REX Queen Cathy: Because once is NOT enough!

[CivCorpse]

As you said, he is lightly defended. Still, I could plop an army in Vicky's lands and hit him fast. I 'll decide later.
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He is lightly defended NOW, that is because you just stomped his butt. But he will be rebuilding his army and defenses. If you look at his cities he is working a lot of coastal tiles for his research. If you take the capital with Colossus in it. you completely cripple him.

 

[madscientist]

Nice game so far, I am surprised Zara is so weak in this game, he's usually right up there in games I play, must have had a "disagreement" with Monty.
I would like to see you send boatloads of T-34's over to visit Monty later in the game if for no other reason than it's Monty for Christs sake! Always up for a good beat down of Monty.

I think Zara's -18 diplo modifier to MONTY "You Declared War on US" could have something to do with it. Ooops, -21 as MONTY DOWed fater we met them all. I believe Mao has been slapping Zara arround also.

CAthy is starting to look at a possible domination game (Hey, she is Cathy after all!), but rules are rules. Cathy loves to stretch rule but is not one to flat out break one (in my mind at least). So unless Monty suicides himself (and he just might) we shall plan for a space or UN win.

 

[madscientist]

As you said, he is lightly defended. Still, I could plop an army in Vicky's lands and hit him fast. I 'll decide later.
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He is lightly defended NOW, that is because you just stomped his butt. But he will be rebuilding his army and defenses. If you look at his cities he is working a lot of coastal tiles for his research. If you take the capital with Colossus in it. you completely cripple him.

Little good the GLH and colossus have done him, he's just about finished teching CoL.

You may be right, I fast direct attack at the capital may be the thing. And the wonders will help Cathy maintain the fast growing empire.

 

[NintendoTogepi]

I think Zara's -18 diplo modifier to MONTY "You Declared War on US" could have something to do with it. Ooops, -21 as MONTY DOWed fater we met them all. I believe Mao has been slapping Zara arround also.

CAthy is starting to look at a possible domination game (Hey, she is Cathy after all!), but rules are rules. Cathy loves to stretch rule but is not one to flat out break one (in my mind at least). So unless Monty suicides himself (and he just might) we shall plan for a space or UN win.

Try for a U.N. win! Everyone loves Cathy!

Try to butter up some of the other people on the other continent!

Also, did you get the circumnavigation bonus! Do try for it incase an overseas war is nessecary.

 

[madscientist]

REX Queen Cathy II: Part E

OK, no niceties this segment. Cathy has been insulted and her honor tarnished by that vial Khmerian. This segment is exclusively about revenge. Slow, cold, and professional vengence!

Techpath: Gunpowder/chemistry/Steel (cold, hard steel!)/Military tradition/Replaceable part/SM

Got 2 GSs which we used to bulb most of chemistry and Scientific method.

We build up two armies, at the western part and eastern part. We are planning to follow Civcorpse advice and cripple Sury by taking the capital and wonders real fast.

Cathy does not officially declare war, she just gazes at Sury and send her troops in.

First city

While exploring the ocean (and getting the circumnavigation bonus) we got the crusade bonus

Directing us to capture London during this war, happy to ablige.

Next city

Sury's capital which we barely kept.

A treasure trove of wonders!!!

And finally London.

We dragged teh Khmerian in

And our crusade options.

We took the 4 muskets to help avoid revolts. London also had the Hindu shrine helping our economy out.

London also had the pyramids which we changed civics to

Cathy caught her breathe for a littel bit, then started the war again.

Charlemagne captured one city, we took all the other on the continent ending with

However, Sury has 1 city off the coast. So until we get astronomy

To continue her REXing Cathy decides to keep every city.

One bad thing is that one of the Khmerian cities we captured earlier, the SoZ city revolted to Charlemagne.

Cathy slowly considers this, then bursts out laughing. Let the fanatic had the wonder, we need it not now. Besides, Cathy has that bronzed Greek Good colossus in the captured Khmerian capital to gaze admiringly upon!

And a large view of the empire

We just finished Sm when we saved. Probably can trade it to Charlemagne for constitution but why bother. We cna tech it fast enough and have a big head start on those two free GPs.

So right now I say we just tech right along until we build the spaceship or get declared on by Monty. I am looking at communism first for the Sp civic and the hell with Sid's corp (we have the Museum wonder and can burn the saved DM on a GA).

One thing Cathy wants to make known. Once you "join" with her, you cannot leave, alive. If either Charlemagne or Victoira break free, they MUST die!

 

[Rex rgis of Ter]

Have you considered giving any cities to Vicky? She has pretty much no potential now, so giving her one or two of your cities will boost her military capabilities.

How is the Liberalism race for Astronomy? You need to kill Surry off and then prepare for Monty.

 

[madscientist]

We already have liberalism. Astronomy is only about 15 turns right now so I figure I tech it just physics. As far as Monty, we shall simply wait and see. I he stays peaceful so shall we, it he attacks he dies.

 

[CivCorpse]

Well done Mad. No worries on the SoZ, I believe you still reap the benefits even if a vassal controls it.

 

[NintendoTogepi]

Excellent work!

No gifting cities to Victoria or Charlemagne, Cathy does not give away her things!

I say you should REX that small archipelago to the south west, you could fit about six cities on it.

You could turn them into a small colony! And then you can force them to give you the fish, clams and oil through demands

City placement dotmap:

 

[bestje]

@ NT: I thought you didn't have to demand resources off your colony, you just both have access to them?

@ MS: I haven't seen that crusade event before, what did the other option do?
Civcorpse is right if a vassal controls the SoZ you gain all benefit from it unless Chuck decides to break from you and then as you have to kill him it could be a small problem

 

[NintendoTogepi]

@ NT: I thought you didn't have to demand resources off your colony, you just both have access to them?

@ MS: I haven't seen that crusade event before, what did the other option do?
Civcorpse is right if a vassal controls the SoZ you gain all benefit from it unless Chuck decides to break from you and then as you have to kill him it could be a small problem

Pretty sure you've got to demand them.

 

[madscientist]

REX Queen Cathy II: Part VI

Cathy is certainly amusing herself, finding many more creative ways to REX REX and REX!!!!!

To start our techpath: Communism/astronomy/democracy/corporation/physics/Steam Power/Biology/rifling/Assembly Line/Electricity/radio and saved there.

First thing, after getting the free GSpy off of Communism.

We launched a 24 turn golden Age. We also managed to build the Kremlin.

We readjusted our civics.

And decide to actually make the constitution trade.

Once we have get galleons Cathy loads up her ships and heads towards.

Very coldly and calmly she has the Khmerian slime dragged towards her throne. She takes her guards sword and slowly kills Sury, grinning all the while. Vengence is complete, Cathy is satisfied and starts to smile and laugh, "Time to expnad a bit more"!

We see alot of war breaking out across the oceans which is none of our concern.

Cathy built some pirates (she LIKES pirates!) but quickly grows bored of their games.

Cathy also had this brilliant idea. To further expand by placing cities as "CLOSE' to her vassals as possible, snuggling up as much as possible. Especially since we automatically control tiles in our BFC!

Cathy catches her breathe, settles those islands a bit, then

Another GM to go with our Great Artist from Sury's capital AND the free GS from Physics. Can you say another 24 turns of golden age!!!!!!!

And the GA helps us to finish out the last few turns of

And we readjust our civics one more time.

Time for FR as we do not even need any military since NOONE has astronomy by the save except for Cathy!!!

I should all we really built in our cities were markets/grocers/banks/libraries/universities/observatories/forges/levees/factories. Very limited military.

CAthy's eyes stray over to victory conditions

Domination seams out since Monty seams to be preoccupied on the extermination of the Chinese and Ethiopians. Space is pretty easy, but I think diplomacy is the fastest route.

And since Victoria has no horses, I think this is a fine trade, just because Cathy wants more techs!

After radio and our GA ends here are the techs avaliable.

I say Mass Media in 7 turns, build the UN. The question is whether there ar eenough votes from Charlemagne and Victoria to push us over 60%, but we shall see.

We saved.

Techs are laughable

Our economy is rocking.

So what do you all think. Have we shown a good case example for the power of playing a REX game??? early expansion, damned the hell with the science slider!!!! Now we are an unstoppable Juggernaut!!

 

[Kesshi]

Spoiler :

So what do you all think. Have we shown a good case example for the power of playing a REX game??? early expansion, damned the hell with the science slider!!!! Now we are an unstoppable Juggernaut!!

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madscientist,

As a fellow marathon player, I'm looking at those turns to research and going "wow!" I almost never seen those techs be researched that quickly. Those are low turns reserved for Epic speed.

Also another thing I noticed is that your science is hovering around 50-70% most of the time. Usually if I'm doing as well as you are, I'll be focusing on a powerful SE, and have many many settled specialists, thus be making a positive cashflow at 100% under Representation. This effecitvely makes gold worthless to me. However when you make a good deal, or caputer a new city or two, you have the ability to pump that slider up and run at a deficit, where as I.... I am stuck at 100%.

Good job man. Games like this really encourage me to learn the ways of Cottages. Maybe I'll do that some week.

I'm still waiting to see if Monty will attack you 2 turns after you launch your spaceship.

 

[MyOtherName]

I am under the impression that if a tile is in both your city's and your vassal's city's BFC, you have a normal culture war for it. It's only when the tile is not shared that you are guaranteed to be given cultural control of it.

 

[madscientist]

@MON: I am not sure. Every city that we share the same BFC falls into Cathy's hands.

Regarding the game, I played on figuring the game is close to being over. BOY, was I wrong. We are just starting!!!!

Post to follow.

 

[madscientist]

REX Queen Cathy: A Woman's FURY!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Ok, I figured things were going well and expected an easy UN diplo win. Read on to see what has happened.

Techpath: MM/refridgeration/Superconductors/fission/artillery/rocketry/ecology/industrialism/RR/combustion/genetics/sattelites

First thing is that the AP became insignificant.

Poor Charlemagne, not enough votes to even control the thing!

Soon the major war on the other continent came to an end with

Hmmm, did not expect that. OK, Cathy like to play with fire, heats up the soul if you know what I mean.

MONTY refused, but since he did not have astronomy I figured we were OK. In fact, I got thinking from a previous post. If we actually tried to build teh SS and launched it, MONTY could ruin everything by declaring war on us forcing us to destroy him before it landed. For this reason I have delayed building Apollo which was the wise thing to do.

we built the UN

Gained control

And find ourselves about 20+ votes shy of getting elected to victory. We decide to tech and put everything into place for a fast space race win.

We managed to get

As well as Broadway/Eifel/R&R

We are almost finished IronWorks in London and preparing to build Apollo when

Moron.

Cathy is IRATE screaming for the Aztec's head. Then she slowly laugh's and tells her people to prepare for the final, never ending war!!! Because we are a meer few turns away from completeing, The Manhatten Project!

The entire world is involved in the upcoming carnage.

Tech Situation

Victory conditions.

There is only ONE choice left to CAthy. Death to ALL Aztecs, Death to all Ethiopians, Death to all Chinese. We have cornered ourselves into a Conquest win. We must completely destroy the other continent, level/raze every city to avoid a domination win.

Come and watch a classic Russian Scorched Earth war.

Come and Watch the Fury of a Woman Scourned!!!!

 

[oyzar]

It should have been pretty obvious that you would be short of votes and as such you should have farmed EVERYTHING! The high pop points are worth so much more pop it is not silly that it wouldn't even had been close if you had gone all out growth...

 

[madscientist]

I am not 100% certain about this, but I thought you could not vote yourself UN diplo win if you have over 60% of the population already. It would have been a razor thin line to get.

Still, there is something about a modern era war against MONTY that's appealing.

 

[Chieron]

It should have been pretty obvious that you would be short of votes and as such you should have farmed EVERYTHING! The high pop points are worth so much more pop it is not silly that it wouldn't even had been close if you had gone all out growth...

Erm, the votes for the UN are exactly the population points, 1pop=1vote, so a city of pop 20 has the same voting power as 4 of pop 5..

But growth and further expansion would still have been a way to avoid this ending. Well, now Monty is in for some serious spanking, serves him well

 

[oyzar]

I am not 100% certain about this, but I thought you could not vote yourself UN diplo win if you have over 60% of the population already. It would have been a razor thin line to get.

Still, there is something about a modern era war against MONTY that's appealing.

You can't vote yourself there if you have enough votes to win alone...