Pre-turn: I went ahead with the ToE for I see it as quite different than GLib where you can sit and wait ToE was a one time shot. There were 2 positives and 1 negative so I played yesterday.
As far as the country goes Bede has left me with almost nothing to do. I survey the scene. We are at war with Cathy. I see she has become a facsist. Cathy has 34 inf., 8 frigates, 2 galleons and assorted nothings. My battle plan will be to cut off her offense (horses) and then eliminate her defense (rubber and oil). All are near Moscow.
To Greece there is a lot of open wilderness on the Greek continent. I see 2 open horses and
..what do we have here
oil!
There is an oilfield outside of the borders of Russian Ulsan and Greek Nampo. I change Sulkis to a settler. I realize a placement near this oil will put border pressure on Alex but he has no oil. Without oil Alex will be in rough shape when we get motorized. I send an attachment of 2 cav, 2 guerilla, 6 arty, 2 inf. to take Ulsan.
IBT Dutch and Spain sign for peace. Greeks start Univ. Sufferage.
1. 1505 AD Oil? Snip the road.
.and look at Ulsan. A little late to the party it seems.
While sending our invasion force I see 3 Russian frigates and a galleon. From my experience AI frigates wont detach from a galleon. I drop off our first wave on the horses near Moscow.
IBT Greece and Russia make peace. THEN.....Greek inf. attacks our vet cav on a hill and cav wins.
2. 1510 AD
The ToE is finished and our sages learn Fascism (no choice) and I chose Atom Theory. That was a bummer but I think its because we have no research on and it may appease part of the team.
I say that surprise attack by the Greeks makes Alex a liar and a cheat
.he can not be trusted. He broke many agreements with our people. This is not good. Call William and he agrees with us for 13 gpt and gives us some maps. Dial up Izzie and she agrees too for 15 gpt, she gives us maps and 13g in change. We have forces on the Greek continent split into 3 groups. New Rusicade, Inchon and the oil pillagers. I check Alexs battle forces. He has 14 cav, 65 inf., 16 frigates(yikes), 4 galleons and 6 rifles and 2 hoplites. We pound a Greek cav by our oil attachment then send in elite cav and eliminate and cover with a guerilla. Little damage 4/5.
Now to Cathy. Horses gone. Arty pounds the rubber. Gone. Roads into our battle group gone. Moscow will starve. I hurry a galleon so I can fortify against the Russian Armada headed that way. Our frigate bombs the Armada and takes 2 hps off a frigate.
IBT Russians counter and they lose 2 and we lose 2 inf but one of our inf. goes elite. The armada moves. We lose a guerilla protecting our elite cav near the oil. A pile of Greek cav show up at our doorstep. They attack at Inchon and they lose 2 cav.
3. 1515Bomb both Russian inf. Go 2 for 2 and redline both. Vet cav redlines but wins, elite cav goes 4/5. Send home inf elite and cav elite to get healthy for onslaught at Rostov. Bomb Russian armada again and take 2 more hps. Move some inf. over to our island to cover. Moving to oil pillagers. Moving forward see a cav. Bomb it twice. Elite cav 4/5 and kills. Guerilla covers. Battle of Inchon its our cav vs. theirs-- 1st goes 2/4 and wins, 2nd loses Greek cav 2/4, 3rd vet goes 2/4 avenging the others loss, guerilla goes 4/4 killing redliner. The Battle of New Rusicade
vet cav goes ¼ and wins, guerilla loses without taking any hps of their cav, inf. takes out 2/4 cav without a scratch. The Greeks have 4 cav now.
IBT I wish I thought to make a picture because it was a beautiful sight. Out of the fog I see an orange flag
.its William! Williams first frigate redlines and knocks out Cathys 1st frigate, 2nd sinks 2/4 frigate, 3rd pounds other 2/4 frigate and I think promoted and a fourth comes in and galleon is bye bye and Cathys Armada is gone. Greek fleet surrounds and pound Inchon. Inf kill 2 cav and a guerilla in the melee. 7 more inf. appear near Inchon.
4. 1520 AD We complete Wall Street with Hoovers pre-build. Decide to wait a turn before another pre-build since we are the only with AT. We now have an agent in Madrid. Izzie has 9 cav, 31 inf., 7 rifles but only 2 frigates and 2 galleons
.shes not gonna be much help vs. the Greeks. Send out the galleon from Inchon now that the blockade is out of the way. Rush a frigate at Zouchis to see if we can get some type of escort for our forces. Move Russian battle group towards Rostov. We will need to establish some type of toehold.
IBT Alls quiet on Cathys front. Bad news all around Greece. We lose a guerilla with oil pillagers. Our galleon sinks a frigate but is sunk by another. Guerilla and Elite Cav killed at Wonsan. But kill a cav at New Rusicade. Looking pretty thin in Greek lands.
5. 1525 Our horses a temporarily cut off from blockade at Inchon. Make a note that horses to William come up in 5. We may need them. Continue slogging to Rostov. Reinforcements coming in. Zouchis sends reinforcements with a frigate escort. Bomb two Greek Inf. at Inchon to 2 hps. Cavs go ¼ and 2/4 and elminate them.
IBT Frigate attacked
sinks, galleon attacked
.sinks. Not even close. Greek Inf. attacks Inchon and loses. New Rusicade defends vs Inf. and wins.
6. 1530 AD Start Pre-build for Hoovers at Cathage with Mil Acad. Bomb Rostov. 2 inf. and 4 arty left with oil pillagers. No one gets too close as they bomb them down. Move some galleons south for Greece. Hunker down on Greek continent.
IBT Iron pillaged by Inchon. Our cultural borders expand on Greek continent.
7. 1535 AD Oil pillagers bomb away at inf. and guerilla. They arent coming here. Try to hit rails in the area. 0 for 2. Bomb Rostov. They have 3 inf. We yellow line 2 and redline another. This city is on a hill so I dial up HQ and request more arty and a settler.
IBT Ships move out of Inchon as 3 frigs escort a galleon. A massive assault hits New Rusicade. We kill 3 inf. and a cav. One of our inf. goes elite but the other dies. We have a problem as 12 more are on the way.
8. 1540 AD Decide it is best to abandon New Rusicade. The odds are stacked against us there. I sell the temple 15g and rax for 10g. We will return. Send out the elite who is met by another inf. and 2 guerillas from Inchon. Bomb an Greek elite inf. to 2 hps and eliminate as our vet cav promotes. Rostov bombed with almost no damage. Send home the spotter to get glasses and call in a new one. See that Cathy does have oil now. Im not sure if it just popped up but Yaktusk has oil underneath on another island. Well I think its time for a trade. Izzie is willing to give us 232g, 51 gpt and maps for our rubber. Done and done. Both rubber sources are on our continent.
IBT Kill 2 suicide Russian guerillas that dont even dent our inf. Our Elite inf and that attachment are cornered by 13 inf.
9. 1545 AD More arty is ready at Rostov. Send home this spotter as he goes 0 for 4. The new one at least goes 6 for 10 and all inf. are redlined in Rostov. 1st cav loses, 2nd cav wins ¾, 3rd redlines stays and wins, elite finishes and goes 4/5. We take Rostov and 166g. I decide to keep it for the time being and see the flip chances. Moscow is at pop 9. Theyre next. Hunker down in Inchon. Bomb everything in sight with oil pillagers. 3 galleons and a frigate are getting ready. Another frigate is coming from Utica. I notice that Alexs democracy is in shambles as the country is in anarchy.
IBT Russian frigate attacks one of our galleon shuttle and the frigate sinks. Thats 4 frigates down for her.
10 1550 AD The flip risk is too great at almost 18% at Rostov. Sell off all the improvements and abandon the city. There are two settlers there ready to settle. Move towards Moscow. Hunkered in at Inchon. Bomb away with oil pillagers
Summary
We should cancel the horses, ivory, incense, coal and 5gpt for spices with William. We can likely negotiate a better deal. We can also cancel Williams MA vs. Cathy anytime. I would be inclined to do so because we dont need the help. William needs to focus on Alex. I believe William also needs iron so I think we can get the spices back easy.
The wines/silks for iron/coal is up with Izzie. I would say we may want to keep the luxs. Our income is around 700 gpt. We can get ironclads from Izzie for 69gpt. Maybe we can structure another deal around the iron and/coal deal. Her MA vs. Cathy is due in 3.
Cathy is willing to give 440g. I would prefer to get her oil city but dont think we should stop.
I think we should consider taking our navy south (theres another frigate from Utica on the way) and grab the oil. If we control the oil supply this thing is all but over. Izzie has none to spare, Alex has none, Cathy has 2 but one is disconnected. I forgot to check William as he still has learned refining but he should be checked as well. Being the only with motorized transport would be huge.
I also have that force on Alexs coal to pillage and we should see if he has more coal. We need a navy as you see with the satelite shot...Greece is an issue again.
Saves are for 1540 rubber trade and 1550 save.
Let's discuss....
Also Bede will need a breather after Sid 7+1!!
Set Leptis to building the Military Academy for a jump on ToE when we steal SciMeth in 3 or 4.
