0 1600 AD
The Ladies of our Life
We got tired of the Joan's French tom-foolery and finished her offl
Cleopatra met Claude Cooper, who had clapped some copper clappers in Cleveland, so we clobbered her.
Catherine the Great she surely was, as long as the lights were out.
Elizabeth of England was exquisite, even after we extinguished her.
Theodora is getting a thrashing.
Isabella is incorrigible and will soon be invisible.
Did some MMing, nothing major. Replacebable Parts still in 3 turns.
[IBT]
We kill a Cavalry at Stop the Wine (1 of 1).
I Hated Her: vCav -> vCav in 2.
Memphis: vCav -> vCav in 3.
Edo: vRifle -> vRifle in 3.
Pi-Ramesses: worker -> worker in 10.
Avignon: vCav -> wealth.
Nara: vCav -> vCav in 3.
Yokohama: vCav -> vCav in 5.
Lakeville: worker -> worker in 10.
1 1605 AD
Only Delphi has resisters.
Varna (3)
Redline the bad guys.
eCav and vCav walk to victory (3 of 3, 0 of 1e).
Good News
We keep this place and its 2 resisters. Start a worker in 10.
We rail to Varna.
We rail to and through Herakleia.
Rhodes (2)
We lose a vCav to an rRifle (3 of 4).
vCav takes down vMusket (4 of 5).
eCav spies 1/3 Rifle, Rifle is gone (5 of 6, 0 of 2e).
Good News
And we gain another city, no gold and no resisters; start a worker.
Eretria (1)
Seventh Army (15/18) visits this wide spot in the road.
Two Rifles die.
Good News
We gain a city next to a volcano. Great city planning.
Old Greece now belongs to Japan.
eCav finishes off free standing and redlined vCav (6 of 7, 0 of 3e).
Chalcedon (5)
Eighth Army, four healthy vCavs, spots a cannon and trambles a vRifle (7 of 8).
Now 11/17, it stomps an rRifle (8 of 9).
vCav vs. vCav, ours wins (9 of 10).
Good News
We gain a cannon, no gold and three resisiters; start a worker.
This city has rails.
We grab three slaves.
Add a Rifle to both Varna and Chalcedon.
Fifth and Sixth Army go to Firefly to heal.
Rail to Ephesus.
Workers
Put some workers/slaves on two turn projects, so that they will be done when we learn Replaceable Parts.
[IBT]
Tokyo: vCav -> vCav in 4.
Echigo: worker -> worker in 5.
New Edo: worker -> worker in 10.
Spain is building Theory of Evolution (Sci Methods).
2 1610 AD
Trespassers
rCav 1N of Chalcedon.
Rail to Chalcedon.
That rCav is redlined and removed by eCav (10 of 11, 0 of 4e).
Send back the Army, 5 cav and 2 Rifle we had sent overseas. I think we have enough forces left to take care of Theodora.
Disband a few Trebuchets and Catapults to build workers in resisting cities.
Workers
Move a settler 2N of Chalcedon.
Rail and water some grasslands overseas.
Drop science to 10%; Replaceable Parts in 1, +315 gpt, 474 gold.
[IBT]
Fend off a Cavalry attack near Chalcedon (11 of 12).
Replaceable Parts -> The Corporation, 15 turns at 10%.
I Hated Her: vCav -> VCav.
Firefly: settler -> settler.
Satsuma: vCav -> VCav.
Delphi: worker (Byzantine) -> worker.
Short Line: barracks -> worker.
Chalcedon: worker (Byzantine) -> worker.
Suo:: vCav -> VCav.
Filler: worker -> worker.
3 1615 AD
We have 4 Rubber connected.
Tresspassers
vCav 1N of Chalcedon. Lambs to the slaughter.
If I have done this like I wanted, all of our workers have completed their prior tasks and can now work at double speed.
Kaylee Frye is placed 2N of chalcedon, to bring Septum within artillery range.
eCav clears out the tresspasser (12 of 13, 0 of 5e).
Ugrade 10 cannons to artillery for 600 of 789 gold.
Three Armies occupy the three tiles SW of Septum.
Disband catapults in Chalcedon and Delplhi to rush a slave.
River Tam is 2SW of Bye Bye Alex.
Workers
Rail to Rhodes.
Rail and water overseas, since no military action this turn.
Rail mountains in the homeland.
Do not raise the science rate this turn; keep it low to give us enough cash to upgrade the cannons in the homeland next turn.
[IBT]
Neo-Tokyo: worker -> worker.
Memphis: vCav -> vCav.
New Kyoto: vFrigate -> vFrigate.
Delphi: worker (Byzantine) -> worker.
Varna: worker (Byzantine) -> worker.
Bad News
Heraclea flips to Byzantium. Bad. But we had no units in the city.
Chalcedon: worker (Byzantine) -> worker.
Nara: vCav -> vCav.
4 1620 AD
Heraclea (2)
cRifle stiffs an eCav once but not twice (13 of 15, 0 of 6e).
Good News
Heraclea is again ours. And we gain 1 gold!
Septum (3)
Defenders are redlined from Kaylee Frye.
eCav plinks off 1/3 Rifle (14 of 16, 0 of 7e).
eCav gains glory from another 1/3 Rifle (15 of 17, 1 of 8e).
*Cavalry Of Septum 1620 AD* and Tojo, who becomes
Tenth Army 1620 AD and is sent home.
eCav stomps 1/4 Spear (16 of 18, 1 of 9e).
Good News
We gain a choke point, 1 gold and 2 resisters.
1NE of Septum is a barricade (?).
We redline the Spear inside it; eCav removes it and it is ours (17 of 19, 1 of 10e).
We fill it with a Rifle.
We send 3 Samurai armies across the border into Byzantium.
Upgrade 8 cannons to artillery in the homeland, 480 of 515 gold.
Workers
Busy work.
[IBT]
Furious Spain demands Wines. We give them. After Theodora is dead, we don't need to worry about our trading reputation.
I Hated Her: vCav -> vCav.
Sparta: worker -> worker.
Frenchie: settler -> settler.
Edo: vInfantry -> vInfantry.
Kagoshima: vCav -> vCav.
Chalcedon: worker (Byzantine) -> worker.
Ephesus: worker -> worker.
Jaynestown: settler -> settler.
Septum: worker (Byzantine) -> worker.
Sappo: artillery -> artillery.
Izumi: vCav -> vCav.
Sugar Lake: worker -> worker.
5 1625 AD
No cities in resistance.
Amorium (1)
Redline the Rifles and Cavalry.
Fifth Army (samurai) swats a Rifle (18 of 20).
And repeats that feat (19 of 21).
Tripeats on the Cavlary (20 of 22).
Good News
We gain the city, 2 gold and cross the chokepoint.
We do not gain control of the Saltpeter nearby, but it is no longer inside her borders, either.
Rail to Amorium.
Move a combat settler over the border, NE towards Ancyra; Samurai Army protects it.
Upgrade one cannon to artillery in Firefly. Ship 8 cannons home. Upgrade 5 of them in I Hated Her.
Workers
Stay busy.
[IBT]
Atehns: worker -> worker.
Stop the Wine: worker -> worker.
Tokyo: vCav -> vCav.
Giza: vCav -> vCav.
Yokohama: vCav -> vCav.
YouCantTakeTheSkyFromMe: worker -> worker.
6 1630 AD
Derrial Book is 2NE of Amorium and it places Ancyra within artilery range.
Ancyra (5)
3 eCav attacks take the city (23 of 25, 1 of 13e).
Good News
Three gold, three resisters.
We rail to the city.
Prilep (4)
We assault without artillery and it falls (25 of 29).
Good News
Seventh Army snipes a Cavalry (26 of 30).
Disband Trebuchets in our new cities to rush slaves.
Two combat settlers invade, one for next turn and one that needs to walk two more tiles.
Upgrade our last three cannons in I Hated Her.
Raise science to 70%, The Corporation in 4, -10 gpt, 152 gold.
Workers
Clear two Marsh around Trojan.
[IBT]
Prilep outshoots Cavlary (27 of 31).
I Hated Her: vCav -> vCav.
Memphis: vCav -> vCav.
Satsuma: vCav -> vCav.
Nagoya: Army -> Army.
Nara: vCav -> vCav.
Ancyra: worker (Byzantine) -> worker.
Prilep: worker (Byzantine) -> worker.
Whalepoint: barracks -> vCav.
7 1635 AD
Trespassers
rCav 1N of Ancyra.
Inara Serra is sited 2N of Derrial Book and menaces both Brusa and Iconium.
Eleventh Army is parked (empty) near the capital.
Good News
Two eCav capture Iconium (6) (29 of 33, 1 of 15e). Four gold, one slave.
Brusa (1)
Last healthy eCav finds a cannon in Brusa (1) but still beats the defending Cavalry (30 of 34, 1 of 16e).
Two vcavs smash the Spears in Brusa (32 of 36).
Good News
Upgrade the captured cannon.
Remove the Cavlary 1N of Ancyra (33 of 37).
Send a combat settler over the line.
Workers
Do worker stuff.
[IBT]
Win 1 and lose 1 at Iconium (34 of 39).
Get booted by Spain but I don't know where.
Update: cultural expansion at Echizen put Third Army on the wrong side of the Spanish border.
New Oskaka: library -> wealth.
Osaka: vInfantry -> vInfantry.
Caesarea: barracks -> settler.
Iconium: worker (Byzantine) -> worker.
Abydos (old Egypt): rRifle -> temple.
Kyoto: worker -> worker.
8 1640 AD
Trespassers
Byzantine Cavalry 1NW of New Osaka.
It is gone (35 of 40).
Malcolm Reynolds brings us closer to Vidin.
Vidin (5)
First attack on Vidin give us *CavalryOfVidin 1640 AD* and Hirohito, who becomes
Twelveth Army (35 of 40, 2 of 17e).
Next eCav dies but the follow-up one does not (36 of 42, 2 of 18e).
vCavs seal the deal (38 of 44).
Good News
We gain Vidin, 5 gold and three resisters.
Zoe Washburne is not built in a good place but it lets us attack two puny cities this turn.
Edessa (2)
Seventh Army handles Spear and Rifle in Edessa (38 of 44).
Good News
We gain a slave.
Taomina (2)
Eighth Army disposes of the 2 Spears in Taomina (40 of 46).
Good News
We get some more gold.
Lone vCav has a strong defense but not strong enough (41 of 48).
Workers
Keep working.
[IBT]
I Hated Her: vCav -> vCav.
Neo-Tokyo: worker -> worker.
Edo: vInfantry -> vInfantry.
Knossos: worker -> worker.
Short Line: worker -> worker.
Mycanae: worker -> worker.
Ephesus: worker -> worker.
Rouen: vInfantry -> vInfantry.
Bad News
Septum deposes and back to Byantium. Blast.
Suo: vCav -> vCav.
Newly captured Byzantine cities shut down.
Vidin: worker (Byzantine) -> worker.
BurnTheLand: worker -> worker.
9 1645 AD
Trespassers
Byzantine Cavalry 1NW of New Osaka. Again.
Hoban Washburne is spotted 2NE of the Byzantine capital of Ohrid. This brings the Spanish city of Santander (9) into artillery range.
Septum (1)
Septum is reclaimed (42 of 49, 2 of 19e).
Good News
Ohrid (4)
eCav dies and eCav wins at Ohrid (43 of 51, 2 of 20e).
Three vCav do better (46 of 54).
Good News
Samosata (1)
VCav is surprised by rMusket in Samosata (46 of 55).
Find, and then lose, an eCav at Samosata (46 of 56).
Getting tired of this.
TWO unit Army slices a Spear at Samosata (47 of 57).
Sixth Army skewers the cavalry (48 of 58).
Fourth Army upends the Musket (49 of 59).
Good News
Samosata is ours, along with 27 gold.
Better News
And Theodora is dead and gone.
Workers
All our new cities are railed.
Drop science to 0%, The Corporation in 1, +407 gpt, 150 gold.
[IBT]
The Corporation -> Refining in 26 at 0%.
Memphis: vCav -> vCav.
Heliopolis: settler -> settler.
Tokyo: vCav -> vCav.
Alexandria: vFrigate -> vFrigate.
New Satsuma: worker -> worker.
Sardica: worker -> worker.
Nara: vCav -> vCav.
Nicodema: worker -> worker.
Cranky cities go back into good order.
Sapporo: artillery -> artillery.
Prilep: worker (Byzantine) -> worker.
Adrianople: worker -> worker.
BoilTheSea: settler -> settler.
Sugarloaf: worker -> worker.
Theory of Evolution is built in Madrid, Spain.
Too late, lady. If you were really smart you wouldn't be mad with us.
10 1650 AD
No cranky cities, no resisters and one foe.
Jayne Cobb claims some already railed tiles around Orhid.
Workers
Railing and irrigating.
And the save is attached.