LK151 - WM, where are we?

[LKendter]

Summary:

IIRC America has more than one wonder we want. I don’t have time to bring up the game to figure out the other one.

I was glad to see all the new foreign workers to offset the extreme worker merging. Once rails arrive we will need an obscene number of workers.

That was great process vs. America. I never thought we could add the Sioux to the mix that put them going in way to many directions at once.

ROSTER:
LKendter (on deck)
Greebley
Northern Pike
CommandoBob (up)

 

[Northern Pike]

The Americans also have Sun Tzu, which conveniently is in Seattle along with the Great Lighthouse. And they have the Great Wall, but it's obsolete and not a Wonder trigger for us.

I was glad to see all the new foreign workers to offset the extreme worker merging.

Yes--in fact, we added so much new worker capacity, between builds, razing, and a few trades and purchases, that our net loss of capacity was only eight native-equivalents, despite forty-six merges. We'll make that up, and far more, long before we can build rails.

 

[CommandoBob]

Got it.

 

[CommandoBob]

Monarchy
100% Tax
000% Science
000% Luxury

2647 gold, +323 gpt

Military Tradition in 26 turns.

City Builds

1. Salvador (12): bank in 6, grows in 9.
2. Randolph Carter (1): temple in 30, grows in 6.
3. Captain Obed Marsh (1): market in 100, grows in 1.
4. Rio de Janeiro (7): Settler in 1, grows in 2.
5. Natsu Bragneel (12: bank in 8, grows in 29.
6. Brasilia (12): Palace Pre-build in 20, -3 food per turn.
7. Five Wheat Feat (6): Worker CCM in 2, grows in 2.
8. Belo Horizonte (12): vKnight in 4, grows in 8.
9. Uxia Cambarro (1): market in 97, grows in 2.
10. Fortaleza (12): vKnight in 1, grows in 12.
11. Ezequiel (1): cannon in 9, grows in 11.
12. Claudia Donovan (12): VKnight in 2, grows in 11.
13. Wilbur Whateley (1): temple in 1, grows in 5.
14. Artie Nielsen (12): vKnight in 2, grows in 5.
15. Helena G. Wells (12): vKnight in 4, grows in 21.
16. Iron Man (2): cannon in 4, zero growth.
17. San Carlos (2): walls in 5, grows in 5.
18. Wendy Marvel (6): worker CCM in 4, grows in 2.
19. Cure Dream (5): Worker CCM in 2, grows in 1.
20. River Tam (12): vKnight in 5, zero growth.
21. Captain Mal Reynolds (12): settler in 2, grows in 9999.
22. Charles Dexter Ward (1): temple in 30, grows in 7.
23. Xavier Cambarro (1): market in 99, grows in 4.
24. Jayne Cobb (9): courthouse in 8, zero growth.
25. Herbert West (12): vKnight in 2, zero growth.
26. Megan Halsey (12): bank in 12, zero growth.
27. Mrs. Frederic (12): courthouse in 3, -1 fpt.
28. Leena (10): cannon in 1, zero growth.
29. Chloe Armstrong (6): cannon in 20; grows in 1.
30. Dr. Jeremy Franklin (6): aqueduct in 13, zero growth.
31. Adam Brody (5): aqueduct in 34, grows in 2.
32. Lucy Heartfilla (4): aquduct in 73, grows in 8, one geek.
33. Erza Scarlet (6): aqueduct in 23, grows in 15.
34. Grey Fullbuster (4): cannon in 3, zero growth.
35. New Maturin (1): cannon in 27, grows in 1.
36. Dr. Carl Hill (12): courthouse in 5, grows in 36.
37. It Be salty (3): aqueduct in 27, grows in 4.
38. Paul Marsh (3): aqueduct in 30, grows in 5.
39. CAna Alberona (2): walls in 3, grows in 4.

City Build Recap
03 Bank
03 Temple
03 Market
02 Settler
01 Palace (Brasilia)
03 Workers
07 Knight
06 Cannon
02 Walls
03 Courthouse
06 Aqueduct


Resources
02 Saltpeter
04 Iron
03 Horse

Luxury
01 Wines
01 Furs (Mongols, 6 turns)
01 Dyes
01 Spices (India, 20 turns)
01 Ivory (Indonesia, 15 turns)

City Count
58 Babylon
39 Brazil (LK151 People)
38 Venezuela
36 Sioux
32 America
32 Indonesia
28 Aztecs
27 Egypt
26 Russia
24 China
21 Australia
18 Zululand
12 India
12 Persia
10 Mongols
09 France
04 Songhai
02 Argentina


Military
06 Settler
27 Worker CCM
70 Slaves
01 Explorer
04 Warrior
01 Spearman
01 Swords
02 Pikes
39 Muskets
47 Knights
05 Catapult
03 Catapult (captured)
06 Cannon
07 Cannon (captured)
05 Galley
03 Army (Knights)
19 Mace
27 Trebuchet
02 Trebuchet (captured)

Current Units: 193
Allowed Units: 112
Support Costs: 081 gpt

We are Weak compared to:

• Indonesia (Republic)
• Babylon (Monarchy)
• Aztecs (Monarchy)

We are Average compared to:

• Venezeula (Monarchy)
• China (Monarchy)
• America (Monarchy)
• Sioux (Republic)

We are Strong compared to:

• MOngols (Monarchy)
• Russia (Monarchy)
• Argentina (Despotism)
• Shonghai (Anarchy)
• Egypt (Republic)
• Austrailia (Monarchy)
• Zululand (Despotism)
• France (Despotism)
• India (Monarchy)
• Persia (Republic)

We are at War with America.
We are at peace with everybody else.

Wonder Races

• Magellan's Voyage
  • Akkad, Babylon
• JS Bach's Cathedral
  • Heliopolis (12), Egypt
  • Berlin (10), Babylon
  • Washington (12), America
  • Oto (6), Siouxdom
• Newton's University
  • Babylon, Babylon

More of an overview at this point. More detaisl tomorrow.

 

[Northern Pike]

The Indonesians are an island civ on a huge island (Australia), so naturally they've got a lot of units and we're weak relative to them. But they're broke, stalled in research, and not real competitors.

 

[CommandoBob]

Next City Builds

• Salvador: bank in 6, Knights in 4.
• Randolph Carter: temple (rush) -> barracks.
• Captain Obed Marsh: market in 100.
• Rio de Janeiro: Settler -> settler.
• Natsu Bragneel: bank in 8 -> Knights.
• Brasilia: Palace Pre-build in 20.
• Five Wheat Feat: Worker -> Worker.
• Belo Horizonte: vKnight -> vKnight.
• Uxia Cambarro: market in 97.
• Fortaleza: vKnight -> vKnight.
• Ezequiel: cannon -> cannon.
• Claudia Donovan: vKnight -> vKnight.
• Wilbur Whateley: temple in 1 -> market.
• Artie Nielsen: vKnight -> vKnight.
• Helena G. Wells: vKnight -> vKnight.
• Iron Man: cannon -> cannon.
• San Carlos: walls -> cannon.
• Wendy Marvel: worker -> Worker.
• Cure Dream: Worker -> Worker.
• River Tam: vKnight -> vKnight.
• Captain Mal Reynolds: settler -> vKnight (add in two workers).
• Charles Dexter Ward: temple (rush) -> market.
• Xavier Cambarro: market in 99.
• Jayne Cobb: courthouse -> cannon.
• Herbert West: vKnight -> vKnight.
• Megan Halsey: bank in 12.
• Mrs. Frederic: courthouse -> bank.
• Leena: cannon -> cannon.
• Chloe Armstrong: cannon in 20.
• Dr. Jeremy Franklin: aqueduct in 13.
• Adam Brody: aqueduct in 34.
• Lucy Heartfilla: aquduct in 73.
• Erza Scarlet: aqueduct in 23.
• Grey Fullbuster: cannon -> cannon
• New Maturin: cannon -> cannon.
• Dr. Carl Hill: courthouse -> Knights.
• It Be salty: aqueduct in 27.
• Paul Marsh: aqueduct in 30.
• Cana Alberona: walls in 3 -> cannon.

Notes
Washington will fall soon and be razed. The Great Wall will be gone.

Washington will be replaced, probably 1E of where it is now, which is CxxC from Randolph Carter and on a river.

3NE of Boston, still at CxxC from Randolph Carter and also on a river, is another potential site. Capturing Boston would then isolate Seattle from direct land reinforcement.

Waiting three turns before attacking Washington and then being in place to grab Seattle in the next turn set appears to limit our western offensive. We might be able to acquire Boston before these turns are done, but Chicago, Baltimore and St. Louis will be untouched. That is fine, the prize is worth it.

We have two settlers in Randolph Carter.

Our Eastern forces should be able to raze/replace Hunt Valley and then capture Sante Fe. We have only one settler with our Eastern forces.

We have six settlers right now. Need to end with six settlers.

The cheapest we could buy Music Theory for is 2045 from the Sioux, though Persia would swap Banking for it.

These are the biggest things to me that Northern Pike did not cover in his notes.

 

[Northern Pike]

Yes, an agenda of Washington, Boston, and (almost) Seattle looks good for your round. On a fairly relaxed schedule it should be possible to make all three attacks with good bombardment support. We could push harder, but that would involve unpleasant risks to our armies or to our independent knights. The closer we are to upgrading our knights to cav, the fewer chances we should take with them.

The cheapest we could buy Music Theory for is 2045 from the Sioux, though Persia would swap Banking for it.

On reflection, my idea of delaying our acquisition of Music Theory was probably oversubtle. We should grab it from either Persia or China while we can still have it for Banking (so before we hit Enter, to be safe), and won't have to surrender the more valuable Metallurgy, or gold.

 

[Greebley]

JS Bach's Cathedral

Heliopolis (12), Egypt
Berlin (10), Babylon
Washington (12), America
Oto (6), Siouxdom

Is this the number of turns to build it or the number of shields each city has?
City investigation isn't too expensive if we have some cash and if these are shields.

Edit: With Washington out of the way the biggest danger would be Heliiopolis at 12 shields.

 

[CommandoBob]

JS Bach's Cathedral

Heliopolis (12), Egypt
Berlin (10), Babylon
Washington (12), America
Oto (6), Siouxdom

Is this the number of turns to build it or the number of shields each city has?
City investigation isn't too expensive if we have some cash and if these are shields.

Edit: With Washington out of the way the biggest danger would be Heliiopolis at 12 shields.

The numbers are city size.

 

[Greebley]

Finding out how many turns it will take Heliopolis might be worthwhile then. Though if Babylon has had it for a while they could be a threat, but the corruption will be higher there.

 

[Northern Pike]

Heliopolis only has eight land tiles including its centre tile, plus a whale. Berlin doesn't look very well developed for shields, and will have some corruption. Babylon's Newton build in Babylon city is probably ahead of our pace, but should just bring them Newton unless something odd happens. I may have been too cautious earlier--this should work.

Since our palace pre-build in Brasilia involves a not-quite-sustainable food deficit, we should probably assume that we're thirteen turns away from Bach, not twelve. Thus our goal would be to take Seattle in 770 AD and complete Bach on the following interturn.

 

[Greebley]

It doesn't matter if we take it early. All we have to do is own it when Bach completes.

I would just grab it as soon as we are sure we won't lose it back and risk a raze.

 

[Northern Pike]

The problem with taking Seattle early is that it could flip on us just as we complete Bach--which based on recent results is a much greater danger than that the Americans will reconquer it in combat.

 

[Greebley]

Unless we have enough units to keep it from flipping that turn. I am not sure how many that would be, but civ assist may know. Might be doable. But ya, I wasn't thinking about flips. We do have to be careful.

 

[CommandoBob]

Turns played; will post turn log and such tomorrow.

 

[CommandoBob]

0 0650 AD

Sell Banking to Persia for Music Theory and 10 gpt.

Build an embassy with Egypt for 202 of 2647 gold and see Thebes.
Thebes

Spoiler :

Investigate Heliopolis for 267 of 2445 gold.
Helioplis

Spoiler :

JS Bach's is 14 turns away in Heliopolis.

We have 288 shields in Brasilia and we need 312 more to complete JS Bachs, we net 26 spt and we gain the 312 in 12 turns exactly; no leftover.

I will mine at least one mountain around Brasilia for a +2 shield boost when worked. Maybe we can shave a turn or two off of our build time. We have plenty of workers to add into the city when it starves.

I don't like having only a turn cushion on this build.


​

[IBT]
Mongolia (10 cities) and Sioux (36 cities) sign an MA vs. America (32 cities).
China is buildng JS Bach's Cathedral (Music Theory).
Pre boot from Babylon.

Pentagon anyone?

Rio de Janerio: settler -> settler in 4.
Fortaleza: vKnight -> vKnight in 5.
Wilbur Whaley: temple -> market in 100.
Leena: cannon -> cannon in 4.

Persia is buildng JS Bach's Cathedral.


1 0660 AD

Persia and China are not building any Wonders except JS Bach. No Wonder Cascade threat.

The only nation with multiple wonders under construction is Bablyon and they are building JS Bachs already.


Tresspassers
Australian troops tramp around It Be Salty, Cana Alberona and San Carlos.
Lone Yankee Knight 1W of Captain Obed Marsh.
Lone Yankee Musket 1W of Charles Dexter Ward.

Rush Temples in Randolph Carter and Charles Dexter Ward for 232 of 2492 gold.

Yankee Musket gets mashed (1 of 1).
Yankee Knight is skewered (2 of 2, 0 of 1e).

Worker
Road the worked forest for Artie Nielsen.
Start a mine for Adrain Brody.
Start a mine for Cure Dream's future.
Start irrigating a desert tile.
Start two mountain mine around Brasilia.
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[IBT]
Sioux want face time. They politely want to sell us Printing Press for 1770 of 2260 gold. We refuse their kind offer.

Randolph Carter: temple -> barracks in 40.
Five Wheat Feat: worker -. worker in 2.
Claudia Donovan: vKnight -> vKnight in 5.
Artie Nielsen: vKnight -> vKnight in 5.
Cure Dream: worker -> worker in 2.
Captain Mal Reynolds: settler -> vKnight in 5.
Charles Dexter ward: temple -> market in 100.
Herbert West: vKnight -> vKnigh in 4.

2 0670 AD

Sell Philosophy to Argentina for 95 of 95 gold.
Knights of Pele are added into Third Army.

Move Trebuchets and Cannons from Wilbur Whateley towards Washington.

New units head towards the American front lines.

Tresspassers
Just Aussies, no Yanks.

Worker
Irrigate aorund Cure Dream.
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[IBT]
We lost a Musket to a Longbow in Hunt Valley (2 of 3).

Venezuela (38) and America (37) make peace. Not real good for us. We had an ROP with them, not that we used it.
We see our first Babylonian Cavlary.
Russia (28) and Australia (21) make peace.
Sioux (37) and Venezuela sign MA vs. Aztecs (28).
Sioux declares war on Aztecs.

Wendy Marvel: worker -> worker in 3.
Mrs. Frederic: courthouse -> bank in 16.
Cana Alberona: walls -> cannon in 40.

America is bulding JS Bach's Cathedral (Music Theory).

3 0680 AD

America is building Bachs in Washington, again.

Stack of Doom crosses the American border 2NW of Randolph Carter.

Hunt Valley (12)
Red line 3 Muskets and a Longbow.
Four Knights trounce them (6 of 7).

Good News

We raze this degraded and decandant city, gaining 5 slaves from the raze and 2 more in the capture, for a total of 7.

Warehouse Memories replaces it and starts a temple.

Worker
Start a mine for Jayne Cobb.
Start the third mountain mine at Brasilia.
Start a mine for Captain Obed Marsh.
Start a mountain mine for Mrs. Frederic.

Rush barracks in Randolph carter for 156 of 3001 gold.

Worker To Merge into Captain Mal is merged into Captain Mal, which makes it size 12.

We buy Venezuela back into the ranks of the anti-Americans for 60 gpt.
Venezuela declares war on America.

Our MA had 4 turns left before it expired.
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[IBT]
Australia (21) and Sioux (37) sign MA vs. Aztecs (28).
Australia declares war on Aztecs.

Boot from Babylon.

Egypt (27) and Mongols (10) make peace.

Randolph Carter: barracks -> market in 100.
Rio de Janerio: settler -> settler in 5.
Five Wheat Feat: worker -> worker in 2.
Belo Horizonte: vKnight -> vKnight in 4.
Helena G Wells: vKnight -> vKnight in 4.
Iron Man: cannon -> cannon in 10.
Cure Dream: worker -> worker in 2.
Gary Fulbuster: cannon -> cannon in 8.

Egypt is building Magellan's Voyage (Navigation).
America is bulding JS Bach's Cathedral, once again (Music Theory).

4 0690 AD

Now America is building Bachs in Boston.

Tresspassers
Lone Yankee Knight 1W of Randolph carter.

Lose one of our Knights to that Knight (6 of 8).
Third Army cleans out the vermin (7 of 9).

Advance on Washington.

Start to assemble forces to take out Sante Fe, south of Xavier Cambarro.

Workers
Start jungle burning near Warerhouse Memories.

Rush temple in Warehouse Memories for 116 of 3112 gold.
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[IBT]
Persia (12) and Sioux (37) sign an MA vs. Aztecs (28).

Yankee Knight bashes a Musket in Randloph Carter (7 of 10).

Preboot by Babylon.

America (32) and Australia (21) make peace. We need to change that.

Egypt wants to chat. Trying to sell Printing Press for 2020 of our 2996 gold. We say No. she goes away.

Preboot by Mongols.

Fortaleza: vKnight -> vKnight in 4.
San Carlos: walls -> cannon in 40.
River Tam: vKnight -> vKnight in 6.
Warehouse Memories: temple -> market in 100.
Leena: cannon -> cannon in 4.
Dr. Carl Hill: courthouse -> vKnight in 5.

5 0700 AD

Tresspassers
Wounded Yankee Knight 1N of Randolph carter.

It is removed (8 of 11).
eKnight bowls over Yankee Longbow (9 of 12, 0 of 2e).

Sante Fe strike force moves 1N of Santa Fe.

Washington Welcome Wagon Party crosses a rive to arrive at Washington, where the party starts next turn.

Workersp
Road and mine BG north of Captain Obed Marsh.
Start a mine near It Be Salty.
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[IBT]
Zulu (18) and Sioux (36) sign an MA vs. China (24).
Zulus declare war on China.
Zulu and Sioux sign an MA vs. America (32).
Zulus declare war on America.

Australia (21) declares war on Zulu.

Preboot from Egypt.
Boot from Venezuela.

Salvador: bank -> vKnight in 4.
Culture expansion at Randolph Carter.
Five Wheat Feat: worker -> worker in 2.
Artie Nielsen: vKnight -> vKnight in 4.
Wendy Marvel: worker -> worker in 3.
Cure Dream: worker -> worker in 2.
Culture expansion at Charles Dexter ward.
Herbert West: vKnight -> vKnight in 4.

We lost our supply of Furs (Mongols).

6 0710 AD

Tresspassers
There are four Yankee units northish of Randoloph Carter, a Musket and three Longbow.

Washington (12) capital
The party starts by shelling the city and scoring 9 points of damage on four defenders.
vKnight retreats from 2/4 Musket and cannon (9 of 13).
vKnight falls to 2/4 Musket and cannon (9 of 14); musket promotes.
Another vKnight falls to this Musket and cannon (9 of 15).
Well, enough of that nonsense.
First Army slaps down that Musket, no cannon help it (10 of 16).
vKnight beats 1/4 Musket (11 of 17).
And a repeat (12 of 18).
eKnight brushes aside 1/3 Musket (13 of 19, 0 of 3e).

Good News

Washington is razed.
The Great wall is destroyed.
We gain three cannon, 0 gold and 7 slaves.

We build Artifacts Archive 1E of the ruins of Washington, next to a river, CxxC from Randolph carter.
Start a temple.
Recovered American cannons go into Artifacts Archive.
New slaves move into Randolph Carter.

Sante Fe
We redline three Muskets in Sante Fe.
vKnight is rebuffed by 1/4 Musket (13 of 20).
Musket is manhandled by vKnight (14 of 21).
So is second Musket (15 of 22).
Third musket just collapses (16 of 23).

Good News

We gain four slaves, who start on a hill side road. We don't have a settler nearby to replace Sante Fe at the moment.

eMace buries 1/4 Longbow (16 of 24, 0 of 4e).

The Musket and one Longbow are scattered by vKnights (18 of 26).
The two remaining Longbow are 1N-1NE of Randloph Carter, on an unimproved mountain tile.

Place a settler in the jungle 3NE of Boston. Third Army protects it.
First Army guards the Washington artillery.

Workers
Start a mine for Chloe Armstrong.

We get Australia to rekindle the American war for 30 gpt.
We buy Silks from Venezuela for 63 gpt.
Our only other option was Furs or Gems from Babylon but I did not want to send them Dyes. They have more cities and are too far away for us to control at this time.
China has Incense but their war with the Sioux cut off any trade routes, until we learn Navigation/Magnetism.

The new capital of America is San Francisco, which was 5W-1NW of Washington. That is good. I was afraid it would be some city in the subcontinent of India, right in the middle of our next conquests.

Artie Neilsen: Knight in 4 -> Musket in 4.
Dr. carl Hill: Knight in 3 -> Musket in 3.

These are the cities closest to the American front that can produce Muskets quickly.
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[IBT]
Preboot from Aztecs (Explorer).

Egypt (29) and Sioux (35) sign an MA vs. America (30).
Egypt declares war on America.
Egypt is in Central America so this is largely symbolic.

Egypt is building Magellan's Voyage (Navigation). Again.

Egypt and Sioux sign an MA vs. Aztecs (28).
Egypt declares war on Aztecs.

Retreat a Yankee Knight at Artifacts Archive (19 of 27).

Preboot by China (naval).

Babylon (59) and Egypt sign an MA vs. Mongols (8).

Rio de Janerio: settler -> settler in 8.
Claudia Donovan: vKnight -> vKnight in 5.
Captain Mal Reynolds:: vKnight -> vKnight in 5.

America is building JS Bach's Cathedral (Music Theory) once again.


7 0720 AD

Sell The Republic to Zulu for 264 of 264 gold.
Egypt is building Magellan's Voyage in Avaris.
America is building JS Bach's Cathedral in Boston, like it did last time.
Sell Theology to Mongols for 10 gpt and 127 of 127 gold.

Tresspassers
1/4 Yankee Knight 1N of Artifact Archive.
The Longbows went north, across the American border.

Harry Houdini's Wallet is found 3NE of Boston. Starts a temple.
Rush the temple in Artifact Archive for 116 of 4275 gold.

4/5 Knight, looking for glory, defeats 1/4 Knight (20 of 28, 0 of 5e).

Workers
Jungle road between Xavier Camborro and uxia Cambarro.

Set River Tam and Salvador on Musket production.
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[IBT]
Fight off two pickpocketing Yankee Knights at Harry Houdini's Wallet (22 of 30).

Artifacts Archive: temple -> walls in 20.
Natsu Dragneel: bank -> vKnight in 4.
Five Wheat Feat: worker -> worker in 2.
Belo Horizonte: vKnight -> vKnight in 4.
Helena G. Wells vKnight -> vKnight in 4.
Cure Dream: worker -> worker in 2.
Jayne Cobb: courthouse -> cannon in 6.

Like clockwork:
America is bulding JS Bach's Cathedral (Music Theory).

8 0730 AD

Americia is building JS Bach's Cathedral in Philadelphia instead of Boston. Philly is to the west of our current expanison.
Rush temple in Harry Houdini's wallet for 116 of 4512 gold.

Tresspassers
1/4 Knight 1SW of Harry Houdini's Wallet.
rMusket on the hill 1S of that city.

eKnight triumphs over the redlined Yankee Knight (23 of 31, 0 of 6e).

We won't be able to attack Boston and move our artillery quickly enough to Seattle. So we let Boston live a bit longer.

We leave the Musket alone.

Workers
Start another mine for Chloe Armstrong.
Road another jungle tile near Xavier Cambarro.
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[IBT]
We win 2 of 5 IBT attacks (25 of 36); we lost two muskets and had a Knight retreat.

Zulu get in our face. ROP and MA vs. China. No.

Salvador: vMusket -> vMusket in 3.
Fortaleza: vKnight -> vKNight in 4.
Ezequiel: cannon -> cannon in 14.
Wendy Marvel: worker -> worker in 4.
Harry Houdini's Wallet: temple -> walls in 20.
Leena: cannon -> cannon in 4.
Dr. Carl Hill: vMusket -> vMusket in 4.

9 0740 AD

Tresspassers
Yankee vKnights 1NW and 1NE of Artifacts Archive.
Yankee rLongbow 1S.
1/4 Yankee Knight 1SW of Harry Houdini's Wallet.

Step on a Longbow blocking the way for our rock-throwers (24 of 32).

Farnsworth replaces Sante Fe; starts a temple.

We move towards Palo Alto.

Cannons in Artifacts Archive ping all three visiting Americans.
eKnight vents its rage on the Longbow (25 of 33, 0 of 7e).
eKnight rubs out redlined vKnight at Harry Houdini's Wallet (26 of 34, 0 of 8e).

Move cannons and trebuchets towards Seattle, just now crossing the border, protected by First Army.
Rush walls in Artifacts Archive for 76 gold.

vKnight from Randolph Carter clobbers a Yankee Knight at the Archive (27 of 35) and moves into the Archive.


We investigate Heliopolis again for 286 gold. Need to know how close they are to bulding JS Bach's Cathederal, they were one turn behind us and could have caught up.

Helioplois 740 AD

Spoiler :

You've got to be kidding!
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[IBT]


And the save is attached.

 

[CommandoBob]

American Core Expansion 0740 AD

Washington has been razed and replaced. So has Hunt Valley and Sante Fe.

Artifact Archive has 3 cannon, 3 Musket and 2 Knights inside it. Harry Houdini's Wallet has 9 Knights and 1 Musket. An eKnight is under the Army 1SW of the city. Randolph Carter 1 cannon, 1 Musket, 1 Mace, 6 Knights, 2 Settler and 12 slaves. Wilbur Whateley, a bit to the east, has 2 Muskets, 2 Knights and 1 Settler.

Heliopolis
At the start of my turnset JS Bach's Cathedral was 14 turns away in this city. Nine turns later, as it got closer for us to capture Seattle and complete Bach's, I decided to end a turn early and give the next player two turns to prepare for Seattle, Bachs and triggering our Golden Age. I thought it would be good to know exactly how close Heliopolis was to finishing Bachs, too. I did not expect them to be 13 turns away. Good for us since the time crunch is not present, by my-oh-my, what did the AI do? Egypt started as a Republic and is still a Republic, so that seems to rule out Anarchy.

So I checked:

• 650 AD: 14 turns
• 660 AD: 13 turns
• 670 AD: 12 turns
• 680 AD: 11 turns
• 690 AD: 9999 turns, Egypt in Anarchy
• 700 AD: 9999 turns, Egypt in Anarchy
• 710 AD: 16 turns, Democracy
• 720 AD: 9999 turns, Egypt in Anarchy
• 730 AD: 9999 turns, Egypt in Anarchy
• 740 AD: 13 turns, Republic

Wow.
Just...Wow.



Attacking Seattle
We have a Settler in a jungle under an Army 2N of Seattle. Our Cannons and Trebuchets are 1SE of there, also protected by an Army and some Knights.

My plan of attack is perhaps a bit too clever. The cannon and artillery stack move 1S next turn, onto the hill NE of Seattle. The following turn they bombard Seattle. After the bombardment we build our jungle city, which brings our borders closer to Seattle. If the Knights next to Seattle need help, reinforcements will have less American land to cross. The current Knights in Harry Houdini's Wallet would be able to move two road tiles into the new city, move 1S and then attack Seattle, and when the city fell, not be exposed to counter-attacks. I haven't built this city before because 1 tile would be claimed by Seattle and increase the flip risk.

There are also Knights and Muskets on their way help out.

Trading
We sold Banking to Persia for Music Theory and 10 gpt on Turn 0, 650 AD.
Sold Philosophy to Argentina for 95 gold in 670 AD.
Sign Venezuela back into the war on America for 60 gpt in 680 AD.
Buy Silks from Venezela for 63 gpt in 710 AD.
Sign Australia onto the unAmerican bandwagon for 30 gpt, also in 710 AD.
Sell Republic to Zulu for 264 gold in 720 AD.
Sell Theology to Mongols for 10 gpt and 127, still in 720 AD.

We have 17 more turns left on our Silks deal with Venezuela.
And 17 more turns with our Australian MA vs. America.

That limits us to just pounding on America during most of our Golden Age. It will be a while before we can move north against Venezuela and Australia.


Random Stuff
Newcastle, off to our NE, lost a Spear defending and a Sword attacking last IBT. Must be Zulu.

Worker Locations/Tasks
Asia, NW to SE

• It Be Salty
  • 3NE: 2 workers, forest road in 2.
  • 1S-1SW: 1 worker, irrigate in 3.
  • 1S: 1 worker, irrigate in 3.
  • 1E-1NE: 3 workers, mountain road in 1.
  • 1S-1SE: 1 worker, irrigate in 3.
  • 2E: 3 workers, mountain road in 1.
• Cure Dream
  • 1SW: 2 Workers, mine in 2.
• Randolph Carter
  • 12 slaves spacebarred in the city
• Wilbur Whateley
  • 1SE: 6 slaves.
• Brasilia
  • 2NW: 3 workers, mountain road in 2 and 3 workers, mountain mine in 5.
  • 1N: 1 worker, Merge Me Into Brasilia.
  • 1S: 1 worker.
• Chloe Armstrong
  • 1SE: 8 slaves and 2 workers; mine in 1.
• Dr. Carl Hill
  • 1W-1SW: 3 workers, mountain road in 2 and 3 workers, mountain mine in 5.
  • 2SW: 1 worker.
• Captain Obed Marsh
  • 1N: 18 slaves.
• Xavier Cambarro
  • 1NE: 24 slaves, jungle clearing in 1.
• Artie Nielsen
  • 2S-1SW: 2 slaves, mine in 2.
  • 2S-2SW: 1 slave, mine in 22.
• warehouse Memories
  • 3NW: 12 slaves; jungle clearing in 4.
  • 1W-1NW: 4 slaves.

Japan

• Mrs. Frederic
  • 1NW: 2 workers, mountain mine in 3.

Phillipines

• Ezra Scarlet
  • 1SE: 1 worker, mine in 3.

We dont' have a lot of immediate worker needs at the moment, but that could change.


Military
06 Settler
37 Worker CCM
70 Slaves
01 Explorer
04 Warrior
01 Spearman
01 Swords
02 Pikes
37 Muskets
58 Knights
05 Catapult
03 Catapult (captured)
12 Cannon
07 Cannon (captured)
05 Galley
03 Army (Knights)
19 Mace
27 Trebuchet
02 Trebuchet (captured)

Current Units: 218
Allowed Units: 120
Support Costs: 098 gpt

Military Tradition in 17, 00% Science (geek in Lucy Heartfilla), 00% Luxury, +353 gpt, 4691 gold.

 

[LKendter]

ROSTER:
With the father-in-law visiting through Memorial Day, I can’t start before next Monday night at the earliest. If Greebley has the time, we can swap.
LKendter (up)
Greebley (on deck)
Northern Pike
CommandoBob

 

[vmxa]

Lurker:

"So I checked:
650 AD: 14 turns
660 AD: 13 turns
670 AD: 12 turns
680 AD: 11 turns
690 AD: 9999 turns, Egypt in Anarchy
700 AD: 9999 turns, Egypt in Anarchy
710 AD: 16 turns, Democracy
720 AD: 9999 turns, Egypt in Anarchy
730 AD: 9999 turns, Egypt in Anarchy
740 AD: 13 turns, Republic"

Lol

 

[Northern Pike]

Fine precise placement of the new tactical towns in India/America.

Your entertaining analysis of Egypt's Bach build in Heliopolis doesn't mention one thing: the 650 AD screenshots show that they were in their GA when they decided to go through anarchy twice.