Rex Tyrannus
280lbs of gross stupidity
War is fine by me. Kill away. Warning, Sully and Biz are pleased with each other. You might want to guard your six.
LP1: That's the wrong end of the gun
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cripp7
Playin' Bored
just make sure and do a trade with Biz to get a 10t peace while at war, Otto may try to bribe Biz with that stack on our border he's itching to attack. Put a lot of pikes in Hait and Birka, Biz is all mounted. It's good to see the empire starting to shape up.
Start growing Jeiling working coast (should have during GA, those coast are towns).
Start growing Jeiling working coast (should have during GA, those coast are towns).
Admiral Kutzov
Idiot Emeritus
General idiocy will begin in about 24 hours. <voice of Mr. Burns> Excellent, Smithers. <Rubs hands together and cackles>
I thought I'd share my thoughts about the planning of the war. I'm going to cancel some builds and switch to whipping out some units.
I first considered going straight to Berlin but it is four moves to get to the hill east of it and then I've got to bomb it down. When I take it, we're surrounded by hostile cities. Nope, don't like that plan.
I then considered the Stuttgart -> Cologne -> Berlin route. Really hate the placement of Stuttgart and would raze it. Cologne is nice for the gems, but it opens a salient.
Dortmund -> Hamburg -> Berlin looks pretty good. I can hit Dortmund in 3 or 4 turns and maybe get Hamburg by the end of my set. Dusseldorf is just a PITA. I'll deal with that with upgrades and units that haven't yet been built.
This is will be a multi-set war.
The fly in the machine is Otto's SOD in Stuttgart. Need to balance what I leave behind with what I attack with.
Once Dusseldorf is reduced, the troops goto Hait and prepare to assualt Stuttgart.
Oh, yeah, note to self, build lots of trebs.
I thought I'd share my thoughts about the planning of the war. I'm going to cancel some builds and switch to whipping out some units.
I first considered going straight to Berlin but it is four moves to get to the hill east of it and then I've got to bomb it down. When I take it, we're surrounded by hostile cities. Nope, don't like that plan.
I then considered the Stuttgart -> Cologne -> Berlin route. Really hate the placement of Stuttgart and would raze it. Cologne is nice for the gems, but it opens a salient.
Dortmund -> Hamburg -> Berlin looks pretty good. I can hit Dortmund in 3 or 4 turns and maybe get Hamburg by the end of my set. Dusseldorf is just a PITA. I'll deal with that with upgrades and units that haven't yet been built.
This is will be a multi-set war.
The fly in the machine is Otto's SOD in Stuttgart. Need to balance what I leave behind with what I attack with.
Once Dusseldorf is reduced, the troops goto Hait and prepare to assualt Stuttgart.
Oh, yeah, note to self, build lots of trebs.
cripp7
Playin' Bored
The one thing about pulling up the stack is he'll suicide his stack on ours causing a lot of collateral damage, maybe declare and let him suicide his stack on the city then go after your city plan. Once that stack is gone it's easy picking.
Norvin_Green
Emperor
^ what he said!
Admiral Kutzov
Idiot Emeritus
I'm pretty sure we're going to temporarily lose ivory, but Otto will not be going on a blitz.
I'll leave enough behind to deal with Otto's SOD.
Starting in about 30 minutes.
cripp7
Playin' Bored
Good Luck!
Admiral Kutzov
Idiot Emeritus
There's good news and bad news. Dortmund and Hamburg are ours. I've got 2 turns left. Bad news is that I can't finish for 24 hours or so. My youngest is being defiant. I've lost about 3 or 4 units and the Ivory Defense Force is intact. I'll make this coherent in about a day and post a full report.
Rex Tyrannus
280lbs of gross stupidity
Yeah, my kids ruin everything fun, too. Funny, my dad warned me about that. At the time I only took it as an insult. Wise man, my dad. He can play civ any time he wants.
cripp7
Playin' Bored
When you're young you always think your parents full of it until that one day it clicks that maybe they DO know something!
Norvin_Green
Emperor
Sounds good so far.
Admiral Kutzov
Idiot Emeritus
I'm pretty sure I counted wrong, but it is Turn 290 so I will turn it over. I've gathered the workers in Nidaros to protect them. My city improvement builds are 
. Please change.
EDIT: I really didn't think anyone needs anymore photos of pikes killing horses, so no pix.
here is the "formal report" such as it is.
Please allow me to introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
I've been around for a long, long year
Stole many a man's soul and faith
And I was 'round when Jesus Christ
Had his moment of doubt and pain
Made damn sure that Pilate
Washed his hands and sealed his fate
1300 - interlude
Igor looked at the empire and decided there was visual clutter. Signs were removed. War must wait until the workes have moved away from the borders.
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game
1305 -
I think I'm channelling Barbslinger. Workers move away from the borders. I whip some muskets for some bizzare reason. Upgrade. Drop science to zero. +375 per turn.
1310 -
Newton born in AFAL.
Franklin born in Hamburg.
I declare war and start the battle. Notably, the Ivory Defense Force moves to protect the IVory
I stuck around St. Petersberg
When I saw it was a time for a change
Killed the Czar and his ministers
Anastasia screamed in vain
I rode a tank
Held a general's rank
When the Blitzkrieg raged
And the bodies stank
1315-
Ivory defense force fortifies on the ivory
. Trebs reduce the walls of Dortmund to nothing. Into the breach go our zerks and Dortmund is ours.
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name, oh yeah
What's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah
1320-
Islam founded in Bursa. Turn research back on to 70%. Chem in 8. Otto's navy is confused and sails in circles.
1325- moving the SOD to Hamburg from Dortmund. Our LB gets plinked.
1330- still moving
I watched with glee
While your kings and queens
Fought for ten decades
For the Gods they made
1335 - bomb down the walls of Hamburg
1340 - Suli demands Philo. Dude, go back to your hookah. more shelling Hamburg, then the zerks run thru the breach in wall. Take Hamburg.
I shouted out
"Who killed the Kennedys?"
When after all
It was you and me
1345 - Otto starts moving on Toldeo with a silly stack. I whip some to take care of the problem.
Let me please introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
And I laid traps for troubadors
Who get killed before they reached Bombay (or Toledo)
1350 - moving more reinforcements to Toldeo. Take Dusseldorf. Oops. how did that happen?
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah, get down, baby
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah
But what's confusing you
Is just the nature of my game
Just as every cop is a criminal
And all the sinners saints
As heads is tails
Just call me Lucifer
'Cause I'm in need of some restraint
So if you meet me
Have some courtesy
Have some sympathy, and some taste
Use all your well-learned politesse
Or I'll lay your soul to waste, um yeah
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, um yeah
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, um baby, get down
Woo, who
Oh yeah, get on down
Oh yeah
Oh yeah!
Tell me baby, what's my name
Tell me honey, baby guess my name
Tell me baby, what's my name
I tell you one time, you're to blame
Ooo, who
Ooo, who
Ooo, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Oh, yeah
What's my name
Tell me, baby, what's my name
Tell me, sweetie, what's my name
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Oh, yeah
Our SOD is in Hamburg, waiting for the trebs to heal. I think GP should build Moai next or now. We need to hold off Otto's SoD near Toledo with some judicious whipping. I suggest we reinforce the Ivory Defense Force and then send it off to attack Otto as our second prong. I also suggest we raze Stuttgart and send a combat settler (which will need to be built) 3W, 1S of the soon to be Stuttgart ruins. Toledo needs a stone thrower or two IMO. Build the navy a little to patrol our harbors since Otto has those PITA islands?
@ Rex - are you actually getting paid for the comics? Not that I didn't chuckle and can I be a script writer and how much does that pay?
. Please change.EDIT: I really didn't think anyone needs anymore photos of pikes killing horses, so no pix.
here is the "formal report" such as it is.
Please allow me to introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
I've been around for a long, long year
Stole many a man's soul and faith
And I was 'round when Jesus Christ
Had his moment of doubt and pain
Made damn sure that Pilate
Washed his hands and sealed his fate
1300 - interlude
Igor looked at the empire and decided there was visual clutter. Signs were removed. War must wait until the workes have moved away from the borders.
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game
1305 -
I think I'm channelling Barbslinger. Workers move away from the borders. I whip some muskets for some bizzare reason. Upgrade. Drop science to zero. +375 per turn.
1310 -
Newton born in AFAL.
Franklin born in Hamburg.
I declare war and start the battle. Notably, the Ivory Defense Force moves to protect the IVory
I stuck around St. Petersberg
When I saw it was a time for a change
Killed the Czar and his ministers
Anastasia screamed in vain
I rode a tank
Held a general's rank
When the Blitzkrieg raged
And the bodies stank
1315-
Ivory defense force fortifies on the ivory
. Trebs reduce the walls of Dortmund to nothing. Into the breach go our zerks and Dortmund is ours. Pleased to meet you
Hope you guess my name, oh yeah
What's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah
1320-
Islam founded in Bursa. Turn research back on to 70%. Chem in 8. Otto's navy is confused and sails in circles.
1325- moving the SOD to Hamburg from Dortmund. Our LB gets plinked.
1330- still moving
I watched with glee
While your kings and queens
Fought for ten decades
For the Gods they made
1335 - bomb down the walls of Hamburg
1340 - Suli demands Philo. Dude, go back to your hookah. more shelling Hamburg, then the zerks run thru the breach in wall. Take Hamburg.
I shouted out
"Who killed the Kennedys?"
When after all
It was you and me
1345 - Otto starts moving on Toldeo with a silly stack. I whip some to take care of the problem.
Let me please introduce myself
I'm a man of wealth and taste
And I laid traps for troubadors
Who get killed before they reached Bombay (or Toledo)
1350 - moving more reinforcements to Toldeo. Take Dusseldorf. Oops. how did that happen?
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, oh yeah, get down, baby
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, oh yeah
But what's confusing you
Is just the nature of my game
Just as every cop is a criminal
And all the sinners saints
As heads is tails
Just call me Lucifer
'Cause I'm in need of some restraint
So if you meet me
Have some courtesy
Have some sympathy, and some taste
Use all your well-learned politesse
Or I'll lay your soul to waste, um yeah
Pleased to meet you
Hope you guessed my name, um yeah
But what's puzzling you
Is the nature of my game, um baby, get down
Woo, who
Oh yeah, get on down
Oh yeah
Oh yeah!
Tell me baby, what's my name
Tell me honey, baby guess my name
Tell me baby, what's my name
I tell you one time, you're to blame
Ooo, who
Ooo, who
Ooo, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Oh, yeah
What's my name
Tell me, baby, what's my name
Tell me, sweetie, what's my name
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Ooo, who, who
Oh, yeah
Our SOD is in Hamburg, waiting for the trebs to heal. I think GP should build Moai next or now. We need to hold off Otto's SoD near Toledo with some judicious whipping. I suggest we reinforce the Ivory Defense Force and then send it off to attack Otto as our second prong. I also suggest we raze Stuttgart and send a combat settler (which will need to be built) 3W, 1S of the soon to be Stuttgart ruins. Toledo needs a stone thrower or two IMO. Build the navy a little to patrol our harbors since Otto has those PITA islands?
@ Rex - are you actually getting paid for the comics? Not that I didn't chuckle and can I be a script writer and how much does that pay?
cripp7
Playin' Bored
good song to tie into it! I'm worried about losing Toledo, could have 
a wall there. We need to build just CG units over there. Heal up stack and push on to Berlin, a spy in Dortmund to send up to Berlin, we have enough EP to do a revolt to save extra turns bombarding. Otto will trade Guilds+war with Biz>Nat if need be. Hopefully Biz won't bribe Otto.
Admiral Kutzov
Idiot Emeritus
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Rex Tyrannus
280lbs of gross stupidity
@ Rex - are you actually getting paid for the comics? Not that I didn't chuckle and can I be a script writer and how much does that pay?
Every dollar Sword of the Flings makes goes into things like hosting costs and software. Pholk and I haven't started marketing yet, though. It's a comic that we do for fun and would probably keep doing for fun if only he and I ever read it.
Still, I have some plans to attract more viewers. Thus far, though, we're still going through that part of a comic's life where the characters look different every strip. Sort of like the Simpsons circa 1986.
cripp7
Playin' Bored
IHT-
stagnate Hait for 6 turns hire 2
1
add *musket to HT
Rosk zerk
move all healed units towards Berlin
hit enter
1355ad-
Toledo musk>musk I think we'll lose this city, we don't have ANY defensive units in Spain's cities!
1360ad-
Chemistry > PP
Seville court>musk
Battle of The Alamo
lost 2 LB and an archer, I'm very impressed with our little defensive stack! mopped up with the remaining, his stack is GONE!
1365ad-
GP uni>court
bomb Berlin
1370ad-
Battle for Berlin
1375ad-
use our GG to make a Medic3 pike for our western stack
consolidate our stack in Berlin to heal
1380ad-
take healed units towards the west
1385ad-
move west stack forward
1390ad-
PP > SM
First battle for Stuttgart
Battle for Essen
GG born moving to Hait
1395ad-
Battle for Stuttgart
Make a trade with Otto
1400ad-
zzzz
ok, Bizmark is done for. He has 3 cities, we have 3 stacks to hit all 3 at the same time.
we need to apply all EP to Ragnar and build spies instead of trebs now to drop defenses.
Also Otto is 9 turns from Education and we have to probably get Steel from Lib which cannons/zerks/knights will take out Ragnar. Follow up with muskets for CG duty. Settle the GG in our HE city (need to discuss location)
stagnate Hait for 6 turns hire 2
1add *musket to HT
Rosk
zerkmove all healed units towards Berlin
hit enter
1355ad-
Toledo musk>musk I think we'll lose this city, we don't have ANY defensive units in Spain's cities!
1360ad-
Chemistry > PP
Seville court>musk
Battle of The Alamo
Spoiler :
lost 2 LB and an archer, I'm very impressed with our little defensive stack! mopped up with the remaining, his stack is GONE!
1365ad-
GP uni>court
bomb Berlin
1370ad-
Battle for Berlin
Spoiler :
1375ad-
use our GG to make a Medic3 pike for our western stack
consolidate our stack in Berlin to heal
1380ad-
take healed units towards the west
1385ad-
move west stack forward
1390ad-
PP > SM
First battle for Stuttgart
Spoiler :
Battle for Essen
Spoiler :
GG born moving to Hait
1395ad-
Battle for Stuttgart
Spoiler :
Make a trade with Otto
Spoiler :
1400ad-
zzzz
ok, Bizmark is done for. He has 3 cities, we have 3 stacks to hit all 3 at the same time.
we need to apply all EP to Ragnar and build spies instead of trebs now to drop defenses.
Also Otto is 9 turns from Education and we have to probably get Steel from Lib which cannons/zerks/knights will take out Ragnar. Follow up with muskets for CG duty. Settle the GG in our HE city (need to discuss location)
Norvin_Green
Emperor
Looks good. This is a got it.
Rex Tyrannus
280lbs of gross stupidity
FYI, I will be offline beginning tomorrow morning and lasting all through the weekend. Sorry for any inconvenience.
cripp7
Playin' Bored
no problem Rex, I'm away on Saturdays too.
Admiral Kutzov
Idiot Emeritus
wait, aren't we Ragnar?
Nice set, Cripp.
