eldar said:
Okay, I got it, am playing now.
Wish I hadn't, though... I'll spare the pain of having to read the log first by posting a pic that sums everything up quite neatly:
Okay, now for what actually happened. Note that it all goes very well until turn 9:
0 1250 Pre-flight: Set Prefs, load MapStat, look at trades. Babs have Feudalism. Ouch
Do Babs have Iron? No. I can sell CoL to the Dutch. If I don't, someone else will soon enough. Get 53g, all of his treasury, for it. There's nowhere
obvious to send our Settlers now (that we won't be beaten to). Stop prevaricating and Just Get On With It!
IT: Hatt Settler->Settler.
1 1225 These are likely quiet turns. We don't have the troops to take on Babylon, just yet. 6 Archers would be a good start. Found One Horse Town. The only open spot now available is a horrible flip risk - I'll keep the next couple of Settlers ready for raze-and-replace in Babylon.
IT: Ankuwa Cat->Library.
2 1200 Zzzzz.
IT: Harran Archer->Archer, Aleppo Rax->Archer,
3 1175 Zzzzz.
IT: Ugarit Archer->Archer. Lisbon completes GLH. Heh, it'd be another GA if they hadn't already had one.
4 1150 Trade has opened up with Russia, she has spare Silks, and is backwards in tech. Too much to turn down. Trade her CoL for Silks, plus all her (14g) treasury. Means I can turn Tarsus's Clown to a Beakerhead. Our Scout found a 4th Bab city, Elippi, which is on a hill.
IT: Watch some Spanish units impale themselves on Elippi. Hatt Settler->Worker. We already have 3 spare Settlers with nowhere to go... extra Workers are always useful.
5 1125 Zzzzz.
IT: Watch some more Spain vs. Bab stuff. Very entertaining. Spanish stack outside Elippi now.
6 1100 The Ivory site east of Babylon is free. Long trek for a Settler and we'll be at war before then. I have 5 Archers and a Cat in Ankuwa, enough for a first strike at Nineveh. In place next turn, declare the turn after.
IT: Billy boy DEMANDS 45g. I give it to him. Hammi dials us up! I know what he wants, but let's see, shall we? Indeed! Alliance vs Izzy and RoP! I politely decline his offer. Hatt Worker->Worker. Harran Archer->Archer. Hattusha Granary->Worker. Kadesh Cat->Library.
7 1075 Move troops up to border (5 Archers, now 2 Cats).
IT: Bab/Spain peace. Not ideal, there'll be more to chuck at us. Aleppo Archer->Archer.
8 1050 Dial up Hammi and declare. Troops next to Nineveh.
IT: Hatt Worker->Settler. A Bab Galley pops up next to Adana - I'll switch to an Archer there to counter an invasion, if one happens. Tarsus Market->Archer. Good of our best city to join the War Effort at such an opportune moment. Ugarit Archer->Archer. Remedial Worker->Library.
9 1025 Heh, colour-blind me
it's a Russian Galley. I did wonder how the Babs got a ship that far round the world (it came from the East!).
Battle of Nineveh (Rd 1):
Cats go 2 for 2, HPs taken off a Bowman (Vet) and a Spear (Reg).
A second Reg spear shows up.
Archer 1 takes 1 HP off the Spear and dies, Bowman on top. 3 Defenders, then.
Archer 2 kills the bowman, 2 HPs lost.
Archer 3 flawlessly loses to the Spear, which promotes
Archer 4 does the same (no promotion though).
Stop the attack. Only 1 Archer left, 2 spears in the town.
IT: Bab bow kills an Archer. Time to bug out. Worse news... Dutch invasion in the south. Expect DoW next turn. Talk about bad timing. Hattusha Worker-Worker but I don't see how we'll keep from losing it to the Dutch in the next IT. Adana Galley->Rax. Ottos build MoM.
10 1000 Yikes, they're Dutch ACavs. This is bad. Get the obligatory out the way
ask to leave or declare, he declares. Go looking for allies. Henry first - 240g gets us his assistance. Anyone else would be a pain (units trekking across us), so Henry it will have to be. Now either our two Reg Warriors in Hattusha get lucky in the IT, or we lose it. Can't get reinforcements there because of the rivers. Dial Sci down to 50%, we still get Republic in 2, at a healthy +23gpt. Next player: pray Henry's enough of a diversion, and get peace with Hammi ASAP (that or find allies vs. Hammi but peace would be better - I don't think spending 20 turns watching one back whilst Dutch ACs hammer our other one is a good idea).
Save's down there somewhere. Knew I should've stayed in bed!
[Edit] A though (after the fact, unfortunately). Should I have turned down Sci (as I would've anyway), and offered Billy some gpt before asking him to leave?
Neil.
ing something. We need that wheat irrigated, and I think we'll need some plains mines... Here's how I work it:
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Are you feeling ok? I'm noting this on the PDA, the computer and the paper calender. My wife is looking at me like I've gone round the bend (again). my son just asked what 'unprecedented' meant and I told him it's when Bede agrees with me. He gave me a wierd look and rolled his eyes. 
