Ultimate 2 Player C3C PBEM

[DogBoy]

Lots of exciting things going on. I only wish I had more time to put more detail into my crummy web page. I did update it today with some of the happenings. Check out:

-Updated the Mayan page who are now on a two front war with the Celts and the Persians.
-Updated the French page who are now at war with the Celts and the Persians.
-Updated the Ottoman page who won the "cultural" war against the Sumerians and might soon go to war with the Celts.

alliance

 

[predesad]

Updated the Ottoman page who won the "cultural" war against the Sumerians and might soon go to war with the Celts.

i would not call my pillaging all my tiles in that city's borders and abandoning the city winning, i gave up the fight after you surrounded me with towns.

 

[predesad]

Thread for second challenge, there are a total of 5 games, with variants for some and negotiable settings for most.

 

[DogBoy]

Lots and lots going on. Half the world is at war with war possibly spilling over onto the other half. I am doing my part to prevent that, let's just see if Predesad will do his part.

-Updated the main page.
-Updated the Iroquois page.
-Updated the Mayan page 2.
-Updated the French page 3.

alliance

 

[DogBoy]

Looks like the French score a minor victory.

-Updated the French page 3.

alliance

 

[DogBoy]

This game has been put on hold for a while. Predesad is away and may/may not return anytime soon. I will post here again once the game starts back up.

 

[DogBoy]

The game is still on hold. I don't know when it will start up again. Just wanted to let the lurkers know the game is not completely dead. (hopefully)

 

[DogBoy]

Game is still on hold.

 

[predesad]

Game is still on hold.

then let's take it off hold, if you're interested in resuming still, send me an email and a save. i no longer have a save because those idiots who stayed here (in my home) during my abscence to "help out" managed to manuever countless viruses past my antivirus program. basically my computer was so infected i just wiped everything out of the c drive and started from scratch, it's amazing how much disk space i have now.

one disclaimer: i cannot guarantee a turn everyday, but should do most days

 

[DogBoy]

Welcome back!!!!! I will send you the save along with what we had for diplomacy.

 

[predesad]

Welcome back!!!!! I will send you the save along with what we had for diplomacy.

Diplomacy? oh yeah, i need the diplomacy, i'll be sure to abide by all those deals, yeah, sure, send that too.

 

[DogBoy]

Cool. I'm in the middle of some PBEM saves right now so I will send the save and diplomacy when I get a chance. Prolly 30 minutes or less.

 

[predesad]

dont count on a turn tonight, i will need some time to sort out what i am doing. no cheating though, what i will do is open each turn and fortify every unit just to give me a chance to check out where every civ is at in regards to each other because i have NO IDEA what was going on.

email in case you dont have it: predesad AT yahoo DOT com

 

[DogBoy]

That's cool. I will go back and look at my last turn and all my stuff also just to remember what I'm doing. I'm just glad you are back. I will also send you an updated on all the games that you were in that I found replacements for just so you can reminisce.

 

[predesad]

we are now @ turn 200, Persia is in serious trouble, the Celts are planning a new tactic as both Mayan & French forces approach their lands. Other civs are enjoying long peace agreements (Iroquois, Ottomans, Sumerians, Indians) as a result of a very long and tedious treaty by which we narrowly avoided WW I.

 

[DogBoy]

The Persian capitol has been destroyed! In a daring move that paid off, the French attacked the capitol of Persepolis with cavalry thanks to their 3 movement points. You can image my surprise when Persepolis was only defended by 3 musketman??? Just outside Persepolis was a stack of 8 Persian cavalry and about 15 trebuchets. There was another stack of 18 cannons that my cavalry COULD reach but for some crazy reason the game wouldn't let me get to them. I don't know what kind of new bug this is, but it pisses me off. Anyway, knowing I couldn't keep Persepolis I sold the granary and disbanded Persepolis. I'm also wondering if I'm about to be attacked somewhere because I saw a large stack of musketmen and knights (more than the 8 cavalry I just saw) and immortals about 15-20 turns or so ago. Either he is hiding them somewhere in his lands, or he has about 30 galleys and I'm about to get an unpleasant surprise.

This has got to go down in this game's history as one of two things:
1. The most daring gamble that paid off.
2. The greatest blunder.

 

[predesad]

This has got to go down in this game's history as one of two things:
1. The most daring gamble that paid off.
2. The greatest blunder.

Definitely #1.

I did not see any cavalry in your SoD's and did not have my defenders in place because I simply didi not think you had any units which could reach the city.

 

[predesad]

Definitely #1.

I did not see any cavalry in your SoD's and did not have my defenders in place because I simply did not think you had any units which could reach the city.

As I was criticizing myself for sloppy play, not seeing your cavs, when i took the turn I realized you could (and did I am sure) have kept those cavs hidden in your cities until waiting to strike, since your borders now reach to the former city of Persepolis. I have no choice now but to ask for peace, the Persians will be wiped out in a handful of turns otherwise, I am sure you will extort me, but that is my own fault for not going to war sooner when I first realized neither the French or Mayans had Iron, my only problem then was the Persians had the only supply of iron & i needed to trade it back and forth to the Celts, meanwhile the rapid tech pace saw the advent of gunpowder and the abscence of iron was not such a great liability to French / Mayans. Terms of peace are in the email with the turn.

 

[DogBoy]

In another daring assault the French cavalry captured the newly formed capitol of Persia at Tyre. We captured the city, sold off all the improvements, and disbanded the city. There is a chance we could have kept the city because I had about 10 trebuchets and 18 musketeers and 15 longbowmen to move into the city, but then I saw the Persian army that has been in hiding. One little bitty step outside of Tyre I found 8 cavalry, 18 cannons, 22 trebuchets, 21 immortals, 1 longbowman, 17 musketmen, 2 pikemen, and a few workers. So instead of keeping the city I abandoned it and moved my forces back into my own borders. I realized that the Persians could use their own cannons to attack me so I pulled back, and now there is no way he can attack my cities. But not to worry, I shall return in a few turns.

 

[predesad]

DogBoy has conceded!!!!

This announcement may be a bit premature as I have emailed back wanting to make sure he is certain he wishes to concede with no second thoughts. If the concession holds I will soon post a summary of the game as best I can remember, the final stage which has led to DogBoy's desire to concede has been some of the most intense playing I have ever had, and this was with peaceful civs, sometimes spending an hour on one civ just micromanaging.