LK169, Italy, CCM 2.5, AWM

[Jersey Joe]

Civinator, are you aware that the the WWI Infantry provided by Nationalism to Italy/Rome is 7 Attack & 8 Defense while every other Civilization get 8 Attack and 8 Defense? Also, the upgraded Italian Infantry from the Great War Experience is only 8 Attack and 8 Defense, unlike all the other Civilizations whose Infantry is 9 attack and 9 defense? The above anomalies are in both the civopedia and the .biq file.

Update from the front:
Good News/Bad News: I have captured all the Israeli cities. However, I have incontered the Houseboat bug.

We are at 45% of the world's territory. The Mogols might have the most advanced army (after ours) in the game. I am going to shift our forces to the west to concentrate on Canada then Brazil and who ever else is there and leave a defensive force towns bordering the Mongols.

 

[Civinator]

Civinator, are you aware that the the WWI Infantry provided by Nationalism to Italy/Rome is 7 Attack & 8 Defense while every other Civilization get 8 Attack and 8 Defense? Also, the upgraded Italian Infantry from the Great War Experience is only 8 Attack and 8 Defense, unlike all the other Civilizations whose Infantry is 9 attack and 9 defense?

In CCM 2.6 the attack value for Italian WW1 infantry is set to 8. The stats for Italian WW2 infantry stay as they are. Why? Please have a look at history in WW2.

 

[Civinator]

I will change my mind and include R16 in the next game. What setting are you recommending changes?

I will post an R 16 config file for CCM 2.5 when I have the time for it.

 

[Jersey Joe]

In CCM 2.6 the attack value for Italian WW1 infantry is set to 8. The stats for Italian WW2 infantry stay as they are. Why? Please have a look at history in WW2.

Looking at the history of WW2, I have to wonder why several other civilations are not included with Italy in rating second rate Infantry. Some that come to mind are:
France, Poland, Inca, Aztec, Brazil, Spain, South Africa, and Korea. Probably some if not all of the Middle Eastern civilizations should be included in the second rate list.

 

[Civinator]

Looking at the history of WW2, I have to wonder why several other civilations are not included with Italy in rating second rate Infantry. Some that come to mind are:
France, Poland, Inca, Aztec, Brazil, Spain, South Africa, and Korea. Probably some if not all of the Middle Eastern civilizations should be included in the second rate list.

Many of those civs didn´t participate in WW2. When looking at the miserable performance in Greece and in North Africa (before Rommel), I think the stats for that Italian unit are o.k. - and it should not be forgotten, that Italy/Rome with the legionary and the praetorian has some early powerful units in the game.

 

[Jersey Joe]

Many of those civs didn´t participate in WW2. When looking at the miserable performance in Greece and in North Africa (before Rommel), I think the stats for that Italian unit are o.k. - and it should not be forgotten, that Italy/Rome with the legionary and the praetorian has some early powerful units in the game.

Civinator, this discussion seems like it might go on for several posts and is is really off topic. I am going to post my reply in the CCM2 Epic Mod.

 

[Civinator]

I will post an R 16 config file for CCM 2.5 when I have the time for it.

Here is the R 16 config file of the Flintlock mod for CCM 2.5.

This is the list of the changes compared to the standard R16 config file:

cut_research_spending_to_avoid_bankruptcy = false
no_elvis_easter_egg = true
Allows artillery unit AI to grab escorts from city defenders= false
ai_build_artillery_ratio = false
ai_artillery_value_damage_percent = 0
max_ai_naval_escorts = 2
minimum_city_separation = -1
allow_stealth_attack_against_single_unit = true
perfume_specs = ["Worker Houses": 50, "Walls": 70]
dont_end_units_turn_after_airdrop = true
sea_retreat_rules = all-units
ignore_king_ability_for_defense_priority = true

(Please note, that the R16 config file for CCM 2.6 will be different in some settings)

 

[Jersey Joe]

Continuing 1920 AD: per Victory Screen, we have 34% of the world area and 41% of the population.
Do some MM and switch Veii to building a barracks, change several Lancia builds to either Adventurers or WWI Infantry.

IBT:
Korea captures the town Kazan` from the Russians.

We kill an Invisible Unit, but lose 2 Lancia and an Adventurer (1, 2).

Production in Rome (building a Steamroller) is sabotaged.

1921 AD:
Annexing Bryansk: Lancia kills Korean Musket Infantry (2, 2); Dragoon kills Musket Infantry (3, 2) and we get a Great Leader. Great Leader watches Camel Corp kill Pikeman (4, 2) and capture the town.
Great Leader rushes University in Lugdunum.
Camel Corp kills Medieval Infantry (5, 3); Dragoons kill a Late Pike, a Chariot, A War Elephant, and A Siege Crossbow (9, 3). Lancia kills Israeli Musketman (10, 3).

Annexing Chonju: Dragoons kill 2 Korean Late Pike (12, 3) and the town is captured.
Annexing Kazan`: Dragoon kills Korean Musket Infantry (13, 3) Dragoon kills Hwacha`a (14, 3) and the town is captured.

Annexing Yakutsk: Lancia kills Korean Musket Infantry (15, 3); Lancia killed by Musket Infantry (15, 4); Lancia kills Musket Infantry (16, 4) and the town is captured.
Lancia kills Israeli Musketman (17, 4).

Annexing Orenburg: Camel Corp kills Korean Crossbow (18, 4); Lancia kills Musket Infantry (19, 4); Lancia kills Late Pike (20, 4); Lawyer signs Crossbow to acting contract (21, 4) and the town is captured.
Annexing Amsterdam: Russian Riflemen kill 3 Lancia (21, 7); Lancia kill 3 Rifleman (24, 7). The city is captured.
Annexing Brussels: Lancia kills Mexican Line Infantry (25, 7); Lancia kills Villista (26, 7); Lancia kills Meso Spearman (27, 7); Missionary converts Spearman (28, 7) and the city is captured.
Annexing Rotterdam: Heavy Artillery kills 2 Korean Pikeman (30, 7) and the town is captured.
Annexing Antwerp: Lancia kill 2 Korean Pikemen (32, 7) and the town is captured.
Annexing Vladivostok: Lancia kills Korean Siege Crossbow 33, 7); Lawyer signs Siege Crossbow to movie contract (34, 7) and the town is captured.
Annexing Magadan: Lancia kills Korean Musket Infantry (35, 7); Lancia kills Pikeman (36, 7).

The Koreans have been destroyed.

Lancia kills Israeli Musketmen (37, 7).

Annexing Malinalco: Enslaver captures Mexican Steamroller crew; Lancia kills Villista (38, 7); Lancia kills Mesofirelancer (39, 7) and the city is captured.
Lancia kills Israeli Trebuchet (40, 7); Camel Corps kills Adventurer (41, 7).

Near Saigon: WWI Infantry kills 2 Turkish Adventurers (43, 7).

IBT: After what seems like hours of watching the pointless bombardment of our coastal cities by enemy sailing and paddlewheel ships, we get contacted by the Persians. They want us to basically gift them Englightment. I wish I could order the envoy behaeded <sigh> I have to settle for declaring war on them.

1922 AD:
North of Rangoon: Lancia kills Greek Musket Infantry (44, 7).

Annexing Arkhangel`sk: Lancia killed by Russian Late Pike (44, 8); Dragoon kills Late Pike (45, 8); Dragoon kills Late Pike (46, 8) we get a Great Leader and capture the town.
The Great Leader rushes a Hospital in Beijing.

Annexing Irkutsk: Lancia kills Russian Line Infantry (47, 8); Dragoon kills Late Pike (48, 8) and we get a Great Leader. Lancia kills Late Pike (49, 8) and we capture the town.
The Great Leader rushes a Power Plant in Viroconium.

The Russians have been destroyed.

Annexing Shiloh: Heavy Artillery kills Israeli Musket Infantry (50, 8); Heavy Artillery killed by Israeli Musket Infantry (50, 9); Dragoon killed by Musket Infantry (50, 10); Dragoon kills Musket Infantry (51, 10) and we get a Great Leader.
The Great Leader rushes a Power Plant in Antium.
Dragoon kills Musket Infantry (52, 10) and the town is captured.

West of Madalay, Adventurers kill 2 Turkish Adventurers (54, 10).
West of Saigon: Lancia kills Australian Adventurer (55, 10); Horse Artillery kills Adventurer (56, 10); Lawyer signs Adventurer to a movie contract (57, 10); Lawyer kills an Adventurer (58, 10).

Annexing Tamuin: Horse Artillery kills Mexican Line Infantry (59, 10); Dragoons kills Adventurer (60, 10); Dragoon kills Late Pike (61, 10); Dragonn kills Spearman (62, 10). The town is captured.
Enslaver captures Worker.

Annexing Chalco: Enslaver captures Mexican Steamroller. Lancia kills Mexican Villista (63, 10); Lancia kills Late Pike (64, 10); Lancia kills Aztec Tlecuahuitl (65, 10) and we get a Great Leader.
The Great Leader rushes National Uranium Mine in Philadelphia (on 3 Mile Island).

Camel Corp kills Mesofirelancer (66, 10) and we get another Great Leader. Also, we capture both the town and a Settler.
The Great Leader rushes a Power Plant in Pearl City.
WWI Infantry killed by Adventurer (66, 11); Missionary convert the Adventurer (67, 11) and we get yet another Great Leader.
The Great Leader rushes a University in Tsingtao.

Annexing Calixtlanhuaca: Lancia killed by Mexican Villista (67, 12); Camel Corp killed by Villista (67, 13); Dragoon kills Villista (68, 13); Dragoon kills Adventurer (69, 13) and another Great Leader arrives .
The Great Leader rushes a University in Ollantaytambo.
Lawyer signs Late Pike to be Wotan in Der Ring des Nibelungen (70, 13); Dragoon kills Mesofirelancer (71, 13). The city is captured and renamed Calix.
Enslaver captures worker. Lancia kill 2 Adventurers (73, 13); Lancia killed by Adventurer (73, 14); Missionary converts Adventurer (74, 14).

Annexing Teotihuacan: Lancia kills Aztec Mesospearman (75, 14); Lancia kills Line Infantry (76, 14); Lancia kills a Pike (77, 14) and the city is captured and renamed Teoti.

Annexing Tenochtitlan: 5 Lancias killed by Mexican Villista (77, 19); Lancia kills Villista (78, 19); 2 Lancia killed by Villista (78, 21); Lancia kill 3 Villista (81, 21); Lancia killed by Villista (81, 22); Lancia kills Villista (82, 22); Lancia killed by Villista (82, 23); Lancia kills Adventurer (83, 23); Lancia kill 2 Villista (85, 23). The city is captured and renamed Blood Bath.

Annexing Tlaxcala: Lancia kills Mexican Firelancer (86, 23); Lancia kills Firelancer (87, 23) and we get a Great Leader.
Great Leader rushes a Commercial Dock in Hippo Regus.

Lancia kills Spearman (88, 23). The city is captured and renamed Tlax.

Annexing Tula: Lancia killed by Mexican Line Infantry (88, 24); Lancia kills Firelancer (89, 24); Lancia kill a Spearman and a Villista (91, 24). The city is captured.
Lancia kills Adventurer (92, 24);

Annexing Texcoco: Lancia kills Mexican Line Infantry (93, 24); Lancia killed by Villista (93, 25); Lancia kill 2 Villista (95, 25); 2 Lancia killed by Adventurers (95, 27); Lancia kill 3 Adventurers (98, 27); Lancia kills Spearman (99, 27). the city is captured and renamed Texaco.

Annexing Tlatelolco: Lancia kills Mexican Villista (100, 27); Lancia killed by Villista (100, 28); Lancia kill 3 Villista (103, 28). The city is captured and we acquire Code Civil. The city is renamed Tlate.
Annexing Cempoala: Lancia kill 2 Mexican Firelancers (105, 28). The town is captured.

IBT:
West of Saigon, WWI Infantry killed by Ottoman Sipahi (105, 29).
North of Bagdad, Mongol Horse Artillery kills Lancia (105, 30).

1923 AD:
East of Andahuaylas, Commerce Raider sunk by Spanish Paddle Wheeler (105, 31).
North of Rangoon, Lancia kills Greek Camel Corp (106, 31).

West of Saigon: Lancia kills Canadian Horse Artillery (107, 31). Horse Artillery kills Turkish Heavy Artillery (108, 31); Lancia kills Sipahi (109, 31); Horse Artillery kills Sipahi (110, 31); and we get a Great Leader.
The Great Leader rushes a Power Plant in Palmyra.
Lancia kills Adventurer (111, 31); Adventurer kills Adventurer 112), 31
Lawyer signs Australian Adventurer to acting contract (113, 31).

Annexing Xochicalco: Lancia kill 2 Mexican Villista (115, 31); Lancia kills Firelancer (116, 31); Lancia kill 2 Adventurers (118, 31). The town is captured and renamed Xoch.
Annexing Teayo, Lancia kills Aztec Mesofirelancer (119, 31); Dragoon kills Late Pike (120, 31). The Town is captured. Lawyer kills Adventurer (121, 31).
Annexing Tzintzuntzen, Lancia kills Mexican Villista (122, 31); Dragoons kills Tlecuahuitl (123, 31). The town is captured and renamed Tzint.
Annexing Tlacopan: Lancia kills Line Infantry (124, 31); Dragoon kills Villista (125, 31); Dragoon kills Firelancer (126, 31). The city is captured. Enslaver captures a Steamrollers workers.
Annexing Atzcapotzalco, Lancia kill 2 Villista (128, 31); Missionary coverts Late Pike (129, 31). The city is captured and renamed Atz.
Annexing Tlalmanalco, Lancia kills Mexican Line Infantry (130, 31); Dragoon kills Villista (131, 31). The city is captured and renamed Tlal.
Annexing Ixtapaluca, Lancia kills Villista (132, 31); Lancia kills Firelancer (133, 31). The city is captured and renamed Ixt.

Aztec/Mexico is destoyed.

Annexing Bethlehm: Lancia kills Israeli Musket Infantry (134, 31); Lancia killed by Israeli Musket Infantry (134, 32); Lancia kills Israeli Musket Infantry (135, 32). The city is captured.
Annexing Elath, Lancia kill 2 Israeli Musket Infantry (137, 32). The town is captured.
Annexing Gaza, Lancia kill 3 Israeli Musket Infantry (140, 32). The town in captured.
Annexing Nazareth, Lancia kill 3 Israeli Musket Infantry (143, 32). The town in captured.

Northwest of Bagdad, Dragoon kills Mongol Horse Artillery (144, 32).

Annexing Joppa, Dragoons kill 2 Israeli Musket Infantry (146, 32). The town in captured.
Annexing Jericho, Lancia kill 2 Israeli Musket Infantry (148, 32). The town in captured.

Southwest of Linz Lancia kills Mongol Line Infantry (149, 32).

IBT:
West of Bagdad, Adventurer killed by Mongol Rifleman (149, 33).

1924 AD:
Defending Joppa: Dragoon killed by Israeli Musketeer (149, 34); Dragoon kills Musketeer (150, 34) and we get a Great Leader.
The Great Leader rushes the Great Refinery in Washington.
Two (2) Dragoons are killed by Grenadiers (150, 36); Dragoon kills Grenadier (151, 36) and we get a Great Leader.
Great Leader rushes a Power Plant in Boston.
Heavy Artillery kills Musketeer (152, 36); Lancia kills Musketeer (153, 36); Lawyer signs Musketeer to acting contract (154, 36); Missionary converts Grenadier (155, 36).

Annexing Kadish: Lancia kills Israeli Musket Infantry (156, 36); Lancia killed by Musket Infantry (156, 37); Lancia kill 2 Musket Infantry (158, 37). The city is captured.

Annexing Jerusalem: Lancia kill 4 Israeli Musket Infantry (162, 37); Lancia killed by Musket Infantry (162, 37); Lancia kill 2 Musket Infantry (164, 37); Lawyer signs a Camel to do stunt work (165, 37). The city is captured.
Lancia kill Musket 2 Infantry (167, 37)

Off the coast of Andahuaylas: Commerce Raider sinks Spanish Paddle Wheeler (168, 37); Commerce Raider sinks Explorer (169, 37); Garibaldi Class sinks Frigate (170, 37).

Annexing Samaria: Two (2) Lancia are killed by Israeli Musket Infantry (170, 39); Lancia kill 3 Musket Infantry (173, 39). The city is captured.
Annexing Megiddo, Lancia kill 2 Israeli Musket Infantry (175, 39). The town is captured.
Annexing Haifa, Lancia kill 3 Israeli Musket Infantry (178, 39). The town is captured.
Annexing Hebron, Lancia kill 3 Israeli Musket Infantry (181, 39). The town is captured.

West of Linz, Lancia kills Mongol Rifleman (182, 39).

Annexing Izibia, Dragoon kills Arab Late Pike (183, 39); Enslave killed by Warrior (183, 40); Missionary kills Warrior (184, 40). The town is captured. Lancia kills Crossbow (185, 40).
Annexing Shechem: Lancia kills Israeli Musket Infantry (186, 40); Lancia kills Late Pike (187, 40). The town is captured. However, Israel is not destroyed. <frown>

Defending Saigon: Horse Artillery kills Turkish Adventurer (188, 40); Dragoon kills Sipahi (189, 40). Lancia kills Canadian Mountie (190, 40); Dragoon kills Mountie (191, 40). Lancia kills Turkish Adventurer (192, 40); Adventurer kills Adventurer (193, 40).

Annexing Calgary: Lancia kills Canadian Musket Infantry (194, 40); Lancia kills Spearman (195, 40). The city is captured.
Camel Corp kills Brazilian Trebuchet (196, 40); Camel Corp kills Villista (197, 40) and captures a Settler. Horse Artillery kills Villista (198, 40); Camel Corp kills Heavy Artillery (199, 40).
Lancia kill 3 Spanish Cannons (202, 40); Lancia killed by Heavy Artillery (202, 41) Lancia Kills Heavy Artillery (203, 41). Lancia kill 3 Greek Horse Artillery (206, 41). WWI Infantry killed by Turkish Line Infantry (206, 42); WWI Infantry kills Turkish Line Infantry (207, 42); Lancia kills Musketeer (208, 42).

Annexing Montreal: Lancia kills Canadian Musket Infantry (209, 42); Lancia killed by Musket Infantry 209, 43); Lancia kill 2 Musket Infantry (211, 43). The town is captured.
Lancia kills Turkish WWI Infantry (212, 43). Lancia kill 3 Greek Heavy Artillery (215, 43); Lancia kills Camel Corp (216, 43). Lancia killed by Spanish Heavy Artillery (216, 44); WWI Infantry kills Heavy Artillery (217, 44).

Annexing Regina, Lancia kill 2 Canadian Late Pike (219, 44). The town is captured.

IBT:
Near Calgary: WWI Infantry killed by Canadian Mountie (219, 45). Missionary kills Brazilian Adventurer (220, 45).
Defending Karachi, WWI Infantry kills Israeli Knight (221, 45).

1925 AD: We have a meet and greet with Eqypt.
Near Calgary, Lancia kills Canadian Mountie (222, 45) and we get a Great Leader.
The Great Leader rushes a Power Plant in Washington.

At Montreal: Horse Artillery kills Spanish Medieval Infantry (223, 45); Lancia kill 4 Medieval Infantry (227, 45); Lancia kills Musket Infantry (228, 45); Camel Corp kills Cannon (229, 45) and captures a settler; WWI Infantry kills Medieval Infantry (230, 45); Lancia kills Grenadier (231, 45); and we get a Great Leader.
The Great Leader rushes a Power Plant at Cuzco.
Dragoons kill 2 Medieval Infantry (233, 45); Dragoon kill Musket Infantry (234, 45); Dragoon kills Crossbow (235, 45); Dragoon kills Archer (236, 45). Lancia kills Egyptian Camel Corp (237, 45)and we capture a Settler. Dragoon kills 3 Turkish Adventurer (240, 45); Dragoon kills Adventurer (241, 45).

At Saigon: Dragoons kill 2 Australian Adventurers (243, 45); Lawyer signs Adventurer to a movie contract (244, 45).

Annexing Toronto, Lancia kills Musket Infantry (245, 45). The town is captured.
Lancia kills Turkish Adventurer (246, 45); Adventurer killed by Adventurer (246, 46); WWI Infantry kills Adventurer (247, 46); 3 WWI Infantry killed by Adventurers (247, 49). <shake head> I guess this demostrates the prowess of the Intalian Infantry. <cry> Adventurer killed by Adventurer (247, 50); WWI Infantry kill 3 Adventurers (250, 50); WWI Infantry killed by Adventurer (250, 51); WWI Infantry kills Adventurer (251, 51); Lawyer signs Adventurer to acting contract (252, 51).

North of Montreal, Lancia kills Turkish Rifleman (253, 51).

Annexing Ottawa: Adventurer killed by Canadian Musket Infantry (253, 52); Adventurer kills Musket Infantry (254, 52); Adventurer killed by Pike (254, 53); Lawyer kills Pike (255, 54). The town is captured.
Annexing Halifax, Lancia kills Canadian Late Pike (256, 54); Lancia kill 2 Musket Infantry (258. 54). The town is captured. Lancia kills Turkish Line Infantry (259, 54).
Annexing Quebec: Missionary convets Canadian Late Pike (260, 54); Camel Corp kills Late Pike (261, 54). The town is capture.
Annexing Vancover: Lancia kills Canadian Musket Infantry (262, 54); Camel Corp kills Musket Infantry (263, 54). The town is captured.

Near Quebec: Lancia kills Australian Rifleman (264, 54) and we get a Great Leader. Great Leader creates Horse Artillery in Saigon. Lancia kill 2 Spanish Camel Corp (266, 54). Dragoon kills French Dragoon (267, 54) and get we a Great Leader. Great Leader creates Horse Artillery in Saigon. Lancia kill 2 Dragoons (269, 54); Lancia kill 3 Chariots (272, 54); Lancia kills a Chariot (273, 54) and we get a Great Leader. Great Leader creates Horse Artillery in Saigon. Lancia kill 2 Chariots (275, 54) and we get a Great Leader. Great Leader creates Horse Artillery in Saigon. Lancia kills Chariot (276, 54); Lancia kills Horse Archer (277, 54); Lancia kill 5 Horse Artillery (282, 54). Lancia kills Greek Horse Artillery (283, 54). Lancia kills Brazilian Villista (284, 54).

Near Vancouver: Lancia kills Spanish Cannon (285, 54); Lancia kills Rifleman (286, 54); WWI Infantry kills Medieval Infantry (287, 54) and captures an Emigrant. Lancia kills Camel Corp (288, 54); Lancia kills Medieval Infantry (289, 54); Lancia kills Cannon (290, 54). Lancia kills Brazilian Adventurer (291, 54): Lancia kills Greek Rifleman (292, 54); Lancia killed by Rifleman (292, 55);
Lancia kills Rifleman (293, 55); Lancia kill 6 Grenadiers (299, 55); Lancia kills Line Infantry (300, 55); Lancia kills Musket Infantry (301, 55).

Near Halifax: Lancia kills Brazilian Adventurer (302, 55); WWI Infantry kills Adventurer (303, 55).
North of Ottawa, Adventurer kills Turkish Adventurer (304, 55).

Notes and Suggestions:

• per Victory Screen, we have 45% of the world area and 52% of the population.
  • 16 Rivals are still alive, we have met 12 of them.
• There is a force on the mountain North of Ottawa ready to capture Winnipeg next turn.
• The 2 groups of Settlers north of Rome are separated based on whether they can move 1 or 2 squares this turn.
• There are several sacks of workers fortified by Sheepish Pig Iron. They are there if you want to convert some of them to Partisans.
  • Italian Workers cost zero (0) gold to convert to a Partisan.
  • Slave Workers each cost 270 gold to convert to a Partisan.
  • Enslavers each cost 210 gold to convert to a Partisan.
• Israel does not have any towns, so they have no income to pay there troops with. Do they lose 1 unit per turn to prevent them from being bankrupt?
• Sreenshots are in my next post.

 

[Jersey Joe]

Here is the Western Front:


Mongol Territory in the North

 

[Civinator]

Lawyer signs Late Pike to be Wotan in Der Ring des Nibelungen

Very sophisticated. Now a city named Bayreuth should be founded for that spectacle.

Annexing Texcoco... the city is captured and renamed Texaco.

 

[Jersey Joe]

Now a city named Bayreuth should be founded for that spectacle.

Maybe next time I get to build "The Great Playhouse" I will rename that city.

Actual till you mentioned it, I had never heard of Bayreuth (I just googled it).

 

[LKendter]

Do *NOT* explore with the ships. The only reason for them is to try and destroy those annoying bombard units.

The game has hit the point of not much to comment on.

Based on Jersey Joe’s comment on land percentage, I will have another set to play.

ROSTER:
LKendter (on deck)
Greebley
Jersey Joe
Elephantium (up)

 

[Civinator]

I had never heard of Bayreuth (I just googled it).

Many years ago, parts of a dragon for the Wagner festival were sent to Beirut instead of Bayreuth.

 

[Elephantium]

I've got it. This will be my last turnset this game!

 

[Dwarven Zerker]

I've got it. This will be my last turnset this game!

Willing to bet it will be the last turnset of the game.

 

[Elephantium]

Pre-turn:

Whoa, the game actually opened with the window centerred on our capital!

I lose 1 Lancia fighting random units. I had thought I could maybe squeak out another city capture with the half-dozen units by the capital, but there were too many enemies on the way.

IBT:

Enemy ship sinks attacking one of our wounded ships
Regina takes heavy bombardment, the defender is redlined (I'm grateful the attackers don't have lethal bombard!). The harbor is also destroyed.
Two Adventurers die attacking Vancouver.

1926 AD, T313:

Battle of Winnipeg is TOO easy. I didn't even have to use the Infantry
Battle of Edmonton costs us 1 Lancia, not bad.
Battle of Ulaanbaatar goes well, no losses, 1 retreat
Battle of Christchurch includes running over an Ansar Warrior escorting a Settler
Battle of Darwin barely deserves the name - one attack and it's done.
Battle of Sydney is vicious, costing us 3 attackers! We didn't quite get a magnificent seven units into the fight, though
Battle of Alice Springs is quick. 3 defenders, 3 attacks, done.
Battle of Canberra costs us 5 Lancias (2 lost clearing the approach). The defense was lighter than I'd expect for a capital.

I have tons of Lancias but very few Infantry left, so I go nuts attacking stray units along the NW border.

IBT:

Dragoon dies attacking a stray Lancia
Camel finishes our guy off
Adventurer dies attacking another Lancia

Large Israeli force shows up at Shechem and Gordion. I think they're going to try to recover from their setbacks.

Nubia...wants to trade techs? Wait, we're not at war already? Oops! I go ahead and declare.

1927 AD:

While clearing some stray units from my path, I get a Leader! Hippo gets a Factory.

Battle of Victoria costs us 1 Lancia.

Battle of Perth is easy, no losses
Battle of Mugla goes quickly (2 attacks) once I get my guys there. I needed to lay three rails and two roads to get troops in range!

Now we meet Germany, so I declare on them.

Battle of Edrine is easy to get to -- Turkey already has some rails laid -- but well-defended! We lose 1 Lancia.
Battle of Aydin goes well, no losses, leading to...
Battle of Konya is barely a speed bump
Battle of Wellington: We run over two Pikemen
Battle of Istanbul is enabled by culture-bombing Edrine. 6 Turkish Infantry put up a decent fight, but we ultimately roll into Dome of the Rock with no losses!

We ambush the Israeli army...and run out of Lancias before they run out of units. Over 50 attacks with <5 losses!
We do gain a Leader who rushes a Power Plant in Annaba.

Desperation time, I get some 4/5 Lancias, a 4/5 Horse Artillery, and some 3/4 Lancias from the capital.
No losses, and we destroy the Israeli cav stack!

They still have ~18 infantry in range, but I have enough units on the defense to avoid losing either city.

IBT:

Turkish Infantry dies to our Lancia
Mugla: Infantry dies on our Infantry
Crossbow kills our Infantry
Another Infantry kills our second Infantry, city held only by a Lancia now...

Istanbul:
Camel kills our Infantry
6 Camels retreat
Camel dies to Lancia
Camel retreats
Chariot (!) dies to our Infantry

Teal loses a horseman unit (looks like he has javelins) to our Lancia. A second one kills him.

Prussian Dragoon retreats from Wellington

ISRAEL DOES NOT ATTACK!!!

Resistance ends in several towns

1928 AD:

Battle of Hobart starts with a Zeppelin bombard. Mixed results. No losses in the assault.
Battle of Melbourne requires a river crossing, but we only lose one Lancia.
While clearing the neighborhood, I get another Leader! It's actually hard to know where to send him. More Universities aren't going to help much at this stage of the game. I settle on a Power Plant in Casblanca.
Battle of Bursa starts with a retreat, and we manage to lose two more Lancias in the fight. We get 666 gold from sacking the town.

I lose a couple of Lancias clearing out some chaff, then I culture-bomb Bursa. Disappointing results; I only clear the way to...
Battle of Giza, costing us two Lancias before the defense is broken. 687 gold.
Battle of Izmit starts with a retreat but then goes smoothly. 711 gold.
Battle of Sinop is easy, only 2 outdated defenders. 494 gold.
The next tactical city goes down in Brazilian territory which triggers their MPP with Scandinavia!
Battle of Cairns only needs 1 Lancia.

Battle of Sao Luiz does have one retreat, but it also generates a Leader who rushes a Police HQ in Osaka.

We kill a couple of stray Israeli units, too. They still have a big presence near Shechem.

IBT:

The enemy is pretty active:
French Horse Artillery retreats from Giza
Cavalry kills a stray Lancia
Cav dies to our Infantry
Cav kills our Infantry
Cav retreats
Cav kills our Infantry; we lose a Worker stack
Camel retreats x2
Camel kills our Infantry
Camel dies
Camel kills our Infantry
Camel kills our Lancia and CAPTURES IZMIT
Camel dies to our Infantry
Cav kills our Infantry
Camel dies to our Infantry

At Shechem
Cannon retreats
Crossbow dies
Grenadier dies
Cannon retreats
Cannon dies
Musket Infantry dies
Grenadier dies
Cannon kills our Infantry
Musket Infantry dies

Near Melbourne, artillery retreats

1929 AD:

We retake Izmit with no losses.
Siege of Antalya goes fairly quickly, but we lose 1 Lancia. 748 gold.
Battle of Iznik is rough; we lose two Horse Artillery and two Lancias. We do get a Leader which, at this phase of the game, meh. Linz gets an Opera. 1262 gold and Jewish Religious Art!
Overrunning Uskudar is pretty easy; one of the defenders is a Spearman! 1368 gold.

I take a break from cities to kill a couple of dozen Egyptian units, plus some strays near the front. Belgrade gets an Opera from another Leader

Then I kill another couple of dozen units near Shechem, losing 3-4 Lancias in the process. The Israeli forces are still looking dangerous there.

I would have liked to conquer more cities this turn, but the AI has too many units running around

Inspiration strikes - I have a lot of Settlers, Workers, and Great Artists. I go on a city-building spree, and it pushes us over the domination limit

IBT: The only thing of note is an elephant attack at Melbourne

I've attached the last save before the win

 

[Elephantium]

Here are some images of various areas in our glorious civ when we could finally declare victory!

 

[Dwarven Zerker]

Battle of Darwin barely deserves the name - one attack and it's done.

It seems perfect to me. They weren't fit, so they didn't survive.

Congrats on another win and an entertaining read along the way. Looking forward to the team's next adventure!

 

[LKendter]

Congrats on wrapping it. That was quicker than expected.

Guess I need to think about the theme for LK170.

 

[Elephantium]

It was WAY quicker than I expected! I had been planning on another 3 turns

We had quite a lot of space in the northern plains for our settlers