Rat - 05 silent game

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Pre-Turn
situation is indeed scary, 2 spears and 3 warriors in our land, 1 warrior in persian land

IT there are 4 Persian units in the vincinity

1. 1225BC
we have an additional archer, any wrong move and we are goners
cover horse with spear and archer

IT Sumer wants to talk, why not, they want CoL and would give HBR, since we have horses, thats simply great
we can get all their gold as well (71g)

2. 1200BC
have to pull back units into Wonsan since there are 3 outside

IT on archer dies at Wonsan, but spear covers horse now to pillage

3. 1175BC
shifting units into Wonsan to prevent it to be captured

IT Persia loses archer, pillages horse and loses a horse to warrior

4.1150BC
kill archer and spear with archers, hope that makes them willing to talk soon

IT no Persian news, we get philo and no, we get no republic, research maths next

5. 1125BC
for now there are no Persian units anywhere close

IT our warrior in Persian land dies

6. 1100BC
zzz

IT

another war, this is bad since Arabs are next to us

7.1075BC
WH allows us to lower lux to 0%

IT 2 Persian horses show up, able to attack Pyongyan next turn

8. 1050BC
attack horses with new horse and promote elite

IT Persian horse does not attack

9. 1025BC
defeat 2nd horse and hope for peace one day

IT the last unknown Civ shows up, the French, still silence

10. 1000BC
send horse back to heal
If Persia talks and we get peace, we could swap Pyongyang to settler, we need more cities and workers
beware of the initial rush of Arab units which is yet to come. Our northern town is still not even covered by a spear
maths is due in 2, would go for IW then

 

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The Roster
The Rat - just played
grahamiam - up
sanabas - on deck
Greebley -
romeothemonk
dl123654

I think we still need to be stronger with military to avoid more demands. My turns were scary and we had luck with RnG lsing 1 unti only. Yet, we need to be very careful.

 

[grahamiam]

got it. from which direction can I expect the Arabs?

 

[Greebley]

East. You can see their territory on the minimap from previous players.

We have to wait for them to offer peace since we cannot talk to them, correct? (i.e. if they never did, then we would be at war forever)

 

[grahamiam]

that's right greebley, we cannot initiate any diplomacy

 

[ThERat]

I had hoped by defeating a number of Persian units, that they would ask for peace, but it did not happen yet. We need a stronger military and they would come and beg us.
Arabs just started, so we have to fight them first, but I worry less about them since they don't have such a scary UU as Persia yet.

 

[grahamiam]

Preflight check: Nada

IBT: France contacts us, offers IW for Philo. Sell her CoL and Philo for IW, Poly, Math, and 1g
Seoul spear -> archer

T1: 975BC Set research to Lit (15T, -2gpt). Run a spear up to Pusan
Iron is SW of Wonson, another reason to purge that Persian town.

IBT: Pyongyang spear -> settler
Persians complete Oracle, building SoZ

T2: 950BC S of Pyongyang: vArcher kills Persian vArcher (2/4)
W of Pyongyang eHorse kills Persian rArcher (5/5)
Adjust lux slider due to growth in Pyongyang

IBT: Arabs, Inca, Sumerians building ToA, Inca building Pyr, Sumerians building Colossus

T3: 925BC
IBT: Seoul archer -> spear; Inca building Colossus

T4: 900BC
IBT: 2 Persian horseman come up from the S; Wonson spear -> archer

T5: 875BC Next to Pyongyang: vArcher kills Persian rHorse (2/4); vArcher kills rHorse (2/4)
IBT: Indians building Pyramids

T6: 850BC Near Seoul: eHorse kills Persian rHorse (3/5)
IBT: Pyongyang settler -> horse

T7: 825BC Arabs going after Pusan with a bunch of rWarriors. Have a vSpear and 2/4 Archer in town.
IBT: Persians want to talk
Offer peace, we get instead:

Still IBT: defend against 1 Arab rWarrior (4/4); Seoul spear -> Horse
Persians are building HG

T8: 800BC Near Pusan: eHorse kills Arab rWarrior (5/5)
IBT: Spearman in Pusan goes elite killing 2 Arab warriors (4/5)
Sumerians building Pyr

T9: 775BC Near Pusan: eHorse kills Arab rWarrior (5/5) Move settler to on top of the iron.
IBT: French building MoM

T10: 750BC eHorse kills fortified 2/2 warrior near Pusan (3/5)

I have a settler on top of the iron, however, we may want to move him 1T SW. I leave this for the team to decide. However, that's a very good fishing town 1T SW.

When the 2 Horses in Seoul and Pyongyang are done, we will have 3 horseman to go capture Najran. There’s also a 2nd source of iron up there.
I also recommend we build 2 settlers after the 2 horses are done. We sorely lack towns.

 

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agree with settling SW to grab the fish immediately. We really need more towns and should now expand towards the 2nd lux and beat up Arabia on the way.
Persia is a monster in the making with immortals and SoZ.

sanabas is up
Greebley on deck

 

[sanabas]

got it, play later tonight

 

[romeothemonk]

I agree with moving the settler. Nice persia beatdown. Yay Team.
I concur with a few horsies to go hurt the Arabs.

 

[grahamiam]

since there's no threat to Pusan, we can sent the vArcher from there towards Najran as well. That will give us 4 attackers and should definitely overwhelm whatever is there.

 

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sanabas, any progress?

 

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The Roster
The Rat
grahamiam
sanabas - skipped
Greebley - up
romeothemonk - on deck
dl123654

 

[sanabas]

Sorry, went to a friend's place after hockey saturday, didn't make it home to play/post until late last night. no got it from greebley yet, so I'll post my turns.

preturn: move settler to coast

730: Namp'o founded

710: Lux to 10%

690, 670: zzz

650: Research Literature
Kill Arab archer outside Najran

630: Kill 2 spears & 1 archer, and capture Najran

610: French complete Pyramids

IBT: Hittites and Inca both demand Literature, both declare on us

590: zzz

570: Sumeria is building Sun Tzu's

IBT: Arabs found Basra next to our archer & horse

550: Only 1 reg spear in Basra, but both our archer & horse die attacking it.

http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads10/Rat05_550_BC.SAV

 

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Hittites and Inca both demand Literature, both declare on us

I think we better take peace once Arabs are going to beg for it...
I guess we don't care about the GL in this game or am I wrong?

sorry, sanabas, but I thought maybe you could not take your turns.

The Roster
The Rat
grahamiam
sanabas - just played
Greebley - up
romeothemonk - on deck
dl123654

 

[sanabas]

I think we better take peace once Arabs are going to beg for it...
I guess we don't care about the GL in this game or am I wrong?

It would be nice, but we don't really have anywhere to build it yet. We can get Wonsan using the mined iron, and try for it. With all 3 wars against non-neighbouring AIs we can afford to try, if we go to war with Persia again we'll need every city on military I think.

sorry, sanabas, but I thought maybe you could not take your turns.

Not a problem, was my fault.

 

[Greebley]

got it

 

[romeothemonk]

Hey guys a power outage at my house did some damage to my computer and it will probably be ~72 hours minimum before I get it cleaned up/fixed.
My wireless keyboard went pffft, and will not operate, thus making simple tasks like logging in very entertaining (impossible).

 

[ThERat]

thanks for letting us know, hope it will be better soon....will slot you in once you are back Romeo

 

[romeothemonk]

Keyboard issue fixed. I can play my turnset when it is my turn.