Turn 0:
all cities are well defended, but an attack further away seems risky. don't think we can afford to wait, so move some units toward russian city in the fog.
not too happy about the hittite 3MC, but nothing we can do about it now.
MM entremont for food
IBT:
some units move toward madrid. one 3MC exposed, the other one moves on mountain next to entermont.
entre: GS->GS (MM for 3 turns...well, after the 3mc on bg is gone)
Turn 1:
russians poprushed. no surprise, but it was worth a shot i think.
kill scouts near madrid and the exposed 3MC
workers in city
Turn 2:
kill spanish archer for promotion
workers for road threatend by 3MC, user elite spear to cover.
seville needs entertainer
IBT:
hittite warrior injures our spear in the city, the one covering the workers wins flawlessy against 3MC
spanish sword shows up near madrid
Turn 3:
spot barcelona, expanded. lose GS and one spear remains.
kill sword, lose 2 HP. leave slaves unprotected for a turn to place another GS in striking range.
MM for food
IBT:
new units arrive near barcelona
entre: GS->GS
Turn 4:
capture barcelona->walls
spot blue boarder
build army
kill exposed spear before he enters woods again
one GS in army, move it toward core. we can't handle cities so close in the long run, they're priority imho.
forgot about MP in seville, fortunately it has silks now
science to 50% for writing in 3
IBT:
hittites want to talk, no
russian warrior near barca is joined by horse. don't know where the archer went
casqui scout threatens empty seville
Turn 5:
kill horse
load army with another vGS
hire scientist in entre
kill scout
IBT:
doh, the archer was still there. lose GS in barca
writing->WC. i doubt we'll be able to sneak in a lib, with math already researched i go for monarchy. with WC in 4 not too much damage if we want a lib in entremont.
no embassies for us
Turn 6:
great, iro units near blue boarder. declare.
up most techs, but they lack lit and math. 10 cities.
kill russian spear in mismove army
scientist in madrid allows me to reduce science
IBT:
we can build HE
couple of units move toward several cities
entre: GS->GS
Turn 7:
blue boarder in the north
rWar takes 3 hp of our eGS
kill units around barca and the ones next to seville
complete road. kill warrior to keep it that way.
and temujin joins the party from the south (near seville). declare. only blue missing now and probably not for long.
he's got tech parity with iros plus math it seems. 13 cities.
mm madrid for shields
IBT:
mayans start GW
copan completes MoM
Turn 8:
smoke is here too. declare.
same techs, 13 cities as well.
fish on russian spear, no success.
IBT:
most units move toward barca
Turn 9:
fish successful this time. move leader to seville for HE. rax finished in 3.
could get rax a turn earlier by sacrificing two food.
this settler in front of barca...but there is still a spot where i rather have mayan then russian or hittite cities.
vladivostok has grown. the army was worth the risk, i rather not get another remote city.
move workers and slaves to improve seville and notice they're within horse reach, protect them.
kill incan spear near entre
IBT:
spot incan galley in the west, mongol scout east.
russians position units next to barca.
WC->myst
madrid: walls-pult
entre: GS->GS (we could use spears, but i like the mobility. same upkeep)
Turn 10:
army unmoved
attacking archer over river doesn't cost me a single HP.
russian units gone.
Notes:
felt i was wasting our army, but i think everything else but santiago and hattusha should wait.
suggest we keep away from hattusha hoping it will grow/build culture. the supply road near santiago will probably prevent that there.
hittite city south of entremont might be an alternative, maybe it has grown big enough by now.
holding barca was surprisingly easy. that will probably change soon.
leader for HE in seville is the obvious choice imo. it could use the expansion.
