HRY1 - Monarch SG

[Brewster]

Hi there. Sorry about bailing on the last turn but I've been experiencing some rather unfortunate computer problems at the moment. My girlfriend got on the computer last weekend and somehow buggered it up. I am in the process of reformatting/reinstalling everything and have little time to get online (I am at work at the moment as the home PC is toast).

I will let you know when I get things back up and running properly.

 

[Ville]

So who's up now? Me?

 

[Hooray]

Yes, you're up Ville.

 

[Ville]

Got it!
I start playing when I've finished reading other forums

 

[Ville]

Turn 0- Looking good, I upgraded our defence.

Turn 1- Many cities finished their production> Improvements like Marketplace or Barracks (I don't have so much time to write this so it may be quite short turnlog), Railroading

Turn 2- Industrialization>Atomic Theory>Electronics>Replaceable Parts, Canterbury starts Hoover Dam and Newcastle changed from Palace to Universal Suffrage.

IBT- Germany and Russia sign alliance against Greece,
Back to war, Celts declared war on us

Turn 3- Knights and Med. Infs destroyed, more Cavalry needed, and after researching Replaceable Parts, more infantry and artillery

Turn 4- Slaughtering continues, Med. infs, knights and longbowmen destroyed. A stack of Knights and Med. inf is near Lyons. Alliances are no use, all others on our continent are weak.

Turn 5- I attacked all Celt force inside our borders

Once again I played only 5 turns because I'm not so good warmonger. Whoever is up, get those f****** b******s (What, I'm not annoyed to Celts, I'm Furious to them )

Save

 

[Hooray]

Celts declared war on us? They're going to regret that.

I believe Melifluous is UP.

 

[Melifluous]

Originally posted by Hooray
Celts declared war on us? They're going to regret that.

That's if we dont regret it first

I believe Melifluous is UP.

And I have the game, will play it tonight or tomorrow.

Lets kick some more!

In fact with most people on our continent either unhappy with us or recently at war with us we might have to get ready for a nice big dogpile with us at the bottom

And whats nastier than an AI dogpile?

The mess we make when we fight our way out

[phaser] :die:

Melifluous

 

[Hooray]

Feh, what does it matter? At worst we'll lose some useless cities up in France. Just keep them from getting past Bacon and Cheddar (geez, sounds like I'm talking about lunch. Who named these cities?)

Just be sure to keep railroading like crazy. Celts have railroads, but the others don't. If we end up in a dogpile, we'll have quite a speed advantage

 

[Hooray]

*bump*

Meli? You there?

 

[Melifluous]

Yeah I'm here.

Just been invaded by the in-laws

Will post soon.

Melifluous

 

[Ville]

Melifluous are you going to play or do we skip you?

 

[Melifluous]

Yeah skip me...

In fact you'd better drop me.

I believe this game has served its purpose. ie Get you guys playing Monarch.

Also some people aren't playing full turns (because of war) and will be learning little about the combat side anyway.

Lovely to play with you guys, and I'm sure this game will end in a win for you.

Melifluous

 

[Ville]

Originally posted by Melifluous

Also some people aren't playing full turns (because of war) and will be learning little about the combat side anyway.
Melifluous

*cough*What, I'm always playing full turns
I just don't have much time and I didn't want to make wrong decisions like bad alliances in republic. (Stop explaining, you're just lazy...)

I can play my remaining 5 turns tomorrow if you want

 

[Hooray]

Gah, this SG can't go on. With Meli dropping out and Brewster not being around lately, it's just me and Ville left.
We'd need to recruit more players to keep going.

I believe this game has served its purpose. ie Get you guys playing Monarch.

Yeah, I created this since there weren't any SGs going that were below Emperor at the time. Things are different now, so maybe it has lost its purpose.
I may have to end this and go start an HRY2.

What do you think, Ville?

 

[Ville]

Let's start a new one, we'd won this anyway (I think)
Hooray, can you play on Emperor, we could start Emperor newbie SG
EDIT: If you start one (On monarch or Emperor), put me to the roster

 

[Hooray]

I have never even seriously attempted an Emperor game. I'm barely good enough for Monarch. Honestly I'm comfortable with Monarch since it suits me perfectly. The AI gets a small advantage to counter my advantage of intelligence. I can't handle the higher levels where the AI gets large advantages.
Plus I don't have the time to adjust to the challenge of a new level. Right now I just want something casual.

Anyway, do you have any ideas for the next SG?

I've got a few, but can't really settle on one.
1. I've been itching to use the Celts and their Gallic Swordsmen for a while. A simple conquest game with the Celts might be nice.
2. A game where each player would intentionally use a different style of play. Some would be warmongers and others would be builders. The styles would conflict with each other and add a new element of challenge.
3. Maybe an Earth map game. I've got a semi-customized map that's pretty fun. The downside is that people with slower computers wouldn't be able to play it.

 

[Melifluous]

Oh man...

I'm a little embarrassed ...

I just looked over my last post and I really didnt mean to

Hope I aint ruffled no feathers but seriously...

This game was toast...

To say that you weren't sure of Monarch would appear to be a rather poor joke whilst we are standing in the smoking ruins of the once proud cities of our enemies.

You guys can do better.

Ville - Fighting in this game would have been easy against the Celts... With the cities we had, the tech advantage and railroads down, its just crank out cavalry until it hurts...
If the AI would have been a little tougher then maybe a little stack of 40-50 artillery to join it (once Hoovers and factories were up and running) and they would have been like (slightly bloody) putty in our hands.

Hry - What can I say, an attention to detail that was often better than my own and the drive to push a good plan through.

If this isn't too cheeky I would love to join you in any new SG that you propose if it is at Emperor (or higher )
If you feel you want to let other players have a chance at your second SG then thats fine, but it was nice playing with all of you.

Can I suggest a few things though...

Please no more maps bigger than standard. The games seem to be won or lost long before the end of the game.

Have a distinct goal in mind, preferably after 10-30 turns of game played. You can normally meet the neighbours and get a good idea of your surroundings.

Just my thoughts.

Melifluous

PS. Oh by the way I thought that the second idea was the best. Intentionally allocating different sets of turns to a new philosophy would allow a specific goal to be achieved in each phase. This would stop you from suddenly wavering and building a few troops when you should be expanding, or buying tech when you should be rushing improvements, or buiding workers...

 

[Hooray]

Feh, maybe I'll start up an Emperor game. It's not *too* much harder than Monarch is it?

Heh, that second idea is growing on me too. Now I just need to think of a good civ for it and a catchy title.
Persia, Germany, Japan, and China might do well for going back and forth between warmongering and building.

 

[Ville]

Originally posted by Melifluous
Oh man...

I'm a little embarrassed ...

I just looked over my last post and I really didnt mean to

Hope I aint ruffled no feathers but seriously...

Hey, it's ok. No flame taken. I know I should've played full turns.

 

[Ville]

PM me when you start it, if I haven't reported to the thread
EDIT: I thought I edited the first post