Goz6 - 4 x 4
- Thread starter gozpel
- Start date
550AD
Egypt starts Bach's
Loading leet zerks into a boat and sailing to Incan blot on the tundra.
Then I find Leif in New York...
560AD
Maya start Newton's and learn ToG
570AD
Egypt starts Smith's
In 580 raze Juli and get yet another slave. Ottomans are dropping settlers all over the place.
600AD
Rome and Maya have learned ToG and Magnetism.
610
Roman's start Smith's.
Whack a barb camp in the tundra hoping to promote a 'zerk, no joy.
In 620 decide it's time to rid the island of Inca so send the horsemen army to wipe out his little settlement south of Washington and a boatload of zerks to nail a barb camp in the tundra.
In 630 attack the little town and kill a spear, another is left in the garrison.In the meantime Inca has learned ToG just as we do. It's time to take the war to Inca. Raze a couple of his one horse towns across the strait and maybe we'll get more than a kiss at the Peace Treaty. Accordingly shift the caravels to the east coast for a little dash across the straits. Set research at Magnetism to minimum.
We are staring at what I refer to as the XCC wall. With only eight cities we are having a hard time economically keeping up in research with techs costing more than 2000 beakers. And right now we are all dressed up with nowhere to go.
In 640 destroy the Inca town in the tundra.
In 650 the Inca Expedition sets sail from Reykjavik and Houston. It will be facing pikes but no muskets and the terrain is so rough it is unlikely Pachuti will be able to reinforce. Caravels will reach the assembly point in 2 and be in position to take and burn Vitcos in 3. If all goes well Inca will have learned something useful and we can take it out of his hide. And get on with the Ottoman war.
Egypt starts Bach's
Loading leet zerks into a boat and sailing to Incan blot on the tundra.
Then I find Leif in New York...
560AD
Maya start Newton's and learn ToG
570AD
Egypt starts Smith's
In 580 raze Juli and get yet another slave. Ottomans are dropping settlers all over the place.
600AD
Rome and Maya have learned ToG and Magnetism.
610
Roman's start Smith's.
Whack a barb camp in the tundra hoping to promote a 'zerk, no joy.
In 620 decide it's time to rid the island of Inca so send the horsemen army to wipe out his little settlement south of Washington and a boatload of zerks to nail a barb camp in the tundra.
In 630 attack the little town and kill a spear, another is left in the garrison.In the meantime Inca has learned ToG just as we do. It's time to take the war to Inca. Raze a couple of his one horse towns across the strait and maybe we'll get more than a kiss at the Peace Treaty. Accordingly shift the caravels to the east coast for a little dash across the straits. Set research at Magnetism to minimum.
We are staring at what I refer to as the XCC wall. With only eight cities we are having a hard time economically keeping up in research with techs costing more than 2000 beakers. And right now we are all dressed up with nowhere to go.
In 640 destroy the Inca town in the tundra.
In 650 the Inca Expedition sets sail from Reykjavik and Houston. It will be facing pikes but no muskets and the terrain is so rough it is unlikely Pachuti will be able to reinforce. Caravels will reach the assembly point in 2 and be in position to take and burn Vitcos in 3. If all goes well Inca will have learned something useful and we can take it out of his hide. And get on with the Ottoman war.
Sir Bugsy
Civ.D.
I have it. Should have it back in 24 hours, then Carlos can grab it.
Sir Bugsy
Civ.D.
Pre-flight 650 AD Cleopatra quickly recovered. We have a serious case of WW. Bump lux up 10%. We can buy magnetism at the moment, but it would cripple us. Well want that just before the ottoman war.
IBT Build two zerks and the Romans complete Bachs
660
670 Start planning for the Ottoman war.
@ Vitcos Kill the lose defending spear and raze it.
@ Arequipa kill the two defending spears, lose a zerk. and raze the city. Still cant get anything decent in a treaty.
IBT Egypt an Rome sign a MA against the Aztecs.
680 - @ Atico Kill the spear and raze it. Operation Abbot is complete. Admiral Bugs evaluates the situation and calls a council of war among his ship captains. send an envoy to see what we can learn in exchange for peace. They wont give us anything of value.
IBT Cleo builds another city on our south coast.
Mayans declare on Rome. A sword is dropped off by Chicago.
690 - Kill the dropped off sword. Note that the Incan workers are wearing overalls.
IBT Three more Incans are dropped off.
700 - The cost of magnetism would be 1069G & 59GPT from the Maya. I look at what a steal would cost (1066G) and decide that would be worth a war. We succeed, steal magnetism and we enter a new age. Julie doesnt have any IA techs and Smoke only has nationalism.
We press on with the war. @ Huanaco We kill the two defending spears and keep it, temporarily. Also kill the invaders.
IBT Build a zerk. Mayans build Newtons
710 Whack a settler pair. Sell Physics and 6 gpt to Cleo for iron, furs and WM. Lux rops to 10% and we gain 11 gpt. Upgrade a horse to a knight.
IBT Rome signs in Osman against the Mayans. Rome signs a peace treaty with the Aztecs.
720 - I decide to take a city for peace. The only other thing we can get is Music Theory. Berserkers dont sing! This way we can build the FP. I also get 56G & 8 GPT. Of course we lose all that war happiness. Lux up 10%.
730 
Then I forgot to hurry the market in New York last turn, spend 88G getting it done right now.
740 Rush the FP in New York with the leader. Upgrade two muskets in preparation for war.
IBT Renew our ivory deal with the Mayans for 16gpt.
Build the FP. The FP is worth 23 gpt to our economy.
750 I demand that Osman remove his forces so he declares war. I abandon Huanuco Pampa and Chuito since there are Ottoman units right next to them and they are undefended.
@ Urfa Our Zerks attack and
We keep the city for now. Canute runs to New York.
@ Riza Lose a zerk killing two muskets.
@ Aydin Army kills two muskets and it is ours.
@ Konya Kill the three muskets and take the city.
I should of course have waited to abandon the two cities until the end of the turn so we could have built an army.
After Action Moved a stack next to Salinka. The fast movers are fortified. I also brought a settler a long to raise and replace.
Made an error and placed two muskets in Aydin and none in Konya. Use the leader for an army. We may want to save the army for cavs.
We may want to plan the best locations for our new cities and raze and replace as necessary. Otherwise well have a huge flip risk. I refuse to do that now with all the moves I just made. My apologies to the team for my ineptness.
SITREP:
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IBT Build two zerks and the Romans complete Bachs
660
670 Start planning for the Ottoman war.
@ Vitcos Kill the lose defending spear and raze it.
@ Arequipa kill the two defending spears, lose a zerk. and raze the city. Still cant get anything decent in a treaty.
IBT Egypt an Rome sign a MA against the Aztecs.
680 - @ Atico Kill the spear and raze it. Operation Abbot is complete. Admiral Bugs evaluates the situation and calls a council of war among his ship captains. send an envoy to see what we can learn in exchange for peace. They wont give us anything of value.
IBT Cleo builds another city on our south coast.
Mayans declare on Rome. A sword is dropped off by Chicago.
690 - Kill the dropped off sword. Note that the Incan workers are wearing overalls.
IBT Three more Incans are dropped off.
700 - The cost of magnetism would be 1069G & 59GPT from the Maya. I look at what a steal would cost (1066G) and decide that would be worth a war. We succeed, steal magnetism and we enter a new age. Julie doesnt have any IA techs and Smoke only has nationalism.
We press on with the war. @ Huanaco We kill the two defending spears and keep it, temporarily. Also kill the invaders.
IBT Build a zerk. Mayans build Newtons
710 Whack a settler pair. Sell Physics and 6 gpt to Cleo for iron, furs and WM. Lux rops to 10% and we gain 11 gpt. Upgrade a horse to a knight.
IBT Rome signs in Osman against the Mayans. Rome signs a peace treaty with the Aztecs.
720 - I decide to take a city for peace. The only other thing we can get is Music Theory. Berserkers dont sing! This way we can build the FP. I also get 56G & 8 GPT. Of course we lose all that war happiness. Lux up 10%.
730
Then I forgot to hurry the market in New York last turn, spend 88G getting it done right now. 740 Rush the FP in New York with the leader. Upgrade two muskets in preparation for war.
IBT Renew our ivory deal with the Mayans for 16gpt.
Build the FP. The FP is worth 23 gpt to our economy.
750 I demand that Osman remove his forces so he declares war. I abandon Huanuco Pampa and Chuito since there are Ottoman units right next to them and they are undefended.
@ Urfa Our Zerks attack and
We keep the city for now. Canute runs to New York.
@ Riza Lose a zerk killing two muskets.
@ Aydin Army kills two muskets and it is ours.
@ Konya Kill the three muskets and take the city.
I should of course have waited to abandon the two cities until the end of the turn so we could have built an army.
After Action Moved a stack next to Salinka. The fast movers are fortified. I also brought a settler a long to raise and replace.
Made an error and placed two muskets in Aydin and none in Konya. Use the leader for an army. We may want to save the army for cavs.
We may want to plan the best locations for our new cities and raze and replace as necessary. Otherwise well have a huge flip risk. I refuse to do that now with all the
moves I just made. My apologies to the team for my ineptness.SITREP:
Save: http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads8/Goz6,_750_AD.SAV
grahamiam
In debt to Mr. Geisel
nice 
bugs! i say we kill the ottomans off for good. we don't need them repopulating the pennisula like the egyptians did.
bugs! i say we kill the ottomans off for good. we don't need them repopulating the pennisula like the egyptians did.
)I say grahamiam is right and Ottomans are dead.
I also say Rome is the next target (before Zerks become useless vs Infantry!). Cut them down a bit... Same is true for Maya, they need a coastline shave.
I will let all Knights finish, then shift back to Zerks.
preturn: adjust happiness in NY, Chicago, Houston, MM Wash to food loss and bank in 1 not 2.
(1) Note the Otto runaway settler, mark him for zerking.
Trond finishes a Knight and will be skimmed a worker (for now, maybe settler?)
Smiths in Tiwanaku!
Magellans in Lagertero (makes this one a target for razing!)
the settler is taken (LBM takes no HP off Zerk) and I get an idea for a free lux for a few - worker will go to the gems and colonize. As the gems are connected through Rome and Inca this will give us Gems until the borders there expand.
4 bombards 4 hits on Salonika (? WTH?)
Horse army kills three Muskets, 2 Zerks 2 Knights finish the business. We capture 3 settlers :whip: Raze the town as we will refound and can always use more slaves (2).
@ Riza:
zerk promotes, another takes the city. I keep it, which turns out to be s good decision as there are 2 LBM beyond it that could kill the zerk. Ship moves in, Zerks kill LBM.
Built the army, now what to do with the new leader?
Now, decision time: The more I look at the Ottomans land the less am I enthused by the idea of having 4 cities there. The land can be comfortably coveres by 4, but 2 suffice to cover the luxes and most of the area (the silks are in Washington's influence already)! This would allow us to keep/found cities on the other continents to help an invasion, e.g. healing ships and troops, but also (later) allowing airlifts there!
Shifting Denzili 1 tile NE or keeping it and moving Bursa to the hill between the wines looks like a good idea to me! Obviosuly, once the units are on the ships again and a road detour around Riza built that sucky hellhole will have to go. Then we are at 12 cities with Konya and Aydin to be disbanded at will (maybe take Uskudar for one of them until NewDenzili has grown in culture? Or maybe keep it for good and have only 1 valence city?). Urfa will be abandoned at end turn.
All this thinking makes me aggressive, so I kill Muskets (2 in Uskudar), decide not to lose our Horses @ Bingol (redlined one for no gain) and go for a coffee.
I also say Rome is the next target (before Zerks become useless vs Infantry!). Cut them down a bit... Same is true for Maya, they need a coastline shave.
I will let all Knights finish, then shift back to Zerks.
preturn: adjust happiness in NY, Chicago, Houston, MM Wash to food loss and bank in 1 not 2.
(1) Note the Otto runaway settler, mark him for zerking.
Trond finishes a Knight and will be skimmed a worker (for now, maybe settler?)
Smiths in Tiwanaku!
Magellans in Lagertero (makes this one a target for razing!)
the settler is taken (LBM takes no HP off Zerk) and I get an idea for a free lux for a few - worker will go to the gems and colonize. As the gems are connected through Rome and Inca this will give us Gems until the borders there expand.
4 bombards 4 hits on Salonika (? WTH?)
Horse army kills three Muskets, 2 Zerks 2 Knights finish the business. We capture 3 settlers :whip: Raze the town as we will refound and can always use more slaves (2).
@ Riza:
zerk promotes, another takes the city. I keep it, which turns out to be s good decision as there are 2 LBM beyond it that could kill the zerk. Ship moves in, Zerks kill LBM.
Built the army, now what to do with the new leader?Now, decision time: The more I look at the Ottomans land the less am I enthused by the idea of having 4 cities there. The land can be comfortably coveres by 4, but 2 suffice to cover the luxes and most of the area (the silks are in Washington's influence already)! This would allow us to keep/found cities on the other continents to help an invasion, e.g. healing ships and troops, but also (later) allowing airlifts there!
Shifting Denzili 1 tile NE or keeping it and moving Bursa to the hill between the wines looks like a good idea to me! Obviosuly, once the units are on the ships again and a road detour around Riza built that sucky hellhole will have to go. Then we are at 12 cities with Konya and Aydin to be disbanded at will (maybe take Uskudar for one of them until NewDenzili has grown in culture? Or maybe keep it for good and have only 1 valence city?). Urfa will be abandoned at end turn.
All this thinking makes me aggressive, so I kill Muskets (2 in Uskudar), decide not to lose our Horses @ Bingol (redlined one for no gain) and go for a coffee.
I am an idiot!
IT: we luck out three times (LBW vs Spear @ Bingol, archer vs Horse @ Bingol, LBM vs Knight @ Riza) but lose the Knight to antoher LBM. Musket next to Ankyla survives LBM.
I am even more of an idiot: I could have rushed the Pentagon last turn and we might have gotten another leader from the elite horse defending.
(2) Zerk Army kills 2 LBM, take Uskudar killing 2 Knights with Zerks. Keep it for now.
Bingo @ Bingol - it gets razed.
I trade Physics and Metallurgy to the Aztecs (I hate it when I lack stupid dead-end techs and thus have to steal or buy at far higher prices!) to get both Music and Eco, WM and 3 Gold is all they can throw in.
Can't get Egypt to give us a reasonable offer for Mil Trad. Pity.
IT: useless LBM get clobbered by Muskets.
(3) what? Trond had no Granary?
Order one! Start a Frigate to have *some* protection for ships.
grab a settler killing Musket and LBM, Zerk Army knocks Denzili down 2 Muskets, lose a Zerk and get a leader in Zongudak (razed). Bypass Bursa and head ships for Izmit (why give capital bonus to each town we take?)
IT: we luck out three times (LBW vs Spear @ Bingol, archer vs Horse @ Bingol, LBM vs Knight @ Riza) but lose the Knight to antoher LBM. Musket next to Ankyla survives LBM.
I am even more of an idiot: I could have rushed the Pentagon last turn and we might have gotten another leader from the elite horse defending.
(2) Zerk Army kills 2 LBM, take Uskudar killing 2 Knights with Zerks. Keep it for now.
Bingo @ Bingol - it gets razed.
I trade Physics and Metallurgy to the Aztecs (I hate it when I lack stupid dead-end techs and thus have to steal or buy at far higher prices!) to get both Music and Eco, WM and 3 Gold is all they can throw in.
Can't get Egypt to give us a reasonable offer for Mil Trad. Pity.
IT: useless LBM get clobbered by Muskets.
(3) what? Trond had no Granary?
Order one! Start a Frigate to have *some* protection for ships.grab a settler killing Musket and LBM, Zerk Army knocks Denzili down 2 Muskets, lose a Zerk and get a leader in Zongudak (razed). Bypass Bursa and head ships for Izmit (why give capital bonus to each town we take?)
grahamiam
In debt to Mr. Geisel
wow, can't believe your playing @ work. well, i guess those dino's aren't going anywhere soon 
you and bugs should compare notes 
you and bugs should compare notes IT: what is a stack of blue ships doing sneaking up on our homeland?
nothing else.
(4) no bombard success and lose a Knight but raze Denzili for 4 slaves
remove an eyesore (Kirklareli)
upgrade the first Caravel
Though the map would look better without Izmit it has SunTzus, so I keep it for now. This means the end for Riza.
Our income jumps significantly as lux goes to zero - we now have Gems
Mugla gets hit, too, but there's a musket left. Expose two zerks when the Horseman army loses too many hit there. :weed:
IT: lose the zerks!
--> killer
(5) raze Mugla. I am using the Horse Army recklessly now as we have a leader sitting around doing nothing anyways.
Iznik izniked (and removed for good).
Send out the full galleon for the by now two Otto cities on the Rome continent.
IT: nothing
(6) Anwhatever abandoned and Oslo founded. will rush Lib there next turn for fast border growth.
Horse army loses 10 of its 11 leftover HP to 3 HP LBM :crazyeyes: - phew!
2 Zerks redline @ Busra, 2 more do better and the continent is free of the orange pest This destroys the hanging gardens, but they are not needed atm while SunTzus gives us a real (if small) saving.
IT: Inca join Maya vs Rome. Good, Andawhatever threatenes our Gem colony.
One Otto city is nixed by someone.
(7) Stockholm takes over for Iznik and gets us all the wines now.
I miscount and abandon Uskugar (doh! :weed: )
nothing else.
(4) no bombard success and lose a Knight but raze Denzili for 4 slaves
remove an eyesore (Kirklareli)
upgrade the first Caravel
Though the map would look better without Izmit it has SunTzus, so I keep it for now. This means the end for Riza.
Our income jumps significantly as lux goes to zero - we now have Gems
Mugla gets hit, too, but there's a musket left. Expose two zerks when the Horseman army loses too many hit there. :weed:
IT: lose the zerks!
--> killer(5) raze Mugla. I am using the Horse Army recklessly now as we have a leader sitting around doing nothing anyways.
Iznik izniked (and removed for good).
Send out the full galleon for the by now two Otto cities on the Rome continent.
IT: nothing
(6) Anwhatever abandoned and Oslo founded. will rush Lib there next turn for fast border growth.
Horse army loses 10 of its 11 leftover HP to 3 HP LBM :crazyeyes: - phew!
2 Zerks redline @ Busra, 2 more do better and the continent is free of the orange pest
This destroys the hanging gardens, but they are not needed atm while SunTzus gives us a real (if small) saving.IT: Inca join Maya vs Rome. Good, Andawhatever threatenes our Gem colony.
One Otto city is nixed by someone.
(7) Stockholm takes over for Iznik and gets us all the wines now.
I miscount and abandon Uskugar (doh! :weed: )
OK, I declare myself officially crazy: disliking the fact that the Inca (weak) lack Rifles and get beat up by Rome, disliking the fact that we lack both Rifles and Cav, i decide to risk a risky steal for almost all our money with Rome.
I succeed and get WM, 124 Gold and Mil Trad from the Inca for Nat.
IT: super, Rome wants Incense! I say no and we lose the Gems colony. Well, War happiness makes up for it
I expect an invasion soon, so I hupgrade 2 Knights to Cav ASAP. Antoher will follow next turn.
We should really think about getting to rails fast! ATM, we can research Steam @ neutral budget in 22 - no go!
(8) a bunch of berzerks put the Ottomans out of their misery and I keep the city as a flycatcher for Roman Cavs (for now).
2 Cavs go into the empty army.
More Caravel upgrades give us a ship for the 3Zerk army
There will be a Roman landing somewhere soon - two Frigate 1 Galleon near Bergen. Upgrade a Knight in anticipation, start moving the cav army that wa (as the ex-Otto/US lands have enough defenders.
Send out two amphibious groups for Roman cities.
somehow miscounted, msut have been two turns before.... hmmm
(10) check out the flytrap now
well, I abandoned the town obviously The ship is joined by the taskforce with the frigate.
Now, there's a BUNCH of Zerks underway, use them to hit Rome hard hit'n'raze!
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads8/Hitnraze.SAV
Remember NOT to fill armies up all the way or they become too large for our ships!
I succeed
and get WM, 124 Gold and Mil Trad from the Inca for Nat.IT: super, Rome wants Incense! I say no and we lose the Gems colony. Well, War happiness makes up for it
I expect an invasion soon, so I hupgrade 2 Knights to Cav ASAP. Antoher will follow next turn.
We should really think about getting to rails fast! ATM, we can research Steam @ neutral budget in 22 - no go!
(8) a bunch of berzerks put the Ottomans out of their misery and I keep the city as a flycatcher for Roman Cavs (for now).
2 Cavs go into the empty army.
More Caravel upgrades give us a ship for the 3Zerk army
There will be a Roman landing somewhere soon - two Frigate 1 Galleon near Bergen. Upgrade a Knight in anticipation, start moving the cav army that wa (as the ex-Otto/US lands have enough defenders.
Send out two amphibious groups for Roman cities.
somehow miscounted, msut have been two turns before.... hmmm
(10) check out the flytrap now
well, I abandoned the town obviously
The ship is joined by the taskforce with the frigate.Now, there's a BUNCH of Zerks underway, use them to hit Rome hard hit'n'raze!
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads8/Hitnraze.SAV
Remember NOT to fill armies up all the way or they become too large for our ships!
Sir Bugsy
Civ.D.
Well played Carlos!
@ G-man - Haven't been able to play at work for a long time. Undermanned and overworked.
@ G-man - Haven't been able to play at work for a long time. Undermanned and overworked.
Kaiser_Berger
Terran Emporer
Nice progress.
I think I'm up, so I've got it unless I'm wrong. All the skips and what not have confounded me
I think I'm up, so I've got it unless I'm wrong. All the skips and what not have confounded me
Kaiser_Berger
Terran Emporer
Preturn- We look good.
IT- zzz
T1 870
Move our troops. Not much else.
IT- zzz
T2 880
Move troosp closer to Rome.
IT- zzz
T3 890
I land one of our armies by a Roman city. We have enough arty that i think we can go and whomp on the Romans a bit. Best to hit them before bombers.
IT- zzz
T4 900
We whack a Roman settler pair.
IT- zzz
T5 910
Load up some cannons.
IT- zzz
T6 920
More troops land.
IT- zzz
T7 930
I found a 12th city for us, even if the location isn't great. Better than nothing.
IT- Two Roman frigates die trying to kill one of our galleons.
T8 940
Move troops into position to attack.
IT- We lose two galleons.
T9 950
I disband our horse army and form a new one to fill with cavs.
We lose no units and raze Tzinzuntzen.
Summary
We're on the warpath now. We can pretty do with the Romans as we please. Our cav army can really lay down the smack with cannon support. Burn em all
IT- zzz
T1 870
Move our troops. Not much else.
IT- zzz
T2 880
Move troosp closer to Rome.
IT- zzz
T3 890
I land one of our armies by a Roman city. We have enough arty that i think we can go and whomp on the Romans a bit. Best to hit them before bombers.
IT- zzz
T4 900
We whack a Roman settler pair.
IT- zzz
T5 910
Load up some cannons.
IT- zzz
T6 920
More troops land.
IT- zzz
T7 930
I found a 12th city for us, even if the location isn't great. Better than nothing.
IT- Two Roman frigates die trying to kill one of our galleons.
T8 940
Move troops into position to attack.
IT- We lose two galleons.
T9 950
I disband our horse army and form a new one to fill with cavs.
We lose no units and raze Tzinzuntzen.
Summary
We're on the warpath now. We can pretty do with the Romans as we please. Our cav army can really lay down the smack with cannon support. Burn em all
Great work, team.
Rome can be a nasty piece of work if they get too strong, so hurt them bad when we have the chance. Don't be shy to raze half their empire and take some good stuff for peace.
Who's up? I'm confused too, but I "think" it's grahamiam.
Rome can be a nasty piece of work if they get too strong, so hurt them bad when we have the chance. Don't be shy to raze half their empire and take some good stuff for peace.
Who's up? I'm confused too, but I "think" it's grahamiam.
grahamiam
In debt to Mr. Geisel
yep, i'm up, as well as up in goz8. if you get a weird report, you'll know why
grahamiam
In debt to Mr. Geisel
since i f'd-up goz8, i am going to have to replay 4 warturns in that game. there is no way i can get to this game tonight + play that game as i have to get the house cleaned for a visit from my parents during the weekend.
sorry, but i need a swap as I can't get to this till Sunday night.
thanks.
sorry, but i need a swap as I can't get to this till Sunday night.
thanks.
