GR28 - AWM vs 30 civs, Pangea
- Thread starter Greebley
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We're not exactly making a lot of commerce right now, so the bonus from the marketplaces will be disappointing at best. That doesn't mean that little bit won't make a difference though. At 100 % tax, we're only earning 17 gpt due to the unit support. That might be different though, after cities can grow past size 6. But by then, we're probably needing libraries already. I do think the benefit from marketplaces isn't that small, just because we're stretched for cash as it is.
If we keep up the current pace with building units from slowly growing towns and slowly settling extra towns, CommandoBob will run into a deficit, even at 100 % tax. In such a situation, I think marketplaces could be warranted. Because the extra commerce can be used later for rushing and running deficit research.
If we keep up the current pace with building units from slowly growing towns and slowly settling extra towns, CommandoBob will run into a deficit, even at 100 % tax. In such a situation, I think marketplaces could be warranted. Because the extra commerce can be used later for rushing and running deficit research.
I think concentrating on the definitely useful aqueducts makes the most sense. We can hold off on the library/markets for now because we need size 7 to become Monarchy which we want to do as soon as possible.
However, if theology completes then i would start some libraries. Monotheism is out there so it could happen at any time.
However, if theology completes then i would start some libraries. Monotheism is out there so it could happen at any time.
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I'm going to be travelling for the next three weeks or so, so I won't be able to play again until around March 5.
Good luck.
The next two or three rounds should clarify whether this game can be won.
Good luck.
The next two or three rounds should clarify whether this game can be won.
CommandoBob
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0 0550 AD
Settler 2NE of Atlay, 1N, along with the two vSpears.
Settler 1SW of Dalandzadgad moves into Candygram for Mongo!
Settler 2S of Ellipi, and defenders, move 1W into jungle.
Turn on Animate Enemy Moves.
[IBT]
At Mandalgovi we stand tall over 6 Dutch attacks (6 of 6).
At Baruun-Urt we lose a Spear and defang an Archer (7 of 8).
Zulus shift eastward, heading over the mountain range. Not good.
Ta-Tu vSword -> aqueduct in 10.
Almarikh vSword -> vSword in 5.
Resistance is Sidon ends and the city goes into a massive sulk.
Mandalgovi vSword -> vSword in 10.
Mongo Straight vHorse -> vHorse in 8.
1 0560 AD
Around the Empire
At Baruun-Urt, two Persian rHorses hide in the forest and an rSpear stands on the road to Babylon.
Two Sumearian vSwords are 1W of Ellipi.
One Sumerian rSword is on the hill 1W of Dalandzadgad.
Four Celt Horses in the forest 1NW of Choybalsan.
One vImpi 1W of Ta-Tu.
One rImpi and 2 vArchers on the hill 2W of Ta-Tu.
one rImpi and 1 vHorse on the mountain 1W-1NW of Ta-Tu.
Five other ZUlu units outside the borders NW to N of Ta-Tu.
The Sumerian Sword on the hill 1W of Dalandzadgad is redlined and then buried by an eSword (no promotion) (8 of 9).
We add a vSword to the Army 1N of Dalandzadgad and move it onto the recently cleared hilltop.
Sixth Sword (15/17) smashes a redlined Persian Spear and then puts down one of the two Sumerian Swords 1W of Ellipi (10 of 11). The remaining Sword was pinged by a catapult.
Baruun-Urt has no attackers in the city. eArcher from Babylon redlines the Persian Spear outside of Baruun-Urt, but dies (10 of 12).
Catapults at Choybalsan are hot, hitting four times out of five. This leads to two Sword attacks on wounded Celt Horses, we win both, and get a promotion to Elite for one Sword (12 of 14).
We move three catapults and one trebuchet into Ta-Tu and inflict two HP in the nearby vImpi. Five Zulus are around this pest, so we don't attack it.
Send new vHorse to Ta-Tu.
Send a vSpear to Ta-Tu. We now have five defenders facing four possible Zulu attacks.
Move Second Sword (12/18) to protect our Ivory, which could be pillaged by Zulu.
Wounded eSword in Kazan moves to Karakorum, to give two defenders. Add a trebuchet.
Too Many Cities.
Pillage roads around Sidon.
Move Persian slave into Baruun-Urt, for walls.
Move eSpear into Babylon and forify.
Move six workers onto two mountains for roads around Ulaan.
Start a road on the hill 1W-1NW of Karakorum.
Out west, start to move slaves towards the core.
[IBT]
At Mandalgovi we destroy two Dutch units (14 of 16).
We drive off single attacks at Ta-Tu, Ellippi and Baruun-Urt (17 of 19).
Kazan vSword -> vSword in 5.
Ulaan trebuchet -> trebuchet in 3.
Sidon gets into order and then starves to size 1.
Dalandzadgad trebuchet -> trebuchet in 5.
2 0570 AD
Around the Empire (West to East)
At Baruun-Urt, three defenders face five attackers; 3 rHorse and 2 rArchers.
Ellipi has two Sumerain Swords and one Enkidu Warrior in the nearby hills
One Sword and Enkidu Warrior due North of Dalanzadgad.
One Spear and one Sword in the jungles around Mandalgovi.
Impi 2SW of Pooh Bear.
Three Celt Horses at Choybalsan.
Five Zulu units 1W of Ta-Tu (1 redlined Horse, 2 Impi and 2 Archers), one Zulu Horse 1N of Ta-Tu.
Join Persian slave to Baruun-Urt and rush walls. Wake eSpear in Babylon and send to Baruun-Urt.
Redline Sumerains north of Dalandzadgad; eArcher and eSword sweep the tile clean, though neither promotes (19 of 21).
We ping a Sword at Ellipi.
We redline the Dutch at Mandalgovi.
We ping and then chase away the Impi 2SE of Pooh Bear; eSword is the chaser-outer unit (20 of 22).
Second Sword Army takes 1 HP to do away with two Zulus at Ta-Tu (22 of 24).
Send a vSword to Ta-Tu and the last Zulu Archer is gone (23 of 25).
Newly named Seventh Sword Army (14/17) heals on the hill 1W of Dalandzadgad.
Sixth Sword Army (12/17) heals outside Ellipi.
The eHorse in Almarikh can safely attack the redlined Impi from earlier in the turn. Does so and promotes to *HorsemanOne* (24 of 26).
Kulbai moves towards Karakorum, to Kazan, to rush aqueduct next turn.
Back at Ta-Tu vHorse triumphs over crippled Impi (25 of 27).
Send three catapults to Ellipi from Dalandzadgad.
Start two mountain roads.
Third and Fifth Armies pillage roads and move towards Persia.
Too Many Cities.
[IBT]
Retreat a Zulu Horse at Ta-Tu (26 of 28).
Sumeria wants to grovel for peace. We ignore their whining.
Four Persians find peace at Baruun-Urt (30 of 32).
Karakorum settler -> settler in 4.
Ninveh vSpear -> vSpear in 7.
Baruun-Urt walls -> barracks in 20.
Tie-Dye Frenzy vSpear -> vSpear in 4.
Banana Bob's Chutney trebuchet -> trebuchet in 15.
Candygram for Mongo! vSpear -> vSpear in 5.
3 0580 AD
Around the Empire (West to East)
Four Persian Horse and two Persian Spear at Baruun-Urt.
Four Swords and two EWs in the hills around Ellipi.
Nobody around Dalandzadgad.
Three Dutch sword and two spears 1S of Mandalgovi.
rSpear on the hill 1E of Mandalgovi.
Six Zulu on the mountain 1W-1NW of Ta-Tu.
Redlined Zulu Horse 1N-1NW of Ta-Tu.
Celt Spear 1NE off Jungley Swamps.
Celt Horse 1S of Choybalsan.
Another Celt Horse 1NE of Choybalsan.
Three Celt Horses 1S of Erdenet.
Another Celt Horse 1NE of Erdenet.
Zulus are definitely focused on Ta-Tu.
Kazan vSword in 3 -> aqueduct in 12.
Rush aqueduct with Kublai.
Send vSpear from Ta-Tu to Erdenet.
An eSpear arrives in Erdenet.
This city has no catapults. It now has four Spears facing four Horses.
eSword in Choybalsan routes crippled Celt Horse (31 of 33), but does not promote.
Move Spear to protect this eSword.
vSword from Choybalsan chases off Celt Hores (32 of 34).
Send a vSword to Jungley Swamps to be the second defender.
Second Sword Army (11/18) heals and covers our Ivory.
Catapults at Ellipi hit one time out of four.
Fifth Sword moves 2NE; Third Sword (15/19) heals before heading into Persia.
Fourth Sword takes out Dutch spear at Mandalgovi (33 of 35).
Sixth Sword loses 8 HP to a EW, but gains an internal promotion (34 of 36).
Seventh Sword has better luck, taking 1HP as it disposes one Sumerian Sword and EW at Ellipi (36 of 38).
Ellipi has four cats and four defenders facing off three attackers.
Start a forest chop 1SE of Ulaan.
Move catapult from Ta-Tu to Erdenet. Ta-tu still has two cats, a treb and an Archer facing two Zulu Horse and two Impis, plus defenders.
Start another mountain road with three workers.
Hilltop road 1W-1NW of Karakorum finished by three workers, start a mine.
Slaves move eastward and Persia does not care.
Too Many Cities.
[IBT]
We fend of one attack at Ta-Tu (37 of 39)
Outside Choybalsan we lose a vSpear and eSword to Celt Horses (38 of 42).
At Baruun-Urt we prevail over three Persian Horses and a Spear becomes Elite (41 of 45).
Road gets pillaged at Baruun-Ult.
Kazan aqueduct -> vSword in 4.
Hovd trebuchet -> trebuchet in 5.
Ulaanbaatar walls -> barracks in 20.
Jungley Swamps trebuchet -> trebuchet in 10.
4 0590 AD
Around the Empire (West to East)
At Baruun-Urt we face a Horse and two Spears.
An Enkidu Warrior shows an interest in Nineveh, on the hill 1E of the city.
Five Sumerian Swords abound at Ellipi.
The Dutch has discovered Banana Bob's Chutney, with a Sword and Spear in the jungle 1E of the city.
One south of Mandalgovi are three Dutch Swords and one Spear, with another Sword 1SE of Mandalgovi. Any attacks on the city are across rivers.
Sumerain Archer and EW 1N-1NE of Atlay.
One West of Ta-Tu are an Impi, Horse and Archer; 1N are an Impi and Horse. On the mountain 1W-1NW is one Horse.
Celt Spear 1NW of Jungley Swamps.
Around Choybalsan are 3 Horses; 1 Horse 1N and 2 Horses 1NE.
Three Celts Horses are 1NE of Erdenet.
Seventh Sword clears out two Sumerian Swords at Ellipi (43 of 47).
We lose an eSword to a Sumerian Sword in the hills at Ellipi (43 of 48).
Second Army runs over an Impi and Horse while defending our Ivory (45 of 50).
vSword narrowly wins over an Archer at Ta-Tu (46 of 51).
vHorse cannot dislodge a redlined Impi at Ta-Tu (46 of 52).
vSword gets rid of that Impi (47 of 53).
Move Spear to protect that Sword, now at 2/4.
We return to a lone Sumerian Sword at Ellipi, redline it and remove it will an eArcher (47 of 53) but with no promotion.
We move a Spear onto that Archer, due to two weakened Swords nearby.
This will allow Sixth Army to heal to full health this IBT.
We miskeyed our Sword that was aimed at the EW and Archer around Atlay.
Third and Fifth Armies, both at full health, move adjacent to Pasargadae (7) of Persia.
Move vSpear into Banana Bob's.
Dalandzadgad trebuchet in 3 -> aqueduct in 13, but only because it has gotten quieter here.
Too Many Cities.
[IBT]
Zulu Horse is hamstringed at Ta-Tu (48 of 54).
EW pillages our road into Nineveh; Spices are disconnected to Karakorum.
Persia begs for peace; we beg to disagree.
Pooh Bear vSpear -> vSpear in 10.
Kazan shuts down due to lack of Spice.
Ulaan trebuchet -> trebuchet in 3.
Choybalsan vSword -> vSword in 5.
Hovd shuts down.
Tie-Dye Frenzy shuts down.
5 0600 AD
Raise luxuries to 10%, -3 gpt, 1369 gold.
Around the Empire (West to East)
Three Horses and 3 Spears in the trees at Baruun-Urt.
One Spear on a hill at Babylon.
Persian Spear 1NW of Nineveh and EW 1E of Nineveh.
Three Sumearian Swords 1NE of Ellipi.
EW and Archer 1NE of Atlay.
Seven Dutch Swords and 2 Spears 1E of Banana Bob's.
One Sword 1SW of Mandalgovi.
Impi 2SW of Pooh Bear.
Two Zulu Warriors, an Impi and 1/4 Horse on the mountain 1W-1NW of Ta-Tu.
Two Celt Horses 1SE of Ta-Tu.
One 2/3 Spear 1NE of Jungley Swamps.
Four Celt Horses 1NE of Choybalsan.
At Erdenet one redlined Celt Horse 1S of the city, two Horses 1NE and 1 Archer 1E.
At Choybalsan, after catapults fire, we swap a vSword for a Celt vHorse (49 of 56).
At Ta-Tu we clear out both of the Celts Horses (51 of 58). Our Archer becomes Elite.
Fifth and Third Armies pound four Persian units into the ground and then pillage Pasargadae (7) into the ground, capturing 2 slaves outright and then gaining three more but 0 gold (53 of 60).
This shows a new border, yellow-green, but we don't get curious.
We build Taggart in the jungles south-ish of Ellipi.
Catapults at Ellipi go one for four.
Sixth and Seventh Armies slaughter the three Sumerian Swords 1NE of Ellipi and remove another outside our borders, for a total of four Sumerian Swords between them (57 of 64).
Only two Sumerian Swords are visible in the Ellipi-Dalandzadgad area.
Sixth Army is fine (15/18) but Seventh needs to heal (9/17).
We run off the Impi SW of Pooh Bear with an eSWord (58 of 65).
vSword skewers the EW at Atlay and Swordman Sardine (an e* unit) sticks the remaining Archer (60 of 67).
We send two cats, an eSpear and eSword from Mandalgovi to Banana Bob's. Two more catapults enter the city.
*HorsemanOne* guts the earlier retreated Impi and finds an EW/Sword pair (61 of 68).
Fourth Army moves into Banana Bob's and whittles down the Dutch stack by one Sword (62 of 69).
Six Dutch units could attack Banana Bob's and it is well defended. But that stack might be drawn by Tie-Dye Frenzy, with only one Spear defending.
We chop down a crippled Celt spear at Jungley Swamps, but our Sword is redlined and might be attacked by a nearby 2/4 Celt Horse (63 of 70).
Second Army (14/18) heals on our Ivory.
Too Many Cities.
[IBT]
Banana Bob's Chutney survives four Dutch Sword attacks (67 of 74).
Erdenet sticks it to three Celt Horses (70 of 77), with one promotion to Elite.
We lose the Sword outside Jungley Swamps (70 of 78).
Baruun-Urt turns aside two Persian Horses (72 of 80).
All Spices are pillaged.
In the wilds near Babylon we break a Babylonian Bowman (73 of 81).
Almarikh vSword -> vSword in 4.
Tabriz vSword -> vSword in 6.
Order gets restored.
Mongo Like Candy trebuchet -> trebuchet in 5.
6 0610 AD
Around the Empire (West to East)
Five Horse lurk in the woods outside Baruun-Urt.
A Persian Spear is near Babylon.
And another at Nineveh.
No Sumerian units inside our borders, but they have shifted to the east a bit.
At Banana Bobs we see a Sword/Spear 1S, 4 Sword, 1 Spear 1SE and 1 Sword 1E. All are regular.
One Spear is 1SW of Mandalgovi with 3 Swords and 1 Spear 1S of the city.
Two Impis are on the mountain 2NW of Karakorum.
An Impi and two Warriors hide in the mountain 1N-1NW of Kararkorum, where they menace Karakorum and Ta-Tu.
Imi and Archer are on the mountain 1W-1NW of Ta-Tu.
Celt Horse and Spear are 1NE of Jungley Swamps.
Another Horse/Spear pair are 1E of Erdenet.
Sixth Army (15/18), 1NE of Ellipi, removes the last two visible Sumerian Swords in the hills around Ellipi-Dalandzadgad (75 of 83).
With this area cleared, at least for now, Seventh Army moves into Candygram for Mongo! to heal.
Fifth Army (15/17) moves 1N, pillages road, then 1NE.
Third Army (17/19), moves 2N, towards Istakhr of Persia. And away from the new border.
Slaves captured last turn move 1E.
At Nineveh, we take out the pillaging Persian Spear (76 of 84).
Fourth Army (11/17), which defended Banana Bob's, leaves the city, picks off a healthy Dutch Sword and accidently gets spacebared! (77 of 85).
eSword in Banana Bobs slashes down a 2/3 Spear (78 of 86), but no promotion.
Move Spear, Archer and Sword into Karakorum.
We start a flat road 1SW of Almarikh.
We start a hill road 1NW of Ulaan.
We chop the forest 1SE of Kazan.
[IBT]
Two Dutch Spears are blunted at Banana Bob's (80 of 88).
Zulu pillage tile near Karakorum.
Celt Horse slips up at Erdenet (81 of 89).
Baruun-Urt hamstrings four Persian Horses (85 of 93).
Karakorum settler -> settler in 5.
Ulaan trebuchet -> trebuchet in 3.
Erdenet trebuchet -> trebuchet in 5.
7 0620 AD
Somehow we met the Ottomans, which are SW of Persia. Drat.
Around the Empire (West to East)
Three Horses and an Archer at Baruun-Urt.
Two Spears between Baruun-Urt and Babylon.
Wounded Spear and two Dutch Swords 1E of Banana Bob's.
One Sword 1S of Mandalgovi.
EW and Sword 1NW of Atlay.
Impi and two Warriors 1NW of Karakorum.
Two Impis 2NW of Karakorum.
Impi and Archer 1N-1NW of Karakorum.
Celt Spear 1SE of Choybalsan.
Five healthy Horses outside Erdent.
Third and Fifth Armies move 2N each. Both are inside Persian borders.
eArcher and eSword in Karakorum wipe out the Zulu Warriors (87 of 95). Neither promote. And the Impi remains.
From Ta-Tu, vSword hacks down crippled Celt Horse (88 of 96).
Catapults and eArcher from Ellipi put an EW on life support and then pull the plug (89 of 97), but no promotion.
Fourth, Sixth and Seventh Army (12/18) heals.
Start a mountain road 1SW of Ulaan.
Start to slave-chop the jungle 1NE of Mongo Like Candy.
Too Many Cities.
An Ottoman Warrior is 2N of Dalandzadgad.
The Ottomans know Feudalism, have 20 gold and 22 cities.
We have 1379 gold and 26 cities.
We DoW on Ottomans.
[IBT]
We lose a Spear to Sumerian Sword in open ground (89 of 98).
Two Horses retreat at Erdenet and two more die to a vSword that becomes Elite (93 of 102). It became Elite on the first attack and did nothing but win on the second.
Two Horses and an Archer meet their doom at Baruun-Urt (97 of 106).
Kazan vSword -> vSword in 4.
Tie-Dye Frenzy vSpear -> vSpear in 4.
Atlay barracks -> vSpear in 20.
Candygram for Mongo! vSpear -> vSpear in 4.
Arabs are building Sistine Chapel (Theology).
8 0630 AD
Around the Empire (West to East)
Three rHorses at Baruun-Urt.
Spear and 2 Swords 1S of Banana Bob's.
Spear and 1 Sword 1SE of Banana Bob's.
One Sword 1E of Banana Bob's.
One Sword 1S of Mandalgovi.
Three Swords and an EW 1NW of Atlay.
EW 2SW of Pooh Bear.
Three Impi, Horse and Archer 2NW of Karakorum.
Impi 1W-1NW of Ta-Tu (mountain).
Zulu Horse 2NW of Ta-Tu.
Five Horse around Erdenet.
One Arab warrior is visible and so are some Spanish units, but none inside our borders.
Third and Fifth Army dis-establish Istakhr (3) of Persia (100 of 109).
We capture one slave with the city and one more when we raze it. We get no gold.
Fifth Army is 14/17, Third Army in 9/17.
Lili Von Shtupp is built on a hill 1NW of some ruins, between Taggart and Baruun-Urt. It (she?) has two Spears for defense.
Second Army whacks a Zulu Horse and then returns to guard our Ivory (101 of 110).
Sixth Army and an eSword decrease the Dutch by a Sword and Spear, but no promotion (103 of 112).
Seventh Army returns to Sumerian Sword slaying, taking out one by Atlay (104 of 113).
eSword and vSword in Atlay do their part, but neither promote (106 of 115).
Two more slaves join the jungle clearing party 1NE of Mongo Like Candy, done in 16 turns.
BG was revealed 1SE of Kazan, start to mine it (already roaded).
Hovd trebuchet in 1 -> vHorse in 1.
[IBT]
Check with MapStat.
Arabs know Feudalism and Theology, so we should be gaining Feudalism soon, since the Ottomans also know it.
We win five battles at Baruun-Urt, Banana Bob's and Erdenet (111 of 120).
We do learn Feudalism from the Arabs and Ottoman.
Invention due in -- turns.
Hovd vHorse -> vHorse in 4.
9 0640 AD
Around the Empire (West to East)
Two Persian Horses at Baruun-Urt.
Persian Spear 1NW of Lili Von Shtupp.
Banana Bob's Chutney is menaced by 5 Dutch Swords and 1 Spear.
Mandalgovi has a Dutch Sword nearby, but it is heading towards Banana Bob's.
EW 1NW of Almarikh.
Two Impi and 1 Horse 2W of Karakorum, on a hill.
Impi and Archer 1W of Karakorum, in a forest.
Impi on a mountain 1N-1NW of Karakorum.
Celt Spear 1S of Choybalsan.
Three Celt Horse and one Archer around Erdenet.
Spanish Swords are following the hills route that leads south to Karakorum.
Fifth Army bushwacks a redlined Persian Horse (112 of 121).
The EW near Almarikh is redlined by the rockthrowers and then trashed by an eSword (113 of 122).
We punish a Persian Horse at Baruun-Urt (114 of 123).
Fourth Army (13/17) decimates two wounded Dutch Swords at Banana Bob's (116 of 125).
eSword loses to a wounded Impi at Karakorum (116 of 126).
And a vSword dies to the same Impi, and promotes it to Veteran (116 of 127).
Second Army moves down to take out that Impi (117 of 128).
Seventh Army, at Atlay, hunts down two Sumerian cripples (119 of 130).
eSword eliminates the snooping Ottoman warrior NW of Dalandzadgad (120 of 131), but no promotion.
vSword at Atlay picks off wounded Sumerian and becomes Elite (121 of 132).
Horseman Hank, an e* unit, arrives in Baruun-Urt.
We shuffle a Spear from Jungley Swamps around to Kazan, giving Kazan two defenders.
Third Army (8/19) heals.
Sixth Army moves to 3NW of Dalandzadgad.
Two more slaves join the jungle clearing funtime, finish in 9 turns (5 slaves combined).
Start another mountain road with three workers.
Six workers start jungle clearing between Kazan and Jungley Swamps, the tile has already been roaded. This task will take four turns.
The Horse in Hovd moves 6NE to deal with Impis.
We start training Maces and Pikes.
[IBT]
Outside Nineveh Spear beats Sword (122 of 133).
Celt Archer suicides at Erdenet (123 of 134).
We learn Theology, but no names are given.
Whoa!
We learn Invention thanks to the Ottomans and Arabs.
We start on Gunpoweder, due in -- turns.
Ulaan trebuchet -> trebuchet in 3.
Jungley Swamps gets hit with diseaese.
Ottomans are building Sistine Chapel (Theology).
Arabs are buildng Sun Tzu's Art of War (Feudalism).
10 0650 AD
Around the Empire (West to East)
Three Persian Horse and one Archer at Baruun-Urt.
Persian Spear and Babylonian Bowman at Babylon.
Persian Spear 1N of Lili Von Shtupp, looks to be leaving our lands.
2EWs and 4 Swords 1N of Atlay, with an EW 1N-1NE of the city, too.
Two Impi and Horse in the forest 1NE of Almarikh and it's one defending Spear.
Lone Zulu Archer 2W of Karakorum.
Zulus in the field side step to the West and appear to be heading for Pooh Bear-Almarikh.
Four Dutch Swords and 2 Spears 1W of Banana Bob's.
One Dutch Sword 1SW of Mandalgovi.
Celt Horse 1E of Choybalsan, in a forest.
Erdenet faces 3 Horses, 2 Spears and 2 Archers.
Seventh Army settles scores with a Sumerian Sword and EW out Atlay (125 of 136).
vSword reduces the stack by one more Sword (126 of 137).
Sixth Army scourges a Sumerian Sword/EW pair 2N of Ellipi (128 of 139).
The lone Zulu Archer is no longer alone but gone (129 of 140).
Catapult and Trebuchet miss at Almarikh. Not good.
Two workers, with a Spear Protector, start a hilly road 1W of Lili Von Shtupp.
We move a Settler onto that hill, with the hill 1W-1SW of Lili as a possible replacement for Sidon, if it has to be abandoned.
Move Settler, Spear and wounded Sword to 3NW of Dalandzadgad for possible city.
Shuffle a Spear from Ellipi to Ulaan to allow the Sword in Ulaan to go to Almarikh and become the third defender.
Start a road 1SE of Atlay.
Move three workers to start a hill road 1W of Mongo Like Candy.
Move slaves towards Mongo Like Candy to join the other slaves in a jungle clearing exercise.
Several units are left unmoved.
Second Army (14/18) near Karakorum.
Fourth Army (11/17) near Banana Bob's.
Third Army (14/19) and Fifth Army (14/17) near the Persian border.
All these Armies I had planned to let heal this IBT.
Two slaves are with the Third Army. I was waiting for Persian units to move away and then try to sneak them back to our lines.
Worker 1SE of Ulaan. Could mine this tile. Or not.
Settler in Hovd.
And the save is attached.
Settler 2NE of Atlay, 1N, along with the two vSpears.
Settler 1SW of Dalandzadgad moves into Candygram for Mongo!
Settler 2S of Ellipi, and defenders, move 1W into jungle.
Turn on Animate Enemy Moves.
At Mandalgovi we stand tall over 6 Dutch attacks (6 of 6).
At Baruun-Urt we lose a Spear and defang an Archer (7 of 8).
Zulus shift eastward, heading over the mountain range. Not good.
Ta-Tu vSword -> aqueduct in 10.
Almarikh vSword -> vSword in 5.
Resistance is Sidon ends and the city goes into a massive sulk.
Mandalgovi vSword -> vSword in 10.
Mongo Straight vHorse -> vHorse in 8.
1 0560 AD
Around the Empire
At Baruun-Urt, two Persian rHorses hide in the forest and an rSpear stands on the road to Babylon.
Two Sumearian vSwords are 1W of Ellipi.
One Sumerian rSword is on the hill 1W of Dalandzadgad.
Four Celt Horses in the forest 1NW of Choybalsan.
One vImpi 1W of Ta-Tu.
One rImpi and 2 vArchers on the hill 2W of Ta-Tu.
one rImpi and 1 vHorse on the mountain 1W-1NW of Ta-Tu.
Five other ZUlu units outside the borders NW to N of Ta-Tu.
The Sumerian Sword on the hill 1W of Dalandzadgad is redlined and then buried by an eSword (no promotion) (8 of 9).
We add a vSword to the Army 1N of Dalandzadgad and move it onto the recently cleared hilltop.
Sixth Sword (15/17) smashes a redlined Persian Spear and then puts down one of the two Sumerian Swords 1W of Ellipi (10 of 11). The remaining Sword was pinged by a catapult.
Baruun-Urt has no attackers in the city. eArcher from Babylon redlines the Persian Spear outside of Baruun-Urt, but dies (10 of 12).
Catapults at Choybalsan are hot, hitting four times out of five. This leads to two Sword attacks on wounded Celt Horses, we win both, and get a promotion to Elite for one Sword (12 of 14).
We move three catapults and one trebuchet into Ta-Tu and inflict two HP in the nearby vImpi. Five Zulus are around this pest, so we don't attack it.
Send new vHorse to Ta-Tu.
Send a vSpear to Ta-Tu. We now have five defenders facing four possible Zulu attacks.
Move Second Sword (12/18) to protect our Ivory, which could be pillaged by Zulu.
Wounded eSword in Kazan moves to Karakorum, to give two defenders. Add a trebuchet.
Too Many Cities.
Pillage roads around Sidon.
Move Persian slave into Baruun-Urt, for walls.
Move eSpear into Babylon and forify.
Move six workers onto two mountains for roads around Ulaan.
Start a road on the hill 1W-1NW of Karakorum.
Out west, start to move slaves towards the core.
At Mandalgovi we destroy two Dutch units (14 of 16).
We drive off single attacks at Ta-Tu, Ellippi and Baruun-Urt (17 of 19).
Kazan vSword -> vSword in 5.
Ulaan trebuchet -> trebuchet in 3.
Sidon gets into order and then starves to size 1.
Dalandzadgad trebuchet -> trebuchet in 5.
2 0570 AD
Around the Empire (West to East)
At Baruun-Urt, three defenders face five attackers; 3 rHorse and 2 rArchers.
Ellipi has two Sumerain Swords and one Enkidu Warrior in the nearby hills
One Sword and Enkidu Warrior due North of Dalanzadgad.
One Spear and one Sword in the jungles around Mandalgovi.
Impi 2SW of Pooh Bear.
Three Celt Horses at Choybalsan.
Five Zulu units 1W of Ta-Tu (1 redlined Horse, 2 Impi and 2 Archers), one Zulu Horse 1N of Ta-Tu.
Join Persian slave to Baruun-Urt and rush walls. Wake eSpear in Babylon and send to Baruun-Urt.
Redline Sumerains north of Dalandzadgad; eArcher and eSword sweep the tile clean, though neither promotes (19 of 21).
We ping a Sword at Ellipi.
We redline the Dutch at Mandalgovi.
We ping and then chase away the Impi 2SE of Pooh Bear; eSword is the chaser-outer unit (20 of 22).
Second Sword Army takes 1 HP to do away with two Zulus at Ta-Tu (22 of 24).
Send a vSword to Ta-Tu and the last Zulu Archer is gone (23 of 25).
Newly named Seventh Sword Army (14/17) heals on the hill 1W of Dalandzadgad.
Sixth Sword Army (12/17) heals outside Ellipi.
The eHorse in Almarikh can safely attack the redlined Impi from earlier in the turn. Does so and promotes to *HorsemanOne* (24 of 26).
Kulbai moves towards Karakorum, to Kazan, to rush aqueduct next turn.
Back at Ta-Tu vHorse triumphs over crippled Impi (25 of 27).
Send three catapults to Ellipi from Dalandzadgad.
Start two mountain roads.
Third and Fifth Armies pillage roads and move towards Persia.
Too Many Cities.
Retreat a Zulu Horse at Ta-Tu (26 of 28).
Sumeria wants to grovel for peace. We ignore their whining.
Four Persians find peace at Baruun-Urt (30 of 32).
Karakorum settler -> settler in 4.
Ninveh vSpear -> vSpear in 7.
Baruun-Urt walls -> barracks in 20.
Tie-Dye Frenzy vSpear -> vSpear in 4.
Banana Bob's Chutney trebuchet -> trebuchet in 15.
Candygram for Mongo! vSpear -> vSpear in 5.
3 0580 AD
Around the Empire (West to East)
Four Persian Horse and two Persian Spear at Baruun-Urt.
Four Swords and two EWs in the hills around Ellipi.
Nobody around Dalandzadgad.
Three Dutch sword and two spears 1S of Mandalgovi.
rSpear on the hill 1E of Mandalgovi.
Six Zulu on the mountain 1W-1NW of Ta-Tu.
Redlined Zulu Horse 1N-1NW of Ta-Tu.
Celt Spear 1NE off Jungley Swamps.
Celt Horse 1S of Choybalsan.
Another Celt Horse 1NE of Choybalsan.
Three Celt Horses 1S of Erdenet.
Another Celt Horse 1NE of Erdenet.
Zulus are definitely focused on Ta-Tu.
Kazan vSword in 3 -> aqueduct in 12.
Rush aqueduct with Kublai.
Send vSpear from Ta-Tu to Erdenet.
An eSpear arrives in Erdenet.
This city has no catapults. It now has four Spears facing four Horses.
eSword in Choybalsan routes crippled Celt Horse (31 of 33), but does not promote.
Move Spear to protect this eSword.
vSword from Choybalsan chases off Celt Hores (32 of 34).
Send a vSword to Jungley Swamps to be the second defender.
Second Sword Army (11/18) heals and covers our Ivory.
Catapults at Ellipi hit one time out of four.
Fifth Sword moves 2NE; Third Sword (15/19) heals before heading into Persia.
Fourth Sword takes out Dutch spear at Mandalgovi (33 of 35).
Sixth Sword loses 8 HP to a EW, but gains an internal promotion (34 of 36).
Seventh Sword has better luck, taking 1HP as it disposes one Sumerian Sword and EW at Ellipi (36 of 38).
Ellipi has four cats and four defenders facing off three attackers.
Start a forest chop 1SE of Ulaan.
Move catapult from Ta-Tu to Erdenet. Ta-tu still has two cats, a treb and an Archer facing two Zulu Horse and two Impis, plus defenders.
Start another mountain road with three workers.
Hilltop road 1W-1NW of Karakorum finished by three workers, start a mine.
Slaves move eastward and Persia does not care.
Too Many Cities.
We fend of one attack at Ta-Tu (37 of 39)
Outside Choybalsan we lose a vSpear and eSword to Celt Horses (38 of 42).
At Baruun-Urt we prevail over three Persian Horses and a Spear becomes Elite (41 of 45).
Road gets pillaged at Baruun-Ult.
Kazan aqueduct -> vSword in 4.
Hovd trebuchet -> trebuchet in 5.
Ulaanbaatar walls -> barracks in 20.
Jungley Swamps trebuchet -> trebuchet in 10.
4 0590 AD
Around the Empire (West to East)
At Baruun-Urt we face a Horse and two Spears.
An Enkidu Warrior shows an interest in Nineveh, on the hill 1E of the city.
Five Sumerian Swords abound at Ellipi.
The Dutch has discovered Banana Bob's Chutney, with a Sword and Spear in the jungle 1E of the city.
One south of Mandalgovi are three Dutch Swords and one Spear, with another Sword 1SE of Mandalgovi. Any attacks on the city are across rivers.
Sumerain Archer and EW 1N-1NE of Atlay.
One West of Ta-Tu are an Impi, Horse and Archer; 1N are an Impi and Horse. On the mountain 1W-1NW is one Horse.
Celt Spear 1NW of Jungley Swamps.
Around Choybalsan are 3 Horses; 1 Horse 1N and 2 Horses 1NE.
Three Celts Horses are 1NE of Erdenet.
Seventh Sword clears out two Sumerian Swords at Ellipi (43 of 47).
We lose an eSword to a Sumerian Sword in the hills at Ellipi (43 of 48).
Second Army runs over an Impi and Horse while defending our Ivory (45 of 50).
vSword narrowly wins over an Archer at Ta-Tu (46 of 51).
vHorse cannot dislodge a redlined Impi at Ta-Tu (46 of 52).
vSword gets rid of that Impi (47 of 53).
Move Spear to protect that Sword, now at 2/4.
We return to a lone Sumerian Sword at Ellipi, redline it and remove it will an eArcher (47 of 53) but with no promotion.
We move a Spear onto that Archer, due to two weakened Swords nearby.
This will allow Sixth Army to heal to full health this IBT.
We miskeyed our Sword that was aimed at the EW and Archer around Atlay.
Third and Fifth Armies, both at full health, move adjacent to Pasargadae (7) of Persia.
Move vSpear into Banana Bob's.
Dalandzadgad trebuchet in 3 -> aqueduct in 13, but only because it has gotten quieter here.
Too Many Cities.
Zulu Horse is hamstringed at Ta-Tu (48 of 54).
EW pillages our road into Nineveh; Spices are disconnected to Karakorum.
Persia begs for peace; we beg to disagree.
Pooh Bear vSpear -> vSpear in 10.
Kazan shuts down due to lack of Spice.
Ulaan trebuchet -> trebuchet in 3.
Choybalsan vSword -> vSword in 5.
Hovd shuts down.
Tie-Dye Frenzy shuts down.
5 0600 AD
Raise luxuries to 10%, -3 gpt, 1369 gold.
Around the Empire (West to East)
Three Horses and 3 Spears in the trees at Baruun-Urt.
One Spear on a hill at Babylon.
Persian Spear 1NW of Nineveh and EW 1E of Nineveh.
Three Sumearian Swords 1NE of Ellipi.
EW and Archer 1NE of Atlay.
Seven Dutch Swords and 2 Spears 1E of Banana Bob's.
One Sword 1SW of Mandalgovi.
Impi 2SW of Pooh Bear.
Two Zulu Warriors, an Impi and 1/4 Horse on the mountain 1W-1NW of Ta-Tu.
Two Celt Horses 1SE of Ta-Tu.
One 2/3 Spear 1NE of Jungley Swamps.
Four Celt Horses 1NE of Choybalsan.
At Erdenet one redlined Celt Horse 1S of the city, two Horses 1NE and 1 Archer 1E.
At Choybalsan, after catapults fire, we swap a vSword for a Celt vHorse (49 of 56).
At Ta-Tu we clear out both of the Celts Horses (51 of 58). Our Archer becomes Elite.
Fifth and Third Armies pound four Persian units into the ground and then pillage Pasargadae (7) into the ground, capturing 2 slaves outright and then gaining three more but 0 gold (53 of 60).
This shows a new border, yellow-green, but we don't get curious.
We build Taggart in the jungles south-ish of Ellipi.
Catapults at Ellipi go one for four.
Sixth and Seventh Armies slaughter the three Sumerian Swords 1NE of Ellipi and remove another outside our borders, for a total of four Sumerian Swords between them (57 of 64).
Only two Sumerian Swords are visible in the Ellipi-Dalandzadgad area.
Sixth Army is fine (15/18) but Seventh needs to heal (9/17).
We run off the Impi SW of Pooh Bear with an eSWord (58 of 65).
vSword skewers the EW at Atlay and Swordman Sardine (an e* unit) sticks the remaining Archer (60 of 67).
We send two cats, an eSpear and eSword from Mandalgovi to Banana Bob's. Two more catapults enter the city.
*HorsemanOne* guts the earlier retreated Impi and finds an EW/Sword pair (61 of 68).
Fourth Army moves into Banana Bob's and whittles down the Dutch stack by one Sword (62 of 69).
Six Dutch units could attack Banana Bob's and it is well defended. But that stack might be drawn by Tie-Dye Frenzy, with only one Spear defending.
We chop down a crippled Celt spear at Jungley Swamps, but our Sword is redlined and might be attacked by a nearby 2/4 Celt Horse (63 of 70).
Second Army (14/18) heals on our Ivory.
Too Many Cities.
Banana Bob's Chutney survives four Dutch Sword attacks (67 of 74).
Erdenet sticks it to three Celt Horses (70 of 77), with one promotion to Elite.
We lose the Sword outside Jungley Swamps (70 of 78).
Baruun-Urt turns aside two Persian Horses (72 of 80).
All Spices are pillaged.
In the wilds near Babylon we break a Babylonian Bowman (73 of 81).
Almarikh vSword -> vSword in 4.
Tabriz vSword -> vSword in 6.
Order gets restored.
Mongo Like Candy trebuchet -> trebuchet in 5.
6 0610 AD
Around the Empire (West to East)
Five Horse lurk in the woods outside Baruun-Urt.
A Persian Spear is near Babylon.
And another at Nineveh.
No Sumerian units inside our borders, but they have shifted to the east a bit.
At Banana Bobs we see a Sword/Spear 1S, 4 Sword, 1 Spear 1SE and 1 Sword 1E. All are regular.
One Spear is 1SW of Mandalgovi with 3 Swords and 1 Spear 1S of the city.
Two Impis are on the mountain 2NW of Karakorum.
An Impi and two Warriors hide in the mountain 1N-1NW of Kararkorum, where they menace Karakorum and Ta-Tu.
Imi and Archer are on the mountain 1W-1NW of Ta-Tu.
Celt Horse and Spear are 1NE of Jungley Swamps.
Another Horse/Spear pair are 1E of Erdenet.
Sixth Army (15/18), 1NE of Ellipi, removes the last two visible Sumerian Swords in the hills around Ellipi-Dalandzadgad (75 of 83).
With this area cleared, at least for now, Seventh Army moves into Candygram for Mongo! to heal.
Fifth Army (15/17) moves 1N, pillages road, then 1NE.
Third Army (17/19), moves 2N, towards Istakhr of Persia. And away from the new border.
Slaves captured last turn move 1E.
At Nineveh, we take out the pillaging Persian Spear (76 of 84).
Fourth Army (11/17), which defended Banana Bob's, leaves the city, picks off a healthy Dutch Sword and accidently gets spacebared! (77 of 85).
eSword in Banana Bobs slashes down a 2/3 Spear (78 of 86), but no promotion.
Move Spear, Archer and Sword into Karakorum.
We start a flat road 1SW of Almarikh.
We start a hill road 1NW of Ulaan.
We chop the forest 1SE of Kazan.
Two Dutch Spears are blunted at Banana Bob's (80 of 88).
Zulu pillage tile near Karakorum.
Celt Horse slips up at Erdenet (81 of 89).
Baruun-Urt hamstrings four Persian Horses (85 of 93).
Karakorum settler -> settler in 5.
Ulaan trebuchet -> trebuchet in 3.
Erdenet trebuchet -> trebuchet in 5.
7 0620 AD
Somehow we met the Ottomans, which are SW of Persia. Drat.
Around the Empire (West to East)
Three Horses and an Archer at Baruun-Urt.
Two Spears between Baruun-Urt and Babylon.
Wounded Spear and two Dutch Swords 1E of Banana Bob's.
One Sword 1S of Mandalgovi.
EW and Sword 1NW of Atlay.
Impi and two Warriors 1NW of Karakorum.
Two Impis 2NW of Karakorum.
Impi and Archer 1N-1NW of Karakorum.
Celt Spear 1SE of Choybalsan.
Five healthy Horses outside Erdent.
Third and Fifth Armies move 2N each. Both are inside Persian borders.
eArcher and eSword in Karakorum wipe out the Zulu Warriors (87 of 95). Neither promote. And the Impi remains.
From Ta-Tu, vSword hacks down crippled Celt Horse (88 of 96).
Catapults and eArcher from Ellipi put an EW on life support and then pull the plug (89 of 97), but no promotion.
Fourth, Sixth and Seventh Army (12/18) heals.
Start a mountain road 1SW of Ulaan.
Start to slave-chop the jungle 1NE of Mongo Like Candy.
Too Many Cities.
An Ottoman Warrior is 2N of Dalandzadgad.
The Ottomans know Feudalism, have 20 gold and 22 cities.
We have 1379 gold and 26 cities.
We DoW on Ottomans.
We lose a Spear to Sumerian Sword in open ground (89 of 98).
Two Horses retreat at Erdenet and two more die to a vSword that becomes Elite (93 of 102). It became Elite on the first attack and did nothing but win on the second.
Two Horses and an Archer meet their doom at Baruun-Urt (97 of 106).
Kazan vSword -> vSword in 4.
Tie-Dye Frenzy vSpear -> vSpear in 4.
Atlay barracks -> vSpear in 20.
Candygram for Mongo! vSpear -> vSpear in 4.
Arabs are building Sistine Chapel (Theology).
8 0630 AD
Around the Empire (West to East)
Three rHorses at Baruun-Urt.
Spear and 2 Swords 1S of Banana Bob's.
Spear and 1 Sword 1SE of Banana Bob's.
One Sword 1E of Banana Bob's.
One Sword 1S of Mandalgovi.
Three Swords and an EW 1NW of Atlay.
EW 2SW of Pooh Bear.
Three Impi, Horse and Archer 2NW of Karakorum.
Impi 1W-1NW of Ta-Tu (mountain).
Zulu Horse 2NW of Ta-Tu.
Five Horse around Erdenet.
One Arab warrior is visible and so are some Spanish units, but none inside our borders.
Third and Fifth Army dis-establish Istakhr (3) of Persia (100 of 109).
We capture one slave with the city and one more when we raze it. We get no gold.
Fifth Army is 14/17, Third Army in 9/17.
Lili Von Shtupp is built on a hill 1NW of some ruins, between Taggart and Baruun-Urt. It (she?) has two Spears for defense.
Second Army whacks a Zulu Horse and then returns to guard our Ivory (101 of 110).
Sixth Army and an eSword decrease the Dutch by a Sword and Spear, but no promotion (103 of 112).
Seventh Army returns to Sumerian Sword slaying, taking out one by Atlay (104 of 113).
eSword and vSword in Atlay do their part, but neither promote (106 of 115).
Two more slaves join the jungle clearing party 1NE of Mongo Like Candy, done in 16 turns.
BG was revealed 1SE of Kazan, start to mine it (already roaded).
Hovd trebuchet in 1 -> vHorse in 1.
Check with MapStat.
Arabs know Feudalism and Theology, so we should be gaining Feudalism soon, since the Ottomans also know it.
We win five battles at Baruun-Urt, Banana Bob's and Erdenet (111 of 120).
We do learn Feudalism from the Arabs and Ottoman.
Invention due in -- turns.
Hovd vHorse -> vHorse in 4.
9 0640 AD
Around the Empire (West to East)
Two Persian Horses at Baruun-Urt.
Persian Spear 1NW of Lili Von Shtupp.
Banana Bob's Chutney is menaced by 5 Dutch Swords and 1 Spear.
Mandalgovi has a Dutch Sword nearby, but it is heading towards Banana Bob's.
EW 1NW of Almarikh.
Two Impi and 1 Horse 2W of Karakorum, on a hill.
Impi and Archer 1W of Karakorum, in a forest.
Impi on a mountain 1N-1NW of Karakorum.
Celt Spear 1S of Choybalsan.
Three Celt Horse and one Archer around Erdenet.
Spanish Swords are following the hills route that leads south to Karakorum.
Fifth Army bushwacks a redlined Persian Horse (112 of 121).
The EW near Almarikh is redlined by the rockthrowers and then trashed by an eSword (113 of 122).
We punish a Persian Horse at Baruun-Urt (114 of 123).
Fourth Army (13/17) decimates two wounded Dutch Swords at Banana Bob's (116 of 125).
eSword loses to a wounded Impi at Karakorum (116 of 126).
And a vSword dies to the same Impi, and promotes it to Veteran (116 of 127).
Second Army moves down to take out that Impi (117 of 128).
Seventh Army, at Atlay, hunts down two Sumerian cripples (119 of 130).
eSword eliminates the snooping Ottoman warrior NW of Dalandzadgad (120 of 131), but no promotion.
vSword at Atlay picks off wounded Sumerian and becomes Elite (121 of 132).
Horseman Hank, an e* unit, arrives in Baruun-Urt.
We shuffle a Spear from Jungley Swamps around to Kazan, giving Kazan two defenders.
Third Army (8/19) heals.
Sixth Army moves to 3NW of Dalandzadgad.
Two more slaves join the jungle clearing funtime, finish in 9 turns (5 slaves combined).
Start another mountain road with three workers.
Six workers start jungle clearing between Kazan and Jungley Swamps, the tile has already been roaded. This task will take four turns.
The Horse in Hovd moves 6NE to deal with Impis.
We start training Maces and Pikes.
Outside Nineveh Spear beats Sword (122 of 133).
Celt Archer suicides at Erdenet (123 of 134).
We learn Theology, but no names are given.
Whoa!
We learn Invention thanks to the Ottomans and Arabs.
We start on Gunpoweder, due in -- turns.
Ulaan trebuchet -> trebuchet in 3.
Jungley Swamps gets hit with diseaese.
Ottomans are building Sistine Chapel (Theology).
Arabs are buildng Sun Tzu's Art of War (Feudalism).
10 0650 AD
Around the Empire (West to East)
Three Persian Horse and one Archer at Baruun-Urt.
Persian Spear and Babylonian Bowman at Babylon.
Persian Spear 1N of Lili Von Shtupp, looks to be leaving our lands.
2EWs and 4 Swords 1N of Atlay, with an EW 1N-1NE of the city, too.
Two Impi and Horse in the forest 1NE of Almarikh and it's one defending Spear.
Lone Zulu Archer 2W of Karakorum.
Zulus in the field side step to the West and appear to be heading for Pooh Bear-Almarikh.
Four Dutch Swords and 2 Spears 1W of Banana Bob's.
One Dutch Sword 1SW of Mandalgovi.
Celt Horse 1E of Choybalsan, in a forest.
Erdenet faces 3 Horses, 2 Spears and 2 Archers.
Seventh Army settles scores with a Sumerian Sword and EW out Atlay (125 of 136).
vSword reduces the stack by one more Sword (126 of 137).
Sixth Army scourges a Sumerian Sword/EW pair 2N of Ellipi (128 of 139).
The lone Zulu Archer is no longer alone but gone (129 of 140).
Catapult and Trebuchet miss at Almarikh. Not good.
Two workers, with a Spear Protector, start a hilly road 1W of Lili Von Shtupp.
We move a Settler onto that hill, with the hill 1W-1SW of Lili as a possible replacement for Sidon, if it has to be abandoned.
Move Settler, Spear and wounded Sword to 3NW of Dalandzadgad for possible city.
Shuffle a Spear from Ellipi to Ulaan to allow the Sword in Ulaan to go to Almarikh and become the third defender.
Start a road 1SE of Atlay.
Move three workers to start a hill road 1W of Mongo Like Candy.
Move slaves towards Mongo Like Candy to join the other slaves in a jungle clearing exercise.
Several units are left unmoved.
Second Army (14/18) near Karakorum.
Fourth Army (11/17) near Banana Bob's.
Third Army (14/19) and Fifth Army (14/17) near the Persian border.
All these Armies I had planned to let heal this IBT.
Two slaves are with the Third Army. I was waiting for Persian units to move away and then try to sneak them back to our lines.
Worker 1SE of Ulaan. Could mine this tile. Or not.
Settler in Hovd.
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Eastern Mongolia AD
Lots of headaches, with the ZUlus coming down the mountain range and aiming for Ta-Tu and Karakorum and just now shifting back west. Celts attacked a bit, mostly with Horses. We've managed to ping them, but not much else. Spain is showing up but hasn't done anything. One Arab warrior is just in the way of his allies.
In the north east, Naw, Mongo Straight saw no action. The same was also true for Tabriz and Ulaanbaatar.
I would like to send Second Army to Erdenet to stop the Celts, but that leaves Ta-Tu a bit exposed.
Central Mongolia 0650 AD
Sixth and Seventh Armies, combined with the artillery in Ellipi and Dalandzadgad, cleared out the Sumerian Swords and Enkidu Warriors that were sneaking up on us through the hill north of Ellipi. Putting Seventh Army on the hill 1W of Dalandzadgad was a great help in taking out the Sumerians. Lately they have shifted their attacks eastward, coming in around Atlay. Many of Dalandzadgad's cats and trebs have moved to Atlay.
We a settler 3NW of Dalandzadgad, ready to build a city. That city will not be connected but it will extend and expand our borders out to Nineveh.
In the south, the Dutch are trying to pound on Banana Bob's Chutney. We have 9 catapults in the city, but they didn't do too well this last turn, hitting only four times. Fourth Sword could attack, but at 11/17 it is a bit weak to attack Swords in jungle across a river.
Western Mongolia 0650 AD
Our two new towns were built here, Taggart and Lili Von Shtupp.
Persia has concentrated on Baruun-Urt and would probably have taken the town except for the rushed walls. Persia mananged to pillage the roads around Baruun-Urt and cut off our source of Spices. Taggart and Lili will allow us to reinforce these towns much easier than before. We are currently roading the hill 1W of Lili with two Workers. We have a settler with the workers; the settler is earmarked 1SW of that tile, on a hill overlooking marshes and a cow.
Persia's attack routes have been mostly just due east towards Baruun-Urt. Mainly Horses, but some Archers are starting to show up.
We got five slaves when we razed Pasargadae and we sent them back home unescorted. So far Persia has ignored them.
We have two slaves with our healing Armies in the field. These Armies are unmoved and we might be able to dance those two slaves back to our borders also.
Sidon is unprotected and unmolesetd. The Ottomans could target Sidon, but we cannot tell right now.
Workers 0650 AD
Most of our workers are rather close to each other, so I captured as many of them as I could.
We have 6 Workers clearing a roaded jungle tile between Kazan and Jungley Swamps; they finish in three turns. Jungley Swamps and Choybalsan have been too active for workers to be safe, but this tile is not on the front lines.
We have 5 slaves clearing the jungle tile 1NE of Mongo Like Candy. Four more slaves have been moving in that direction. It takes 48 slave turns to clear one jungle tile, so 9 slaves doing that work is no faster than 8 slaves. We can find work for one slave, I'm sure.
The mountain roaders have two more turns to go. The hill roaders just moved onto the hill this turn.
We have a single worker roading at Atlay.
And we have an unmoved worker at Ulaan. This one could mine the grass but I didn't want to tie it for the next six turns when other work might be needed.
Other Stuff
We learned Fedalism, Theology and Invention.
We met the Ottomans, which helped us get smarter. We have seen only one Ottoman unit and it is dead.
No wonders were built but Sistine Chapel and Sun Tzu's Art of War have been started.
We razed Pasargadae and Istakhr of Persia, netting 7 slaves and zero gold.
Taggart and Lili Von Shtupp replaced those cities.
Otherwise, Too Many Cities.
Jungley Swamps got hit with disease and dropped to size 2.
Several units have not been moved; some I have mentioned earlier:
Spices are unconnected.
Ta-tu's aqueduct will complete this IBT. Dalandzadgad is also building an aqueduct, now that that area has quieted down. No libraries are being built and no other aqueducts.
Two Maces finish this turn; first Pikes are three turns away.
We have 27 cities. We need one more city to support another Army.
Thirteen elite victories produced one leader (Kublai), who rushed an aqueduct in Kazan.
Military
03 Settlers
16 Workers
16 Slaves (7 in transit to our borders)
01 Scout (Zulu)
08 Archer
49 Spear
46 Sword
03 Horse
30 Catapult
06 Army
14 Trebuchets
Current Units: 175
Allowed Units: 108
Support Costs: 067 gpt
Spoiler :
Lots of headaches, with the ZUlus coming down the mountain range and aiming for Ta-Tu and Karakorum and just now shifting back west. Celts attacked a bit, mostly with Horses. We've managed to ping them, but not much else. Spain is showing up but hasn't done anything. One Arab warrior is just in the way of his allies.
In the north east, Naw, Mongo Straight saw no action. The same was also true for Tabriz and Ulaanbaatar.
I would like to send Second Army to Erdenet to stop the Celts, but that leaves Ta-Tu a bit exposed.
Central Mongolia 0650 AD
Spoiler :
Sixth and Seventh Armies, combined with the artillery in Ellipi and Dalandzadgad, cleared out the Sumerian Swords and Enkidu Warriors that were sneaking up on us through the hill north of Ellipi. Putting Seventh Army on the hill 1W of Dalandzadgad was a great help in taking out the Sumerians. Lately they have shifted their attacks eastward, coming in around Atlay. Many of Dalandzadgad's cats and trebs have moved to Atlay.
We a settler 3NW of Dalandzadgad, ready to build a city. That city will not be connected but it will extend and expand our borders out to Nineveh.
In the south, the Dutch are trying to pound on Banana Bob's Chutney. We have 9 catapults in the city, but they didn't do too well this last turn, hitting only four times. Fourth Sword could attack, but at 11/17 it is a bit weak to attack Swords in jungle across a river.
Western Mongolia 0650 AD
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Our two new towns were built here, Taggart and Lili Von Shtupp.
Persia has concentrated on Baruun-Urt and would probably have taken the town except for the rushed walls. Persia mananged to pillage the roads around Baruun-Urt and cut off our source of Spices. Taggart and Lili will allow us to reinforce these towns much easier than before. We are currently roading the hill 1W of Lili with two Workers. We have a settler with the workers; the settler is earmarked 1SW of that tile, on a hill overlooking marshes and a cow.
Persia's attack routes have been mostly just due east towards Baruun-Urt. Mainly Horses, but some Archers are starting to show up.
We got five slaves when we razed Pasargadae and we sent them back home unescorted. So far Persia has ignored them.
We have two slaves with our healing Armies in the field. These Armies are unmoved and we might be able to dance those two slaves back to our borders also.
Sidon is unprotected and unmolesetd. The Ottomans could target Sidon, but we cannot tell right now.
Workers 0650 AD
Spoiler :
Most of our workers are rather close to each other, so I captured as many of them as I could.
We have 6 Workers clearing a roaded jungle tile between Kazan and Jungley Swamps; they finish in three turns. Jungley Swamps and Choybalsan have been too active for workers to be safe, but this tile is not on the front lines.
We have 5 slaves clearing the jungle tile 1NE of Mongo Like Candy. Four more slaves have been moving in that direction. It takes 48 slave turns to clear one jungle tile, so 9 slaves doing that work is no faster than 8 slaves. We can find work for one slave, I'm sure.
The mountain roaders have two more turns to go. The hill roaders just moved onto the hill this turn.
We have a single worker roading at Atlay.
And we have an unmoved worker at Ulaan. This one could mine the grass but I didn't want to tie it for the next six turns when other work might be needed.
Other Stuff
We learned Fedalism, Theology and Invention.
We met the Ottomans, which helped us get smarter. We have seen only one Ottoman unit and it is dead.
No wonders were built but Sistine Chapel and Sun Tzu's Art of War have been started.
We razed Pasargadae and Istakhr of Persia, netting 7 slaves and zero gold.
Taggart and Lili Von Shtupp replaced those cities.
Otherwise, Too Many Cities.
Jungley Swamps got hit with disease and dropped to size 2.
Several units have not been moved; some I have mentioned earlier:
- Second Army (14/18) near Karakorum.
- Fourth Army (11/17) near Banana Bob's.
- Third Army (14/19) and Fifth Army (14/17) near the Persian border.
- (All these Armies I had planned to let heal this IBT.)
- Two slaves are with the Third Army. I was waiting for Persian units to move away and then try to sneak them back to our lines.
- Worker 1SE of Ulaan. Could mine this tile. Or not.
- Settler in Hovd.
Spices are unconnected.
Ta-tu's aqueduct will complete this IBT. Dalandzadgad is also building an aqueduct, now that that area has quieted down. No libraries are being built and no other aqueducts.
Two Maces finish this turn; first Pikes are three turns away.
We have 27 cities. We need one more city to support another Army.
Thirteen elite victories produced one leader (Kublai), who rushed an aqueduct in Kazan.
Military
03 Settlers
16 Workers
16 Slaves (7 in transit to our borders)
01 Scout (Zulu)
08 Archer
49 Spear
46 Sword
03 Horse
30 Catapult
06 Army
14 Trebuchets
Current Units: 175
Allowed Units: 108
Support Costs: 067 gpt
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great job holding out. Fantastic kill ratio.
However, we only make 6gpt at this point doing nil research? Incredible. Never seen anything like this. I think we can forget about revolting at this point in time. But with chivalry, our UU will come. Do we want a despotic GA?
I got it but will wait for some input first.
However, we only make 6gpt at this point doing nil research? Incredible. Never seen anything like this. I think we can forget about revolting at this point in time. But with chivalry, our UU will come. Do we want a despotic GA?
I got it but will wait for some input first.
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"Defang" is especially good. 
Fine play, too. 
I'm afraid I don't have time for a full consideration of the position--my plane leaves in twelve hours--but I don't see any prospect for a revolt to monarchy during Rat's round. So, since we'll have to use our Keshiks as soon as we get them, we'll probably have to accept a despotic GA.
Karakorum should switch its settler build to a combat unit, so that it can get onto a pattern of building settlers as it hits size seven.
Fine play, too. I'm afraid I don't have time for a full consideration of the position--my plane leaves in twelve hours--but I don't see any prospect for a revolt to monarchy during Rat's round. So, since we'll have to use our Keshiks as soon as we get them, we'll probably have to accept a despotic GA.
Karakorum should switch its settler build to a combat unit, so that it can get onto a pattern of building settlers as it hits size seven.
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NP, you have fun at your trip and enjoy your holidays.
I will heed the advice
I will heed the advice
Note that for gold we will lose only a little with a despotic GA as most tiles only earn 1 gold, so its not that bad if it occurs. I wouldn't worry about starting it.
I am thinking we need to start infrastructure. Our low gold shows we have a lot of units and will have to pause anyway or run into negative gold. Getting more cities so razing the enemy cities seems a priority. Its really tough because we need both a lot of workers and have a long front line, so many units are needed.
It looks like we need Aqueducts as top priority, then libraries and markets. With those we should be able to go for Monarchy.
I am thinking we need to start infrastructure. Our low gold shows we have a lot of units and will have to pause anyway or run into negative gold. Getting more cities so razing the enemy cities seems a priority. Its really tough because we need both a lot of workers and have a long front line, so many units are needed.
It looks like we need Aqueducts as top priority, then libraries and markets. With those we should be able to go for Monarchy.
Some exiting moments, great job man. 
The Sumerian threat seems to have died down a bit now that they're moving away from the hills. The Celts are starting to become very dangerous however. If it weren't for that forest, I think we would have been overrun already.
The Zulu continue to be a nuisance with their Impi's, I can't wait until we have Keshiks. That stretch of mountain will be great to pick off all the troups coming from the north.
We'll have to wait and see what the Ottomans are going to bring. We probably need an army at Baruun, since it's so hard to reinforce.
Until we get Keshiks, use all our MGL's to rush aquaducts?
The Sumerian threat seems to have died down a bit now that they're moving away from the hills. The Celts are starting to become very dangerous however. If it weren't for that forest, I think we would have been overrun already.
The Zulu continue to be a nuisance with their Impi's, I can't wait until we have Keshiks. That stretch of mountain will be great to pick off all the troups coming from the north.
We'll have to wait and see what the Ottomans are going to bring. We probably need an army at Baruun, since it's so hard to reinforce.
Until we get Keshiks, use all our MGL's to rush aquaducts?
One thing struck me as amusing. The fact that most of our opponents are still using ancient age units is probably making it harder for us. They're less dangerous, but whether a unit is a swordsman or a medieval infantry, it still takes an army one attack to finish them. And they can make four swordsmen for every three medieval infantries.
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That's quite true. It's often a relief when our enemies get to knights and we face fewer, more expensive units.
Lurker:
Fewer is good, stronger not so bad, but fast is ugly.
Fewer is good, stronger not so bad, but fast is ugly.
ThERat
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I have played quite a few turns already. We gained another army, have 30 cities, but pressure is mounting from the north. I had to repell an attack of 20+ Spanish units. And now others come in force too.
To top it all, we met Carthage
Will finish this on Saturday I think.
To top it all, we met Carthage
Will finish this on Saturday I think.
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Good work. 
We're playing well, but we may be acquiring new enemies too quickly.
We're playing well, but we may be acquiring new enemies too quickly.Good work.
And too many with AA UU's. Those Numidian Mercs are no fun at all. And we might see Swiss Mercs from the Dutch.
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Depending on how this turns out, maybe we should have set the AI agressiveness higher.
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Pre-Turn
smite 2 Celtic units, 3 Zulu units and a Persian horse
move armies forward towards Persia, expose workers as bait
MM a little and go for min research on chivalry
IT we go 2-2 on defense with enemies avoiding us at times [8-2]
Persian units try chase the slaves
1. 660AD
at Arbela defeat a horse and take out a sword
take out 3 Sumerian units, kill 4 Zulu units
at Erdenet defeat 1 Celtic unit
defeat 6 Dutch units and lose 1 sword in the process [24-3]
IT one Celtic horse dies, our east will be under pressure and we will lose the westernmost city [25-3]
2. 670AD
Sidon needs to be abandoned, found Another Sidon
4 units die at Atlay, Dutch lose 4 more units
shift some units and an army east to help out against the Spanish, 2 of them die
retreat 2 Celts, overall the situation looks managable at the moment
capture Arbela as we do not have any replacement in sight (defeat 3 spears)
take out another Persian horse [39-3]
IT one Celtic horse dies
3. 680AD
4 Sumerians bite the dust, same routine and 4 Dutch go down the drain
2 Zulu and 4 Spanish vanish
defeat 4 Celtic horses and gain a MGL, form an army to be filled with maces
[57-3]
IT as if we do not have enough issues, a Carthage unit appears
Spanish come with a big stack towards the east
Persia loses 2 horses at Arbela [59-3]
4. 690AD
Carthage has 18 cities
(where do they all come from), we declare
4 Spanish stacks contain 31 units all together
move towards Tyre and smite a spear, abandon Arbela and found a new city
take out 2 Sumerian unit, 1 Persian
defeat 1 Celtic horse defeat 1 Dutch unit [65-3]
IT we defeat 1 horse and now face the huge stack in front of Naw [66-3]
5. 700AD
fill mace army with 3 and cover the city
take out 3 of the Spanish...now that does really dent them
take out 6 Sumerian units
while taking on the Dutch gain a leader and aqueduct, defeat 2 of them and decide to move out our army to explore a little
we need to expand south as well sooner or later
take out 2 Persians and capture Tyre, we got 2 catapults and 4 slaves there with us now [79-3]
The situation in the east
IT nail biting stuff, first we repel a Sumerian attack, then retreat a Celtic horse and then go for the showdown
Spanish lose 13 units, and we have two redlined but surviving armies
unfortunately they won't heal til next turn [93-3]
6. 710AD
1 celtic horse dies, take out 6 Sumer units , lose three maces (a healthy mace against a red horse amongst them)
defeat 3 Dutch units , defeat 2 Spanish units [105-6]
IT defeat 7 ottoman horses at Tyre and defeat 2 Spanish [112-6]
7. 720AD
4 Dutch out, 2 Celts, 5 Spanish and 4 Sumerian units and 1 Persian unit
defeat 1 spear in Ergili [127-6]
abandon Tyre and found a replacement
IT defeat 2 units on defense, Arabs show up in bigger numbers [129-6]
8. 730AD
defeat 1 Arab, 1 Sumerian, 3 Dutch, 1 Zulu, 1 Celt, 1 Arab, 1 Spanish, lose one sword
take out 2 spears and autoraze Ergili [140-7]
IT a lot of units coming closer to us from the north, all nations
Persia attacks and loses 3 horses [143-7]
9. 740AD
found replacement for Ergili
defeat 3 Spanish in the east, 2 Dutch while we lose an archer there
one Zulu and 2 Persian units die, armies in Persia heal
1 Sumerian, 3 Arabs and 3 Celtic units are killed [158-8]
IT Zulus shift their units eastwards, defeat 3 units on defense[161-8]
10. 750AD
defeat 3 Dutch, 2 Celts, 3 Spanish
2 armies in the east heal so that we can continue to expand there soon
take out 5 more Arab swords, but lose one myself, defeat 2 Persians[176-9]
In the west, we do have 2 armies that are healed on of them covers 5 slaves and 3 catapults
We have to decide whether we slowly head back with them. I think we need those units urgently
The situation:
East.
The situation is now under control, Spain's initial stack has been destroyed. Unit come from there + the Zulus, but should be alright. Celts can be controlled so far as their units pose no issues, they do not seem to have iron. We do have a settler there to expand north. Do not be scared of the desert to expand, we need to anyway.
Central:
Trickier, as there are many points to attack and Sumer, Arabs, Zulus change directions as they see fit.
West:
Persia has taken a beating and a mere 7 cities left. We have two armies to continue to dent them. They also lack iron. Unfortunately, Ottoman are coming and they will come in numbers, so we need to shift stuff west. We have a settler available where we cleared marshes. In my mind, we should abandon Nineveh as it only take up units and we can't prevent enemy units from pillaging. We need a clear front that we can defend easily by shifting units around.
Good luck to the next player, you need it
smite 2 Celtic units, 3 Zulu units and a Persian horse
move armies forward towards Persia, expose workers as bait
MM a little and go for min research on chivalry
IT we go 2-2 on defense with enemies avoiding us at times [8-2]
Persian units try chase the slaves
1. 660AD
at Arbela defeat a horse and take out a sword
take out 3 Sumerian units, kill 4 Zulu units
at Erdenet defeat 1 Celtic unit
defeat 6 Dutch units and lose 1 sword in the process [24-3]
IT one Celtic horse dies, our east will be under pressure and we will lose the westernmost city [25-3]
2. 670AD
Sidon needs to be abandoned, found Another Sidon
4 units die at Atlay, Dutch lose 4 more units
shift some units and an army east to help out against the Spanish, 2 of them die
retreat 2 Celts, overall the situation looks managable at the moment
capture Arbela as we do not have any replacement in sight (defeat 3 spears)
take out another Persian horse [39-3]
IT one Celtic horse dies
3. 680AD
4 Sumerians bite the dust, same routine and 4 Dutch go down the drain
2 Zulu and 4 Spanish vanish
defeat 4 Celtic horses and gain a MGL, form an army to be filled with maces
[57-3]
IT as if we do not have enough issues, a Carthage unit appears
Spanish come with a big stack towards the east
Persia loses 2 horses at Arbela [59-3]
4. 690AD
Carthage has 18 cities
(where do they all come from), we declare4 Spanish stacks contain 31 units all together
move towards Tyre and smite a spear, abandon Arbela and found a new city
take out 2 Sumerian unit, 1 Persian
defeat 1 Celtic horse defeat 1 Dutch unit [65-3]
IT we defeat 1 horse and now face the huge stack in front of Naw [66-3]
5. 700AD
fill mace army with 3 and cover the city
take out 3 of the Spanish...now that does really dent them
take out 6 Sumerian units
while taking on the Dutch gain a leader and aqueduct, defeat 2 of them and decide to move out our army to explore a little
we need to expand south as well sooner or later
take out 2 Persians and capture Tyre, we got 2 catapults and 4 slaves there with us now [79-3]
The situation in the east
IT nail biting stuff, first we repel a Sumerian attack, then retreat a Celtic horse and then go for the showdown
Spanish lose 13 units, and we have two redlined but surviving armies
unfortunately they won't heal til next turn [93-3]6. 710AD
1 celtic horse dies, take out 6 Sumer units , lose three maces (a healthy mace against a red horse amongst them)
defeat 3 Dutch units , defeat 2 Spanish units [105-6]
IT defeat 7 ottoman horses at Tyre and defeat 2 Spanish [112-6]
7. 720AD
4 Dutch out, 2 Celts, 5 Spanish and 4 Sumerian units and 1 Persian unit
defeat 1 spear in Ergili [127-6]
abandon Tyre and found a replacement
IT defeat 2 units on defense, Arabs show up in bigger numbers [129-6]
8. 730AD
defeat 1 Arab, 1 Sumerian, 3 Dutch, 1 Zulu, 1 Celt, 1 Arab, 1 Spanish, lose one sword
take out 2 spears and autoraze Ergili [140-7]
IT a lot of units coming closer to us from the north, all nations
Persia attacks and loses 3 horses [143-7]
9. 740AD
found replacement for Ergili
defeat 3 Spanish in the east, 2 Dutch while we lose an archer there
one Zulu and 2 Persian units die, armies in Persia heal
1 Sumerian, 3 Arabs and 3 Celtic units are killed [158-8]
IT Zulus shift their units eastwards, defeat 3 units on defense[161-8]
10. 750AD
defeat 3 Dutch, 2 Celts, 3 Spanish
2 armies in the east heal so that we can continue to expand there soon
take out 5 more Arab swords, but lose one myself, defeat 2 Persians[176-9]
In the west, we do have 2 armies that are healed on of them covers 5 slaves and 3 catapults
We have to decide whether we slowly head back with them. I think we need those units urgently
The situation:
East.
The situation is now under control, Spain's initial stack has been destroyed. Unit come from there + the Zulus, but should be alright. Celts can be controlled so far as their units pose no issues, they do not seem to have iron. We do have a settler there to expand north. Do not be scared of the desert to expand, we need to anyway.
Central:
Trickier, as there are many points to attack and Sumer, Arabs, Zulus change directions as they see fit.
West:
Persia has taken a beating and a mere 7 cities left. We have two armies to continue to dent them. They also lack iron. Unfortunately, Ottoman are coming and they will come in numbers, so we need to shift stuff west. We have a settler available where we cleared marshes. In my mind, we should abandon Nineveh as it only take up units and we can't prevent enemy units from pillaging. We need a clear front that we can defend easily by shifting units around.
Good luck to the next player, you need it
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Tremendous play. Starting a min run on Chivalry was good thinking.
We'll have to disband the five slaves and three catapults beneath our westernmost army, since we can't spare an army to escort them to our lines. To stop taking enemy cities here would be a concession of defeat.
We have the option of founding junk cities on the jungle coast south of Taggart. They'd be fairly safe and wouldn't change the corruption rank of useful cities, unlike desert towns in the north.
Edit: If we want a cultural building in Erdenet we should take the extra turns to build a library; a temple is pointless.
Starting a min run on Chivalry was good thinking.We'll have to disband the five slaves and three catapults beneath our westernmost army, since we can't spare an army to escort them to our lines. To stop taking enemy cities here would be a concession of defeat.
We have the option of founding junk cities on the jungle coast south of Taggart. They'd be fairly safe and wouldn't change the corruption rank of useful cities, unlike desert towns in the north.
Edit: If we want a cultural building in Erdenet we should take the extra turns to build a library; a temple is pointless.
