Summary:
This is probably the hairiest 5 turns I have ever played. After my
preturn, the Babs made a determined attack on Osaka and killed 2 spear.
We had only 1 sword left there, and he had only 1hp. If Osaka goes,
we lose our iron, our link to Satsuma (with the Great library), and
the game. So I would say this game was hanging by 1hp.
They also killed 1 archer and 1 sword in an across-the-river attack,
without losing anything. Altogether, thats 4 of 14 troops (28%) killed
on the first between turns action. That's not 28% of an attacking stack
or a cities defenders, that's 28% of our entire military gone in 2 AI
attacks in the first between turns action.
Lux is at 40% due to WW. I think it might be prudent to change into
Monarchy (I don't think Despotism will support Kyoto and Edo) when
you get a chance (hehe).
I have just made peace with the Babs (470BC). I regard this as a temporary
cease fire to build up our strength before we destroy them. They razed
one of our cities (Shurr???) so we have no choice. They should start
moving out of our territory (I hope!).
Militarily, we're at the edge of disaster. "Thin" doesn't begin to
describe our defences. The only reason we're still here is because
we have iron to upgrade, the GL for tech, and are scraping together
every cent we can beg, borrow, or steal for upgrades.
The Chinese are still coming hot and heavy for Edo. The sword down there
can be upgraded next turn. Be careful on attacks, we just don't have
many units to lose.
Operation Pillage turned out to be a bust. Early I had NO troops to pillage
with. Later the timing didn't work out and after Feudalism came along it
was too expensive. Better to have Kyoto and Edo build real troops and save
the money for upgrades of existing troops.
I would urge any leaders to found cities on hills where ever possible. The
combo of hills and walls is powerful.
Preturn 550BC:
I look at the diplo situation.
Russia: even tech, 2g, wants iron (no way), at war with America
America: -mono, 6g, can only pay 6g and WM for mono, at war with Russia.
Korea: even tech, 13g, wants horses (yeah!), can pay WM + 13g + 7gpt
Mongols: -Curr, -Constr, -Republic, 1g, can only pay 1g + WM
Egypt: -mono, 16g, will pay 16g + WM for mono
Bab: refuse to talk
China: even tech, 85g, doubtful on peace
I make the following dubious trades, most I wouldn't normally do but
we need every cent.
Mono to America for 6g + WM
WM to Russia for 2g + WM
Horses to Korea for WM + 7gpt + 13g
(not needed for samurai and we have an extra)
WM to Mongols for WM + 1g
WM to Egypt for WM + 5g
Mono to Egypt for 11g
That's it, everyone is cleaned out of gold except Babs and China.
We end up with 74g and 24gpt after boosting lux to 20% for Kyoto.
Settler in Tokyo moves out while the moving is good, going to Edo.
(Tokyo could fall next turn).
Switch from spear in 6 at Tokyo to walls in 1.
Switch from sword in 6 at Osaka to walls in 1.
Switch from barrack in 4 at Satsuma to walls in 1.
Move 1hp vet sword and 4hp elite archer into Osaka from iron Mt for healing + defense.
Move elite spear from Osaka onto iron Mt. If that iron is
taken we are dead.
Move 2 spear from Kyoto to Osaka. Have to hold the city for iron
and for the link to Satsuma where the Great Library is.
Move warrior from Kagoshima to Kyoto for upgrade next turn.
Move warrior from Pisces to Kagoshima for upgrade later.
Galley peeks into Nanking and Nagoya. Reg spear guarding both.
At least there's no vet swords in there coming my way.
Edo and Pisces are left unguarded this turn.
(I)
We lose 2 spear in Osaka. We also lose 1 sword and 1 archer
south of Kyoto in an across the river attack. Did not win a single
battle. Bad RNG luck.
China building Sun Tzu.
Tokyo, Osaka, and Satsuma build walls.
Pisces build sword.
530BC:
We're down to 10 troops now. 1 warrior, 1 archer, 4 spear, 4 sword.
Can you believe fighting the world superpower and another civ on Deity
with only 10 troops?
Now there is a 1hp vet sword guarding Osaka, alone, facing 4 swords and 3 bowman.
Upgrade a warrior in Kyoto.
Sword at Pisces moves toward Kyoto.
Warrior at Kagoshima moves into Kyoto.
Operation Pillage is on hold, no extra troop to pillage with!
Vet sword from Kyoto kills China sword south of Kyoto. The only battle won so far.
Settler moves next to Edo, will merge into Edo next turn.
Vet spear moves from iron Mt to Osaka, leaving just elite spear to guard Mt.
Elite spear moves from Satsuma to Osaka, leaving nothing at Satsuma.
Move elite archer from Tokyo towards Kyoto.
Sell WM around for 5g
I send 2 workers off to Pisces to start mining iron in case we lose iron Mt.
Galley peeks in again, still no vet swords at Nagoya or Nanking.
(I)
Kill 3 Babs at Osaka and it holds.
Kill 1 Chinese at Tokyo, but next one captures Tokyo.
We master feudalism.
Babs start Sun Tzu.
Bab spear pillages our horses near Osaka.
510BC:
Sell WM around for 1g
"Close to a deal" for peace with Babs
China is insulted by peace deal.
I merge settler into Edo, now size 7.
Upgrade 2 spear in Osaka to pikes.
Upgrade sword in Kyoto to MDI.
(I)
America and Russia signed a peace treaty.
China and Babs moved around but no attacks.
Edo builds pike.
Kyoto builds MDI.
490BC:
MM Kyoto and Edo so Kyoto is at 15spt and Edo at 10spt.
This gets a pike in 2 turns at Kyoto and 3 turns at Edo.
I send a pike and MDI from Osaka to Satsuma. Satsuma is currently
undefended and there's a spear and sword right next to it. My pike
and MDI wave at the Babs as they pass by on the road.
The spear on iron MT comes in for an upgrade, the pike at Osaka takes
up iron Mt duties. The northern army consists of 3 pikes and 1 MDI
and is responsible for irom Mt, Osaka, and Satsuma.
If I can get 12g more, I can upgrade the spear and a sword this turn.
Pass around the WM for 4g.
Sell Feudalism to Egypt for 15g + WM
I upgrade the spear at Osaka to a pike and an elite sword in Kyoto to MDI.
A reg MDI from Kyoto attacks the Bab spear that pillaged the horses and
barely wins with 1hp left.
(I)
No attacks by Babs or China.
Russia, Egypt, and Korea are building Sun Tzu.
470BC:
Our vet MDI from Satsuma attacked a Bab spear + sword stack and won with
no losses, promoting to elite.
I decide to move the workers from the forest so they won't be captured
by the archer across the river. They should move back ASAP and complete
a road there so troops can make it from Kyoto to Edo in one turn.
I check the rules on peace. The Babs have razed Shurr??? a city Arathorn
got, so can we make peace with them. I decide its OK, as long as we regard
it as a temporary cease fire, to build up strength to destroy the Babs.
I make peace with the Babs and we exchange WMs as part of the deal. I sell
his WM to America for 1g, that's all anyone will pay. Every cent counts.
Comments:
I sent workers to hook up the iron at Pisces as a backup source. There's
another worker at Satsuma doing general improvement.
There is a stack of workers near Edo trying to road a forest that will let
troops get from Kyoto to Edo in 1 turn. They were chased off last turn, but
try to get them back ASAP to complete that road.
The Chinese messed up my MM of Edo so it only produced 8 shields last turn.
I've got it back to 10spt but you never know where the Chinese are going next.
The MDI just outside of Kyoto is a reinforment for Edo. It can't make it all
the way to Edo in 1 turn, so I just moved it far enough, in case it have to go
back to Kyoto for some reason.
Our galley is doing nothing in particular. It's cruising along our southern coast
in case China tries an amphibious invasion.
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