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[Asaf]

can't upgrade muskets to grenadiers, only maces/axes/etc..

Oops... I knew that.

we only have 5 melee units, can out more than grenades 5 in 10 turns. will run some binary research though.

Question is, how long do we wait before declaring if Roosy doesn't ask our help? I think 3-4 turns.

And we need a few more hwachas/trebs.

 

[Asaf]

Just a reminder: cripp7 - it's your turn.

 

[cripp7]

4th of July weekend forgot, will see what I can do!

 

[Asaf]

4th of July weekend forgot, will see what I can do!

Oh, yeah. Happy 4th of July America

 

[mlinneak]

Oh good, I was worried you guys were all waiting for me and I was having some issues getting time to play. I will happily wait for cripp7's turnset and things should clear up a little more for me then

 

[cripp7]

ok, short n' sweet(mlinneak??) round I did some heavy and got our army together. Sal came demanding Chemistry...get lost

Spoiler stacks :

So you're up mlinneak to declare on Louis. Never got a DoW from Roosy

 

[Asaf]

Nice!
mlinneak - Not much of a wait...
I suggest you DoW immediately, since at any turn Roosy and Napo might make peace again.

looking at the save... theocracy... vassalage...
how did we get theology and optics?

And look at this: Are u kidding me???

Power graph is still not promising, but it looks like an opportunity.

Send the horse archer and chariots to capture this city in the first turn, so our troops can all move into it directly.

Enjoy the action!

 

[cripp7]

Oh, traded Caesar Chem>optic+theo+map. Just be careful of Louis bringing in reinforcements.

 

[mlinneak]

Sorry for the delay, guys. I haven't been feeling well the last couple of days. I should be able to get to this either today or tomorrow though.

 

[cripp7]

ok, get better!

 

[Asaf]

No problem. Get well soon!

 

[Asaf]

mlinneak - how do you feel? can you play? do you want a skip?

 

[cripp7]

go ahead asaf, it's been a few days! she can go after you

 

[Asaf]

I should be able to play today.

Do you think it's too late in the game to get some more players?

I don't remember exactly - what are we researching now? Is it still steel? If so - I think after that I'll start the journey towards rifling, or is there a good trade bait out there?

 

[cripp7]

Not too late, but I don't know how we lasted this long!!

yes we're researching steel 11 turns, beg Roosy for gold. maybe can trade steel for PP or Eco

 

[Asaf]

I posted an invite in the registration thread. Let's see if anyone wants to play warlords...

Only played 4 turns. Will continue tomorrow (I hope).
To sum what happened: Declared on the french, conquered 4 cities.

1635 AD (IHT) -
Declare war on Napo.

The mighty horse archer took out Avignon, and declared it Korean again.
Freed Nobamba from the hands of the evil french without any casualties.

Moved units into the freed cities, and into french borders.
Some upgrades, Our medic Heinz was dubbed a knight.

Took out a roaming french worker with a chariot.

research down to 0% (used gold from conquests for upgrading and some booze )

IBT - rifle got our chariot and newly acquired worker.

1640 AD (1) -
Seoul: treb -> gren
Furry cow: hwacha -> treb

unit movements and some battles. Killed a rifle and a knight, lost 2 grens.

Advancing towards the north city of besancon.

1645 AD (2) -
Ulundi: hwacha -> gren.
Al Kindi (GS) was born in Ulundi.
Sent to Seoul. Not sure yet whether to join city or to research about 80% of PP.

Advancing units on both fronts.

IBT - Phili has been capture by the french. I hope the Americans will pull through.

1650 AD (3) -

North front:

Conquered Besancon, only lost 1 treb in the process. There was no defense bonus to the city (an American frigate near by) and it had a rifle, gren and a treb as garrison. The mighty conquerer was again the horse archer. Maybe the XP should have gone to another unit, but I was being nostalgic.

South front:
Lyons has 3 rifles, a gren and a caravel. 1 of the rifles is CGII. In addition, there's a rifle on the iron next to it.
Started bombarding. While waiting, killed rifle-on-iron (tm) without losing a unit.

Other stuff:
Upgraded a mace to a gren. Whipped a gren in Seoul for 1 pop (would grow next turn anyway, has enough happy, would have finished the gren next turn anyway but now next gren will be much faster because of the +125%).

Pushed gren in furry cow before treb. MM so it will build faster (city is starving now). Will whip when possible.

In 2 turns, when Spicy sheep finishes its treb, I'll switch it to a much needed wealth (we're at -14 gpt at 0% research!).

I intend to use the GS (now in Seoul) for bulbin as much as he can of PP, but it's not urgent yet, so I keep him for now.

1655 AD (4) -
Seoul: gren ->gren, due in 1

Avignon is out of resistance, so we're up to -2 gpt only !

An elephant has sneaked into Lyons while we were not looking. Must have hidden behind a flower or something...

whipped gren in furry cow.

North front:
Gathering forces to attack Khazak.

South front:
Finished bombarding Lyons. Crashed 3 trebs into the city. Only lost another gren when taking over the city (many wounded, though. It is a pity our super medic is in the north...).

The mighty Korean army has thus far freed 4 cities. All are building (or will build once resistance is over) theatres.

For now I plan to take Khazak as well (north front). I don't know if we have enough military to take core cities in the south.
Will scout and see. Definitely need more trebs and grens in the south for it.

Without all the unit supply, we're now at +6gpt.

Oh! and look at this:

Spoiler :

Looks like someone has plans...

I think I'll continue tomorrow. Going to

Any thoughts?
If you want to look at the save: View attachment Charming AD-1655.CivWarlordsSave

 

[Terrance888]

Hey, I am interested. If you guys are fine, can I take the next round?

Also, is Sal WHTMOOHN or whatever? Or did he declare already?

 

[Asaf]

Welcome aboard Terrance!

I'm finishing my turn set now, and if cripp doesn't mind, you can play next.
I'll publish my report soon.

 

[cripp7]

Sure Terrance, Glad to see you!

 

[Asaf]

Continuing...

1655 AD (4) (cont.)

I promote the grenadier on the hill bext to Saladin's stack to Guerrilla I, just in case...

1660 AD (5)

Seoul: gren -> gren
Copper town: hwacha -> hwacha
Spicy sheep: treb -> hwacha
Furry cow: gren -> continued treb

War weariness is starting to become an issue.

Sally's stack went 1NE, hiding under our gren in the hills. Is he about to declare next turn?

What happens if he declares anyway? can his units and our unit remain in the same tile? I've never come across this situation before... I save the game to do some testing later

Sending some units back to Avignon for protection. Just in case, again.

South fromt: Napo sent some units towards Lyons: A gren, an elephant and a treb. Sound more like a start of a joke than a real stack. I guess his war with Roosy is good for us!

IBT

Napo's gren and treb suicided on the city. His elephant retreated.

Well well well...

Spoiler :

The answer is no. I guess that means he'll declare soon...

1665 AD (6)

North front:
Sally's stack has retreated for now. We should be able to regroup there to take Khazak now. I leave a few grens in Avignon. Advancing a little... Khazak has 3 rifles. Should be easy enough with our stack.

South front:
Healing in Lyons (1 hwacha is now a medic). Then I think - go for Paris! Will send a scout first.

IBT - Napo killed one of our scout chariots.

1670 AD (7)
Cowville: hwacha -> gren. MM so it is mildly starving (too unhappy now), and producing faster with higher commerce.

Napo has a new GG.

He also sent a larger stack - 3 grens, knight and treb, getting closer to Lyons.
After that one I think we can safely move forward. But first - send the 2nd chariot to scout Paris.

Paris garrison:

Spoiler :

North front:
advancing towards Khazak. Can bombard next turn.
Moving some grens so they can reach besancon immediately (Sally's still around).

IBT
A french treb and 2 grens crashed on Lyons. No casualties for us.

1675 AD (8)
Seoul: gren -> gren (we could use a bank there, but we're busy now).
Spicy sheep: hwacha -> gren

Roosy sent a knight to help! How nice of him. He has also become friendly with us at some point.

The battle of Khazak (which is ironically "strong" in hebrew) ended quickly. We lost 1 treb and 1 gren and took over the city.

IBT
A french treb has withdrawn from combat in Lyons.

1680 AD (9)
Copper town: hwacha -> market. Immediately whipped for happiness (city was very unhappy as it was, and we have 3 out of 4 resources)
Besancon went out of resistence, whipped a theatre for 1 pop (was starving anyway, and we need the culture there).

Found conquered Phili!

Spoiler :

1685 AD (10)
Copper Town: market->treb. Set city to growth now that it has some happy breath room.
Nobamba: theatre->courthouse (too little production for barracks to be worth it now)
Besancon: theatre->lighthouse

Will stop here.

So no declare from Sally yet, but he's stack is still around there. We have 2 grens and 2 muskets in Besancon, and 2 grens and a sword in Avignon (maybe we should add CG promotions?). Roosy wouldn't listen about cancelling his OB with Sally. Apparently they're best buds or something. Pfff. Whatever.

You can change the CH in Nobamba to something else if you think there's something more urgent.

We have a healing stack in Khazak (north) and a large stack in Lyons which is ready to move if we decide to continue the war.
We do have WW issues.

Napo is willing to talk now, and offers 480 for peace.
Maybe I bite more than I can chew here, but I think we can keep pressuring him, and take 1 or 2 of his core cities. Not sure which, though...

Research was almost completely stopped in my turnset due to different priorities. We should probably consider changing these priorities once we make peace. We still have a GS in Seoul, ready to bulb most of PP.

I have woken up some workers so they can handle the newly acquired tiles.

North (stack in Khazak is selected):

Spoiler :

South (stack in Lyons is selected):

Spoiler :

A long report... that's war for ya'.

Terrance, it seems like you're next

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