The Clone Wars
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Sure. I've attached it & still have the 4000 BC save, if you want it.
You're right. I should. I've got enough culture that flips aren't really much of a danger. Sword armies are fine against LBs. Muskets and Swiss Mercs are just a little hard on the sword armies.
Chapter 9: On the hunt to the ends of the earth
With the 10th century winding down, Mao sincerely hoped that his luck would hold. At the northernmost reaches of his continent, Mao's forces continued to attract the attention of great generals:
Mao had no clue if this Sun Tzu was related to the last few he'd encountered, but suspected that he was.
Mao sent many troops to the north, hoping to commemorate the 1000th year of the Chinese empire by conquering Chichen Itza. Unforunately, the bogs between the Chinese and Mayan lands slowed down his armies. They didn't miss it by much, though:
In 1020 AD, Sun Tzu arrived in Aabraxa. A Military Academy was constructed in his honor. Shortly thereafter, in 1030 AD, the last visible Mayan city was destroyed. Mao had no clue where the Mayan had fled, but would find them.
Mao continued sending settlers west and north. Those hardy souls slowly filled the land that the Dutch had vacated. Mao continued to, ahem, "assist the other civilizations in relocating." By the middle of the 11th century, Mao's military had successfully cleared the northern reaches of the continent, . . . "the Chinese continent," as Mao had come to think of it.
Turned out that the damned Witch may have been right, though. No sooner had Chinese cavalry killed the last Mayan musked on that very northern peninsula than word spread that there were Mayans to the southwest, in lands formerly held by the Dutch.
Game note: Here's something interesting. On my turn in 1050 AD, I killed off the last Mayan city in the north. I happened to look down at the minimap and notice a blue city in former Dutch lands, that hadn't been there just a moment before. The Mayans had respawned. Here's a screenie of the very next turn, 1060 AD. At Monarch level, they got a new capital, 2 longbows, 3 spears and a settler. As you might imagine, with cavs on the field, I didn't let the spears survive long. Besides, steam isn't that far away, and I'm going to have a lot of rails to lay.
Naturally, Mao sent his forces to that blasted Mayan city (the name of which he would likely never be able to pronounce). In 1070 AD, he took out the last Mayan city. (Then again, he'd thought a couple of others had been the "last Mayan" cities.)
They say that hope springs eternal, and apparently, it does. In 1070, William came a-calling again.
By the middle of the 12th century, Mao's forces were once again reorganized, and almost ready to head overseas. His coastal towns had built caravels, and would soon begin work on even better ships, frigates and galleons. The Iroquois appeared to own one lone galleon, which sniffed around the southwest coast of the empire for centuries on end. One Dutch caravel could be seen in the same waters, as well. Mao had heard nothing of the Celts for ages, and didn't even know where their lands could be found. No matter, find them he would. He called his cartographers to the palace and instructed them to make him a map of the known world. In times past, the Chinese people had been forced to fight defensively. Now, though, it was time to hunt his enemies, and he couldn't hunt without a good map.
The only civilization left whose location was known to Mao was the Iroquois. Naturally, they were off to the west of Mao's lands. Naturally. All the way off on the butt end of the world, where it would take Mao's ships centuries to land. Crap.
Immediately after the meeting with the royal map-makers, a messenger from Brennus arrived. "Hmph. I wondered where you'd gotten off to."
Mao saw no reason to make peace with anyone as weak as Brennus.
The next year, with his scholars having learned how to build galleons and frigates, Mao decided that science was an unnecessary expense. He would allow one scientist to remain in the empire. All other scientists would be shuffled off to new jobs.
In 1180, the Celts' new capital of Lapurdum is located!
Chinese forces destroyed that city in 1190 AD. Unfortunately, and much to Mao's surprise, that did not destroy the Celts. He would have to keep searching.
In 1255 AD, the Dutch are located . . . and destroyed.
In 1260, the prospect of immortality loomed large for Mao.
The Witch had promised that Mao would be granted immortality, so long as his armies prevailed. To all appearances, there soon would be no one left to challenge Mao and his armies.
And with that, Mao was the Last Emperor left on earth, his immortality assured.
darski
Regent in Training
WTG!!!
Well done
Well done
CivRulesAll
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Love how the foreign advisor says "Make more friends!" Good to see you finally finished.
darski
Regent in Training
Just curious - when can we expect a new tale of daring do?
That's TOO funny! Technically, I guess he's right. I didn't do very well at making friends in this game. [omitted scene]
FA: You should make more friends, Emperor Mao.
Mao: Dude, have you MET me?!?[/omitted scene]
That's a good question. Hopefully, it won't be too long. I just need to figure out what kind of game it should be.
CivRulesAll
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An Emperor AW Mass Regicide. 
Well... it doesnt have to be AW. But MASS REGICIDE!!
Well... it doesnt have to be AW. But MASS REGICIDE!!Something peaceful. 
It's always nice to move from one extreme to the other, I currently in a 20K regent game I started after the Emperor domination victory I have a thread on here, although if I posted a save you could hardly call it peaceful.
It's always nice to move from one extreme to the other, I currently in a 20K regent game I started after the Emperor domination victory I have a thread on here, although if I posted a save you could hardly call it peaceful.
TheOverseer714
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Great job, Aabraxan! How about 20K with high score in mind? Or maybe a Domination win by 1000AD. Or score 10,000, which I've never done.
I'm sure I've looked at my score, but I wouldn't have a clue about how to conduct a game based on score. I'll pass on the Domination by 1000 AD, because my gut says that I'll just wind up building the ToA and ransacking my neighbors on a pangaea map.
20K? Hmmmm. I'm not much of a culture player, but maybe. I've already started a 5CC space race, but I'm enjoying playing it much more than logging it. Perhaps I'll just play that one out without posting. If not, maybe a 20K, Emperor, Mass Regicide?
20K? Hmmmm. I'm not much of a culture player, but maybe. I've already started a 5CC space race, but I'm enjoying playing it much more than logging it. Perhaps I'll just play that one out without posting. If not, maybe a 20K, Emperor, Mass Regicide?
CivRulesAll
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Lol that combination sounds great.
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