Pre-flight check: Scroll through the cities, firing governors and making a few tweaks here and there. (Wines+1gpt to Brother Bede for helping me remember how to fire governors) Rush a few builds...
IBT - Russians move some troops in the north, some builds complete. Vienna starts some Grand Batteries.
France declares war on Prussia
Turn 1 (Jan, 1811) Some GBs redline 4 Russian Guards at Bryansk. Kill 4 Russian Guards, losing no units. Rush a Barracks in Konigsberg. Finish rush a few units.
IBT - Russian Guards kill 2, lose 2 north of Bryanks. I'll have to work to improve a 3:1 kill ratio. Kiev riots
Turn 2 (Mar, 1811) Mostly troop movement. Dispatching a force to try to take Sevastapol. Advance a task force on Tula.
IBT - We lose 2 Sipah that I foolishly left exposed, but 4 Russian Guards are killed. Russians advance an Elite Guard from Sevastapol.
Turn 3 (May, 1811) Grand Batteries redline Elite Guard, Sipahi kills it. Grand Batteries from Konigsberg lay waste to the 4 in garrison at Danzig. Danzig falls without any Ottoman losses. Sipahi kill 2 more Russian guards outside Warsaw. Skirmishing outside Bryansk, I lose 1 Sipahi to a Russian Guard, but in the process of killing 2 we get another leader.
IBT - Sweden and Russia sign peace. Dangit.
Our people want to build the General Staff School! (Is that the pentagon?)
Turn 4 (Jul 1811) Sign Sweden on against russia for Iron and Horses. Move troops on Tula, New Sipahi Army whacks a guard at Bryansk. Troops advance NW of Tula (I want to attack from the other side of the river) Sipahi move northward. Some troops move towards the future French front. In a move that may upset some people, I cash rush-finish 7 turns off the Army build at Belgrade. It will be 3 Janissaries strong next turn.
IBT - Russia and Denmark sign peace. France and Russia sign peace (uh-oh) Britain wants to trade maps, get a gift of 10g instead. Napoleon demands our Territory map and 23 gold. I hate to give him our map, but we are not yet in position to fight Napoleon. Russians lose a Guard attacking a Janissary, Russians advance 4 guards N-NE of Bryansk.
Lvov riots
Turn 5 (Sept 1811) I am taking a gamble here. I've circled the Tula expeditionary force all the way around to the north side of the city. Other troops generally move towards the future French front. Troops advance on Vilnius.
IBT - Russians retreat one Sipahi on the border...and shuffle troops all over the place. I think that move on Vilnius has them doing the Indecision Dance.
Warsaw Riots.
Turn 6 (November, 1811)
Napoleon wants 429g+11gpt for an alliance against Russia. I don't know if that's ill advised or not, so I'll leave that open for discussion.
Relentless bombardments of Tula, Vilnius and Sevastapol ensue on this turn.
At Sevastapol we retreat a couple of Sipahi killing one unit. I mis-click sending a Janissary to the next hill...and since that mis-click matters, I reloaded at this point.
Two Sipahi take Vilnius. Our Sipahi Army kills a healthy Russian Guard that was moving on Konigsberg. Our Sipahi army takes care of a healthy Russian Guard threatening Kongigsberg, then kills another that was in range of the Batteries. Lose 2 sipahi going after another guard. A Sipahi kills a Guard.
I lose a Sipahi in the Siege of Tula, but it falls. Though these units need a rest...they're in position to move on Moscow.
Status:
Along the French frontier: Prague has 2 Janissaries and a Sipahi. Salzburg 2 Janissaries and 2 Sipahi, Venice has 4 Janissaries, 2 Sipahi, and a Sekhan.
Outside Sevastapol we have a couple of Janissaries, a Sipahi, and 4 Grand batteries. 2 Grand Batteries and a couple of Sipahi are in the area. Once Smolensk is taken we should have 6 GBs that should be sent to the French frontier.
A fresh Janissary Army is moving northward to join the Sipahi Army outside Vilnius. My advice would be to use these forces to take the southernmost Russian cities, and then start positioning them to go against France.
We now have a Sipahi Army, a Janissary Army, 16 Grand Batteries, and Two Sipahi that are one tile from the gates of Moscow.
Russia is not yet gassed, but they're close to the edge.
So...for the next better player, here's
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