Preturn: We have only 2 swords and 2 horses for offensive actions, no cats.
Updated the last two warriors, costly but necessary.
Vetoed the temple in Edrine, sorry.
I will also build settlers in Busra and try to expand our empire.
IT: We now have 8 Bab units (swords, bowmen and (silly AI): spears) in the Edrine area,
but they seem to head north. Also there are two bowmen occupying the mountains east of Istanbul.
Additionally, a Bab galley near Uskudar, maybe landing a settler pair in our back
or landing troops.
730BC: Mine iron at Busra, protect the slaves with swords.
Move an elite spear on a mountain tile near Edrine to block the advancing swords.
IT: some Bab-movement near Edrine.
710BC: I move a sword on the mountain near Eridu.
IT: OK, the Babs definitely landed a settler pair north of Uskudar, at least not 2 swords.
Their units near Edrine move in strange ways, as if they were patrolling in the
mountains and hill tiles.
690BC: I kill a spear at Eridu and one near Edrine.
IT: The next settler pair enters our territory west of Edrine.
A bowman impales itself on the mountain-sword near Eridu and our sword gets elite.
A stack of 3 swords, a single spear and a bowman/sword pair advances on Istanbul,
all of them two tiles away, except the spear which stops near the city.
And guess what: a third settler pair shows up SW of Edrine.
670BC: Kill a spear near Istanbul with a horse.
No Literature, I'm getting a bit (only a little bit...) nervous.
The stack of 3 swords moves finally on open ground, our horse tile at Istanbul,
patience gets honored.
One of the two settler pairs between Edrine and Busra is finally in range too.
650BC: I kill the sword stack, two of our horses retreat, but no casualties so far.
I capture the settler by killing the spear with a sword, 2 more slaves.
Thanks to the Babs our worker force exists at least.
The stupid Romans have researched Currency instead of Lit.
630BC: I capture/kill the second settler/spear pair between Busra and Edrine.
IT: A horse on the mountain near Eridu is attacked by a Bowman, it retreats north.
610BC: The attack on Eridu: a horse redlined, our elite archer dead (Meldor's brave guy,
our first casualty), but we finally autoraze the city which was defended by 2 spears
and capture a worker.
Send injured horse back to Iznik. I love ancient warfare, it is like chess,
you see most of the pieces and can guess were they will move.
Our first Bab-city:
IT: A bowman impales itself on our sword near former Eridu on a mountain.
Another moves on the horse tile near Istanbul.
590BC: Finally, the Romans and Gandhi both have Literature, we buy it for 170,
the low costs imply that the Babs must have got it too or they were the one
researching it.
I found out we still have this lazy Great Leader, must build a horsemen army....
OK, just kidding. I rush the GL in Edrine, wasting 8 shields, but I don't think
I should have waited until that cat was finished......
IT: A Bab sword commits suicide on the same mountain-sword as the bowman last turn.
3 of their bowmen and 2 swords turn their attention towards Edrine, two spears advance
on their 'settler route' SE of Busra.
Good news, here is a pic:
570BC: We autoraze the annoying Bab city of Shurrupak at the Silk-site in our backyard.
It costs us a horse to its single spear-defender, but it was likely worth it.
I replace former Eridu with Izmit, was not sure about the exact site but the hill is
near their boarders and the grassland in the north is not better at all.
IT: An eventful IT. The Babs attack Edrine with a sword and 2 bows.
Our sword defeats them and gets elite.
We get "a few" techs and enter the Middle Ages. Our free tech is Engineering,
both Romans and Indians lack it, it's good to be scientific I must admit to Steve.
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