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Pre-Turn
increase science to 80% and electronics due in 10 at -204gpt
MM extensively, fire all tax men, get rid of many engineers in favor of scientists (they supported markets)
fire almost all clowns, end up with 316 scientists and 60 engineers
electronics down to 8 turns
IT lose a Cav against an Ansar in Puzzle
few landings and some units enter our territory at various places
we get quite a number of settlers (11 to be precise)
1.1735AD
defeat 4 landings
defeat an infantry covering a Viking salt colony
clear 12 units from our frontlines. lose a cav versus a redlined rifle
defeat 4 infantry and capture Avignon for 11 gold
this gives access the Cherburg, which is razed for 7 gold
found History Never Repeats, found Aukland without actually abandoning Avignon (that's that extra city vmxa talked about)
decide to attack Toulouse with 4 armies and take it
abandon Avignon, found Wellington
abandon Toulouse and found Napier
IT maybe the AI is overwhelmed by the size of the map...their units run around our frontlines
one cav actually attacks Napier but retreats
2.1740AD
beat 2 inf and 1 cav and raze Hareid for 1001g, that's really lucrative business
attack Fustat and defeat 2 rifles for now
found Brisbane to be able to get into French territory
enables us to take Marseilles killing 3 infantry, do the same with Amiens
from there we can bomb New Paris, redline 4 infantry and raze city
South of this part we can spot Romans borders, but I prefer to take out France and Sun Tzu first
take out 4 units and raze Chartres, France has now 10 cities left
defeat 2 rifles and take Muscat, march on to Baghdad
found Sydney and Adelaide
defeat 12 units at our front and finally get a MGL
decide to attack Ravenna, after 3 musket, town falls
IT this time we get a lot of landings
French have some big stacks of infantry nearing our borders
2 Viking cavs attack and retreat against infantry
3. 1745BC
clear all landings
defeat 3 inf and take Lyons
defeat 6 infantry and Paris is ours, this drops our expenditure by 43gpt
abandon Lyons and replace with a combat settler
enables us to bombard Bordeaux, take out 4 inf and take city
then lose an entirely healthy army at Tours, avenge that by taking the city
manage to raze Brest as well after 3 infantry are killed
France is down to 5 cities
2 rifles slain and Fustat razed, found Death to France
Baghdad follows with 3 rifles and 1 LB gone, abandon Muskat as well
found 3 new cities
IT lose Prezel to French due to my oversight
oh no, lose new Tulum to Vikings as well, we simply lack infantry on our frontlines
4. 1750AD
get Pretzel Logic back
take back New Tulum for 993 gold
abandon Bordeaux and found a combat town to get to Rouen, redline 3 inf and take city
repeat the same stunt a little to the east and capture Dijon
take out 3 inf in Besancon and France is down to 2 cities
raze Basra after taking out 1 unit at Poitiers so we can get closer to the next French city
found city and take Poitiers as well, attack last French city...
found France Gone in the east where we can spot borders from overseas
take Medina
bomb some ships and sink a Roman caravel
due to the many scientists (390) we have, electronics drops to 3
IT Romans attack History Never Repeats and lose 3 Cavs, our elite infantry then succumbs to a Arab Ansar
it's always scary to watch troops in the interturn as our front is wide and defenses thin
capital finally has a factory, now on 2 turn Cavs
quite a few resisters are quelled in former France
5.1752AD
attack Jerusalem and almost lose a Cav army, Roman only have muskets, actually
capture Tromso for 1530gold, pillage the rubber source at Bodo and Vikings got no more of that
capture Neapolis and Antium
capture Farsund for 1550gold
while clearing landings and frontline units get another army, to be filled with only 3 Cavs
as we have a severe lack of infantry defense, cash rush where I can
IT lose wounded army in Farsund and it's Viking again
I am actually glad we don't lose anything else
we get 13 infantries, that will help a lot to free our armies
6.1754AD
take back Farsund for 994 gold
shell Bodo and take it for 1560gold
defeat 5 units and Rizor including Magellan and 1500gold is ours
3 infantry later and Stavanger is ours for 1585gold, we now have 11k in the kitty
continue in Roman land, capture Brundisium after defeat 2 muskets and a drafted rifle, that's bad news
take Rome that was still defended by muskets only
capture Mansura, abandon Medina and found Palmerston North
sink a redlined Greek frigate
reduce science to 50%
IT enemies bombard and 3 AI's run around, no attacks due to the nice infantry coverage
we get electronics, nationalism in 4 at 40% science
Tromso deposes us, had 1 infantry inside
7.1756AD
get Tromso back for a whopping 2499gold, Vikings now have almost 50k
more to the west, take Aarhus after 1 cav army takes out 3 inf and 1 rifle, we get 2543g for the effort
Karasjok is next for 2590gold
Fauske gives us more trouble and after 2 armies are redlined, a third takes the city along with 2600gold
Reykjavik is taken for 2700gold, run out of healthy armies here
Vikings have 10 cities left now
in Roman lands, take Syracuse after defeating 3 rifles, take Hispalis using a knight army
in Arabia, take Mecca
get another MGL defeating stray units, later get yet another one, this should be a inf army
it seems we found the Russian Island since they have a mere lux, we can assume not many nations are there
will go and send the latest army over next turn
our coastal defenses are slowly getting better as we defeat 2 frigates
rush 2 factories and some other stuff, Hoover still takes 8 turns
rush a galleon for the Russian Island
abandon Hispalis, the army is too low on health, hope it won't get attacked
found Hamilton
IT several towns with infantry get attacked by Roman and Viking Cavs, but luckily all hold
Stavanger deposes us, we lose an infantry there
8.1758AD
continue to press on the Vikings, with keeping all the cities and all their money, we want them gone asap
take Stavanger back, it had 3 rifles insides, quite ridiculous (lose 2 cavs to get city back)
as a saving grace, ge 2500gold
raze Vadso for 1700gold, that town is far off and would only slow their demise in case it flips again
take Alesund for 2770gold
abandon Reykjavik in order to reach other cities, found Iceland
take Copenhagen for 2800gold (we now have 30k)
take Odense for 2950gold
found Temp town to advance artillery for the nex turn
capture Damascus in the southeast
capture Aden and abandon Mansura and Mecca (both are small towns anyway with little infra)
found 2 towns
land Cav army on Russian Island
rush some stuff with all the cash we have
IT A redlined stray Cav from Rome sneaks under the radar and captured one of our cities
Aarhus deposes us, one inf lost
9.1760AD
take Aarhus back with 3 Cav attacks (remember, no more infantry for them)
beat a redlined Cav there and get a MGL
capture Bergen for 2780gold...5 more cities to go
Stockholm is ours for 3000gold
takes 3 armies to take Oslo, get 3000+ gold
Molde gives 3700gold
need to be a little creative, abandon Bergen to found cities for easy access of the 2 remaining cities
Trondheim is defended by 6 infantry
attack with a total of 5 armies and finally take that city, it comes with 2 obsolete wonders
get 3700gold for that
abandon Aden so we gain access to the las Viking city, found warmonger
attack Birka need to use a yellow army and lose it
then...
no more infantry on our continent
Rome and Arabia will fall during markh turns faster than domino blocks
but next turn most armies need to heal
take back Incher from Rome, they better watch out now
lose 2 frigates against redlined frigates, stupid
reduce science to 0% nationalism still in 2
IT Koreans land 10 troops at the usual landing zone
Romans attack Rome and lose 2 cav
Jerusalem deposes us
10.1762AD
get back Jerusalem
take Najran and Yamama, abandon Damascus
found Arabian Horses, enables us to take Fez after taking out 3 rifles
liberate Lutetia, almost lose a perfectly healthy Cav army against a rifle at Veii...
defeat 3 rilfe and 3 muskets there
abandon temp town and build a town to restrict access for the AI to our territory
we now have 3 armies in Russia, 2 cav and 1 inf army but all filled with only 3 units
we do have almost 500 scientist now, 4 turn research shouldn't be possible (we have some taxmen as nationalism is due in one at 0% anyway)
(but we need to MM for that and be careful with towns that grow or get culture expansion)
I'd say after espionage, we steal corporation/sanitation and other from the AI and then self research tanks/flight
Hoover will be done in 5, we hopefully get a MGL to rush the IA
Copan should produce armies, there is an army next to our capital filled with 2 cavs
we have 228 cities and there are only 16 more on our continent
I left you some cash markh, spend it wisely we some for stealing an deficit research
To be precise, we have now 56774 gold, not too shabby
situation
the new Island close to our continent
our continent, Rome in the south and Arabia just next to it to the east
Pre-Turn
increase science to 80% and electronics due in 10 at -204gpt
MM extensively, fire all tax men, get rid of many engineers in favor of scientists (they supported markets)
fire almost all clowns, end up with 316 scientists and 60 engineers
electronics down to 8 turns
IT lose a Cav against an Ansar in Puzzle
few landings and some units enter our territory at various places
we get quite a number of settlers (11 to be precise)
1.1735AD
defeat 4 landings
defeat an infantry covering a Viking salt colony
clear 12 units from our frontlines. lose a cav versus a redlined rifle
defeat 4 infantry and capture Avignon for 11 gold
this gives access the Cherburg, which is razed for 7 gold
found History Never Repeats, found Aukland without actually abandoning Avignon (that's that extra city vmxa talked about)
decide to attack Toulouse with 4 armies and take it
abandon Avignon, found Wellington
abandon Toulouse and found Napier
IT maybe the AI is overwhelmed by the size of the map...their units run around our frontlines
one cav actually attacks Napier but retreats
2.1740AD
beat 2 inf and 1 cav and raze Hareid for 1001g, that's really lucrative business
attack Fustat and defeat 2 rifles for now
found Brisbane to be able to get into French territory
enables us to take Marseilles killing 3 infantry, do the same with Amiens
from there we can bomb New Paris, redline 4 infantry and raze city
South of this part we can spot Romans borders, but I prefer to take out France and Sun Tzu first
take out 4 units and raze Chartres, France has now 10 cities left
defeat 2 rifles and take Muscat, march on to Baghdad
found Sydney and Adelaide
defeat 12 units at our front and finally get a MGL
decide to attack Ravenna, after 3 musket, town falls
IT this time we get a lot of landings
French have some big stacks of infantry nearing our borders
2 Viking cavs attack and retreat against infantry
3. 1745BC
clear all landings
defeat 3 inf and take Lyons
defeat 6 infantry and Paris is ours, this drops our expenditure by 43gpt
abandon Lyons and replace with a combat settler
enables us to bombard Bordeaux, take out 4 inf and take city
then lose an entirely healthy army at Tours, avenge that by taking the city
manage to raze Brest as well after 3 infantry are killed
France is down to 5 cities
2 rifles slain and Fustat razed, found Death to France
Baghdad follows with 3 rifles and 1 LB gone, abandon Muskat as well
found 3 new cities
IT lose Prezel to French due to my oversight
oh no, lose new Tulum to Vikings as well, we simply lack infantry on our frontlines
4. 1750AD
get Pretzel Logic back
take back New Tulum for 993 gold
abandon Bordeaux and found a combat town to get to Rouen, redline 3 inf and take city
repeat the same stunt a little to the east and capture Dijon
take out 3 inf in Besancon and France is down to 2 cities
raze Basra after taking out 1 unit at Poitiers so we can get closer to the next French city
found city and take Poitiers as well, attack last French city...
found France Gone in the east where we can spot borders from overseas
take Medina
bomb some ships and sink a Roman caravel
due to the many scientists (390) we have, electronics drops to 3
IT Romans attack History Never Repeats and lose 3 Cavs, our elite infantry then succumbs to a Arab Ansar
it's always scary to watch troops in the interturn as our front is wide and defenses thin
capital finally has a factory, now on 2 turn Cavs
quite a few resisters are quelled in former France
5.1752AD
attack Jerusalem and almost lose a Cav army, Roman only have muskets, actually
capture Tromso for 1530gold, pillage the rubber source at Bodo and Vikings got no more of that
capture Neapolis and Antium
capture Farsund for 1550gold
while clearing landings and frontline units get another army, to be filled with only 3 Cavs
as we have a severe lack of infantry defense, cash rush where I can
IT lose wounded army in Farsund and it's Viking again
I am actually glad we don't lose anything else
we get 13 infantries, that will help a lot to free our armies
6.1754AD
take back Farsund for 994 gold
shell Bodo and take it for 1560gold
defeat 5 units and Rizor including Magellan and 1500gold is ours
3 infantry later and Stavanger is ours for 1585gold, we now have 11k in the kitty
continue in Roman land, capture Brundisium after defeat 2 muskets and a drafted rifle, that's bad news
take Rome that was still defended by muskets only
capture Mansura, abandon Medina and found Palmerston North
sink a redlined Greek frigate
reduce science to 50%
IT enemies bombard and 3 AI's run around, no attacks due to the nice infantry coverage
we get electronics, nationalism in 4 at 40% science
Tromso deposes us, had 1 infantry inside
7.1756AD
get Tromso back for a whopping 2499gold, Vikings now have almost 50k
more to the west, take Aarhus after 1 cav army takes out 3 inf and 1 rifle, we get 2543g for the effort
Karasjok is next for 2590gold
Fauske gives us more trouble and after 2 armies are redlined, a third takes the city along with 2600gold
Reykjavik is taken for 2700gold, run out of healthy armies here
Vikings have 10 cities left now
in Roman lands, take Syracuse after defeating 3 rifles, take Hispalis using a knight army
in Arabia, take Mecca
get another MGL defeating stray units, later get yet another one, this should be a inf army
it seems we found the Russian Island since they have a mere lux, we can assume not many nations are there
will go and send the latest army over next turn
our coastal defenses are slowly getting better as we defeat 2 frigates
rush 2 factories and some other stuff, Hoover still takes 8 turns
rush a galleon for the Russian Island
abandon Hispalis, the army is too low on health, hope it won't get attacked
found Hamilton
IT several towns with infantry get attacked by Roman and Viking Cavs, but luckily all hold
Stavanger deposes us, we lose an infantry there
8.1758AD
continue to press on the Vikings, with keeping all the cities and all their money, we want them gone asap
take Stavanger back, it had 3 rifles insides, quite ridiculous (lose 2 cavs to get city back)
as a saving grace, ge 2500gold
raze Vadso for 1700gold, that town is far off and would only slow their demise in case it flips again
take Alesund for 2770gold
abandon Reykjavik in order to reach other cities, found Iceland
take Copenhagen for 2800gold (we now have 30k)
take Odense for 2950gold
found Temp town to advance artillery for the nex turn
capture Damascus in the southeast
capture Aden and abandon Mansura and Mecca (both are small towns anyway with little infra)
found 2 towns
land Cav army on Russian Island
rush some stuff with all the cash we have
IT A redlined stray Cav from Rome sneaks under the radar and captured one of our cities
Aarhus deposes us, one inf lost
9.1760AD
take Aarhus back with 3 Cav attacks (remember, no more infantry for them)
beat a redlined Cav there and get a MGL
capture Bergen for 2780gold...5 more cities to go
Stockholm is ours for 3000gold
takes 3 armies to take Oslo, get 3000+ gold
Molde gives 3700gold
need to be a little creative, abandon Bergen to found cities for easy access of the 2 remaining cities
Trondheim is defended by 6 infantry
attack with a total of 5 armies and finally take that city, it comes with 2 obsolete wonders
get 3700gold for that
abandon Aden so we gain access to the las Viking city, found warmonger
attack Birka need to use a yellow army and lose it
then...
no more infantry on our continentRome and Arabia will fall during markh turns faster than domino blocks
but next turn most armies need to heal
take back Incher from Rome, they better watch out now
lose 2 frigates against redlined frigates, stupid
reduce science to 0% nationalism still in 2
IT Koreans land 10 troops at the usual landing zone
Romans attack Rome and lose 2 cav
Jerusalem deposes us
10.1762AD
get back Jerusalem
take Najran and Yamama, abandon Damascus
found Arabian Horses, enables us to take Fez after taking out 3 rifles
liberate Lutetia, almost lose a perfectly healthy Cav army against a rifle at Veii...
defeat 3 rilfe and 3 muskets there
abandon temp town and build a town to restrict access for the AI to our territory
we now have 3 armies in Russia, 2 cav and 1 inf army but all filled with only 3 units
we do have almost 500 scientist now, 4 turn research shouldn't be possible (we have some taxmen as nationalism is due in one at 0% anyway)
(but we need to MM for that and be careful with towns that grow or get culture expansion)
I'd say after espionage, we steal corporation/sanitation and other from the AI and then self research tanks/flight
Hoover will be done in 5, we hopefully get a MGL to rush the IA
Copan should produce armies, there is an army next to our capital filled with 2 cavs
we have 228 cities and there are only 16 more on our continent
I left you some cash markh, spend it wisely we some for stealing an deficit research
To be precise, we have now 56774 gold, not too shabby
situation
the new Island close to our continent
our continent, Rome in the south and Arabia just next to it to the east
I parked quite a few next to our capital as it has been the habit throughout those games.
