Admiral Kutzov
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lurker's comment: Some of the finest warrin' I've seen in a long time. 
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fun read too (everyone)
LotR26 Mounted Mongols
- Thread starter Arathorn
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Jabah
Emperor
I see it, but tonight is taken (for the Civ part that is) by having to finish my (warring) turns in LK142. I might be able to play friday night but more likely Satursday.
So if someone wants to have a quicky before me...
Jabah
So if someone wants to have a quicky before me...
Jabah
Well I'm up after you Jabah and I wouldn't be able to play until Saturday either!
Jabah
Emperor
Well your Saturday (if you are where your location is) is quite earlier that my Saturday evening
...
True, if you want I'll take it first then...
Jabah
Emperor
Go on, I need to have a rest from Civ SG tonight (friday), and we have guest on Saturday so I would not be able to play before Sunday anyway.
Roster:
Arathorn
darrelljs -- OUT 4/1 - 4/6
Jabah -- on deck
Ozbenno-- UP NOW
Kylearan
I think. Unless Ky miraculously has found some time.
Which is kind of odd, because Oz played just before me, but apparently we're in a busy time of year.
We'll see about schedule after Jabah -- I may slot darrell in there and rework the line-up a bit. Hopefully we'll be close to the end at that point, and it won't matter.
Arathorn
Arathorn
darrelljs -- OUT 4/1 - 4/6
Jabah -- on deck
Ozbenno-- UP NOW
Kylearan
I think. Unless Ky miraculously has found some time.
Which is kind of odd, because Oz played just before me, but apparently we're in a busy time of year.
We'll see about schedule after Jabah -- I may slot darrell in there and rework the line-up a bit. Hopefully we'll be close to the end at that point, and it won't matter.
Arathorn
Jabah
Emperor
From the last reports, I am not sure the game will last more than a few rounds...
Kylearan
compound eye
I'm back. Unfortunately I didn't have internet access during my trip after all, which is kind of funny considering we were 16 network researchers who didn't manage to establish a connection despite lots of hardware we brought to our conference... 
Anyway, Arathorn's cuirassier war looked very successful, what I didn't expect less.
I'm impressed by the size of de Gaulle's stacks though. 
Will be interesting to bonk heads with him after the rest of the world has succumbed to us. 
I could play again on Sunday, and most evenings thereafter btw.
-Kylearan
Anyway, Arathorn's cuirassier war looked very successful, what I didn't expect less.
I'm impressed by the size of de Gaulle's stacks though. Will be interesting to bonk heads with him after the rest of the world has succumbed to us. I could play again on Sunday, and most evenings thereafter btw.
-Kylearan
OK Got it then. Will play tonight.
Does seem like I just played!
Does seem like I just played!
My plan is to declare on Ragnar straight away and race De Gaulle for the Arabian empire.
I decide to leave the declaration for the next turn to get a few more troops along from the old front.
We have a GG in Delhi. Can't find any discussions on what to do with him, so I'll look for the hammer heaviest city with no merged GG. It is in fact exactly where he is sitting, so merge here and change production to military.
2nd turn in...
We move the troops into position and slip in the spies.
De Gaulle gives Hari... to Peter
Peter also vassalises again (missed when though
) and is warring with Ragnar.
Camel Archers get +25 against mounted units. My spy fails to city revolt but we don't lose any troops (one retreat)...
Here comes De Gaulle.
Peter too.
I slip in a few units to try and pick up the city if he attacks.
Baghdad falls.
Peter stalls outside Mecca, so we take action. Spy failed again
That leaves Ragnar with one city.
He will capitulate but I throw the dice for I only need one more turn.
Constitution comes in, Printing Press selected.
And Ragnar is gone.
Currently we are at 46.18%, with 4 cities to come out of revolt. De Gaulle is stuck at 29%, so with Peter annexed we should be home. The vassalisation makes it more tricky as its world war and De Gaulle has some big stacks. But so do we.
I build a new city in the north eastern corner. Forgot to take a piccie though.
And that is ten turns.
We have the power edge but will have a long border for the upcoming last installment in the final chapter of this game.
Our forces are mainly in the west of the map (11 well promoted curaissers in both Mecca and Medina). I'm sending all new troops to the sparcely defended borders. De Gaulles stack (which was even huger by the end) is somewhere in Peter's lands. We should probably sweep eastwards through Peter and try to contain whatever De Gaulle can hit us with. We have 4 cities directly on the border (they have 2 or 3 units in them currently).
We will have 10 more cuirassiers in 4 turns, maybe after they are grouped along the border we can declare. We are bound to lose a city or two but as long as we keep moving swiftly eastwards, we should win the war
Printing Press in 3 turns and then Replaceable Parts and Rifling for Cavalry. De Gaulle is a long way off tech wise, not sure where Peter is (researching Chemistry now) but he doesn't have rifles.
Our land is at 48.65% and we have 2 cities to come out of revolt so are getting close.
We didn't pop a GP (and I forgot to check how long until we do), so no civics changes yet.
I decide to leave the declaration for the next turn to get a few more troops along from the old front.
We have a GG in Delhi. Can't find any discussions on what to do with him, so I'll look for the hammer heaviest city with no merged GG. It is in fact exactly where he is sitting, so merge here and change production to military.
2nd turn in...
We move the troops into position and slip in the spies.
De Gaulle gives Hari... to Peter
Peter also vassalises again (missed when though
) and is warring with Ragnar.Camel Archers get +25 against mounted units. My spy fails to city revolt but we don't lose any troops (one retreat)...
Here comes De Gaulle.
Peter too.
I slip in a few units to try and pick up the city if he attacks.
Baghdad falls.
Peter stalls outside Mecca, so we take action. Spy failed again
That leaves Ragnar with one city.
He will capitulate but I throw the dice for I only need one more turn.
Constitution comes in, Printing Press selected.
And Ragnar is gone.
Currently we are at 46.18%, with 4 cities to come out of revolt. De Gaulle is stuck at 29%, so with Peter annexed we should be home. The vassalisation makes it more tricky as its world war and De Gaulle has some big stacks. But so do we.
I build a new city in the north eastern corner. Forgot to take a piccie though.
And that is ten turns.
We have the power edge but will have a long border for the upcoming last installment in the final chapter of this game.
Our forces are mainly in the west of the map (11 well promoted curaissers in both Mecca and Medina). I'm sending all new troops to the sparcely defended borders. De Gaulles stack (which was even huger by the end) is somewhere in Peter's lands. We should probably sweep eastwards through Peter and try to contain whatever De Gaulle can hit us with. We have 4 cities directly on the border (they have 2 or 3 units in them currently).
We will have 10 more cuirassiers in 4 turns, maybe after they are grouped along the border we can declare. We are bound to lose a city or two but as long as we keep moving swiftly eastwards, we should win the war
Printing Press in 3 turns and then Replaceable Parts and Rifling for Cavalry. De Gaulle is a long way off tech wise, not sure where Peter is (researching Chemistry now) but he doesn't have rifles.
Our land is at 48.65% and we have 2 cities to come out of revolt so are getting close.
We didn't pop a GP (and I forgot to check how long until we do), so no civics changes yet.
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Lurker's comment:
not sure about that, but iirc you have to take 3 cities with cavalry according to arathorn's rules. so don't push too hard now that you need 2 1/2 more techs
not sure about that, but iirc you have to take 3 cities with cavalry according to arathorn's rules. so don't push too hard now that you need 2 1/2 more techs
Lurker's comment:
not sure about that, but iirc you have to take 3 cities with cavalry according to arathorn's rules. so don't push too hard now that you need 2 1/2 more techs
Nah, that was just to make sure we didn't turtle with any of those units. If we win pre-cavalry (which I really didn't expect on Emperor), that's all good. I just didn't realize how uber this team would be.
Roster:
Arathorn
darrelljs -- OUT 4/1 - 4/6
Jabah -- UP NOW
Ozbenno -- just played
Kylearan -- on deck
I don't think time is too much on our side. We have a production advantage, true, but facing grenadiers would take away our troops' superiority advantage. And it seems De Gaulle is doing little but making troops. I'd probably follow Oz's advice and declare fairly shortly into Jabah's turns. 10-15 turns is fine.
Arathorn
Kylearan
compound eye
The war against de Gaulle will be...interesting, to say the least. Note that in Ozbenno's screenshot of his stack, that there are 13(!) pikemen in it! Some shock promotions might be in order.
I wonder why he produces so many pikemen? I don't think I've ever seen such a pike-heavy stack before.
-Kylearan
I wonder why he produces so many pikemen? I don't think I've ever seen such a pike-heavy stack before.
-Kylearan
darrelljs
Immortal
I am back now...it looks like things are going well . Hopefully I will get to squeeze in another turnset!
Darrell
. Hopefully I will get to squeeze in another turnset!Darrell
Jabah
Emperor
I am back now...it looks like things are going well
Darrell
If you want to play your turns now, go for it (I had just swap with Ozbenno, so it even could be consider to be back to you first) .
Week Ends are not the best time for me to play right now (most time taken by the very demanding 15 months old baby
)Jabah
Shock promoted cuirassiers can handle pikes in the open. Peter's knights will also be a bit tricky. With a power lead our massive production edge should allow us to advance easily.
darrelljs
Immortal
Got it! Should play in about 4 hours.
Darrell
Darrell
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