We're at war with Arabia, the Aztecs are fighting most of the world, except...
the Mongols are 100% at peace, with an MPP with France. :hmmm: The only semblance of
a counterbalance to the Mongols is now weakened considerably, and our gains are
relatively small. Our culture is about 1/5 the Mongols, and about half of the next
worse rival. Despite this, Korea and Arabia are in worse shape than we are
We have pollution that we can't spare a worker to clean, and our fifth and seventh
best cities are rioting. On top of that, we're in Monarchy, a govt that will not really
see us the distance. On the plus side, Pentagon is due in 4 and we have three armies.
I look at the map...
omg, what on EARTH are we doing????? The captured cities
are half a hemisphere away from our core, divide our forces, and have precisely 0%
chance of surviving when we go against the Mongols (not if, when). We're paying more
in upkeep for their bldgs than we're making there. Two are recaptured after flipping
(no WONDER, I had no idea the distance ratio was that bad.) I can see hitting the Arabs
for tech, but capturing the cities?? Even now, we can't even get Electricity for peace.
Even if we could get a bunch more, they're all 'covered up' anyway.
> We have very little shot at winning this without a miracle but I think at the very
> least we should be able to clean up the Arabs and Aztecs and possibly have a go
> at Koreans as well.
Hitting the peons and letting Mongols run unfettered is the best way to guarantee
going down.
Well... enough of that - the situation was (is) brutal and Hotrod took decisive
action to try to help in some way, so thumbs up for being bold
The plan was good except for capture cs raze choice.
My plan then is to pull our northern troops together, give away the cities we'll
never keep, and try for one or two more razings before brining them home.
There are pikes guarding our core cities. I draft from some. Three warriors are
disbanded.
[0] 1375 AD - Khurusan is RIGHT next to capital and is an intense flip risk.
Since I can move out, I do. City is given to Joanie. To the Aztecs I give
Kufah, as the cav shift to Baghdad. In Mecca too, sell off improvements and
give to Joan. This isn't fatalistic, it's avoidance of trying to hold what
we can't keep, and concentrating our good attackers instead of spreading them
out to defend. IBT - Tis sad Joan orders us out of 'her territory' 8-\
Adding injury to insult, that moves a cav nearer to Arabs and they kill it.
[1] 1380 - As Tyrana and Emar wake up, it's draft time.
We capture Aden, planning to give it away as well. Our units at Baghdad are battered
beyond belief. If it flips we lose a big army and five cav. No thanks. I give
it to Aztecs and our troops are magically transported back home. Same for Aden.
Time for peace - we get Electricity for free, but I add in Sanitation and throw in
50gpt and ROP, as we could use bigger core cities. Turns out he HAS no tech
past electricity. We would like Arabs to LIVE so that they might be a two-fer
trading partner.
[2,3] 1385, 1390 - Recuperating at home.
IBT - Glad now we have four solid defenders per city and no weak exposed ones,
we see the Mongols declare war on the Aztecs. Good night Monty. Actually, if
Genghis has no tanks yet, a war vs Infantry is about as lousy a choice as the
Mongols could have made. If the rest of the world comes to peace with Aztecs,
it might become ripe time for a world dogpile vs Mongols.
[4] 1395 - Pentagon completes. I'm actually going to hold out on 'topping off'
the armies - if no war comes, slipping a tank in each will be nifty. Hmm, one
Knight and two cav army. Slowing down the latter isn't great, but neither is
attack 6 vs infantry.
IBT - Aztecs demand TM+80g. Sheesh. Tough call. They really can't hurt us,
but getting into a war when we want to ally with them isn't too nice.
But... tech is tech, and tech is needed. War happiness plus gpt purchase of
tech for peace sounds good. I decline. He declares, but we see no attack.
I won't ally, to allow flexibility to stop.
[5] 1400 - Back at war, but phony unless he sends troops to die.
[6] 1405 - Arabia has Rep Parts. I'ld feel so much more comfortable with that.
[7] 1410 - So much more comfty, I steal it, and succeed. A few more such steals
and the deals should start flowing with the more backward nations.
I debate selling off libraries, as we'll never self-research again, but we
have so few, and our culture is so poor, that I keep them.
It looks for a minute like we have no rubber, but there is some unconnected
in a foest outside Hatusha
IBT - Mongols and Korea sign MPP.
[9] 1420 - French start Hoover.
IBT Aztecs and Korea come to peace. Ta-Tu finishes Hoover
[10] 1425 - Our saltpeter deal is done. No sign of Aztecs.
We see Mongol tanks, marines, and Radio towers. 8-\
We're at 614g+160gpt. On occasion Mongols send a troop or two thru our land,
but it's easily ignored right now. Lux just went down to zero, so keep eye out
when cities grow. The KEY hope in this game, if you can call it that, is that
while Mongols are way ahead, the other AI are not totally in the dust. We'll have
chances to get ~2 techs per steal by trading, compared to RBC1. It's ugly, but
don't give up yet. Build some infantry and artillery, and keep alert.
Charis
Elvis <-- UP
Dwip <-- On deck
6thGenTexan
hotrod
Yom
Save file 1425AD
Good luck!
Charis
), despite catching up in Tech and taking a slight lead towards Flight, because Spain reached the 100k culture in the Industrial age - and with 28 Infantry in Madrid alone, there was absolutely no way to prevent it.
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