RBC15d: Austria- Demigod

@ -Oblivion-

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Thanks Bede. Dunno what my problem is with zips right now, when i download them they have nothing in them to extract, even though they have a file size.
 
Inherited turn: Sep, 1801 AD

This is a short scenario, so i think we should only play 6 turns from now?
6 turns is a year, and it would be nice to get 2-3 turnsets in on this scenario.
Rush Courthouses in Zagreb, Kosice and Sibiu.

Turn 1: November, 1801 AD

The two Ottoman Sipahis move further into our territory, and another one appears.
I hope they are going to Portugal.
Budapest Cannon-Cannon (4 turn cannons)
Zaghreb Court-Cannon (5 turn cannons)
Kosice Court-Grenzer
Sibiu Court-Grenzer

A mine completes and FP drops from 5 to 4 turns.
Rush the other 2 courthouses.

Turn 2: Jan, 1802 AD

France declares on Russia...
Warsaw worker-worker
Lvov Court-Grenzer
Tarnopol Court-Grenzer

Turn 3: Mar, 1802 AD

Denmark declare on Swedes.
Prussia declare on Denmark.

The Ottomans are definetly going to Portugal.

Turn 4: May, 1802 AD

The Ottomans have 8 Sipahi scattered around Venice, all going to Portugal. A bit annoying, but we still need to build up our lands before we go warring.

Warsaw worker-worker
Venice Grenzer-Grenzer

Hmm. GB, Russia, France, Prussia pick up Espionage. France and Prussia have Advanced tactics as well. I will buy AT and sell for Espionage and money. But i am a bit unsure whether i should buy AT from Prussia or France. Do i fuel the VP leader or do i lock us in a deal with a likely target. In the end, i buy from France.

I ship France 390 gold and 68 gpt for Advanced Tactics.
Advanced tactics to Russia for Espionage and 120 gold.
Advanced Tactics to GB for 49 gpt.

Budapest is size 12 and needs a taxman.

Turn 5: Jul, 1802 AD

Fp completes. Cracow makes 20 spt. Most cities get a couple of corrupted shields knocked off. Income from 113 gpt, to 126 gpt.
Vienna hussar-hussar.
Budapest Cannon-Cannon.

Espionage to Spain for WM and 248 gold.
Spain declares on Portugal.

Turn 6: Sep, 1802 AD

Russians take a Danish city.
Because of the aggression of Spain towards Portugal, GB, Netherlands and KoN declare on Spain. French take Rome.

Still loads of ottoman units all over our southern lands.

Russia, Prussia, France and Spain get Code Civil. That would be really useful.
Budapest for example needs a lot of work.

Give Russia 65 gpt for Code Civil.
Code Civil to GB for 30 gold and 25 gpt.
Spain obviously sold France Code Civil btw, because Spain has all of France's money.
 
Got it. Play tomorrow early.

Workers, Grenzers and Hussars. Watch the six.
 
0-Sept 1802
With Nationalism we can make use of cops in a few food heavy towns to boost income, so make the swaps needed and pick up three more gpt. Not much but the uncorrupted gold is more useful than tax revenue. Rush a 'duct in Prague to get the population up to working the improved terrain and to help with our unit costs.

There are at least a couple of customers for loans but the best I can do is negative interest rates.

Hussars are 110spt and Grenzers are 70 so I need to focus on getting 22spt or 14spt wherever I can. Some more citizen reassignment and Vienna will do 22spt and Salzburg gets a growth spurt. Salzburg needs worker turns to get really productive though.

Turns out the Turk Sipahi were heading for Naples as the sign an alliance with the Spanish and attack down the boot of Italy. Then the Turks sign up with France against Great Britain.

The French need money and extort 44g and our Territory Map.

1-Nov 1802

Sweden and Spain sign Protection Pact for which the Spaniard paid 1000g, and Sweden uses it to upgrade a bunch of units.

Spain wants an embargo agianst the Portugese. Not right now Carlos.

Sweden declares on the British. The Brits have Seapower now.

Spain declares on the Danes.

2-Jan 1803
Working the land and pushing spt, gpt and fpt.

Ottomans and Spain sign an alliance against the Dutch.

sweden delcares on Portugal.

3-Mar 1803
Lots of the same.

4-May 1803
Even more of the same. Income will hit 100gpt soon.

5-Jul 1803
Seapower monopoly broken, big time. See if I can buy it and take some cash somewhere. It is way expensive still and there really aren't any customers for it.

We have 12 cities and 16 very productive workers. It may be time to shut off the worker farm and get some military out of Warsaw.

Prussia now joins the war against the French. Our opportunity is coming.

6-Sep 1803
All of a sudden everybody in the world has learned Medicine.

THe British are broke and will sell Medicine for a nice discount @80gpt. There is a possibility to use it to acquire Seapower from the French which would be a nice addition to our inventory for trading for Artillery Tactics.

With Prussia and the Ottomans embroiled in warfare in the west I think we will soon have a nice opening to go up against the Prussians.Napolean will pay us for an alliance, or give up tech for a Protection pact.

We can now mobilize our economy for a production boost. Something to consider even in peace time, especially if we think we want to take on the Prussians soon.

Vienna can do Hussars in 5 now and Cracow needs one more citizen to get there. Budapest will make a nice Grenzer producer once the bank finsihes in three. With another citizen and some mining work Salzburg will also make a nice Grenzer trainer. Prague and Zagreb are bang for training Grenzers, and Lvov is getting close. Venice needs a hill mined mined but the Turks have been blocking access.

The short of it is that we have some very productive cities now, so we can really crank out the military and the gold.

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It looks like We are closing in on D-Day. I'm still leaning to attacking Prussia first. If they are at war with France, I doubt they will have any numbers to send south. Lets get enough troops to take Konisberg and Frankfort on the same turn and then march on their core. The tricky part is identifying any MPP the Prussians may have and how that may affect our timing.

Dwip-->UP
6tthGen-->on deck
-Oblivion-
Bede
 
Got it. Will try and play tonight.
 
[0] September 1803 - Preflight check. We're getting close to the Day, but it's not quite there yet. Few too many underdefended towns (Warsaw), and a couple three too few Hussars for my taste.

Russia will do Medicine for 70gpt + 10g.
Britain will do Medicine for 74gpt.
Prussia (;)) will do Medicine for 72gpt.
Spain will do Medicine for 59gpt + Furs.

France, Russia, and Prussia have Seapower. So it'll be France we get Seapower from. I'm dubious about needing Seapower, and only slightly less so about Medicine, but we may as well.

The only potential MPP cleverness with Prussia at the moment is one with Sweeden, who in turn has one with Spain. Too, Prussia has an MA with Britain vs. France.

Russia has an MPP with the Ottos, of all people.

Quoth the military advisor, "If we teach our cannoniers the basics of Artillery Tactics we will be able to form Grand Batteries -- more bang for the buck, I say!" Yeah. Get right on that.

70gpt+10g to Russia for Medicine.
France will actually give Seapower and all their money happily for Medicine. If they had more, I'd take it, but they don't seem to, so whatever. Take it anyway.

Nobody has Sanitation yet, not that we could get it from them if they did.

I can see a few places to move troops, but I'll give it a turn and see.

(IBT) - Denmark/Russia declare peace, as do France/Russia.

[1] November 1803 - Prague Grenzer->Grenzer. It also gets a mine, dropping it to a Grenzer/4 turns.

[2] January 1804 - Lvov Grenzer->Grenzer. Warsaw Worker->Grenzer. I think Warsaw's worker days are about over. Tarnopol 'duct->Grenzer.

France, Britain, Prussia, Russia, and Spain have Military Logistics. We're a long way off from needing to worry about the General Staff School.

[3] March 1804 - Vienna Hussar->Hussar. Budapest Bank->Grenzer. Salzburg Grenzer->Grenzer.

(IBT) - Denmark/Prussia sign peace. France/Prussia sign peace. Ruh-roh.

[4] May 1804 - Venice Grenzer->Grenzer. Cracow Hussar->Hussar. Move some troops around.

Hrm. At some point, Russia ran over Denmark. No wonder.

(IBT) - Our Wines deal ends. This doesn't appear to be a problem, so I won't renew. It might be nice to get some sort of deal with the Ottos before we attack Prussia, though, because there's a LOT of Ottos kicking around.

[5] July 1804 - I do assorted things.

Russia and Britain have Artillery Tactics. We could trade for this now, or we can think about it for a turn. I'll think about it for a turn.

(IBT) - In news of earth-shattering importance, Portugul and Sweeden sign peace. So do Sweeden and Britain, for that matter.

[6] September 1804 - Well, you losers were happy LAST turn. Budapest riots. Quickly fix everywhere else before they go, too.

Prague Grenzer->Grenzer.

We could use a renewal of that wines deal, I guess. I leave that to my successor to accomplish, along with a couple worker moves.

Too, Spain, Russia, and Britain all have Arty Tactics. If we want to snag that and do a twofer for Military Logistics, now seems to be the time.

Too, we're probably pretty close to the Prussian war. Might be wise to wait for the next round of Hussars, but we're about there. I left a bunch in Warsaw.
 
I'll play tonight. I'll only play 2 turns to get to the end of 1804 to get our turn counts even. A little bit of tranding and backside covering and Oblivion will have the honor of guiding us into war.
 
Our military consists of 10 Cannons, 10 Hussars and 25 Grenzers which set us up as average versus the Prussians. We are weak to the superpowers and strong versus the underlings.

Denmark is now in Russian hands and has moved the seat of government to Oslo. Spain has captured Lison rendering Portugal a OCC also. France has capture Milan and Rome while destroying the city in between. They also control the VP in Frankfurt.

Out of Generosity, grant Denmark the knowledge of Medicine for 2 workers, 3GPT and 19g.

We are paying Russia 65GPT for 8 turns and 70GPT for 14 more. They will not be stabbing us in the back any time soon.

We are paying France 68GPT for another 6 turns. Be wary of them when this deal ends.

Offer Carlos IV some fine Austrian furs and 87GPT for the knowledge of Artillery Tactics. I keep our cash for upgrades.

MM every city for max income.

To Sultan Selim of the Ottomans, we offer Artillery Tactics, 12GPT and 173g for Military Logistics, Wines and Dyes.

Sutlan Selim is now Gracious and the rest of the world is Polite. Everyone except King Friedrich Wilhelm II who is cautious, and for good reasons.

300G upgrades all 10 cannons.

Re-adjust workers to compensate for the two new luxuries and we are still +10GPT.

Move remaining workers.

END TURN

IBT Sweden and Britain have signed an Alliance against the Ottoman Empire.

November 1804 Zagreb Bank-->Grand Battery We love the King days break out in several towns.

Move some workers. Starts moving Grand Batteries to the North. GB's in Venice are stuck until we sign a RoP with the Ottomans. They are blocking all but one road out of the town.

Rush Aqueduct in Kosice for 76g.

Most of our land has been developed. Take a look at all the cities to find where the workers need to go.

I'm tempted to change all Grenzers to Hussars, but we want to hold onto what we gain.

IBT Spain and the Ottomans stop fighting the British and her allies. ONLY the locked alliances are at war now.

January 1805 Vienna Hussar-->Hussar Kosice Aqueduct-->Grenzer Lvov Grenzer-->Hussar

France/Russia/Ottomans/Spain now know Sanitation.
Prussia picked up AT.

Move a few workers.


We will be at war in a few more turns. I'd leave the Grand Batteries in Prague to help defend against the attackers from their core. When we have enough, our Hussars can sweep north from Warsaw to Konigsberg and Danzig. If we bring in Russia (after we have Konigsberg's VP), The Prussians may decide Russian holdings in Denmark are easier to attack than our home. Our income is minimal but we have plenty of cash on hand for some rushes if Oblivion does not feel we have enough troops to attack.

The Game
 
Thanks for the setup Texan.
Should we mobilise now? I feel we have built everything we need except military units by now.
 
Sorry about being overdue.

Inherited Turn: Jan 1805 AD

Shuffle some units. Mobilize. Vienna is now Hussar in 3 turns.
I will wait a few turns to hit Prussia, as i believe the number of Hussars in
Warsaw is too low right now.

[IBT]

The French destroy the Dutch.

Turn 1: March, 1805 AD

Not much. Will attack Prussia next turn. Lots of Russian units moving through Prussia

[IBT]

Nothing

Turn 2: May, 1805 AD

Declare on Prussia. Grand Batteries and Grenzers await the assault on Prague.
Hussars and Grenzers move towards Konigsberg.

[IBT]

9 cuirasseurs move next to Prague. 1 cuirasseur attacks Warsaw and dies on our Grenzer. 2 cuirasseurs attack our hussar stack and both die. Our GA kicks off. MM Vienna to 55spt, which is a hussar in 2. Impressive!

Turn 3: Jul, 1805 AD

The Grand batteries go 8 from 8 in Prague. Most Cuirasseurs have a HP off.
Hussars mop up 4 damaged cuirasseurs. Move stack next to Konigsberg.

[IBT]

Ouch. 7 Hussars attack our stack of Hussars and Grenzers by Konigsberg. We kill 4 of them, but lose 2 hussars and a grenzer. More cuirasseurs move next to Prague, but less than last turn.

Turn 4: Sep, 1805 AD

We kill 5 fusiliers in Konigsberg losing 1 hussar. Still Fusiliers left though, and our stack is injured. Not going well there. Grand Batteries go 8 out of 8 again. Kill all 5 Cuirasseurs at Prague. A couple of promotions to elite.

[IBT]

Lose one Hussar, but kill 3 cuirasseurs on defence. Russia declare on Denmark and Spain.

Turn 5: Nov, 1805 AD

Only 2 units by prague this turn, bombarded then destroyed.
I am regrouping a bit here.

[IBT]

Only one cuirasseur attack this turn. The Prussians are gassed, all out of cuirasseurs. We fend it off, and it retreats.

Turn 6: Jan, 1805 AD

Bombard Fusilier by Prague, killed by Hussar. About my 10th elite attack that one, no luck yet.

Notes:
Well, luck didn't go our way at Konigsberg. However, the Prussians are officially gassed for attack units. I have left the next player lots of grand batteries, Grenzers and Hussars in Prague. You can move on Leipzig soon. We are still at Konigsberg, with a lot of hussars covered by a Grenzer, but nearly all are injured.
 
Got it but won't be able to play until Sunday. Can somebody swap?
 
I'll try and get it tomorrow.
 
I didn't have time to play, so go ahead and take it.
 
0-Jan 1806
Move some batteries to support the seige of Konigsberg. Want to wait for the move on Leipzig.

Prussian curaissier gallops out of the fog and kills a Grenzer on the road.

Other Prussian cavalry appear at Prague.

Sweden joined an alliance with somebody against somebody else and get a pile of coin. They can spend it with us.

1-Mar 1806
Buy General Education from Ottomans and include an RoP for 55gpt. It's a tech we can't use right now but it helps cover out hind end from a cranky Turk and gets his troops moving across our territory instead of clogging up the roads.

Sell Medicine to the Swedes for 257g, then spend it on Grenzers.

Grand Batteries at Prague perform beautifully making Prussians curaissiers into dog food precursors and two Hussars slice them up and put them in cans.

Move batteries and covering Grenzers and Hussars to start tearing up the countryside at Leipzig.

Move troops at Konigsberg back into forest.

Britain joins Prussia in a trade embargo against us.

Russia joins Britain against the French.

Prussia joins Britain against the French.

The British destroy the Danes.

The Boots and Saddles survivors at Konigsberg go 2 for 1 against Prussia's curaissiers.

2-May 1806

Going to take chance here as I don't want the Prussians to join Russia against us, so I sign an RoP with Alexander and ship him gems.We have an extra source in the south which will hook up shortly.

Then send 70gpt to Britain for Sanitation, then replace the gems with a 25gpt deal with the Ottomans. The net result is we owe everybody except the French and Swedes money or goods.

Pull the wounded hussars back from Konigsberg to heal in our territory and await batteries and Grenzers.

Send batteries, hussars and Grenzers to invest Leipzig and a Prussian iron source.

Send Code Civil to Naples for small change.

3-Jul 1806
Setting up to attack Leipzig and protecting the wounded on the eastern border.

Bombard Leipzig.

4-Sep 1806
Shell Leipzig until the last defender is wounded. Four Hussar attacks capture the city, no losses.

The King of Naples joins with Prussia against us.

Sweden signs a trade embargo with Prussia against us.

Portugal and Ottomans ally against Russia.

5-Nov 1806
Consolidate hold on Leipzig and move on Berlin.

Watch the Spanish and French battle the Russians on our western border. The Spanish are driven from the field, the Russinas and French fight each other to a standstill.

Spain joins France against Britain.

6-Jan 1807
Move forces on Berlin and attempt to seal the border at Leipzig.

Move forces toward Konigsberg.


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