Pre-Flight: CivAssist 2, Word running. Open the save, look things over.
Looks petty good. Move an eSpear to Osaka to quell the resistance there. Move the Knight army out of Norwich on rails to preserve its unmoved status. Wouldnt want to lose it to the Persian Cavalry in range, hopefully the 4 Muskets will protect it adequately.
Civilian units:
Workers 53
Slaves 66
Military units:
Warriors 1
Spearmen 4
Swordsmen 1
Pikemen 12
Muskets 12
Knights 12
Cavalry 43
Catapults 5 (captured)
Cannons 2
Trebuchets 17
Armies 13, 3 Knight, 9 Cavalry, 1 Berserk.
Berserks 4
Ancient Cavalries 1
Unit Support:
Total units: 176
Allowed: 156
Support cost: 20 gpt
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IBT: Arabs send 2 Rifles and 3 LBs to Tokyo, land a Rifle and LB near Hattusas.
2 Persian Cavalry attack, 1 loses at Coventry, 1 wins at Norwich.
English want to talk..nah. Some annoying MoW and frigate bombardment.
Rome Cavalry=>Cavalry.
Sapporo Worker=>Worker.
Turn 1, 1405 AD: Kill 5 more Rifles, 3 regulars, 2 conscripts, 3 armies heavily damaged, but London is ours, 1 slave and 489 gold taken. I dont raze it yet, hoping to grab 1 more city to get another army.
Lose a healthy Cavalry to a 2hp one
..the RnG loves me.
Do some short-rushing to thrash out some Cavalry. We need more!
Move 3 armies to York, wonder if thats enough?
IBT: More annoying Persian Frigate bombardment.
Persian Cavalry manhandles a Musket at London, another one loses along with an English one.English one, Arab LB suicides on a Musket at Hattusas.
Trondheim Newtons=> Cavalry.
Bergen Cavalry=>Cavalry.
Copenhagen Cavalry=>Cavalry.
Nara Worker=>Worker.
Neapolis Cavalry=>Cavalry.
Dariush Kabir Cavalry=>Cavalry.
Ise Musket=>Musket.
Muscat Cavalry=>Cavalry.
Mansura Cavalry=>Cavalry.
Turn 2, 1410 AD: Kill 2 vRifles and 1 rRifle, York is ours along with 510 gold, a cannon and 2 slaves.
Railing, clean up stray units, convert leader into an army.
Get 3 Armies to Canterbury.
IBT: More annoying Persian Frigate bombardment.
Persian Cavalry manhandles a Musket at London, This is annoying as hell, they are using English Roads to get to us. Pillaging time, now that armies are healed.
English scrape up another Cavalry.
Veii Cavalry=>Cavalry.
Yokohama Worker=>Worker.
Hakodate Aqueduct=>Galleon.
Aden Cavalry=>Cavalry.
Neapolis Cavalry=>Cavalry.
Turn 3, 1415 AD: 2 Armies badly damaged, but Canterbury captured. 528 gold helps soothe my hurt feelings.
More cleanup duty. More core railing. Move 3 armies to Newcastle.
IBT: English land 4 Cavalry at Hattusas.
Persians bombard a lot. A stream of Persian Cavalry means they still have Saltpeter. Arab Rifles continue to be an annoyance.
Seoul Temple=>Courthouse.
Rome Cavalry=>Cavalry.
Tarsus Worker=>Worker.
Osaka Worker=>Galleon.
Tokyo Worker=>Worker.
Cheju Marketplace=> Cavalry.
Kagoshima Worker=>Worker.
Coventry Worker=>Worker.
Turn 4, 1420 AD: 1 army kills 3 Rifles losing hp, another army loses that many on a regular Cavalry, Newcastle is ours along with a Cannon, 2 workers and 546 gold.
Killing a Persian Cavalry gets us a leader, but we dont have enough cities.
I have finished upgrading all Trebuchets and Catapults to Cannons.
IBT: English keep coming up with Cavalry, I think we need to re-pillage their Saltpeter, our Muskets are dwindling. Another one dies to British Cavalry.
They land a Cavalry at Hattusas.
On a related note, the Persians nearly kill a healthy Knight army guarding Newcastle.
Trondheim Cavalry=>Cavalry.
Turn 5, 1425 AD: Find Persias 2nd source of Saltpeter, will pillage it next turn. I can pillage their Horses too, so they will be down to Immos soon.
As I explore, I get a sinking feeling theres a good sized island in the fog with 2 English cities and 3 or 4 Persian ones. Set armies up to take Tyre.
IBT: English Cavalry retreats from a Musket, another Persian Cavalry tries a Knight Army at Newcastle.
Bergen Cavalry=>Cavalry.
Copenhagen Cavalry=>Cavalry.
Inchon Worker=>Worker.
Turn 6, 1430 AD: Tyre falls after I kill 3 Rifles and an Immo, 24 gold taken.
Set armies up to take Bactra.
Pillage Persian Saltpeter and Horses, wishing I had sooner.
IBT: Cool, no actual attacks this turn, or landings.
More annoying bombardment.
Some movement by Persian Immos, Knights and Cavalry, 1 English Cavalry.
Arabs keep sending Rifles at Yokohama, but dribs and drabs only.
Trondheim Cavalry=>Cavalry.
York deposes, taking a Knight army
.damn Cavalry made Muskets useless.
Ise Musket=>Musket.
Turn 7, 1435 AD: Lose 5 hp from a Cavalry Army re-taking York, 446 gold taken.
Lose 11 hp killing 2 veteran Rifles, 1 regular, Bactra taken, along with 22 gold.
Losing the Army allowed the eader to become an Army, form 1st Odins Cavalry.
IBT: Annoying Bombardment continues, Again, no attacks, all I see are Immos, Rifles and Longbows
. I think the next turn-set will finish this off.
Replaceable Parts arrives, next is Industrialization in 13 turns at 200 gpt. I doubt well need factories to win this.
Rome Cavalry=>Cavalry.
Veii Cavalry=>Cavalry.
Cumae Cavalry=>Cavalry.
Coventry Worker=>Worker.
Neapolis Cavalry=>Cavalry.
Dariush Kabir Cavalry=>Cavalry.
Turn 8, 1440 AD: Upgrade 21 Cannons, 9 Muskets.
Taking Hastings severely damages 2 armies, 468 gold, a cannon and 2 slaves grabbed.
Cleaning up an Immo gives me another leader, so I lost 1 army and gained 2.
2nd Odins Cavalry formed and loaded.
Rush a Frigate to begin hunting for the English island, Apparently Persia only has the rest on the Continent.
IBT: No attacks, 1 move Persian units mill around. Bombardment is down to a few ships.
Trondheim Infantry=>Infantry.
Tarsus Worker=>Worker.
Osaka Frigate=>Galleon.
Nottingham Worker=>Worker.
Nampo Worker=>Worker.
Pompeii Courthouse=>Frigate.
Mansura Infantry=>Cavalry.
Turn 9, 1445 AD: Upgrade all our remaining 9 Cannons, 1 Musket.
Set troops up to take Pasargadae, Antioch, Arbela and Warwick next turn.
Arbela and Antioch will have artillery support.
Our new Frigate finds Orange border, now to find out whether it is a 1 tile island.
IBT: Lots of 1 move units move, nothing worrisome, standard bombardment.
Hattusas Worker=>Worker.
Pyongyang Galleon=>Galleon.
Copenhagen Cavalry=>Cavalry.
Aden Cavalry=>Cavalry.
Yamama Cavalry=>Cavalry.
Muscat Cavalry=>Cavalry.
Turn 10, 1450 AD: Cavalry army loses 7 hp killing a redlined Rifle, kills the next 2 clean, Antioch is ours, 24 gold taken.
Cavalry army loses 4 hp killing 3 redlined Rifles, Arbela is ours, 25 gold taken.
Cavalry army loses 9 hp killing 3 redlined Rifles, Warwick is ours, 337 gold taken.
2 Cavalry armies lose 4 hp killing 3 Rifles, an Immo and 2 Longbows, Pasargadae is ours, 26 gold taken.
England is not on a 1 tile island, so barring settlers on boats, we are all clear for the next player to win this.
Civilian units:
Workers 61
Slaves 82
Military units:
Warriors 1
Spearmen 4
Swordsmen 1
Pikemen 9
Muskets 2
Knights 8
Cavalry 64
Infantry 12
Artillery 30 (11 captured)
Armies 15, 2 Knight, 12 Cavalry, 1 Berserk.
Berserks 4
Ancient Cavalries 1
Frigate 1
Galleon 1
Unit Support:
Total units: 203
Allowed: 188
Support cost: 15 gpt
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Research:
Industrialization, 12 turns, 251 gpt. (449 in the bank)
It WOULD be nice if you'd suggest something, though!
