Pre-turn Send one MDI down from Karachi to scout out Joans seemingly only Saltpetre. Joan has Monotheism, but Id rather not give her Gunpowder. Send a Treb in Chittagong towards Calcutta to upgrade. Turn research down to 50%, get +53 gpt now (was 23). Rush a Harbor in Manchester for 84 gold, as well as changing one citizen to a Taxman. Rush Barracks in Hyderabad and Leeds for 60 and 84 gold, respectively (these are near French cities, so I like to get some units here). Move a galley south of Washington w/Treb that was fortified for some reason
570 (1) Washington Granary->Courhouse. Resistance in Madras has ended
so much for needing more units there
Hastings Horse->Horse. Hyderabad Barracks->Horse. Leeds Barracks->Musket. Manchester Harbor->Galley (
sorry, forgot we cant connect this city until we get a better tech
). Upgrade 6 Trebs for 90 gold.
The plan of attack on France will be to go straight for the capital, so we can get rid of their Great Wall advantage. So, Kolhapur->Orleans->Paris is the order Im looking at. Im also planning on sending smaller groups with Cannon support for Rouen and Bescanon. Up Lux to 10% to prevent riots.
IBT Germans request RoP and Alliance vs. Chinese. Offer him RoP if he gives us 3 gold, and he accepts
whatever.
580 (2) London Library->Marketplace (so THATs why it has happiness problems). York Library->Barracks (can produce all units in 4 turns or less. Horses in 2). Nottingham Aque->Horse. Lahore Worker->Worker. Oxford Aque->Horse.
Spot Saltpetre, and theres no road on it yet, so when they get Gunpowder, theyll still need to hook it up. Everything looks good for the war, just waiting for cannons to arrive at the main SoD.
590 (3) Dover Horse->Aque. Richmond Cannon->Harbor (due in 15 turns though, so next person can change it). Nothing else really, just preparing for the war. Move research down to 40%, +109 gpt. Due in 2, so next turn Ill turn off research for a few turns to build up some gold.
IBT Lots of Cultural expansions. Ottomans are building Sun Tzus.
600 (4) Philly Musket->cannon. Hastings Horse->MDI. Coventry Musket->Horse. Again, not much except moving troops. Cannons have all arrived at the SoD, so once MT comes, its war. Joan wont give us Monotheism for anything less than Gunpowder and 109 gold
I think shes about to get Gunpowder.
IBT Germans have completed Sun Tzus.
610 (5) York Barracks->Horse. Warwick Aque->Horse. Newcastle Court->Horse. Oxford Horse->Market. Again, just moving forces. Upgrade 3 cats for 90 gold.
620 (6) Nottingham Horse->Market. Upgrade another treb for 15 gold. Move research to 40%, MT next turn, +104 gpt.
630 (7) MT->Monotheism (actually, the only thing we can research), due in 5 turns. We can now build the Military Academy. London Market->Cav. Lahore worker->worker. Brighton Lib->Court. Upgrade 5 Horses to Cavs for 375 gold. Next turn we declare on France. Move research to 40% to get Monotheism in 4 turns, +60 gpt.
640 (8) Hastings MDI->Cav. Canterbury Aque->Cannon. Exeter Market->Harbor (next person can change it). China now has Gunpowder. Rush Barracks in Bombay so we can get some Cav down there. We are stronger than the French, but they wont give us Monotheism for nothing (darn.
), But they will give us 15 gold. I declare anyway.
Bombard MDI right outside Bombay, and kill it with Elite MDI, lose no hp, but dont get a leader. In our SoD: 1 Army, 3 Cannons (with 7 more coming soon), 1 Treb, 7 MDI (3 Elite, and more coming soon), 2 Longbowman, and a Musket. Im also working on getting some Cavs there. Use the Army to attack an Elite MDI in Kolhapur, and lose 1 hp. Also move a Cav and a Cannon to the French 2-tile-island city of Grenoble.
IBT One Reg MDI kills an Elite (I think) MDI that was chasing after the main group. Another attacks the stack moving towards Bescanon, dies, doing 2 hp to our Musket. Another attacks, and kills one of our Cavs, redlining itself.
650 (9) New York Bombay Barracks->Cav. Attack the redlined MDI outside of Bescanon, losing no hp.
Attack on Kolhapur: 0 of the 3 cannons hit, and neither does the Treb. Attack the Reg MDI that killed ours, and win, but lose 3 hp (it was Elite). Attack Kohlapur with Army, lose 1 hp, and a reg Pike (unfortified) is showing. Decide to go for it. The Army attacks again, loses 2 hp, but wins, capturing the city (all citizens are happy, too)! We capture a French and Indian worker. We also get our 5th Iron.
Our 1 Cannon hits a spear at Grenoble, but theres another unfortified one. Our Cav still wins, undamaged.
IBT A Longbow attacks our Bescanon stack, and dies doing no damage. Lots of units come after our MDI that was keeping watch over Frances Saltpetre. And
2 MDIs get dropped off next to the unguarded Bombay. Thucydides also names us the Happiest Nation in the World, followed by the Russians, French, Chinese, Germans, Ottomans.
660 (10) Thankfully, I can move some Muskets and MDI to protect Bombay. Grenoble is captured, with 0 hp loss for the cav (we also destroy a galley).
Bombard Bescanon, destroying its Barracks. Nothing else, so hold off attack.
March troops (except healing army) towards Orleans. Next turn it will need to hold off 4 attacks, but one is from across a river, and it will have cannon and Longbow support. Watch out for those MDIs by Bombay, they will probably go for the spices. You may want to move a unit there to defend.
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even when our civ is still in the stome age. Or is that spoiler info and not allowed - I don't think it should be as this is a 'no mods' game. What do you guys say....
