(My first SG)For newbies

[choxorn]

Finished the set. But it seems that the upload server is down. So I'll have to wait until it gets back up to post the set.
Scratch that, it's back up!

Pre-Turn (930 AD):
-Everything looks good.

IBT:
-Germans request a WM trade. Not a chance.
-Philly riots (stupid size 10 city...). I hire a taxman.
-up north in the Aztec jungle, our archer dies of disease, WTH?

Turn 1 (940 AD):
zzz

IBT:
-The French want a WM trade. Sorry, no. However, I decide to check what Joan has to trade- and France has learned Astronomy! I trade them Chemistry for Astronomy, 65 gold, 1 gpt, and France's WM.
-Washington: Knight->Knight
-Boston: Knight->Knight
-Miami: Knight->Knight

Turn 2 (950 AD):
zzz

IBT:
-NY: Uni->Musket
-Chicago: Knight->Knight
-SF: duct->Musket
-Russians start building Copernicus

Turn 3 (960 AD):
zzz

IBT:
-Galley in French territory, France asks it to leave. I comply.
-Atlanta: Knight->Knight
-Springfield: Temple->Musket

Turn 4 (970 AD):
zzz

IBT:
-Buffalo: Caravel->Knight
-Detroit: Caravel->Knight
-Dallas: Temple->Musket

Hold on, I have stuff I need to do right now. Be back in half an hour.

 

[Elephantium]

Any news on turns 5-10?

 

[JJJSpider]

Yup if this is a half hour. I hate to see your days.

 

[choxorn]

Sorry, Never managed to get around to it. But I'll stop being <insert name of slow storywriter here> and post the set. BTW, I played 15 turns (because I can )

Turn 5 (980 AD):
zzz

IBT:
-I have a Caravel in Egyptian territory; the awsk it to leave. I say yes, as several turns are left on the Peace Treaty.
-New Orleans: Knight->Knight

Turn 6 (990 AD):
-Upgrade 4 galleys to Caravels for 40 gold.

IBT:
-Washington: Knight->Knight
-Philly: Knight->Knight
-Baltimore: Knight->Knight
-Aztecs are building Sun Tzu's.

Turn 7 (1000 AD):
zzz

IBT:
-Seattle: Uni->Musket
-Miami: Knight->Knight
-Cincinatti: Knight->Knight
-France finishes Sun Tzu's.
-Egypt starts Sistine.

Turn 8 (1010 AD):
zzz

IBT:
-Houston: Temple->Musket
-Russians, Germans, and English start Sistine
-Russians and English start Copernicus
-Egypt finishes Sistine, which makes me at Russia, Germany, and England.

Turn 9 (1020 AD):
-reduce science to 20%, Metallurgy still in 1 turn.

IBT:
-We get Metallurgy: Set research to Military Tradition, due in 9 at 40%.
-NY: Musket->Knight
-Chicago: Knight->Knight
-Russians and English cascade to Copernicus- which England finishes instantly.

Turn 10 (1030 AD):
zzz

IBT:
-Boston: Knight->Knight
-Atlanta: Knight->Knight

Turn 11 (1040 AD):
-The Peace Treaty has expired. I declare war on Egypt.

IBT:
-Washington: Knight->Knight
-Philly riots. I change taxman to entertainer.
-SF: Musket->Knight
-Ivory Coast: Harbor->Musket

Turn 12 (1050 AD):
-A huge SoD lands next to Alexandria (egyptian city). More will come. Muhahahahahaha!

IBT:
-Palace expansion. I give us a second floor.

Turn 13 (1060 AD):
-@Alexandria: Eight Catapults bombard the city. The first three have no effect. The fourth and fifth yellowline 2 pikes, but apparently, there are three in the city. The sixth has no effect, the seventh reduces population by 1 (to 8), and the eighth has no effect. Now, the Knights attack. The first retreats, the second kills a pike, the third retreats, and the fourth kills a pike and promotes to elite, the fifth dies, and the sixth kills the third and last pike and takes the city and two workers. (3-1)
-A Knight kills a sword, and Horse captures some workers. (4-1) They go under cover of the Knight.

IBT:
-An egyptian knight kills our Knight and recaptures the workers. (4-2)
-Seattle: Musket->Knight
-Miami: Knight->Knight

Turn 14 (1070 AD):
-I notice there are no turns left on our peace treaty with the Aztecs. So I declare war.
-War with Aztecs:
-Knight vs. Pike in Teotihuacan: The Pike wins without a scratch. (4-3)
-Archer vs. Sword: Archer redlines, but kills the sword. (5-3)
-Knight vs. Sword: Knight redlines, but wins.
-Knight attacks pike in Teotihuacan: retreats.
-Knight kills a spear in Teotihuacan. (7-3)
-War with Egypt: nothing.

IBT:
-Egypt LBM attacks our Knight. Thankfully, our Knight wins.
-Aztec sword loses to our pike.
-Aztec sword kills our redlined archer. (9-4)
-Alexandria riots. I turn it's non-resisting citizens into taxmen.
-Mustang Canal: Library->Knight

Turn 15 (1080 AD):
-War with Egypt:
-Sword loses to pike at Heliopolis. (9-5)
-Horse retreats after attacking Pike at Memphis.
-War with Aztecs:
-Archer suicides vs. pike at Teotihuacan. (9-6)
-Knight kills pike, destroys Teotihuacn, captures two workers. (10-6)
-Knight kills sword. Two knights kill jags. (13-6)
-Sword kills sword. (14-6)

Endturn stuff:
The aztec front:

The egypt front:

And the save.

 

[JJJSpider]

I got it!
I'll Have something Posted in the Early hour Tonight.

 

[JJJSpider]

Pre-turn:
Woke up fortified knights and move them to the front.
Changed: No Barracks cites to Cannons:
Mustang, Detroit, Springfield, Dallas, and Houston.
Rushed Temples on outer islands: Cempoala, Teayo, Whaling V. (mistake I realized later should have been changed to spears and rushed).
Trade Chemistry to England for 64G and Banking
France has Navigation. Meaning Two things That they can now sail the ocean blue soon to make contacts and soon building Last Exp. Wonder (our GA half).
Trade: Metallurgy for 22gpt, 70 gpt and Navigation would not have traded otherwise.
Everyone is broke so no other trades made.
Switch Washington to Magellan complete in 19 turns
Changes Corrupted towns to 19 Geeks.
The Flip Risk in Alexandria is 25% . Move out the Military and razing all future Egypt towns.

IBT:
French Start Magellan
Loose knight to Sword (0-1)
Loose Alexandria to knight. (0-2)
Swords dies on Pike (1-2)
Jaguar Warrior approaches Teayo. They are going to take it. Abandoned instead.

Turn 1 (1090AD) :
Detroit Cannon->Library
Philly Knight -> settler.
About 10 Cites about to Riot Lux up 40%
Trade Russia Ivory Silk, Dyes for GEMS
Able to Lower Lux to 30% now

Aztec Front:
Knight Kill Sword (2-2)

Egypt Front:
Knight Kills Knight RAZE Alexandria (3-2)
Bombard Memphis No Real effect.

IBT: Jaguar Warrior Approaches Cempola

Turn 2 (1100AD):
Cempola Rushes Spear.
Had another 10 Towns about to riot again.
Trade Germany: Furs for Contact Egypt and Aztec Silks and Dyes
Since I am trading the contact away
France 10gpt and 40 gp for Contacts
Russia 6gpt and 20gp for contacts
England is Broke

Aztec Front:
Knight kills Sword (4-2)
2 knights kills @ spear at Tatleico Razed (6-2)
eSword kills Spear (7-2)

Egypt Front:
Move All Cats and Knights away form Memphis I want to take Heliopolis out first and the coastline out.

IBT:
France building Smiths
England Magellan. Voyage
Egypt LB dies on Fort Knight. (8-2)

Turn 3 (1110AD):
Washington Riots missed that one.
Some Cites complete Knights -> Knights
MT in 1 Slider Down 20%

Aztec: Front
Knight kills Spear Raze Teclopan (9-2)
Miss judged the Warrior and terrain lost Cempoloa to Jaguar Warrior.

Egypt Front:
Pillage Spices
2 Knights Kill Pikes (11-2)
sword Dies on pike (11-3)
Sword kills Pike (12-3)
Knight Relines retreats on pike

IBT: ZZZ

Turn 4 (1120AD):
Set to Physics in 9

Aztec Front:
eKnight kills Pike (13-3)
Knight kills Spear Capture Texoco (14-3)

Egypt Front:
Knight Dies on Pike relined
Sword Dies on Pike relined
2 Knight kills 2 Pikes Raze Helopolis and Sistine (16-5)

IBT: Russia and France Building Bach&#8217;s

Turn 5 (1130AD):
Moving Troops closer to next targets

IBT:
Egypt LB Kills Knight (16-6)
Aztec Sword dies on Knight (17-6)
Palace Expands 3rd Floor

Turn 6 (1140AD):
Calvary Coming Online in Several Cities producing more.

Aztec Front:
Knight kills pike (18-6)
Knight kills Spear (19-6)
eKnight kills Spear Capture Tetalchi (20-6)

Egypt Front
Knight kills Knight (21-6)
Knight Kills LB (22-6)

IBT: ZZZ

Turn 7 (1150AD):
Aztec Front:
eKnight kills Pike (23-6)
Knight kills Spear (24-6)
eKnight kills spear (25-6) Capture Calix

Egypt Front:
Knight dies pike (25-7)

IBT: Egypt Building Bach&#8217;s :suicide:

Turn 8 (1160AD):
Aztec: Knight Kills Spear (26-7) Capture Taxacala
Make Peace with Monty No More Cites on our Little Island.

Egypt front is the only front:
Cav Kills pike (28-7)

IBT: France building Bach&#8217;s

Turn 9 (1170AD):
Knight Kills Pike (29-7)
Knight dies Pike Relined (29-8)
Knight kills Pike (30-8)
Knight dies pike (30-9)
Cav kills Pike (31-9) Raze Pi-Rameses

IBT: Egypt Capture Whaling Village reg Warrior kills our Fort Vet Spear
Knight Kills Exposed Knight (31-11)

Turn 10 (1180AD):
eKnight Kill Pike (32-11)
eKnight kills Spear (33-11) Razed El-Armana
Cav kills Knight (34-11)

Establish Cleveland

I was having Philly pop out Settlers Right Now. One settler is on the way to one of the pink dots.
Washington is in a Starve mode trying to Complete Magellan for the shield production. If I did my math right it will complete it before it starves. It will need to be changed right after it completes.
I did only a Glance at other location to squeeze out some other settlers from other places.
Sold off a Few Temples in expanded spaces.
Those Luxes Deal and GPT are really the only thing keeping us from going super negative. The WW is bad right now. SO the next person in line really has only another 5-10 turns left to take it to Egypt.
If the WW gets much worse we might have to sue for peace any ways.
Because I was razing a lot we have quite a big Slave work force. So we might look into joining a few workers to a couple of cites after the PT to save on the unit Support.
There are a lot of Cites building Cavs and I not sure that a good Idea right now. But I left them in place for next person to decide about that.

I don&#8217;t remember any promotions taking place for units. I did use elite on Red or Yellowed defenders but no GL.
Good Luck!

View attachment 135961

 

[JJJSpider]

End Turn Screen:
Egypt Front:

OUR NEW FRONTIER (Formaly Monty jungle boogey)

Roster:
goodsmell: Skipped
choxorn:
TripleJ: Just Played
Elephantium: Up

 

[Elephantium]

Got it, I'll play my turnset tomorrow or Saturday.

 

[choxorn]

Comments on JJJ's set:

Pre-turn:
Woke up fortified knights and move them to the front.

In case you were wondering, they were there so that if a landing force came, they didn't have an easy target(s).

The Flip Risk in Alexandria is 25% . Move out the Military and razing all future Egypt towns.

About 10 Cites about to Riot Lux up 40%
Trade Russia Ivory Silk, Dyes for GEMS
Able to Lower Lux to 30% now

25% Flip risk? 40% lux??? (has heart attack)

Trade Germany: Furs for Contact Egypt and Aztec Silks and Dyes
Since I am trading the contact away
France 10gpt and 40 gp for Contacts
Russia 6gpt and 20gp for contacts
England is Broke

Um... you did trade contact with Aztecs too, right?

what else was in the peace treaty?

 

[JJJSpider]

Yes, I traded Contacts that included both.
To everyone except England who had nothing or was not willing to offer anything.
Monty Peace, I had my choice of 3 of 4 cites I left him with a Desert town with no Harbor not even on the Same Island as his palace. He had no Cash and we are way up in techs was there someting else I suppose to get?

 

[choxorn]

I see in you screenshot that there is a down arrow, indicating you got more fromthe deal thatn those 3 cities. I know we're ahead in tech, if it were a diplomatic agreement you would give it too, you said those were the only cities you got, and you can't trade resources in a peace treaty, so it had to have been gold.

 

[JJJSpider]

I remember them at Zero Gold it must have been the world map then.

 

[choxorn]

well yeah, you could have gotten that too. I forgot about maps. So that's what you must have gotten.

 

[goodsmell]

I'm sorry guys, Choxorn I would like to be as Inactive untill I'll can play .
Im very busy these days sorry .

 

[choxorn]

Okay, goodsmell is ghosted.

goodsmell: ghosting
choxorn: On deck
TripleJ: Just Played
Elephantium: UP

 

[Elephantium]

Halfway done with turnset

Edit: I'm going to run a short turnset this time around; war is too time-consuming, and I don't have enough time to finish out the rest of my turns.

Report:

pre-flight:

Moved a few cavalry and knights

IBT:

We know Physics. Researching ToG.
Mustang Canal: Cannon->Courthouse (corruption reduction

project)
Atlanta: Cavalry->Courthouse (corruption reduction project)
Miami: Cavalry->Bank


Turn 1 (1190AD):

Changed Chicago to Settler (2 turns)
Changed New Orleans to Courthouse (corruption reduction

project)
Changed Boston to Aqueduct
Changed Buffalo to Courthouse (corruption reduction project)
Changed New York to Bank
Changed Seattle to Bank
Changed San Francisco to Courthouse (corruption reduction

project)
Changed Baltimore to Aqueduct
Changed Ivory Coast to Aqueduct
Changed Cincinnati to Courthouse (corruption reduction

project)

Sci slider to 30% to avoid deficit spending

Trade options:
Russia: Economics, Music Theory, WM, 27gpt, 100gp for

Military Tradition
England: Econ, Music Theory, WM, 8gpt, 20gp for Mil Trad.

or (Physics and Dyes + Ivory)
France: Music Theory, WM, 7gpt, 20gp for Mil Trad
Germany: broke
Aztecs: Broke and backward
Egypt: Still at WAR!

I'm going to check again for the next couple of turns before

making a decision.

IBT:

Philly: Settler->Courthouse
Ft. Azteca: Musket->Cannon (40 turns...this is not a great

productive city)
Egyptians are building JS Bach's Cathedral.

Turn 2 (1200AD):

Trade options:
Russia is offering less for Mil Trad. England requires more

to trade for Physics. France has dropped her offerings for

Mil Trad, too. I'm going to trade.

Traded England Physics for Economics and 7gpt, and 6gp.
Traded Russia Mil. Trad for Music Theory, 52gpt, and 102gp.
France will only offer 28gp or 1gpt + 10gp (she has 52

on-hand) for Mil. Trad. I take it; she'll be able to trade

for it next turn, anyway.

IBT:

Mountaintop cavalry near X successfully defends vs. Egyptian

longbow. (1-0)
Likewise, a Knight near Memphis survives (2-0)
Chicago: Settler->Bank

Turn 3 (1210AD):

Kansas City founded, making Wealth.
Forces are now positioned to lay siege to Memphis and

Abydos.
Sci slider to 50%, running a deficit of 8gpt (we have 811)

to get ToG in 6 turns!

IBT:

Egypt lands some troops near our undefended Tamuin. Uh-oh.
Russia DEMANDS 54 gold and our territory map. Since we just

signed a BIG gpt deal, I give in.
Egyptians are building JS Bach's Cathedral...again? Hmm.

Turn 4 (1220AD):

Shots fired on Abydos! Memphis is also bombarded. No

frontal assault yet.

IBT:

Tamuin falls, 9gp stolen. Egypt must die.
Knight vs. Egypt longbow (3-0)
Detroit: Library->Courthouse
New Orleans: Courthouse->University
Russians building Smiths

Turn 5 (1230AD):

Abandon Xochicalco, Egypt will just take it next turn

anyway.
Cavalry retreats at Memphis. (3-0)
Caravel vs. Galley, we sink. (3-1)
Cavalry kills Pike at Memphis. (4-1)
Elite Knight dies at Memphis. Grr. (4-2)
Veteran Knight dies at Memhis. Grr (4-3)
Vet Knight retreats vs. Pike at Memphis (4-3)
Vet Knight retreats at Memphis (4-3)
Vet Knight dies at Memphis (4-4)

Abydos:
Cavalry > Pike (5-4)
Cavalry < Pike (promotes to vet, ugh) (5-5)
Cavalry > Pike (6-5)
Cavalry retreats vs. vet spear, spear at 2hp (6-5)
Cavalry owns spear (7-5), Abydos DESTROYED!

 

[choxorn]

Got it! oh, and comments on the set:

Egyptians are building JS Bach's Cathedral...again? Hmm.

It means they gave it up in one city and started it in another (the AI does this sometimes)

Cavalry retreats at Memphis. (3-0)
Caravel vs. Galley, we sink. (3-1)
Elite Knight dies at Memphis. Grr. (4-2)
Veteran Knight dies at Memhis. Grr (4-3)
Vet Knight retreats vs. Pike at Memphis (4-3)
Vet Knight retreats at Memphis (4-3)
Vet Knight dies at Memphis (4-4)
Cavalry < Pike (promotes to vet, ugh) (5-5)
Cavalry retreats vs. vet spear, spear at 2hp (6-5)

STUPID RNG!!!!

 

[JJJSpider]

Well with the War effort Stalling. Also our Poor Leader Luck.
I think it is time to Build the FP in either Baltimore of Philly. This will Reduce Corruption all around. Miami is also an option
Maybe establish a Few cites in the north Area of Cleo's island and get some peace and prepare for later War with a better Cav and Cannon Army.
Also Move some Boats in the area of Monty's island to wipe him up later as well.

 

[choxorn]

The set is done. I can't post it right now, but here's a short summary:
-Made peace with Egypt. Bad RNG luck made WW killer.
-built a couple of cities in ex-aztec land.
-Started the FP. It is currently 1 turn from completion in Miami.
-Got Magellan's Voyage.
-Got us into the IA.

 

[Elephantium]

Did you use the tech-gifting trick to Russia and Germany?