SGOTM 9 - tao

[Keath]

Hi team tao,

It has been a lot of fun playing with you all. I've learned a lot. Unfortunately I won't be joining in for the next game but will look in once in awhile to see how it goes.

The best to all of you,

Keath

 

[tao]

0: 1902: DaveMcWorgborg, Snargast to settler

1: 1904: kill some Spanish, spend money hurrying

2: 1906: found Nidaros, join worker - honeypot for Gandhi

3: 1908: workers walking thru India without being captured ??

4: 1910: Indian cavalry captures Nidaros

5: 1912: workers still walking

6: 1914: workers captured; offer DaveMcWorgBorg

7: 1916: zzz

8: 1918: offer Snargarst

9: 1920: kill some Spanish

10: 1922: DaveMcWorgBorg captured by Indian tank

IBT it flips back, but we refuse

11: 1924: zzz

12: 1926: Snargarst captured; kill some Spanish; offer Quitaimjorg

13: 1928: zzz

IBT Snagarst flipsm and is rebuffed

14: 1930: zzz

15: 1932: kill Spanish, settler walking thru India

IBT DaveMcWorgBorg wants to join us again

16: 1934: zz

17: 1936 zzz

IBT rebuff Snagarst - no accept - stupid error

18: 1938: India burnes Qitaomjorg and Snargast

19: 1940: found Uppsala and Likköping , join worker

20: 1942: Uppsala and Linköping captured

looks like the "best" is to let India capture newly founded cities.

Who's available next?

 

[Furiey]

I've just posted the save for SGOTM10 and will be playing Civ4 SGOTM1 this afternoon, so I will probably be able to play tomorrow evening and give Tone a little longer to sort out from the move.

edit: Got It.

 

[Furiey]

Still no sign of India building Apollo Programme.

20 tiles to win by domination according to MapStat. Madrid expands in 14 turns. I accepted Philadelphia when it flipped to us, but so far India have not shown up to take it. We can always abandon it.

1942 AD (Turn 0): A couple more rushes and press the button.

1944 AD (Turn 1): not even any pollution to clear. IBT: Americans start Shakespeare’s Theatre

1946 AD (Turn 2): Investigate Eboracum for something to do – 5spt giving 72 turns for Shakespeare’s

1948 AD (Turn 3): IBT: 3 Indian Tanks suicide on our Mech Infantry

1950 AD (Turn 4): IBT: more Tank suicides

1951 AD (Turn 5): IBT: more Tanks and a Cavalry Suicide

1952 AD (Turn 6): pollution on mountains for a change.

1953 AD (Turn 7): Zzzz

1954 AD (Turn 8): Zzzz

1955 AD (Turn 9): We have plenty of territory in-hand so capture Madrid.

1956 AD (Turn 10): IBT: Philadelphia rebels to us, accept the city

1957 AD (Turn 11): leave Philadelphia empty for India.

1958 AD (Turn 12): Steal India’s troop plans. IBT: discover Amphibious Warfare and start Advanced Flight.

1959 AD (Turn 13): Zzzz IBT: India and America sign a trade embargo against us; rebuff some rebels in Uppsala who want to rejoin us.

1960 AD (Turn 14): Zzzzz

1961 AD (Turn 15): loads of pollution to clear.

1962 AD (Turn 16): IBT: Tank suicides on our Mech Infantry

1963 AD (Turn 17): IBT: Indians land 2 Mech Infantry by Theveste

1964 AD (Turn 18): kill Mech Infantry. IBT: Indian Tank suicides on our Mech Infantry

1965 AD (Turn 19): pollution.

1966 AD (Turn 20): pollution

Treasury: 25657 gold, +1299 gpt, Advanced Flight in 34 (0%)

The Save

 

[Tone]

I've just got my internet connection back. Give me 24 hours and I should be able to play (if I'm next).

 

[AdrianE]

I tried again last night but no dice. GOTM55 works fine but not SGOTM.

 

[Furiey]

I'm away for the weekend and will be back Monday. I'll be able to play then if we can get some turns in earlier. We've only got 84 turns now before 2050, that's 4 more 20 turn sessions.

 

[tao]

I've just got my internet connection back. Give me 24 hours and I should be able to play (if I'm next).

The original roster is as follows:

Tone (up next)
Keath (retired, I suppose)
Renata
tao
Sabre
Furiey (just played)

I am also able to play today or tomorrow.

 

[Furiey]

I'm back and will be able to do some more turns as soon as somebody else does some.

 

[Furiey]

It's been a week since I played. If no one plays soon I'll put in another 20 turns either this evening or tomorrow. I will of course post a got it before I start.

 

[Furiey]

I've got it, I'll play another 20 turns.

 

[Furiey]

Sorry everyone, we’ve won. I didn’t check our culture and we got 100k. I was too busy checking for domination. Still no sign of India building Apollo Programme.

1966 AD (Turn 0): IBT: Spanish bombard us

1967 AD (Turn 1): Sink the Spanish Galleon.

1968 AD (Turn 2): Zzzzz

1969 AD (Turn 3): Zzzzz

1970 AD (Turn 4): Zzzzz

1971 AD (Turn 5): pollution. IBT: Lincoln wants us to pay him 14gpt for a Mutual Protection Pact

1972 AD (Turn 6): IBT: Indians attack and lose 2 Tanks and a Mech Infantry. Spanish move into range another galleon and a militia.

1973 AD (Turn 7): Sink the Galleon and kill the Militia.

1974 AD (Turn 8): Zzzzz

1975 AD (Turn 9): Zzzzz

1976 AD (Turn 10): Zzzzz

1977 AD (Turn 11): Zzzzz

1978 AD (Turn 12): Zzzzz

1979 AD (Turn 13): kill another Spanish Militia.

1980 AD (Turn 14): IBT: lose 1 Mech Inf and have another redlined by Indian Tanks.

1981 AD (Turn 15): IBT: We have achieved a cultural victory! I was so busy watching the domination limit it didn’t even occur to me to check for 100k

 

[tao]

Hurray! We have won!

I had a horrible week in the office and just start to recuperate. And discover that I don't have to worry about this game any more.

"Thank you!" to all team members, especially to those active till the very end. It was a strange sort of game.

 

[Tone]

With the notification of tao's post, I remembered that I hadn't commented.

I remember thinking of 100K a very long time ago but the routine 'wait and see' aspect tends to make you focus on just one aspect of the game. Nevermind, here's to game 10.

 

[Furiey]

I was stunned when the message came up. I too remember thinking about it earlier, but it was a long way off and we sold all our Libraries & Universities. I must admit that I hadn't even considered 100k recently.

I investigated every Indian city after I posted the winning save, and every one was still building military.

On with game 10.