Preturn: Minor MM.
IBT: Two knights in danger are not attacked. There is an Archer landing.
1874 AD: Playing defensively. We lose a few and take out enemy units in reach.
IBT: Watch an enslaver landing. You can see the unit while it is landing and then it vanishes
1875 AD: We have the ability to upgrade to Asian Rider with attack 6. I update these and other units. I also cash rush a Castle in Linkoping. We don't have any castles near the front at all and need one right away.
Great palace in 7 in our high shield SK Hynix.
IBT: India all go west rather than advancing. Perhaps to threaten Falun which is less defended on the coast.
1876 AD: Upgrade a bunch of units on the front lines.
IBT: Lose one of our rare front line musketeer to a roving knight.
1877 AD: Take back Korrkoping with one loss. Line up workers to take the next viking city. However we may need to defend first as India advanced again.
IBT: Uh oh, I think I see a light greenish boat that appears and then vanishes. Looks like another contact soon?
1878 AD: Build road to reach Gotelburg. We capture it losing 1. There is a stack next to that I couldn't see. I decide to fortify the city with units to keep it. If I let the AI take it (Spain or India), their enhanced movement would be an issue.
IBT: We get IBT Contact with Arabia (light green boat). We got unlucky with that, we cannot see the boat afterward so we wouldn't have made contact if they hadn't wanted to trade.
1879 AD: Again there are Indian troops next to the city but we have Muskets in there now.
IBT: We lose a Musket and Asian rider. Many more enemy troops die.
1880 AD: Kill some of the troops around Goteburg. They are mostly enemy defenders left (a few attacks possible), but there are still 30 units - mostly Indian.
IBT: Lose 2 units and kill enemies on defense.
1881 AD: Still a lot of units healing. There are fewer adjacent units and all are defensive.
IBT: No units lost near Goteburg. We build the Great Palace in SK Hynix.
1882 AD: Kill a new stack that comes next to Goteburg. That leaves 11 Indian Arquibusiers of which I can kill 9 leaving 2 injured.
I was keeping more units in Goteburg than its size to keep it from flipping (should be enough if no riot, resisters, and our Culture is a bit higher). But this turn instead I moved out a bunch since I had less than its 15 size.
Tried to plant spies in all civs. We succeeded with India (south and even more west) and South Africa which is not showing on main map but is on this map:
IBT: We get Free Artistry and start Medicine to get to Enlightenment and Cavalry. We also got
1883 AD: Send more injured Asian Riders back to Linkoping for healing. Slightly injured are fortified for healing.
Clear out last reachable Indian troops in our lands.
This is turn 270.
Notes:
Most units are now upgraded.
Next player should be able to advance more when the riders heal up.
Spain hasn't done a whole lot. Just a few troops.
The AI has been dropping invisible units near Al Jadida in the north. That is why extra musketeers are there (they were all enslavers). You can see them when the land, but then vanish.
I didn't try a steal.
The image below shows a road from the edge of the mountains to Goteburg which is due south. Once complete it will be the shortest route.
There is also a settler way to the south I left unmoved. I didn't see a good spot so was considering a combat settler, but didn't have any decent chance to do so.
I don't think I checked for unhappy cities on the last turn, so check for that.
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