DBear
unbeliever
Um, Pred, why trade for spices when we were going to take it from them when the treaty expired? That's what the garrison at Centralia was for.
Mach said:Well, the spices trade occurred since we extended the peace treaty -- since we're locked in peace for the next 20, we might as well get the spices for the duration. But why extend that peace? Did you judge we didn't have enough troops up there, pred?
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gunner - on deck
No no, don't apologize! We hadn't really spoken of when we'd start the next Iroquois war, so it was a judgement call, and you may have made the correct one. They had a lot of MW's when I invaded them 20 turns ago. IMO the key to our next war with them would be our ability to stand up to their MWs until our knight army can find and pillage their horses. If we don't have enough troops to weather that storm and still take some cities while the army is elsewhere, then you did the right thing. (I could be wrong, but I don't think our next war with them will be one of extermination -- we're just not strong enough for that.)pred said:To sum it up, prolly a bad move, but for good reasons of my own, but still, my apologies because I fully understand the other point of view. I should not have taken that turn but should have waited for the next cycle so to have a better view of what was going on. Sorry guys.
Elmarae said:A plan I had in the back of my mind and that I've now started to think on during my stay in bed. Was to jump our palace to the mainland when we get a sizeable foothold and then ICS the 3 islands to provide beakers and/or coins.
Edit: Just noticed I am up: Got it
Elmarae said:I guess it's the warmonger in me.