TV-01: A Noble Beginning
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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY: Made peace with everyone, disbanded our military, and started building infrastructure... j/k. Actually I took Cuzco and then declared war on Gandhi.
My apologies to any builders in our team, I seem to have turned this game into perpetual warfare.
Inherited turn:
MM cities to work more commerce and mature cottages. As a result Banking is due in 2 turns at 70% (-47 gpt). Next turn I will whip a bunch of markets and then get Mercantilism running. Those free merchants should help our cash flow problem. HC has two off-continent cities somewhere, I'll be buggered if I'm going to bother finding those. Thespis heads to Tiwanaku to help it grow and produce some cash. Cathy is about to declare on Gandhi or Hatty, let's hope it's on Gandhi. If that happens I will join her.
Turn 1:
I found Frankfurt in place of former Otheincancity. Once it grows it will work clams, cows, and gold. A real powerhouse in the middle of desert. Antium and Hamburg whip markets. I extort 140 gold from Gandhi for no penalty.
Turn 2:
Banking is in, set research path to Chemistry to get grenadiers. Change civics to Mercantilism and research anarchy for 1 turn. Suicided a bunch of catapults on Cuzco but there's just too many defenders and not enough attackers to take it.
Turn 3:
Configure free merchants most everywhere.
Turn 4:
zzz
Turn 5:
Cathy completes Temple of Solomon. I make a big push on Cuzco and have some terrific luck, wiping out nearly all the defenders. It should fall next turn.
Turn 6:
Judaism spreads in Berlin. I take Cuzco and make peace with HC. His remaining two cities are iceballs in the south coast. I have a big ol' stack of doom near Bombay.
Turn 7:
Gandhi refuses to give us Education. So be it. I declare war. We take out a pillaging party consisting of one jumbo and two archers. There is also a settler party of his in the west coast. Bombay is weakly defended.
Turn 8:
Bombay falls with ease and we now hold the Islamic holy city.
Turn 9:
Moving troops towards Calcutta.
Turn 10:
I set Berlin to build Heroic Epic, feel free to veto. Calcutta is being sieged and has only three defenders, it should fall next turn. Cathy has not yet declared war on anyone but could do so on any turn.
Sammcs is up next, I believe.
Das Autolog:
My apologies to any builders in our team, I seem to have turned this game into perpetual warfare.
Inherited turn:
MM cities to work more commerce and mature cottages. As a result Banking is due in 2 turns at 70% (-47 gpt). Next turn I will whip a bunch of markets and then get Mercantilism running. Those free merchants should help our cash flow problem. HC has two off-continent cities somewhere, I'll be buggered if I'm going to bother finding those. Thespis heads to Tiwanaku to help it grow and produce some cash. Cathy is about to declare on Gandhi or Hatty, let's hope it's on Gandhi. If that happens I will join her.
Turn 1:
I found Frankfurt in place of former Otheincancity. Once it grows it will work clams, cows, and gold. A real powerhouse in the middle of desert. Antium and Hamburg whip markets. I extort 140 gold from Gandhi for no penalty.
Turn 2:
Banking is in, set research path to Chemistry to get grenadiers. Change civics to Mercantilism and research anarchy for 1 turn. Suicided a bunch of catapults on Cuzco but there's just too many defenders and not enough attackers to take it.
Turn 3:
Configure free merchants most everywhere.
Turn 4:
zzz
Turn 5:
Cathy completes Temple of Solomon. I make a big push on Cuzco and have some terrific luck, wiping out nearly all the defenders. It should fall next turn.
Turn 6:
Judaism spreads in Berlin. I take Cuzco and make peace with HC. His remaining two cities are iceballs in the south coast. I have a big ol' stack of doom near Bombay.
Turn 7:
Gandhi refuses to give us Education. So be it. I declare war. We take out a pillaging party consisting of one jumbo and two archers. There is also a settler party of his in the west coast. Bombay is weakly defended.
Turn 8:
Bombay falls with ease and we now hold the Islamic holy city.
Turn 9:
Moving troops towards Calcutta.
Turn 10:
I set Berlin to build Heroic Epic, feel free to veto. Calcutta is being sieged and has only three defenders, it should fall next turn. Cathy has not yet declared war on anyone but could do so on any turn.
Sammcs is up next, I believe.
Das Autolog:
Spoiler :
Turn 0: Haha... Frankfurt's free specialist is a citizen. Wow. Sweetness. Did a little micro. Nothing much.
Turn 1: Some units come in, order up some more. I reduce Calcutta's cultural defense as well. Decide to wait until next turn to do some collateral. Losses would be too much because of fortified longbows.
Turn 2: Gunpowder comes in. Chemistry next I guess? There's a GE sitting around... I soften up Calcutta with three cats. First mace at 44.9% dies. Damn. Next at 61.7% dies. A mace wins at 63.5%. Yay. Knight near 70% dies to pike. Grrrr... I take Calcutta. I forge on towards Delhi.
Turn 3: More unit production. I'm also throwing up some watermills. Production = win. Nice stack in Delhi. It's the Hindu and Buddhist holy city. Wow.
Turn 4: Looking at a few things. Cathy's power graph is rather large. Hmmm...
Turn 5: The GE can help with Chemistry. With no upcoming wonders, and our economy in the toilet, I decide to use him for it. I go down to 50% research and I shaved off well over half the time. A Russian revolt took place in Bombay. I'm not sure it's a good idea to hold onto that city. It's COMPLETELY swamped in Russian culture. Useless. I'll try to garrison some things there.
Turn 6: The siege of Delhi has begun. I bombard. I reduce it to 8%. Nice.
Turn 7: I reduce cultural def completely. I sac three cats. Let the fighting commence! I take Delhi. I lost two mace and one elephant. Pretty good overall though. Won at some dubious odds. I surge towards Madras. I haven't really made any infra during my turn because I feel our beast feeds on war loot, and we need to crush Ghandi into insignificance.
Turn 8: I continue the death march towards Madras. There's an annoying sudden knight (TM) that's galavanting about. I rename the three warriors defending Berlin after the three stooges. I've also been bombarding Madras with a single cat for a while so when my stack o' cats (TM) gets there they can just suicide.
Turn 9:
I've made a rather large amount of knights. And, all of a sudden (TM), we're at -46 gpt @ 50% research. Our economy needs to wake up. Someone fetch me some cold water.
Turn 10: Chemistry comes in. I throw up a few grens. Madras will fall in the next turn or two. Probably. I selected Printing Press as the next tech, with the thought that we may need around 10 turns of infra/econ after we sue for peace/conquer Ghandi.
All my screen shots failed for some reason. Damnit. I don't know if our economy will allow us to conquer Ghandi. Maybe nab Madras then sue for peace? We're a big lumbering giant with a small amount of intellect. Catherine is a larger cyborg. We lose. Oh, and Cathy declared last turn. Just kidding.
Did I mention Bombay is failing as a city?
Turn 1: Some units come in, order up some more. I reduce Calcutta's cultural defense as well. Decide to wait until next turn to do some collateral. Losses would be too much because of fortified longbows.
Turn 2: Gunpowder comes in. Chemistry next I guess? There's a GE sitting around... I soften up Calcutta with three cats. First mace at 44.9% dies. Damn. Next at 61.7% dies. A mace wins at 63.5%. Yay. Knight near 70% dies to pike. Grrrr... I take Calcutta. I forge on towards Delhi.
Turn 3: More unit production. I'm also throwing up some watermills. Production = win. Nice stack in Delhi. It's the Hindu and Buddhist holy city. Wow.
Turn 4: Looking at a few things. Cathy's power graph is rather large. Hmmm...
Turn 5: The GE can help with Chemistry. With no upcoming wonders, and our economy in the toilet, I decide to use him for it. I go down to 50% research and I shaved off well over half the time. A Russian revolt took place in Bombay. I'm not sure it's a good idea to hold onto that city. It's COMPLETELY swamped in Russian culture. Useless. I'll try to garrison some things there.
Turn 6: The siege of Delhi has begun. I bombard. I reduce it to 8%. Nice.
Turn 7: I reduce cultural def completely. I sac three cats. Let the fighting commence! I take Delhi. I lost two mace and one elephant. Pretty good overall though. Won at some dubious odds. I surge towards Madras. I haven't really made any infra during my turn because I feel our beast feeds on war loot, and we need to crush Ghandi into insignificance.
Turn 8: I continue the death march towards Madras. There's an annoying sudden knight (TM) that's galavanting about. I rename the three warriors defending Berlin after the three stooges. I've also been bombarding Madras with a single cat for a while so when my stack o' cats (TM) gets there they can just suicide.
Turn 9:
I've made a rather large amount of knights. And, all of a sudden (TM), we're at -46 gpt @ 50% research. Our economy needs to wake up. Someone fetch me some cold water.Turn 10: Chemistry comes in. I throw up a few grens. Madras will fall in the next turn or two. Probably. I selected Printing Press as the next tech, with the thought that we may need around 10 turns of infra/econ after we sue for peace/conquer Ghandi.
All my screen shots failed for some reason. Damnit. I don't know if our economy will allow us to conquer Ghandi. Maybe nab Madras then sue for peace? We're a big lumbering giant with a small amount of intellect. Catherine is a larger cyborg. We lose. Oh, and Cathy declared last turn. Just kidding.
Did I mention Bombay is failing as a city?
Just abandon Bombay, it's not worth the effort to keep it.
After Gandhi is gone-dhi, we need to stop warring and concentrate on improving our economy. It's a trainwreck at the moment. We need libraries, universities, banks, markets,...
After Gandhi is gone-dhi, we need to stop warring and concentrate on improving our economy. It's a trainwreck at the moment. We need libraries, universities, banks, markets,...
FlamingLnfernal
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Is Tiv up?
It's been about 30 something.
It's been about 30 something.
i realise that it has now been 4 days, which in my books is unacceptable. so here is the save and a quick round up:
conquered Delhi and that northern city of Gandhi's but that is basically it. we need to concentrate on economy now. sorry guys but what with being up in two SGs and having a lot of post-exam fatigue, this is the best i could do:
edit: idiot, forgot to save (see below)
conquered Delhi and that northern city of Gandhi's but that is basically it. we need to concentrate on economy now. sorry guys but what with being up in two SGs and having a lot of post-exam fatigue, this is the best i could do:
edit: idiot, forgot to save (see below)
So last night I had the privilege to watch my computer literally just slow down to the point where you couldn't click anything. Now it won't even boot up except in safe mode (you only get to read this because of the wonders of safe mode with networking). I'm going to have a friend look at my computer and I may have to buy a new one. In other words just put me on indefinite hold until either this comp is fixed or I get a new one.
