The Save, 1445 AD
Turn 0 1395 AD
Switching some cavalry to banks to increase our revenues.
Peace w/ Joan for RoP (Rape!) and 720g. She would not part w/ any tech nor would she consider forfeiting a city. We could have gotten Espionage if we threw in some gold but well never be able to generate the cash needed to make that tech worthwhile.
The GL becomes an Army.
IBT: Lots of French naval forces rolling around.
Turn 1 1400 AD
England leaves a GL standing alone in our territory. Man, I would love to bag this guy.
France is still commie and I doubt theyll switch being at war w/ two other civs. Then again the Vikes and Carthage are not long for this world. I consider giving Ragnar iron but he wont take it for nothing. I think our rep might be a tad bit tarnished.
The kitchen sink is floating towards France.
Scrub the back 40 for stray units no longer needed as MPs or for barb patrol.
This might not have been kosher but I rush some settlers.
Trades: India will likely get Corp or Elect soon. We trade Elect for Esp, 110g and 15gpt. Nobody else will talk to us or theyre dirt poor and stupid. Like many of my relatives. Joan, Hammy and Liz are up plenty of techs.
Turn 2 1405 AD
France is still Commie.
Worker moves galore and still floating nearly everything to the beachhead.
IBT: France and Carthage make nice. Agedincum2 (English) flips to us.
Turn 3 1410 AD
See turn 2.
IBT: Hammy and Hannibal smoke the pipe.
Turn 4 1415 AD
Vikes are down to three cities.
See turn 2.
IBT: The English and Babs are killing each other on the high seas. The English have better boats.
Turn 5 1420 AD
See turn 2.
Turn 6 1425 AD
See turn 2.
Turn 7 1430 AD
See turn 2.
IBT: Vikings are dead at the hands of a saint. The French are building ToE.
Turn 8 1435 AD
France is no longer at war but is hanging onto the Commie government.
I have been popping many a cathedral and were ending this turn running a 2gpt at 0%/0%.
Lizzy will take an MPP for saltpeter but is currently embroiled in a war w/ Hammy.
We have 36 cavalry, 17 cannons, a cavalry army and a rifle at the beachhead. There are very few units left on the mainland. I would like to pick a fight, ok
backstab, Joan after she switches back to Demo but sitting on all these units and only adding 4, or so, a turn is probably losing ground for us.
Turn 9 1440 AD
See turn 2.
Turn 10 1445 AD
I now have had two crashes.
OK, France is still in commie.
MMed some cities putting out <20spt to just over.
We have added a few more troops to the stack.
Ill glean the cities for potential pops.
Treasury is at 1,468g w/ +12gpt. Keep putting markets and banks in the core cities.
Culture is at 91,858. Not sure about the ramp rate.
Frances culture is at 60,932.
The Save, 1445 AD