SGOTM2 Germany - Team Ankka

[King Alexander]

Very nice job, Ivan .

I'm posting from work now. I've got "hit" by a worm, so, please skip my turn.

Continue with the plan.

Ivan, if mabellino agrees so, you can play my 10 turns(I have NO problem with it).

 

[mabellino]

Wow what a turn log! Amazing turns there!

I have no problem with Ivan playing again... hope you get your worm fixed soon King...

I'm in awe!

 

[Karasu]

Ehm... if King Alexander cannot play and needs a skip, then it should be mabellino's turn to play according to the roster -I cannot see any reason to have one player play twice in a row if the next one in the roster is alive.

 

[I. Larkin]

Ehm... if King Alexander cannot play and needs a skip, then it should be mabellino's turn to play according to the roster -I cannot see any reason to have one player play twice in a row if the next one in the roster is alive.

100% agree! Sure, anybody have rights to skip, but me to. It took whole weekend to play and to write the turnlog. So if Alex can't play Mabellino, please. Let discuss things.
Ivan.

 

[I. Larkin]

Parquet plan. Please refer to pictures at posts #334, #337. At SE area we almost finish. galley will bring Settler at point 1 (red) and Settler will come to point 2 (black) soon. I desided to finish SE asap because Russians interfere. Third Settler will settel at point "Later". Galley may help. At NW area we settle 1 and 2 soon (it is very good points) and will need 4 more to settle far NW (yellow) point and point 3-4 (red). In fact it takes 17 turns from Moscow to yellow point, (North Island closer) so this is earleast time for day "D". At this day we should rush Libs in all 37 tiles Cities and wait 34 turns until area cover. So we may win the game at 52 turns, not earler. However it is lot of things to do in this 17 turns and I am not sure that we can. We should try, however.
1) To finish war with English (capture London) and demand Warwick, Oxford, Leeds, Avingion, Grenobl. (we may sort out the rest after "D".)
2) Start and finish war with Russians and capture Kiev, Sverdlovsk, Sevastopl and demand Novgorod and Vladivostok. (we may sort out the rest after "D".)
3)Start and finish war with French and capture Marssell and demand Ruen.
4) Have enough cash to rush Libs in 37 tiles Cities. We will stop Moscow settler Factory after 8 turns, but it may not be enough.
I can't see what will be main obstacle 1), 2) 3) or 4). It will be clear at turn 7-8 from now.

 

[I. Larkin]

Precise plan to London.

 

[I. Larkin]

Here some specifics.
1)We may try to siege London at 590 AD. Only one elite Sword will not come in time at point A1 and 2/5 elite will not completely healed. But we can try. 5 cats + 8 swords+4 horses is very strong task forse. Lis can't rush defenders as Joahn did. She had Feudalism recently and 4 turns Anarhy, she build swords for French war, so 2-3 Picks is a max. Or we will siege twise 590 AD and 600 AD.
2) Important point is York defense. The best plan I see is elite spears at points S1 and S2, not inside York. From S2 we can send to Coventry in 1 turn, and S1 is excelent blockade- observation point. We should stay at S1 S2 until take London.
3) Not sure wich point better to attack A1 or A2 or both. I'd take A1.
4) If English send swords in front of us at open plain groung, better use Horses to kill and save swords HP for siege. Horses can come home, heal and return fast.
5) Defense Paris-Lyons. If English make peace with French they may send someting to us. However horses from core area will arrive soon (Best randevue point is Rheims) and help for defense. It will be also virtual preparation to war with Russians.
6) Better to start it asap, like 1-2 turns after peace with English. Fresh troops should fight, we have no time to wait. I send catapults already from NW, next also should go to front.

Please ask if something unclear. Regards, Ivan

 

[mabellino]

OK I'm on it... I'll probably play tonight but it might be wed night. (Last ever Angel is on tv tonight )
Good, sound plan Ivan.... I'll examine the save when I get home


Where is Ankka? I haven't seen him for a while

 

[Ankka]

Looks like you guys have done a ice job while I was away... I'm back, BTW.

 

[I. Larkin]

Looks like you guys have done a ice job while I was away... I'm back, BTW.

Good. I am away 9-10, But can write "suggestion-recomendations" if Mabellino plays today. Hope Ankka will play 9-10. I think we can quit from war with English taking Leeds and Avingon as a peace deal after Mabelino capture London AND pillage Iron. I think we will sort rest of them out after "D" day. we can preliminary annaunce it on 20-25 turns from now, at my turns, I hope. What is more important now is start and finish war with Russians and eliminate French. (We can substitute Rouen if it will gone).

 

[mabellino]

I didn't manage to play last night so I'll do it tonight instead. Looking forward to liberating Leeds, it's my home town!

Welcome back Ankka!

 

[mabellino]

playing now

 

[King Alexander]

@mabellino, are you playing?

@ankka: you're after mabellino, right?

 

[Ankka]

Yeah, I'm after mabellino but I don't mind a litle wait... let's see what happens.

Edit: My 5,000th post! :shakehead

 

[mabellino]

Sorry about the delay guys but I've been ill and haven't had time to finish my turns yet. I'm feeling loads better now so will play tonight and submit the turn log

 

[King Alexander]

Sorry about the delay guys but I've been ill and haven't had time to finish my turns yet. I'm feeling loads better now so will play tonight and submit the turn log

Dear mabellino: take it easy! I can wait(Ankka is not in a hurry), and I'm sure the 3rd gentleman of the team(Ivan) will agree. Better play tomorrow, no need to rush things. Good recover!(is "recover" the correct word in English?).

EDIT: @Ankka: good job, about your 5000th post! I wish you to make it 10000!!!

 

[Ankka]

I think recover is the right word.


And I'm not so sure 5,000 posts is that good. just 5,000 posts of no life...

 

[I. Larkin]

Sorry about the delay guys but I've been ill and haven't had time to finish my turns yet. I'm feeling loads better now so will play tonight and submit the turn log

Mabellino, if you will not finish your turns today just put sav file at our roster at the point where you are. May be I write something about that.
Ivan

 

[mabellino]

OK here goes...

Turn log:

IBT
England and France make peace

560AD (1)
Attack reg English sword with elite horse, knocks 1 hp then horse retreats
Attack with elite sword, win but lose 2hp
Found New Hamburg -> Library in 40t
Attack barb camp in North -> 25gold no promotion
Send all available troops to "A1"
Settler leaves galley near Yakutsk
Rush Settler in Moscow

IBT
Indians request audience, they want peace but aren't prepared to pay for it

570AD (2)
Troops are nearly all assembled near London
Workers are either building military roads or chopping jungle in our core

IBT
see lots of english troop movement, no immediate threat

580AD (3)
Build horse in Berlin -> Pike in 2
St Pete's riots (oops!) check city view, 3 happy, 1content, 2unhappy + 2 specialists??? WTH?
Konigsberg builds market-> Catapult in 3 (mm to use gold on mt=zero growth)
Heidelberg builds market -> horseman in 5
Attack reg archer with vet sword, win and promote to elite (2hp)
Move troops into position at A1, now have 4 vet swords, 2 elite swords, 1 elite pike, 1

elite spear, 1 reg horse and 5 catapults. Vet pike, vet swords and horses are nearly there.

IBT
English reg archer and sword approach Paris, 3 turns away from attacking

590AD (4)
Build New Frankfurt
Bombard London, 4/5 fail, 1 removes 1hp. London has at least 2 reg pikes and is size 9
Consolidate troops at position A1, defensive are now fortified.
Rush settler in Moscow (forgot to do it before, messed up factory)
Lots more troops are nearly in position
Move spear to protect mined gold hill next to Paris
Send a horse to go pillage iron

IBT
Archer attacks spear and wins (oh no!)
Sword threatens workers

600 AD (5)
Move workers near paris to safety
Bombard English sword, loses 1hp
Move elite spear from chartres to cover catapult
Bombard London 4 fail, 1 removes 1hp. London still size 9
Horseman now on Iron tile ready to pillage
Found New Munich ->Library in 40t

IBT
English sword attacks a lone sword outside London, ours dies
English sword attacks Paris, our spear redlined but wins

610AD (6)
Nuremburg riots
Rush Horseman in Moscow, back to settler farm next turn
Stack of death looks good, ready to begin attack on London! (see screenshot)
Iron is pillaged, move to incense
All 5 bombardments fail!!!

Ok here comes the battle for London in all it's glory:
Decide to attack in this order: Vet swords (x5), elite swords (x3), Horses.
1st vet sword kills vet pike, no damage and promotes to Elite! Nice!
2nd and 3rd vet swords attack vet pike and die , dealing no damage. Not so good!
4th vet sword removes 1hp from vet pike then dies.
1st elite sword kills elite pike and is redlined
2nd elite sword kills vet spear and is redlined
5th vet sword vs reg spear dies without dealing damage.
I'm getting worried at this point!
Move to horses:
1st vet horse kilss reg spear but is redlined
Elite hotrse kills reg sword in open, loses 1 hp
2nd vet horse kills reg spear,loses 2hp
3rd vet horse redlines spear and dies
Decide to use elite 3/5 sword to kill redlined spear, wins but redlined
WE NOW HAVE LONDON AND THE GREAT WALL!
Capture london, starve city, 2 resistors. Move damaged horses inside to heal and quell resistance.
Sacrifice English worker to speed up pike production.
English capital moves to Hastings.
Check cities and adjust happiness. There is no WW, just overcrowding.

IBT
English sword attacks our pillaging horse, it loses and we have another elite horse!
English are building Sun Ztus in Hastings... fools!

620AD (7)
Resistance in London ends
Decide to rush Pike in London
Contact Liz, she'll sign peace for Leeds and Warwick, I decline
Bombard english sword near London, redlined, use elite horse, win but no leader
Move troops into London to heal, ready to attack Liverpool.

IBT
Barbs attack, horseman wins

630AD (8)
Send troops to Liverpool.
A few cities riot, I checked them previous turn.. grrr!
I was hoping for a leader to rush the FP but no luck yet...
War weariness starts, adjust lux slider to 20% and create a few entertainers where required.
Pillage incense and all roads surrounding Hastings.

IBT
English move archer near Paris

640AD (9)
Bombard Liverpool, 4 fail, 1 removes 1 hp.
Liverpool has 1 reg pike and 1 or more reg spears.
Liz won't increase her peace offer.
Send more troops to Liverpool (healed elite swords)
Units now mainly around Moscow/Rheims area ready for Russian war.
Adjust lux slider to 30% just in case!

IBT
India and japan sign peace treaty
Japan demand contact with English, I refuse they back down.

650AD (10)
Couple of cities in WLTKD, one or 2 riot. (mainly new ones without roads)
Attack Liverpool with more elites, they all win but still no leader!
LIVERPOOL IS NOW OURS!
Contact liz to see if she'll surrender now, she still only offers 2 cities.
English know theology, no-one else does.
Switch production in a few new english cities to libraries.

End turns!

Our score is 867, nearest rival (Japan) is 781.

The RNG was not my friend this time around... 10 elite victories, no leader

Next player should probably try and make peace with Liz cos WW is building up.

Here is the save

 

[Ankka]

I will play tomorrow and post more then.