SGOTM7 - Team Bede

[Tubby Rower]

Sorry A-K, I leave work @ 3:30 & don't really check these forums after that.

Is there a way to get some culture in Iznik so the Iron can come back into our borders? if we could get the iron connected again. A pike man army would be better than spears.

 

[soul_warrior]

ok - gots it.
polish that second stripe of mine, go to the temple and beg the gods for some RNG luck.
i promise my first born as a servant to the gods.
hope they accept it.

3 hours later, out of a dream i see a smoking city. on top of the battlement is a weird red flag. it has "liverpool" enscribed on it.
i take it as a good omen.

plan - spears. walls. more spears. then - check status, and more spears.
EDIT

Is there a way to get some culture in Iznik so the Iron can come back into our borders? if we could get the iron connected again. A pike man army would be better than spears.

i will see if its at all possible. if it is, rush some thing if i can do so "safely"

 

[eldar]

Of course, we can't build a sodding army 'til we have four cities. Use the GL to rush a Library....

 

[MeteorPunch]

If we survive, should we consider building a citiy directly on the Iron? that 50% defensive bonus would help.

 

[Tubby Rower]

Yes superlative idea. ICS til we hit 4 cities. The escort will have to at least 3 spears.

 

[Admiral Kutzov]

@ team - you've all articulated what I was mentally trying to channel to you

Is there a way to get some culture in Iznik so the Iron can come back into our borders?

Of course, we can't build a sodding army 'til we have four cities. Use the GL to rush a Library....

I thought about this but couldn't get myself to the point of burning a GL for a sodding (please confirm I've used this term correctly) library.

should we consider building a citiy directly on the Iron?

Yes superlative idea

 

[soul_warrior]

aye aye capn.
i wont be using that leader for a lib.
i WILL try to get a settler out with a MINIMUM of 3 spears as escorts.
i am thinking spear army. feeel free to coment til noon GMT.

 

[Tubby Rower]

i am thinking spear army. feeel free to coment til noon GMT.

No army can be created until we have 4 cities even if you have the Mil. Acad. You have to have 4 cities for every army......Good luck. may the forks be with you....

 

[soul_warrior]

we are still alive

sgotm7 - sw - 150bc-50ad

pre turn? pray, i guess.
try to form that spear army in Iznik, it wont let me (no 4 towns) wont let me use it for anything though.

IBT get an E spear redlined, but survive without loss. no kills either, as all retreat.
more troops in our land (about a gazillion enemies cause Edrine to riot)

1- Americans get the Templars.
lux upto 50 now.
our cats dont hit squatt.

IBT lose 2 spears in Edrine but get a sword. some enemies retreat to heal.

2- decide since we have just 2 archers and a spear in Edrine, to use the archers against the stacks. maybe ill manage to cull some weeds out.
kill an archer, lost 1 hp.
3 cat hits.

IBT - Edrine gets attacked by 2 swords. our vet spears goes E and then dies.

3- Edrine spear > spear,
2 cat hits. the first american MDI is hit.

IBT we get finally pillaged enough that we can call our lands "wild and untamed"
stop some Zulu chuckers with our spears.

4- lose an archer in Iznik, attacking an archer stack. atleat i redlined him.

IBT - to top it all off, we now have DISEASE strike EDRINE.

5- Edrine and Iznik both go spear > spear
AMericans are building COPERNICUS
edrine is in a bad situation. cant work any lands, as all good land is occupied. startving)

6- some luck holds out. manage to redline an immortal, but miss an MDI.

IBT kill 3 archers getting a dead E spear.

7- scratch a spear with a cat.

IBT we get CHIVALRY.
we also lose a spear and an archer in Edrine. which is also down to size 3.

8- try to lure some enemies out from the Edrine front with a reg spear heading for reinforcement.

IBT were down to a OCC.

9- retreat our bait back into Iznik. hole up. change production to an archer. we might need some kick.
lower lux to 0. now e have 120g and 0 income.

10- nada.

 

[soul_warrior]

that archer could and should be changed. i just want to live.

 

[SesnOfWthr]

Well, on the positive side, the palace going to Iznik will eventually pop the borders and get the iron back for you.

Small consolation, I know. But do not go quietly.

 

[Bede]

Owee. That hurts.

Quietly? We have not yet begun to fight!

Roster:
eldar - up. Fight on noisily
killercane - on deck
Meteor
Bede - built the Great Library but lost the capitol
Admiral K - kept us in the game
soul_warrior - tried the hot seat and got burned

 

[eldar]

Oh boy, I get to lose the game...

 

[Bede]

@eldar, it's only fair, you started it!

 

[MeteorPunch]

@eldar, it's only fair, you started it!

oh, and we're fending off immortals now?

 

[eldar]

So it would appear. How many turns d'you reckon I can last out?

 

[SesnOfWthr]

I'll put my bet at ten.

 

[soul_warrior]

ill take the longshot and bet 14.

 

[eldar]

It's all over. Whilst I might've made a couple of slightly better decisions (read: rush 2 spears instead of a Archer and a Library - gawd knows why the Library!) this might've lasted beyond my 10 turns. Then again, as Brother Bede said, I started this fight....

0 50 Good news. We have 5 Spears and a Catapult. And a GL! And, er, that's about it. Let's face it - we ain't getting 4 cities soon, so I will do something with the GL, once the current Archer is built - if it's built! Press the Space Bar and pray. I have numbered every turn up to 250AD on my spreadsheet, so I'm being optimistic! And why not! OCC AWD - at least it ain't Sid.

IT: Nothing much.

1 70 Catapult fails to scratch the Immortal. Turn up Sci to 10%! Hey why not…

IT: No Spears lost. However we're having trouble getting any food.

2 90 Cat knocks an HP off one Immortal. Chin up, these guys are falling over each other and aren't attacking us. I may last the 10!

IT: One of the Spears is dead.

3 110 Okay, I'll turn on animation 'cos I'm not seeing what's going on here. Well, we ain't going to stay at size 2 forever. Whip an Archer. Hey, there's an American Crusader!

IT: Lose two Spears, one 5-0 to an Elite sword.

4 130 Knock an HP off the Crusader, gonna rush a Library with the GL, might give a little more breathing space.

IT: Better RNG luck, beat off two attacks. Culture boundaries increase.

5 150 Knock an HP off an Immortal.

IT: Lose another Spear, to a Viking Archer.

6 170 HP knocked off an Impi.

IT: No action, nothing to attack.

7 190 Miss a Crusader. It could all end this IT, with bad luck.

IT: Spear fends off the Crusader, but is down to 1HP. Archer flawlessly sees off a Sword, before it's killed by an Immortal. A Zulu Archer knocks the final HP off the Spear, and it's all over. Would rushing a Spear instead of the Library have helped? Spear instead of Archer? Only for surviving this 10, I reckon.

If you really must, the 190AD save is attached - all you have to do is press the Space Bar!

Neil.

 

[soul_warrior]

7? that HALF of what i bet on you.
well... we did try, and we sure did die on our collective feet.
so, whats for dinner?