Charis
Realms Beyond
The valiant and relentless Indians had not only avenged the genocide of their
friends, the French, but they had struck a dagger into the very heart of Persia,
striking almost to their capitol. The people were ecstatic! They turned to the
pungent weed in celebration, and as one might expect, the line of CharisGangdhi
came once again to power. However, the discussion in his first cabinet meeting
was shrill indeed...
We have them by the short ones and can't let go! We've cowered in fear from the
Persians long enough, let's be DONE with them, once and for all! Thus cried
the military advisor, whose thirst for blood was not yet quenched. His domestic
advisor chimed in, "Our empire, once so strong in trade and matter of finance,
is now weak and in disarray. The people too, are so weary in war. It is time
for this to end. My friends, we have achieved our objective, as once fortold in
a vision to our forefather, Charis II -- "Tarsus!" The bolt-locked door to
the East. The military advisor spoke, "Charis, you KNOW how much you've been
pushing for 'Attack only with great differential advantage', and you cried out
that we chose heinous timing to start this war, delaying the learning of the ways
of the Cavalry, and waiting until they had riflemen. NOW, however, is the time
of advantage. They have no defense! If we take 8-1 odds and let them regrow
by seven, it's 15-8, or less than two-to-one." The Science advisor chimed in
here: "But if we focus on growth and build no more combat units at all, we'll
have tanks and mechanized infantry and the ability to pump them out at an
incredible rate!" He also noted "Sir, the Palace is due in Bombay
is due in just 18 seasons, we MUST research
Charisgandhi, no stranger to confusion, had again to make a tough choice, one
for peace or one for war. Actually, there was one _compelling_ factor which
guided his decision. In his heart, he wanted peace, but Persia refused to
greet his emissaries!
Five year plan:
1- Try to keep Pasagardae from flipping (not sure I know how ;p)
2- Beat down Persia until they're ready to accept peace on OUR terms
3- Do not neglect the economy in finishing up this war phase
4- Get Scientific Method asap and build the TOE wonder, slowing down Bombay shields a bit
1625 AD (0) - CharisGandhi VI ascends to the throne to the wild weed-induced
cheers of the masses.
1630 AD (1) - CG makes peace with the Zulus, and charging them 50 gold for it.
We reduce our weariness in half. The Persians will not hear from us, and will
be attacked mercilessly until they do! Some minor shifting, including
slowing DOWN the shield rate in Bombay, to give us time to learn of the
weed-induced theory of evolution The army positions itself to go after
the mighty city of Perseopolis. On the Persian turn, NOT A SINGLE action
taken. Now it is THEY who cower in fear! We complete the Wall Street in Delhi.
The people of Pasagardae demonstrate, and we scoff at them, driving as many
as we can right out of town. (In fact, some are complaining that the Persians (!)
drafted them, so they are considering reverting to Persia rule, go figure!)
Orleans seems to have had enough of this war, and they start to whine. We pump
a settler out of Tarsus, taking it down to size one, and move it "into the gap"
between Persepolis, Susa and Gordium. If we have to live and fight on this
forsaken continent, I want *one* India born-and-bred colony as a base.
1635 AD (2) - Military Rail completed to Pasargadae.
At least a dozen cavalry stormed upon Perseopolis. No artillery met them, and
three riflemen defeated, although all but three cavs were so hurt they had
to withdraw. One elite cav rolled over a conscript with no damage. Another
conscript popped up to defend. How many were there?
No more cavalry in the area. Hmm... One is brought up from Paris. He defeats
the conscript. Now a Knight appears to defend. They're getting worn down.
One more rides down all the way from Jaipur... he just smoked the tired and
scared Persian horseman, then nothing was left visible, but a catapult or
two. Perseopolis was ours in ONE round of fighting! The canons, about eight of
them, were still one turn away! It homes Shakespeare's theatre, and out of
respect, we do not raze the city. (After consulting the 'net' advisors, and
finding nothing said in this context.) Besides, it makes *8* unhappy citizens
content there. 6 resisters, and.. wow... Copernicus, Great Wall, and the
Pyramids. No idea if we can hold this culture rich city, and I'm not sure if
I want to garrison TOO many there and have them all flip, but let's at least
let the battle weary rest up and put down the resistance.
Persian response: refuse to acknowledge our envoy. (Did a raze earlier have
something to do with this??)
1640 AD (3) - The Zulu want to ally against the Americans. I appease (and yet)
mock them with a freewill gift of a world map instead. Hmm... they have Gems,
we have wines. We can sell gems for 14/turn, or get the trade for gems if
we give them 350 gold. An extra luxury would help us a lot, but that's kind of
steep. We compromise as us giving two luxuries for one of theirs. That let's
us kick down luxury costs to 10% and push science faster. It also doesn't
give them a big chunk of cash to use to trade for techs.
We complete Mil Rail straight into Perseopolis as first action.
New Bombay is founded in the heartland of Northern Persia
1645 AD (4) - On the Persian turn, three units move in our area. One cav rides
across the continent and mows down one of our cavs who ran ahead of Rifleman
cover. Two musketmen park outside of New Bombay. They are cut down like dogs.
We shift our forces toward Arbela. One workers takes a wrong turn and is left
out alone. Hmmm... a Persian cavalry picks him up, to have himself surrouned
by 18 of our units. You're right, this is a flaw. (I'm not trying to
bait, but I didn't see him hanging alone.)
1650 AD (5) - Americans ask for an MPP. 20-40 more years of war? No thanks Abe.
Hospitals are now getting completed, in addition to factories, coal plants,
cathedrals and more. I've had no new military built. (We're not losing any!!)
Hmmm, those aren't musketmen, they're conscript riflemen. Just the same, they die.
Dual prong assault, Bactra and Arbela. We put a hurtin on the former, but not
enough cavs to finish it. Arbela only has Musketmen, who give us not one,
but two elite cav, before taking the city. We keep it for now (CharisGandhi,
the fool, has no heart to raze.) An ironclad off Besacon shells it for fun, and
eliminates some citizens. (Where on earth have their ships gone?)
1655 AD (6) - We lose our supply of Zulu gems.
Sardis puts up strong resistance, two muskets almost holding off 4 elite cav,
but we prevail. (Just see now that their new capital is down in Ergili,
in the South.)
1660 AD (7) - Nothing has flipped yet. Maybe the cities of influence are just
disappearing too fast Somehow thought, the cultural borders have
shifted and one line of rail is 'in the green', leading to Parsigardae.
Two cavs had come at our riflemen guarding the rail, they withdrew, and
could not make it back to their city in time. So on our turn we pursued and
defeated the weakened units. Bactra finally fell, but took our heaviest
losses, two vet cavs.
1665 AD (8) - A few resistences end, no off-turn battles, and we're one turn from
electricity. Zulu and America come to peace. The Persians STILL refuse to talk to us!
Gordum, with just two musketmen falls, and gives up a catapult.
1670 AD (9) - Persia and America come to peace. Just one more city left to assault
in the North, Susa. Trying to starve some of the city. Perseopolis in particular
would be bad to flip. Just two conscript Riflemen in Susa, taken down by Canon
and two cavs, one turning Elite. The "Campaign of Northern Persia" is completed!
(Now if they'll only sign a peace treaty )
1675 AD (10) - Three cav come riding toward New Bombay. Glad it wasn't one square
South. Harbor of their new capital, Ergili, was destroyed An ironclad
takes out a Frigate in the Tundra seas, then steams to Punjab for repairs.
The Persians still refuse to talk to our envoy. This is great loss for them, for
the next envoy we sent will be from the line of Yan! If he has ANY sense, he will
take peace, and very soon. You might also give gifts of World Maps to Zulu so he
doesn't bail out early of our trade agreement.
For the next technology after Scientific Method, you probably want to take the
cheapest one (Espionage?) since TOE will give us the two cheapest that we're not
working on (Replaceable Parts and Communism). Timing was a little off, getting two poor ones, and probably losing a few hundred shields holding Palace turnholder so long and diverting to Nationalism.
Thus ends the glorious reign of CharisGandhi VI.
friends, the French, but they had struck a dagger into the very heart of Persia,
striking almost to their capitol. The people were ecstatic! They turned to the
pungent weed in celebration, and as one might expect, the line of CharisGangdhi
came once again to power. However, the discussion in his first cabinet meeting
was shrill indeed...
We have them by the short ones and can't let go! We've cowered in fear from the
Persians long enough, let's be DONE with them, once and for all! Thus cried
the military advisor, whose thirst for blood was not yet quenched. His domestic
advisor chimed in, "Our empire, once so strong in trade and matter of finance,
is now weak and in disarray. The people too, are so weary in war. It is time
for this to end. My friends, we have achieved our objective, as once fortold in
a vision to our forefather, Charis II -- "Tarsus!" The bolt-locked door to
the East. The military advisor spoke, "Charis, you KNOW how much you've been
pushing for 'Attack only with great differential advantage', and you cried out
that we chose heinous timing to start this war, delaying the learning of the ways
of the Cavalry, and waiting until they had riflemen. NOW, however, is the time
of advantage. They have no defense! If we take 8-1 odds and let them regrow
by seven, it's 15-8, or less than two-to-one." The Science advisor chimed in
here: "But if we focus on growth and build no more combat units at all, we'll
have tanks and mechanized infantry and the ability to pump them out at an
incredible rate!" He also noted "Sir, the Palace is due in Bombay
is due in just 18 seasons, we MUST research
Charisgandhi, no stranger to confusion, had again to make a tough choice, one
for peace or one for war. Actually, there was one _compelling_ factor which
guided his decision. In his heart, he wanted peace, but Persia refused to
greet his emissaries!
Five year plan:
1- Try to keep Pasagardae from flipping (not sure I know how ;p)
2- Beat down Persia until they're ready to accept peace on OUR terms
3- Do not neglect the economy in finishing up this war phase
4- Get Scientific Method asap and build the TOE wonder, slowing down Bombay shields a bit
1625 AD (0) - CharisGandhi VI ascends to the throne to the wild weed-induced
cheers of the masses.
1630 AD (1) - CG makes peace with the Zulus, and charging them 50 gold for it.
We reduce our weariness in half. The Persians will not hear from us, and will
be attacked mercilessly until they do! Some minor shifting, including
slowing DOWN the shield rate in Bombay, to give us time to learn of the
weed-induced theory of evolution The army positions itself to go after
the mighty city of Perseopolis. On the Persian turn, NOT A SINGLE action
taken. Now it is THEY who cower in fear! We complete the Wall Street in Delhi.
The people of Pasagardae demonstrate, and we scoff at them, driving as many
as we can right out of town. (In fact, some are complaining that the Persians (!)
drafted them, so they are considering reverting to Persia rule, go figure!)
Orleans seems to have had enough of this war, and they start to whine. We pump
a settler out of Tarsus, taking it down to size one, and move it "into the gap"
between Persepolis, Susa and Gordium. If we have to live and fight on this
forsaken continent, I want *one* India born-and-bred colony as a base.
1635 AD (2) - Military Rail completed to Pasargadae.
At least a dozen cavalry stormed upon Perseopolis. No artillery met them, and
three riflemen defeated, although all but three cavs were so hurt they had
to withdraw. One elite cav rolled over a conscript with no damage. Another
conscript popped up to defend. How many were there?
No more cavalry in the area. Hmm... One is brought up from Paris. He defeats
the conscript. Now a Knight appears to defend. They're getting worn down.
One more rides down all the way from Jaipur... he just smoked the tired and
scared Persian horseman, then nothing was left visible, but a catapult or
two. Perseopolis was ours in ONE round of fighting! The canons, about eight of
them, were still one turn away! It homes Shakespeare's theatre, and out of
respect, we do not raze the city. (After consulting the 'net' advisors, and
finding nothing said in this context.) Besides, it makes *8* unhappy citizens
content there. 6 resisters, and.. wow... Copernicus, Great Wall, and the
Pyramids. No idea if we can hold this culture rich city, and I'm not sure if
I want to garrison TOO many there and have them all flip, but let's at least
let the battle weary rest up and put down the resistance.
Persian response: refuse to acknowledge our envoy. (Did a raze earlier have
something to do with this??)
1640 AD (3) - The Zulu want to ally against the Americans. I appease (and yet)
mock them with a freewill gift of a world map instead. Hmm... they have Gems,
we have wines. We can sell gems for 14/turn, or get the trade for gems if
we give them 350 gold. An extra luxury would help us a lot, but that's kind of
steep. We compromise as us giving two luxuries for one of theirs. That let's
us kick down luxury costs to 10% and push science faster. It also doesn't
give them a big chunk of cash to use to trade for techs.
We complete Mil Rail straight into Perseopolis as first action.
New Bombay is founded in the heartland of Northern Persia
1645 AD (4) - On the Persian turn, three units move in our area. One cav rides
across the continent and mows down one of our cavs who ran ahead of Rifleman
cover. Two musketmen park outside of New Bombay. They are cut down like dogs.
We shift our forces toward Arbela. One workers takes a wrong turn and is left
out alone. Hmmm... a Persian cavalry picks him up, to have himself surrouned
by 18 of our units. You're right, this is a flaw. (I'm not trying to
bait, but I didn't see him hanging alone.)
1650 AD (5) - Americans ask for an MPP. 20-40 more years of war? No thanks Abe.
Hospitals are now getting completed, in addition to factories, coal plants,
cathedrals and more. I've had no new military built. (We're not losing any!!)
Hmmm, those aren't musketmen, they're conscript riflemen. Just the same, they die.
Dual prong assault, Bactra and Arbela. We put a hurtin on the former, but not
enough cavs to finish it. Arbela only has Musketmen, who give us not one,
but two elite cav, before taking the city. We keep it for now (CharisGandhi,
the fool, has no heart to raze.) An ironclad off Besacon shells it for fun, and
eliminates some citizens. (Where on earth have their ships gone?)
1655 AD (6) - We lose our supply of Zulu gems.
Sardis puts up strong resistance, two muskets almost holding off 4 elite cav,
but we prevail. (Just see now that their new capital is down in Ergili,
in the South.)
1660 AD (7) - Nothing has flipped yet. Maybe the cities of influence are just
disappearing too fast Somehow thought, the cultural borders have
shifted and one line of rail is 'in the green', leading to Parsigardae.
Two cavs had come at our riflemen guarding the rail, they withdrew, and
could not make it back to their city in time. So on our turn we pursued and
defeated the weakened units. Bactra finally fell, but took our heaviest
losses, two vet cavs.
1665 AD (8) - A few resistences end, no off-turn battles, and we're one turn from
electricity. Zulu and America come to peace. The Persians STILL refuse to talk to us!
Gordum, with just two musketmen falls, and gives up a catapult.
1670 AD (9) - Persia and America come to peace. Just one more city left to assault
in the North, Susa. Trying to starve some of the city. Perseopolis in particular
would be bad to flip. Just two conscript Riflemen in Susa, taken down by Canon
and two cavs, one turning Elite. The "Campaign of Northern Persia" is completed!
(Now if they'll only sign a peace treaty )
1675 AD (10) - Three cav come riding toward New Bombay. Glad it wasn't one square
South. Harbor of their new capital, Ergili, was destroyed An ironclad
takes out a Frigate in the Tundra seas, then steams to Punjab for repairs.
The Persians still refuse to talk to our envoy. This is great loss for them, for
the next envoy we sent will be from the line of Yan! If he has ANY sense, he will
take peace, and very soon. You might also give gifts of World Maps to Zulu so he
doesn't bail out early of our trade agreement.
For the next technology after Scientific Method, you probably want to take the
cheapest one (Espionage?) since TOE will give us the two cheapest that we're not
working on (Replaceable Parts and Communism). Timing was a little off, getting two poor ones, and probably losing a few hundred shields holding Palace turnholder so long and diverting to Nationalism.
Thus ends the glorious reign of CharisGandhi VI.