grahamiam
In debt to Mr. Geisel
actually, there is no sgotm5 final spoiler thread, so i don't think there's a need to write one atm.
SGOTM5 - Team jeffelammar
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jeffelammar
Space for rent
That is why I didn't bust my butt to get it done in the last couple nights, but I do want to get it done before the game fades from my memorygrahamiam said:
jeffelammar
Space for rent
Heya - Just wanted to let you know. The end game summary is almost done. I'll add some screenshots tonight and get it posted here for review.
Sorry for the delay, it's been a very busy week.
Sorry for the delay, it's been a very busy week.
jeffelammar
Space for rent
Funny you should ask. I just got home from work, and had promised myself to finish it off tonight.
I'm really sorry for the delay. It was a combination of work being crazy and the fact that I finally broke down and purchased Conquests. Somehow that made time evaporate
I'm really sorry for the delay. It was a combination of work being crazy and the fact that I finally broke down and purchased Conquests. Somehow that made time evaporate
jeffelammar
Space for rent
At long last. It probably wasn't really worth the wait. I'll post it to the spoiler tomorrow if no-one has objections.
Team Jeffelammar - SGOTM 5 - AKA The Last ride of the Cossack
The ragtag fugitive tribe breaks the yoke of the oppressors.
The Situation
When (150 BC) last we left our ragtag fugitive tribe, the Pentad appointed to lead them, had just landed an expeditionary force in the lands that lived under the cruel oppresive yoke of the Chinese and Viking aliens. We had begun the process of purifying all corrupted leaders from the world.
Diplomatic State in 150 BC
War with Scandinavia
War with China
The Next Steps
With a beachhead on the Long Island it was time to continue the wars to rid the world of Ragnar and Mao. As mentioned in the previous report...
At this point a temporary peace was forged with the Vikings to get the last of their non-capitol cities. A 200 year hour glass was flipped, with the sands counting the years Ragnar had left. At this point, Moscow began mass production of Warriors to be shipped to the Long Island. There they were upgraded Medevial Infantry. Once 8 more of them were on the way, all production in Moscow was switched to Horsemen.
Nomenclature Note: While the American/Indian etc... island could be considered longer than the other island, the populated section of it was much less, so the island with Vikings, China, etc will remain the Long Island.
Meanwhile a Courthouse was rushed in Beijing and plans for a place for the Pentad to meet in. From the Forbidden Palace they would direct the purification of the world.
About this time the nations from the Short Island started founding towns near our homeland. The people rejoiced as there would soon be more towns near home. Production would soar.
Continuing our Plans
War on the Zulu. We began to march through their pathetic forces. While killing them, a small force was used to finish China and, in 310AD our glorious forces captured Shanghai and Mao's head was placed on a pike.
At this point we began discussion of a seriously troubling fact about the world. There were many one tile islands. We would have to be careful not to jump palaces to them, and also to make sure we got them in peace whenever possible.
A one tile island was extracted from the Zulu along with two other small cities. Shortly thereafter a Right of Passage was signed so that the Russian Miliatary could move agains the Mongol Hordes.
In 460 AD we took Stockholm, ending Ragnar's Reign. Back on the home front, we declared war on Spain and America and started taking home island cities. Our second leader arose taking a city from Spain at home and was used to form an army in Moscow.
All's fair when you are the chosen
In 610 AD we finished the Forbidden Palace in Beijing and we were off to the races.
The wars had bogged down on the Long Island so it was decided to finish off the remaining enemies west of America with as much speed as possible. While troops mopped up the Mongols, the ROP was used to position troops by most of the Zulu cities. In 670 AD the backstab took place. and by 730 AD the Zulu had been banished to the Mountainous region in the southwest of the Short Island. All troops then headed for England.
Back to killing them the hard way
In 760 AD we declared on the Indians and in 770 on the English. The Indians had established some valuable cities on the Home Island, and America was next in our way on the march to the east on the Long Island.
Our Knights marched through the English forces like a stone through a wet paper bag. By 850 AD we had most of their big cities in our possession, and in about 910 AD they had been removed from the Long Island.
Meanwhile, our forces finished removing India from the Home Island and began preparation for an invasion of the Short Island.
Dead wood falls and rots
With our soothsayers and tinkerers claiming that they would soon be able to equip our Knights with rifles, we turned our attention to the Celts. They were weak, backwards and easy to kill.
They fell easily in 980 AD.
Japan was next on the hit list. Our knights marched into Japan, and in 1050 AD the big prize was ours. We captured Kyoto and Sun Tsu's War Academy was ours. So was the Great Wall, but who cares about defense
On the Short Island we were in the process of destroying Spain, finishing them shortly after the Age of the Cossack began.
The Age of the Cossack
We discovered Military Tradition in the 1020 - 1030 IBT and promptly started upgrading Knights on the Long Island. Knights and Medieval Infantry continued the advance on the Short Island.
ROPs had been signed with the Aztecs and Iroquois, so troops moved in on both of them to perform more abuse.
The Aztecs were backwards and fell quicky, then an abuse was set up against the southern Iroquois towns.
With quick moving speed, the forces on the Short Island moved on into Egypt. Reducing them to a capitol, a 1 tile island and a bunch of cities on the Mountain penninsula. The recalitrant fools would still not surrender the 1 tile island, so war remained for a long time.
In 1180 AD, the Arabs demanded furs as tribute. We laughed in their faces and they declared war. Thus was the final conquest of the long island prepared. A military alliance was signed with the French against the Arabs, and the ROP abuse was executed against the Iroquois. We had been unable to part them from their 6 pop 1 tile city, so we made sure their capitol didn't jump there and took the rest of their empire. We started rushing Galleys to starve Tyendenaga down to a point where Hiawatha will concede it.
After the Iroquois, our used our ROP with France to eliminate Arabia. Arabia had been weakened by war with France and was softer than butter on a hot day.
A force of Cossacks landed on the Mountainous penninsula and began to sweep the area of all AI presense.
Pentad member Bed_head7 took over for an absolutely smashing turnset. He captured or razed 47 cities. Including the elimination of England, Zulu, Aztecs and Arabs.
Then it was just mopping up. The only remain military presenses were France and India, and we had an ROP with India. This left if for some quick cleanup and the final negotiations with Hiawatha.
Final Purification
In 1315 AD the French demanded that we leave their territory and we promptly declared war upon them. They were eliminated 15 years later after a short roll through their depleted cities. Guess the Arabs did more damage to them than we thought.
In 1335 AD the last of the militarally competent scum came under our guns. War was declared on India, and they were eliminated 10 years later in 1345 AD.
This left the one remaining pest. Tyendenaga. As mentioned before this city had grown to 6 population and we had been rushing Galleys to starve it down to size.
In 1350 AD the Iroquois were finally willing to give Tyendenaga for peace. We took it and immediately broke the peace. We took the last two Iroquois cities.
Finally our destiny to rid the world of all corrupt leaders was complete. All government was moved to the beach city of Canton where the long underwear was traded in on Hawaiian shirts and frosty drinks served in coconuts.
Rest in Pieces
340 AD - China
460 AD - Scandinavia
860 AD - Mongols
980 AD - Celts
1070 AD - Spain
1140 AD - Japan
1275 AD - England
1280 AD - Zulu
1285 AD - Aztecs
1295 AD - Arabia
1310 AD - America
1320 AD - Egypt
1330 AD - France
1345 AD - India
1350 AD - Iroquois
Leaders
We got 10 Leaders. Most were used for armies, but in the last turns they were disbanded to rush Cossacks.
Golden Ages
1100 BC - Zulu triggered by Impi
850 BC - Spain triggered by Colossus
900 AD - India triggered by War Elephant
1070 AD - Russia triggered by Cossack
1200 AD - Arabia triggered by Ansar Warrior
1210 AD - France triggered by Musketteer
The Progression of the hordes
Team Jeffelammar - SGOTM 5 - AKA The Last ride of the Cossack
The ragtag fugitive tribe breaks the yoke of the oppressors.
The Situation
When (150 BC) last we left our ragtag fugitive tribe, the Pentad appointed to lead them, had just landed an expeditionary force in the lands that lived under the cruel oppresive yoke of the Chinese and Viking aliens. We had begun the process of purifying all corrupted leaders from the world.
Diplomatic State in 150 BC
War with Scandinavia
War with China
The Next Steps
With a beachhead on the Long Island it was time to continue the wars to rid the world of Ragnar and Mao. As mentioned in the previous report...
The failure to take Beijing in 150BC paid off as The Chinese workers there constructed a nice big triangular pile of rock in the very next turn. In 50 AD we captured Beijing and took possession of the biggest food storage building in the world.
At this point a temporary peace was forged with the Vikings to get the last of their non-capitol cities. A 200 year hour glass was flipped, with the sands counting the years Ragnar had left. At this point, Moscow began mass production of Warriors to be shipped to the Long Island. There they were upgraded Medevial Infantry. Once 8 more of them were on the way, all production in Moscow was switched to Horsemen.
Nomenclature Note: While the American/Indian etc... island could be considered longer than the other island, the populated section of it was much less, so the island with Vikings, China, etc will remain the Long Island.
Meanwhile a Courthouse was rushed in Beijing and plans for a place for the Pentad to meet in. From the Forbidden Palace they would direct the purification of the world.
About this time the nations from the Short Island started founding towns near our homeland. The people rejoiced as there would soon be more towns near home. Production would soar.
Continuing our Plans
War on the Zulu. We began to march through their pathetic forces. While killing them, a small force was used to finish China and, in 310AD our glorious forces captured Shanghai and Mao's head was placed on a pike.
At this point we began discussion of a seriously troubling fact about the world. There were many one tile islands. We would have to be careful not to jump palaces to them, and also to make sure we got them in peace whenever possible.
A one tile island was extracted from the Zulu along with two other small cities. Shortly thereafter a Right of Passage was signed so that the Russian Miliatary could move agains the Mongol Hordes.
In 460 AD we took Stockholm, ending Ragnar's Reign. Back on the home front, we declared war on Spain and America and started taking home island cities. Our second leader arose taking a city from Spain at home and was used to form an army in Moscow.
All's fair when you are the chosen
In 610 AD we finished the Forbidden Palace in Beijing and we were off to the races.
The wars had bogged down on the Long Island so it was decided to finish off the remaining enemies west of America with as much speed as possible. While troops mopped up the Mongols, the ROP was used to position troops by most of the Zulu cities. In 670 AD the backstab took place. and by 730 AD the Zulu had been banished to the Mountainous region in the southwest of the Short Island. All troops then headed for England.
Back to killing them the hard way
In 760 AD we declared on the Indians and in 770 on the English. The Indians had established some valuable cities on the Home Island, and America was next in our way on the march to the east on the Long Island.
Our Knights marched through the English forces like a stone through a wet paper bag. By 850 AD we had most of their big cities in our possession, and in about 910 AD they had been removed from the Long Island.
Meanwhile, our forces finished removing India from the Home Island and began preparation for an invasion of the Short Island.
Dead wood falls and rots
With our soothsayers and tinkerers claiming that they would soon be able to equip our Knights with rifles, we turned our attention to the Celts. They were weak, backwards and easy to kill.
They fell easily in 980 AD.
Japan was next on the hit list. Our knights marched into Japan, and in 1050 AD the big prize was ours. We captured Kyoto and Sun Tsu's War Academy was ours. So was the Great Wall, but who cares about defense
On the Short Island we were in the process of destroying Spain, finishing them shortly after the Age of the Cossack began.
The Age of the Cossack
We discovered Military Tradition in the 1020 - 1030 IBT and promptly started upgrading Knights on the Long Island. Knights and Medieval Infantry continued the advance on the Short Island.
ROPs had been signed with the Aztecs and Iroquois, so troops moved in on both of them to perform more abuse.
The Aztecs were backwards and fell quicky, then an abuse was set up against the southern Iroquois towns.
With quick moving speed, the forces on the Short Island moved on into Egypt. Reducing them to a capitol, a 1 tile island and a bunch of cities on the Mountain penninsula. The recalitrant fools would still not surrender the 1 tile island, so war remained for a long time.
In 1180 AD, the Arabs demanded furs as tribute. We laughed in their faces and they declared war. Thus was the final conquest of the long island prepared. A military alliance was signed with the French against the Arabs, and the ROP abuse was executed against the Iroquois. We had been unable to part them from their 6 pop 1 tile city, so we made sure their capitol didn't jump there and took the rest of their empire. We started rushing Galleys to starve Tyendenaga down to a point where Hiawatha will concede it.
After the Iroquois, our used our ROP with France to eliminate Arabia. Arabia had been weakened by war with France and was softer than butter on a hot day.
A force of Cossacks landed on the Mountainous penninsula and began to sweep the area of all AI presense.
Pentad member Bed_head7 took over for an absolutely smashing turnset. He captured or razed 47 cities. Including the elimination of England, Zulu, Aztecs and Arabs.
Then it was just mopping up. The only remain military presenses were France and India, and we had an ROP with India. This left if for some quick cleanup and the final negotiations with Hiawatha.
Final Purification
In 1315 AD the French demanded that we leave their territory and we promptly declared war upon them. They were eliminated 15 years later after a short roll through their depleted cities. Guess the Arabs did more damage to them than we thought.
In 1335 AD the last of the militarally competent scum came under our guns. War was declared on India, and they were eliminated 10 years later in 1345 AD.
This left the one remaining pest. Tyendenaga. As mentioned before this city had grown to 6 population and we had been rushing Galleys to starve it down to size.
In 1350 AD the Iroquois were finally willing to give Tyendenaga for peace. We took it and immediately broke the peace. We took the last two Iroquois cities.
Finally our destiny to rid the world of all corrupt leaders was complete. All government was moved to the beach city of Canton where the long underwear was traded in on Hawaiian shirts and frosty drinks served in coconuts.
Rest in Pieces
340 AD - China
460 AD - Scandinavia
860 AD - Mongols
980 AD - Celts
1070 AD - Spain
1140 AD - Japan
1275 AD - England
1280 AD - Zulu
1285 AD - Aztecs
1295 AD - Arabia
1310 AD - America
1320 AD - Egypt
1330 AD - France
1345 AD - India
1350 AD - Iroquois
Leaders
We got 10 Leaders. Most were used for armies, but in the last turns they were disbanded to rush Cossacks.
Golden Ages
1100 BC - Zulu triggered by Impi
850 BC - Spain triggered by Colossus
900 AD - India triggered by War Elephant
1070 AD - Russia triggered by Cossack
1200 AD - Arabia triggered by Ansar Warrior
1210 AD - France triggered by Musketteer
The Progression of the hordes
grahamiam
In debt to Mr. Geisel
very nice write-up, jeff. i really like the mosaic at the end 
denyd
Emperor
Very nice write-up 
I'm glad you posted the picture of Tyenedaga as I didn't see that setup during by final turnset.
I hope to see you all on the next one.
I'm glad you posted the picture of Tyenedaga as I didn't see that setup during by final turnset.
I hope to see you all on the next one.
jeffelammar
Space for rent
Actually, I think the count is accurate. I got the count by taking the last turn save, hitting the end turn and watching the replay. I may have missed one, but it should be close.bed_head7 said:
As a note both France and the Iroquois got leaders in the late game. (post 1200 AD)
I had to put that in there. I personally found it quite beautiful.denyd said:
Thanks. It's amazing what you can do with your screen capture program and a (very) small knowledge of how to use PhotoShop.grahamiam said:
One question out of curiousity. One of the mods was to make the Heroic Epic availiable early and allow it to make Armies. IIRC the theory was this would make the AI actually build the things. Did anyone see an army?
grahamiam
In debt to Mr. Geisel
never saw an army myself, an i haven't seen another team note that they've seen one either.
RowAndLive
RAMMING SPEED!
Very nice game all! And a very nice write-up also. I especially appreciate the mosaic, and wish that I had photoshop (too $).
@Denyd & G-man, glad to see that you've got yourselves back on to a top-performing team. Good luck to all in #6!
@Denyd & G-man, glad to see that you've got yourselves back on to a top-performing team. Good luck to all in #6!
jeffelammar
Space for rent
I actually got a free copy of "PhotoShop Limited Edition" when I bought my digital camera a few years back. Of course the camera set me back mucho $$$.RowAndLive said:
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