Well, Space has had time to search her entire homeland for her Civ III disk by now--hey, it's a small country
--so perhaps I'll just resume.
1340 (12): I follow my own brilliant tactical advice of a year ago in tidying up our position in Egypt.
We sink an Egyptian force of three ships off Der and a single Eg frigate off Rockaway Beach, somehow losing a destroyer in the latter battle (52-4).
We abandon Persepolis.
1345 (13): We found the tactical town of Teenage Lobotomy, giving us access to Thebes.
We take the Eg capital of Thebes, held by four inf (56-4). We capture two cannon.
We raze Pi-Ramesses, held by three inf (59-4).
We raze Egyptian Pasargadae, held by three inf and a riflemen (63-4).
We abandon Byblos and Heliopolis, founding I Wanna Be Sedated in the gap.
MassProd --> MoTrans, due in four turns.
1350 (14): We found the TT of Indian Giver, giving us access to Elephantine.
We storm the present Eg capital of Elephantine, held by three inf and a rifleman (67-4). We capture two cannon and a worker.
We take Avaris on the largest of the southern islands, held by two inf (69-4). We capture a worker.
We take El-Amarna, held by two inf (71-4). We capture a worker.
We take Egyptian Kaifeng, held by two inf (73-4).
Outside cities we ride down four Eg inf, two Eg guerrillas, and a Chinese rifleman, losing two cav (80-6).
1355 (15): We found the tactical towns of Chinese Rock and Rock 'n' Roll High School, giving us access to the last Eg cities.
We take Memphis, held by three inf, a rifleman, and a guerrilla (85-6).
We take Giza, held by three inf (88-6).
We storm Hieraconpolis, held by three inf, a guerrilla, and a rifleman, and...
We capture four workers (93-6).
Turning our attention to the Chinese, we capture Chengdu, held by four riflemen (97-6). We capture a worker.
We found Cretin Hop to claim wines in the former Eg lands.
We abandon Chengdu and found Pressure Drop one tile closer to the next Chinese cities.
We bombard and ride down four Chinese guerrillas outside Kaifeng (101-6).
Urrrp army --> army.
1360 (16): We found the TT of Monkey Man, giving us access to Canton and Beijing.
We take the Chinese capital of Beijing, held by four riflemen and four guerrillas (109-6). We capture two workers.
We take Canton, held by three riflemen and two guerrillas, losing a cav but gaining a Great Leader/army (114-7). We capture two artillery and a worker.
We take Shanghai, held by two riflemen (116-7). We capture an artillery and a settler = two workers.
We abandon Shanghai and found the TT of Sweet and Dandy.
We take Nanking, held by four riflemen and three guerrillas, and capture Adam Smith, which is worth about 100 gpt (123-7).
We pick off a Chinese guerrilla outside Sweet and Dandy (124-7).
We bombard and sink three Chinese destroyers (127-7).
Chinese guerrillas make two unwise attacks on Cretin Hop, and succeed in one (128-8).
1365 (17): We take Hangchow, held by two riflemen and two guerrillas (132-8).
We abandon Hangchow and found the TT of Time Tough.
We take Xinjian, held by five guerrillas and a rifleman (138-8).
We take Tsingtao, held by three riflemen and three guerrillas, and capture a settler = two workers (144-8). This ends the Chinese presence on the main enemy continent, although they still have five island cities.
We abandon Canton and replace it with Pomp and Pride nearby.
We abandon Xinjian and replace it with Peeping Tom nearby.
We dispose of a Chinese guerrilla near Pomp and Pride (145-8).
We declare war on the Mongols and take Shantung, held by two riflemen (147-8).
We found the TT of 54-46 and take Mongol Arbela, held by three riflemen (150-8). We capture a settler = two workers.
Outside cities we account for three Mongol guerrillas and two Mongol riflemen, capturing a worker (155-8).
We bombard and sink a Chinese destroyer (156-8).
We trample two Chinese guerrillas outside Cretin Hop (158-8).
We discover MoTrans and turn research off.
1370 (18): We abandon Shantung and found the TT of Careless Ethiopians.
We take Almarikh, held by two riflemen and a guerrilla (161-8).
We found the TT of One-Eyed Enos.
We take Hovd, held by two riflemen and a guerrilla, and sink at least one destroyer when we enter the town (165-8).
We abandon Hovd and found the TT of Beautiful Woman.
We take the Mongol capital of Karakorum, held by five riflemen and a guerrilla (171-8). We capture an artillery.
We bombard and sink a Chinese destroyer off Giza (172-8).
Outside cities we overrun 21 Mongol units, losing a tank (193-9).
We abandon Arbela and Tsingtao.
Our enemies make no attacks.
1375 (19): We take Mongol Lisht, held by two riflemen and a guerrilla, on one of the northern islands (196-9).
We take Mongol Adab, the last foreign enclave on our home continent. We smash four riflemen and lose a cav (200-10).
We found the tactical towns of Wreck a Pum Pum and Wreck a Buddy.
We storm Ta-Tu, held by seven riflemen and a guerrilla (208-10). We capture three artillery, three workers, and a settler = two more workers.
We take Kazan, held by four riflemen and a guerrilla. We lose a cav (213-11).
We abandon Kazan and Ta-Tu and found the tactical towns of Duppy Gun Man and Duppy Conqueror.
We take Tabriz, held by four riflemen (217-11).
We take Ulaanbaatar, held by four riflemen and a guerrilla (222-11).
We sink two Chinese frigates off Giza (224-11).
Outside cities we obliterate five Mongol units (229-11).
Twenty-one elite victories this roundstrictly speaking, just from 1340 AD onproduced one Great Leader.
Well, I had thoughts of finishing up with the more stylish conquest victory. But our enemies still hold twenty-four cities, and I probably wouldnt get back to this until well into 2009.
So, we found twenty-one fill-in towns, increasing our control of the worlds territory to 66%, and
This result would have placed us approximately fifteenth out of seventy-three in COTM8. We didnt do better because we moved our exploring curragh in the wrong pattern around 1250 BC, and so didnt make contact with the five civs on the other continent until centuries later than we should have. We were thus hopelessly handicapped relative to the fast-research aces who finished well in COTM8. A fascinating example, anyway, of large consequences from a small error.
An oddity of this game is that the Persians were wiped out, without any involvement on our part, in 210 BC. How often do they lose the early AI wars?
This thread also featured the last CivFanatics posts by Mad-bax, Ted Jackson, and Karasuquite a lineup of the departed.
So, whos up for Space-5?
