Turn 170 [550AD]
Note that Ottomans have no iron and have Incense.
Hit Enter.
Turn 171 [560AD]
Birka: Worker=>Worker
Red Man Tobacco: Knigth=>Knight
Aarhus: Worker=>Aqua
Indian Food: Settler=>Settler
Backwater: Worker=>Aqua
Miss Scarlet: Worker=>Worker
Inch’on: Worker=>Worker
Karana: Worker=>Market
Its time to get to work. Call up Osman. They have units in our territory so I challenge him but I don’t see a DOW coming. He agrees to leave but his units stay. Even after that he’s still polite. Until I deliver our DOW. Now he is not so polite.
Advance stack of knights towards Ottomans.
Swap Reykjavik from worker to market.
Note: It takes 6 turns to get from Red Man Tobacco to the front line: Namp’o.
Found Fish Town. Start a worker.
Send Settler from Indian Food west because we’ll have a settler from C&C to go east.
Misclick sends knight into the jungle.
IBT – Mongols kick us out.
Spain completes the AoW .
Everyone is building Leos.
Turn 172 [570AD]
Mr Ed: Knight=>Knight
Eblan: Worker=>Worker
Our WW is up a notch, raise Lux to 20%. We are now at -59gpt. Ouch.
Manp’o is up to population 2.
Swap Aiur to Aqua.
IBT -
Turn 173 [580AD]
Mount Ellipi: Knight=>Knight
Seaside Shores: Knight=>Knight
Shuruppak: Aqua=>Knight
Hareid: Settler=>Barracks (?)
Iron River Resort: Barracks=>Knight
In the Middle: Settler=>Settler
Adab: Settler=>Settler
C&C: Settler=>Settler
Fabul: Worker=>Barracks (?)
Battle for Manp’o (Korea): 5/5 Bowman vs 3/3 spear – lose, -1hp, promote vet. 4/4 Bowman vs 3/4 Spear – flawless win. Capture city. Start worker.
Battle for Iznik (Ottoman): 4/4 knight vs 3/3 spear – win, -1hp, promote elite. Capture city. Start worker.
4/4 knight vs 3/3 spear (escorting settler) – win, -1hp. Capture 2 slaves.
Build Just Another Town. Start Worker.
Swap Stavanger from worker to settler.
Swap Pyongyang from worker to settler.
IBT – Spain is building the Sistine Chapel.
Turn 174 [590AD]
Babylon: Knight=>Knight
Red Bulls: Settler=>Aqueduct
There is No Cow Level: Knight=>Knight
Corse: Market=>Library
Tell Willya: Worker=>Aqueduct (Barracks?)
Telloh: Library=>Aqueduct
Shuruppak’s borders expand.
Science down to 50%, Metal in 1t.
Battle for Pyongsong (Korea): 5/5 Knight vs 3/3 spear – win, -2hp. Raze the city. Darn.
Korea is gone.
Lux back to 10%.
Swap Damcyan from worker to harbor.
IBT – Learn Metal, start MT due in 6t @ -29gpt.
Carthage building Sistines.
Japan has finished the SoZ in Kyoto. As we don’t know Japan, they must be on an island somewhere. The bad news? Our Cavalry will be facing their Ancient Cavalry. What a shame.
Turn 175 [600AD]
Found Mongol’s Door step. Start Library.
Battle for Edrine: 4/4 knight vs 3/3 spear – flawless win, there was a LB defensive shot. 4/4 spear vs 3/3 spear – flawless retreat. 4/4 knight vs 3/3 spear – flawless retreat. That’s one tough spear. 4/4 knight vs 3/3 spear – win, -1hp. 5/5 knight vs 3/3 LB – flawless win. Capture city. It is size 1. Wow. Capture a worker in the field.
Even though we are low on funds, I rush a settler at Pyongyang to found a city in the jungle to help connect north south.
Swap Hyangsan from worker to settler.
IBT – LB advances on Edrine.
A stupid English warrior steps on our road and stops 3 knights on their journey to the front. Grr. That’s OUR road, Lizzy.
Turn 176 [610AD]
Pyongyang: Settler=>Settler
Copenhagen: Worker=>Settler
Iron Range: Knight=>Knight
Red Snappers: Marketplace=>Galley
Forest Clearing: Marketplace=>Knight
Odense: Worker=>Harbor(?)
Miss Scarlet: Worker=>Settler
Molde: Worker=>Settler
Bodo: Worker=>Settler
Found West Coast. Start Worker.
Battle outside Edrine: 5/5 knight vs 3/3 LB – flawless win.
IBT – England builds Leos for us. Very nice of them. It will be useful for our knight to cav upgrades.
Turn 177 [620AD]
Trondheim: Worker=>Settler
Silky Red Pajamas: Market=>Barracks
Kirador: Worker=>Harbor (?)
Swap Light Bay Horses from CH to Aqueduct.
Mount Ellipi is at 14spt but we’ll have cavs soon. The magic numbers will be 13spt, 16spt, 20spt with cavs.
Advance knights on Ankara.
IBT - zzz
Turn 178 [630AD]
Wonsan: Worker=>Settler
Mount Ellipi: Knight=>Knight
Mr Ed: Knight=>Knight
Red Man Tobacco: Knight=>Knight
Receive treasury message. Fine, fine.
Turn down science to 50%, MT still in 3t, +16gpt.
Battle for Ankara – 4/4 knight vs 3/3 spear – flawless win. 4/4 knight vs 3/3 spear – retreat, -1hp. 4/4 knight vs 2/3 spear – win, -1hp. Capture city & 1 slave. Start worker. 5/5 knight vs 3/3 LB – win, -1hp.
Build Bridge Town. Start Cannon.
Found Allen Town to close the gaps around our FP. Start worker.
IBT – Ottomans beg for forgiveness. Osman will give up two cities out of twelve if we will stop beating on him. Nah. They still have no iron.
Turn 179 [640AD]
Babylon: Knight=>Knight
There is No Cow Level: Knight=>Knight
Seaside Shores: Knight=>Knight
Corse: Library=>Knight
Iron River Resort: Knight=>Knight
Build Little Lake City. Start Worker.
Swap Fabul to a Settler.
4/4 knight vs 3/3 spear (settler escort) – win, -1hp. Capture 2 slaves.
IBT – 2 LB advance on our new holding.
Turn 180 [650AD]
Oslo: Settler=>Settler
Stockholm: Settler=>Settler
Sippar: Market=>Knight
Resistance ends in Ankara. City Riots. Make a bunch of scientists.
Found There Be Whales. Start Settler.
Civilian units:
Settler: 1
Workers: 79
Slaves: ???
Military units:
Spears: 1
Swords: 2
Pikeman: 3
Knights: 37 (+14)
Bowman: 15 (-1)
Medieval Infantry:5
Unit Support:
Total Units: 143
Allowed Units: 97
Support Cost: 92 gpt
Enemies/Hit list:
Korea=>Eliminated
Mongols=>Republic=>Strong compared to=>17 cities (+6)
Carthage=>Republic=>Strong compared to=>17 cities (+4)
England=>Republic (Swapped from Monarch)=>Strong compared to=>13 cities (+5)
Spain=>Republic=>Strong compared to=>12 cities (+2)
Portugal=>Republic=>Strong compared to=>18 cities (+5)
Scandinavia => Eliminated
Ottomans=> Republic=>Strong compared to=>12 cities (+0)
Japan=>???
Zulu=>???
Aztecs=>???
We have 67 cities (+13) and one settler. Total Enemy cities: 89 (that we can see).
Victory
Babylon % of World Area: 19
Babylon % of World Population: 32
Rival Remaining: 9
Research: Sciene: 50%, MT, 1 turns +31gpt, 68gp in the bank.
Carthage has no salt.
Spain has no iron or salt.
Portugal has no iron.
Ottoman have no iron.
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