Inquisitors

[Cosmichail]

Revised Roster:

1. Cosmichail --> just played--> Building round preparing for Monty's demise
2. Krockel -->OOP -->Has gone abroad to spread the word
3. Omurtag -->After Adamlan--> We got Cavalry go nuts wooohooo
4. Adamlan --> --> playing now --> Hope the secret police haven't take him
5. Foolonthehill --> -->Definitely going after Monty

Adamlan take hold of the Cavalry and use them well. In other words I would build lots of those suckers too since we need a fast forward offensive. In addition I think we could 0 science and upgrade some of our precious conquistadors. We are doing very well science wise and made some really good trades. We have Cavalry, riflemen, Galleons, frigates, cannons. We are invincible. Go forth team and smite the heathen that insults us.

Peter and Alex are good friends. I don't think we should entice them into war and we should take all that we can on our own to achieve domination win.

Good work team by the way. I like very much what I see. We have numerous powerhouse cities (Madrid/Mecca/Cuzco/Santiago/Seville and more) like wow man.

 

[adamlan]

i jus had a luk at the save nd were doin well gud

 

[omurtag]

standing by...

 

[Cosmichail]

Ok Adamlan hurry up already (just kidding) Omurtag is on stand by to Reno...

Always wanted to see Reno btw. Nevada sounds like a nice place to me.

 

[Cosmichail]

Adamlan it's been almost two days again. In another three hours it's more than 48 hours since you posted "got it". Should have let Omurtag proceed as now the game stalls again. Please play Adamlan so we can keep moving. I apoligize Omurtag but thought Adamlan was going to play right away. I would say if we don't hear from Adamlan by tonight (timezone of this thread) I would take it Omurtag.

 

[omurtag]

Nothing to apologize for, Cosmic, stuff like that happens all the time. You cannot foresee it

Always wanted to see Reno btw. Nevada sounds like a nice place to me.

It's a desert with a river, but no flood plains

Got it! But will play tomorrow most likely (this is in more than 24 hours from now)

 

[Cosmichail]

That's fine Omurtag. Probably the dry heat too not that sticky humid stuff we get in Ontario.

 

[Krockel]

I am back in business, lets get this thing rolling!

I think we're excellent shape to get Monty ASAP.
How close are we to a domination victory?

 

[Cosmichail]

Adamlan, Adamlan

I am sure now the secret police have taken you away. You have left us once again for 3 days now and hope everything is alright. If you can't play please just post to mention it so we can move on. Not everybody can play the same day as we have all RL to deal with. So it's understandable if you run into a situation and can't play even after posting "got it". Just inform us and let the games continue.

PS: I am beginning to suspect Adiii and Adamlan are the same person. LOL

 

[Cosmichail]

@Krockel

I don't imagine too far away. I am not at home and no civ 4 available but will look to what the percentages are later today when I'm back home. Omurtag is playing later today.

 

[Krockel]

I think its something weird about this SG and computers. My slave hard drive crashed yesterday, so alot of stuff got wasted.

 

[Cosmichail]

Krockel don't jinx it now. You're slave drive probably was upset for whipping it but I know how frustrating such an event can be. Hope you had everything backed up but I suspect no since you say a lot of stuff got wasted. When I worked in Vancouver we did backup like a religion. Sure enough we had a crash (old mainframe) and we're saved by the backup.

EDIT:

Revised Roster:

1. Cosmichail --> just played--> Building round preparing for Monty's demise
2. Krockel -->he's back -->Has gone abroad to spread the word
3. Omurtag -->UP--> We got Cavalry go nuts wooohooo
4. Adamlan --> --> skip --> Hope the secret police haven't take him
5. Foolonthehill --> on deck-->Definitely going after Monty

Gents I would like to ask Krockel, Omurtag, Foolonthehill whether we could finish the game with the four of us or should we seek another player. Adamlan has posted "got it" twice and then disappears. He was fine in the beginning but I don't know what's up but in my opinion we should have finished the game by now. I haven't looked at the save (not at home where my civ 4 computer is until tomorrow night) but we should be close to domination by now. We should build up our cavalry/cannons/rifles and take out Monty next.

 

[omurtag]

Turn 0
Checking cities... everything's great

Turn 1
Revolt to free market and nationhood, I decided that if we are going to draft units, it's better to do it now so the unhappy faces will disappear short after we start the war. Free market gives us about +30 Gold by 70% research.

We finished the research of some tech and I started to research Steam Power, then in 5 turns Railroad. Given our objective to achieve domination victory soon, I think that railroads would be most helpful.

Turn 2
Kordoba, Kufa, Baghdad got drafted.

Turn 3
Basra, Toledko, D-city got drafted too. Cuzco starts the Versailles. Meca gets drafted.

Turn 4
We finish Tadj Mahal, and the Golden Age of our glorious civilizaton begins. Drafting Mecca.

Turn 5
Steam Power is done, coal everywhere. Railroad research begins. Did I mention that I drafted a rifle from Mecca?

Turn 6
A brave caravel gives us some intel information on one of Monty's cities:

Turn 8
A great prophet is born in Mecca,

I know, I know, another G. Prophet, what a disappointment. I am not sure if it's worht to settle him in Seville, I would recommend starting another Golden Age with him and the G. Engineer. Guess who got drafted... a rifleman from Mecca

Some of our army prepared for the the fight:

Turn 9
Alex beat us to the Versailles, dammit Only 4 turns were left. However we got about 500 Gold.

Turn 10
Most of the Army is positioned in the border cities.

I started buidling Galleons and Frigates, b/c Monty has cities on the other continent. Some of the galleons are heading west, some are staying in the east:

At some point the military production from our east cities (West point, Ironworks, Heroic Epic) can go to these galleons, instead of marching on foot to the west.

And finally a summary shot of our units:

We are ready to fight! Note that Alex is gathering some forces (4 Knights + 2 other units) in the deep east , near Cuzco, so I upgraded some units in the region to riflemen, just to be safe. We have little more than 1000 Gold, so the next glorious ruler can use them for upgrades.

 

[omurtag]

And here is the most important screen shot.

I didn't count the squares, but Monty's land seems enough for a victory

 

[Krockel]

Monty all night and all day!

Cosmic: I have no problem with finishing this game as a 4 man roster. I will go on a week vacation in the middle of this month though.

 

[Cosmichail]

We probably be finished by then Krockel. I think a four man roster is fine to finish this game and with Monty it will likely be over.

Revised Roster:

1. Cosmichail --> on deck--> Looking forward to crushing Monty
2. Krockel -->he's back -->Has gone abroad to spread the word
3. Omurtag -->just played--> amassed a huge army
4. Adamlan --> --> skip --> Hope the secret police haven't take him
5. Foolonthehill --> UP-->Take command and crush Monty

 

[omurtag]

We probably be finished by then Krockel. I think a four man roster is fine to finish this game and with Monty it will likely be over.

Yes, I played most likely my last turnset in this game. I ... feel ... sad

 

[Cosmichail]

Me too sad, you guys are good players and glad you joined up with the Power of Religion. I am just amazed at the Super Cities in this game. I want to start a SG based on it but want to finish a few first. I am only playing Monarch from now on as Prince is starting to feel "easy". Have some games on Emperor but still find that tough but learning.

 

[FoolontheHill]

Got it! May get a chance to play tonight, if not, will tomorrow.

 

[FoolontheHill]

Grrrr. Having trouble with imageshack again. Can only get a couple to upload...


Well, it has been 10 turns since we wiped out Bismark so...

1802 - Monte loses a caravel attacking ours.

1804 - National Epic in Madrid.

I loaded up Oxford in Madrid.

Oh, by the way, captured Tzintzuntzen (geez, buy a vowel). The little city Monte planted on us in Biz's territory.

1806 - Our caravel is sunk by Aztec Frigates.

1808- Texcoco's defenses are down to zero. Texcoco is captured with the loss of one elephant.

1812 - Great merchant is born in Madrid. We now have three great people. I can't really see the need for a golden age as we have more than enough units to wipe out Monte. I'll leave that decision to the group. We could burn the merchant and engineer on techs, or burn one of them on a tech and then the other 2 on a golden age. Best thing would probably be burn the GE on Wall Street in Seville and start a golden age with the other two.

1814 - Complete corporation, start Machine gun builds in several places. Start assembly line (infantry goooood).

Captured Teotihuacan with no losses. Killed 2 frigates and lost one.

1820 - Oxford completes in Madrid.

Hermitage completes in Cologne.

I have started Wall Street in Seville. This would be a great use for the great engineer by the way. Should get us about 70gpt. You can hit it on the inherited turn and have lots of cash for the next set.

Here is the domination picture at this point. More than enough people. Monte's land will put us close, but maybe not enough. As his cities come out of revolt, move the culture slider to 80 or 90% for one or two turns, pops the borders out quickly.

I have a lot of units on goto to the rally point. I built quite a bit of military. We probably don't need much more until we can build infantry. I also have workers building railroads between our cities.

There is a 3 galleon, 2 frigate fleet moving toward Monte's lands to the south and a one or two galleon, 2 frigate fleet moving that way in the north. They will probably arrive (they aren't on goto's) about the time we finish Monte's cities on the continent.

Peter has now moved to free religion so if we don't have enough land after finishing Monte, we can go after Peter. Have to try to convert him first though.

Save is attached.