Succession game for classic

[Yop73]

Gen, you must have made a typing error.
Status report: 15 techs, every 7 turns, a new one.

Cities: 11, with 610000 people (Rome is size 5)
Treasury: 192 gold (making 9 each turn)

3 settlers (2 prod), 3 warriors (1 prod), 9 phalanx (1 prod), 2 archers, 1 legion, 1 horseman (1 prod), 1 chariot, 1 elephant, 3 tririme (1 prod), 1 dip, 1 caravan (3 prod)

Supreme power, spotless reputation.

525: Our phalanx in Lugdunum pops hut, we get a legion. Caravan with silk lands near atlanta.
Settlers and phalanx from hispalis and Antium land on American continent.
Gift Americans 50 gold and literacy. (they become uncooperative)

500: Founded Lutetia, on American continent. Silk caravan 1 turn away from Atlanta.

475: Pisae builds temple, starts working on elephant. Pompeï finishes warrior, starts working on elephant. Silk caravan delivered to Atlanta, we get 120 gold.
Population exceeds 700 000.
Rush-build caravan in Cumae, Veii and Antium, to help Rome build Hanging gardens.
Legion near Lugdunum discovers hut.

450: We discover Masonry. Begin researching seafaring. We get mathematics from a hut. We get elephant from other hut. Lugdunum builds horse, starts working on a settler.
3 food caravans formed. All three cities start working on another caravan.

425: San Francisco discovered. Workers caravan arrives in Rome (98 shields needed). Change workers in Rome from forrest to ocean.

400: Another caravan arrives in Rome. I rush-bought the hanging gardens.

375: Hanging gardens build in Rome, and WLTI(mperator) day in Rome. Hispalis builds phalanx, starts settler. Offending unit near Atlanta withdrawn. City of Byzantium founded on the Lugdunum island. Rome begins library.

350: Over 800000 people now in the Roman empire. City of Valencia discovered (and so are the Spanish). They want peace. Yes. Then I demand tribute, we get 100 gold. Use that to IPRB a caravan in Cumae. Also rush-bought a settler in Lutetia for 75 gold. And I accidentally ended the turn of a trireme in the ocean. (doh! Trireme and horse lost at sea)

325: We get a nomad from hut in the northern part of the American continent. Moved it on a possible citysite. It's up for the next player to descide what he wants to do with it. A new landmass is also discovered north of the American continent.

300: Seafaring discovered, head for astronomy as next tech. Saved the turn, only the settler needs to move.
Pompeii builds elephant, starts working on caravan.

King Yop dies a mysterious disease. A cure for it will only be discovered in 2010 AD.

For the next player:
-Do whatever you want.

 

[Yop73]

Here are some screenshots, of Lutetia, Valencia, Byzantium, new northern continent, and the Roman demographics.

 

[Old n Slow]

Nice work guys -- I'm looking forward a session tonight.

 

[Old n Slow]

Once again the succession goes sideways -- another Old n Slow fellow wears the crown.

b300 -- 13c/18 tech (7 turns @ 3.0.7)/68g.
3(4) sett/17(2) Inf/5(1) mounted/2(1) boat/1 Dip/ 0(4) caravans
2 barracks/5 temples/(1) library 2 Wonders

accept the invite -- Brundisium is founded in the North

b275 reallocate some building activity & PRB some stuff

b250 Ravenna builds a settler (who looks for a boat and doesn't find it (still waiting 200 years later )

b225 -- hut -- 25g
b200 Wash builds PYR (Eng --> LH, Bab --> GW, Amer --> GL)
900K pop.
b175 -- 1M pop. At least the civilians are planning for the future.
b150 -- discover Astronomy --> Mono (over Con, Nav, Uni, Wheel)
b125 York builds LH ( ) (Eng --> GW); hut -- 100g; Amer (hostile, demand Trade, which I fork over (we have a few caravans coming soon to these shores) -- now is only icy)

b75 Establish embassy with America -- they have a couple of techs we don't, but have yet to trade for them Amer (Wash) begins Marco Polo (Hmmm should we let them build it and then step into Wash and acquire two Wonders? such devious thinking may get the old king into trouble...

b25 Oops -- the king sent a mixed boat asail -- one caravan is demanded in the south & the other in the north. Such foolishness costs him the throne.

Five caravans exist, all demended products by Spain or America.
Significant open territory in the far north; exploration continues in the south

 

[Yop73]

Gen, your turn. Maybe the time to build an army of crusaders, for a campain in America?

 

[GenShwartzCough]

Just downloaded it. Will try to play it tonight.

 

[GenShwartzCough]

I am very sorry about the delay in getting this new round of turns played and posted. I will definitely have time to play it and get it back here today.

 

[Philosopher12]

I am very sorry about the delay in getting this new round of turns played and posted. I will definitely have time to play it and get it back here today.

It's been a while, huh?

 

[Yop73]

Gen, could you please play your turn. If you cannot play your turn in the next 48 houres, please tell me, so I can play, and you can play after me.

Yop

 

[GenShwartzCough]

I am very sorry for the extreme delay gang. Here is the game. I will post the write up as soon as I get it typed. We were attacked by Americans AND Spanish!! Atlanta is Roman, but weak. Syracuse fell to the Spanish, but they destroyed it in the process. Details at 11.

 

[Yop73]

I'll try to clarify the situation by posting some screenshots.
Atlanta is about to fall.

Lugdunum about to fall.

Pompeii is building Mike's.

The new northern lands.

We have 23 techs.

 

[GenShwartzCough]

While he was on vacation, General Shwartz Cough was recalled to active duty in order to run the country for a ten turn term. A frantic search was conducted, and after a week of checking all the local bars and brothels, he was located. His advisors gave him the following reports.....

STATUS -

DEFENSE -

SCIENCE -

With this info in hand, the General went to work......

25 BC - Nothing of import happened

1 AD - Ravenna built hides Caravan and started producing a Crusader. The Romans discovered the secret of Monotheism and started researching The Republic. Abeads Caravan arrived in Atlanta and earned 152 gold.

10 AD - The following cities produced units and changed production...
Viroconium built Settler and is building a Temple.
Hispalis built Settler and is building a Temple.
Veii built a hides Caravan and is building a Crusader unit.
An exploring Elephant found a hut containing knowledge of Construction. A Trireme dropped a Caravan of silk on the American continent.

20 AD - Pompeii built a wine Caravan and commissioned Michaelangelo to build a wonderous Chapel. Settlers from Lugdunum founded the city of Syracuse.

30 AD - Barbarians lurking in a hut surprised and killed our Hoesrman unit! Neapolis commissioned a Diplomat and started building a Caravan. Cumae built a Trireme and started work on a Crusader unit. THE AMERICANS SNEAK ATTACK!! 2 Elephants and 1 Phalanx are lost!

40 AD - Byzantium builds a Settler and starts building a Temple. A Roman Diplomat is butchered near Brundisium by American Horseman. An Elephant exploring in the northeast finds barbarians in a hut. Kills one horseman, but is hopelessly outnumbered.

50 AD - Our valiant Elephant succumbs to the barbarians. Lugdunum commissions a Diplomat and starts work on a Temple. Roman scholars discover the secret of The Republic and begin research on Navigation.

60 AD - 2 Caravans arrive in Pompeii with supplies to speed up the construction of Michaelangelo's Chapel. Brundisium builds a Settler and starts on a Crusader unit.

70 AD - American forces kill inocent Settlers!! A Roman Diplomat arrives in Atlanta and bribes the citizens there into revolt. Atlanta is now Roman!! Rome gains 50 gold and the knowledge of the Warrior Code.

80 AD - THE SPANISH HAVE LAUNCHED A SNEAK ATTACK!!! UNARMED CARAVAN AND DIPLOMAT ARE BUTCHERED!! A Roman Phalanx was lost in a weak counter-attack. Acaravan arrives in Pompeii to help build Mike's Chapel.

90 AD - A Roman Elephant is lost in the defense of Syracuse and Syracuse was destroyed by the Spanish.

Here ends the short and violent reign if Gen. Shwartz cough. Emperor Yop has supplied the up to date intelligence. Good Luck Yop, and make 'em pay!!

 

[Yop73]

Status report: 23 techs, new one every 11 turns.

cities: 14 cities, with 1 280 000 pop. Rome is size 6.
treasury: 1 gold making 19 each turn

8 settlers, 4 warriors, 13 phalanx (1 in prod), 2 archers, 1 chariot, 3 crusaders (4 in prod), 4 tririme, 1 diplomat, 5 caravans (1 in prod)

Power is supreme, reputation is spotless.

90ad : Sold the barracks in Atlanta. The city will be occupied by the Americans next turn. Relocated some workers in several cities. Loaded Lutetia settler on trireme to go and found a new city.

100 ad : I sent 3 caravans to Rome. A 4th one will arrive shortly. They are going to help Rome to build Copernicus'. Also building workers caravans in Rome and Pisae. A caravan with 2 crusaders on board sets sail to the Spanish continent. I make peace with the Americans, for the knowledge of Seafaring (gift), and 50 gold (demanded) the trade is too important.

110 ad: American horses appear near Brundisium. Nothing I can do about that. Will they sneak-attack or not? I don't know. The crusaders unload in Lugdunum. Spanish campaign will begin next turn.

120 ad: Spanish horses appear near the gates of lugdunum. They will be crushed. Hehe . Lutetia finished Phalanx, begins on barracks. Hispalis finishes Temple, begins on diplomat.
Killed 2 Spanish horses and a mysterious third unit, probably the elephant which we saw on the screenshots.

130ad: Americans pull back from Brundisium. Another Spanish elephant butchered. That will teach the Spanish for attacking us. Another crusader sets sail to the Spanish continent.

140ad: Yet another Spanish elephant is killed by our brave crusaders. They will reach salamanca in a couple of turns. 1 workers caravan will be finished next turn, and 1 in 2 turns, so we can have an instant Cope's.

150ad: Lugdunum builds temple, goes for crusaders. Rome builds workers caravan. Begins on Cope's. We research Navigation, and begin researching The Wheel.
A Spanish settler, and 1 mysterious unit is killed by our crusaders. He becomes veteran, but is heavely damaged. Another crusader land on the Spanish continent.

160ad: Byzantium builds temple. Begins crusader. Another Spanish settler is killed by our brave troops. A ship chain is going to bring in another crusader next turn. The damaged crusader however is even more damaged because of the killing of the crusader. Brundisium builds crusader. Ravenna builds crusader. Loads on trireme to set sail to the American continent together with a caravan.

170ad: Caesarauguste build. Crusaders on the Spanish continent attack Salamanca, but are killed by the pikemen. A catapult was destroyed. Another attempt to take the city will be made next turn.

180ad: Americans have nearly completed Marco's. Cope's build in Rome. Salamanca emptied. 3 crusaders are ready to take the city next turn.
Production in Rome changed to Caravan.

190ad: Washington completes Marco's. Hispalis commisions diplomat. Salamanca destroyed. Stole chivalery. Veii builds crusader. Cumae will finish another next turn.

Next emperor may descide what to do with my army of crusaders. (3 triremes are waiting to transport 2 crusaders and 1 diplomat to the Spanish continent)

 

[Old n Slow]

The World at 200 AD -- Rome has 15 cities, America has 10; rome has 25 techs, America has 17. Rome has 3 wonders of the World (America has 2), Hanging Gardens, Colossus, and Cope's Observatory, with Mike's Chapel 75% complete.

Rome has 7 Settlers, 21 (2) Infantry, 8 (3) Mounted, 4 boats, 2 dips and 0 (4) camels.

Infrastructure: 2(4) barracks, 9 (1) temples, 1 liabrary, 1 harbor (Rome produces 50 out of the country's 87 beakers per turn at 3.0.7 allocation rate)

The Americans are hostile, but at peace; the Spanish are uncooperative, but at war.

We're advised that we are supreme in power and have a spotless record of diplomacy.

Every now and then countries tire of the pressures of war, and desire quiet. We try a gambit in the north with the Americans. We give them 5 techs (they have none to trade with us -- they get phil, nav, mono, pot, and astro) and get them to a state of Worshipfulness -- & trade maps. A bit expensive, but the map should have value for our future adventures up north, and perhaps we can have some quiet and only deal with the situation in the south.

The action as the country chooses a slow guy to be king. a somewhat wounded crusader tries his hand at a knoght in the trees. He tries and fails. His fellow crusader finishes the job successfully leaving our our southern front with two seriously wounded units and no support in sight.

The early 200's see a camel (copper) sent to Rome, rehomed and sent to sea for far Philadelphia (or maybe Buffalo, or new Palmyra, just founded). Meanwhile, in the south, fresh troops arrive even as the wounded troops retreat facing a Spanish Archer & catapult. For two turns running, the retreat continues, when in 240, fresh troops arrive almost in time (a wounded crusader perishes at teh hand of a Spanish knight who in turn falls in justice). The fresh crusaders sustain wounds slaying a knight, archer & catapult.

Sneakily, a dip manages to acquire an embassy with Spain -- they have 5 cities, and a new tech of feudalism, with Sun Tsu's War academy already in progress. A few turns later, our other dip in the area manages to acquire this tech for us, but unfortunately, Madrid builds the Wonder.

We managed to squeeze out an explorer & send him to the west side of the southern continent. It appears as though Spain lies entirely to the south/southeast of the two cites already known.

The slow guy dies of old age, having founded two cities during his term, but leaving a potentially viable force of four healthy crusaders (and one very wounded knight) in the south, recommending to his successor that additional recon be undertaken in the south.

In the north, a settler was sent for the consideration of founding a city on the site of the fort at the ishmus between Atlanta and us. However, given that America is now hostile again (so quickly! ) we may ask that a future general reconsider increasing the defense there.

Brundisium is a great site, and maybe the temple started there should go for city walls with a barracks as well before the expected fur flies. The settle there has some roads to build, but otherwise serves should early warning be required.

 

[Yop73]

Gen, your turn again. Maybe we could agree on playing 15 turns each?

 

[Old n Slow]

15 turns is fine with me.

 

[Yop73]

GEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEN

 

[Yop73]

I played since Gen doesn't show up anymore.

300 ad: Troops are taking offensive positions on the Spanish continent. Some productions changed.

310 ad: A Roman knight was killed by the Spanish. As revenge, we kill the knight who killed ours. An explorer finds a hut who gives us an advanced tribe, called Caesarea, which starts a pikeman.

320 ad: Spanish kill a crusader. We kill the knight, and a catapult. Pisae builds a caravel. Starts caravan.

330 ad: We kill a Spanish settler.

340 ad: 4 caravans finished. Beads caravan in Hispalis. cloth caravan in Pompeii. Copper caravan in Neapolis. Beads caravan in Ravenna. I begin to think seriously about Magellan's. A Spanish knight killed.

350 ad: For 200 gold and Iron working, we make peace with the Americans. We discover medicine, head for University. We gift The Wheel and Iron Working to the Americans. Our troops in Spanish territory will heal, and soon rebegin the offensive.

360 ad: Veii builds food caravan. Caesaraugusta builds diplomat. Caravan production in overdrive. (9 are being produced)

370 ad: Tarentum founded on the Spanish continent. Copper caravan lands near Philadelphia.

380 ad: Nicomedia founded on the American continent. Crusaders amassing near Valencia.

390 ad: Copper caravan from Rome to Philadelphia nets 212 gold. Gems caravan from Rome to SFC nets 189 gold. Spanish declare war on us. 2 Catapults and 1 settler killed.

400 ad: Some workers caravans are ready. We discover University. Head for theory of gravity. Valencia captured. Cordoba under siege. Will this be the end of the Spanish empire?

410 ad: Cordoba falls to the Roman empire. A push deep into the heartland of the Spanish is prepared.

420 ad: Spanish settler destroyed.

430 ad: Berlin builds oracle. 4 Spanish units destroyed. Seville discovered.

440 ad: Troops prepare to storm Seville. Hides caravan from Rome to Philadelphia. 212 gold. More workers finished in Rome.

450 ad: Salt caravan from Rome to Washington. 220 gold. Seville captured.

Old-'n-Slow, rehome all caravans who are carrying goods to Rome. (all of them are underway) They are all demanded by America. Magellans will be finished next turn. You should then build a university in Rome, and then Newton's.

Good luck with the Spanish. They are nearly finished now.

 

[Old n Slow]

Argh!!

Got the message of too many smilies! My entire post was erased!

On to the abridged version.

460 AD -- 23 cities, 30 techs, 4 wonders (another tech & a wonder on the turn)

470 AD -- accepted 150g from Spain -- seduced (but we'll get 'em anyway)

490 AD -- Amerks sneak attack! Nico gone! (England almost completes Shakes! The old king goes nuts -- everything must be put into this stupid project!)

500 AD Rome builds Shakesphere's Theatre -- the old king abdicates (and keeps his head)

510 AD the barons and lords agree to a compromise candidate for some sort of central coordination, a consul -- the old guy! And what does he do as his first act of office? Spew out luxeries and starts a PARTY!

520 AD the old guy then buys off the Amerks for 300 g.

530 AD pop = 3M (great party guys!)

540 AD hides caravan to Philly = 340g (maybe the old guy has a streak of slyness??!) Discover Engineering

550 AD hides caravan to Philly = 340g pop. = 4M

560 AD Discover Sanitation (almost in time)

570

580 AD Discover Invention (after some more caravans arrive in America)

590 AD Amerks sneak attack again!

600 AD 5M pop. 25 cities, 34 techs and new elections.

 

[Yop73]

Must have been one hell of a party.