Instructions for the President.

[greekguy]

Turn 188 Instructions

Upgrade our last remaining knight to cavalry.
Upgrade all cannons into artillery when we discover Replaceable Parts (long term instructions).
Send frigates 2 spaces out of port to check for enemy naval prescence. Try to return all frigates to safe harbor at end of turn.

 

[Chamnix]

Turn 189

Builds

EMP City completes cavalry, start cavalry (at 40 spt please ).
Look Here completes cavalry, start cavalry.
Psaria Pylos completes worker, start wealth.
Special Farm completes worker, start wealth.
Ephebe completes galleon, start galleon.
Aliakmon Stronghold completes cavalry, start cavalry.
Ceasaria completes cavalry, start bomber prebuild.
Ithaca completes settler, start bomber prebuild.
MIA Study Abroad completes worker, start wealth.
Dismal Swamp completes worker, start wealth.
Gathering Storm completes worker, start wealth.
Grape Grog completes worker, start wealth.
Plains of Victory completes worker, start wealth.

Settle our final town and start wealth.

Sell granary in Polecat.

Sliders

Luxuries at 0%.
Science to 0%.

 

[Chamnix]

Turn 190

Builds

Athens completes coal plant, start galleon.
Heron completes galleon, start galleon.
Virtuoso completes cavarly, start cavarly.
Filitra completes courthouse, start bomber prebuild.
Hindus River completes cavalry, start cavalry.

Change Meleagerville from Palace to Theory of Evolution.
Sell granary in Gbno1fan's Fortress.

Keep maximizing those specialists - our unit costs are increasing dramatically, and money could end up being tighter than expected.

Sliders

Luxuries at 0%.
Science to 0% - enough scientists to secure Replaceable Parts in 1.

 

[General_W]

Well – due to the unfortunate (for me) timing of when we got the save and the fact that my internet was totally on the fritz last night…

I won't be able to play the save until about 1 hour before it's due.

Since we'll be cutting it kinda close, I thought I'd post here so there's no last minute panic.

If we don't want to hold up the save that long, I'd have no problem with Chamnix playing the save… but I don't think it's necessary.


P.S. I haven't been mentioning it my updates, but I have been cycling through our towns and looking for chances to get more specialists every turn. I know I'm not as acute as Chamnix… but I always manage to add quite a few each turn.

 

[Chamnix]

If we don't want to hold up the save that long, I'd have no problem with Chamnix playing the save… but I don't think it's necessary.

Actually, Captain Azza would be next in line if you are unavailable... in any case, if it fell to me, I couldn't play until about 2-3 hours before it is due either, so we wouldn't be saving much time by me playing. As long as you can get it done timely, I would say wait.

P.S. I haven't been mentioning it my updates, but I have been cycling through our towns and looking for chances to get more specialists every turn.… but I always manage to add quite a few each turn.

And it does show . Looking through cities, almost all citizens in corrupt towns are working high food tiles except in cities that have just grown and had the governor make a stupid assignment. I figure I'll just keep mentioning it, so if you miss one or two, you won't be able to blame the always diligent Domestic Minister for not providing instructions .

 

[Chamnix]

Turn 191

Complete Replaceable Parts, start Refining.

Builds

Athens completes galleon, start galleon.
Black Hole completes cavalry, start cavalry.
EMP City completes cavalry, start cavalry.

Complete Refining, start Steel.
Complete Steel, start Combustion.

Meleagerville completes Theory of Evolution, start cavalry.
Antville completes cavalry, start cavalry.
Ephebe completes galleon, start galleon.
Phoenopolis completes cavalry, start cavalry.
Olympia comletes cavalry, start bomber prebuild.
Phi Beta Kappa completes factory, start

Set mobilization level to war-time.

Lots of changes to make since we are mobilizing. I figure I will just go through every town (sorry General!). Generally infantry are bomber prebuilds.

Athens to cavalry (move a citizen in Heron to the coast, Athens gets the mined BG for 80 spt).
Chamnix's Hold to infantry. Draft citizen?
Northern Retreat to infantry. Definitely draft citizen.
Manifest Destiny to infantry.
Heron to cavalry - might regret selling the barracks, but a cavalry in 1 is too good to pass up.
Tree House to infantry.
Classical's Chamber to infantry.
Sword of General_W to infantry.
Day 2 Kissoff stays on wealth.
Tower of Azzaman to infantry.
EMP City stays on cavalry - consider short-rushing by disbanding a worker and rushing settler.
Polecat to infantry.
Meleagerville stays on cavalry.
Last Resistance to infantry.
Look Here stays on cavalry.
Senilityville to infantry. Sell walls.
The Two Rivers stays on cavalry. Draft citizen?
Psaria Pylos stays on wealth.
Flaxon Musk to infantry. Sell walls.
Special Farm stays on wealth.
Antville stays on cavalry - consider short-rushing by disbanding a worker, rushing a settler, and MM to 50 spt.
Gorin stays on cavalry. Draft citizen?
April Fools to infantry.
Woodridge to cavalry - take the hill from Parga to get it in 1.
Ephebe stays on galleon.
Aliakmon Stronghold stays on cavalry.
Phoenopolis stays on cavalry.
Chuck Norrisville to infantry. Sell walls.
Peter's Mountain Retreat to infantry.
Tarkingrad stays on galleon.
Ceasaria to infantry.
Parga to infantry.
Ithaca to infantry.
TNT Redemption to infantry. Draft citizen?
Olympia stays on cavalry.
MIA Study Abroad stays on wealth.
Filiatra to infantry.
Monkey Fodder to infantry.
Gbno1fan's Fortress to infantry.
Hindus River stays on cavalry.
Pure Green to infantry.
Fe's Winery to infantry.
Dadia Refuge to infantry.
Pale Dove to cavalry for bonus shields - I think this will still end up as galleon.
River of Success to infantry.
Agrili stays galleon. Draft citizen.
Regent Mansion to infantry.
Dresden to infantry.
Grand Cleansing to infantry.
Sparta to infantry.
Mpanana to infantry.
Greek Guy's Redoubt to infantry.
Abdera to infantry.
Dismal Swamp stays on wealth. Sell walls.
Miletus to infantry.
Rollah Coasta to infantry artillery.
Tha She Blows to infantry.
Rhodes to infantry. Draft citizen.
Phi Beta Kappa stays on cavalry.
Kurtz to infantry. Sell walls.
Ivory Tower to infantry.
Donsig's Factory to infantry.
Olympus Camp to infantry. Sell walls.
Deep Vault to infantry.
Strider's Revenge to infantry.
Sunshine Spa to infantry.
Ginger Ale's Stand to infantry.
Northern Easel to infantry.
Old Lagoon to infantry.
Shadow Mountain to infantry.
Gathering Storm stays on wealth.
Swamp Shepherd to infantry.
Lost Civ's Bulwark to infantry.
Beakers for MIA to infantry.
Grape Grog stays wealth.
Far University to infantry.
Plains of Victory stays wealth.
Wine 'N Fish to infantry.
Hilltop Resory to infantry.
Northport to infantry.
Victory Vista to infantry.
Iron Will to infantry.
Far West Port to infantry.
MIA Grand Forest to infantry.
MIA Fur Company to infantry.
Mountain View stays worker.
Mountain Fortress to infantry - am I almost done yet?
Rambuchan Tobac Fields to infantry.
Mile High MIA to infantry.
Singularity to infantry.
Prison Colony stays worker.
Leo's Neighbor to infantry.
Grand Junction to infantry.
Whispering Meadow to infantry.
Soylent Green to infantry.
Hero's Retreat to infantry.
Cellblock 24601 stays worker.
Joy of MIA to infantry.
Salt Mines to infantry.
MIA Oil Company to infantry.
International Trib HQ to infantry.
Rubber Factory to infantry.
The Nunnery to infantry.
Refuge Bay to infantry.
Top of the World to infantry.
Sunset Mt. to infantry.
Foothills of Glory to infantry.
Sunrise Mt. to infantry.
Dyes Monopoly to infantry.
Jungle Heart to infantry.
Meleet's Shrine to infantry.
Domination to infantry.
Worker's Triumph to infantry.
Land Subdued to infantry.
Cavalry Stables to infantry.
Spice of Life stays wealth.
Final Glory stays wealth.

Sliders

Luxuries at 0%.
Science stays at 0% up to 30%(?) - all taxmen back to scientists.

 

[General_W]

Oh man!!
I can't believe how fast that turn came around.

This really puts me in a bind.
I opened the save this morning, but realized I didn't have nearly enough time before work when I saw this…

Aaarg! Those Dnuts! I wish they could have waited just 1 turn for us to upgrade the cannons!!!

Anyway – with all the builds to be switched and the battle of our life on our hands… I knew it was going to take longer to play than the 45 mins-1 hour I had… and that would have been getting to work late.

Now – my wife and I have invited some friends over for tonight – and they'll probably stay pretty late - we haven't seen them in a long time. That makes my next available time to play the save on Saturday morning… about 24 hours from the time of this post. That's about 12 hours overdue.
(would have been fine, if KISS/Nuts hadn't turned the save around in 1 hour each!)

So – we can either ask for an extension, or someone else can play the save.
I know Azza is next in line… but given Chamnix's proven track record in wartime, I'm sure no one would mind if Chamnix played this save.

@ Chamnix: If you don't want to/don't have the time, I'll request an extension in the UN.

Sorry for the inconvenience!

 

[Chamnix]

I will have time to play the save tonight if you and azza can't, and I don't mind doing it.

If I play, I would prefer to send the save to our gmail, and you can forward it on to KISS and post in the turn-tracker thread. I would rather do it that way and not request an extension if possible so nobody thinks we are scared.

 

[General_W]

That sounds good to me.
Your "tonight" may be even before I've gone home from work – but either way, I can take a break from chatting with our friends to check for an e-mail to forward… they're geeks also and will totally understand

And you thought you'd retired!!

 

[Chamnix]

Azzaman was online but didn't say that he would play, so this is an official "got it"... but it will probably take me forever to play this turn because I will rejig all of our towns to adjust for mobilization shields...

 

[Chamnix]

The turn has been played and sent to our gmail box to be sent to KISS by General_W when he gets a minute.

 

[peter grimes]

Quite frankly, I'm not just a little bit insulted by our enemies' oversight in failing to send an elite squad to hunt me down, as they have done for Chamnis, General_W, Classical Hero, and Donsig (tho' only a conscript - was that intentional, I wonder?)

I can only assume that they have overestimated the power of the presidencies

 

[azzaman333]

Azzaman was online but didn't say that he would play, so this is an official "got it"... but it will probably take me forever to play this turn because I will rejig all of our towns to adjust for mobilization shields...

Well, at 2am, no one can expect me to play and do a reasonable job of MM'ing.

 

[Chamnix]

Turn 192

Builds

Athens completes cavalry, start cavalry.
Virtuoso completes cavalry, start cavalry.
Look Here completes cavalry, start cavalry.
The Two Rivers completes cavalry, start cavalry.
Gorin completes cavalry, start cavalry.
Aliakmon Stronghold completes cavalry, start cavalry.
Mountain View completes worker, start wealth.

Draft infantry from Chamnix's Hold and EMP City.

Change Ithaca from infantry to walls and rush them (and move citizens to high food tiles).
Don't bother - the first cannon that hits will take down the walls. Saving one hp of damage is not worth it.

Change Woodridge from infantry to artillery.
Change Rollah Coasta from infantry to artillery.
Change Ephebe from infantry to artillery.

Sliders

Luxuries at 0%.
Science up to 100%.

 

[Chamnix]

Turn 193

Builds

Athens completes cavalry, start cavalry.
Black Hole completes cavalry, start cavalry.
Heron completes artillery, start infantry.
EMP City completes cavalry, start cavalry.
Meleagerville completes cavalry, start cavalry.
Antville completes cavalry, start cavalry.
Woodridge completes artillery, start infantry.
Ephebe completes artillery, start infantry.
Phoenopolis completes cavalry, start cavalry.
Tarkingrad completes galleon, start infantry.
Rollah Coasta completes artillery, start infantry.
Prison Colony completes worker, start wealth.
Cellblock 24601 completes worker, start wealth.

Sliders

Luxuries up to 20%.
Science down to 80%.

There are many corrupt towns where the luxury slider doesn't help that will need extra specialists. If you can find a way to get Combustion in 2, then do it.

If any infantry builds can be changed to artillery to complete in 1, then do so. Any coastal infantry builds can be changed to boats if they will complete in 1.

Depending on how the battles go, you have discretion to draft infantry as needed.

 

[Chamnix]

Turn 194

Builds

Athens completes cavalry, start cavalry.
Virtuoso completes cavalry, start cavalry.
Look Here completes cavalry, start cavalry.
Aliakmon Stronghold completes cavalry, start cavalry.
Sparta completes artillery, start infantry.
Phi Beta Kappa completes artillery, start infantry.

Change Heron from infantry to galleon (the Advisor claims we will waste 4 shields, but if we had set it to galleon last turn, then it wouldn't have completed because we wouldn't have gotten the mobilization bonus).
Change Ephebe from infantry to galleon.
Change Ceasaria from infantry to artillery.
Change Pale Dove from infantry to artillery.

Sell the granary in Polecat.

Sliders

Luxuries at 20%.
Science at 80% (pick up a few taxmen if possible while still getting Combustion in 1).

War weariness is still at 50%, but we have a bunch of towns that grew and are now threatening to riot. Keep those specialists coming .

 

[Chamnix]

Turn 195

Learn Combustion, start Flight.

Builds

Athens completes cavalry, start cavalry.
Black Hole completes cavalry, start cavalry.
EMP City completes cavalry, start cavalry.
Meleagerville completes cavalry, start cavalry.
Antville completes cavalry, start cavalry.
Phoenopolis completes cavalry, start cavalry.
Ceasaria completes artillery, start infantry.
Pale Dove completes artillery, start infantry.

Change Parga from infantry to transport.
Change Agrili from infantry to transport.

Sliders

Luxuries at 20%.
Science at 80% (all taxmen back to scientists).

 

[General_W]

Just an update: I'll probably play this save about 6-7 hours from the time of this post.
Hear that GreekGuy?

 

[General_W]

ok - I'm now going to play the save.

 

[Chamnix]

Turn 196

Builds

Heron completes transport, start infantry.
Virtuoso comletes cavalry, start cavalry.
Look Here completes cavalry, start cavalry.
Ephebe completes transport, start infantry.
Aliakmon Stronghold completes cavalry, start cavalry.
Parga comletes infantry, start infantry.
Olympia completes cavalry, start cavalry.
Hindus River completes cavalry, start cavalry.
Agrili completes infantry, start infantry.

Change Abdera from infantry to destroyer.
Change Phi Beta Kappa from infantry to transport.


Sell granary in Polecat.
Sell granary in Sword of General_W.

Sliders

Luxuries at 20%.
Science down to 70%.