0. 50AD Leftover:
Did a bit of trading: Maya: Wool + 7g for Ivory + Currency
Persia: 55g + 3gpt for Ivory, 8gpt for Silks (seem to be broke now)
Japan: 81g for RoP
Greece: 60g + 10gpt for Ivory + Incense
Germany: 60g + 1gpt for RoP
Russia: 18g for Peace
Micromanage Alcácer, Évora, Gui & Yaroslavl for food.
Killed Bab spear and the Zulu MI near Zimbabwe. Then moved 6 more Kts for cover. Loaded MI and Trebs on galleys. I noticed Zimbabwe has been building Sun Tzu's for a while, so can't have that many units.
IBT: Lost 1 Kt to a swordsman out of Zimbabwe. A horseman attacked as well, but failed, and a sword attacked out of Bapedi, but also failed.
The Hittites land a spear and a sword next to Paris, two more galleys approaching?!
1. 70AD:
3 Kts take Bapedi, no losses.
Don't want the Hittites to cause trouble now, so I make an embassy (101g) and sign a RoP with them (get 8g back).
Switch Coimbra and Emerita to market. Shortrush courthouse in Uskudar (224g) and switch it to Aquaeduct.
IBT: Hittites declare anyway!!

Our Pike in Paris just barely holds against the sword. I will need to send a Kt over to prevent the spear from pillaging the furs.
One Zulu MI comes out of Ulundi and drives back an elite Kt from our stack.
2. 90AD:
3 trebs, 2 MI and 1 Kt take Isandhlawana, no losses. Kt pillages iron near Ulundi --> no more pikes and MI for them...

Rush settler in Babylon. Hate to starve people, and an upkeep-free settler may always be useful to have.
Greek: 8gpt + 20g for Silks
IBT: Zulu Impi comes out of fog and takes undefended Castello Oranco. A bit careless, I guess.
MI out of Zimbabwe kills a Kt, another MI dies. A Bab galley sinks one of our galleys near Paris. I am really glad I sent all three galleys to cover the one with the Kt!! Otherwise our furs would be gone now.
Hittites land another spear and 2 warriors next to Paris.
Elippi flipped! And our GA is over.
Babylon settler -> galley. Uskudar Aquaeduct -> Granary
3. 110AD:
Galley unloads Kt in Paris, which then kills the Hittite spear on our furs and retreats back to Paris. Just in time! The other galley kills the red-lined Bab galley. Revenge!!

A Kt retakes Castello Branco. 3 Kts cross over to the right side of the river and take Ulundi. No losses! (I would have expected to loose some, as Impi on a hill are usually quite tough?!) Capture a catapult and 4 workers.
I notice that our trade route to Mayaland has broken down?! Did they ran negative gpt and had to sell their harbour?? The attack by the Hittites can't have broken it?!
IBT: A reg archer from Hlobane kills a reg Kt in the jungle?!
The Babs call: they are willing to give Ellipi +7gpt for peace. Pondering for a long time, but then decline. If another town flips (especially Babylon) I want to be able to retake right away, without diplomatic complications... In retrospect it was probably better to take the deal, though.
The Hittite warriors die on the walls of Paris. (Good we have an elite pike there now.)
4. 130AD:
Two Kts raze Ellippi. 12 Kt are ready for an attack on Zimbabwe, and a few more can be retreated from their positions next to Mpondo, in case these 12 fail. So I finally start the attack. 4 Kts die, for more win, and Zimbabwe is ours. (I'm glad I didn't attack with a smaller force, this could easily have turned in a blood bath and then next turn all Zulu units would be healed again.) 2 more Kts take Mpondo.
Our Kt in Paris kills the remaining Hittite spear.
IBT: Germans start Sun Tzu's
5. 150AD:
2 Kts take Hlobane. Some regrouping of our forces. Rushing a couple of galleys in the east.
IBT: Germans offer Republic for Chivalry. No thanks. Greeks start Sun Tzu's.
Everybody seems to be fond of Paris: the Zulus land an archer, the Babs an Ancient Cav and the Romans a Legion
6. 170AD:
The Zulus are willing to make peace for the Republic. Ok, give it to me...

Our elite Kt in Paris kills the Legion. And the elite pike will hopefully hold against the AC.
Found a new town 2S of Ellippi, which starts a galley. (So the settler was good for something after all...)
Some espionage in Japan: Tokyo: 2sp, 2sw; Edo: 4sp, 1sw + 1sw to be finished next turn; Kyoto: 7sp, 1sw. 19 more units (a mix of spears, swords and horses) are running around in the open.
14 Portuguese units are already in Japan, 6 more land this turn, and 6 more can be unloaded inside Kyoto next turn. So the plan is: attack next turn, take Kyoto, and perhaps Edo if forces suffice. Dig in in those two cities and wait for the counter attack. Kill the Japanes stack and then take the other cities.
Get Wool, 4gpt and 16g from Greece for Monotheism. (They'll have it soon anyway.) Germany has reached Feudalism.
IBT: Hittites land 2 Three-Man-Chariots next to Paris! Man, they really mean it. The Bab AC kills our elite pike!

Our Kt in Paris is still red-lined from fighting the Roman Legion, the Hittites are not willing to talk and there's no way to bring reinforcements on time: this means "bey-bey Paris" next IBT.
The Hittites start Sun Tzu's.
7. 190AD:
Establish an embassy with India(3), Azteks(3), Celts(3), Korea(4), China(5), Greece(6) and Icas(6) for a total of 381g. The numbers in parenthesis means the number of units stationed in the capitals. Screenshots are attached.
Sign a RoP with India, Celts, Greece, China, Persia, France, Azteks, Korea, Incas and Ottomans and get ~200g back. (Some RoPs are tied to gpt. Please take these into account, when deciding whom to invade next.)
Now the big moment: the trashing of our reputation...

(Oh, why am I then one who need to do this, as I always like to keep my word.

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Take Kyoto: 1 loss, 3 retreats, 8 wins! Wow, that was easy. (I'm pretty confident now that I'll have cleared Japan by the end of my turnset...)
Take Edo: 3 losses, 4 wins. Hmm, that took more then it should have. Especially bad was that I had to move units over from the Kyoto stack, so they have no movement left and will need to camp in the open.

Kill 5 more loose units, one Kt dies to a sword. Retreat everyone, who can still walk, behind the walls of Kyoto and Edo.
IBT: Hittites take Paris. We loose three of the open units in Japan, 1 survives.
A total of 15 units approaches Kyoto and Edo.
America asks for peace, but has nothing to give. No, thanks.
Bapedi flips and takes a pike and an elite Kt, that had stopped there for healing, with it.
8. 210AD:
unload for more Kt in Japan, land 4 Kt in France (thanks to the RoP, we can hit Paris from there, but the Hittites Chariots can't reach us.

) and 6 Kt in India. Healing in Japan...
IBT: Japan attacks. We loose 2 Kts, they loose like 8 horses & swords.
The Japanese pillage a road near Edo. This will be important lateron.
Uskudar Granary -> Market
9. 230AD:
Kill the remaining Jap units. No losses. I move all units, that were unloaded in Edo or healed in Edo, to Kyoto, because due to the pillaged road, they cannot attack Osaka out of Edo

A templar retakes Bapedi. (I thought, our reputation is trashed now anyway, so why not...)
New deal with Germany: Peace + MA vs Mongolia for Dyes, Incense, Silks and Ivory. I also sign an alliance vs Mongolia with the Greek, but don't tie it to a peace deal. We still have 18 turns of RoP with them, and I don't wont that to be blown, if Greece decides to make peace with Mongolia. So there should be some bloodshed now going on on the German/Mongolian/Greek landmass...

9gpt from Persia for Incense.
IBT: France starts Sun Tzu's.
10. 250AD:
12 units are not enough to take Osaka!

3 losses, 7 retreats, 2 wins.
I bring another Acient Cav into Kyoto by ship-chain: it kills a third spear. I risk a 4/5 Kt from Kyoto: it kills a 4th spear. If I counted correctly, this means the 2/4 spear that can be seen now, is the last remaining unit in Osaka. I risk a 3/5 Kt from Kyoto, but it retreats. . .. .. .. .. I'm not going to risk my 2/5 Kt. There are 2 more healed Kts in Edo, but they are out of reach.

Why did they have to pillage this road and not the one 1SE??
Ok, I give up. I move the two Kts from Edo to cover our precious elite Kts. My successor will have 6 healed units ready for attack next turn. Pay attention to how many reinforcements the bring into Osaka in the IBT! If more than two, then I suggest retreating the entire stack and healing it.
Found two new towns: Viseu and São Mamede.
In the interturn a few Arabian units have suspiciously been sneaking around some of our undefended towns. I don't want to use units for covering them, so I ask the Arabs to leave. They declare! Man, they are brave...
I kill 5 loose Arabian units. Something to note here: even though I had dozens of elite wins meanwhile, still no leader! Please also try a bit of leader fishing. Use elite units only, if it's a sure win, or when trying to achieve an important objective, that can't otherwise be done.
2 Kts retake Paris from the Hittites. That puts us at 457 tiles, ~27 tiles ahead of team klarius...
Handover notes:
There are still a number of units to move, a number of horses to be upgraded and a number of Kt-builds switched back to horse, after the iron is disconnected. Also it's fine, if you go through the towns and sell a few barracks that are not needed.
I build an Aquaeduct and a Granary in Uskudar. Also let the Marketplace finish. Grow it to size 12 quickly (add a worker or two, if necessary) and it will be a powerhouse! Also I think Istanbul would be reasonably productive, so in the long run we should "relocate" the Babs?!
Continue to land Kts in France. The two galleys can do this quickly now. 15 should be enough, they can't be that strong. Peek into Orleans and then take them one be one.
Russia and Arabia are still on our continent, but I simply didn't have anything to gift them. Perhaps we can ICS Japan and give it to some of France, Russia, Arabia, India and the Ottomans?!
The attack on India should be pretty straightforward. Take for example Delhi and Bangalore, dig in and wait for the counterattack. Don't take Madras, because then their counterattack stack will sit on a hill! Take Bombay last, because that might be a tough nut like Osaka.
Celts will be more difficult. They have lots of Gallic Swordsmen running around. Perhaps take only Alesia and then hope the counterattack will die on that hill. (The Celts once suffered a devastating defeat against Caesar at Alesia... Make history repeat itself!

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