Rat20 - Middle Age AWM - Byzantines

[ThERat]

Doc T, any progress

 

[Doc Tsiolkovski]

Sorry for that.
Can't even tell for sure if I will be able to play this weekend - so if empiremaker or pindicator wants to grab it, I'd be inclined to ask for a swap.

Apologies, again.

 

[Empiremaker]

I got it. Hope I can hold out vs the colors and whites.

 

[Empiremaker]

I don't actually think I will be able to play until the weekend. I have suddenly become very busy with work.

 

[ThERat]

The Roster
TheRat
Doc T
empiremaker - can play on the weekend
pindicator - up
Greebley
pat4

 

[pindicator]

I can't take it until Thursday evening at the earliest. I went "up" in every SG today, lucky me.

 

[choxorn]

lurker's comment: Aye Aye Aye, 3 skips in a row!

 

[Greebley]

Given that I cannot play until Monday, I say we wait for Empire Maker or DocT to play.

 

[pindicator]

well, RL got to me first. I'm at my folks place and will be through the weekend. Internet, yes. Civ, no.

 

[choxorn]

lurker's comment: If anyone can play, just take it for the love of god!

 

[ThERat]

I was the one who played the last turnset, so if anyone else would be so kind to play...then I pick it up again after that

 

[choxorn]

If his computer is fixed, pat4 could take it now, otherwise Empiremaker should grab it.

 

[pat4]

Hey guys just checking in no news on my computer. I seem to have started an epidemic .

 

[Empiremaker]

I'm playing now. BUT, I have been attacked by an Assassin . I've already lost Gyor and the north seems to be falling apart. Too many units. What should I do about Assassins? Blockade? Pray to the RNG god? Run away and cry?

We have only def 2 units and vs invisible attack 5, I won't last long.

 

[Ansar]

lurker's comment: You guys think maybe a NOW* version on Emperor would be better?

*NOW = Non-oscillating War. (For those who don't know)

 

[choxorn]

lurker's comment: Of course, then you couldn't sandbag and not take out Bulgaria (against the rules of NOW)

 

[Empiremaker]

I've almost finished playing, but will not be able to post until this evening.

 

[Empiremaker]

0- Hit enter

IBT- Gyor falls

1- Drop science to zero

IBT- Attacked by an Assassin

2- Not much

IBT-

3- Kill an assassin by blind luck

Capture 2 Cordovan settlers.

IBT- Lose Sredets

Lose a sword army to Berserks. There is a lot of them now.

4- Recapture Sredets

Send out two offensive forces in the south to capture cities.

IBT- Ruse is RAZED by berserks.

5- Reach 15,000 out of 30,000 VP.

IBT- Leader on Defense

Lose a stack of workers to an assassin.

6- NOT ENOUGH CITIES FOR AN ARMY . We have 25 cities.

Sending him to Constantinople to be fortified.

IBT- Norwegian Longboat sneaks by Dromons and unloads a zerk to capture Cornith.

Abbasids Raze Attalea with an Assassin.

Assassins kill a couple of untis.

7- Strange to see an empty city that I must attack to capture.

Capture New Sidon.

See Turk Border.

IBT- A Burgundian sword attacks New Sidon, Loses, and exposes a treasure!

Suffer terrible luck in Orchidra. Lose the city.

8- Capture Shroud of Turin with "Treasure Horse". Treasure Horse heads back to Constantinople of safekeeping.

There are two or more zerks in Cornith.

Dromons are unable to sink a Longboat.

IBT- Not much.

9- Hit 1037 gold. Science to 80%, +2 GPT, LRS in 7.

Recapture Ochrida.

A vet Dromon takes 1 hp off a longboat.

IBT- OUCH. Longboat that my Dromons were unable to sink unloads a zerk and capture Constantinople, Domesday Book, Theodora, and our leader.

Ancrya is our new capitol.

Cornith revolts back to us.

10- Recapture Constantinople.

Found Brusa

The game is going screwy on me so this is a good time to pass it off.

NOTES: Protect "Treasure Horse"

Note worker stacks that should work on the front if there is protection.

Beware of Assassins

We are at about 17000 Vp.

The game is not letting me save so I'm attaching the autosave. Use the sword army to take back Constantinople.

Wild and Crazy plan

The wild and crazy plan is to abandon our empire once we hit 19000 vp. Then we combine all units and a settler into 1 Super SOD, and take Jersulam. The war should put us at 20000+ vp, the treasure will be worth 10,000 and WE WIN. Jersulam should have 10-15 spears.

No Screen due to the screwiness of my game. Neither side is much different.

The Save

 

[choxorn]

lurker's comment: Ouch! If I read this right, the following cities were lost:

Captured:
Gyor (Others were recaptured)

Razed:
Ruse, Attalea

Following were gained:

Captured:
New Sidon

Founded:
Brusa

 

[Empiremaker]

Yes. It was painful.