New Conquests PBEM

[ironduck]

Does anyone know the Hittites? I don't know anyone yet except the very evil & smelly Hittites and the secretive Indians..

.. which is a shame because it looks like the smelly ones are going to overrun my borders now

I'm not sure there will be any scraps left for the Persians when they're done with our peace loving nation.

 

[predesad]

I don't know anyone ... oops, i almost forgot i did meet the Mayans in passing, but they have left so little impression upon me i almost completely forgot about it.

Do not fear, the magnificent Persian empire will rescue you fromyour current plight ... just don't hold your breath.

 

[ironduck]

The mighty persian empire may either act now or not bother

.. if I survive this brutal and completely unprovoked onslaught I hereby vow to destroy the stinking hittitites in a most humiliating fashion.

 

[predesad]

meant 2 post this last night,

after two weeks of play we have managed a consistent 19 turns each week and an average of 2.7 turns / day.

the next closest i have is a two player game w/ an average of right at 2.0 turns / day, thats a difference of 10 turns over a two week period.

 

[Rubberjello]

Yes. This one is kind of how I envisioned a PBEM game should work. The problem is getting non-flakey players in compatible time zones together. It has been quite enjoyable to make this much progress, although I personally would have liked to have some sappy AI to the south of me rather than the game-leading human player!

 

[ironduck]

Blubberyellow, want to switch sides? - I'm under attack from horse riding barbies and swarms of hittite archers.. yelp.

I forget what the barbies do when taking towns - do they just steal the gold or destroy all improvements also?

At least I'm getting plenty of drama

 

[predesad]

barbs can do 3 things that i know of, steal gold, destroy improvements, kill off population

 

[Rubberjello]

@chalkduck. Yup. They can do the three things Predesad mentioned and it appears pretty random. They also can destroy whatever you are working on at the moment. They usually choose the most inconvenient one.

 

[ironduck]

Yikes. Most inconvenient. Hopefully our reserves will be able to deal with them while our main forces are occupied at the front lines.

 

[Playboy]

You would, RJ? Instead of a peace with a nice, honorable human player which allows you to build plowshares instead of swords, you'd rather have AIs bring war to you before you have a chance to build your empire? Maybe you can trade positions with ironduck

 

[predesad]

I'll trade places w/ anyone.

King Predesad thinks to himself 'regretting decision 2 pick only nonagricultural civ in this game, if someone agrees to trade, will have to saboatage Persia b4 switching

 

[ironduck]

Our town was ransacked

 

[ironduck]

While we have been training our archers and moving them to the front lines, the counterattack by our warrior was most successful! Not only were the enemy completely taken by surprise and had to quickly regroup its forces, providing temporary relief, but our lone warrior was also able to take out no less than one halitosis warrior and two archers who clearly did not use deodorant! Alas, when the third archer attacked our brave fighter finally had to leave this world, but his heroics will not be forgotten! This time we will be ready when the enemy strikes!

Further, a division of archers has been deployed to end the raids of barbarians on our coastal town, we wish them luck.

 

[Rubberjello]

Sure thing! Good luck Barbarians. Sack his cities back to the 4000's!

 

[ironduck]

Blubberfellow's wicked hopes had no bearing on the outcome of the battle between our mighty archers and the pitiful Angel tribe. The gold that was stolen from our city has rightfully been returned.

In other news, our smelly foe (He Who Stinks) has been seen deploying archers along our north eastern territory. They MUST be stopped!

 

[Rubberjello]

Darn! Foiled again! We must find some way to aide the Hittites so that FluffyDuck's misled citizens become target practice for their archers!

 

[ironduck]

It appears that the only target practise their archers are getting is from another barbie tribe.. once again their attempt to wage war on us has failed. Now it is only a matter of days until we build up our forces for a mighty counter attack!

 

[ironduck]

The war against the Hittites is going well. The hittites have become utterly demoralized and are pushing their archers right into our rains of steel. Three more enemry archery battalions were crushed today, one by our newest, hard-hitting, body-painted, genital-waving squadron of bad boys. Soon the enemy will be begging for peace!

Further, a golden age has dawned upon our great civilization! There is much rejoice in the streets and intake of various fermented substances.

 

[predesad]

the peace loving Celts should then have sympathy & make peace w/ the Hittites, returning any spoils from war they may have plundered

 

[ironduck]

We have not plundered, it is not in our nature to do so. We do, however, realize that we need to assimilate the enemy so that it no longer poses a threat.