Preturn: Hurry the GLib as much as possible.
IBT: And it doesn't matter as it is built the very first IBT. We are going for FP instead. We simply started it too late.
30 BC: This is probably not winnable, but I am going to at least play until we find if we have Iron in 8 turns. Problem is that we won't get Cats in 8 turns.
IBT: Lose Spear
10 BC: Lose two Archers to Bowmen.
IBT: Another Spear Lost.
10 AD: Well that is bad. We Won 2 out of 11 Archer attacks vs Horses and lost 2 Archers. The other 7 were retreats. We were able to kill 2 of the retreats, but the rest would expose our Archers. 3 Babylon Swords are on our borders. Find I can attack 3 more Horse - 2 retreats and 1 win.
Whip walls in Edrine to get them in place before the Sword show up.
IBT: Lose a Spear and an Archer (2 hp horse got it). Get Pillaged.
30 AD: Lose a 5 HP Archer vs a 3 HP Sword. Can't attack much else. The Attackers are tending to go for our central cities
IBT: Another Spear Lost
50 AD: Another Archer lost getting a Bowman. Second Archer almost loses to same Bowman.
IBT: Cows Pillaged. We no longer have the units to cover them all. Ankara riots because all roaded squares now have a Horse on them so lose our Lux.
70 AD: Bingol built on Dyes Not quite connected yet.
IBT: Impi disonnects Denizli from the rest of our cities.
90 AD: We do not yet have Iron. There is some near Rouen as Predicted, but there is also some near the Dyes. We may be able to connect it soonish - not sure it is soon enough. It is also polluted by a Volcano.
We may lose Denizli. It has an Archer and Spear with 3 Attackers and can no longe be reinforced.
Lots of attacks on Edrine too.
IBT: Good grief, the Impi kills the Elite Spear in Denizli. Archer kills one of the attackers and the city falls.
Edrine holds but loses all 3 of its Spears - We get another Leader on defense.
110 AD: Edrine has 3 Spear again but so many enemies near it. Make a second Army
IBT: Unfortunately the French also target Edrine. This turns out to be fatal. They knock our units to 1 HP and then even the Babylon Spear attack to kill 2 1HP Spear.
Notes:
I stop here. If we built a Colony on the Iron would we get Swords even though it is Polluted? Two sword armies might save, but I am thinking we will still die without the GLib.
With no attack 3 units, no fast units to attack and get back into the city and no Cats we are just completely unable to deal with the large numbers of enemy troops. As markh stated, it would have been rough even getting the GLib. We simply started it too late I am afraid to save us. Too many AI are attacking us as well with many troops. Babylon's initial rush is killing us.
Vote: Do we want to play this out a bit more and see if the Sword Armies can save us or call it a loss?
RNG has been generally not good. This has cost us.
We lost the FP with Edrine.
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