**SPOILER** Robi D vs Robboo

[BCLG100]

Aye, i never meant to say they were the best but they are still very usefull.

 

[Robi D]

At the moment i have 14 maces with city raider 2 ready to be upgraded to grenadier, which will be in about 5 turns max. Then i'm launching the third assault.

Robboo we get his horses back this turn unless the rng saves me.

Still i'm first in all catagories, so it just a matter or wearing him down, hopefully the grendiers will make some holes in his defences.

 

[BCLG100]

Man your game with him is taking so much longer than mine did

bring a couple of pikes with you for the horses then-he wont be able to have too many with you by the time you attack though

 

[Love]

Screeny please.

Keep on!

 

[Robi D]

Screeny please.

Keep on!

Its pretty much the same as the last one.

 

[BCLG100]

anymore news?

 

[Robi D]

I've taken seaport and razed a new city he started east of his captured barb city. The attack is progessing well, if i can take another 2 cities off him the the game will be as good as over. I'll take a screenshot on the next turn.

 

[Robi D]

Heres the screenshot. I also have a group coming up the coast in boats.There should be a city behind the hills, if i can take that along with Antium and the one on the south coast it will only leave his capital and an island city off his coast

 

[Love]

do you think they could handle Antium?

 

[Robi D]

10 knights vs a grenadier and 2 longbows was 50-50 in my mind, but he reinforced with 2 pikes so the knight have gone back north to join up with the rest of my attack force

 

[Robi D]

Its just a matter of going through the motions now. Robboo has been broken. He is down to 3 cities and will lose his capital in the next 3 or so turns

 

[Robi D]

Robboo lost his capital to my forces, only his island city and the one in the south remain

 

[Love]

The island may be hard

 

[Robi D]

The Island got crushed with my troops killing it directly off the boat.
Now Robboos fate awaits him. He has 5 longbows, 2 Grenadiers and a Horse archer.


I guess the only decision i have is whether i attack next turn or bombard first

 

[BCLG100]

may as well bombard, whats a couple of turns?

 

[Robi D]

It over, Robboo is defeated



In the end i didn't wait to bombard, i figured it was no big deal if i lost an extra unit or 2, its not like there were any other cities to take.

Basically i went in with my 5 catapults first, 2 died and 3 withdrew, but the mananged to inflict a fair bit of pain.

From there once the Grenadiers fell it was pretty easy, i lost two of my Grenadiers and a knight for a total of 5 units lost against robboo's 8 units.

I really enjoyed this game, the choke point between us certainly added a twist to the strategy. From my view Robboo's lateness in researching sailing and getting galleys out was a major factor. It allowed me to dominate the seas the entire game and get units around the choke into his half of the island to cause him grief. It took 3 thrusts to break robboo so all credit to putting up a strong defence to the end, but once i broke through and captured a couple of cities it was just a matter of going through the motions.

Well there you go, you have an update for the ladder to do rob

 

[robboo]

Good game robi. I agree my mistake was focusing on the other techs and ignoring the sea techs. One other thing is my capital was a limited production and my other second could not grow due to poor placement

I will update the ladder seems I will be out of it soon as I have loss two major games. Hopefully I can win a few others to get back in it. I woudl also challenge you and BC again anytime your ready.

 

[BCLG100]

I'm swamped with games/coursework/christmas/girl right now rob so in theory i could start a game but it wouldnt be very regular turns im afraid (even more irregular than normal)

 

[Robi D]

while we are at it, which one of you has aloha

 

[robboo]

ahhh let me check...

last one i sent was on 11/18 year 1520BC