The good news is that WE HAVE WON A CONQUEST VICTORY!!!!
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The bad news is we completed it about 10 turn sets too late...
But we took the hard road and finished it without flight, not bad imho...
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The turn log:
Turn 353 1776 AD Pre-flight
OK 56 tiles to the domination limit. Time for some destruction.
Ill trust Willows MM.
Press enter.
IBT
Stacks of Japanese Infantry, Rifles and Militias are trying to return to home from Roman territory.
A Japanese militia attacks a Cav, loses a HP to Artillery and then dies, Cav promotes now 2/5.
Japanese land a Militia near Denver2.
Edo Cav => Worker.
Baltimore2 Artillery => Worker.
New Tacoma Settler => Settler.
Toyama Artillery => Worker.
Syracuse Worker => Worker.
Victory Cav => Worker.
Normandy Artillery => Worker.
Turn 354 1778 AD
Denver2.
4/4 Cav attacks 4/4 Militia and Cav retreats, Militia 3/4.
4/4 Cav attacks 3/4 Militia and kills him, now 2/4.
Move forces to attack Nara next turn.
Bombard Hakodate. F, -1 HP, f, destroy Harbor, -1 HP. A 3/4 Infantry is on top and a 1/3 Inf is below. We have 6 Cavs and I decide to wait, no hurry.
Rush another Artillery in Toyama.
Found Cincinnati 2 and set to Wealth.
Found Dallas2 and start Wealth.
Found Memphis 2 and start Wealth.
Move units to at least bombard Izumo next turn.
Rush Cavs in Edo, D-Day, Frontline and Victory. Rush Artillery in New Orleans 2.
IBT
A Japanese Militia attacks an Artillery stack and dies near Kyoto.
Lots of Japanese units move near Byzantium (6 Militia and 2 Rifles).
New Orleans 2 Artillery => Worker.
Edo Cav => Worker.
Toyama Artillery => Worker.
D-Day Cav => Worker.
Victory Cav => Worker.
Frontline Cav => Worker.
Turn 355 1780 AD
Bombard Japanese stack near Byzantium. 2 HP, -2 HP, -1 HP, -1 HP, -2 HP.
Bombard Hakodate. F, -1 HP, destroy Barracks, -2 HP, f, -2 HP, both Infantry redlined.
4/4 Cav attacks 1/3 Inf and dies, Inf promotes 2/4.
4/4 Cav attacks 2/4 Inf and dies, Inf 1/4.
4/4 Cav attacks 1/4 Inf and kills him, 3/4.
4/4 Cav attacks 1/4 Inf and dies.
4/4 Cav attacks 1/4 Inf and dies, Inf promotes to 2/5.
One Cav left to protect the Artillery stack.
Toyama rushes a Cav.
Artillery Bombardment of Izumo.
-1 HP ( Vet Rifle), -2 HP (Vet Rifle), -1 HP (there are only 2 Rifles here), -1 HP, -1 HP. Both Rifles are redlined so I save the rest of the Artillery for movement.
4/4 Cav attacks 1/4 Rifle and kills him flawlessly.
4/4 Cav attacks 1/4 Rifle and kills him flawlessly.
We capture Izumo and 5 Gold and install a governor. There are 3 resisters.
Bombardment of Nara Vet Inf shows on top, then a Reg. Inf. and another Reg. Inf.
-2 HP, f, destroy Barracks, -1 HP, destroy Temple, f, f, f, f, -1 pop, f, f, destroy Marketplace, -1 HP, destroy Library, f, -1 HP, -1 HP.
Nara is on a hill and has 1 Vet Inf, now 2/4 and 2 Reg Inf, now each redlined. To attack or not?
Need some more Artillery, so we rush it in Normandy, Baltimore 2 and lugdunum.
Rush Cavs in Victory and run out of Gold.
Abandon Izumo.
IBT
A Militia makes one of our Cavs retreat and loses 2 HP.
A Reg Inf attacks Kyoto and dies, redlining a Cav.
A Reg Inf picks off our retreated Cav.
A stack of 3 japanese Militias move near Byzantium.
Baltimore Artillery => Worker.
Lugdunum Artillery => Worker.
Toyama Cav => Worker.
Victory Cav => Worker.
Normandy Artillery => Worker.
Turn 356 1782 AD
Bombard stack near Byzantium: -2 HP, -1 HP, -1 HP,-1 HP, f, f, -1 HP, -1 HP.
All the Japanese troops near Byzantium are 2/4 or less, so we can wait a turn to attack.
Bombard Hakodate: -1 HP, -1 HP, destroy Temple, -1 pop, -1 HP, Inf now redlined, f, destroy Library.
3/4 Cav attacks 1/5 Inf and kills him, redlining. We capture the city plus 4 Gold and install a governor. There are 2 resisters and no buildings so we abandon the city.
Bombard Nara: f, -1 HP, -1 HP, f, -1 HP, f, destroy Cathedral, -1 HP, -1 pop, -1 HP, f, f, -1 HP, -1 HP, all Inf are redlined.
4/4 Cav attacks 1/3 Inf and kills him flawlessly, promotes.
4/4 Cav attacks 1/3 Inf and kills him, redlining.
4/4 Cav attacks 1/4 Inf and dies, Inf promotes.
Resume Bombardment:-1 HP.
Resume ground assault:
4/4 Cav attacks 1/5 Inf and dies.
4/4 Cav attacks 1/5 Inf and kills him, now 3/4.
We capture Nara and 7 Gold and install a governor. There are 5 resisters.
Rush Cavs in Toyama, Frontline, D-Day, Edo and Victory.
Rush Artillery in New Orleans 2.
Notice the Japanese have founded Osaka near the Saltpeter in former Rome. That means there are settlers out in boats!
IBT
A Japanese 5/5 Militia captures 3 Workers after killing a Cav.
Our Cav retreats from a 4/4 Inf.
New Orleans 2 Artillery=> Worker.
Edo Cav => Worker.
Toyama Cav => Worker.
D-Day Cav => Worker.
Victory Cav => Worker.
Frontline Cav => Worker.
Turn 357 1784 AD
Near Byzantium Bombardment: -1 HP, -1 HP, -1 HP, f, -1 HP, -2 HP, -1 HP, -1 HP.
4/4 Cav attacks 1/4 Militia and kills him flawlessly.
4/4 Cav attacks 1/4 Militia and kills him, now 3/4.
4/4 Cav attacks 1/4 Militia and dies, Militia promotes.
4/4 Cav attacks 2/5 Militia and kills him, now 2/4.
4/4 Cav attacks 2/4 Militia and kills him, promotes, now 4/5.
4/4 Cav attacks 1/4 Rifle and kills him flawlessly.
I attacked these units as they were headed for the new Japanese city and I would rather get them in the open.
Bombardment of Ise: f, f, -1 HP, destroy Harbor, -1 HP, -1 HP, f. So there are a Vet and a Reg Inf in Ise.
Bombardment of Tokyo: f, f, -2 HP, -1 HP, f, f, destroy Barracks, f, -1 pop, f, -1 HP, -1 HP, f, destroy Temple. There is a redlined Inf and a 2/4 Rifle in Tokyo.
4/4 Cav attacks 2/4 Rifle and get Artillery fire, no damage, and retreat without causing any damage. Must have scared him, all that noise!
4/4 Cav attacks 2/4 Rifle and kills him, redlining.
4/4 Cav attacks 1/4 Inf and kills him flawlessly. Captures the city and an Artillery unit plus 5 Gold. Install governor and find 2 resisters. Sell a Bank for 20 Gold but it wont let me sell the hospital. Keep the city to get to Yokohama, the capital.
Near Nagasaki.
4/4 Cav attacks 5/5 Militia and dies, Militia 4/5.
4/4 Cav attacks 4/5 Militia and retreats, Militia 2/5.
4/4 Cav attacks 2/5 Militia and kills him flawlessly.
After building some railroads, we bring the Artillery up and can bombard Yokohama.
-1 pop, -1 HP, f, destroy Harbor, -1 HP, -1 HP, f, -1 pop, f, f, f, f, -1 HP, -1 HP, -1 HP, f, f, -1 HP, destroy Barracks, -1 HP, f, -1 HP, destroy Temple, f. Establish that there are 2 Vet, 1 Reg Infantry and 1 Vet Militia in their capital.
Rush Cav in Toyama, Fukushima, Edo, Victory and
Rush Artillery in Baltimore2.
Hire Taxman in Brighton, Hastings.
Make 2 Clowns in Los Angeles and Tientsin, one in New Cincinnati.
Set Kyoto to starve.
IBT
Japanese 3/4 Inf dies attacking a 3/4 Cav on a hill.
Edo Cav => Worker.
Baltimore2 Artillery => Worker.
Norwich Settler => Bank.
Fukushima Cav => Worker.
Toyama Cav => Worker. Rush a Cav.
Victory Cav => Worker.
Turn 358 1786 AD
Bombard Osaka: -1 HP, f, f, f, -2 HP, -2 HP, f, f, f, -1 HP.
4/4 Cav attacks 2/4 Militia and kills him, redlining.
4/4 Cav attacks 1/3 Rifle and kills him, redlining.
4/4 Cav attacks 1/5 Rifle and kills him flawlessly.
4/4 Cav attacks 1/5 Militia and kills him flawlessly, razing the town of Osaka and pillaging 7 Gold.
Bombardment of Ise: -2 HP, -1 HP, f, f, f, f, -1 HP.
Bombardment of Yokohama
Destroy Marketplace, f, destroy University, f, -1 pop (down to 6), -1 HP, -2 HP, -1 pop, -1 pop, f, f, f, f, destroy Library, f, destroy Cathedral, -1 pop, -1 HP, -1 pop, f, -1 HP, f, f, -1 HP, -1 HP, destroy Colosseum, f, -1 HP, f, f, -1 HP, f, -1 pop, f, -1 HP, f, -1 HP, all units are redlined.
4/4 Cav attacks 1/3 Inf and kills him flawlessly, promotes.
4/4 Cav attacks 1/4 Inf and kills him, now 2/4.
4/4 Cav attacks 1/4 Inf and kills him flawlessly.
4/4 Cav attacks 1/4 Militia and kills him, redlining.
4/4 Cav attacks 1/3 Militia and kills him flawlessly.
We capture Yokohama and 8 Gold. There are no resisters so we keep the city for the moment. There are 25 tiles to domination, getting very close. Abandon Yokohama.
Abandon Nara and Tokyo.
Rush Cavs in Edo, D-Day and Frontline.
Rush Artillery in Normandy and New Orleans 2.
IBT
New Orleans 2 Artillery => Worker.
Edo Cavalry => Worker.
Lots of civil Disorder even though nothing showed before I pressed enter?
Toyama Cavalry => Worker.
D-Day Cav => Worker.
Frontline Cav => Worker.
Normandy Artillery => Worker.
Turn 359 1788 AD
Battle of Ise
Bombardment: -1 pop, f, -1 HP, -2 HP, f, destroy Barracks, -1 HP.
There is a 2/4 Inf and a 1/3 Inf and we have 6 Cavs. Time to go for it.
4/4 Cav attacks 2/4 Inf and kills him flawlessly.
4/4 Cav attacks 1/3 Inf and kills him, now 3/4.
We capture Ise and 8 Gold and install a governor. Only an Aqueduct so I abandon the town.
Battle for Nagoya
Bombardment: f, -1 HP, f, f, -1 HP, -1 HP, destroy Harbor, f, f, -2 HP, f.
5/5 Cav attacks 2/3 Rifle and loses a HP to Artillery fire and kills the Rifle, now 4/5.
5/5 Cav attacks 1/3 Inf and kills him, producing McArthur, a great leader. I had nearly forgotten what one looked like! Cav is 4/5.
4/4 Cav attacks 1/3 Rifle and dies, rifle now 2/4.
4/4 Cav attacks 2/4 Rifle and kills him flawlessly.
We capture the capital with Shakespeares Theater and 27 Gold. We assign a governor who like the place, so we keep it for the moment.
We get a message we have longed for, The Japanese have destroyed the Glorious Japanese. They are resigned to historys dustbin!! Now for Rome
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Move units to Barracks cities to heal. Move troops to Romes border to seal it off.
Build an Army with our leader.
Rush Cavs in Edo, D-Day, Victory, Frontline and Fukushima.
Go through cities and War Weariness and civil disorder has disappeared, until we go after Rome.
IBT
Edo Cav => Worker.
Order restored and we love the president all over the place.
Fukushima Cav => Worker.
New York 2 Library => Wealth.
D-Day Cav => Worker.
Victory Cav => Worker.
Civil Disorder in Jerusalem.
Frontline Cav => Worker.
Turn 360 1790 AD
Dial up Rome and deliver the bad news, its war!!
4/4 Cav attacks 3/3 Rifle in the open and kills him, now 2/4.
Move the Artillery train of 60 Artillery units into Roman territory.
4/4 Cav attacks a 4/4 Militia and kills him, now 2/4.
Go through the cities and have a Clown hiring festival. Dont even want to type it all out!!
Rush Cavs in Edo, D-Day, Fukushima, Victory and Frontline.
IBT
Messages that we love the president has ended, everywhere!
Edo Cav => Worker.
Fukushima Cav => Worker.
D-Day Cav => Worker.
Victory Cav => Worker.
Frontline Cav => Worker.
Civil Disorder in Jerusalem and brighton. Ooopps, missed 2 cities.
Turn 361 1792 AD
We can see Vet Infantry on top of the two cities we can see.
Move artillery up and prepare Cavs for the assault, 2 more long turns before were ready.
Rush Cavs in Edo, D-Day, Victory, Fukushima and Frontline.
Hire Clowns in Springfield, Brighton, Jerusalem and New Richmond.
IBT
A Militia kills one of our Cavs, redlines and promotes.
Edo Cav => Worker.
Fukushima Cav => Worker.
D-Day Cav => Worker.
Victory Cav => Worker.
Frontline Cav => Worker.
Turn 362 1794 AD
Kill the offending militia with a 5/5 Cav, now 4/5.
Move Artillery train to where it can attack 2 of Romes three towns.
Rush Cavs in Edo, D-Day, Frontline, Fukushima and Victory.
I accidently closed CivAssist2, so Im flying blind?
IBT
A Barb Warrior comes out of the fog in old Japan and attacks a Cav and dies.
We discover Steel and start on Electronics.
Edo Cav => Worker.
Fukushima Cav => Worker.
D-Day Cav => Worker.
Victory Cav => Worker.
Frontline Cav => Worker.
Turn 363 1796 AD
Battle of Neapolis.
Bombardment: f, f, f, -2 HP, f, f, -1 HP, f, -1 HP, destroy Barracks, -1 HP, f, -1 HP, -1 HP, f, -1 pop, f, -1 HP, -1 HP (3 Vet Inf are all redlined and then a conscript rifle pops up), -1 pop, -1 pop, -1 HP. All units are redlined!
4/4 Cav attacks 1/4 Inf and kills him, now 3/4.
4/4 Cav attacks 1/4 Inf and kills him, redlined.
4/4 Cav attacks 1/4 Inf and kills him flawlessly.
5/5 Cav attacks 1/2 Rifle and dies, Rifle promotes.
4/4 Cav attacks 2/4 Rifle and kills him, now 3/4.
We capture Neapolis and 7 Gold and install a governor. There are 3 resisters and we keep the city.
Battle for Caesaraugustus
Bombardment: -1 HP, -1 pop, -1 pop, -1 HP, f, -1 HP, destroyed Library, destroyed Harbor, -1 HP, f, -1 HP, -1 HP, -1 HP, -1 HP, -1 HP. There are now 3 1/4 Infantry in the city.
4/4 Cav attacks 1/4 Inf and dies.
4/4 Cav attacks 1/4 Inf and dies, Inf promotes.
Resume bombardment: -1 pop, -1 HP.
4/4 Cav attacks 1/4 Inf and kills him, now 2/4.
4/4 Cav attacks 1/4 Inf and kills him flawlessly.
4/4 Cav attacks 1/5 Inf and dies.
4/4 Cav attacks 1/5 Inf and kills him, now 2/4.
We capture Caesaraugustus and it has Newtons University in it and we get 10 Gold.
There is 1 resister in the city, only 1 pop in fact!
It is not possible to attack Hispalis this turn as there are forests and no roads, so our movement points get used up in the approach.
We had 21 Artillery left and they have moved to fire on Hispalis. Pray that the Romans have no settlers in those floaty things?
Rush Cavs in Edo, Victory, Frontline, D-Day and Fukushima.
IBT
I see we love the president day messages?
Edo Cav => Cav.
Fukushima Cav => Cav.
Syracuse Worker => Worker.
D-Day Cav => Cav.
Victory Cav => Cav.
Frontline Cav => Cav.
Turn 364 1798 AD
Battle for Hispalis.
Bombardment: f, destroy Library, f, -1 HP, -1 pop, f, -1 pop, f, f, f, destroy Barracks, f, f, destroy Harbor, f, -2 HP, f, f, -1 HP, f, f.
13/13 Army attacks 2/4 Inf and kills him flawlessly.
5/5 Cav attacks 1/3 Inf and dies flawlessly.
13/13 Army attacks 1/3 Inf and kills him, losing 3 HP.
We capture the city and sink two iron looking hot dogs, liberating 31 Gold and installing a governor. No resisters is a good sign.
The Glorious Romans have been destroyed!!
I abandon Hispalis and Caesaraugustus to be sure.
The map sure looks pretty with only blue on it after all this time, and no Modern Era!!
IBT
Our citizen LOVE us!!!!!
It is a huge celebration!!!!!
We have achieved a Conquest Victory!!!!!!!!!
Excellent work team, just a little late, thats all????
Firaxis score 7133 Jason Score 6669
Special thanks to bluebox for picking it up and getting us a hold on the Rome/Japan continent.
And thanks to you all for allowing me to play with you again.
And, as always, excellent work and a huge
to Gyathaar and AlanH!
but we're are a few turnsets from victory, and I don't see how any wonder can give us a signifant advantage. Thus, I wouldn't care about those wonder cities much. 
(This game is thoroughly corrupting me!)
Oh, well. Thats still a lot of gold.
Japanese.
