It's down to the last five cities!!!
Our glorious infantry have spanned the globe to taste the thrill of
victory and impose the agony of defeat, especially on cavalry units
Brigadier General Charis immediately gets down to business...
1980 AD (0) - We rush the airport in Cumae for a mere 600 gold.
(Uh, sir, if you had looked, there was one in Pisae...)
We try to bomb Rouen to ruin. Lots and lots of troop movement...
Wake up those (two) helicopters and get them near Rouen. Airlift, etc.
1981 AD (1) - On their turn they get lucky and sink a carrier, but later
lose a battleship. They land some old units on Panama, we slaughter them.
Our mil advisor lists their remaining army as: 11 inf, 3 cav, 5 tank, 2 art,
2 rifles and a small handful of planes and ships.
1982 AD (2) - Veii slams our battleship with a cruise missile, but can't finish
it off. Tank from Rouen can't take Marine who flew in via helicopter to
take a hill. Hurt units that came OUTSIDE of the city to keep away my
paratroopers (wow) now go back in. The infantry there rally strong, defeating
four tanks and two inf's after bombardment, losing one marine and one inf.
Last battle is vs a cav there... kazaaam, got it!
Four left!
1983 AD (3) - Every unit hurt badly and barracks smashed at Antium.
The assault begins...
... and doesn't last long. Three marines later, we take it. There is a
*nuclear plant* intact. First AI-built one I've seen.
1984 AD (4) - They're not giving up, a sub sinks one of our destroyers,
a cav charges a paratrooper (and retreats) and two rifles come out to play.
Leicester is founded to help us get in their faces quicker
This allows the arty stack of doom to pound BOTH their remaining cities South
THIS turn
About a dozen bombers rebase on this mudflat from Ireland.
Veii's Factory was destroyed by bomber runs, followed by the Nuclear
Plant (that's gotta hurt!) Despite the massive structural damage from
dozens of bombardments, the defenders at Veii still stood healthy!
Finally, the Army of Marines get its chance to shine! It won, losing only
three hp. For the next inf defender, a Marine failed, an inf succeeded, a
a paratrooper took out the last rifle and on the last cav holding the
city... our last available ground unit, a paratrooper, finished the job!
Ironically, the only building left standing was the hospital (must have been
out of respect for the wounded). Down to two.
Fort Hammer is founded!!!
This is the death Knell. There are *TWO*
armies right next to EACH of the Roman cities, along with dozens of marines,
paratroopers and infantry. A lone Roman worker, totally oblivious to what is
going on, is on a hill overlooking the city, cleaning up some polution on
their gold mine. He takes a break from his labor, wipes his brow with his
handkerchief, and looks up...
1985 AD (5) - It was the best of times (for us) it was the worst of times (Rome)
Neopolis starts off getting its Coal plant destroyed, and it goes downhill from
there. Our military advisor reports nine ground units for them. His last licks-
an interceptor shot down our bomber. Only 39 more where that came from
We start the final assault with the elite marines. No leaders, but they chew
'em up. Finally, two defenders left in their civ, and four armies against
them. Not good odds...
The Brigadier General calls over a good friend, Col. Hammer, to watch the
final battles.
Neopolis. Pompeii. Victory.
On the save file, hit 'return' for any notices, and you'll get the
"Conquest Victory" notice. 1986AD final Score: 3073. (Just over double India)
Thanks all for a GREAT game! Grats to Sirian for an excellent variant, both playable and fun (and we did it without Mech Inf even!)
Charis
In fact, Zed's UP now, and has until Saturday afternoon to play and post.
I don't want to spend 2 hrs looking over all our cities at the beginning of my turn looking for veto candidates... 
On deck: Carbon "MIA" Copy. 
