Tusk1 - Ladies First

[LKendter]

WOW - I guess the offensive stacks I saw was Spain back being broke.

Sounds like you must have found those blasted bombers and ended the harassment.

 

[CommandoBob]

Got it. Looks like the end-game, gentlemen!

Indeed it does.

Now, if you get some realy bad karma from the gods of random numbers, feel free to keep the game until you give Isabella that last, tantalizing, long awaited and very much deserved, sweet, sweet, sweet Kiss of Death.

Spoiler :

 

[MrRandomGuy]

I don't think it'll take him more than 10 turns to finish unless the 2 island cities in the north require an obscene amount of troops to conquer.

 

[Elephantium]

Pre-turn:
Abandon Matsuyama, New Athens, THIS IS SPARTA, Edessa.

We lose a stack of arty because I didn't notice that they were left uncovered
units dropped by Stop the Wine

Turn 1 (1772 AD):

Abandon Eretria and Rhodes.
Merge some Workers with cities to cut down unit support

Found the tactical town of Sally

Salamanca:
Cav army kills Inf > 12/18
Cav army kills Inf > 5/18
another Cav army kills Inf > 10/17
...and it dies to rInf
A third Army kills 2/4 Inf and seizes the city

Defending Stop the Wine:
Cav army kills Guerilla > 15/18
rInf dies
rInf kills Marine
Army kills 2/4 Inf => 10/18
rInf forces Cav to retreat
rInf forces Cav to retreat
rInf kills Marine
eInf kills redlined Cav
eInf kills redlined Cav

Barcelona:
Cav army kills Inf > 12/17
9th Army kills Inf > 16/18
9th Army kills Inf > 12/18
Army Group Blue kills Inf and seizes the city

Tactical town of Harry founded.

Hieraconpolis:
Army Group Red kills Inf > 12/18
Eleventh Army kills Inf and takes the city.

Lose eCav to stray Guerilla
eCav kills 2/4 Guerilla
We bombard a bunch of Spanish units near Bizen
Kill Guerilla
Kill Inf
Cav retreats
eCavs kill 3 Guerillas
vCavs kill Inf and 2 Guerillas

IBT:
Spain bombards our coast again...shocking.
Flight > Mass Production

Turn 2 (1774 AD):

Tactical town of IvoryPlain founded.
Yakutsk: Defenders redlined.
Ninth Army kills 2 Inf;
Army Group Yellow kills another
Ninth Army kills a Guerilla and seizes the city!

Heavy bombardment of Madrid redlines about 10 defenders.
Army Group Yellow kills the first Inf
Army Group Green kills the next one => 5/18
Tenth Army kills the next => 15/17
...and the next => 10/17
Army Group Red takes the next => 11/18
...and one more => 6/18
Army Group Blue comes next, killing three Inf => 8/17
Tenth Army kills a Guerilla => 8/17
Army Group Orange comes in to kill the last Guerilla and seize the city!

Coventry:
Twelveth Army kills rInf => 14/17
...and another => 12/17
...and a Guerilla, razing the city => 11/17

IBT:

Spain kills one of our Cavs
Salamanca deposes us.

Turn 3 (1776 AD):

First Army of Samurai dies on one Inf at Byblos
We bombard Toledo a bunch...
4 Inf, 2-3 Guerilla, 2 Riflemen
eCav kills Inf
eCav dies on Inf
eCav kills Inf
vCav kills Inf
vCav dies
vCav kills Guerilla
vCav kills Rifle
vCav kills Guerilla
City is ours.

Salamanca:
Arty redlines the defenders
4 Cavs later, the city is once again ours.

Tactical city of Tiny founded.

Vitoria:
Army Group Purple kills two Inf => 11/19
City is ours.

Turn 4 (1778 AD):

Bombing destroys the Barracks of Byblos and pings the top defender.
Army Group Black kills the top Inf => 9/18
...and then dies on the second Inf

Pamplona:
We redline the defenders with a big arty barrage.
Army Group Yellow kills Inf => 11/17
Eleventh Army kills Inf => 16/18
Army Group Yellow kills Rifle => 11/17
...and Guerilla, razing the city

Turn 5 (1780 AD):

We redline the defenders at Vladivostok
Army Group Blue kills two
as does Army Group Green
eCav kills the last defender and razes the city.

IBT:

Spain captures a few Workers in the New World, but that's okay - they only have one city left.

Turn 6 (1782 AD):

We raze Spain's last remaining city with a Cav army, winning the game.

 

[MrRandomGuy]

We lose a stack of arty because I didn't notice that they were left uncovered

Oh wow sorry about that one. I thought I covered all of the stacks but I guess I missed one. Not the first time that's happened to me either

Turn 6 (1782 AD):

We raze Spain's last remaining city with a Cav army, winning the game.

Nice! Can you please post the save of the last turn before razing the city? I like to see the end game replay after every game I play.

 

[LKendter]

I have the same request as MrRandomGuy - can we get the last save before the win.

Sounds like the army were pushed to hard. They often suck vs. infantry. The good thing is the game was so close to ending that it didn't matter.

 

[CommandoBob]

Me, too!

Time of a little bit of gloating.

~~~

This variant was more difficult (and more fun!) than I thought. Meeting the Wife on the 5th Lady Civ out of the six of them, and then saving her until last really gives her a strong position. In a 'normal' game we would have taken on Spain long before we focused on the Byzantines. And I don't think I've seen a game where Spain has been so strong.

 

[Elephantium]

I still had the 1780 AD autosave; I've saved that to a normal save and attached it to this post.