250 (0): We carry out the programme of rushing and redeployment suggested in my earlier post.
260 (1): We take Hlobane, held by a pikeman, an Impi, and an archer (3-0).
We take the Zulu capital of Zimbabwe, held by a knight, a pikeman, and three Impis. We lose a cav and capture two workers (8-1).
We ride down an Impi near Bapedi (9-1).
Education to Egypt for 107 gpt and 390 gold; to Persia for 88 gpt and dyes; to Sumeria for 49 gpt and 102 gold; to Korea for 17 gpt and 93 gold; and to Germany for 12 gpt and 5 gold.
We land thirteen units including cavalry next to Paris, relying on two rushed musketmen to absorb French attacks.
We repulse three French horsemen attacking our stack, while a fourth redlines and retreats (12-1).
270 (2): We take Intombe, held by two Impis (14-1).
We take Isandhlwana, held by a pikeman, an Impi, and an archer (17-1).
We take Paris, held by eight spearmen. We lose a maceman (25-2).
We make peace with the Zulus.
We ride down three French units with cav ship-chained in through Paris (28-2).
We sell the Americans Republic for 1 gpt and 64 gold, in hope of catching them in anarchy when we attack.
280 (3): We sink a French galley with a Carrack off Intombe, and enter our Golden Age (29-2).
We take Lyons, held by three spearmen. We lose a cav (32-3).
Outside cities we smash six French units, losing a maceman (38-4).
50 gpt to the Hittites for an alliance against the Aztecs; 26 gpt and one gold from the Hittites for Education. Given the substantial net loss here I dont attempt any more such arrangements.
We re-name Lourenco Marques US Retirement Home and gift it to the US.
We declare war on America (now in anarchy, as planned) and land a mixed force of cav, musketmen, macemen, and cannon next to Washington.
The Americans make six attacks on our stack, mostly with swordsmen, and were a little unlucky to lose a musketman and a cav (42-6).
290 (4): We take Washington, held by eight spearmen and a swordsman. We lose a cav (51-7).
We take Orleans, held by four spearmen and an archer (56-7).
We take Rheims, garrisoned by two spearmen and an archer, losing a cav in the attack (58-8). This completes our conquest of the main French island.
We make peace with the French, gaining Tours on Frances southern island. This leaves Joanie with Marseilles on a small, isolated island, which seems safe enough.
We overrun an impudent American spearman on our own continent (59-8).
Our cavalry seem to have forgotten that they can retreat, and we lose two to American attacks, while striking down three swordsmen (62-10).
300 (5): We shatter six American units adjacent to Washington (68-10).
We found Sao Mamede and Ourique, filling in two gaps in our home continent.
We sink an American galley (69-10).
The Americans dont attack.
310 (6): We smite one swordsman next to Washington, but for the most part we take a healing turn in America (70-10).
We move nine Carracks into position to land units on the Inca island next turn.
We repel the attack of an American archer on Washington (71-10).
320 (7): We storm New York, held by four spearmen and a swordsman (76-10).
We expunge another five American units around Washington (81-10).
We found Inca Retirement Home in the tundra of our home continent and gift it to the Incas. I decided against giving them Castelo Branco, which is just two tiles from both the Zulu and the Arab retirement citiesa recipe for disaster.
We declare war on the Incas and land twenty-seven units on a hill next to Corihuayrachina.
Three Inca archers attack our stack, all failing (84-10).
330 (8): We take Corihuayrachina, held by just two spearmen (86-10).
We take Tiwanaku, held by a pikeman, two spearmen, and an archer. We lose a cav but gain the Great Leader Viriato (90-11).
Viriato forms an army.
We take the Inca capital of Cuzco, held by four spearmen (94-11).
We smite an Inca spearman, capturing two slaves (95-11).
We found Diu and Tavira on the French island, claiming a lot of coastal tiles.
We take Philadelphia, held by two spearmen (97-11).
We take Boston, held by two spearmen, and complete our conquest of the American island (99-11).
Outside cities we dispose of two American spearmen (101-11).
Some gold is in circulation again. Education to Russia for 21 gpt and 34 gold; Education to the Mongols for 16 gpt and 24 gold; Metallurgy to Sumeria for 83 gpt and 40 gold; Metallurgy to Germany for 67 gpt and 6 gold; and Metallurgy to Korea for 42 gpt and 55 gold.
Two Inca archers fall attempting to re-take Cuzco (103-11).
340 (9): We found Cacera and Alcobaca to fill in gaps on our home continent.
We take Ollantaytambo, held by three spearmen (106-11).
Outside cities we carve up five Inca units (111-11)
We found Bissau on the French island.
We land twenty-one units on the Celtic island.
We break up two attacks on Cuzco by Inca archers, but lose a musketman (113-12).
Only one horseman attacks our stack on the Celtic island, with poor results (114-12).
350 (10): We take Alesia, held by three spearmen and a warrior. We lose a cav, and the heroic Celtic warrior redlines two other cav (118-13).
We ride down a Celtic horseman (119-13).
We take Richborough, held by four spearmen and an archer. We lose a cav (124-14).
We take Machu Picchu, held by three spearmen (127-14).
We take Huamanga, held by three spearmen, and complete our conquest of the Inca islandexcept that there are still a lot of spearmen roaming around, and the Incas wont make peace yet (130-14).
We slice and dice another five Inca units outside cities, gaining the GL Afonso, who forms our second army (135-14).
We trample an Iroquois swordsman landed next to Rheims (136-14).
Eighteen elite victories this round, two of them defensive, produced two Great Leaders.
