Everything else just seems incidental!
But from the start ...
1400AD: A War Elephant around Nottingham defeats a Carthaginian Numidian Cavalry. Otherwise, start compiling a SoD near Corinth.
1406AD: York – Catapult > Catapult
1412AD: Mycenae – Courthouse > Granary. The SoD approaches the Carthaginian city of Thapus … it’s quality if not quantity … promoted Knight and Crossbow.
Greece shuffles a ‘2x Longbow + Settler’ trio down near our Iron near Argos. We shuffle a second defender should the Greek Longbows decide to take on our Spearman.
1418AD: London – Axeman > Forge. Argos – Axeman > Forge. We tackle Thapus, and win without loss!
And burn it! Mali brings forth a Horse Archer up north – what will become a relentless theme for the remainder of the turnset.
1424AD: Hit a Carthaginian ‘2x Longbow + Settler’ party, but in our victory we nonetheless lose a War Elephant at 86%; at least we have another Worker. Greece continues to shuffle around the Settler party without attacking the units on our Iron tile.
1430AD: Unfortunately i.b.t with our ‘anti-Horse Archer’ units elsewhere, Mali’s Horse Archer knocks one of Corinth’s Towns back down to a Village. The pillager soon falls however to a redirected English War Elephant that was rushed to the scene. Nottingham – War Elephant > War Elephant. Two Carthaginian Catapults also fall near Nottingham to the English defence.
1436AD: York – Catapult > Catapult. Carthage moves a CGII Longbow towards Illinois past Nottingham.
1442AD: Our SoD that razed Thapus mends thanks to our Great General Medic and arrives at the fringes of the City of Carthage. Pikeman, Maceman, three CGII Longbows, with another nearby.
1448AD: The troops near Nottingham pick off the Carthaginian Longbow. A smaller second SoD that was developed near Corinth has made its way towards Carthage. The English Catapults begin their assault on the city defences.
1454AD: Athens – Courthouse > War Elephant. More Malinese Horse Archers make their way through the eastern forests and approach Nottingham. Another Carthaginian Longbow falls like its predecessor in the same area, but one remains.
1460AD: The Nottingham roaming defence stack of a catapult and two war Elephants is to be split.
The Catapult ‘just’ defeats the last of the Carthaginian Longbows, while one of the War Elephants takes out a Malinese Horse Archer. A Malinese duo of Horse Archer and Trebuchet reach Nottingham – defended by a single yet highly promoted Longbow.
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1466AD: The City of Carthage’s defence is down to 0% (frustratingly only temporarily, it soon bounces up to 5%), and the second SoD has pillaged its Copper. Meanwhile to the north, Nottingham’s defences are eroded by the Trebuchet i.b.t.. One of the War Elephants however swoops on the Horse Archer, and our defending Longbow comfortably takes out the Treb’.
1472AD: London – Forge > War Elephant. In the distance, more Malinese Horse Archers are spotted including a ‘Horse Archer + Catapult’ duo.
1478AD: The troops are readied … we attack the City of Carthage.
From the smaller stack a 5XP Catapult gets promoted with Barrage II – it falls. A City Raider Cat’ goes in – it too falls. Yet another City Raider Cat’ – it withdraws! From then on in, all units win their battles.
On the same turn, Corinth finds itself with notable unhappiness.
1484AD: Another Malinese Horse Archer falls to the power of the English War Elephant, but otherwise the turn has been largely left for tweaking. Our invasion units are (generally) healing in Carthage.
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. That should leave Hanny with the barb city in the north, hopefully no metals (unless he can trade or beg some) so no knights or pikes. Hopefully he's now same status as Alex: annoying, not a major threat but capable of recovery if left alone indefinitely.
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