McLMan
Afraid of the monkeys
Pre-turn.
I've got tupaclives' notes minimized for reference in starting off. Look for MM options but little to do everything looks pretty good. Raising lux slider to get rid of several clowns would cost more than keeping the clowns. A lot of unhappiness. This much war and only 3 luxuries hooked up. Entertainers get to keep their jobs in a lot of towns. Set science to zero and replace the entertainer in Babylon with a single Scientist. Change Bombay2 to infantry.
Hit Enter
IT
Our Cavalry fortified on mtn. next to Persian choke kills 5 cavs of different nationalites before succombing to a Chinese Cav. Greek ironclads pillaging our homeland. Greek ironclad attacks our ironclad and redlines it, but we win. Chinese gathering outside of Babylon Choke.
Turn 1) 1730 AD
Upgrade 8 cannon to artillery. (we're at +314 gpt right now. Industrialization due in 36)
Redline everything near our cities with cannon and artillery. Nothing to attack with though. Kill Chinese Cav on mtn. next to Persian Choke with our Cav Army.
Founded Blacksburg under infantry army
IT
No AI attacks. Injured units retreat, only to be replaced by healthy ones. We need some attack units to take advantage of the artillery by picking off the damaged enemy units.
Turn 2) 1735 AD
Again redline all enemy units around Persian choke. This time manage to kill a few, although I lose a rifle attacking a Greek Cav on a hill. Upgrade 6 more cannon. Reinforcements arrive from mainland. Set the really unhappy cities to building Settlers.
IT
Chinese land a solo infantry unit on a hill next to our empty town of Lyons in the homeland.
Again, no attacks. Injured enemy units leave, but fewer replacements arrive this turn.
Turn 3) 1740 AD
I don't have much to deal with the Chinese infantry next to Lyons. 2 Cavalry built last IT, that's it other than a bunch of outdated units. I attack the infantry with a Sword to try to soften it up, he manages to take 1HP off of it without promoting him (I know it was risky). Attack with a Cavalry. It was close, the infantry was redlined but beat our Cav. This time the infantry was promoted, however, so he goes up to 2 HP. I figure he won't attack while injured, and fortify the other cav in Lyons. One cav due this next IT so I short rush 3 more to deal with the infantry next turn. Time to keep a small contingency force in the homeland. (If we had one, I sent it to the front)
Upgrade several more cannon. Again redline everything around Persian Choke, and manage to kill a bunch. No losses on our part.
More reinforcements arrive from mainland.
IT
Chinese attack Persepolis!! Suicide 6 Cav vs. our Rifle armies. They did manage to do some damage though. They even attack Blacksburg containing the infanty Army, suiciding 2 cav there. Greek galleys covered by ironclads head toward our homeland. Wonder what they'll bring. They've been relatively quiet at the front.
Chinese infantry in our territory moves N toward undefended Hyderabad. He's on a mountian now, will be tough to kill.
Greek ironclads continue to pillage homeland every turn.
Turn 4) 1745 AD
Upgrade several more cannons. Redline everything near Babylon Choke & Persian Choke and still have a bunch of active artillery. Move them to Persepolis to redline the stack of 4 Chinese infantry that is S of Blacksburg.
Go after Chinese Infantry on mountain. 1st Cav redlines him but retreats, 2nd wins easily and is promoted to Elite!
Settler in Babylon Choke ready to go 3 tiles SW, but need offensive units to be able to advance.
The area around Persian Choke is mostly clear. I think the AI focus is going to be shifted to Persepolis & Blacksburg. Begin to push outward from Persian choke to clear the line for reinforcements. Move worker stack to hill W of Persian Choke to rail the one tile necessary to get Persepolis on the rail network. Cover them with an infantry and a rifle army.
IT
China only civ to attack. They send some of their yellow-lined units after our Cav on the mtn. S of Persain choke. He kills 4 infantry and a cav before yielding to a redlined cav. China takes another crack at Persepolis and Blacksburg. We kill 3 infantry and 3 cavalry.
Turn 5) 1750 AD
Clear out remaining enemy units around Persian Choke. Move more artillery into Persepolis to damage enemy units there. Kill several with cavalry raids. Pillaging Army moving towards China's visible rubber resource (NE of Xinjian). They have another one somewhere that I haven't seen. Moved Settler to the spot suggested by tupaclives (3-SW of Babylon Choke). Can found a city next turn.
I've been really slammed, and have had the save long enough, so I'm going ot call it a night here.
Post Turn:
Thanks for your patience, and letting me continue in this game. While it wasn't a barnburner turnset, it was my most successful since France. For the first time in a while I've witnessed a little progress first hand rather than read about it. The front has moved to the Babylon Choke, (as yet unnamed), Blacksburg, Persepolis line. I didn't spend the gold accumulated this turn, all cannons have been upgraded to artillery. We can now either upgrade some rifles or turn research back on. We should consider researching towards Motorized Transportation as fast as we can so we don't get caught too far behind the curve. We might be able to field another pillaging army soon which should help slow the AI's progress. We've got to acquire 317 more tiles for domination. So we will see some tanks this game. Good Luck to the next player.
****The Save****
I've got tupaclives' notes minimized for reference in starting off. Look for MM options but little to do everything looks pretty good. Raising lux slider to get rid of several clowns would cost more than keeping the clowns. A lot of unhappiness. This much war and only 3 luxuries hooked up. Entertainers get to keep their jobs in a lot of towns. Set science to zero and replace the entertainer in Babylon with a single Scientist. Change Bombay2 to infantry.
Hit Enter
IT
Our Cavalry fortified on mtn. next to Persian choke kills 5 cavs of different nationalites before succombing to a Chinese Cav. Greek ironclads pillaging our homeland. Greek ironclad attacks our ironclad and redlines it, but we win. Chinese gathering outside of Babylon Choke.
Turn 1) 1730 AD
Upgrade 8 cannon to artillery. (we're at +314 gpt right now. Industrialization due in 36)
Redline everything near our cities with cannon and artillery. Nothing to attack with though. Kill Chinese Cav on mtn. next to Persian Choke with our Cav Army.
Founded Blacksburg under infantry army
IT
No AI attacks. Injured units retreat, only to be replaced by healthy ones. We need some attack units to take advantage of the artillery by picking off the damaged enemy units.
Turn 2) 1735 AD
Again redline all enemy units around Persian choke. This time manage to kill a few, although I lose a rifle attacking a Greek Cav on a hill. Upgrade 6 more cannon. Reinforcements arrive from mainland. Set the really unhappy cities to building Settlers.
IT
Chinese land a solo infantry unit on a hill next to our empty town of Lyons in the homeland.
Again, no attacks. Injured enemy units leave, but fewer replacements arrive this turn.
Turn 3) 1740 AD
I don't have much to deal with the Chinese infantry next to Lyons. 2 Cavalry built last IT, that's it other than a bunch of outdated units. I attack the infantry with a Sword to try to soften it up, he manages to take 1HP off of it without promoting him (I know it was risky). Attack with a Cavalry. It was close, the infantry was redlined but beat our Cav. This time the infantry was promoted, however, so he goes up to 2 HP. I figure he won't attack while injured, and fortify the other cav in Lyons. One cav due this next IT so I short rush 3 more to deal with the infantry next turn. Time to keep a small contingency force in the homeland. (If we had one, I sent it to the front)
Upgrade several more cannon. Again redline everything around Persian Choke, and manage to kill a bunch. No losses on our part.
More reinforcements arrive from mainland.
IT
Chinese attack Persepolis!! Suicide 6 Cav vs. our Rifle armies. They did manage to do some damage though. They even attack Blacksburg containing the infanty Army, suiciding 2 cav there. Greek galleys covered by ironclads head toward our homeland. Wonder what they'll bring. They've been relatively quiet at the front.
Chinese infantry in our territory moves N toward undefended Hyderabad. He's on a mountian now, will be tough to kill.
Greek ironclads continue to pillage homeland every turn.
Turn 4) 1745 AD
Upgrade several more cannons. Redline everything near Babylon Choke & Persian Choke and still have a bunch of active artillery. Move them to Persepolis to redline the stack of 4 Chinese infantry that is S of Blacksburg.
Go after Chinese Infantry on mountain. 1st Cav redlines him but retreats, 2nd wins easily and is promoted to Elite!
Settler in Babylon Choke ready to go 3 tiles SW, but need offensive units to be able to advance.
The area around Persian Choke is mostly clear. I think the AI focus is going to be shifted to Persepolis & Blacksburg. Begin to push outward from Persian choke to clear the line for reinforcements. Move worker stack to hill W of Persian Choke to rail the one tile necessary to get Persepolis on the rail network. Cover them with an infantry and a rifle army.
IT
China only civ to attack. They send some of their yellow-lined units after our Cav on the mtn. S of Persain choke. He kills 4 infantry and a cav before yielding to a redlined cav. China takes another crack at Persepolis and Blacksburg. We kill 3 infantry and 3 cavalry.
Turn 5) 1750 AD
Clear out remaining enemy units around Persian Choke. Move more artillery into Persepolis to damage enemy units there. Kill several with cavalry raids. Pillaging Army moving towards China's visible rubber resource (NE of Xinjian). They have another one somewhere that I haven't seen. Moved Settler to the spot suggested by tupaclives (3-SW of Babylon Choke). Can found a city next turn.
I've been really slammed, and have had the save long enough, so I'm going ot call it a night here.
Post Turn:
Thanks for your patience, and letting me continue in this game. While it wasn't a barnburner turnset, it was my most successful since France. For the first time in a while I've witnessed a little progress first hand rather than read about it. The front has moved to the Babylon Choke, (as yet unnamed), Blacksburg, Persepolis line. I didn't spend the gold accumulated this turn, all cannons have been upgraded to artillery. We can now either upgrade some rifles or turn research back on. We should consider researching towards Motorized Transportation as fast as we can so we don't get caught too far behind the curve. We might be able to field another pillaging army soon which should help slow the AI's progress. We've got to acquire 317 more tiles for domination. So we will see some tanks this game. Good Luck to the next player.
****The Save****
Ya know, I bought a copy of vanilla on eBay to add to the PTW and C3C that I already have, just so I can keep up with these vanilla games. (Or maybe even join one someday, who knows?) I keep forgetting the differences. Yep, no lethal bombing runs in vanilla, but damage is usually good enough. Ships can't heal at sea, so that's a long return trip for the AI.
... I named it its job, I cant make it any clearer than that, working the coast nets another +2gpt (more than the taxmen) and there were about 5-6 other examples like that. Lets take a look at what we can do with MM the core guys, I can't stress how important it is.
