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Orange Cycloptic Blob
This is the plan I followed during the first turns:
The main plan here is to make sure that we at the end of next turn have reached Athens and Knossos with our ships and unloaded the units (AT+Cav+Can next to Athens) and destroyer and a galleon with defensive and offensive have reached knossos, and that we have started attacking/captured Ulundi with cavalry and Zimbabwe with destroyer. We shall also have started a revolution before attacking the Zulus. Some of the cities in Coresux should produce military units for Hell. Some cities should be producing caravans for wonders, i.e. DW and WS, and stockpiling. The rest of the cities should be prepared for the next round of celebrations.
1670 AD:
To get DW, the bank in Neu is switched to DW. We'll probably buy it next turn.
We have three galleons to plan (both contents, destination and time of departure) and one destroyer (quite obvious though) near Hell:
Galleon from Nae (AT, 2 cav, 1 can) heads towards Athens this turn.
Galleon near VM should have at least one dip (for archer), and the three other units will be an AT (RBed in VM) and 2 cavalries (one in Nae and one between Nae and FW). This should leave next turn (to get the second cavalry, we'll need to reassign some engineers to quick-build a railroad from FW to one square beyond Nae next turn), and move around the peninsula of Argos so that we can bribe the archer once Athens has fallen and protect Athens from eastern attacks.
Galleon outside Igl should have at least one defensive unit so that it can defend Knossos once it's taken. I therefore switch the cannon in FW to AT and RB it. I also send along the (non-vet) cannon in EF for offensive defense.
Destroyer from Igl is sent to Knossos next turn.
1680 AD:
Greeks and Chinese exchange University and Medicine.
Greek knight capture barb leader.
Indians overthrow to: Republic
Sup builds temple. (Cavalry)
Celebrations in Igl, builds destroyer. (as it is not on the list of military cities, it starts a library)
LC and RF build banks. (Supermarkets)
Destroyer and galleon reach Zimbabwe.
Destroyer North of Hell discovers Troy.
Destroyer reach Knossos.
Galleon near VM (1 cav, 1 AT and 1 dip) rounds Argos peninsula.
I decided not to quick-railroad and instead send that cavlalry with the ship near Igl to Knossos.
The caravan near Nae from Dou isn't demanded anywhere near, and no ships are available. It shall return to Neu for stockpiling, unless we can make better use of it later on.
Revolt...
VM needs two elvii, rest are fine with 60% lux.
The fortress near Athens is defended by an archer. I decide to land on the hills anyway. They want to talk, we decline. Galleon returns to Nae.
Zim Destroyer (4 moves left) attacks Zimbabwe twice, one pikeman and one legion is destroyed. Less than half of the hitpoints are left.
DW is RBed in Neu for 1564g, 1400g left.
1690 AD:
Zulus develop chivalry.
The greeks overthrow to: Republic
One legion and one archer attacks the AT, a maximum of two HP on the AT is lost.
Indians nearly complete ET.
There is a man in Neumatic called Charles Darwin who puts forward a new theory about the origin of our species, not including the creation of humans by a divine being. Some are inspired by this new pioneering theory and develop another theory about the inner structure of matter, which they call the Atomic Theory. Others refuse to believe in these new theories and to make sure that they are made forbidden, they stage a coup d'etat and turn the empire of NUF into a Fundamentalism. Our new fanatic lords are determined to forbid these heretic ideas and starts a war campaign against two of our free neighbours to prevent them from spreading.
Bank in Neu.
We make 1404g/turn - 122g/turn, science totally shut off. (t8,s0,l2)
Operation "Indoctrinate Africa":
Destroyer attacks Zim, last pike destroyed. (Hardly any HPs left, needs to heal...)
Galleon in Sug, transports units to Ulundi. Two cavalries used to destroy the archers. AT moves in to capture and defend Ulundi. (Lighthouse captured, starts RM)
Engineer captures Zimbabwe. (212g, no new capital) Galleon and destroyer move in. We get to keep Colosseum, Barracks and Walls. Starts producing RM.
Engineer moves out of Zim to build RR, meets two settlers. We decline a talk. The two engineers finish a railroad out of Zim.
The dip bribes one of the two settlers for 384g, (Both to use it for RRs and to get a straighter way to Bap from Zim). It's a NONE.
Cavalry from Zim attacks Bap. Cavalry from Galleon outside Bap attacks the last unit in Bap. One engineer outside Sug is loaded on to a galleon, unloaded near Bap and used to capture Bap. (58g, barracks, starts RM)
They want to talk, we decline. Settler starts RRing. Dip scouts the fortress, finds nothing, and moves back again.
End of Operation "Indoctrinate Africa" for this turn.
RR complete between Dou and LC, next targets is RF and Neu.
To prove that the new theories are wrong, the leaders decide to found a new Religious Research Center in Jayneland. They call it Trinity. (They decide to educate a few of their fanatics supporters to defend the town). At the same time it is decided to the same in the newly converted cities of Zim, Bap and Ulu.
Operation "To Hell with Hell":
Units outside Athens attacks it. All win(2 pikes, 1 legion), but there are still units left. Instead of attacking Corinth, the destroyer heads down for Athens, and takes out both a legion and a caravel. AT is ready to capture SunTzu's.
Galleon (1 AT, 1 cannon and 2 cavs, all vet) from Igl leaves for Knossos. Destroyer starts pounding Knossos. All three defense-units give in to our destroyer. AT moves in to Capture and defend Knossos (189g, Walls). Decline talks.
Cannon attacks settler outside. Cav attacks other settler. Fortify AT. Destroyer heads towards Delphi.
AT captures Athens and fortifies. (168g, barracks, walls ,STWA, government escapes to Corinth)
Dip bribes Archer in fortress east of Athens. Decline Talks. At and cav moves after into the forest. Before we attack Argos, we probably should eliminate their gov.
End of Operation "To Hell with Hell" for this turn.
Bribe barb archer (61g) near BF. Heads for Berlin.
T: 1534g.
RBs:
Cavalry in Nae to 50s. (94g)
Cavlry in VM to 30s. (73g)
Cavlry in Ipec to 50s. (106g)
Cavalry in EF to 40s. (47g)
Supermarket in RF to 60s. (96g)
Supermarket in LC to 60s. (98g)
Cavalry in Dou to 30s. (15g)
Bank in LP to 100s. (176g)
Next turn the targets will be Corinth (obviously) and also Delphi (on the way to Corinth from Knossos).
1700 AD:
Zulus move in a knight in front of Ulu.
French and greek exchange the Wheel, eco, sani and Astro.
Calm in Hell.
Indians completes Tour Eiffel.
Order restored in all our cities.
Dou celebrates.
RR Dou-LC-RF-PB complete.
RR FW-Nae complete.
Operation "Indoctrinate Africa":
Hurt cavalry kills Ulu knight.
AT in ulu moves to the mountain 2SW of Hlo.
Hurt cav NW of Bap moves into fortress west of Hlo. So does cav outside Ulu.
Settler finish RR.
The two engineers could either build a railroad to the first fort, or they could build a fort ar AT and cav on mountain. I decide to RR.
Charge eng defending Bap.
Sug RB an AT. (119g)
End of op for this turn.
Operation "To Hell with Hell":
Destroyer outside Athens attacks Corinth. Kills 1 pike, 1 legion.
2 cavs and 1 can outs. Ath move into Ath.
Destroyer outs. Delphi attacks. Kills only pike.
Cannon in Kno attacks legion in forest fortress with 2/3 of strength. Wins...
Cav takes settler in same square.
Cav captures Delphi. Destroyer moves in, but continues into big lake inside Hell. Decline talks.
AT in Ath and cav and dip in fort outs. moves into fort near Cor.
A galleon with three vet reinforcement cavs leave from Nae. Heads for Argos and Sparta.
End of Operation "To Hell with Hell" for this turn.
RBs:
AT in FW to 40s. (78g)
Fan in Trinity. (52g)
Van in BS to 40s. (66g)
I have to end playing now because of Thunders in the area.
The main plan here is to make sure that we at the end of next turn have reached Athens and Knossos with our ships and unloaded the units (AT+Cav+Can next to Athens) and destroyer and a galleon with defensive and offensive have reached knossos, and that we have started attacking/captured Ulundi with cavalry and Zimbabwe with destroyer. We shall also have started a revolution before attacking the Zulus. Some of the cities in Coresux should produce military units for Hell. Some cities should be producing caravans for wonders, i.e. DW and WS, and stockpiling. The rest of the cities should be prepared for the next round of celebrations.
1670 AD:
To get DW, the bank in Neu is switched to DW. We'll probably buy it next turn.
We have three galleons to plan (both contents, destination and time of departure) and one destroyer (quite obvious though) near Hell:
Galleon from Nae (AT, 2 cav, 1 can) heads towards Athens this turn.
Galleon near VM should have at least one dip (for archer), and the three other units will be an AT (RBed in VM) and 2 cavalries (one in Nae and one between Nae and FW). This should leave next turn (to get the second cavalry, we'll need to reassign some engineers to quick-build a railroad from FW to one square beyond Nae next turn), and move around the peninsula of Argos so that we can bribe the archer once Athens has fallen and protect Athens from eastern attacks.
Galleon outside Igl should have at least one defensive unit so that it can defend Knossos once it's taken. I therefore switch the cannon in FW to AT and RB it. I also send along the (non-vet) cannon in EF for offensive defense.
Destroyer from Igl is sent to Knossos next turn.
1680 AD:
Greeks and Chinese exchange University and Medicine.
Greek knight capture barb leader.
Indians overthrow to: Republic
Sup builds temple. (Cavalry)
Celebrations in Igl, builds destroyer. (as it is not on the list of military cities, it starts a library)
LC and RF build banks. (Supermarkets)
Destroyer and galleon reach Zimbabwe.
Destroyer North of Hell discovers Troy.
Destroyer reach Knossos.
Galleon near VM (1 cav, 1 AT and 1 dip) rounds Argos peninsula.
I decided not to quick-railroad and instead send that cavlalry with the ship near Igl to Knossos.
The caravan near Nae from Dou isn't demanded anywhere near, and no ships are available. It shall return to Neu for stockpiling, unless we can make better use of it later on.
Revolt...
VM needs two elvii, rest are fine with 60% lux.
The fortress near Athens is defended by an archer. I decide to land on the hills anyway. They want to talk, we decline. Galleon returns to Nae.
Zim Destroyer (4 moves left) attacks Zimbabwe twice, one pikeman and one legion is destroyed. Less than half of the hitpoints are left.
DW is RBed in Neu for 1564g, 1400g left.
1690 AD:
Zulus develop chivalry.
The greeks overthrow to: Republic
One legion and one archer attacks the AT, a maximum of two HP on the AT is lost.
Indians nearly complete ET.
There is a man in Neumatic called Charles Darwin who puts forward a new theory about the origin of our species, not including the creation of humans by a divine being. Some are inspired by this new pioneering theory and develop another theory about the inner structure of matter, which they call the Atomic Theory. Others refuse to believe in these new theories and to make sure that they are made forbidden, they stage a coup d'etat and turn the empire of NUF into a Fundamentalism. Our new fanatic lords are determined to forbid these heretic ideas and starts a war campaign against two of our free neighbours to prevent them from spreading.
Bank in Neu.
We make 1404g/turn - 122g/turn, science totally shut off. (t8,s0,l2)
Operation "Indoctrinate Africa":
Destroyer attacks Zim, last pike destroyed. (Hardly any HPs left, needs to heal...)
Galleon in Sug, transports units to Ulundi. Two cavalries used to destroy the archers. AT moves in to capture and defend Ulundi. (Lighthouse captured, starts RM)
Engineer captures Zimbabwe. (212g, no new capital) Galleon and destroyer move in. We get to keep Colosseum, Barracks and Walls. Starts producing RM.
Engineer moves out of Zim to build RR, meets two settlers. We decline a talk. The two engineers finish a railroad out of Zim.
The dip bribes one of the two settlers for 384g, (Both to use it for RRs and to get a straighter way to Bap from Zim). It's a NONE.
Cavalry from Zim attacks Bap. Cavalry from Galleon outside Bap attacks the last unit in Bap. One engineer outside Sug is loaded on to a galleon, unloaded near Bap and used to capture Bap. (58g, barracks, starts RM)
They want to talk, we decline. Settler starts RRing. Dip scouts the fortress, finds nothing, and moves back again.
End of Operation "Indoctrinate Africa" for this turn.
RR complete between Dou and LC, next targets is RF and Neu.
To prove that the new theories are wrong, the leaders decide to found a new Religious Research Center in Jayneland. They call it Trinity. (They decide to educate a few of their fanatics supporters to defend the town). At the same time it is decided to the same in the newly converted cities of Zim, Bap and Ulu.
Operation "To Hell with Hell":
Units outside Athens attacks it. All win(2 pikes, 1 legion), but there are still units left. Instead of attacking Corinth, the destroyer heads down for Athens, and takes out both a legion and a caravel. AT is ready to capture SunTzu's.
Galleon (1 AT, 1 cannon and 2 cavs, all vet) from Igl leaves for Knossos. Destroyer starts pounding Knossos. All three defense-units give in to our destroyer. AT moves in to Capture and defend Knossos (189g, Walls). Decline talks.
Cannon attacks settler outside. Cav attacks other settler. Fortify AT. Destroyer heads towards Delphi.
AT captures Athens and fortifies. (168g, barracks, walls ,STWA, government escapes to Corinth)
Dip bribes Archer in fortress east of Athens. Decline Talks. At and cav moves after into the forest. Before we attack Argos, we probably should eliminate their gov.
End of Operation "To Hell with Hell" for this turn.
Bribe barb archer (61g) near BF. Heads for Berlin.
T: 1534g.
RBs:
Cavalry in Nae to 50s. (94g)
Cavlry in VM to 30s. (73g)
Cavlry in Ipec to 50s. (106g)
Cavalry in EF to 40s. (47g)
Supermarket in RF to 60s. (96g)
Supermarket in LC to 60s. (98g)
Cavalry in Dou to 30s. (15g)
Bank in LP to 100s. (176g)
Next turn the targets will be Corinth (obviously) and also Delphi (on the way to Corinth from Knossos).
1700 AD:
Zulus move in a knight in front of Ulu.
French and greek exchange the Wheel, eco, sani and Astro.
Calm in Hell.
Indians completes Tour Eiffel.
Order restored in all our cities.
Dou celebrates.
RR Dou-LC-RF-PB complete.
RR FW-Nae complete.
Operation "Indoctrinate Africa":
Hurt cavalry kills Ulu knight.
AT in ulu moves to the mountain 2SW of Hlo.
Hurt cav NW of Bap moves into fortress west of Hlo. So does cav outside Ulu.
Settler finish RR.
The two engineers could either build a railroad to the first fort, or they could build a fort ar AT and cav on mountain. I decide to RR.
Charge eng defending Bap.
Sug RB an AT. (119g)
End of op for this turn.
Operation "To Hell with Hell":
Destroyer outside Athens attacks Corinth. Kills 1 pike, 1 legion.
2 cavs and 1 can outs. Ath move into Ath.
Destroyer outs. Delphi attacks. Kills only pike.
Cannon in Kno attacks legion in forest fortress with 2/3 of strength. Wins...
Cav takes settler in same square.
Cav captures Delphi. Destroyer moves in, but continues into big lake inside Hell. Decline talks.
AT in Ath and cav and dip in fort outs. moves into fort near Cor.
A galleon with three vet reinforcement cavs leave from Nae. Heads for Argos and Sparta.
End of Operation "To Hell with Hell" for this turn.
RBs:
AT in FW to 40s. (78g)
Fan in Trinity. (52g)
Van in BS to 40s. (66g)
I have to end playing now because of Thunders in the area.