m this tired

Well, one thing goes right

Take Space Flight. Now we can nuke them

IBT: Japan and Hittites sign peace; we lose 1 tank to Sumerian counters near Tientsin

T4: 1520AD Kill a big stack of infantry next to Tientsin. Sumeria actually has 2 large stacks, 1 or 2 medium ones (I killed one), and a few stragglers. China has sent up a cannon/rifleman combo that looks silly. Carthage is sending infantry around, but doesn’t seem too sure who to attack.

With no techs to steal, I decide to bump the lux slider up to 20% and get all the lazy asses back to work. MM for an eternity, but don’t do a very good job of it.

 

[grahamiam]

T5: 1525AD At Beijing: Arty goes ½; CavArmy kills vRifle (12/18); vtank dies to cRifle (2/3); tank kills 2/3 Rifle (4/4); vTank kills 2/4 Rifle

3 destroyers take 5hp off 2 Carthagian Infantry in Chengdu, attack with 2 tanks: vTank kills ¼ Inf; vTank kills 1/3 Inf

Now we have gems I leave the MM up to the next player, I can’t be arsed

Ok, now, spent 30minutes killing stuff around Tientsin. I airlift some workers to the Sumerian front so we can pop-rush a culture building or 2 and protect our airbases.

Get a GLeader blitzing a couple of redlined Sumerian Infantry near Tientsin. Leave him in-town for the next player to decide what to do with him. Kill 2 stacks of infantry, rifles, longbows, Mechs, ToW’s, maybe some chickens too, not sure

Slowly moving

All the bombers near Sumeria are in airports outside Isin and New M.C. We need some of our own culture there or less Carthage culture to ensure we don’t lose the airports to flips or expansions.

 

[Sir Bugsy]

Having Sun-Tzu on the Sumerian continent will be a huge boost.

This isn't exactly moving slow. There may not be a game left for me to play on my turn, and that's only 20 turns off.

 

[Offa]

Ok, I am back from holiday. I have just played sgotm9 and will try to attend to this game tomorrow.

 

[Offa]

1525
Switch capital to Apollo. This is one game in which a space ship can be built.We will get lots of armies from leaders.

ibt lots of enemy movements.
Give gems to Hittites to renew alliance v Sumeria

1530
Make a tank army with the leader.
Kill 4 sumerian infantry.
Sink 3 carthaginian ships.
Kill Carthage rifle, capturing settler.
bomb and sink 4 more Carthaginian ships.
Kill some redlined Carthaginian units.

bombard Cirta.
Abandon Chendgu, as it is undefendable from a large stack of Carthaginian infantry.

ibt
Spain and Sumeria ally v Hittites

1535
Lots of killing, no towns taken

ibt Sumeria and Spain declare v America

1540
Capture Tsingtao (2 rifles) and destroy the Chinese.

Capture Cirta (carthage) and Gades autorazes when captured.

Capture Nora, which takes that island.

Attack a Sumerian stack, and get a leader: another army.

1545
Lots more carnage.
Destroy Sumerian town (autorazed) near Tiensin.

Sell communism to Spain for 660g.

ibt Byzantines land in south with 3 units.

1550
Lose Silks, Dover riots.
Finish Apollo.

quit for evening.

restart
give Abe steel for silks, 20g and 65gpt.

Bomb then take Valencia from Sumeria (one TOW defender only).
kill a redlined Carthaginian inf and get another leader: another tank army.

I have switched a lot of builds to settlers, as we want more up north to give safe spots for our large bomber fleet.
We are well placed to take some more Carthaginian cities . An army or two can pillage in Sumeria.

Tsingtao needs a harbor to re-connect gems but can't quite rush it yet.

The game is taking a long time to play but we are now rolling over the opposition.

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[Bede]

Due to sudden computer failure I am off games until I get it fixed
Please skip until I check back in.

 

[gozpel]

Can we swap Bugs?

The trolls has invaded my home. Well, the daughter got some friends over for sleepover and will have the computer.

 

[Sir Bugsy]

I'll play this after I finish Bede's Sc2 game.

 

[Sir Bugsy]

Pre-flight – 1550 AD – We are tech equals with Sumeria and ahead of the rest of the world. I crank up science to get ecology in 13.

1555 – Guys having units on go-to isn’t cool in a SG. Capture Tatung without loss.


I added a map so everyone could get their bearings.

Moved on to Xinjian. Lost two tanks, but…


We’re short one attacker at Shanghai as we leave a wounded infantryman defending.

IBT – Valencia flips to Sumeria. We lose a three tank army.

1560 – Canton is autorazed. At Shanghai we get three elite victories, but no batons…


At Malaca we need to bring in a tank army, but we capture the city and consolidate the front.


At Oea, the defenses are decimated by our bombers and it takes one bullet to capture the city.


At Theveste, the four defenders don’t make much of a stand against our tank army.


IBT – Sumeria has a pretty good counter attack. Watch Carthage and Sumeria pound each other. Watch the Spanish and the Hittites pound each other. A force of Sumerians is dropped off behind our lines. We complete a SS part.

To be continued...

 

[Sir Bugsy]

1565 – Attack a softened up Utica, and still lose a tank. We raze it due to the proximity to the Sumerians.


1570 – Working our way up the east coast of Sumeria, we bombard and kill a ton of TOW and raze Valencia.


1575 – Bombers allow us to raze Lepis Minor without expending a bullet.


Found New St. Regis.

After Action Report – The Sumerians have been sending submarines into the slot south of Oea and Tientsin. (red arrows) It looks like the sub base is Agade. Additionally, I have a small landing for for the eastern Carthaginian islands. (green arrow)


Here has been my plan on the main Sumerian/Carthaginian island. It will be a judgment call on which cities to keep. We have a lot of settlers on the way.


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