SGOTM5 - Team Smackster

[Wotan]

Well I just finished the turns and the attack went EXACTLY the same way it did last time pretty good if I say so myself. will post the save.

That is probably the only "good" we can apply to your turns...

A couple of maps, the first an easy to use instruction to Moscow MMing, obviously needed??? The second a crossing point to get to the GH on the eastern island.

 

[tomasjj]

Well, I see this isnt exactly going as planned.

My advice would be for any player really pressed for time to ask to be skipped.

Elites in first?? Oh my..
Lets just hope we can take that city the next turn.
Also, like wotan says, get that GH on the island pictured.



JJ

 

[dmanakho]

Well, there is a proverb in russian language... "Perviy blin komom" which can be roughly translated as "first pancake is always scrambled".
MjM will learn as I did playing SGOTM3, we just will have to walk him trough his set of turns and give very detailed instructions and hope he will read them carefully.
I remember not reading Wotan's advices myself and then getting my butt kicked big time.

@MjM: One advice from my personal experience - before you start your 1st turn, read every post in this thread from the place where the previous player finished, including that player's log. Make notes if you need. Keep IE running on the background so you can switch from game to the thread to lookup some info you may need.

 

[smackster]

Roster

dman (on deck)
Wotan
smackster
tomasjj
MjM (just played)
Tarkeel (playing)

 

[Wotan]

I remember not reading Wotan's advices myself and then getting my butt kicked big time.

So do I! Those were the days... No need for that anymore... Dman

 

[smackster]

I remember not reading Wotan's advices myself and then getting my butt kicked big time.

I think we've all had our time

 

[dmanakho]

I looked at the graph in SGOTM submission table.
Lookes like in 50AD Peanut team started kicking butts of AI's they graph went up all of the suddent. That can only mean they captured one or few cities. We need to beat them

 

[smackster]

I looked at the graph in SGOTM submission table.
Lookes like in 50AD Peanut team started kicking butts of AI's they graph went up all of the suddent. That can only mean they captured one or few cities. We need to beat them

Our graph should start going up next turn, way ahead of 50AD.

 

[dmanakho]

That's the easy part. Hard part is to make sure it doesn't dunk down again when Indians counter-attack our weak military.

 

[smackster]

That's the easy part. Hard part is to make sure it doesn't dunk down again when Indians counter-attack our weak military.

If I'd thought we would have trouble taking it I would have suggested an alliance first. But lets wait and see what kind of counter attack India come up with.

Tarkeel needs to really focus on the reinforecements. Send the archer in the north, and all horses. I know he will do this, but that is key.

 

[dmanakho]

But do not overdo with reinforcements. It's about the time barbs will send horses in large quantities to pillage around Moscow.
We need to keep an archer or two in city limits

 

[smackster]

But do not overdo with reinforcements. It's about the time barbs will send horses in large quantities to pillage around Moscow.
We need to keep an archer or two in city limits

There is an archer and a warrior there. The archer is not needed for MP purposes so can attack any that come. Right now I suggest that is all we leave there, and keep sending horses north. There is also an archer far north, he should join the attack.

I can picture it now as hundreds of barbs bear down on Moscow, just in time for us to pack up and leave to jump the palace north

 

[smackster]

I just played from 750BC. I got 6 horses ready to attack Babylon in 570BC, I had just landed the 7th, the 8th was at sea and 3 more were on our roads going to the sea. For whatever reason Babylon only had one spearman defender, and that warrior was wandering around protecting the settler.

For what its worth I did not see any ship chaining opportunities. One turn to get on ship, one turn in transit, one turn to get off ship. Chaining will not make that any better.

smackster

 

[dmanakho]

Did you just doing for testing???
Babylon??? or India??
Was there a Babylon??? sorry. got confused...

 

[tomasjj]

Is Tarkeel playing or what?
And when?

JJ

 

[dmanakho]

I hope Tarkeel shows up today, if not Smackster will make a decision whether we should skip him.

 

[smackster]

Did you just doing for testing???
Babylon??? or India??
Was there a Babylon??? sorry. got confused...

Yes just for a test, just played those 10 turns to see how quickly we could actually get to attack and how many horses would be in transit. I'm afraid the actual situation looks very dire as there are so few reinforcements on the way.

Of course it was India, not Babylon.

smackster

 

[smackster]

Tarkeel did say he'd go it, although he said that before the save was actually there.

I'll give him today to turn up and tell us where he is.

smackster

 

[smackster]

Dman, if you read this, and you have time tonight why don't you take it. By the time you get home if Tarkeel has not appeared you know he's out of it until tomorrow. If he turns up tomorrow we can just do a swap.

I think its important we move on from here and get back on track

 

[dmanakho]

Ok. I got it and i will play tonight after 8PM EST, unless Tarkeel shows up until then.
Any recomendations for my 10 turns?