Squirrelloid
Warlord
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- Sep 26, 2007
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The sun dawns on the Viking civilization. Ragnar, being a sensible person, doesn't want his palace in Norway, so he founds at Sundsvall, and his people settle at Lullea and Kalmar. The natives of ireland teach his people aesthetics, which mostly just confuses the viking lord as he doesn't know what to do with it. His forces run down to the Eastern Roman empire, where some good pillaging is had, but then his forces get massacred by longbows... However, in the meantime other civilizations (and therefore closer plunder) have begun arising. He sweet talks the french, english, spanish, and russians with aesthetics - hey, they actually want this piece of crap and will sign OB afterwards? sold.
Ragnar's happy trading and building infrastructure for the moment. Then the Dutch spawn... in Denmark... Bergen gets founded, but where Oslo would be is subsumed in Dutch culture, and the annoying Dutch actually demand money from him. That's it, its time for war! Berzerkers start pouring out from his cities and new galleys are crafted of finest lumber in Lullea, and just as Ragnar's fleet is about to reach the Dutch city. . . they collapse. Ragnar takes the (now undefended) city anyway, and looks southwards at germany. Its on.
Looking around for allies against Germany, Ragnar brings Russia in with him, and tries for France and England. France just signed a peace treaty with Germany 20 years ago, so they're apologetic and supportive, but can't violate the agreement. England actually likes the Germans... However, Ragnar notices that France and England *already have astronomy*. Ragnar asks his scientists if they have astronomy - they answer him no. Ragnar checks the year - its 1250. (Yes, France entered the Renaissance sometime before 1250...).
Ok, new plan. Take Tenochtitlan and it will build a settler. Ragnar trades for Optics (partially researched) and christens his first caravel, which beelines to the new world, and discovers the Aztecs (DOWed) and the Incans (DOWed). Ok, we're behind on ship tech, but we found America first. Ragnar says a prayer to Christ, then to Odin just to be safe.
In the meantime, Marco Polo is born in Kalmar, and Ragnar rubs his hands together in glee. Its time for a trading expedition to the east! Marco heads out through Finland and Russia. In South America, Tenochtitlan is taken and held, and Tampico razed. Some Incan city is razed, and then the Incans buy peace.
So Germany. Ragnar contents himself with one ally and DOWs, taking Hamburg quickly and pillaging the countryside around Berlin and Krakow. Suddenly, Germany has Knights and Cannons! They've been trading with those dastardly (and just spawned) Turks! Ragnar orders up some trebuchets and pikemen (after trading Engineering off the Portugese for a pile of tech) and reinforces near Berlin. Not too much later, Berlin falls, and Germany collapses. In the East, Marco Polo entertains the Great Khan in his capitol to the tune of 1300 gold pieces. Cha-ching. Except for the worrying fact that the europeans have astronomy already, everything is going according to plan.
2 turns before the settler is whipped in Tenochtitlan, England founds St. Johns. Its 1400. Cash on hand: 4659. Ragnar cries like a little girl.
(I certainly hope this game was abnormal. Astronomy in the 13th century is *crazy*)
Ragnar's happy trading and building infrastructure for the moment. Then the Dutch spawn... in Denmark... Bergen gets founded, but where Oslo would be is subsumed in Dutch culture, and the annoying Dutch actually demand money from him. That's it, its time for war! Berzerkers start pouring out from his cities and new galleys are crafted of finest lumber in Lullea, and just as Ragnar's fleet is about to reach the Dutch city. . . they collapse. Ragnar takes the (now undefended) city anyway, and looks southwards at germany. Its on.
Looking around for allies against Germany, Ragnar brings Russia in with him, and tries for France and England. France just signed a peace treaty with Germany 20 years ago, so they're apologetic and supportive, but can't violate the agreement. England actually likes the Germans... However, Ragnar notices that France and England *already have astronomy*. Ragnar asks his scientists if they have astronomy - they answer him no. Ragnar checks the year - its 1250. (Yes, France entered the Renaissance sometime before 1250...).
Ok, new plan. Take Tenochtitlan and it will build a settler. Ragnar trades for Optics (partially researched) and christens his first caravel, which beelines to the new world, and discovers the Aztecs (DOWed) and the Incans (DOWed). Ok, we're behind on ship tech, but we found America first. Ragnar says a prayer to Christ, then to Odin just to be safe.
In the meantime, Marco Polo is born in Kalmar, and Ragnar rubs his hands together in glee. Its time for a trading expedition to the east! Marco heads out through Finland and Russia. In South America, Tenochtitlan is taken and held, and Tampico razed. Some Incan city is razed, and then the Incans buy peace.
So Germany. Ragnar contents himself with one ally and DOWs, taking Hamburg quickly and pillaging the countryside around Berlin and Krakow. Suddenly, Germany has Knights and Cannons! They've been trading with those dastardly (and just spawned) Turks! Ragnar orders up some trebuchets and pikemen (after trading Engineering off the Portugese for a pile of tech) and reinforces near Berlin. Not too much later, Berlin falls, and Germany collapses. In the East, Marco Polo entertains the Great Khan in his capitol to the tune of 1300 gold pieces. Cha-ching. Except for the worrying fact that the europeans have astronomy already, everything is going according to plan.
2 turns before the settler is whipped in Tenochtitlan, England founds St. Johns. Its 1400. Cash on hand: 4659. Ragnar cries like a little girl.
(I certainly hope this game was abnormal. Astronomy in the 13th century is *crazy*)
