Has anyone specifically targeted a great person for assassination during a game? I think I have inadvertently killed a great priest or two storming a city, but the other day I had the chance to actually target and kill a GP for "strategic" purposes.
Here I am (Bizmark) with a slight tech lead, 3rd in size with "friendly" Cyrus on two different "open" borders. I have the greatest number of soldiers (barely) and my neighbor Cyrus has a defensive pact with Kubla Khan (Cyrus and KK are #2 and 3 in tech and armies).
I am in the process of builing up to attack Cyrus since he has coal and I don't, although I am not ready. Then I see this strange unit travelling across my land. I think, "great, someone is about to get a bank check from trading with one of my big cities. I zoom in to get a better look, and it's Michael Faraday (a great scientist)! Apparently he is going to open an academy in the persian far city.
He never made it.
Alt-Cyrus, Faraday is moved to the edge of our common border, and one cavelry charge later, the quaterback is toast.
I eventually ended up with three of Cyrus' cities (one with coal), razed another and was able to get a substantial army and land boost, while holding off both civs.
This totally reminded me of the assassinations that started World War One, it even had the similar tech (cannon, riflemen and calvelry)
Here I am (Bizmark) with a slight tech lead, 3rd in size with "friendly" Cyrus on two different "open" borders. I have the greatest number of soldiers (barely) and my neighbor Cyrus has a defensive pact with Kubla Khan (Cyrus and KK are #2 and 3 in tech and armies).
I am in the process of builing up to attack Cyrus since he has coal and I don't, although I am not ready. Then I see this strange unit travelling across my land. I think, "great, someone is about to get a bank check from trading with one of my big cities. I zoom in to get a better look, and it's Michael Faraday (a great scientist)! Apparently he is going to open an academy in the persian far city.
He never made it.
Alt-Cyrus, Faraday is moved to the edge of our common border, and one cavelry charge later, the quaterback is toast.
I eventually ended up with three of Cyrus' cities (one with coal), razed another and was able to get a substantial army and land boost, while holding off both civs.
This totally reminded me of the assassinations that started World War One, it even had the similar tech (cannon, riflemen and calvelry)