mb2-a space oddity

[vbraun]

Originally posted by TedJackson
How about a few :tank: :tank: :tank: just to finish 'em off

I would have to agree.

 

[mad-bax]

Looks like I'm UP

Another set of war turns.... Oh well.

I can see it, but can't play at work today. Will try to play tonight.

 

[a space oddity]

Originally posted by mad-bax
Another set of war turns.... Oh well.

Aaah, poor Mad. I'm sure the Viks want peace next turn, so you can let the builder side of you come out now...

 

[mad-bax]

Ted: how are you fixed to take this? I haven't been well and I still feel like (insert expletive here) and I really don't feel like playing ATM.

 

[TedJackson]

OK,

I've got it. Can't play till tomorrow though.


Ted

 

[mad-bax]

Thanks Ted. I'm sorry to do it to you.

 

[TedJackson]

Pre-flight checks... OK

Pre-turn
Plant spy in Trondheim for 132gp
Investigate Trondheim for 232gp:
Monarchy - Pop 20 (7h, 4c, 6u, 3ent) - 22spt, +16fpt, 90gpt - 3 lux, coal, saltpetre, iron & horses - building Cav
MM and mine tiles around Antalya to shave 1 turn off Hoover Dam
Izibia hurries Market

Press button...
Babylon & Scandinavia sign Peace Treaty
Vikings land lone Cav between Indus & Dacca
Babylon Police - Bank
Medina Inf - Colosseum
Basra Ironclad - Arty
Fustat Inf - Inf
Pune Cav - Inf
Mosul Inf - Arty
Izibia Market - Police

1 - 1630AD
Upgrade 60 Ansars for 2400gp (saves producing any more)
Bangalore switches to Galleon & hurries for 156gp
Bombay switches to Galleon & hurries for 16gp
Lahore switches to Galleon & hurries for 204gp
Madras hurries Market for 156gp (allow Galleon in 2 turns)
Upgrade a couple of Muskets for 120gp
Upgrade 17 Spears for 2380gp
Upgrade 23 Pike for 2760gp
Upgrade Cannon for 80gp
Upgrade 7 Caravels for 280gp
Upgrade 8 MDI for 800gp
Upgrade 3 Horse for 300gp
Upgrade 4 Swords for 480gp
Upgrade 13 Ansar for 520gp
Nimrud forest chopped & replanted
Change all military builds to Artillery
Some fairly drastic spending there but there's not much point in producing more military when we already have nearly 400 units available. The only item we're short on is Artillery. As this looks to be a Cavs vs Rifles or Guerillas we will need plenty of Artillery.
We still have 5168gp in the bank and are making 1540gpt. So I don't foresee any problems
Fire 2 clowns in Izibia
Hawk WM - including embargo vs Scandinavia into the bargain except Mongolia

IBT
Vikings sue for peace - no way!
Mecca Ironclad - Arty
Bombay Galleon - Harbour
Damascus Arty - Arty
Baghdad Arty - Arty
Madras Market - Galleon
Bangalore Galleon - Galleon
Kufah Arty - Arty
Lahore Galleon - Ironclad
Karachi Harbour - Galleon
Yamama Ironclad - Arty
Muscat Stock Exchange - Colosseum
Bukhara Arty - Police
Nimrud Arty - Police

2 - 1635AD
Invasion forces preparations...
Land small task force W of Chittagong (2 Inf, 1 Art & 1 Cav)
Everybody who's anybody has Refining
We buy Refining from Greece for Gems, Wines & Electronics
Hawk WM selling Electronics to everyone for their treasury contents (ie no gpt involved)

IBT
Korea & Vikings sign Peace Treaty
Iroquois & Vikings sign Peace Treaty
Medina Colosseum - Uni (culture)
Nineveh Cathedral - Lib (culture)
Fustat Arty - Lib (culture)
Mansura Stock Exchange - Factory
Samarra Court - Bank
Antalya Hoover Dam - Arty

Fez Cathedral - Lib
Konya Hospital - Factory
Pune Arty - Colosseum

3 - 1640AD
Lahore hurries Ironclad
Bangalore hurries Galleon
Bombay hurries Harbour
Madras hurries Galleon
Pound Chittagong down to pop 1
Sana'a hurries Stock (waste)
Khurasan hurries Stock (waste)
Uskudar hurries Bank (waste)
New Kufah hurries Market (waste)
New Medina hurries BArracks (waste)
Hawk WM

IBT
Iroquois declare war on Korea
Mecca Arty - Uni (Culture)
Bombay Harbour - Ironclad
Damascus Arty - Uni (culture)
Madras Galleon - Galleon
Bangalore Galleon - Galleon
Najran Arty - Uni
Khurasan Stock - Lib
Anjar Hospital - Uni
Lahore Ironclad - Market
Uskudar Bank - Stock
Antalya Arty - Lib
Bengal Bank - Factory
Sana'a Stock - Police
Mosul Arty - Colosseum
New Delhi Bank - Stock
New Kufah Market - Temple
New Medina Barracks - Temple
Egypt declared war on Korea

4 - 1645AD
Take Chittagong for no losses
New Mecca hurries Hospital (waste)
Adana hurries Hospital (waste)
Aden hurries Factory (waste)
Pune hurries Colosseum (waste)
Tabuk hurries Bank (waste)
Nineveh hurries Lib (waste)
Hawk WM

IBT
Baghdad Arty - Colosseum
Nineveh Lib - Colosseum
Kufah Arty - Colosseum
Basra Arty - Uni
Fustat Lib - Uni
Aden Factory - Stock
Yamama Arty - Colosseum
Antalya Lib - Uni
Adana Hospital - Stock
Pune Colosseum - Police
Tabuk Bank - Arty
New Mecca Hospital - Stock

5 - 1650
Bombay hurries Ironclad
Bangalore hurries Ironclad
Bursa hurries Stock (waste)
Punjab hurries Stock (waste)
Hawk WM
Fleet nearly ready to set sail (wating for escorts)

IBT
Sign RoP with Azteca
Medina Uni - Police
Bombay Ironclad - Ironclad
Bangalore Ironclad - Ironclad
Bursa Stock - Colosseum
Punjab Stock - Police

6 - 1655AD
First fleet sets sail for Scandinavia
Ganges hurries Arty (waste)
Mosul hurries Colosseum (waste)
Baghdad hurries Colosseum (waste)
Damascus hurries Uni (waste)
Mecca hurries Uni (waste)
Istanbul hurries Bank (waste)
Bangalore hurries Ironclad
Bombay hurries Ironclad
Madras hurries Ironclad
Chittagong hurries Temple
Hawk WM
Gift Economics to Babylon

IBT
Egypt & Azteca sign MA vs Korea
Azteca & Egypt sign MA vs Scandinavia
Our fleet is attacked - we lose 1 Ironclad in exchange for 1 Ironclad killed
Mecca Uni - Police
Istanbul Bank - Factory
Bombay Ironclad - Ironclad
Damascus Uni - Wealth (+15gpt)
Baghdad Colosseum - Uni
Madras Ironclad - Ironclad
Bangalore Ironclad - Ironclad
Khurasan Lib - Uni
Antalya Uni - Wealth (+29gpt)
Lagash Arty - Bank
Chittagong Temple - Harbour
Ganges Arty - Court
Mosul Colosseum - Lib
Taif Cathedral - Police
New Kufah Temple - Aqueduct
Iroquois declare war on Scandinavia

7 - 1660AD
Our invasion force lands S of Vaso
More troops set sail
Madras hurries Ironclad
Bombay hurries Ironclad
Bangalore hurries Ironclad
Karachi hurries Galleon
Chittagong hurries Harbour
Sana'a hurries Police (waste)
Yamama hurries Colosseum (waste)
Kufah hurries Colosseum (waste)
Fustat hurries Uni (waste)
Akkad hurries Court (waste)
Fez hurries Court (waste)
New Medina hurries Temple (waste)
Hawk WM
Gift Metallurgy to Babylon

IBT
Medina Police - Wealth (+20gpt)
Bombay Ironclad - Galleon
Madras Ironclad - Bank
Bangalore Ironclad - Galleon
Kufah Colosseum - Uni
Akkad Court - Market
Karachi Galleon - Temple
Fustat Uni - Wealth (+12gpt)
Yamama Colosseum - Uni
Chittagong Harbour - Ironclad
Sana'a Police - Cathedral
Pune Police - Arty

8 - 1665AD
Bombard Vaso - kill 1 pop
Ferry troops
Bangalore hurries Galleon
Chittagong hurries Ironclad
Bombay hurries Galleon
WW kicks in - raise lux to 20%, +1326gpt
Hawk WM
Gift Babylon ToG

IBT
Our 1hp Galleon rebuffs an Ironclad and is promoted to elite
Renew Silks from Iroquois
Bombay Galleon - Galleon
Bangalore Galleon - Galleon
Fez Lib - Hospital
Chittagong Ironclad - Ironclad
New Medina Temple - Market

9 - 1670AD
We take Vadso for the loss of 1 Cav
Hurry Ironclad in Chittagong
Hurry Galleon in Bangalore
Hurry Galleon in Bombay
Hawk WM
Gift Magnetism to Babylon
Generate Mu'awiya (GL) kicking invading Vikings from our turf

IBT
Persia & Azteca sigm MA vs Scandinavia
Bombay Galleon - Galleon
Nineveh Colosseum - Uni
Bangalore Galleon - Galleon
Najran Uni - Arty
Bursa Colossseum - Lib
Anjar Uni - Colosseum
Muscat Colosseum - Factory
Kolhapur Hospital - Cathedral
Jaipur Stock - Hospital
Chittagong Ironclad - Galleon
Shihr Bank - Hospital
Quell 5 resisters in Vadso
Vadso riots
Sana'a Cathedral - Colosseum
Pune Arty - Lib
Mosul Lib - Uni
Suhar Arty - Bank

10 - 1675AD
Land more troops in Scandinavia
Kill a couple of stray Viking units
Load Mu'awiya onto Galleon ready to return to the mainland

Ferry Crossing

The three Ironclads groups marked as static are at the 'natural' 4 tile spacing so that Galleons can travel safely across the strait. The separate group has different movement points.

Notes
I've done all the hard work. All the next player has to do is ferry units over and kick the living daylights out of the Vikings.
Reykyavik has Adam Smith's - we'll want to add that to our collection
All the workers, Cav & Artillery are fortified near Antalya to make it easier to find and manage them.
I'm not sure whether to abandon Vadso so I leave the decision to the next player.


The save is > here <


Ted

 

[a space oddity]

Wow, Ted, looking good.
These turns must have taken you ages, it is fun though, isn't it?
Any idea what to do with the leader?

 

[TedJackson]

Yep,

it took quite a while, especially the first 2 or 3 turns finding everything (discovering nearly all our navy was in the North )

I've no real idea on the GL. It might be best to use him for an army as we could be waiting ages for a wonder to build. On the other hand we've only got a couple of elites so we won't be missing many chances for another GL.


Ted

 

[vbraun]

On the Leader,

If were close to getting tanks then we should make an army. Otherwise we should just keep around untill a Wonder comes around or untill we get Tanks and still are at War.

Nice set of Turns Ted

 

[TedJackson]

AS Hooray has indicated he can only play at the weekend I think you should take it vbraun. Then you can decide what to do with Mu'awiya


Ted

 

[vbraun]

My turn already

Cosider this a "got it" message.

Now about Mu'awiya....

 

[vbraun]

Sorry but i just don't have anytime to play Civ. Skip me.

Just an Idea:
Since it is almost the weekend maybe Hooray could play his turn then I could play after him.

 

[Hooray]

Hmm, I think I have the time to play.

Okay, got it. I'll play tomorrow if possible.

 

[Hooray]

Pre-turn: Spend over 10 minutes trying to find Mu'awiya. Oh there he is. Hit Enter...

1680 AD: Persia allies with Egypt vs. Korea.
Babs ally with Egypt vs. Viks.
A few Vik counterattacks. We lose an Ironclad.
Renew coal deal with Aztecs.
Cancel coal deal with Persia. They're Scientific! We should be giving them money. I give them the coal and 10gpt for their map.
Send 50gpt to Korea just for the hell of it.

1685: Viks and Egypt sign peace. Egypt declares war on Viks.
They have an MPP with someone it seems.
Babs declare war on Korea.
Mu'awiya is on his way to Vadso to lead the troops.

1690: Oops, I left an empty Galleon out in the open. A Vik Ironclad sinks it.
Viks land Cavalry at Vadso.
Renew Greece ROP.
Kill Cavs at Vadso with no losses.
Bombard Alesund from size 20 to size 12. Then capture it with loss of only one Cav.
Korea has Radio. I send them Wines, Furs, Gems, 1000g, and 50gpt for it.

1695: Greece and Viks sign peace.
Cancel Greece coal deal. Instead gift the coal and 20gpt to them.
Five Cavalry at Alesund get killed by Viking counterattack.
Mongols ally with Aztecs against Korea.
Mu'awiya forms an Army at Vadso and fills it with Cavalry. The Army then proceeds to attack a few Viking Cavalry near Alesund.
Antalya immediately begins building a Heroic Epic to describe the deeds of that Army.

1700: Viks land assorted troops near Alesund.
Re-sign Persia ROP.
Massive riots throughout our entire empire!! Upping Lux doesn't seem to help much.
I kill the Vik troops near Alesund.

I'm tempted to sign peace with the Vikings to end this sudden burst of War Weariness. I'll leave that decision to the next player, though. I seriously recommend signing peace ASAP. They're willing to give us about 20gpt if we do.

I decide to stop at five turns.
Here's the save:
http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads5/mb2_1700_AD.SAV

 

[TedJackson]

Revolt to Monarchy perhaps


Ted

 

[a space oddity]

Yes, why not. Great idea, TJ! We don't neet speedy workers, or rapid scientists...

 

[TedJackson]

I just had a look at the save.

Man that WW is ugly...

I guess losing some units really hurt.


Ted

 

[mad-bax]

vbraun: You are UP again. If you are going to have trouble playing then please let us know ASAP. Thanks.

 

[vbraun]

I dought ill be able to play, sorry

Nice set of turns Hooray