SG Military Conquest/Domination - DG or Deity or Sid?

[Elephantium]

The good news is that we are on the verge of victory.
There is no bad news...
Edrine is ours
Celts land a single TOW at New Rheims, ooh, I’m scared.

We might as well retire!

Sell improvements at Edrine, gift to Egypt.
Ottomans make peace with Celts, DOW Egypt, grab Edrine.
Cavalry army retakes much smaller Edrine with 62 gold.
Gift [Germany] Edrine.
Ottomans retake Edrine, that should keep them mad at each other.
It takes awhile to red-line Uskudar’s defenders ... 123 gold and 1 artillery taken. Sell improvements, Gift to Egypt.

IBT: Ottomans ... grab Uskudar.
IBT: Germans grab Uskudar, manage to keep it.
1st Tank army takes out 2 Ottomans, ... and Edrine is ours, 65 gold taken.
“Award” Edrine to Egypt, making Cleo polite. Interesting that gifting doomed cities improves relations.
At Bremen, ... 3rd Cavalry army ... takes the city and 34 gold.
Pillage Germany’s Oil.
At German-held Avaris, ... eTank wins vs 1hp vInfantry clean, 38 gold taken, Avaris is ours!
38 gold taken, Stuttgart is ours!
we lose 3 Tanks, Celts take Edrine.
Ottomans take Uskudar.
Ecology researched, next is Synthetic Fibers.
vTank wins vs 1hp rTOW clean, Uskudar. Is ours, 132 gold taken. Gift city to Egypt.
Leipzig is ours!
Edrine is ours!
Ottomans retake Incredibly shrinking Uskudar

Wow, Edrine was a real hot-spot!

Sounds like the fighting went well, though, and you kept the AI tribes nicely confused

 

[Raliuven]

Well I didn't get it done last night but I should wrap the set up tonight. Mid-turn report:

Germany is down to 4 cities now and we have armies outside of 2 of those cities and we are advancing on a 3rd. I think they will be eliminated by the end of my turn set. Maybe. Hmmmm.

We successful planted spies with the Celts and Ottomans so we can keep an eye on their unit levels. They’ve been slowly declining for my turn set and the AI has done a fair amount of warring against each other. At this point our army is larger than the entire combined forces of the Ottomans, Germans and Celts. The only place I did not put a spy (yet) is Egypt.

The Celtic oil field is disconnected and the last bomber fell from the sky around Turn 335. There are some stray arty and frigates wandering around but our armies can pretty much move freely to pillage and attack. I swapped all builds away from anti-air craft because there will be no more bombers in this game. There are some fighters left, but I’ve never seen an AI use them to bomb – and the anti-air we have is more than sufficient.

Meanwhile our armies are pretty much free to wander unmolested.

Osman tried to build the UN in Basra (or some such) and that city has been razed so there is a large empty area in the middle of Ottoman land. Plenty of room for units to heal. So far he has not attempted to restart the UN anywhere else.

We picked up SF and I started on computers for MI. After that it probably doesn’t matter. We are the only civ with Aluminum so there will be no space ship launch. The only question is if we want to win by domination or conquest. With Modern Armor rolling out of the factories even their large cities protected by TOW will start falling with ease.

My one big ‘disaster’ was when Leipzig flipped with 4 flak and 4 tanks in it. It has since been retaken and we have more than sufficient force in the area. The only interesting event would be if Egypt suddenly declared.

Speaking of which, Egypt just made peace with the Ottomans. I’ll have to do something about that.

 

[del62]

Conquests or Domination, I am easy on both, I guess domination gives a quicker victory

 

[Elephantium]

I'd be happy to win by conquest.

 

[Raliuven]

I didn't get to finish last night - the wife had other ideas. I will definitely get it posted tonight. I only have two turns left and then some screen shots.

We are at 55% land, 59% population. I would be happy with conquest - I always feel like domination is leaving the job unfinished. But I will go with the group. With how fast the AI is crumbling it won't be a huge difference, time-wise IMO.

Our first MA army is in the field and it will chew up TOW without much hassle. The Celts are still stuck with something like 30 rifles as well. No money for upgrades, I guess.

 

[TheOverseer714]

At this point, we should go for Conquest. Domination is too easy. Those MAs will make things easy enugh, as is. Two transport loads could easily take the islands, and we can also start burning stubborn enemy cities to avoid Domination.

 

[Raliuven]

Here is my turn set.

Spoiler :

Turn 330 (1700AD)
Do a little MM and we can turn science down to 80%, still SF in 6t @ -98gpt.
Try to plant a spy in Germany for 75gp – and succeed!
German forces: 1 worker, 1 Marine, 19 Infantry, 5 artillery, 1 caravel, 9 frigates, 2 transports, 3 panzers, 4 TOW. That is effectively 27 combat units.

First I work on reducing the TOW stacks by Leipzig, most are redlined.
5/5 tank vs 2/4 TOW – win -1hp. 5/5 tank vs 2/4 TOW – flawless retreat. 5/5 tank vs 2/4 TOW – flawless win. 5/5 tank vs 2/4 TOW – win, -1hp. 5/5 cav vs 3/4 marine – win, -1hp. 4/4 tank vs 1/4 TOW – flawless win. 4/4 tank vs 1/4 TOW – flawless win, promote elite. 4/4 tank vs 1/4 TOW – win, -1hp. 4/4 tank vs 1/4 Tow – win, -1hp. 18/18 Cav army vs 1/4 TOW – flawless win. 18/18 Cav army vs 3/4 TOW – win, -2hp. All TOW in Leipzig cultural boarders are removed.

Bombers bomb Berlin. Destroy stock exchange & a citizen.

Ottomans have no oil or Aluminum.
Celts have no rubber or Aluminum.
Egypt has no iron, salt, coal, oil, or Aluminum.
Can’t se Germany, but it looks like we are the only ones with Aluminum. That means no one will be launching a space ship without our permission.

Try to put a spy with Osman for 75gp. Once again we are successful!
Ottoman forces: 6 workers, 7 Marines, 8 Infantry, 15 Artillery, 10 Frigates, 2 Galleons, 3 ironclads, 46 TOW. That is effectively 61 combat units.

Celtic forces: 4 workers, 28 riflemen, 12 artillery, 11 frigates, 3 transports, 2 carriers, 4 destroyers, 11 fighters, 2 bombers, 1 cruiser, 34 TOW. That is effectively 62 combat units.

IBT – Celts bomb our infantry army in Ottoman lands. 1 bomber dies to our Sam.
Ottomans land a single TOW by New Rheims.
3 Celtic TOW invade by Giza.
Ottomans send a new invasion to Leipzig – 5 marines, 4 TOW. Celts send a single rifleman to support the attack.

Turn 331 (1705AD)

New Paris: Settler=>Settler
Brest: Tank=>Tank
Grenoble: Tank=>Tank
Avignon: Bomber=>Bomber
Rouen2: SAM=>Aqua

From new tally it looks like the Ottomans generated 3 marines, and 3 TOW last round.

Arty makes short work of invading TOW. 5/5 tank vs 1/4 TOW – win, -1hp. Remaining arty redlines part of the invasion fleet. New bomber sinks a redlined ironclad.

Arty and bombers work over Ottoman stack. 4/4 tank vs 3/4 marine – win, -2hp. 5/5 tank vs 3/5 marine – flawless win. 5/5 tank vs 1/4 TOW – win, -1hp. 5/5 tank vs 1/4 TOW – flawless win. 5/5 tank vs 1/4 TOW – flawless win. GL. Create 1st Empty army. I am holding the armies for the Modern Armors due in a few turns. 5/5 tank vs 1/4 TOW – flawless win. 5/5 cav vs 2/4 marine – win, -2hp. 5/5 cav vs 1/4 marine – win, -2hp. 5/5 cav vs 1/4 marine – flawless win.

4/4 tank vs Celtic 4/4 rifle – flawless win.

I send the 2nd Cav army off to pillage the Ottomans.

After a round of MM I can drop science to 70% and still get SF in 5t @ -34gpt.

IBT - The AI fights amongst themselves. A Celtic bomber tries to hit our tank army to little effect.
Ottomans lands an obligatory TOW as an invasion force.
The Celts move 5 TOW next to Leipzig which is now on a slow starvation.

Turn 332 (1710AD)

Rouen: Infantry=>Tank
Amiens: Tank=>Tank
Cherbourg: SAM=>Bomber
Avignon2: SAM=>Destroyer
As there are no more bombers around I saw our SAM builds for bombers and a few destroyers.

Arty redlines invading TOW. 4/4 tank vs 1/4 TOW – flawless win. Bomber sinks redlined Celtic frigate.

Arty redlines Celtic stack near Leipzig – 5/5 tank vs 1/4 TOW – flawless win. 5/5 tank vs 1/4 TOW – win, -1hp. 5/5 tank vs 1/4 TOW – flawless win. 5/5 tank vs 1/4 TOW – win, -1hp. 5/5 tank vs 1/4 TOW – flawless win.

Arty & bombers redline incoming Celtic TOW by Giza. 5/5 tanks vs 1/4 TOW – flawless win. 5/5 tank vs 2/4 TOW – win, -2hp. 5/5 cav vs 3/3 rifle – lose, -2hp. Grr. 4/4 tank vs 1/4 TOW – flawless win, promote elite, 5/5 cav vs 1/3 rifle – win, -1hp. 4/4 tank vs 1/4 TOW – win, -2hp.

Lose a bomber to a Celtic fighter. Grrr.
Celtic oil is pillaged. I park a tank army on top of it. I don’t think there’s any way for them to reconnect it now. I have a SAM parked under the pillaging army so the single remaining Celtic bomber doesn’t have much of a chance of running us off.

IBT – Leipzig deposes us. We lose some tanks and flank.

Turn 333 (1715AD)

Orleans: Tank=>Tank
Lyons: Tank=>Tank
Bremen riots
Marseilles: Tank=>Tank
Khabarovsk: Bomber=>Bomber

Arty redlines Leipzig defenders. 1st Tank army kills both redlined TOW flawlessly.

The 4th & 5th army attack Bursa – 5th army kills 3 TOW but is droped to 7/17. 4th kills 2 TOW and a Marine. 2nd CAv kills 1 marine and captures Bursa. I decide to raze the city this time. Capture 11 slaves and 3 arty.

3rd Tank army attacks Munich & kills 2 TOW and a Marine. Captures the city & 1 slave.

5/5 tank vs 2/4 cTOW – win, -2hp. 5/5 tank vs 1/4 cTOW – win, -1hp.
5/5 tank vs 1/4 oTOW – win, redline. 5/5 tank vs 1/4 oTOW – flawless win. 4/4 tank vs 1/4 oMarine – win, -1hp, promote elite.
Bomber sinks a redlined Ottoman Ironclad.

IBT – nothing much. A frigate tries to bomb the tank army parked on the Celtic oil. Lose a tank that I misclicked into Celtic lands and could not cover. Grr.

Turn 334 (1720AD)

Tours: Infantry=>Tank
Bayonne: Tank=>Tank
Dijon: TOW=>TOW

Current Strengths:

Ottomans: 7 workers, 8 Marines, 8 Infantry, 12 Arty 9 Frigates, 3 Galleons, 1 Ironclad, 41 Tow
Celts: 6 workers, 26 Rifles, 12 Arty, 10 Frigates, 3 Transports, 2 Carriers, 4 Destroyers, 11 fighters, 1 cruiser, 37 TOW
Germans: 2 Marines, 17 Infantry, 3 Arty, 1 Caravel, 8 Frigates, 2 Transports, 3 Panzers, 5 TOW.

Bombers sink 1 Celtic transport and all 3 escort frigates.

Arty redlines all units around Leipzig: vs. Ottomans: 5/5 tank vs 1/4 marine – flawless win. 5/5 tank vs 1/3 marine – flawless win. 5/5 tank vs 1/4 marine – flawless win. 5/5 tank vs 1/4 marine – flawless win. 4/4 tank vs 1/4 TOW – win, -1hp. 4/5 tank vs 1/4 TOW – flawless win.

Vs. Celts: 4/5 tank vs 1/4 TOW – win, -3hp. 4/4 tank vs 1/4 TOW – flawless win.

Second army attacks Uskudar kills an infantry while a bomber kills a second infantry. Only a 1/4 TOW left.

Science down to 60%, SF due in 2t @ +6gpt.

IBT – Egypt and Ottomans sign a peace treaty. Aw, that’s too bad.
Stuttgart deposes us, but it was empty.
Invasions are weak and pitiful.

Turn 335 (1725AD)

Besancon: Tank=>Tank

Bomber lethally bombards the TOW in Stuttgart and the 3rd Tank Army retakes the city.
Arty bombards everything within reach to the red. Ottomans lose 2 more TOW to elite tanks and 1 to a bomber. Celts lose a rifle and a TOW to elite tanks.

Arty plasters Cologne – 4/4 tank vs 3/4 marine – flawless win. 4/4 tank vs 1/2 TOW – flawless win. 4/4 tank vs 1/3 infantry – win, -2hp. 4/4 tank vs 1/3 infantry – win, -1hp. Capture the city.

2nd Tank Army attacks Uskudar – kills 2 TOW and a Marine to seize the city.

IBT – The Celts sail a few frigates and both carriers near to our bombers. I bet they are loaded with fighters. I’ll have to sink them with arty & destroyers.

Turn 336 (1730AD)

Learn SF – set for Computers due in 5t @ -164gpt.
We get a palace upgrade and I add a covered walk way to the west wing.
We get the Battlefield Medicine message. Guess we have captured enough hospitals. Swap our army prebuild to medicine, due in 3t.
We’re building Modern Armor!

Eboracum: Destroyer=>Destroyer

Ottomans lose 2 TOW to our elite tanks. Lose another infantry to a tank army when we sack newly founded Ankara.
Germany loses 1 TOW and 2 Infantry when we take Hanover.
Celts lose a TOW to a tank and art redlines a destroyer and a carrier.

Bombard the German fleet off the east coast into the red. Rush a bomber for 108gp.

IBT – More fighting. A Celtic Bomber appears, probably left over from a previous build order.
Mom! Phineas and Ferb (aka the Ottomans) are building the UN again! [In Izmit]


Turn 337 (1735AD)

Orleans: MA=>MA
Smolensk: MA=>MA
Krasnoyarsk: Destroyer=>Destroyer
Grenoble: MA=>MA
Seaville: Bomber=>Bomber

I make the 10th Modern Armor for our 1st MA army and send it into battle.

First arty makes short work of the 5 Celtic TOW by Leipzig. 5/5 tank vs 2/4 TOW – win, -2hp. 5/5 tank vs 2/4 TOW – win, -2hp. 5/5 tank vs 1/4 TOW – flawless win. 5/5 tank vs 1/4 TOW – flawless win.
5/5 tank vs 1/4 TOW – flawless win.

Bombers reduce Berlin to Pop 9 and hit 1 defending Infantry. 17/17 Tank army kills 3 infantry, -9hp, promote to 18hp. 12/12 10th MA kills 2 infantry in berlin, -5hp, promote to 13hp. 7/17 1st army kills 1 TOW. There is at least 1 TOW left in the city. Move a cav army to cover the wounded tanks.

2nd & 5th Tank Armies attack Konigsberg. 2nd is 16/17 to start, kills 1 infantry, 1 TOW and ends 12/17. 5th is 15/17 and kills 1 TOW before capturing the city & 2 arty. Sell everything, move out and gift it to Egypt. The interesting thing here is that Egypt is Fascist so the city automatically loses another 2 population.

Rush some worker/slaves in old Germany cities.

IBT – AI fights. Bomber goes after a cav army. Two German Fleets appear off the east coast.
Stuttgart deposes us again.

Turn 338 (1740AD)

Leipzig: Worker=>Worker
Rheims: MA=>MA
Bremen: Worker=>Worker
Dijon: MA=>Coal Plant
Poitiers: MA=>MA

Battle for Berlin – 8/13 10th MA kills three TOW for -1hp. 9/18 3rd Tank kills last TOW and Berlin falls. We Capture the MoM. Sell the bank. Keep the barracks & market.

Bombers redline TOW at Stuttgart. 4/4 MA vs 1/3 TOW – flawless in, capture city & 45gp.
Arty redlines a bunch of other TOW. 5/5 tank vs 1/4 TOW – win, -1hp. 5/5 tank vs 1/4 TOW – flawless win. GL. Make an empty army for the 13th Modern Armor army. Upgrade 9th Tank Corps* to a MA for 30gp. 5/5 Cav vs 2/4 Marine – win, -3hp and another GL! Wow. Send him back to become an empty army. 5/5 tank vs 1/4 TOW – win -1hp. 5/5 tank vs 1/4 infantry – win, -1hp. 5/5 cav vs 1/3 rifle – win -1hp. 4/4 MA vs 1/4 TOW – win, -2hp.

Upgrade all of our 4/4 tanks I can to MA for 30gp each.

Make a deal with Egypt for a MA against the Ottomans. Give them Ecology. They give WM, 466gp, MT, Econ, Nav, Ironclads, 8gpt. We get back all the gold used to upgrade to MA.

IBT – lots of AI fighting, nothing against us.
Celts land some invaders. 1 TOW, 1 Rifle. Hahahahahahahah.


Turn 339 (1745AD)

Paris: Battlefield Medicine=>Army
Lyons: MA=>MA
Tours: MA=>MA
Chartres: Bomber=>Bomber
Khabarovsk: Bomber=>Bomber
Bayonne: MA=>MA

We get a palace expansion and add a 2nd level to the west wing hallway.

Arty redlines invaders. 5/5 tank vs 1/4 TOW – flawless win. 4/4 MA vs 1/4 Rifle – flawless win. Bomber sinks the accompanying destroyer.

Bombers wound all 3 infantry defending Hamburg. 17/17 tank army kills all three defenders, -7hp. Capture arty. Create the 11th Modern Armored with 16/16 hp.

Battle for Frankfurt – 16/16 11th Modern Armored kills a TOW & Infantry, promotes 17hp. 4/4 MA vs 2/2 TOW – win, -2hp, promote elite. 4/4 MA vs 2/2 TOW – win, -1hp. Capture city & GW. Germany is eliminated.

Arty redlines everything around Leipzig. 5/5 tank vs 1/4 TOW – flawless win. 5/5 tank vs 1/4 TOW – flawless win.

Build the 12th Modern Armored Army. Send it after Gergovia. Send the 2nd & 5th Tank armies, 2nd Cav Army and 16 arty, 1 flak and 1 sam after Istanbul.

Send the 1st Cav to start pillaging around Izmit to slow the UN build, but without Germany around I don’t think that Osman can win a vote anymore.

Mop up wandering units. 5/5 cav vs 2/4 rifle – win, -2hp. 4/4 MA vs 2/4 TOW – win, -2hp promote elite. 4/4 MA vs 2/4 TOW – win –1hp. 4/4 MA vs 2/4 TOW – flawless retreat. 4/4 MA vs 2/4 TOW – flawless win. 4/4 MA vs 1/4 TOW – win -1h, promote elite.

1st & 3rd tank armies & elite tanks are garrisoned in Byblos. The 10th Modern Armored is healing in Berlin. The 4th tank army just took Hamburg and is resting there to heal.

The 1st Infantry is escorting tanks back from Celtic lands – they helped to pillage the oil that the 1st Upgraded Knights are sitting on. When they get back they can be upgraded for 30gp each.

Computers due in 2t @ +14gpt.

Germany is gone from the world and with them, I think, any chance of a diplo victory for Osman. I got 3 GL and I turned them all into armies. We have modern armor rolling off the assembly lines. The Celts came up witih one more bomber that has been hitting here and there, so far a sam/flak has not taken it down.

1st & 3rd tank armies (healing) & elite tanks are garrisoned in Byblos. The 10th Modern Armored is healing in Berlin. The 4th tank army just took Hamburg and is resting there to heal.

The 1st Infantry is escorting tanks back from Celtic lands – they helped to pillage the oil that the 1st Upgraded Knights are sitting on. When they get back they can be upgraded for 30gp each.

12th Modern Armored Army was sent after Gergovia. I also sent the 2nd & 5th Tank armies, 2nd Cav Army and 16 arty, 1 flak and 1 sam after Istanbul. After that they can continue to Izmit. The 1st Cav is on the way to start pillaging the city tiles to slow the UN build, just in case.

We are the only Civ with oil or aluminum. The AI is pretty much making TOWs non-stop.

We've got spies with everyone but Egypt. I just signed a 20 turn deal with Egypt to get them back in on the war against Osman. We need to watch the domination limit but we are still under 60% territory.

Computers due in 2t @ +14gpt.

Pictures for lurkers:

 

[Elephantium]

Very nice! Our conquest is coming along nicely.

I've got the save.

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[Raliuven]

I forgot to mention that we have a lot of transport capacity that is not being used (or doesn't necessarily need to be used because of airports). We can easily route a few transports and position them to take out those islands.

 

[Elephantium]

Midset report. Things are looking good.

Spoiler :

Pre-turn: Look around.

I note that Bordeaux is building a Modern Armor, but it lacks a Barracks. I switch it to Police Station (I'll add a Court and then a rax next).

I also change a lot of builds in our core to Factories and Police Stations (e.g. Cherbourg). We should be able to double our production by the end of my turnset.

IBT:

Egypt moves a TON of TOWs towards Gergovia and Nuremburg
Celtic Bomber pings one of our MAs.

Palace expansion. We put in some turrets in front of the door.

Ottomans founded the town of Salonika, next to the ruins N of Uskadar.

Turn 0 (1750 AD):

Since we have a stack of arty in range already, I open fire.
Lose a Cav on the redlined TOW.
Lose a Bomber to Celtic CAP.
Redline and kill Ottoman TOW near Leipzig.
Army razes Salonika, getting redlined in the process

MA kills TOW in Gergovia
Same MA kills Rifle and promotes.
Taking a risk, he kills another Rifle and razes the city!

1st Upgraded Knights kills two TOWs in Nuremburg.
Lose a Tank on a TOW
eTank retreats
Next Tank kills the TOW and takes the city (burning an enemy Bomber in the process )

There is a Celtic Rifle on a Barricade S of Nuremburg. Tank retreats; MA army kills it.

IBT:

Lots of Egyptian TOWs maneuver. They even manage to kill a few Ottoman TOWs.

Computers > Mini

Volcano next to Smolensk is now active

Turn 1 (1752 AD):

The guns open fire over Istanbul. They ping 3-4 TOWs (pathetic hit ratio). A few flights of Bombers don't help much, either.

Tech situation: We can buy/steal Space Flight and Fission, so I'll keep us on Mini. I put the slider to 0% so we have enough gpt for me to rush all the factories I started by the end of my turnset - I'd like to Mobilize for the end-game.

IBT:

Not much happens.

Turn 2 (1754 AD):

MA kills Ottoman TOW near Berlin.
2nd and 5th Tank Armies each kill one TOW in Istanbul.
eMA retreats from an Infantry.
vMA retreats from another Infantry.
Tank army kills Infantry.

Lose two Bombers near Verulamium.

IBT:

Celtic TOW dies on our MA
Another one kills our MA
A third one kills a second MA
Three Celtic TOWs dropped by New Rheims, I'm shocked!
One Ottoman TOW dropped S-SE of the Celtic force.

Turn 3 (1756 AD):

eTank kills redlined Ottoman TOW.
vMA kills 2-hp Celtic TOW
eTank kills 2-hp Celtic TOW

Istanbul, the guns fire again. Lots of misses
We do manage to hit six vTOWs, two vInfantry, and even redline two conscript TOWs!
Our Bombers don't have any such luck.
eTank kills 2-hp TOW
4th Tank Army kills two Infantry and a redlined TOW.
5th Tank Army kills three redlined TOWs.
eTank kills another redlined TOW
Second Tank Army kills the two redlined conscript TOWs and TAKES THE CITY!

9th Tank Corps kills Ottoman TOW exposed by the fall of Istanbul.
Upgraded Sword Army kills Ottoman TOW in the open

Verulamium:
eTank kills TOW
eTank kills TOW
eTank retreats
eTank dies
eTank retreats from Rifle
12th Modern Armored kills 3x Rifles and one redlined TOW
First Tank Army kills redlined TOW and seizes Verulamium. We now control Magellan's Voyage!

Infantry kills off the last invader by New Rheims.

IBT:

Lots of Celtic TOWs advance on Verulamium...
Palace expansion.

Turn 4 (1758 AD):

Near Verulamium:
12th Modern Armored kills three TOWs.
13th Modern Armored also kills three TOWs.

All is quiet in the north ... for now

IBT:

Egypt starts building the UN in Lisht.

Turn 5 (1760 AD):

Bombard Iznik, redlining all defenders and killing some of the citizens.
Tanks kill two TOWs.
Lose eMA on the third
1st Cav army kills it.
1st Cav army kills the last defender and razes the city.

Agedincum:
Second Tank Army kills two TOWs, barely.
11th Modern Armored kills TOW and a Rifle
1st Upgraded Knights kills Rifle and takes the city.

Lose eMA killing a Celtic TOW near Istanbul.
eTank kills loose Celtic TOW.
Third Tank Army kills three TOWs at Camulodunum.
10th Modern Armored kills two TOWs.
First Tank Army kills a Rifle and takes the city!

 

[Elephantium]

Spoiler :

Pre-turn: Look around.

I note that Bordeaux is building a Modern Armor, but it lacks a Barracks. I switch it to Police Station (I'll add a Court and then a rax next).

I also change a lot of builds in our core to Factories and Police Stations (e.g. Cherbourg). We should be able to double our production by the end of my turnset.

IBT:

Egypt moves a TON of TOWs towards Gergovia and Nuremburg
Celtic Bomber pings one of our MAs.

Palace expansion. We put in some turrets in front of the door.

Ottomans founded the town of Salonika, next to the ruins N of Uskadar.

Turn 0 (1750 AD):

Since we have a stack of arty in range already, I open fire.
Lose a Cav on the redlined TOW.
Lose a Bomber to Celtic CAP.
Redline and kill Ottoman TOW near Leipzig.
Army razes Salonika, getting redlined in the process

MA kills TOW in Gergovia
Same MA kills Rifle and promotes.
Taking a risk, he kills another Rifle and razes the city!

1st Upgraded Knights kills two TOWs in Nuremburg.
Lose a Tank on a TOW
eTank retreats
Next Tank kills the TOW and takes the city (burning an enemy Bomber in the process )

There is a Celtic Rifle on a Barricade S of Nuremburg. Tank retreats; MA army kills it.

IBT:

Lots of Egyptian TOWs maneuver. They even manage to kill a few Ottoman TOWs.

Computers > Mini

Volcano next to Smolensk is now active

Turn 1 (1752 AD):

The guns open fire over Istanbul. They ping 3-4 TOWs (pathetic hit ratio). A few flights of Bombers don't help much, either.

Tech situation: We can buy/steal Space Flight and Fission, so I'll keep us on Mini. I put the slider to 0% so we have enough gpt for me to rush all the factories I started by the end of my turnset - I'd like to Mobilize for the end-game.

IBT:

Not much happens.

Turn 2 (1754 AD):

MA kills Ottoman TOW near Berlin.
2nd and 5th Tank Armies each kill one TOW in Istanbul.
eMA retreats from an Infantry.
vMA retreats from another Infantry.
Tank army kills Infantry.

Lose two Bombers near Verulamium.

IBT:

Celtic TOW dies on our MA
Another one kills our MA
A third one kills a second MA
Three Celtic TOWs dropped by New Rheims, I'm shocked!
One Ottoman TOW dropped S-SE of the Celtic force.

Turn 3 (1756 AD):

eTank kills redlined Ottoman TOW.
vMA kills 2-hp Celtic TOW
eTank kills 2-hp Celtic TOW

Istanbul, the guns fire again. Lots of misses
We do manage to hit six vTOWs, two vInfantry, and even redline two conscript TOWs!
Our Bombers don't have any such luck.
eTank kills 2-hp TOW
4th Tank Army kills two Infantry and a redlined TOW.
5th Tank Army kills three redlined TOWs.
eTank kills another redlined TOW
Second Tank Army kills the two redlined conscript TOWs and TAKES THE CITY!

9th Tank Corps kills Ottoman TOW exposed by the fall of Istanbul.
Upgraded Sword Army kills Ottoman TOW in the open

Verulamium:
eTank kills TOW
eTank kills TOW
eTank retreats
eTank dies
eTank retreats from Rifle
12th Modern Armored kills 3x Rifles and one redlined TOW
First Tank Army kills redlined TOW and seizes Verulamium. We now control Magellan's Voyage!

Infantry kills off the last invader by New Rheims.

IBT:

Lots of Celtic TOWs advance on Verulamium...
Palace expansion.

Turn 4 (1758 AD):

Near Verulamium:
12th Modern Armored kills three TOWs.
13th Modern Armored also kills three TOWs.

All is quiet in the north ... for now

IBT:

Egypt starts building the UN in Lisht.

Turn 5 (1760 AD):

Bombard Iznik, redlining all defenders and killing some of the citizens.
Tanks kill two TOWs.
Lose eMA on the third
1st Cav army kills it.
1st Cav army kills the last defender and razes the city.

Agedincum:
Second Tank Army kills two TOWs, barely.
11th Modern Armored kills TOW and a Rifle
1st Upgraded Knights kills Rifle and takes the city.

Lose eMA killing a Celtic TOW near Istanbul.
eTank kills loose Celtic TOW.
Third Tank Army kills three TOWs at Camulodunum.
10th Modern Armored kills two TOWs.
First Tank Army kills a Rifle and takes the city!

IBT:

Celtic TOW forces our Tank to retreat.
Second one suicides on another Tank
Ottomans bomb our Army near Entremont.

Turn 6 (1762 AD):

DD sinks Celtic Frigate outside Kadesh harbor.

Entremont:
Arty yellowlines TOW
13th Modern Armored kills it.
Then it kills a couple of Rifles
12th Armored kills another 3 Rifles

IBT:

Ottoman TOW dies vs. our Infantry
Ottoman TOW kills our Infantry elsewhere
TOW captures one of our slaves.

Turn 7 (1764 AD):

We bombard Sinop.
2nd Cav army kills the first redlined TOW, losing 11hp.
1st Upgraded Knights kills the second and third TOWs, seizing the city.

Arty pings three TOWs at Entremont. 12th Modern Armored kills two of them with ONE HP left. Whew!
13th Modern Armored kills the third, then whacks the Rifle we see underneath.
First Tank Army kills another Rifle and a 2/2 TOW.
eTank dies to another conscript TOW.
eTank retreats from reg Rifle
eTank kills reg Rifle
First Tank Army kills the 1/2 TOW and takes the city. We own the Sistine Chapel now

Lose a Bomber to enemy CAP near Aydin.
MA dies to Ottoman TOW near Hamburg.
So does a second one.
3rd Cavalry army finishes the job unhurt.

IBT:

Camulodunum deposes us.

Turn 8 (1766 AD):

Bombard Camulodunum, but we don't have sufficient forces in place to retake it.

DD sinks Celtic Frigate outside Kadesh Harbor. It returns to port for repairs.

DDs near Burdigala (island) sink Frigates in an Ottoman fleet. They observe Egyptian Infantry holding the land outside Burdigala; we'll have to attack with Marines or bomb the defenders, let Egypt take it, and take the city ourselves later.

DDs in Besancon sail to meet a threat off the coast of Rheims; an Ottoman fleet is escorting a landing force there.

Konya:
Second Tank Army kills two TOWs
11th Modern Armored kills TOW
11th Modern Armored falls in battle
4th Tank Army continues the assault and kills the redlined TOW, then razes the city.

IBT:

Modern para fights off a TOW at Entremont
Ottoman TOW dies against the Egyptian town of x.

Turn 9 (1768 AD):

Start renaming our Destroyers:

Destroyer 01 ThERat
Destroyer 02 Greebley
Destroyer 03 Northern Pike
Destroyer 04 Lanzelot
Destroyer 05 Aabraxan
Destroyer 06 CommandoBob

Bombard Alesia. We only ping two units
Bombard Camulodunum. We hit three units, two regs and a conscript.
12th Modern Armored follows that up by killing a 2/2 TOW and a 2/3 TOW.
13th Modern Armored kills a 2/3 TOW and a 1/2 TOW.
The city is ours once again.

Destroyers 01 ThERat and 02 Greebley sink the Ottoman fleet near Burdigala. They head back to port for repairs.
Destroyer 06 CommandoBob finishes off the Ottoman Galleon near Rheims. All three of those DDs return to Besancon for repairs.

3rd Cavalry dies vs. a TOW next to Verulamium. It does one hp damage and promotes the enemy to elite
5th Tank Army attacks the second TOW in the stack. It takes 12 hp damage before it kills the TOW
eTank kills the eTOW and generates a leader! We create an Army.
eTank kills a redlined Rifle near Aydin and generates ANOTHER leader!

Bombard Aydin, redlining defenders.
Cav army kills the first and second TOWs.
Richeleiu's Army kills the third and fourth, and Aydin is ours.

2nd Cav army kills a redlined Celtic TOW near Augustodorum.

IBT:

Egypt wants a map trade. We accept and get 5 gold in the bargain.
Egypt sends troops to help against the Celts.
Celtic TOW dies on eTank; a second one forces him to retreat.

Ottomans are building the UN. Perhaps they can't see the end coming...

Turn 10 (1770 AD):

Rebase all our Bombers to Sinop so they can attack Burdigala.
Bombard Alesia; we hit all their TOWs and reveal at least two Rifles.
Bombard Richborough, but it'll need more softening up than I can provide this turn.
We also bombard Antalya, showing at least 4 TOWs there

Assault on Alesia:
First Tank army kills Rifle
12th Modern Armored kills two Rifles
First Tank Army goes in and kills redlined conscript TOW.
Third Tank Army kills redlined TOW.
Second Tank Army kills the last TOW and seizes the city!

Lose a Bomber over Burdigala to CAP.

Mobilize for war. Our core will pump out MAs VERY quickly now. I also set a few builds for Marines; an Army of those will help keep our island-assault options open.

We have 8 Bombers and one Jet Fighter in Sinop for bombing Burdigala; I'd start with the Jet, hopefully scaring up the CAP for us to shoot down. Otherwise, I'd start rushing Bombers in minor settlements for replacements there.

I have some Armies fortified in random places on the other continent; their role is to keep enemies from using the rail network to get at our Workers.

The Ottomans have an Ironclad near Aydin; I sortied Destroyer 03 Northern Pike on a mission to sink it.

We should think about canceling our RoP with Egypt and precipitating a war, but I don't see any hurry - mopping up the Ottomans and the Celts should keep us busy for about half the next turnset. We'll want to make sure our forces are rested and positioned appropriately to blitz Egypt once the Celts and Ottomans are gone.

We could buy Fission from Egypt in exchange for Synthetic Fibers; she doesn't have the resources necessary to build Modern Paras or Modern Armor.

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[del62]

Right all done and dusted

Finished in 1784

Spoiler :

Pre turn - we have 8 turns left of alliance with the ottomans

I note that the UN the Eygyptians are building is on Lischt, 600 shields for
a demi god AI to build and they chose an island, I consider investigating but
decide againt for now

IBT
Some failed TOW attacks against are infenty, entromont produces a worker, smolesk a
modern armour and Dijon a marine

1772AD
After bombardment by our artillary stack the tenth modern armour army takes 4 tow out
in richborough, the 13th Modern Army Armour takes 2 moder out, we take the city
I contemplate keeping it, but decide against, we get 175 gold.

I then Bombard Antayla and my first modern armour retreats against TOW, the
second on (the veteran tanl corps takes out a tow and promotes to elite) he then takes
out a second tow going to 2/5

Next up a odern arour dies on a tow, next takes one out, the 17th tank army takes 2 tow
out the first cavlry army takes a redlined tow out, though not before giving me a worry
and antalya is destroyed netting 64 gold
Charlagmagne gets an oportuniy now to create an army

Try bombing Burdigla as we cant land due to eygypian infanrty

Take out 4 tanks in Lugdunum which I raise using one modern armout army (12th) and two tank armies, I gain 175 gold

The celts are down to a transport 3 tows and a transport and two frigates on their island city (should I abandon their exising cities), we could use some marines as
the eygypians are stopping landings, I could

Take out 4 tows in augostrum which I keep due to its position

Time for a rest

For 90 gold a spy is planted in thebes interestingly they have 3 nuclear subs

IBT
Berlin Settler
Entremont worker
Alesia Flips
Camulodem Settler
Verumilanium Settler
Orleans Modern Armour
Lyon Modern Armour
Nagaoya Transport
Amiens 2 Transport
Avaris Setttler
Bayonne Marrine
Grenoble and Potiers Modern Armour

1774
Retake Alesia using 12th Modern Armour, Tank Army and Modern Armour Army
Take Iznik and the Ottomans are finished, we lose our furs due to end of allaince

Cancel ROP with Eygypt

IBT
Some Bombers I cash rushed, Agenidum deposes

1776

Recapture Agenidum, go back to war footing


IBT

1778
Burdigla is bombed down till only one red lined TOW, this allows a Marine to
take it destroying the celts

Declare war on Eygypt and mobilise

Modern Armour takes Pithom
Tank Army takes Buto
Cavalry takes out redlined TOW

New Tours 2 formed to allow artillery into range of two eygyptian cities
Cavalry Army takes out two TOW in Edfu (I think) destroying it
Konisberg is taken after much effort by various armies
Eygypt had 12 units there
Marine takes out Eygyptian Cavalry that had hung about for ages on our continent
Modern Army Armour takes Elphantium which I raise
Cavalry Army takes out 2 infantry and a TOW in Heliopolis
Next Cavalry ARmy Finishes Job
Marine takes out Infantry on Hill

IBT
Eygypt Inf dies attacking Marine
Minuturisation
Various Units

1780
Take and keep thebes
Take and raise Pi -Ramasees
Raise another city
Land Modern Army Armour near Lischt

IBT
Angle warrior comes from nowhere
Take out Lischt which I keep
Bring some modern armour by boat into Lischt they promptly destroy Kafa
New Chartres 2 produced to allow attacks on Alexndria
Take Alexandria
Take Asyut
Abandon Asyut plant city take Hierocopolis and Eygypt is destroyed
Victory at last

Will try to get some pictures up later

Two files attached pre and post victory.

 

[del62]

The Celts Defeat

Spoiler :

Eygypts Defeat

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Victory

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[del62]

Congrats to the team for all their effort.

 

[darski]

WTG guys.

Sooooo... what's up next?

 

[Elephantium]

Awesome effort, guys! It was a pleasure to play with you all.

 

[Raliuven]

It was a pleasure everyone! Great game!

 

[GZRD]

AWESOME!!!