Sengoku: The code of honour

[fbouthil]

Great job bed_head7!

You finally promoted!

Scoutsout, you are next! Go the Takeda since they do not know Yamabushi yet!

I also suggest that Sun Tzu be considered a prebuild for TGLib and we research toward the prerequisite tech for it.

 

[fbouthil]

It has been more than 36h and Scoutsout has not post a got it yet. I guess Scoutsout, the scout, is out!

I post this reply to make this thread active so he can see it in his "New subscribed threads" list, like last time. I will give him until tonight to post a got it, otherwise Detlef Richter, you are up.

Hopefully, he can free himself from his slugfest SGs.

 

[Detlef Richter]

OK, i wait until tomorrow morning.

 

[bed_head7]

Your daimyo is in Handa, three turns off a Takeda city I think. At least. I didn't realize you were up so soon again and you are my bodyguard, so it is like we are skipping two people. Maybe we should wait for scoutsout our a replacement for Kiech and let them play, since their daimyos are more prepared for attack.

 

[fbouthil]

I will post on the SG registration thread for a replacement, but I do not have high hopes since it took very long before we got a full rooster. Since then, I guess we could all use Keich as bodyguard.

I must admit that when I came up with the variant of this SG, I did not took into consideration that players can be skipped from time to time. This is due to my lack of SG experience I guess since in the only SG I participated before this one, no one got skipped for the entire game; there was always a "Got it" within 24h.

 

[Detlef Richter]

It looks that scout is totally hemmed with the bad hurrican situation.
I say 'Got it'.

 

[fbouthil]

Daimyo__________Daimyo kills__Other kills__Assassinations
Detlef Richter________1__________8____________0
fbouthil_____________3__________4____________0
bed_head7__________4__________2____________0
Scoutsout (skipped) __1__________5____________0
Keich (missing)

Daimyo Hunter: bed_head7
Golden Katana: Detlef Richter
Ninja Master: nobody
Samourai General: fbouthil

I will adjust this if Scoutsout retake his turn after Detlef Richter.

 

[viper275]

I would take Kiech's spot, but with 5 SGs going plus SGOTM4, with RL stuff I don't think I can join. Sorry. And best wishes to scoutsout! From what I've seen it doesn't look too good.

Great looking game, by the way.

 

[Detlef Richter]

My turns:

1512 Okt: only unit movements

1513 Jan: DoW Takeda and killed a ashigaru

Apr: i trade worldmaps with Uesugi
killed 3 ashigaru, 1 stone crossbow and a settler
Oda Detlef kills 1 ashigaru

Juli: killed 2 ashigaru, 1 daimyo Takeda and raized Arai
captured a settler
Oda Detlef kills 1 ashigaru, 1 Daimyo Takeda and captured Niigata

Okt: Killed 1 bushi

1514 Jan: get calligraphi and start bojutsu
lost galley against 3 Barbs
found Okazaki

Apr: found Kiso

Juli: it's a black horrible month, Oda Detlef was killed by a 1hp spearman

I was shocked and decided to stop here. To all Odas, be carefull against spearman. We defnetly need more cats and bowman.

Please build a statue at the place of the horrible defeat of my Grandmaster Oda.

 

[fbouthil]

Oh no! Bad luck! My previous tests showed that this would happen sooner or later, but against a 1hp unit!

@Detlef Richter: It is fortunate we have an extra daimyo. You can rename it to something like "Detlef Reincarnation" or something like that and play your last two turn if you like. And I am getting a hard time counting your number of kills (1 daimyo + 2 other kills?).

Otherwise, this is going to be my "got it" and I will play tomorrow. I would continue the campaign against Takeda, but would try to use the bushi army against anything stronger than a bushi. My daimyo would only attack ashigaru, bushi or daimyo. I will also research toward ronins once bojutsu is finished.

 

[Detlef Richter]

Your count is correct.
I'am happy with my reincarnation. Take it fbouthill and play 12 instead of 10 turns.

 

[fbouthil]

I do not think it would be fair to play 12t so I will play 10t.

Jul 1514 (perturn)

I switch production of bushi to horsemen to get faster reinforment in Kariya (a bit far from the war IMHO)
Switch production in Handa to settler to prevent Mogami to beat us to the incense. I should have discussed about it, but did not notice the settler before.
Give contact with Mogami to Uesugi for contact with Miyoshi, Imagawa & 4g
Give contact with Takeda to Matsunaga for contact with Ryuozuji & 10g
Give contact with Takeda to Ryuzoji for contact with Mori, Ichijo & Tokugawa
Give contact with Takeda to Tokugawa for contact with Chosokabe & 3g
Give contact with Takeda to many civs for territory map & a total of 15g

Most of the civ we just contact are down Calligraphy, except Chosokabe who are down curr and Ryuzoji who are hopelessly behind.
Calligraphy is going to be discovered by some of those civ shortly so they are going to trade contacts anyway. Better get something from it.
Lots of temples are being built, I guess the idea is to get back from behind in culture.​

IBT

ashigaru-settler pair go into Joetsu.
Another settler pair appears near Takeda borders.​

Oct 1514 (1)

Bombardment on Joetsu was unsuccessful, so I wait before attacking.
Got plenty of money so I rush a temple & a barrack.​

IBT

Set a few cities to magistrate (corruption between 25% and 50% in those cities).
Ichijo learns Bojutsu.​

Jan 1515 (2)

Bombardment on Joetsu was not good again, but I want the catapults for enemy daimyos next turn, so I attack anyway.
RNG is on my side as bushis kill 3 spears, 1 bushi and 1 ashigaru losing a only one bushi, a grandmaster, to the ashigaru!
Settle Gero on the incense itself.
Reduce research to 60%, Bojutsu still in 1t. Keep lux at 10% since at 0%, Nagoya would need a specialist and that would slow down wonder.​

IBT

Bojutsu->Ronin at 70% research in 12t, +14gpt (to rush a few things)​

Apr 1515 (3)

Since I got many messages of Sun Tzu being built by other civ, I check those cities. Only Saito & Ichijo have cities with big production, but do not think they can rivalize with us.
Bombardment of daimyo in Joetsu removes him 1hp. That was very lucky on his part. A settler is hiding him, but I am guessing he has been upgraded.
I make a little prayer and kill him losing 2hp and capture Joetsu. I was a little bit afraid with Detlef Richter's death on an easier target, but decided not to be chicken.
Switch Toki to settler to fill the hole made by the destroyed city nearby. It is not growing anyway.​

IBT

A spearman goes out of Nagaoka. I guess it is heading for our workers at the border.​

Jul 1515 (4)

Bushi army kills 2 spearmen losing 4hp.​

IBT

Saito now have ronins​

Oct 1515 (5)

Bushi army kills 2 ashigarus losing 1hp​

IBT

The spearman goes back toward Nagaoka, but it is too late. ​

Jan 1516 (6)

Bushi kills ashigaru and reveal daimyo in Nagaoka, still shogun-1 since that city does not have a barrack!
Bombard to 1hp and fbouthil kill him losing 1hp and capturing Nagaoka.​

Apr 1516 (7) - Bushi kills the wandering spear.

Jul 1516 (8) -

IBT

Ashigaru-settler pair disbands its settler. I think Mogami got afraid of the horsemen getting near (with good reasons!).​

Oct 1516 (9)

Kill 1 spear, 4 ashigaru and Hosokawa Fujitaka (GL) pops up! [dance]
Bombard the daimyo to 1hp and fbouthil makes the Takeda history!
I forgot it would destroy the last city. I should have built a settler to replace it! Now, the nearby Otomo settler is bound to take it.
Founded Minokama.
Made an army with GL, next player can load bushis into it or wait for ronins.​

Jan 1517 (10)

Move a big stack of units near Mogami borders for the next player and fortify those already there.​

I got 3 kills, all daimyos.

The next player can move the fortified units in the stack if he wants Dow on Mogami on his preturn.
The Saito are more advanced than us. They may get literature before we complete Sun Tzu which means they would have a big prebuild for TGLib. I am not sure we can get it before them even with the GA that is coming.

Note that there is an hidden feature for the Geisha house. It does not only help happiness, it also work as a factory. It takes a lot of shield to build but could be something we build when we get our GA or when we stubble upon yamabushi and decide to stay at peace until we can build samourai.

 

[bed_head7]

I've sort of lost track. Am I the next player?

 

[fbouthil]

@bed_head7: Yes, it is your turn. Don't you know you play just after me, moron dear and estimed friend?

Actually, I just wanted to find a funny way to use the new strikeout feature. With Keich drop-out and Scoutsout being skipped, I understand how you could be confused about who is next.

Scoutsout should get on deck. Hopefully, his boat has not been sunk by a hurricane. (What do I mean by that? )

 

[bed_head7]

Yes, I was relatively sure that I was up next, but just felt the need to check. Maybe we should wait until at least we get a replacement or scoutsout comes back. The competition is going to be all out of whack with just the three of us playing (though that is better for us, isn't it!). But it is your game, so I'll go ahead and play.

 

[fbouthil]

Well, I do not have high hopes of getting replacements because we are too far into the game and we had difficulties finding players to start the game. But waiting for Scoutsout to be back is not a bad idea. So, take your time bed_head7.

 

[scoutsout]

Sorry I went AWOL team...RL got a little rough the last couple of weeks. I apologize for not keeping you informed. Feel free to PM me if you want the gory details.

 

[fbouthil]

No, please, no gory details! :suicide:

I am just glad that you are back!

 

[scoutsout]

Thanks...it's good to be back. I see that I'm on deck. That'll give me a chance to catch up on my reading.

 

[bed_head7]

Good timing. I am working on the game right now.