It has become one of our traditions on XTeam, for Luck
Here is the Wiki on it.
See for yourself!
Thanks, the Paratroopers did all the work.
These guys have taught me not to worry too much about GPT, there are many ways to make it up...
SGOTM 09 - Xteam
- Thread starter AlanH
- Start date
Here is the Wiki on it.
See for yourself!
Thanks, the Paratroopers did all the work.
These guys have taught me not to worry too much about GPT, there are many ways to make it up...
Grover22
Monarch-like
Lol. Thanks for the link. I'll need some time to practice that, though.
Frederiksberg
Deity
Looks like the war is progressing well.
There is some MM'ing required in several cities and some tile improvements that need some priority.
Don't have time to comment in detail today, but will be back tomorrow.
There is some MM'ing required in several cities and some tile improvements that need some priority.
Don't have time to comment in detail today, but will be back tomorrow.
DJMGator13
Still breathing
Good progress, I've got a little treat for you to play with. It is the first draft of the Corporate Maintenance Fee Calculator. I need to add the culture aspects to it and add more details about science & culture type buildings. But it should be a good start. It is protected but there are no passwords required to unprotect the sheets or workbook.
I've checked the xml file on Corporations and I don't see that it calls for any reduced yields on a huge map as has been discussed in the threads about corporate maintenance. I have set the worksheet up to handle a different yield for huge and non-huge maps but I need to verify all the proper numbers. Currently all data is displayed on the single worksheet. I'll clean it up later. I've tested it against a worldbuilder save and it seems to be okay. The only difference you get is the maintenance related to non-corporate payments (ie distance from palace).
I've zipped the Excel file.
I've checked the xml file on Corporations and I don't see that it calls for any reduced yields on a huge map as has been discussed in the threads about corporate maintenance. I have set the worksheet up to handle a different yield for huge and non-huge maps but I need to verify all the proper numbers. Currently all data is displayed on the single worksheet. I'll clean it up later. I've tested it against a worldbuilder save and it seems to be okay. The only difference you get is the maintenance related to non-corporate payments (ie distance from palace).
I've zipped the Excel file.
PaulisKhan
Physicist
Are we preparing a plan for a new set now or is Lief continuing his current set?
I've played seven turns. CP said he will be busy for a few more days. Not sure if Gator has time now or not. I can play some more if we wish or turn it over if someone else is available. In some ways, it may be better for the team if one person plays through the Joao war for continuity?
I think we need to come to some consensus on whether to attack Joao now or in another turn or so?
I am waiting for feedback on both issues.
I think we need to come to some consensus on whether to attack Joao now or in another turn or so?
I am waiting for feedback on both issues.
DJMGator13
Still breathing
Not really, we are switching to a four day workweek (10-hour days) starting this week, so my time will be even more pressed than usual. Although it will give me a longer weekend but I'm at a conference the following week.
PaulisKhan
Physicist
I'm fine with you continuing to play, we've fallen behind almost all of the teams so we should keep this moving as much as possible, despite the limited number of people available to comment fully at the moment.
Continue to execute the war on HC, At this stage I'm in favour of making peace once his important cities have been captured. Try to get guilds and/or philo from him.
Joao: I think we're ready to attack next turn.
It would be good if you could play at least 3 more turns so we can see what GP we get from Athens.
Continue to execute the war on HC, At this stage I'm in favour of making peace once his important cities have been captured. Try to get guilds and/or philo from him.
Joao: I think we're ready to attack next turn.
It would be good if you could play at least 3 more turns so we can see what GP we get from Athens.
Do you think we need to send any more Troopers to IncaLand or are the three additional in the Galleon enough?
Will continue soon and declare on Joao.
Will continue soon and declare on Joao.
PaulisKhan
Physicist
Those Inca troopers are badly hurt so it does look like the assualt on the capital might be delayed slightly, hopefully the addition of 3 more troopers will be enough though.
It will be important to make sure the stack is fully healed before going into Cuzco though as the top attackers will be bombarded down by airships and we will be attacking guerilla longbows on a hill.
There's also the question of where best to send our airships, I do think we'll want at least 4 for the cuzco assault.
It will be important to make sure the stack is fully healed before going into Cuzco though as the top attackers will be bombarded down by airships and we will be attacking guerilla longbows on a hill.
There's also the question of where best to send our airships, I do think we'll want at least 4 for the cuzco assault.
OK, I'll move them into Tiwanaku for a turn or so to heal.
I'll find a place to build a couple. After a turn or so of healing, we can send them down to take care of Cuzco.
Playing now.
Looking good, leif. Glad you're playing a few more turns. Thanks for stepping up for me.
I'll start to have some discretionary time again in about 24 hours. Now that G22 is Haka savvy, I'll expect his participation in anticipation of my turn set.
I'll start to have some discretionary time again in about 24 hours. Now that G22 is Haka savvy, I'll expect his participation in anticipation of my turn set.
Better get those Haka's going. Someone just hit a pole up the street and trashed the power grid. Game crashed, thankfully at the beginning of the turn. Waited 15 minutes to make sure the power is back up and safe. Won an important battle, hope to again...
PaulisKhan
Physicist
kamate kamate
We have a Great Engineer is Athens!! ![[party]](/images/smilies/partytime.gif "Party [party]")
We have Cuzco.
<<< THE SAVE >>>
Turn Log:
Turn 111 – 1020 AD
Thebes Xbow => Paratrooper
Ephesus University => Airship.
Nippur – start a Granary
Let’s make some trades.
Call up Joao and offer him Compass and calendar for Theology, 50 Gold and his WM, no sweat.
Capac is happy to get our Marble and gives us 4 GPT. He remains Cautious.
Visit Shaka and he is happy to get our fine Fish for his smooth Silks…
Shaka is Pleased with us.
Decide to wait a turn or two to see if Joao can give us more for our fine Furs.
On to the War Front:
Move a full strength Paratrooper to cover our wounded one near Nippur.
Promote wounded Paratrooper south of Akkad to Medic, goes from 7.9/24 to 15.8/24 and move him into Akkad and fortify him there.
Promote another Paratrooper to Medic1 and jump him from Akkad into Nippur. (Love that jump graphic!)
Jump the second Paratrooper in Akkad to Babylon.
Airlift Xbow from Athens to Akkad.
Land a Settler and a Spear from the Galleon in the New World.
Rebase our Airship from Thebes to Vladivostok.
Load Great Merchant onto our Caravel and set sail for Zululand.
Fire a Merchant in Piraeus to allow the Great Person to complete in Athens first.
Babylon shows a 2.95% chance of revolt.
IBT
A Bab Mace moves onto the Cow by Corinth.
A Cat and a Mace join the two LB’s in Borsippa.
Sparta Paratrooper => Paratrooper.
Turn 112 – 1040 AD
Rehire the Merchant in Piraeus. Great Person due in 11 turns in Athens and 12 turns in Piraeus.
We have a Paratrooper due next turn in Corinth who can handle any threat posed by the Bab Mace.
Land a Paratrooper north of Borsippa and find 2 more Bab LB’s heading to reinforce the city and I cannot stop them from getting into the city.
Jump another Paratrooper in north of Borsippa from Nippur.
Move two Paratroopers near Nippur into the city.
Use an Airship to attack the Mace near Corinth, reduce his strength from 8 to 6.5.
See two LB’s, two Maces and a Xbow in Sippar.
Stop, Save and Post for comment.
Pull up the save and find a Barb LB standing on the Wheat tile where we want to settle our colony cities.
Attack LB with Airship from Vladivostok, reducing him to 4.8/6. See another Barb LB in the forest to his east.
Move Spear and Settler to the SW.
See another Barb LB on the hill, two tiles SW.
Back to Bab theater.
Activate Worker and move one tile west, revealing nothing on the Iron Hill.
Fly and Airship north to check on additional units that may threaten Akkad, find a Xbow that could attack Akkad next turn. Decide to attack the Xbow with an Airship, now 4.9/6.
Sure wish I had a Chariot to pillage a road or two.
Use the last Airship to attack a LB heading for Borsippa, it reveals another LB SSE of Babylon.
Send a Warrior from Piraeus to go to Athens. Check city Governor of Athens and Engineer is still active.
Jump a full strength Paratrooper from Babylon to join the two that are north of Borsippa.
Jump the Paratrooper in Sparta to the forest tile SE of Sippar.
Just realized I moved the Paratroopers in Nippur this turn so they cannot jump until next turn.
Trades:
Trade Fur to Stalin for 4 GPT.
Trade Wines to Shaka for 6 GPT.
OK, let’s see what happens?
IBT
Argos becomes unhappy.
Barb LB’s move away from our Settler pair.
Most of the Bab units seem to be headed for Sippar?
Bab Mace near Corinth heads east, for Iron?
Babylon comes out of resistance.
Corinth Paratrooper => Paratrooper
Argos Forge => Paratrooper
We are notified that Joao completes the Shwedagon Paya.
Turn 113 – 1060 AD
Drop off Great Merchant in Zululand.
Babylon is out of resistance and has a revolt chance of 5.24%.
Let’s go to the colony area first.
Fly a recon mission to check the intended settling area. The Rusian city of Orenburg is being attacked by two Barb LB’s. A third LB is two tiles west of the Copper. Will post for consultation.
Move Warrior into Athens, back to happy. Check Governor, OK.
Back to Babylon:
Decide that we have to use one Airship to recon to the north to check for threats to Akkad. Hammi moved all his units east, there are no units that can threaten Akkad or Nippur.
Decide to attack Borsippa and see how we do before moving units around.
Use three Airships to attack Borsippa.
Attack Bab Mace at 95.8% and kill him, Paratrooper now at 16.8/24.
Attack Bab LB at 92.3% and kill him, now at 13.4/24.
Attack Bab LB at 92.3% and kill him, now at 16/24.
That leaves two LB’s and a Cat in Borsippa.
Decide to save, post and consult with team.
Load game and continue.
Sell Drama to Stalin for 40 Gold, to Joao for 30 Gold to Shaka for 50 Gold, all also gave maps.
Trade Fish to Wang Kon for 5 GPT.
Move our Spear and Settler south.
Unload Settler from Galleon onto Horses.
Change production in Argos to Catapult.
Reassign Specialists in Babylon to an Engineer and six Merchants.
Back to Babylon:
Jump the fully healed Paratrooper from Nippur to the Forested Hill tile NE of Borsippa to seal the city from reinforcements.
Jump Paratroopers from Nippur and Akkad to Babylon.
Jump two Paratroopers from Babylon to the tile NW of Sippa.
Hold Paratrooper in Corinth.
Galleon attacks a Bab Trireme at 98.2% and kills him, now at 2.9/4.
IBT
Bab Mace attacks Corinth and dies, Paratrooper uninjured.
Babs move a Mace and a Xbow onto the Cow tile near Corinth.
Barb LB moves onto tile we want to settle.
Another Trireme pops out of Borsippa.
Babylon expands its cultural boundaries, covering a hill to the north restricting Bab movement a bit.
Argos Cat => Paratrooper.
Mycenae Paratrooper => Rax.
Pharsalos University => Lighthouse.
Ephesus Airship => Rax.
Wang Kon gets a Great Spy while Capac gets a Great Engineer.
Turn 114 – 1080 AD
Rebase Airship from Ephesus to Tiawanaku, it has three LB’s there.
Bab Theater:
Promote Paratrooper north of Borsippa to CBT1 and attack Borsippa LB at 96.9%, killing him.
Attack with full strength Paratrooper at 99.8% and kill a LB, now at 17.3/24.
Promote second Paratrooper to Medic1.
Attack Cat in Borsippa at 99.5% and kill him, taking the city. The city contains no improvements so set production to Granary.
Begin the Battle of Sippa.
Attack units in Sippa with Airships from Babylon.
Attack Sippa with Paratrooper at 95.8% and lose a Paratrooper to a LB.
Attack again at 96.9 and kill a LB.
We get a Great General.
Attack again at 96.8% and kill another LB.
Jump Paratrooper from Mycenae to Sparta.
Check on Hammi and he is ready to Capitulate, hope he doesn’t vassalize to Joao.
Back at the colony, the LB has moved onto our chosen settling spot, so we have to move the Settler pair away one tile to the north. Attack LB with the Airship.
Trade Drama to Wang Kon for 30 Gold.
IBT
The Bab units near Corinth move to the Forest Plains tile to the north of the city.
Athens Laboratory => Paratrooper.
Ephesus Rax => Lighthouse.
Capac has completed the Apostolic Palace.
Turn 115 – 1100 AD
At the colony site:
Recon with the Airship, Barb LB moved onto the Wheat tile.
Move the Settler pair south.
In IncaLand, recon Cuzco, Machu Picchu and Cori, he has built two new cities. He has four LB’s in Cuzco and three in Machu. The Apostolic Palace is located in Cuzco.
Bab theater:
Attack units in Sippar with Airships.
Attack Mace at 96% and kill him.
Attack on the LB would have been at 80%, heal and wait for reinforcements.
Jump two Paratroopers from Borsippa to Babylon.
Move two Parartroopers into Borsippa.
Jump two Paratroopers from Babylon to Sippar.
Jump another Paratrooper from Sparta to Sippar.
Consult team on Great General usage?
Decide to push on one more turn to get cities and peace with Babs, then we can talk about Great General.
IBT
The Bab Mace and LB attack Corinth and both die.
The Barb LB moves towards Orenburg, clearing the way for our colony settlements.
Argos Paratrooper => Paratrooper.
Mycenae Rax => Lighthouse.
Thebes borders expand.
Hammi revolts to Bureaucracy.
Babylon revolts.
Turn 116 – 1120 AD
Colony Area:
Recon the area with the Airship, all clear for settling.
Found the cities of Halicarnassus (start a Granary) and Rhodes (start a Granary).
We create a colony under Justinian and he gets two Rifles in each city.
Perform a Recon of the Incan area.
To Babylon:
Attack Sippar units with Airships.
Attack Sippar LB at 99.6% and kill him.
Attack Mace at 98.1% and kill him.
Attack a LB ay 99.1% and kill him.
Attack a XBow at 99.8% and kill him.
Capture the city and start a Granary.
Call up Hammi and ask for Engineering and Music for peace, he agrees.
Set research to Chemistry at 100%.
Save, post and consult with team.
Load game and prepare to resume playing.
Setup to load 2 Galleons with Paratroopers next turn.
Send Workers north but there is nothing they can do at Babylon until resistance is over, 5 more turns.
Fly Great General to Argos.
Attack a Barb Galley with a Trireme and die.
Attack the Galley with a Carvel and sink it.
Change build in Argos to Library.
Sparta fires Engineer and works Copper and Watermill.
Pharsalos works Plains Cottage.
Nippur works coastal tiles and hires a Merchant.
IBT
A lot of activity in Capac’s area?
Athens Paratrooper => Paratrooper.
Delphi Paratrooper => Pike (for MP)
Corinth Paratrooper => Paratrooper.
Argos Library => Paratrooper.
Pharsalos Lighthouse => Forge.
Ephesus Lighthouse => Paratrooper.
Piraeus Forge => Whatever it was building (Archer?) changes to Rifle with 11 turns to go and 9 hammers inverted. Change to Xbow.
Turn 117 – 1140 AD
Jump units from Babylon into Nippur and load on Galleon.
Jump unit from Borsippa to Nippur and load on Galleon.
Jump units from Sippar and Borsippa and load them into Galleon, set sail for Incaland.
Move Paratroopers south to Argos.
Transfer three Airships from Babylon to Ephesus.
Use the fourth to overfly Dur-Kur, two LB’s and two Swords present.
Transfer Airship from Vladivostok to Ephesus.
Pick up Worker at Thebes and begin moving to Justinian’s territory.
Complete Trade Mission for 1139 Gold.
Send Workers at Ephesus into the city.
Trade Compass to Wang Kon for 50 Gold.
IBT
We discovery Chemistry => start on Biology.
Sparta Paratrooper => Paratrooper.
Thebes Paratrooper => Paratrooper.
Mycenae Lighthouse => Paratrooper.
Turn 118 – 1160 AD
Move units around, prepare for attacks on Capac and Joao.
Fire Merchant at Nippur and work Windmill tile.
Send a Musket towards Babylon and a Phalanx to Sippar for MP duty.
Stop, save and post for team review.
OK, moving forward for a couple of turns.
Trade Compass to Shaka for 30 Gold and to Stalin for 40 Gold.
Trade Calendar to Wang Kon for 40 Gold.
Trade Optics to Joao for 50 Gold.
IBT
Barbs attack us at Pharsalos and we kill a Mace and lose a mace.
Joao settles a city where we wanted him to near the Pigs near Argos.
Argos Paratrooper => Paratrooper.
HC adopts Bureaucracy.
Turn 119 – 1180 AD
Attack Barb Mace near Phasalos and kill him.
Can upgrade a Caravel to Frigate for 80 Gold, but decide not to at this time.
Time to declare on HC.
Fly a recon mission over HC’s area before declaring.
Declare War on Incas.
Unload Paratroopers on either side of Tiwanaku, trapping three LB’s in the city.
Interesting that our Airship teleported to the Russian city of Yakutsk.
Took a while to find it.
In Joao’s area, jump five Trooper’s into his territory.
Change production in Mycenae to Frigate, due in three turns.
You’re not going to believe this, MoM got built in Lisbon, Portugal this turn!
IBT
A lot of Portuguese movement towards Coimbra.
Troops departed Cuzco for ?
Athens Paratrooper => Paratrooper.
Our Galleons are attacked by Airships in IncaLand.
Coimbra’s borders expand. :rolleyes.
Turn 120 – 1200 AD
Capac has an Airport, there are four LB’s in Tiwanaku now.
OK, let’s see what we can do here?
Paratrooper attacks CG1 LB at 98.7% and kills him.
Paratrooper attacks Guerilla2 LB at 96% and kills him.
Paratrooper attacks Guerilla1 LB at 96.5% and kills him.
Paratrooper attacks unpromoted LB at 99.4% and kills him, Tiwanaku and 240 Gold are ours.
Start the eastern Galleon back towards our home shores.
Reserve the other Galleon for use in ship chaining units to Cuzco a turn earlier if we wish.
Fly Airship back to Tiwanaku from Yakutsk.
Move five Paratroopers into position near Coimbra.
Stop, Save and Consult.
Reload save and resume:
Go through cities.
MM Corinth.
MM Thebes – Hire an Engineer.
MM Pharsalos.
MM Akkad.
Completed.
OK, time to declare on Joao.
Airlift a Paratrooper into Ephesus from Athens.
Move Assault troops next to Coimbra.
Jump two Paratroopers into Portuguese territory and move to the Iron tile.
IBT
We discover Biology => Steel.
Delphi Pike => Airship.
Sparta Paratrooper => Airship.
Argos Paratrooper => Paratrooper.
Pharsalos Forge => Frigate.
Ephesus Paratrooper => Airship.
Babylon comes out of resistance.
Akkad Library => University.
Great Scientist born to Stalin.
Our Paratroopers are attacked by Airships by Joao.
Turn 121 – 1220 AD
One of Joao’s Archers is next to Sippar, we attack with a Phalanx at 84.5% and kill him, 1/5 remains. Phew!
Reassign Babylonian citizens.
Recon Cuzco area.
Send Airship from Babylon to Tiwanaku.
On to Joao’s area.
Airlift another Paratrooper into Ephesus from Athens.
Attack Coimbra with Airships.
Attack LB at 98.9% and kill him with no loss of strength.
Attack Xbow at 98.3% and kill him, now at 17.3/24.
Attack Xbow at 99.8% and kill him, now at 17.5/24.
Attack LB at 99.8% and kill him, now at 17.8/24.
Attack Axe at 99.9% and kill him, now at 21.1/24.
Move up two Paratroopers to attack next turn.
Jump two Paratroopers to block reinforcements.
IBT
Two Barb Maces land near Pharsalos.
Athens Paratrooper => Paratrooper.
Corinth Paratrooper => Paratrooper.
Babylon Library => National Park.
Mycenae Frigate => Paratrooper.
Our troops get bombarded by Airships.
Turn 122 – 1240 AD
Capac has the Apostolic Palace and has introduced a resolution to Stop the War against him.
I vote Never, Defy Resolution!
We airlift a Paratrooper from Athens to Pharsalos due to the Barbs.
Jump the Paratrooper from Corinth into Athens for airlift next turn.
Road completes in Justinian’s area, we now have a trade screen with him. Gift Worker to Justinian.
Transfer two Airships from Ephesus to Tiwanaku.
Recon Joao’s area and see he is moving units, including Cats, to Oporto.
Attack Coimbra Xbow at 98.5% and kill him, capturing the city. It has a Forge, start a Granary.
Kill a Portuguese Sword and LB in the open on the Iron tile.
Move a Frigate towards our fishing nets near Ephesus.
Set up to attack Cuzco next turn.
Drop seven Paratroopers onto the forest hill NE of the city.
Trade Sheep and Fur to Shaka for Dyes and Spices.
IBT
An Incan Caravel attacks our Galleon and dies.
A Barb mace attacks our Mace and dies.
A Barb Galley attacks our Trireme and dies.
Sparta Airship => Paratrooper.
Argos Paratrooper => Paratrooper.
Knossos University => Lighthouse.
Ephesus Airship => Paratrooper.
Sipper Granary => Forge.
A Great Engineer is born in Athens.
Our troops are attacked by Airships.
Barb Mace destroys a village.
The vote comes in from the Apostolic Palace and Capac, Shaka and Stalin all vote to stop the war (202 votes) while we defy the resolution (12 votes) and the war continues.
Turn 123 – 1260 AD
We kill the remaining terrorizing Pharsalos.
In IncaLand, there are three LB’s and a Cat in Cuzco, so we attack.
First in are the Airships.
Attack a Guerilla2 LB at 95.8% and kill him, now at 16.8/24.
Attack a Guerilla1 LB at 96.4% and kill him, now at 13.2/24.
Attack a LB at 97.3% and kill him, now at 20.2/24.
Attack a Cat at 99.9% and kill him, we get Cuzco plus 249 Gold and kill a couple of Airships that were in the city, start a Forge.
In Joao’s area, fly a recon mission with an Airship.
Decide to stop here as we can decide where to attack next in Joao’s area.
After Action Report:
Militarily – We have conquered Cuzco and Tiwanaku in Capac’s area. Only surprise is that the Buddhist shrine has not yet been built. But we control the Apostolic Palace and The Great Lighthouse. We have begun our campaign against Joao and taken Coimbra, looks like next city should be Lagos or Oporto. Troop build up in Oporto but the best defensive tile is occupied by a Worker, of course.
Taking Oporto would give us a great advantage in using it as a jump off point for nearly anywhere in Joao’s area. Looks like Fred was pretty much on the mark, Joao has yet to offer any serious resistance. Mausoleum of Marsollos is located in Lisbon, let’s go and take it!Economy – We are currently losing 384 GPT and have 2078 in the Bank. We are one turn from Steel and have Biology. Just traded for two Happy Pills with Shaka, so our cities can grow some more. Capac still has not researched Education, so we are still safe for Liberalism. A Great Merchant is due in Piraeus in 3 turns.
Things to do:
Hammi’s peace deal runs out in three turns, so we may want to collect a few Paratroopers in the Bab area to wipe him out. The game keeps asking if we want to allow Hammi’s old cities to rejoin his empire, very irritating.
Sparta needs a Lighthouse, when we get a chance.
Borsippa needs a Lighthouse.
In case anyone wishes to see it, from the session turn log (last three turns below) :
:Spoiler :
Here is the rest of the turn log (last three turns):
Spoiler :
Roster:
Cactus Pete - UP
ShannonCT - On Deck
Frederiksberg
PaulisKhan
leif
Grover22 - What did you do with SCT?
rrau - How are things coming? Anything with
?
DJMGator13 - That darned Real Life thing...
EDIT - CP, I was just thinking that I may have forgotten to move all the units that I could move into Cuzco to defend it, please remember to check.
Cactus Pete - UP
ShannonCT - On Deck
Frederiksberg
PaulisKhan
leif
Grover22 - What did you do with SCT?
rrau - How are things coming? Anything with
?DJMGator13 - That darned Real Life thing...
EDIT - CP, I was just thinking that I may have forgotten to move all the units that I could move into Cuzco to defend it, please remember to check.
Grover22
Monarch-like
What did you do with SCT?
I think he was heading to Cleveland for a few days after he left Chicago. I thought he'd have checked in by now, though.
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