Turn 170 550 AD Preflight
Move 2 caravels south to transport troops to Satsuma. Changed a couple of temple builds to settlers.
IBT English galley shows up. Carthage auto-ejects our troops. Mongol pike and spears heading for our towns.
Qingdao temple->knight, Camulodunum knight->knight, Qianqin worker->worker, Ratae temple->knight. Palace gets a second floor
Turn 171 560 AD Knight into Karakorum to defend against Mongols. Knights from Rusicade towards Mongolia.
3 knights ship from Camulodunum via Durocortorum, Shimonoseki, head for Kyoto.
@Kyoto. 4/5 knight retreats from 4/5 pike->3/5. 3/4 pike shows up.
Build New Rutupiae in old Mongolia.
LB kills Mongol pike outside Karakorum, redlines.
IBT Mongol and Japanese galleys near Karakorum. English galley heads towards leif's hideaway.
Hadrumetum worker->worker, Noviomagus harbour->worker, New Augustodorum worker->worker.
Turn 172 570 AD Iroquois have taken Edo, north of Kyoto.New knight production seems slow. There's one arriving next turn, way over in China. Let's hope he's in time to do something about the English galley threat. Pop rush a knight in Shanghai for one citizen. The old core production is mostly 4-7 turns away. Our existing knights are all over the place. Consolidate the ones near Kyoto, move the western ones towards Mongolia.
5/5 knight kills 4/4 Mongol spear near Ta-Tu-> 2/5.
Japan's saltpeter needs a harbour, so it's a way off as we still have resistance in the captured towns and our own are at pop 1 right now. Decide to buy saltpeter from Babs. He wants Mil Traditiona nd Magnetism. OK - he hasn't any horses, so Mil Tradition is not going to help him a lot. We only have one knight in a barracks right now. Upgrade him for 20.
IBT English galley heads east. Mongols land spear and LB near New Ruputiae. China declares on America. France and India ally against us. India declares war. Japan land a samurai near Tabriz
Utical worker->worker, Shanghai knight->cavalry. New Lapurdum worker->worker. Hangzhou kinght->cavalry. Ulaanbaatar temple->worker. Paoting worker->worker. New Burdigala temple->library
Turn 173 580 AD cavalry kills 3/3 samurai near Tabriz, redlines. Elite knight retreats from 3/3 spear on hill near Ta-Tu. 4/4 knight kills him, redlines. 4/5 knight kills mongol spear in forest near New Ruputiae, 2/5. Move an archer into Deva and upgrade to longbow to provide a minimal defence against India's elephant sitting in Axima. Upgrade 2 knights. Knights advance on Kyoto.
IBT Neocarthage stack moves west towards Japan. Mongol units advance. Indian elephant from Axima attacks Deva, retreats from LB->2/4

. Spear moves into Axima. Japanese LBs move towards stack at Kyoto.
Sabratha worker->worker, Hovd settler->settler. Agendicum knight->cavalry. Darhan temple->settler. Shantung worker->worker. New Tolosa worker->worker. Carthage starts Newton's
Turn 174 590 AD@Kyoto:
4/4 knight dies vs 5/5 pike->3/5. 4/4 knight kills 4/4 pike->2/4. 4/4 knight dies vs 3/3 musket, promo->2/4. 3/4 knight kills 3/5 pike->2/4. 5/5 knight kills 2/4 musket->1/5, takes Kyoto.
Settler builds New Monguntiacum on saltpeter hill west of Kyoto.
Japanese capital has jumped to Tokyo. Babylon is now Industrial, and has Nationalism. No deals.
Upgrade 5 knights, 100 gold. Upgrade 2 archers. Cavalry kills Mongol LB, no damage. Knight kills Mongol LB, no damage. Elite knight kills Mongol spear in forest, no damage.
Indial elephan is redlined, but covers a 3/3 longbow. Best we can get into Deva for defence is an archer and a knight (upgraded). Move an archer over to Shimonoseki to suppress resistance.
IBT Indian Elephant takes Glevum! Indian LB dies vs cavalry in Deva. Iroquois troops seen moving on Japan. English want to talk: They'll give 4gpt + WM for peace. As far as I can tell from our turn loogs we don't have anything tied to war with England. Why not? OK Liz. England galley and caravell head home. Japanese LBs back off. I guess the Carghaginians and Iroquois worry them more than our wounded knights.
Satsuma worker->settler, Leptis Minor worker->settler, Verulamium knight->cavalry. Gergovia worker->settler, Ise worker->worker, Isca worker->settler, Segustio worker->settler, NewVerulamium library->cavalry. Babs are building Newtons.
Turn 175 600 AD Cavalry stack (5 units) lines up outside Dalandzadgad (Mongol capital) or final showdown.
4/4 knight dies vs redlined elephant in Gelvum! Cavalry kills him with no damage and recaptures town.
Build New Glevum. Upgrade 4 knights (80 gold)
IBT Vikings want to discuss something: Peace straight up. Not a good idea, as we we have an alliance with America, tied to an MA vs France, and America supplies us with ivory. Mongols declare on America! Japanese LB captures a stack of workers outside Shimonoseki.
Mohacs settler->settler, Tabriz temple->cavalry, Augustodorum knight->cavalry, Lapurdum knight->cavalry, Lezoux knight->cavalry, Noviomagus worker->settler, New Lugdonum library->cavalry. Gator's point riots?
Turn 176 610 AD @Axima (Indian town on our northern cape) cavalry kills 3/3 spear, no damage, takes town.
@Dalandzadgad (Mongols capital) Cavalry takes -1hp from LB, retreats from 4/4 pike->2/4
Cavalry kills 3/3 pike->2/4. Cavalry kills 2/4 pike, no damage. Cavalry kills 4/4 LB -> 2/4 takes town. Pop 2. Mongols are out of it.
Upgrade 3 knights
Build New Axima near Kyoto.
Knight kills LB with no damage near Shimonseki. Knight recaptures workers
Elite knight dies vs 3/3 samurai outside Kyoto->3/4. 4/5 knight kills 3/4 samurai->1/5.
IBT Indian elephant stack shows up, threatening New Axima and New Tulosa. Iroquois want to talk: WM swap? OK.
France wants to talk: Wants 20 gold for peace. Nah! I think that's part of our deal with America! She has Nationalism.
Theveste worker->temple, Richborough settler->settler, Ratae library->cavalry, Deva knight->cavalry, Mandalgovi worker->temple. Palace gets a third floor and an east wing.
Turn 177 620 AD Knight approaches the stack of three Indian elephants. Sees they are backed up by two LB on a mountain. They can't reach New Tulosa this turn because of forests, so focus defence on New Axima.
IBT Three elephants die attacking New Axima. No losses. Chinese move in, Iroquois look a bit threatening. Babs wants to talk: WM swap? OK.
Karakorum settler->settler, Nnjing library->cavalry, Camulodunum knight->cavalry, Rusicade worker->temple, New Curovernum worker->worker
Turn 178 630 AD
Cavalry kill two more Indian elephants, see four more approaching. Buy an embassy with Iroquois. Building knight, has Sistine Chapel, Heroic Epic, only furs hooked up, three spears in residence. 6spt, sliders at 6.2.2. Pop 4 includes 2 entertainers. He has an alliance with France vs Vikings and is also at war with Japan. He will give an alliance vs India for ToG and Magnetism. OK. Apparently we shouldn't trust him as he betrayed our friends the Monguls. Weren't they the last civ we destroyed? Checking around, we don't seem to have any other alliances. So I was mistaken about the American ones.
Cavalry dies, redlines 4/5 samurai outside Kyoto. 2nd cavalry kills samurai, no damage.
@Nagasaki: Knight dies vs 3/3 musket->3/4, knight retreats vs 3/4 musket, no further damage.
IBT The alliance with Iroquois has the desired effect. The elephants attack Edo, kill one spear and retreat against a second. Another attacker takes Edo. One LB attacks our cavalry and he retreats.
Qingdao knight->cavalry, Xi'an harbour->settler, Glanum settler->settler, Durocortorum worker->library, New Richborough knight->cavalry, New Glanum temple->library.
Turn 179 640 AD Rush temple at Choybalsan.
Near Edo: Cavalry kills LB, no damage, promotes.
@Edo: Cavalry kills 3/3 elephant->1/4, 3/5 knight kills 1/3 elephant, takes town with 1 resister and 2 catapults.
Beyond Edo we see a stack of 3 elephants (one redlined) + 2 LB + a pike and 2 spears.
Gandhi will give us his 8 gold and WM for peace. He would also give us Dacca, but it's not much use to us. We have an alliance with Iroquois against India, but that's never been a problem for us before. We don't owe Iroquois anything. I sign a peace deal with India, wihch seems to upset Hiawatha. Now we can focus on Japan.
@Nagasaki: cavalry kills musket, redlined.
Build New Deva.
IBT France and America sign peace. Japanese galley sailing up the straits.
Qianqin worker->worker, Tatong settler->settler, Choybalsan temple->library, Erdenet harbour->temple, Ningpo worker->worker, WillowBrook temple->settler
Turn 180 650 AD Build New Lezoux
@Nagasaki: cavalry kills spear, promotes, takes town with 2 resisters.
After action report
Japanese front: There are two settlers waiting in Satsuma to start taking over the Japanese territory now that we've pushed back the borders. There's a stack of cavalry and knights capable of attacking Tokyo next turn. Japan's countes have pretty well stopped coming. There are three cavalry in Shimonoseki with movement points left (7 tiles via roads). I've left two cavalry available in Lugdorum and Burdigala in case the Japanese galley drops a samurai in our old core next turn.
Building and development: We have 105 towns and 9.1 tiles per town. There's a settler north of New Camulodunum, heading to fill space one tile west of his current position, or you could put him north east of Chengdu if you prefer. There are lots of spaces in the old Mongolia. Workers are starting to irrigate grass away from the cores, on the basis that as soon as we have steam we'll rail them for extra food. I've been reforesting tundra tiles, so don't assume you can get much more out of chops on the south coast. Anything with a road and forest on it has prolly been chopped already.
We have steam in 7 turns. We are down Democracy vs quite a few civs, and up on some. We are strong or average vs most, weak only vs France and Babs. We have 5 knights and 21 cavalry.
Enjoy the save
