Have to reset the research to finish off the Ancient and Classical Ages before moving onto to Machinery, Still need to kill someone before finishing research on a Medieval knowledge. Elizabeth looks like the best target for that so I try to find her soft underbelly which appears west of Timbuktoo,
so I gather the troops and head them that way. But there remains some unfinished business before going into war production mode. We could use Forges in a lot of towns, we have gold and jewels so there is triple benefit. So that's where I start.
Turn 230 (1600 AD)
Heliopolis starts building Forge
Thebes starts building Forge
We learn Polytheism
Timbuktu has grown to 9
Timbuktu finishes Lighthouse
Alexandria has grown to 5
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Defending Axeman defeats (3.60/5) Barbarian Swordsman in the forested west.
Turn 231 (1605 AD)
Attacking Axeman defeats (1.15/5) Barbarian Axeman in the siburbs of Timbuktoo
Timbuktu starts training Catapult
The Capital has grown to 11
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Turn 232 (1610 AD)
The Capital starts building Forge
Timbuktu starts building Forge
We learn Monotheism
Paradise has grown to 9
Heliopolis has grown to 7
Heliopolis finishes Forge
IBT
Turn 233 (1615 AD)
Attacking Axeman defeats (4.10/5) Barbarian Axeman south of Memphis. That may be another road into Elixabeth's lands that doesn't cross Toku's borders so the barbarain town on the west side of the salt lake has to go.
And in the far south get a way station into Lizzieland
Attacking Swordsman defeats (2.58/6) Barbarian Archer
Attacking Axeman defeats (2.00/5) Barbarian Archer
Captured Nubian (Barbarian) and keep it. Wheat. venison and iron in range.
Heliopolis starts building Market
We learn Horseback Riding
The Outcasts's borders expand
Thebes finishes Market
Elephantine has grown to 7
Elephantine's borders expand
Pi-Ramesses has grown to 6
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Turn 234 (1620 AD)
Axeman promoted to Cover
Swordsman promoted to Cover
Attacking Swordsman defeats (3.30/6) Barbarian Archer
Swordsman promoted to Combat I
Swordsman promoted to Cover
Swordsman promoted to Combat I
Attacking Swordsman loses to Barbarian Archer (0.24/3)
Attacking Swordsman defeats (5.52/6) Barbarian Archer
Razed Apache south of Memphis on the road around the lake.
Axeman promoted to Woodsman I
Alexandria's borders expand
Pi-Ramesses's borders expand
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Islam founded in a distant land
Defending Swordsman defeats (2.94/6) Barbarian Swordsman in the woods south of the rubble of Apache
Turn 235 (1625 AD)
Swordsman promoted to Combat I
We learn Monarchy
The Capital finishes Forge
The Outcasts finishes Catapult
IBT
Defending Archer defeats (1.98/3) Barbarian Axeman on the hill outside The Outcasts.
Defending Axeman defeats (3.80/5) Barbarian Archer at Nubian
Turn 236 (1630 AD)
Catapult promoted to Barrage I
Start researching Alphabet
The Outcasts starts building Forge
Nubian starts building Granary
We learn Alphabet
The Capital finishes War Elephant
Thebes has grown to 9
Timbuktu has grown to 10
Heliopolis has grown to 8
Elephantine finishes Courthouse
Pi-Ramesses finishes Barracks
IBT
Turn 237 (1635 AD)
War Elephant promoted to Flanking I
Start researching Literature
The Capital starts training War Elephant
Elephantine starts building Forge
Pi-Ramesses starts training Swordsman
The Capital finishes War Elephant
The Outcasts has grown to 8
Buddhism has spread to Paradise
Thebes's borders expand
Alexandria finishes Granary
Pi-Ramesses has grown to 7
Pi-Ramesses finishes Swordsman
IBT
Turn 238 (1640 AD)
War Elephant promoted to Combat I
Swordsman promoted to Combat I
Attacking Swordsman defeats (5.16/6) Barbarian Archer
The Capital starts training Horse Archer
Alexandria starts building Forge
Pi-Ramesses starts training Axeman
We learn Literature
The Capital finishes Horse Archer
Paradise's borders expand
Timbuktu finishes Forge
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Turn 239 (1645 AD)
Horse Archer promoted to Flanking I
Swordsman promoted to Combat I
Swordsman promoted to Shock
Start researching Drama
The Capital starts training War Elephant
The Capital has grown to 10
Timbuktu finishes Catapult
Memphis has grown to 7
Memphis finishes Market
Heliopolis finishes Market
Nubian's borders expand. There are a couple of workers raoing into that area from Timbuktoo under cover of the arriving swords and catapults.
IBT
Defending Swordsman defeats (4.80/6) Barbarian Archer at Nubian.
Turn 240 (1650 AD)
Attacking Axeman defeats (5.00/5) Barbarian Warrior at Timbuktoo
Catapult promoted to Barrage I
Timbuktu starts training Hindu Missionary to spread the faith among the Egyptians as the civics are changed to Hereditary Rule and Organized Religion.
Memphis starts building Forge
Heliopolis starts training Horse Archer
Attacking Archer defeats (1.20/3) Barbarian Warrior
Composite Battle Stats: 14 victories 1 loss
Units victorious while attacking : 9
Units victorious while defending : 5
Units defeated while attacking : 1
Units defeated while defending : 0
We can build the Heroic Epic now and with the acession of Drama and the Dyes we control will have a nice cushion against war weariness in the upcoming English War. Keep pushing south from Memphis and west from Timbuktu. Use one of the internal towns for training up missionaries.
I think our army should consist of Horse Archers and Axes for barbarian defense and elimination and swords. elephants and cats for the offensive against the English. Send them from Timbuktu to Liverpool and from the core down the west side of the lake.
A view of Liverpool, earlier it was defended by a single axeman
The road into England (I think) There are two workers running a road behind the advancing swords.
Pull a settler out of somewhere handy and build here:
At some point Toku came along and demanded we cease trading with Elizabeth. Since some event during their war, a city capture, probably, had already closed all our previous resource deals with her I agreed. She recaptured the resources by the end of the set, but won't talk with us anyway,
Roster check
Maquis - scout out England and get us ready for war
s/w - religion, we gets a religion, two even
Maksim - another nice assessment and adjustment
Bede - up and got it but can't play 'til Saturday AM.
JH - skipped til he gets his scooter back