CommandoBob
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I've got it.
I'll have a Strategy Post up this evening.
I'll have a Strategy Post up this evening.
GR29 - AWM vs 30 civs, Pangea
- Thread starter Greebley
- Start date
CommandoBob
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Monarchy
90% Tax
00% Science
10% Luxury
5289 gold, 128 gpt
Gunpowder in 44 turns (geeks only).
City Builds
Summary of City Builds
Market [1] (Persepolis)
Trebuchet [6] (Newer York, Aydin, Sinop, Horse Town. Chicagogo and To Wines).
Library [5] (Brusa, Varna, Houston, Icky Twerp and West Greebley).
vKnight [6] (Pasedena, Shiraz, Phantanium, Mr. Peppermint, Ergili and Plain Plains).
Courthouse [6] (Guimarães, Atlanta, Sardis, Alitn Tepe, Nile and Istanbul)
Settler [9] (Charsadda, Snow, Ura Tyube, Persian Potpourri, Bicowville, Behinstun, Kandahar, Antioch and Lisbon).
Aqueduct [2] (Arbela and Johnny Quest)
Walls [3] (Hindana, Salzburg and Wineton)
vImmortal [1] (Seattle)
vPike [5] (Bactra, Antalya, Tyre, Dariush Kabir and Pee-wee's Playhouse).
Barracks [2] (Hamadan and Bunyan)
Worker [1] (Ghulaman)
Military
Compared to Germany (Monarchy) we are Strong.
Compared to Byzantines (Monarchy) we are Strong.
Compared to Amercia (Republic) we are Strong.
Compared to Maya (Monarchy) we are Strong.
Compared to Inca (Feudalism) we are Strong.
Compared to Rome (Republic) we are Strong.
Compared to Egypt (Monarchy) we are Strong.
Compared to Greece (Despotism) we are Strong.
Compared to Babylon (Monarchy) we are Strong.
Compared to Aztecs (Monarchy) we are Strong.
Compared to Mongols (Despotism) we are Strong.
Compared to Russia (Monarchy) we are Strong.
Compared to Chian (Anarchy) we are Strong.
Compared to Japan (Republic) we are Strong.
Compared to France (Monarchy) we are Strong.
Compared to India (Republic) we are Strong.
Compared to Korea (Monarchy) we are Strong.
Compared to Celts (Monarchy) we are Strong.
Compared to Cathage (Monarchy) we are Strong.
Luxuries
Resources
Next City Builds, Generally
City Counts
Plans
Upgrade 5 Horses to Knights. These Knights will fill our empty Armies. The Pentagon is in Mr. Peppermint, so we can have four Knight Armies. Two empty armies are outside of Pasedena, the third is at Altin Tepe. We have one Knight Army in Pee-wee's Playhouse already and all our current Knights are in it. I would like to have two Knight armies on each front (briefly) and then send them out to destroy cities.
Build a city 2W of West Greebley. Settler is in Wineton; could reach that tile in 2 turns and build in 3.
We should be able to capture Tolosa (3-Celtic) which is 2SW of Wineton.
Capture Boston.
Claim some Dyes from SE of Boston, somehow. If we build in the forest 2SE of Boston one Dye will be ours, already roaded.
I think we need an army in the far south to deal with the plague of AI-Tundranitis that we keep getting.
While I'm almost tempted to start settling the south tundra, I think a far better use is to send our settlers towards our front lines. We do have some gaps in our interior, but have new cities on the front lines seems more important.
we'll need four more cities to get another Army. We have no Small Wonders to build.
West Greebley-Pee-wee's Playhouse-Mr. Peppermint area will continue to see a lot of action.
We have two libraries.
90% Tax
00% Science
10% Luxury
5289 gold, 128 gpt
Gunpowder in 44 turns (geeks only).
City Builds
- Persepolis (7) Market in 3, grows in 10.
- Newer York (4) trebuchet in 9, grows in 4.
- Brusa (2) library in 38, shortage (two geeks).
- Pasadena (9) vKnight in 9999, zero growth (unrest).
- Guimarães (5) courthouse in 26, grows in 9.
- Charsadda (2) settler in 20, grows in 10.
- Arbela (6) aqueduct in 2, zero growth.
- Atlanta (3) courthouse in 75, grows in 7.
- Shiraz (7) vKnight in 5, grows in 10.
- Sardis (1) courthouse in 55, grows in 15.
- Hindana (2) walls in 2, grows in 12.
- Varna (2) library in 34, zero growth.
- Salzburg (1) walls in 4, grows in 4.
- Seattle (4) vImmortal in 4, grows in 7.
- Phantanium (6) vKnight in 2, grows in 9.
- Snow (2) settler in 9, grows in 6.
- Aydin (6) trebuchet in 2, grows in 15.
- Bactra (5) vPike in 3, grows in 3.
- Antalya (2) vPike in 1, zero growth.
- Sidon (6) vPike in 1, grows in 1.
- Ura Tyube (2) settler in 16, grows in 4.
- Tyre (5) vPike in 1, grows in 2.
- Houston (2) library in 33, grows in 4.
- Persian Potpourri (5) settler in 14, grows in 4.
- Mr. Peppermint (5) vKnight in 4, grows in 6.
- Icky Twerp (4) library in 5, grows in 2.
- West Greebley (4) library in 10, grows in 6.
- Hamadan (5) barracks in 4, grows in 2.
- Ergili (6) vKnight in 4, grows in 3.
- Dariush Kabir (5) vPike in 1, grows in 10.
- Pee-wee's Playhous (5) vPike in 1, grows in 2.
- Bicowville (6) settler in 3, zero growth.
- Plain Plains (5) vKnight in 2, grows in 8.
- Sinop (3) trebuchet in 12, grows in 10.
- Johnny Quest (5) aqueduct in 13, grows in 7.
- Horse Town (5) trebuchet in 4, grows in 2.
- Chicagogo (3) trebuchet in 10, grows in 6.
- Behistun (4) settler in 1, grows in 6.
- Kandahar (3) settler in 7, grows in 9.
- Altin Tepe (3) courthouse in 72, grows in 1.
- Bunyan (2) barracks in 19, grows in 7.
- Antioch (2) settler in 23, grows in 5.
- Nile (1) courthouse in 34, grows in 1.
- To Wines (1) trebuchet in 28, zero growth.
- Ghulaman (1) worker in 8, grows in 5.
- Wineton (1) walls in 19, grows in 9.
- Istanbul (5) courthouse in 13, grows in 5.
- Lisbon (8) settler in 23, grows in 5.
Summary of City Builds
Market [1] (Persepolis)
Trebuchet [6] (Newer York, Aydin, Sinop, Horse Town. Chicagogo and To Wines).
Library [5] (Brusa, Varna, Houston, Icky Twerp and West Greebley).
vKnight [6] (Pasedena, Shiraz, Phantanium, Mr. Peppermint, Ergili and Plain Plains).
Courthouse [6] (Guimarães, Atlanta, Sardis, Alitn Tepe, Nile and Istanbul)
Settler [9] (Charsadda, Snow, Ura Tyube, Persian Potpourri, Bicowville, Behinstun, Kandahar, Antioch and Lisbon).
Aqueduct [2] (Arbela and Johnny Quest)
Walls [3] (Hindana, Salzburg and Wineton)
vImmortal [1] (Seattle)
vPike [5] (Bactra, Antalya, Tyre, Dariush Kabir and Pee-wee's Playhouse).
Barracks [2] (Hamadan and Bunyan)
Worker [1] (Ghulaman)
Military
- 003 Settler
- 009 Worker
- 113 slaves
- 002 Warrior
- 012 Spear
- 007 Horses
- 011 Pikes
- 004 Knights
- 012 Catapults
- 001 Cataputls (captured)
- 001 Galley
- 012 Armies
- 060 Immortals
- 021 Trebuchets
- Support:
- Current Units: 154
- Allowed Units: 104
- Support Costs: 050 gpt
Compared to Germany (Monarchy) we are Strong.
Compared to Byzantines (Monarchy) we are Strong.
Compared to Amercia (Republic) we are Strong.
Compared to Maya (Monarchy) we are Strong.
Compared to Inca (Feudalism) we are Strong.
Compared to Rome (Republic) we are Strong.
Compared to Egypt (Monarchy) we are Strong.
Compared to Greece (Despotism) we are Strong.
Compared to Babylon (Monarchy) we are Strong.
Compared to Aztecs (Monarchy) we are Strong.
Compared to Mongols (Despotism) we are Strong.
Compared to Russia (Monarchy) we are Strong.
Compared to Chian (Anarchy) we are Strong.
Compared to Japan (Republic) we are Strong.
Compared to France (Monarchy) we are Strong.
Compared to India (Republic) we are Strong.
Compared to Korea (Monarchy) we are Strong.
Compared to Celts (Monarchy) we are Strong.
Compared to Cathage (Monarchy) we are Strong.
Luxuries
- 01 Wine
- 03 Incense
- 05 Ivory
Resources
- 02 Iron
- 02 Horse
Next City Builds, Generally
- Veteran Unit -> same Veteran Unit.
- Trebuchets -> trebuchets
- Walls -> Barracks
- Barracks -> vImmortals
- Settlers/workers -> vImmortals
City Counts
- 48 Persia (us)
- 23 Korea
- 22 Aztecs
- 21 Rome
- 18 India
- 17 France
- 16 Babylon
- 16 Celts
- 16 Maya
- 15 China
- 15 Russia
- 14 Egypt
- 14 Japan
- 13 Carthage
- 13 Germany
- 13 Greece
- 12 Mongols
- 10 Inca
- 07 Byzantine
- 01 America
Plans
Upgrade 5 Horses to Knights. These Knights will fill our empty Armies. The Pentagon is in Mr. Peppermint, so we can have four Knight Armies. Two empty armies are outside of Pasedena, the third is at Altin Tepe. We have one Knight Army in Pee-wee's Playhouse already and all our current Knights are in it. I would like to have two Knight armies on each front (briefly) and then send them out to destroy cities.
Build a city 2W of West Greebley. Settler is in Wineton; could reach that tile in 2 turns and build in 3.
We should be able to capture Tolosa (3-Celtic) which is 2SW of Wineton.
Capture Boston.
Claim some Dyes from SE of Boston, somehow. If we build in the forest 2SE of Boston one Dye will be ours, already roaded.
I think we need an army in the far south to deal with the plague of AI-Tundranitis that we keep getting.
While I'm almost tempted to start settling the south tundra, I think a far better use is to send our settlers towards our front lines. We do have some gaps in our interior, but have new cities on the front lines seems more important.
we'll need four more cities to get another Army. We have no Small Wonders to build.
West Greebley-Pee-wee's Playhouse-Mr. Peppermint area will continue to see a lot of action.
We have two libraries.
ThERat
Deity
you know the spot where the one army stands now near Akkad is a perfect spot for another city. It gives us a canal city and a nice choke
The enemy troops may need clearing out and the roads built first - I am not sure. If it takes longer to set up, I think that is good too - its just something to work towards. We are going to want a unit(pike) on the mountain between West Greebley and the new town as well - enemies on that square will be a pain.
Ya, that seems a good idea to me as well. I believe we do have a settler along the Northern front that could be used. It will take several turns to destroy Akkad. The army attacked once and then retreated to heal. My hope is that the Pike, Spear, Immortal if fortified on that square will cause the AI to go around. Not sure it will work or not, but you could try it. If units go to the pillaged square, then it isn't working.
CommandoBob
AbstractArt
Enemy troops are a pain, but we only need to build one road to connect this city, on the tile 1NE of Wineton. But this city will need defenders and we don't really have any to spare in this area at this time. Looks like a mid-turnset build at this point.
Northern Pike
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Those general plans sound fine. It'll be good to get the dyes SE of Boston hooked up eventually, but when we're only running 10% lux it's not a burning need, so you don't have to take chances to get that done during your round.
Getting some armies out on the attack again is a high priority, and as always, they should operate in pairs if possible. What Greebley reports about having to retreat to heal at Akkad is typical of single-army offensives. There's nothing special about Immortal armies now that they're facing pikemen.
Some details:
We're due to complete five pikemen this IT, and you should look over all those builds to see if pikes are what you really want. In particular, we're likely to be in some short-term trouble around Pee-wee's Playhouse next turn, so work out whether you want PWP and Tyre to produce pikes to absorb attacks or Immortals to make attacks. I'd take the Immortals.
Persepolis should return to producing four-turn settlers once it completes its marketplace.
Since Kandahar is on a river, I'd change that settler build.
When it completes its present knight Pasadena should be re-adjusted to 18 spt for efficient four-turn production of knights. (Was it set up for 16 spt, as though knights cost 80 shields? That's one of the commonest little errors in the game.
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We could use a few warriors as cheap MP units. So Ghulaman should switch to a warrior build, and we shouldn't hook that town up to our road network yet. With properly timed forest chops, we could get several warriors out of Ghulaman quickly.
This is outright quibbling now
, but Sardis should be set for more population growth (taking an irrigated tile from Newer York), since it's only producing one shield anyway.
Getting some armies out on the attack again is a high priority, and as always, they should operate in pairs if possible. What Greebley reports about having to retreat to heal at Akkad is typical of single-army offensives. There's nothing special about Immortal armies now that they're facing pikemen.
Some details:
We're due to complete five pikemen this IT, and you should look over all those builds to see if pikes are what you really want. In particular, we're likely to be in some short-term trouble around Pee-wee's Playhouse next turn, so work out whether you want PWP and Tyre to produce pikes to absorb attacks or Immortals to make attacks. I'd take the Immortals.
Persepolis should return to producing four-turn settlers once it completes its marketplace.
Since Kandahar is on a river, I'd change that settler build.
When it completes its present knight Pasadena should be re-adjusted to 18 spt for efficient four-turn production of knights. (Was it set up for 16 spt, as though knights cost 80 shields? That's one of the commonest little errors in the game.
)We could use a few warriors as cheap MP units. So Ghulaman should switch to a warrior build, and we shouldn't hook that town up to our road network yet. With properly timed forest chops, we could get several warriors out of Ghulaman quickly.
This is outright quibbling now
, but Sardis should be set for more population growth (taking an irrigated tile from Newer York), since it's only producing one shield anyway.
I felt a real shortage of pikes during my turn. There are points we want to defend and not get attacked -we need units that stay in the town.
My advice is to let the Pikes complete but switch the builds afterward, but it is up to you.
My advice is to let the Pikes complete but switch the builds afterward, but it is up to you.
CommandoBob
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I'll be playing this weekend.
CommandoBob
AbstractArt
[IBT]
Our Galley is sunk.
Pasedena settles down.
Antalya rPike -> rPike in 30.
Sidon vPike -> vPike in 6.
Tyre vPike -> vPike in 6.
Dariush Kabir vPike -> vPike in 10.
Pee-wee's Playhouse vPike -> vPike in 6.
Behistun settler -> settler in 30.
Sun Tzu's Art of War is built in Moscow, Russia.
Japan is building Knights Templar (Chivalry -> Steam Power).
Knights Templar is built in Osaka, Japan.
Korea is building Leonardo's Workshop (Invention).
1 0860 AD
Around the Empire (west to east)
Korean Mace and Spear on the mountain 1W of West Greebley.
Wounded Byzantine rPike 1SW of West Greebley, also on a mountian.
Fortified Korean Mace 1N of Kandahar.
Wounded Bzyantine rSpear 1NE of that city.
Korean rPike 2SE of West Greebley.
Korean rSpear 1SE of Antayla.
Aztec vSword 1SW of Pee-wee's Playhouse (PWP),
Greek rSword and vSword 1N of PWP.
Three Greek cripples, 2 Archers and a Hoplite, 1NE of PWP.
Mongol rWarior and Settler 2N of PWP.
French vSpear 1NE of Seattle.
French small stack of 2 Archers and 2 Spears on the mountain between Seattle and Altin Tepe.
Babylonnian rSpear 1NW of Nile.
Upgrade some vHorses to vKnights.
One in Altin Tepe moves to Seattle to upgrade.
One in Seattle.
One in West Greebley.
eHorse* (Was a Horse) in PWP.
One 1N of Altin Tepe moves to Seattle to upgrade, too.
Five Horses upgraded to Knights.
Cyrus the Great (12/18) whallops the French Spear at Seattle (1 of 1).
2 vImmortal and eImmortal whittle down the Frenchies on the mountain near Altin Tepe (4 of 4).
Cyrus the Great (11/18) takes out the last Archer (5 of 5) and claims the mountain.
Put the vPike from Seattle on that mountain too, to keep nearby Japanese forces off of it.
Bab Spear is put to sleep at Nile (6 of 6).
First Army (14/18) cleans out the vermin from around Kandahar (8 of 8).
Seventh Army (15/17) captures Tolosa (2) from the Celts (9 of 9). We gain two Carthage slaves.
Eighth Army (15/17) mauls a Mayan Sword and snags a settler (10 of 10).
Now at 14/17, it takes out a Bab Pike from a nearby stack (11 of 11).
2/5 Spear 2SE of Seattle, earlier exposed to some French Archers, moves into Altin Tepe before the Frenchies were removed.
12th Army, 1S of Altin Tepe, gets named and moves towards Seattle. Hmm, could only move two roaded tiles.
4th Army (9/18) heals inside Babylon.
New Pike in Tyre goes to Mr. Peppermint.
Ninth Army (Knights, 4/17) heals in PWP.
Acheamenus 5th Immortal Army (12/18) heals in place, 1N of Altin Tepe.
1/5 eImmortal* moves into Altin Tepe.
Sixth Army (10/17) heals.
Send some slaves to road the mountains, seeking to connect Saltpeter when it appears.
Forgot that we needed to meet and greet the Mongols, just NW of PWP. Our new neighbors are broke and stupid, lacking knowledge of Philosophy, Literature, POlytheism and Construction.
Now that we've said 'Hi!' we follow up with 'Now you die!' as we declare war on the fabled Twelve Cities of Mongolia.
Gunpowder in 43, 4816 gold, +126 gpt.
[IBT]
Lots of movement, but only one attack, Mace vs Pike and our Pike wins (12 of 12).
Pasedena vKnight -> vKnight in 4 (18 spt, as requested).
Arbela aqueduct -> market in 8.
Hindana walls -> barracks in 40 (we have none in this area).
Phantanium vKnight -> vKnight in 12.
Aydin trebuchet -> trebuchet in 5.
Plain Plains vKnight -> vKnight in 14.
Byzantines are building Leonardo's Workshop (Invention).
India is building Leonardo's Workshop.
2 0870 AD
Around the Empire
Hoplite 1W of West Greebley (mountain).
Korean Mace 1N of West Greebley .
Korean Mace 1S-1SE of West Greebley (mountain).
Red-lined Aztec Sword 1W of PWP.
Korean Pike 2S of PWP.
Two wounded Greek Archers 1N of PWP.
Korean Spear 1E of Antayla.
Two Korean Maces 1W of Mr. Peppermint.
Redlined Hoplite 1E of PWP.
Four Japanese Maces and a Pike 1NE of Seattle.
Four Japanese Maces 1NW of Altin Tepe.
Two Indian Archers, Pike and Warrior 1NE of Altin Tepe.
Karana, a new Babylonain city 1N of Eighth Army, built on the IBT.
Two Aztecs cities on the South Tundra.
First attack from PWP gets us *ImmortalsAD870* and Cyrus (13 of 13). Move Cyrus to Pasedena (9) and rush a market, zero shields invested. Pasedena is our largest city.
Second eImmortal attack only kills a Greek Archer (14 of 14).
vImmortal from Mr. Peppermint strikes down a Korean Mace (15 of 15).
Was a Horse (vKnight) promotes to eKnight after defeating an Aztec Sword (16 of 16).
Ninth Army (17/17) stomps a Korean Mace, Greek Archer and Aztec Sword, taking 2 HP of damage (19 of 19).
vImmortal removes the Korean Pike 2S of PWP (20 of 20).
eImmortal and Acheamenus Fifth Army take out three Japanese Mace at Altin Tepe (22 of 22).
eImmortal* and vImmortal drop an Indian Pike and Archer, also at Altin Tepe (24 of 24).
Altin Tepe now faces 3 possible attackers, all wounded, and has 5 defenders.
eImmortal removes the Japanese Pike 1NE of Seattle (25 of 25).
Three vImmortal attacks net only one dead Japanase Mace (26 of 28).
Three vKnight attacks out of Seattle: first Knight dies, second prevails and the third one promotes to Elite (28 of 31).
1/4 Japanese Mace remains 1NE of Seattle.
Move 12th Army closer to Seattle.
vImmortal bulldozes Byzantine Archer in the southeast (29 of 32).
vKnight from West Greebley removes a Korean Mace (30 of 33).
Load three Knights into 10th Army and send it to the East.
Cyrus (11/18) heals on the mountain 2NW of Altin Tepe.
Eighth Army (9/17) is probably strong enough to take out the rMace in Babylon's newest city of Karana. Four Bab Maces 1SW of Karana make surviving the destruction of Karana a bit too risky, not to mention the Japanese and German Maces adjacent to the city, so we opt to heal instead.
First Immortal (10/18) heals 1N of Kandahar.
Fourth Immortal (13/18) heals inside Babylonian territory.
Seventh Immortal (15/17) moves out of Tolosa towards Taegwon of Korea in the west. Horses are visible inside the city limits.
Sixth Immortal (15/17) moves 1W of Kandahar.
Move settler and protectors towards 2W of West Greebley. Immortal Pipsqueaks provide cover, too.
Hadji is built on the ruins of some city between current Behistun and Hindana; begins a wall.
Boston is now size 3, but not by anything we did.
Now at 50 cities.
[IBT]
Fidget, fidget.
France wants something, but we don't bother to find out what.
More fidget.
Persepolis market -> settler in 3.
Pasadena market -> vKnight in 4.
Bactra vPike -> vPike in 5.
Icky Twerp library -> aqueduct in 20.
Bicowville settler -> settler in 5.
Horse Town trebuchet -> trebuchet in 6.
Russia is building Leonardo's Workshop (Invention).
3 0880 AD
Around the Empire
Byzantine rPike 1NW of Tolosa.
Byzantine rHorse 1W of West Greebley (mountain).
Byzantine vLongbow 1NW of West Greebley (forest).
Two Korean vMace and 2 rPikes 1SW of West Greebley (mountian).
Korean vMace 1SE of West Greebley (forest).
Korean rSpear 1NE of Antayla.
Aztec vSword 1W of PWP.
Korean vMace 1W of Mr. Peppermint.
Six Japanese vMaces 1NW of Altin Tepe.
Three Indian rArchers 1NE of Altin Tepe.
German vMace 1NE of Nile.
Arbela is cranky. Hire a taxman, zero growth, market in 9, not 7.
First Immortal (15/18) removes the Korean Mace 1SE of West Greebley (31 of 34).
Acheamenus (16/18) and a vImmortal take out 3 Japanese Maces at Altin Tepe (34 of 37).
4/5 Immortal is felled by a 2/4 Mace (34 of 38).
Cyrus (16/18) takes out two more (36 of 40).
1/4 Mace 1NW of Altin Tepe.
vImmortal picks off the Pike pestering Tolosa (37 of 41).
Seventh Immortal (15/17) skewers a Pike and Spear at Taegwon (2) of Korea; Archer remains (39 of 43).
Was a Horse rides down Korea Mace 1W of Mr. Peppertmint (40 of 44).
Ninth Army (15/17) loses 7HP to take out 2 Hoplites 2NE of PWP (42 of 46).
Immortal Pipsqueaks (16/18) take out Hoplite and Jaguar Warrior (44 of 48).
eHorse claims a Jaguar Warrior (45 of 49).
10th Army (12/12 - 3 vKnights) moves to 1SW of Atlanta.
12th Army (6/9 - 2 Knights) was filled but does not move.
8th Army (13/17) heals inside Babylon again.
6th Army (15/17) heals a bit more.
vPike arrives in Seattle.
vPike into Hadji.
Korea, Japan and India all know about Gunpowder.
[IBT]
German Mace whacks a Pike in Nile (45 of 50).
We learn Gunpowder, start on Chemisry (50 turns).
Salzburg walls -> trebuchet in 30.
Seattle vImmortal -> vImmortal in 8.
Mr. Peppermint vKnight -> vKnight in 9.
Hamadan barracks -> vMusket in 20.
Ergili vKnight -> vKnight in 14.
4 0890 AD
Around the Empire
Byzantine rHorse 1NW of West Greebley (forest).
Korean Mace and Pike 1S of West Greebley (forest).
Three Greek Swords 1N of West Greebley.
Two Aztec Swords and 3 Spears 1W of PWP.
Mongol settler and warrior 1NW of PWP.
Five Greek Swords, Horse and Archer 1N of PWP.
Korean Mace and Pike 2N of PWP.
Korean Spear 1NW of Antayla.
American rArcher 1E of Bunyan.
French Sword 1E of Seattle.
Three Japanese Mace and a Pike 1NW of Altin Tepe.
Four Indian Archers 1NE of Altin Tepe.
Three Indian Archers 1SE of Altin Tepe.
1/4 German Mace 1NE of Nile.
Three Babylon Mace 1E of Nile.
Lisbon is cranky, so we hire another taxman.
Saltpeter is connected via Atlanta, which sits on some.
Far West Greebley is planted 2W of West Greebley; starts on a wall.
Immortal Pipsqueaks (14/18), currently inside Far West Greebley, grabs a Mongol Settler pair (46 of 51).
eImmortal takes out the Korean Spear in the south tundra cities and becomes *Immortals890AD* and Acheamenes is created. Our MGL is 1NW of Antayla and the closest barracks are in West Greebley, 9 road tiles away.
Achaemenes moves into Horse Town; trebuchet in 5 -> aqueduct in 19; rush with Achaemenes.
Rush rWarrior in Ghulaman for 16 of 5216 gold so as not to waste forest chop.
South Akkad is built 1S-1SW of Akkad of Bablyon; starts on walls.
We now have 52 cities.
First Army (15/18) hacks down the Korean Pike and Mace 1S of West Greebley (48 of 53).
vImmortal wins but vKnight retreats from Greek Swords 1N of West Greebley (49 of 55).
eImmortal from PWP conquers a Greek Sword 1N of PWP(50 of 56).
Ninth Army (9/17) nixes 3 more Greek Swords, dropping to 5/17, (53 of 59).
vImmortal tags the last one (54 of 60).
*ImmortalAD870* retreats the Greek Horse 1N of PWP (55 of 61).
vKnight from Mr. Peppermint retreats from the lone Greek Archer 1N of PWP (55 of 62).
In Altin Tepe, Acheamenus (11/18) scores on a Pike and Mace of Japan 1NW of the city (57 of 64).
eImmortal and 10th Army (12/12) clean up the German and Babylonian Maces near Nile (61 of 68).
Cyrus (16/18) whacks the French Sword at Seattle and then scurries NW towards Bunyan and topples a French Spear (63 of 70).
vImmortal 1SE of Bunyan dies to a French Sword (63 of 71).
vImmortal from Wineton is bested by a wounded Hoplite guarding a settler (63 of 72).
8th Army (17/17) advances towards Akkad, running over a Bab Pike in the road (64 of 73).
7th Army (11/17) overpowers the Spear and Archer in Taegwon, as we gain 18 gold from Korea; the town is razed (66 of 75).
Add Knight to 12th Army, now 10/13, and let it continue to heal.
4th Army (18/18) advances on Akkad.
6th Army (17/17) hangs around Kandahar as near units heal in the mountains.
Horseman in the tundra is back inside our borders near Antayla.
ePike from West Greebley onto mountain between the Greebley cities.
eSpear from PWP into West Greebley.
Tyre Pike in 1 -> Knight in 6.
Chemistry in 50 turns, 5218 gold, +152 gpt.
[IBT]
IBT wasn't kind.
Outside Bunyan three Immortals fall to four French and one American attack; worker is lost, too (68 of 80).
Lose the Pike on the mountain outside Altin Tepe, too (68 of 81).
Shiraz vKnight -> vKnight in 8.
Horse Town aqueduct -> trebuchet in 6.
Ghulaman rWarrior -> rWarrior in 10.
5 0900 AD
Around the Empire
Korean Mace 1N of Wineton.
2/4 Hoplite and Settler 1NE of Wineton.
Incan Spear 1SW of Far West Greebley.
Three Korean Maces 1N of Far West Greebley (forest).
Chasqui Scout and Horse 1NE of Far West Greebley (forest).
Two Byzantine Pikes 1N of Kandahar.
Two Korean Mace and Spear 1SW of West Greebley (mountain).
Korean Mace and Pike 1S-1SE of West Greebley (mountain).
Three Aztec Spears and two Swords 1SW of PWP.
Two Aztec Spears and one Sword 1NW of PWP.
One Greek Sword 1N of PWP.
Mongol Warrior and Settler 1NE of PWP.
3/4 American Archer 1SE of Bunyan (hill).
Two French Spears and one Archer 2SE of Bunyan.
Indian Spear 1NE of Seattle.
Four Japanese Maces 2NW of Altin Tepe (mountain).
Two Indian Archers 1S-1SE of Altin Tepe.
Four Indian Archrs 1SE of Altine Tepe.
One Indian Archer 2SE of Altin Tepe.
One Indian Archer 1NE of Altin Tepe.
Three Indian Archers and one Warrior 1E of Altin Tepe.
Mayan Spear and Settler 1NW of Nile.
Two Babylon Maces 1E of Nile.
Istanbul is crank;, we hire a taxman.
Far West Greebley is connected.
Was a Horse, in PWP, tramples the Mongol warrior and gets the settler (69 of 82).
Two eImmortal, a vImmortal and *ImmortalsAD870* whittle the Aztecs 1SW of PWP down to 1 2/3 Spear (73 of 86).
Immoral Pipsqueaks (14/18) overcome an Incan Spear and 2/4 Hoplite at Wineton, adding two more slaves (75 of 88).
Move a second vPike into Far West Greebley.
8th Army (15/17) pummels the Pike in Akkad (76 of 89).
4th Army (18/18) takes out a Knight in Akkad (77 of 90).
eImmortal hamstrings Bab Knight adjacent to South Akkad (78 of 91).
4th Army clears out an rPike in Akkad, but another rPike remains (79 of 92).
That eImmortal is exposed; I thought that 4th Army would capture Akkad.
Cyrus (15/18) disposes of two French Spears without taking any damage (81 of 93).
12th Army (13/13) scalps two Indian Archers 1S-1SE of Altin Tepe (83 of 96).
10th Army (11/13) mauls two Bab Mace at Nile (85 of 98) and moves towards South Akkad.
eImmortal from Nile, eImmortal* from Altin Tepe and 3/5 Immortal* undo 3 little Indians between Nile and Altin Tepe (88 of 101).
New vKnight in Shariz get rid of the Yankee Archer at Bunyan and becomes Elite (89 of 102).
6th Immortal gets rid of one Byzantine Pike and one Korean Pike around Kandahar (91 of 104).
7th Army (7/17) moves back inside our borders.
9th Army (5/17) heals in PWP.
Acheamenus (9/18) heals in Altin Tepe.
1st Army (14/18) moves onto the mountain between the Greebleys.
ePike on that mountian mouves into Far West Greebley.
Korea and Japan both know Theology.
[IBT]
And the save is attached.
Our Galley is sunk.
Pasedena settles down.
Antalya rPike -> rPike in 30.
Sidon vPike -> vPike in 6.
Tyre vPike -> vPike in 6.
Dariush Kabir vPike -> vPike in 10.
Pee-wee's Playhouse vPike -> vPike in 6.
Behistun settler -> settler in 30.
Sun Tzu's Art of War is built in Moscow, Russia.
Japan is building Knights Templar (Chivalry -> Steam Power).
Knights Templar is built in Osaka, Japan.
Korea is building Leonardo's Workshop (Invention).
1 0860 AD
Around the Empire (west to east)
Korean Mace and Spear on the mountain 1W of West Greebley.
Wounded Byzantine rPike 1SW of West Greebley, also on a mountian.
Fortified Korean Mace 1N of Kandahar.
Wounded Bzyantine rSpear 1NE of that city.
Korean rPike 2SE of West Greebley.
Korean rSpear 1SE of Antayla.
Aztec vSword 1SW of Pee-wee's Playhouse (PWP),
Greek rSword and vSword 1N of PWP.
Three Greek cripples, 2 Archers and a Hoplite, 1NE of PWP.
Mongol rWarior and Settler 2N of PWP.
French vSpear 1NE of Seattle.
French small stack of 2 Archers and 2 Spears on the mountain between Seattle and Altin Tepe.
Babylonnian rSpear 1NW of Nile.
Upgrade some vHorses to vKnights.
One in Altin Tepe moves to Seattle to upgrade.
One in Seattle.
One in West Greebley.
eHorse* (Was a Horse) in PWP.
One 1N of Altin Tepe moves to Seattle to upgrade, too.
Five Horses upgraded to Knights.
Cyrus the Great (12/18) whallops the French Spear at Seattle (1 of 1).
2 vImmortal and eImmortal whittle down the Frenchies on the mountain near Altin Tepe (4 of 4).
Cyrus the Great (11/18) takes out the last Archer (5 of 5) and claims the mountain.
Put the vPike from Seattle on that mountain too, to keep nearby Japanese forces off of it.
Bab Spear is put to sleep at Nile (6 of 6).
First Army (14/18) cleans out the vermin from around Kandahar (8 of 8).
Seventh Army (15/17) captures Tolosa (2) from the Celts (9 of 9). We gain two Carthage slaves.
Eighth Army (15/17) mauls a Mayan Sword and snags a settler (10 of 10).
Now at 14/17, it takes out a Bab Pike from a nearby stack (11 of 11).
2/5 Spear 2SE of Seattle, earlier exposed to some French Archers, moves into Altin Tepe before the Frenchies were removed.
12th Army, 1S of Altin Tepe, gets named and moves towards Seattle. Hmm, could only move two roaded tiles.
4th Army (9/18) heals inside Babylon.
New Pike in Tyre goes to Mr. Peppermint.
Ninth Army (Knights, 4/17) heals in PWP.
Acheamenus 5th Immortal Army (12/18) heals in place, 1N of Altin Tepe.
1/5 eImmortal* moves into Altin Tepe.
Sixth Army (10/17) heals.
Send some slaves to road the mountains, seeking to connect Saltpeter when it appears.
Forgot that we needed to meet and greet the Mongols, just NW of PWP. Our new neighbors are broke and stupid, lacking knowledge of Philosophy, Literature, POlytheism and Construction.
Now that we've said 'Hi!' we follow up with 'Now you die!' as we declare war on the fabled Twelve Cities of Mongolia.
Gunpowder in 43, 4816 gold, +126 gpt.
Lots of movement, but only one attack, Mace vs Pike and our Pike wins (12 of 12).
Pasedena vKnight -> vKnight in 4 (18 spt, as requested).
Arbela aqueduct -> market in 8.
Hindana walls -> barracks in 40 (we have none in this area).
Phantanium vKnight -> vKnight in 12.
Aydin trebuchet -> trebuchet in 5.
Plain Plains vKnight -> vKnight in 14.
Byzantines are building Leonardo's Workshop (Invention).
India is building Leonardo's Workshop.
2 0870 AD
Around the Empire
Hoplite 1W of West Greebley (mountain).
Korean Mace 1N of West Greebley .
Korean Mace 1S-1SE of West Greebley (mountain).
Red-lined Aztec Sword 1W of PWP.
Korean Pike 2S of PWP.
Two wounded Greek Archers 1N of PWP.
Korean Spear 1E of Antayla.
Two Korean Maces 1W of Mr. Peppermint.
Redlined Hoplite 1E of PWP.
Four Japanese Maces and a Pike 1NE of Seattle.
Four Japanese Maces 1NW of Altin Tepe.
Two Indian Archers, Pike and Warrior 1NE of Altin Tepe.
Karana, a new Babylonain city 1N of Eighth Army, built on the IBT.
Two Aztecs cities on the South Tundra.
First attack from PWP gets us *ImmortalsAD870* and Cyrus (13 of 13). Move Cyrus to Pasedena (9) and rush a market, zero shields invested. Pasedena is our largest city.
Second eImmortal attack only kills a Greek Archer (14 of 14).
vImmortal from Mr. Peppermint strikes down a Korean Mace (15 of 15).
Was a Horse (vKnight) promotes to eKnight after defeating an Aztec Sword (16 of 16).
Ninth Army (17/17) stomps a Korean Mace, Greek Archer and Aztec Sword, taking 2 HP of damage (19 of 19).
vImmortal removes the Korean Pike 2S of PWP (20 of 20).
eImmortal and Acheamenus Fifth Army take out three Japanese Mace at Altin Tepe (22 of 22).
eImmortal* and vImmortal drop an Indian Pike and Archer, also at Altin Tepe (24 of 24).
Altin Tepe now faces 3 possible attackers, all wounded, and has 5 defenders.
eImmortal removes the Japanese Pike 1NE of Seattle (25 of 25).
Three vImmortal attacks net only one dead Japanase Mace (26 of 28).
Three vKnight attacks out of Seattle: first Knight dies, second prevails and the third one promotes to Elite (28 of 31).
1/4 Japanese Mace remains 1NE of Seattle.
Move 12th Army closer to Seattle.
vImmortal bulldozes Byzantine Archer in the southeast (29 of 32).
vKnight from West Greebley removes a Korean Mace (30 of 33).
Load three Knights into 10th Army and send it to the East.
Cyrus (11/18) heals on the mountain 2NW of Altin Tepe.
Eighth Army (9/17) is probably strong enough to take out the rMace in Babylon's newest city of Karana. Four Bab Maces 1SW of Karana make surviving the destruction of Karana a bit too risky, not to mention the Japanese and German Maces adjacent to the city, so we opt to heal instead.
First Immortal (10/18) heals 1N of Kandahar.
Fourth Immortal (13/18) heals inside Babylonian territory.
Seventh Immortal (15/17) moves out of Tolosa towards Taegwon of Korea in the west. Horses are visible inside the city limits.
Sixth Immortal (15/17) moves 1W of Kandahar.
Move settler and protectors towards 2W of West Greebley. Immortal Pipsqueaks provide cover, too.
Hadji is built on the ruins of some city between current Behistun and Hindana; begins a wall.
Boston is now size 3, but not by anything we did.
Now at 50 cities.
Fidget, fidget.
France wants something, but we don't bother to find out what.
More fidget.
Persepolis market -> settler in 3.
Pasadena market -> vKnight in 4.
Bactra vPike -> vPike in 5.
Icky Twerp library -> aqueduct in 20.
Bicowville settler -> settler in 5.
Horse Town trebuchet -> trebuchet in 6.
Russia is building Leonardo's Workshop (Invention).
3 0880 AD
Around the Empire
Byzantine rPike 1NW of Tolosa.
Byzantine rHorse 1W of West Greebley (mountain).
Byzantine vLongbow 1NW of West Greebley (forest).
Two Korean vMace and 2 rPikes 1SW of West Greebley (mountian).
Korean vMace 1SE of West Greebley (forest).
Korean rSpear 1NE of Antayla.
Aztec vSword 1W of PWP.
Korean vMace 1W of Mr. Peppermint.
Six Japanese vMaces 1NW of Altin Tepe.
Three Indian rArchers 1NE of Altin Tepe.
German vMace 1NE of Nile.
Arbela is cranky. Hire a taxman, zero growth, market in 9, not 7.
First Immortal (15/18) removes the Korean Mace 1SE of West Greebley (31 of 34).
Acheamenus (16/18) and a vImmortal take out 3 Japanese Maces at Altin Tepe (34 of 37).
4/5 Immortal is felled by a 2/4 Mace (34 of 38).
Cyrus (16/18) takes out two more (36 of 40).
1/4 Mace 1NW of Altin Tepe.
vImmortal picks off the Pike pestering Tolosa (37 of 41).
Seventh Immortal (15/17) skewers a Pike and Spear at Taegwon (2) of Korea; Archer remains (39 of 43).
Was a Horse rides down Korea Mace 1W of Mr. Peppertmint (40 of 44).
Ninth Army (15/17) loses 7HP to take out 2 Hoplites 2NE of PWP (42 of 46).
Immortal Pipsqueaks (16/18) take out Hoplite and Jaguar Warrior (44 of 48).
eHorse claims a Jaguar Warrior (45 of 49).
10th Army (12/12 - 3 vKnights) moves to 1SW of Atlanta.
12th Army (6/9 - 2 Knights) was filled but does not move.
8th Army (13/17) heals inside Babylon again.
6th Army (15/17) heals a bit more.
vPike arrives in Seattle.
vPike into Hadji.
Korea, Japan and India all know about Gunpowder.
German Mace whacks a Pike in Nile (45 of 50).
We learn Gunpowder, start on Chemisry (50 turns).
Salzburg walls -> trebuchet in 30.
Seattle vImmortal -> vImmortal in 8.
Mr. Peppermint vKnight -> vKnight in 9.
Hamadan barracks -> vMusket in 20.
Ergili vKnight -> vKnight in 14.
4 0890 AD
Around the Empire
Byzantine rHorse 1NW of West Greebley (forest).
Korean Mace and Pike 1S of West Greebley (forest).
Three Greek Swords 1N of West Greebley.
Two Aztec Swords and 3 Spears 1W of PWP.
Mongol settler and warrior 1NW of PWP.
Five Greek Swords, Horse and Archer 1N of PWP.
Korean Mace and Pike 2N of PWP.
Korean Spear 1NW of Antayla.
American rArcher 1E of Bunyan.
French Sword 1E of Seattle.
Three Japanese Mace and a Pike 1NW of Altin Tepe.
Four Indian Archers 1NE of Altin Tepe.
Three Indian Archers 1SE of Altin Tepe.
1/4 German Mace 1NE of Nile.
Three Babylon Mace 1E of Nile.
Lisbon is cranky, so we hire another taxman.
Saltpeter is connected via Atlanta, which sits on some.
Far West Greebley is planted 2W of West Greebley; starts on a wall.
Immortal Pipsqueaks (14/18), currently inside Far West Greebley, grabs a Mongol Settler pair (46 of 51).
eImmortal takes out the Korean Spear in the south tundra cities and becomes *Immortals890AD* and Acheamenes is created. Our MGL is 1NW of Antayla and the closest barracks are in West Greebley, 9 road tiles away.
Achaemenes moves into Horse Town; trebuchet in 5 -> aqueduct in 19; rush with Achaemenes.
Rush rWarrior in Ghulaman for 16 of 5216 gold so as not to waste forest chop.
South Akkad is built 1S-1SW of Akkad of Bablyon; starts on walls.
We now have 52 cities.
First Army (15/18) hacks down the Korean Pike and Mace 1S of West Greebley (48 of 53).
vImmortal wins but vKnight retreats from Greek Swords 1N of West Greebley (49 of 55).
eImmortal from PWP conquers a Greek Sword 1N of PWP(50 of 56).
Ninth Army (9/17) nixes 3 more Greek Swords, dropping to 5/17, (53 of 59).
vImmortal tags the last one (54 of 60).
*ImmortalAD870* retreats the Greek Horse 1N of PWP (55 of 61).
vKnight from Mr. Peppermint retreats from the lone Greek Archer 1N of PWP (55 of 62).
In Altin Tepe, Acheamenus (11/18) scores on a Pike and Mace of Japan 1NW of the city (57 of 64).
eImmortal and 10th Army (12/12) clean up the German and Babylonian Maces near Nile (61 of 68).
Cyrus (16/18) whacks the French Sword at Seattle and then scurries NW towards Bunyan and topples a French Spear (63 of 70).
vImmortal 1SE of Bunyan dies to a French Sword (63 of 71).
vImmortal from Wineton is bested by a wounded Hoplite guarding a settler (63 of 72).
8th Army (17/17) advances towards Akkad, running over a Bab Pike in the road (64 of 73).
7th Army (11/17) overpowers the Spear and Archer in Taegwon, as we gain 18 gold from Korea; the town is razed (66 of 75).
Add Knight to 12th Army, now 10/13, and let it continue to heal.
4th Army (18/18) advances on Akkad.
6th Army (17/17) hangs around Kandahar as near units heal in the mountains.
Horseman in the tundra is back inside our borders near Antayla.
ePike from West Greebley onto mountain between the Greebley cities.
eSpear from PWP into West Greebley.
Tyre Pike in 1 -> Knight in 6.
Chemistry in 50 turns, 5218 gold, +152 gpt.
IBT wasn't kind.
Outside Bunyan three Immortals fall to four French and one American attack; worker is lost, too (68 of 80).
Lose the Pike on the mountain outside Altin Tepe, too (68 of 81).
Shiraz vKnight -> vKnight in 8.
Horse Town aqueduct -> trebuchet in 6.
Ghulaman rWarrior -> rWarrior in 10.
5 0900 AD
Around the Empire
Korean Mace 1N of Wineton.
2/4 Hoplite and Settler 1NE of Wineton.
Incan Spear 1SW of Far West Greebley.
Three Korean Maces 1N of Far West Greebley (forest).
Chasqui Scout and Horse 1NE of Far West Greebley (forest).
Two Byzantine Pikes 1N of Kandahar.
Two Korean Mace and Spear 1SW of West Greebley (mountain).
Korean Mace and Pike 1S-1SE of West Greebley (mountain).
Three Aztec Spears and two Swords 1SW of PWP.
Two Aztec Spears and one Sword 1NW of PWP.
One Greek Sword 1N of PWP.
Mongol Warrior and Settler 1NE of PWP.
3/4 American Archer 1SE of Bunyan (hill).
Two French Spears and one Archer 2SE of Bunyan.
Indian Spear 1NE of Seattle.
Four Japanese Maces 2NW of Altin Tepe (mountain).
Two Indian Archers 1S-1SE of Altin Tepe.
Four Indian Archrs 1SE of Altine Tepe.
One Indian Archer 2SE of Altin Tepe.
One Indian Archer 1NE of Altin Tepe.
Three Indian Archers and one Warrior 1E of Altin Tepe.
Mayan Spear and Settler 1NW of Nile.
Two Babylon Maces 1E of Nile.
Istanbul is crank;, we hire a taxman.
Far West Greebley is connected.
Was a Horse, in PWP, tramples the Mongol warrior and gets the settler (69 of 82).
Two eImmortal, a vImmortal and *ImmortalsAD870* whittle the Aztecs 1SW of PWP down to 1 2/3 Spear (73 of 86).
Immoral Pipsqueaks (14/18) overcome an Incan Spear and 2/4 Hoplite at Wineton, adding two more slaves (75 of 88).
Move a second vPike into Far West Greebley.
8th Army (15/17) pummels the Pike in Akkad (76 of 89).
4th Army (18/18) takes out a Knight in Akkad (77 of 90).
eImmortal hamstrings Bab Knight adjacent to South Akkad (78 of 91).
4th Army clears out an rPike in Akkad, but another rPike remains (79 of 92).
That eImmortal is exposed; I thought that 4th Army would capture Akkad.
Cyrus (15/18) disposes of two French Spears without taking any damage (81 of 93).
12th Army (13/13) scalps two Indian Archers 1S-1SE of Altin Tepe (83 of 96).
10th Army (11/13) mauls two Bab Mace at Nile (85 of 98) and moves towards South Akkad.
eImmortal from Nile, eImmortal* from Altin Tepe and 3/5 Immortal* undo 3 little Indians between Nile and Altin Tepe (88 of 101).
New vKnight in Shariz get rid of the Yankee Archer at Bunyan and becomes Elite (89 of 102).
6th Immortal gets rid of one Byzantine Pike and one Korean Pike around Kandahar (91 of 104).
7th Army (7/17) moves back inside our borders.
9th Army (5/17) heals in PWP.
Acheamenus (9/18) heals in Altin Tepe.
1st Army (14/18) moves onto the mountain between the Greebleys.
ePike on that mountian mouves into Far West Greebley.
Korea and Japan both know Theology.
And the save is attached.
ThERat
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got it
the question now is, shall we start self research since theology is spread or hope we get chemistry ourselves?
Nice to expand our empire btw
the question now is, shall we start self research since theology is spread or hope we get chemistry ourselves?
Nice to expand our empire btw
CommandoBob
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I did not have as much time as I had hoped over the weekend. Five turns was enough.
High Points:
We know Gunpowder.
Saltpeter is connnected, via Atlanta, which is built on that resource.
We learn Theology this IBT.
We got two MGLs. One rushed a Market in Pasadena, the other rushed an Aqueduct in Horse Town.
We now have 52 cities and can support another Army.
Randomly Ordered Details
In the west, Far West Greebley was founded, 2W of West Greebley. It has three trebuchets, three Pikes and 1 eHorse for defense. It is connected in the south. Immortal Pipsqueaks is nearby to help. On this IBT, three 3/4 Korean Maces and two Incan units (UU and Horse) may attack.
Greece is sending its first surge towards us right now. Korea is always sendig units. Most of the action is still around Peewee's Playhouse.
We have an Army on the mountain between the two Greebley cities. Two slaves are there also, ready to road.
In the east, we built South Akkad 1S-1SW of Akkad, which is protected by a Pike. Babylon has Knights and South Akkad is reachable by at least one this IBT. Two Armies are at Akkad, both are fairly healthly, and it could fall this next turn. We pretty much blunted the main Japanese attack. The current worry are Babylonian Knights.
Altin Tepe has been the main Japanese focus; India is looking at empty cities. France is heade towards Bunyan at the moment. Babylon hits around Nile and now South Akkad.
Also in the east are 10th and 12th Armies, both full of Knights. Each has only three Knights, not four, so be careful with them. 12th Army is targeting Indian Archers at the moment, so 13 HP is okay. 10th Army is getting ready to tangle with Babylon and could really use that 4th Knight.
At Ghulaman, we finish a chop this IBT for an rWarrior (1W of the city) followed by another chop that completes in 3 turns (1SW of the city). Remember, we don't want to connect this city until all the forests are gone to make rWarriors, who will then serve as MPs in some of our cities. The two slaves 1N (?) of the city just moved there this turn for future chopping.
We have a lot of slaves and we seem to be running out of things for them to do. In the southwest, we have at least two stacks roading mountains in an attempt to hook up Saltpeter. We still have a few native workers but I think we should consider adding them to our cities.
We have one vHorse that we can upgrade to a Knight. In Far West Greebley is our lone eHorse.
Persepolis makes a settler this turn, but I didn't do anything special to it; figured we would tweak it when it got back to size 5.
We also built Hadji in our southwest and captured Tolosa from the Celts. We razed the Korean city of Taegwon for 18 gold and 0 slaves.
Immortals upgrade to Guerillas, so we can make them for a long time to come, if we want to.
High Points:
We know Gunpowder.
Saltpeter is connnected, via Atlanta, which is built on that resource.
We learn Theology this IBT.
We got two MGLs. One rushed a Market in Pasadena, the other rushed an Aqueduct in Horse Town.
We now have 52 cities and can support another Army.
Randomly Ordered Details
In the west, Far West Greebley was founded, 2W of West Greebley. It has three trebuchets, three Pikes and 1 eHorse for defense. It is connected in the south. Immortal Pipsqueaks is nearby to help. On this IBT, three 3/4 Korean Maces and two Incan units (UU and Horse) may attack.
Greece is sending its first surge towards us right now. Korea is always sendig units. Most of the action is still around Peewee's Playhouse.
We have an Army on the mountain between the two Greebley cities. Two slaves are there also, ready to road.
In the east, we built South Akkad 1S-1SW of Akkad, which is protected by a Pike. Babylon has Knights and South Akkad is reachable by at least one this IBT. Two Armies are at Akkad, both are fairly healthly, and it could fall this next turn. We pretty much blunted the main Japanese attack. The current worry are Babylonian Knights.
Altin Tepe has been the main Japanese focus; India is looking at empty cities. France is heade towards Bunyan at the moment. Babylon hits around Nile and now South Akkad.
Also in the east are 10th and 12th Armies, both full of Knights. Each has only three Knights, not four, so be careful with them. 12th Army is targeting Indian Archers at the moment, so 13 HP is okay. 10th Army is getting ready to tangle with Babylon and could really use that 4th Knight.
At Ghulaman, we finish a chop this IBT for an rWarrior (1W of the city) followed by another chop that completes in 3 turns (1SW of the city). Remember, we don't want to connect this city until all the forests are gone to make rWarriors, who will then serve as MPs in some of our cities. The two slaves 1N (?) of the city just moved there this turn for future chopping.
We have a lot of slaves and we seem to be running out of things for them to do. In the southwest, we have at least two stacks roading mountains in an attempt to hook up Saltpeter. We still have a few native workers but I think we should consider adding them to our cities.
We have one vHorse that we can upgrade to a Knight. In Far West Greebley is our lone eHorse.
Persepolis makes a settler this turn, but I didn't do anything special to it; figured we would tweak it when it got back to size 5.
We also built Hadji in our southwest and captured Tolosa from the Celts. We razed the Korean city of Taegwon for 18 gold and 0 slaves.
Immortals upgrade to Guerillas, so we can make them for a long time to come, if we want to.
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Looks good.
Fine technique on the warrior-building forest chops at Ghulaman.
I wouldn't start real research during your round, but it would be good if you could get some of our cheap libraries built in our core cities.
Fine technique on the warrior-building forest chops at Ghulaman.
I wouldn't start real research during your round, but it would be good if you could get some of our cheap libraries built in our core cities.
IvanDolvich2
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lurker's comment: Nice Set CBob! Looks like the tide is in your favor. I'm glad to see progress in this great AWM epic. 
ThERat
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I played one turn last night and needed a break after that. The game is very dicey with so many enemies.
It is hard to break out, that is for sure. With our south devoid of units, it is really tough to defend there.
Btw, our land is really lousy with all the plains. The game couldn't be any tougher.
It is hard to break out, that is for sure. With our south devoid of units, it is really tough to defend there.
Btw, our land is really lousy with all the plains. The game couldn't be any tougher.
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Sure, take your time. You're entitled to the same week as anyone else, though I can't recall that you've ever used it. 
CommandoBob
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Plus, everyone is sending settler pairs to settle that vast South Tundra. Easy pickings for us, but that means that only a few of the AI are fighting amongest themselves. And we more AI as they look to build their idiotic igloo complexes.
I hate to build on tundra, but maybe we should.
I still don't like it. The cities cannot grow very well, so using that area as a clustering of science farms is not an option. The only reason(s) to build down there is to deny the AI the chance to build there and to increase the overall city count. There are roughly 200 tiles we would have to fill, or about 10 cities to claim it all as our own, if we placed our cities in such a manner to insure that the AI would not want to build there. Ten cities would take about 30 turns to produce (7 or 8 from Persepolis and a few other settler builds) plus walking time; could take 40 turns to build everything.
Ten bad cities that don't gain us a whole lot. I still don't like it.
One advantage to filling it is that we will hit the city limit faster. We can then abandon towns in the tundra for more viable ones. Its like reserving these towns ahead of time.
The biggest drawback though is that it would increase corruption as some of those towns will be closer than ones that could be viable.
The biggest drawback though is that it would increase corruption as some of those towns will be closer than ones that could be viable.
