Assimilation of Korea.
IHT
Sell Sitting Bull 2nd rice for 2
/turn.
Science is dropped by 10%, Chocolate Rations are increased by 10%, the Proletariat is most pleased.
Review all cities;
Babylon hires an 2nd Scientiest, 1 unhappy now and growing at 4
, slow down baby, slow...Chill Big Brother, is worried about his Capital being out shined.
Seoul, is beset by Agents of Goldstein, malcontent's and dissidents abound.
Wonsan, Another nest of the vipers of Goldstein, the thought police from the Mintrue shall be busy.
Pyongyang, is about to under go a programme of education in the adoration of Big Brother. (whips 3 pop in 1 turn for court house)
Opis, A model of harmony and content, an award of Valour and merit is bestowed upon this city.
Sippar, moves off a farm onto a Workshop, slowing growth, to complete its stable and more knights.
Applies the whip for 60
overflow into the knight.
Haithabu, Another model of Commitment to the war effort, continues growing slowly producing a longbow.
Birka, drops Library, Mininfo controls what needs to be known. Changes to a Confucian temple, the opiate of the Masses, is religion.
Nidaros, 2 pop whips its Library, into a knight, Big Brother has instructed the build up of Armed forces is to continue unabated. Grows back lost population in 3 turns.
Borsippa, schedule's a recruitment drive next yr (whips Mace into Knight)
Vandal, another fertile recruitment ground for our glorious armed forces (whips Crossbow next turn)
Heroic Epic, Schedule's a Galley after Knight, Big Brother plants the seed of the victory fleet.
Capital city, continues the building of the palace, Big Brother grows most anxious for its completion and looks forward to the movement date.
Dur-Kurigalzu, continues on the Science of Victory.
Akkad, presses a Pike unit into a Crossbow unit (whips pike into crossbow) re-grows next turn.
Back to Babylon, 5 pop whips University into a Galley, we need to take those off shore cities
NOW!!! THE VICTORY FLEET SHALL SAIL.
T+1
Zara comes by asking to trade banking and 290 gold, for Gunpowder, I agree as its out there, we need the gold, and raises him to Pleased. As a result, I ask for 18 gold per turn as well, no go. Hmm worth a try.
TREASON Agents of Goldstein, have infiltrated the General Headquarters of the Armed forces, and defaced the strategic map being used for our offensive against Korea. They are routed out, and Liquidated. (Map reverted to original pristine state.)
Further to that, more agents destroyed a mine out side of Akkad, many heroic workers were press-ganged into its re-construction.
Big Brother has issued his instructions to the Ministry of Peace, the Victory fleet shall sail, we will weather the dammed East Asian naval forces and assail the Islands they are cowering in. The remaining mainland cities, have been marked for Assimilation, or destruction and movement, as the heroic Settler units are gathered up for re-settlement. (dissidents and malcontent's shall be moved)
Pyongyang 3 pop whips its courthouse.
Opis whips its Granary. (1 heroic worker, fell into the silo during its construction and was sealed inside. More protein for the populace.)
Borsippa, the population clamour to join the victory fleet, forming a Maceman unit to assail the Evil East Asian island empire.
Vandal forms a Crossbow unit, to counter the East Asian threat from the South.
1 more workers were liberated from the shackles of East Asia. To show their gratitude, they immediately begun working for Oceania.
T+2
Opis, 1 turn builds lighthouse, from its heroic workers efforts in construction of the granary.
Pyongyang, begins the construction of a Caravel for the Victory fleet.
Borsippa, begins a University, for the Min of Truth to further disperse information to the Proletariat.
T+3
Akkad, recommences its garden, been on hold to too long, Big Brother, wants to beautify all the cities .
Opis builds wealth, best return for its investment.
Sippar 2 pop whips its Knight, re-grows in 5 turns.
Dur-Kurigalzu, swaps from Market??? (mistake) to University for the MinofTrue. Best return for its population is Making science.
T+4
Our Heroic Galley unit, part of our narcissist Victory fleet, destroys a East Asian Spy ship, that was eve's dropping on Babylon's affairs.
1 more East Asian workers are liberated from their oppressor.
Wonsan, 3 pop are heroically press-ganged into the completion of its Ministry of Truth, branch office. Housing the Thought police for proper population control.
Sippar overflows into a Caravel for the Victory fleet.
Babylon, builds a Temple, then harbour should be ready to lose hammers.
Checking to see how many cities have Buddhism I accidentally convert, oh well 1 turn of Anarchy. The Proletariat, celebrates in the streets, Religion is the opiate of the masses.
T+5
Longbow Production in Haithabu was destroyed by the agents of Goldstein. Big Brother is most Vexed by this event.
Zara now has Astronomy, will trade deer to us. I trade Silk to Zara for 19 gold/turn.
Darius, the Evil Eurasian, hiding behind his fake beard, trades us 16 gold for more luxury goods in our excess silk.
Let them both grow fat a lazy on luxury, Oceanian troops, hardened and hungry shall feast upon their carcasses.
I swap to Astronomy to get some trade value out of either Education or Liberalism and drama. We're falling out of the trading circle quickly other wise.
T+6
Wonsan, goes onto wealth building, needs more production tiles to build markets/banks.
Birka 2 pop whips its stable into a settler, need to resettle the main Korean lands.
Move troops about, 100% Astronomy, lets trade 4 it.
T+7
Send 2 happy police to Dur-Kurigalzu, to get it +1 on happy cap, Keep them there is Big Brothers request. The agents of Goldstein have been most active there lately, more raids by the thought police are called for.
Big Brother sends out Feelers to the African despot. Freedom abounds in his country is his cry, but we'll trade you Astronomy for Education and 280 gold, I hold off 1 turn, as its all our gold, and he's not researching into Education.
T+8
I now trade Education for Astronomy and 50 gold as per Big Brothers instructions, Galleons shall raid the Korean Islands now.
Nidaros, Catapult
Akkad, grows 1 pop, Musket man.
Catapults board the Victory fleet, we shall seek out the East Asian on the high sea's.
T+9
Big Brother is most pleased with the new Palace residence, and orders the construction of a Garden to fully compliment the construction.
Galley production has now been upgraded to Galleons, and 1 such has gone out to seek the East Asian Despot on the high sea's.
Seoul, whips a courthouse for 3 population, Agents of Goldstein causing discontent amongst the Newly assimilated population.
Birka, 2 pop whips a settler into a 2nd settler, we need to resettle the main land, as the Victory fleet, is far from inception as yet.
Akkad begins a settler over a Musket, need resettlement
Begin moving stack to that effect to take some of the last continental cities.
T+10
Seoul Courthouse->forge.
Troops and Pioneers for new city move south, to Destroy Cheju, and re-settle it 1 south.
A blockade is instituted against Namp'o to disrupt trade and research.
T+11
ibt's, we're attacked by the Despot East Asian Caravels x 2, both were sent the bottom of the Ocean, any surviving Sailors were Hung from the yard arm of the Galleon.
A Hwacha came out of the doomed city of Cheju, and was dispatched by the patrolling knight.
Heroic Epic Galleon → Trebuchet
Sippar Caravel → Trebuchet (should have been making Galley's if aiming to trade for Astronomy)
1 more Galley to upgrade now.
T+12
Hmm Big Brother, in celebration of his new Palace, take the year off.
T+13
East Asian, agents of Goldstein, have attacked and sunk our Victory fleet re-enforcements. Vengeance shall be ours Big Brother.
A flanking 2, combat 1 knight leads of the attack on Cheju.
and promptly losses the battle.
2 more flanking 2 knights follow up and withdraws, went in wrong order didn't I. Clean up now with the last 2 knights.
The city is taken and promptly burnt to the ground, replaced by the city of Nippur.
Empire wide, the happy cap is raised by 2 points in most cities, if not 1, and requires some re-adjusting to Current builds.
T+14
Pyongyang, competes is Caravel, and begins a barracks with the aim to build Trebuchets.
Galleons move through the East Asian Waters, to join the Victory fleet.
Troops are set to swoop on Inch'on peninsula.
Both Birka (2 pop) and Akkad (1pop) whip our Settlers.
Borsippa 4 pop whips its University, re-farms the workshops and overflows into a Trebuchet.
T+15
I get to Meet Mehmed, the new vassal spun off by Zara, Big Brother seeks cordial relations for now.
Ibt's The Vial East Asian Despot, fearing our gathering strength, sought to sink the 2 victory fleet additions sailing to join mobilisation. They were dispatched, any surviving sailors were lifted from the sea, and suspended from the Missen Mast.
Overall, not happy about how I played, should have built Galleys' and not Caravels.
Forgot to even look at trades screen. Both Tech's and resources.
Should have moved on Korean mainland from turn 1 not turn 10. Bah, building settlers as well, well you have 2 replacements now.
I've been assigned to Room 101. Something about rats and a Perspex mask??
Thoughts anyone, other than start bashing the Koreans?
I'll let the pictures do the talking for now.
Perhaps we want to settle the GG in a strong coastal production city to start amassing a strong navy?
