GR20 - Genocide AWE vs 30 Civs (try 2)

[ThERat]

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MM to get number of scientists from 38 to 57 and we can reduce science by 10% to save some cash

IT Vikings have horses, we got to be a bit careful here

1.1060AD
found a city, raze Hindana + Sippar (Babs), Man'po and Nan'po (Korean), Roosendaal (Dutch) and Suttgart (Germany)
Babs are now at Gettysburg, need to be careful there
many of our units and settler move towards the front
reduce science further

IT Vikings have more units to show, Babs decide to go after our settler pair rather than attacking

2.1070AD
found 2 cities
am able to bomb some of the Babs and take out 9 of them, cover settler with army in position

raze Choyr (Mongols)

IT Babs also have knights

3.1080AD
found 2 cities
raze Batshireet to make space to get towards gems
take out another 11 of the big stack but lose an elite knight...well there is no more stack to speak of

IT Babs still show more units to enter the killing zones

4. 1090AD
found 2 cities, extend further out, trying to get closer to gems of course

raze Nimrud (Babylon), Suwon + Pyongsong (Korea)
redline knight army trying to attack Alesund

IT the red army barely survives a mace attack
we get gunpowder
English start Leo

5. 1100AD
found 2 cities
moving through jungle is slow...spot a stack of 4 Viking knights

IT spot a Mongol unit attack Vikings, good we should use that and leave the seemingly weak Mongols alone

6.1110AD
found 1 city
raze Chonju, just when I thought Korea is out, I spot a new Korean city
defeat Babs settler pair, autoraze Tell Wilaya and get 18 gold for that

IT The new Korean city spits out many units including a new settler
we get education from the Glib

7.1120AD
found Sugar Ville
destroy Chinjie, now the las Korean settler is trapped on a mountain
raze Karana for 15 gold
defeat German settler pair

IT the Vikings might pose a real threat as they come with more knights and sport a zerk already

8. 1130AD
defeat the Korean settler pair and the Koreans are no more
raze Zamua and Khorsabad for 18 gold each, redline knight army but manage to raze Nippur for 28gold
cover army with another
found 2 cities
with more than 100 scientists now, reduce research to 60% and chemistry still in 4

9. 1140AD
defeat more of the Viking knights that close in on our land
found another city, raze Tzezerleg
finally get a MGL, it was high time, form a knight army
raze Alesund for 38 gold...Vikings seem to have some cash

more scientists and science goes to 50%

IT Russia lands 4 units on our soil, this is a clear sneak attack

10. 1150AD
move a settler into position in the jungle for claiming the gems. We need to clear land there to get them
More settlers are on the way.
armies have been mainly healing and would be able to go out and attack again.

The land near us is mainly clear
There is one archer left, I unfortified a pike there
chemistry is due in 2, Leo in 11

we currently have 15 settlers and there is plenty of empty land. We should be able to claim those 2 luxuries in the next set of turns
I started some universities as well.

Our frontline cities almost grabbing the luxuries

 

[ThERat]

The mini map slightly enlarged, plenty of empty land

 

[Greebley]

Roster:
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Not sure we will be that far along by March. It is slow going until we get rails.

 

[markh]

I got it. Looks almost too easy.

 

[markh]

I just managed to play 2 turns, yet. I am a little busy at the moment. Will try to play 3 more this evening and hand over to the next one.

 

[markh]

IBT : nothing

1) 1160AD : just whack some units and found two more towns

IBT : somebody is also on a rampage as we get the message that the Americans are no more
the Babylonians capture the Mongol city of Erdenet

Chemistry comes in -> Metallurgy

2) 1170AD : raze Karana for 22 gold
raze Akkad for 35 gold
raze Bonn for 2 gold

IBT : I think I lost a worker, but it was too fast for me recognizing

3) 1180AD : kill some units and reduce defenders in Babylonian cities

IBT : nothing

4) 1190AD : raze Erdenet
raze Ellipi

gems are online and we can reduce the lux slider to 10%

IBT : nothing

5) 1200AD : raze Farsund for 7 gold
raze Shurupak

http://forums.civfanatics.com/uploads/47099/GR20-AD1200.SAV

 

[M60A3TTS]

ok, I got it.

 

[Greebley]

Good work on getting the Gems connected. Looks like we will get the last Lux soon too.

Also looks like there is a narrowing of the continent and then it will expand out again. Getting a front line and then backfilling the rest may make sense.

It is going to take a lot of work to clear that jungle...

Roster:
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Northern Pike - away until March

 

[M60A3TTS]

http://forums.civfanatics.com/uploads/43630/GR20-1275_AD.SAV

IBT- A treb takes a pot shot at our army.

1210AD (1) Kill vet Bab pike at Nineveh. 7th Kniht Army kills 2 vet pikes and a LB and Uruk is razed. 1st Knight Army kills zerk, 2 German archers. 3rd AC Army kills Bab pike and captures treb.

IBT- Quiet. Start some cities on wealth.

1220AD (2) Build some cities and fort armies for needed rest.

1230AD (3) Knight Army kills Zerk. 2nd Knight Army kills pike in Nineveh. Knight Army kills Vike knight.

IBT- Germans land an archer at Pea Ridge. Metallurgy in, MT in 7.

1240AD (4) Kill 4 pikes in Nineveh, raze city along with MoM. Kill 2 Bab pikes and raze Larsa. Kill 3 pikes at Eulbar, LB shows. 3rd AC Army kills a pair of Bab knights at Eulbar. 5th Knight Army heads south and finds Babylon. Kill German archer at Pea Ridge. Kill 2 Bab pikes at Mari.

IBT- Quiet

1250AD (5) Kill 2 pikes and a LB and Mari is burned. AC Army kills Bab LB. 3rd AC Army kills pike and LB. 1st Knight Army kills another LB and Eulbar burns.

IBT- Babs finally kill a unit. LB kills MI. Leo’s comes in.. Sumer starts prebuild for Mil Academy. Iroquois build Copernicus in Niagara Falls.

1255AD (6) Kill 4 Bab pikes and Babylon burns. Kill 3 pikes and Samarra burns. Lose a knight killing Bab spear on a hill. Kill it with a second knight and then knock off a LB there too. Kill a few assorted riff-raff.

IBT- First time I’ve ever seen it, a healing AC Army dies in the jungle after one turn. Babs kill a couple units with LBs.

1260AD (7) Kill 3 Bab pikes and Carchemish is razed.

IBT- Quiet

1265AD (8) Kill 2 pikes and an LB and Zariqum is gone. Do the same thing at Eridu. And now for the triple play at Ashur. Kill 4 pikes and Reykjavik is destroyed.

IBT- Finally some activity. Zerk lands at Pea Ridge, a 2hp knight army retreats from a LB attack. And here come the Dutch with 8 knights and some slow movers.

1270AD (9) Kill the zerk at Pea Ridge. 2 Bab defenders go down and Izibia is razed.

IBT- Dutch showing more numbers, but still on the frontier area.

1275AD (10) Kill Vike pike at Molde. Appears to be more Bab towns behind it. Move 3rd Knight Army by Bab town Adab, seems to be Dutch border behind it. Kill a zerk with AC Army. Rush a rax in Fort Benning where several knights are placed for upgrade. MT in 1 and done.

Post turn: Fort Benning and Fort Sam Houston are our forward positions. Germans threw the town of Salzburg west of Dry Tortugas and a vike settler pair is near there as well. We have healing armies where the Dutch knights are trying to get through, so there will be ample troops next turn to deal with that. Have some towns building wealth, but we have plenty of settlers in queue and on the map, more really are not needed at the moment. As Greebley said, until we get rail, it’s a long trip to the front lines. Agree we should fill in where the border is shortest. Beyond, it spreads out pretty wide again. No new adversaries this go. Germany is pathetic, Vikes and Babs an irritant, Dutch only now appearing and the Mongols and English no-shows. Life is good.

 

[M60A3TTS]

 

[Greebley]

Looking good.

My computer is temporarily off at the repair shop so I need a swap. I should get it back later this week.

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markh
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Northern Pike - away until March

 

[ThERat]

ok, go it then, will start tomorrow

 

[ThERat]

save

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MM a lot as many totally corrupt cities are set on high shields
with this I am able to reduce science to 40% with MT still next turn

IT the AI is still fighting each other (Mongols + Germans)
we get MT, go for banking next

1.1280AD
defeat 2 settler pairs, upgrade a bunch of knights
found a city in the desert, our unit support is still very high

IT oh, England is fighting Mongols as well

2.1285AD
found 3 cities
destroy Molde, Ulaanbataar and Babylon Adab (we get 138 gold for that city)

IT Dutch are coming at us in big numbers, lose 3 units to them

3.1290AD
found 3 cities
set up proper blockade and take out 6 knights, lose 1 cav
attack a few cities, knight armies aren't that great really, take out Darhan
raze Stockholm

4. 1295AD
RnG hates m as we lose 4 cavalry trying to take out knights, there are too many of them
and our front is far too scattered

found 3 cities
take out English Hovd, attack Babylon Koenigsberg
raze Tromso

IT The English decide it's time to go after us and start to shift their troops towards our land

5. 1300AD
found 2 cities
finally get a MGL for the first cav army

move south and spot a potential coast line
raze Babylon's capital Koenigsberg for 282 gold

IT banking is in, astro next in 5

6.1305AD
take out Choybalsan, destroy that German eyesore Salzburg

IT our English friends have a change of heart and run back all their troops towards Mongol land

7.1310AD
found 2 cities
take out Tabriz and the Mongols are gone
raze Tilburg and Den Helder, Bergen as well

8. 1315AD
found 2 cities
take out Babylon's Hanover for 667 gold and they are gone as well
autoraze new Dutch Roosendaal
raze English Ereen

IT we get the message that Russia has been destroyed

9. 1320AD
found 3 cities in the jungle, soon all is settled there

there are big English and Dutch stacks, work on English knights, taking out 5 of them
attack Dutch stack and eliminate 7 units

raze English Karakorum + Dalandzagdad, in the south we definitely face the coast

IT Egypt has been destroyed as well

10. 1325AD
take out another 8 English knights
found 3 more cities

raze Leipzig, Almarikh, start to attack Trondheim, take out Zwolle

we will get astronomy next turn and the Mil Academy in 2
there are a few settlers at the front, but I would use army cover with that many enemies around
Germany and Vikings should fall soon.

 

[Greebley]

Ok, I got it. My comp should be fixed by tomorrow. Probably will need until the weekend to finish though.

 

[ThERat]

as promised, two images

our empire with a of lot of space in between. In the south, you can spot Vikings to the west and Germany at the coast. Netherlands (and most likely England) are in the southeast

A picture of the big nothing, stacks of the enemy crossing this and we got to be careful that we can defend any spot

 

[vmxa]

Lurker:

One of the ugly aspect of these massive maps is the large mountain ranges you seem to get. I almost prefer large jungels.

 

[choxorn]

lurker's comment: Yeah, because large jungles can become large grasslands with enough worker turns...

 

[Greebley]

I think one of the best solutions to large mountain ranges is to use workers for a few outposts. At range 3 on a mountain, you can cover a lot of ground with a few outposts as one covers a 7 by 7 square.

 

[CommandoBob]

lurker's comment:

I think one of the best solutions to large mountain ranges is to use workers for a few outposts. At range 3 on a mountain, you can cover a lot of ground with a few outposts as one covers a 7 by 7 square.

Can you explain that more fully? Are outposts Radar Towers?

I rarely use a worker to colonize anything and tend to keep them in the field all game long. So I'll amass a bunch of workers and slaves that spend a lot of turns fortified around the capital.

 

[vmxa]

Lurker:

You take a worker and move it to a spot and have it create a outpost. That is just what it sounds like. You have a tower that have a view up 7x7 tiles.

You so place them out so you have coverage to see if anything come along and can react to it. It depends on the mapa nd the game, in some cases you may be able to found towns on the far side and cut off any access through the mountains.