Turn 207 (cont)
Okay, new plan: Nothing will make me a Settler, since its Wealth output is mediocre, and Paris will deal with Work Boats. There are 2 places with Fish, and I think I’ll settle both.
I’ve also just invented writing up and taking the turns at the same time. Wow.
Turn 208
Turns out I stole not 2, but 3 Workers with my last raid. I send them all to my homeland to build more farms - most of the cities there have already decent Hammer output, and if I can complement it with enough whipping, food-rich France can concentrate on cottages, sugar and dentists.
I also begin gathering up my doomstack for one last push. I hope there are no guys there who plan to retire after that one last gig, because we all saw the movies and know how it ends.
Turn 210
Orleans finishes its Library. For now, I leave only 1 Scientist active there – otherwise the growth takes too long.
Turn 211
My stack is fully healed and reinforced with one more Catapult. It marches. In a village my soldiers pass a French woman mistakes them for traveling circus – the concept of going to war without Chariots is completely alien to these people.
Turn 212
Yet another incident on the march, this time with a child threatening to raise the alarm should one of my commanders refuse to make him a balloon animal. Thankfully, the Greeks manage to convince the brat that we’re just pool cleaners.
The army camps on a hill near Tours. The city is garrisoned by two French Archers and one last Chariot.
(from turn 213)
Turn 213
The catapults bombard Tours. Paris and Rheyms start Libraries, since Paris has an Academy and Rheyms can easily feed a few eggheads. The new capital is almost completely cottaged by now, and I’ve got my first series of farms back home.
Turn 214
A Catapult is lost, but aside from that Tours assault goes as planned. The city is taken, and I proudly rename it to Chariot Choke. Napoleon is no more.
He has ceased to be.
He’s expired and gone to meet his maker.
Turn 215
We’ve got Machinery. Is it metal or not metal? I’m not sure.
Turn 216
My Workers chop the last of Paris’ forests and move to cottage Lyons. I’ve also got a few more farms back home, started pre-building ships and whipped a Settler in Nothing.
Turn 218
Paris is done with Work Boat, and the Settler is already moving to his destination. The (new) capital switches to Wealth, and I whip a Granary in Lyons.
Turn 219
My scientists spent all of my money again. They are all filthy rich, of course, as were their fathers and forefathers, but they always manage to find new ways to spend the financing. Like making a huge solid-gold telescope. Yes, the lenses were also made of gold.
Maybe I should take a loan from my scientists to fund science.
Turn 221
Bobby Fisher is founded.
He looks rather confused, but starts fishing right away. My Gold income is low, since some of my Wealth producing cities are busy with ships, but that’ll end in a few turns. I start more Windmills and Watermills in my homeland, and yet more cottages in former France.
Turn 222
Nothing rears its ugly head. Generally, I just micromanage my Workers and check on cities from time to time.
I miss you, Napoleon. P-please come back.
Turn 223
I start building Mills around Bobby Fisher, to get him even more confused.
Turn 224
First Trireme is done. Warrior Eye goes back to Wealth for now, but I will build a Forge and a Harbor there eventually.
Turn 225
Second Trireme is completed. Metal Pig switches to Research to get me Optics one turn earlier.
Turn 227
Optics has arrived.
Now we can
spy on Catherine in the showe I mean, we can conquer the seas. Yes. Ptolemy and Al-Razi bulb Astronomy, and apparently compose a new soundtrack and invent baroque while at it as well. I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised, since the guys had centuries to get ready for their big day.
I upgrade my Triremes to Caravels and send them in different directions. Research is switched to Civil Service. My plan for the next 20 turns is to make contact, get Bureaucracy and finish settling my island - I’ll need money if I want to go to war, so economy comes first.
And, you know, I’ve been thinking about the twist: we, Greeks, just come out of nowhere, and then conquered some random humans using Catapults; we constantly in need of “more gold” and “more farms”, and now, now we’re going to build big ships and invade another human country. The answer should’ve been obvious from the beginning:
For the Horde, gentlemen!
The Copper Wenches War losses:
French side:
Greek side:
Maps:
France (general overview)
France (resource bubbles)
Greece (general overview)
Greece (resource bubbles)
+ many turns of growth + a gain from size 17 onwards = big investment for an advantage in xxx turns while he wouldn't take a big advantage (the city being free, quite big and developed) at the time of conquest.
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and Slavery. A Granary doubles the amount of 
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(from turn 213)
. The question is, what is the question 
(famous song from a german techno-group) . No. You need to meet the other civs, because those decide about which weapon is a good choice. Generally I'm thinking in the direction of Rifles, because they're the strongest unit in civ, and with the limited transport-capabilites (and because of Castles) they may be the best choice. Cuirrassiers might be a better alternative though, because they're also Gunpowder, only slightly weaker and their higher cost might not matter that much in your situation beause you have big cities, or said differently, researching 'til Rifling might be a weaker choice than making the first attack with Cuirrassiers, because Cuirrassiers cost less in 
. It's completely possible that you can win this game with Cuirrassiers alone. Best decision imo. would be to build a Scout (or take any unit of your choice) to get info on the defenses of the preferable target. You can also simply fast-tech towards Military Tradition though and then build as many Cuirrassiers and Galleons as possible.
