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[BeefontheBone]

Sorry for the delay on this - work distracted me more than I was expecting. Time to kick Huayana's big Incan behind!

IHT (1694): How did we end up at 1694? Meh.

Upgrade a couple of units near Machu Picchu to deal with that Incan stack.

Turn 1 (1696):

Another big stack shows up. I reckon we can take them, but we're going to lose a few improvements down here.
I turn off science to pay for a few upgrades.

Turn 2 (1698):

Great Work in Olly ends the resistance, but doesn't help much with the borders. Meh.

Turn 3 (1700):

Huayana attacks Macchu between turns, with the following results:

Not too shabby on our part - if I can clear up those remnants we'll be quids in.

Turn 4 (1702 AD):

Remnants cleared, with a little help from the defenders of Good Enough (they were). In the North we're marching on Cuzco, although there's a shortage of artillery since I'm waiting to upgrade to cannons.

Turn 5 (1704):

Our expeditionary force of a cavalry and a grenadier capture Vilcas in the north. Two musketmen are en route from Beijing to defend it.

Turn 6 (1706):

Zzzz.

Turn 7 (1708):

A Knight on grassland beats up our cavalry, with a 5% chance of success. Gah!

Turn 8 (1710):

I notice we're running no Economic civic when Free Market is available - what are we smoking here? Revolt immediately.

Turn 9 (1710 again, apparently. *shrugs*):

Not a lot - we're moving into position.

Turn 10 (1712):

Djenne (Mali) falls to Japan - it looks like Toku's about to wipe out Mansa. We could do with catching up to Japan pretty soon here.

That should help, though It's even got an Academy intact, too.
It looks like the Inca exhausted their primitive military attacking Machu Picchu (and weren't particularly close to taking it; we got down to about 5 units in there for a turn or so). Show them no mercy - we need all the territory we can get, and our economy can comfortably handle it.

A global overview. You'll notice that Basra is surounded by mixed culture - good sign, that.

And some demographics. Nice, huh?

 

[BeefontheBone]

There's a roster here, too:

Sir Toma
pling
Chriseay
Sadan01 (skipped)
BeefontheBone (just played)
Admiral Kutzov (up for finishing the Inca)
Pie-es Tasty

*goes to reinstall Blue Marble*

 

[pling]

The Admiral PMed me Monday evening to say he's banned till Thursday - so we should likely skip him this time round or at least swap him with someone.

If Sadan01 is well again then he could take the turns he missed, else Pie-es-Tasty is up!

Of course if we all dither for a day or so then it becomes irrelevant, but if someone can take a turn now then that'd be nice

 

[Pie-es-Tasty]

I'll grab the save, but if Sadan comes back before probably Friday he should make up his turns. It's the week before finals, and pretty much all my essays and assignments are due on Friday.

n00bs for teh win!

 

[Sir Toma]

Hey guys, great work clearing up the Inca's. Soon we shall be able to crush the aztecs beneath our cavalry hooves or whatnot.

On a slightly more sane note i had a power surge a couple of days ago so my internet is currently not in good shape. Can u guys just skip me untill i post in this thread again. It should only be a few days before everything is back to normal

 

[Admiral Kutzov]

due to personal issues, I respectfully resign from this game. sorry to leave in the middle of it.

 

[Pie-es-Tasty]

I thought I would be able to play this weekend, but it turned out really busy and next week is finals so I'm not going to be able to play for a while. Well I guess what I'm saying is that you should just skip me for now. I'll just try to play again next time I'm up. Sorry! It seems like everyone is having trouble playing this round...

 

[pling]

So, new roster:

Sir Toma (has internet problems)
pling (UP!)
Chriseay (On deck)
Sadan01 (has flu)
BeefontheBone (just played)
Admiral Kutzov (has retired)
Pie-es Tasty (has finals)

Looks like me next - I'll grab the save in a minute or two, I'll maybe get a chance to play this afternoon but maybe not till Tuesday afternoon, not sure how busy I'll be today.

 

[Sadan01]

Hi folks, I'm back and am better - and also a few internet issues that have stopped me coming back sooner. But enough about that. Just had a quick read through and we are doing really well. Awesome!

Pling, you can place me back on the active roster if you'd like and I'll play after you and The Master Trader (TM)

Sorry to see the Admiral leave the game. Hope everything turns out okay mate.

 

[chriseay]

Well, we'll finish eventually. Hope everything is okay for the Admiral, and good luck on those finals Pie.

 

[pling]

Turn 0 (1712AD):
Nothing to do here. Must still be 3 or 4 Incan cities in there, hopefully I can get them all this go

Turn 1 (1714AD):
Beijing: Cavalry -> Cavalry
Great Scientist born in Beijing ... looking for a place to build an academy. Iron Chou is our next best Science city (after Beijing) so I'll put the academy there.
Bunch of troop movements - one stack heading off to find a city to destroy, healing others to follow on after, building up a stack in Olly. And found the other northern city.

IBT: The Incans destroy a musketman up near the northern city, damnit.
Julius asks us to join the war against the Malinese, I refuse.
Toko asks us too, I still refuse.

Turn 2 (1716AD):
Academy founded in Iron Chou.
More troop movements - 2 big stacks looking for Incan arse to kick.

Turn 3 (1718AD):
Shanghai: Cavalry -> Cavalry
Found Tiwanaku & its garrison

Turn 4 (1720AD):
Ghangzhou: Cavalry -> Cavalry
Tiwanaku is ours!

IBT: I get told we've got 10 million souls now!

Turn 5 (1722AD):
Vilcambaba is ours!
We're at the top of the score chart!

Turn 6 (1724AD):
Angle: Cavalry -> Theatre
I've found another Incan city, fancy that

Turn 7 (1726AD):
Replaceable Parts is discovered, I set us researching Rifling.
Beijing is well over the happiness cap - War Weariness, I queue up a Colleseum for after the Cavalry.
Corihuayrachina is ours! (Damn, that's hard to spell)

Turn 8 (1728AD):
Not sure quite what happened in this one :/ I didn't notice hitting the next turn button on it, I suspect nothing happened, except troop movements.

IBT: Mansa Musa is no more. I'm not exactly in mourning

Turn 9 (1730AD):
Macchu Pichu: Cavalry -> Theatre
Cuzco: -> Theatre
Beijing: Cavalry -> Colleseum
Found what I think is the last Incan city.

IBT: Livy tells us all about power. Toko has it, we're second.

Turn 10 (1732AD):
Ironchou: Bank -> University
Vilicamba: -> Theatre
I didn't think I'd manage to take the city in one go, so I bombarded and moved more troops up. It's all there for the next person to gather the glory

Roster:

Sir Toma (has internet problems)
pling (just played)
Chriseay (Up for finishing off those pesky Incans)
Sadan01 (on deck)
BeefontheBone
Admiral Kutzov (has retired)
Pie-es Tasty (has finals)

 

[BeefontheBone]

Looking good, guys.

Good luck with finals Pie, good to have you back Sadan

 

[chriseay]

Hey guys, I see it, but I can't play till at least 24 hours from now....maybe not for a full 48. If you want to take it Sadan, go for it and I'll just slot in after you. Otherwise, it'll be at earliest Tuesday evening EST, more likely Wednesday.

On the game.....yay for finally putting the to those stinking heathens. We've been waiting the whole game for this!!

 

[Sadan01]

I won't be able to play the save until tomorrow night as I have to work back tonight - network upgrade - which will probably be a late one. I have an idea: How about if it is not picked up by tomorrow night - my time (say 29hrs from now approx), I'll post a got it and play there and then? I don't mind personally either way as I can wait but I just can't play tonight unfortunately.

OT: I believe that is the picture of the Civ1 chariot Chriseay? Nostalgia to the extreme

 

[chriseay]

Yes on the civ 1 chariot, my second favorite unit after the armor...or maybe the battleship. Ahh, I loved that game.

Sounds good to me, I'll pick it up this evening if I feel up to it and have time, otherwise I think you'll have it first.

 

[Sir Toma]

Hey guys i'm back. I see i'm not the only one with a busy schedule. I'll take my turn when my next one comes around. (god maths methods homework is hard!)

 

[Sadan01]

Talk about a busy schedule ST! I won't be able to take the save tonight as I am still at work; even though it is just past 10:30pm locally. This is something that was totally unexpected as late this afternoon a client called advising that they have lost their mail server. Turns out that the 5 HDDs in this server failed due to the controller dying which in turn has corrupted the exchange database... This is going to be a late one ST, don't go into I.T. ok?

@Chriseay, take the save and play mate. We'll have to play in the roster order as I am in no position to take this game tonight - hell, I don't even have Civ4 at work. Civ3 on the other hand

(god maths methods homework is hard!)

Good to see you are back at school doing hard work Good to have to back in mate

 

[BeefontheBone]

Maths, eh? I might be able to help there - my degree ought to be useful for something

 

[chriseay]

Maths? Over here we call it math. Interesting. My liberal arts degree wouldn't do much good with that anyway. I'll play tonight.

 

[BeefontheBone]

Well, I think the reasoning is that it's short for mathematics, which has an s on the end