Vpr4-The Golden Horde

[plarq]

DocT take this.
el_filet on deck

 

[Doc Tsiolkovski]

I got it.

 

[Admiral Kutzov]

how's the horde doc?

 

[Doc Tsiolkovski]

Mongols, 1400AD
Finally a game without wicked diplomacy, or aiming for a high Jason . Just kill stuff.

Scroll through cities and hire enough Scientists to shave off a turn from Steam.
IMHO any city that pulls more than 1 uncorrupted shield should get a Court; Settlers can be build in corrupt hell-holes.
Looks fine.

Enter.
Loose a Cav to a Hittite Cav. Time to pillage their lone Saltpetre.

Turn 1: 1405AD
Nice, we already have a Cav Army on top of it.
Raze Kumnani. Move lots of Slaves towards core, to lay RR in 5 turns.

2-1410
IBT:
Ragnan offers peace for free, done.
Monty wants peace, but Nationalism is an insult – no.

Turn 3: 1415AD
Get another MGL from a Russian Spear; one more Army, of course. Named “Load only 3 units!”; this game will be over before Transports, we need a couple of smaller Armies for that big Viking island.
Raze the Russian capital of Kazan.
Raze Malinalco; that movement bonus of Keshiks is really handy on this map.

Turn 4: 1420AD
Raze Itzapaplan.

Turn 5: 1425AD
Finally found New Samarkand.
Destroy Murmansk, and We’ve destroyed the strong Russians.
IBT: We learn Steam Power, and would you believe it, we only have a single Coal connected. Industrialization next.

Turn 6: 1430AD
Raze the Aztec capital of Colhuacan.
Raze Kanesh.
Turn off research for some turns to rush stuff. We could actually get Nat in a Peace treaty with Aztecs now when we throw in Steam, but I want that annoying island first.

7-1435
Turn 8: 1440AD
Rush an Army, lots of RR, raze another Aztec city, land on that island.
IBT: Loos a Galleon to a Viking Privateer.

Turn 9: 1445AD
Get rid of the island city, another MGL. Raze another Aztec city; they’re now down to two dry towns. Sign peace. Nationalism from Ragnar would cost us Steam, WM and 400gp. Get Nat, WM and 379gp from Monty for peace and Steam. WM, , 24gpt and 18gp from Ragnar for Steam. Upgrade Muskets.
A demonic Conscript Rifle in Hattusa manages to take off 16HP from a Cav Army before dying.

Turn 10: 1450AD
Redline several Armies, but raze Hattusa with Oracle, HGs and Leo’s.

NOTES:
*Army in Bishkek needs Cavs.
* 2 Armies wait near the Viking island; didn’t get them to the Hittite theatre. Don’t forget to not load 4 Cavs.

Some pics:

Would you believe this is only 40% of world area?

The Save

 

[Admiral Kutzov]

Nice set doc. How do you tell who owns the privateer?

 

[Doc Tsiolkovski]

Because it run to a Viking city afterwards.

 

[el_filet]

i got it...

 

[LulThyme]

you can also often tell by whose turn it is when they move, depending on the situation...

 

[el_filet]

1450 AD (0):
everything looks good
decide to up science for industrialization

IBT:
barb attacks

1465 AD (3):
raze tuwana, tarsus

1475 AD (5):
raze akuwa & carchemish

1480 AD (6):
raze tarsus, arpad & hubishna

1485 AD (7):
boot viks->war
rush galleons
raze haugesund, honningsvag, barsfjord, rejkyavik, sarpsborg, hammerfest, & svolvaer

1490 AD (8):
raze karistad, lillehammer & bergen

1495 AD (9):
ind->corp
raze birka, copenhagen & karasjok

1500 AD (10):
raze farsund, stockholm & oslo

notes:
trondheim will fall next turn
3 armies on vik island (ans some unprotected slaves)
strategical railnet mostly finished
units for aztecs ready (9 turns of peace left)
this will be over in about a dozen turns

 

[Admiral Kutzov]

got it (extra characters)

 

[Admiral Kutzov]

It didn't take a dozen turns. I played sloppy and won in 6. Playing careful, you could probably shave 3-4 off that. Fun game. I can't recall ever getting so many MGL's even as a military civ before. Final score was 5099.

http://www.civfanatics.net/uploads9/Vpr4_win_1530_AD.SAV

 

[viper275]

Good game! We got 15 MGLs, one in 190 BC, 10 BC, 290 AD, 460 AD, 630 AD, 650 AD, 760 AD, 980 AD, 1000 AD, 1060 AD, 1230 AD, 1325 AD, 1340 AD, 1415 AD, and 1445 AD. I think that's the most I've gotten. We also had a 92% approval rating .

I really liked this one because of all of the warmongering we got (you'd get to burn something almost every turn later on.) I guess Vpr5 should be like that.

 

[Doc Tsiolkovski]

Great work, team!
That's the definite arguement against "Wonder Addiction" .
Distraction, nothing else.
Another odd thing is the fact we had the tech lead for the second half of the game .

 

[Doc Tsiolkovski]

What about DG, Rome, same ruleset, but Republic mandatory? Should be worse than Monarchy, because of WW...
Maybe we should allow Colossei.
Or Vikings, Feudalism required?

 

[viper275]

I'd be willing to try the Rome idea. So, any interest?

 

[Admiral Kutzov]

I'm forever cured of wanting to be a fuedal lord (Rule of the Idiots). Defiant, barbaric Romans with mandatory Republic sounds interesting in the Chinese sense, but I'd play.

 

[el_filet]

I played sloppy and won in 6

i planned on conquests, but prepared the rails in case you prefer domination.

rome game sounds interesting, but if you're going to start it soon, i have to pass, i'm in lot of games already.

tech lead without libs? i don't expect this to happen again anytime soon.

 

[viper275]

rome game sounds interesting, but if you're going to start it soon, i have to pass, i'm in lot of games already.

Don't worry, same here for me.

 

[plarq]

Well,I missed second half of the game play...what the heck is the holiday?But I really enjoyed the game,and time with all of you.

 

[Admiral Kutzov]

tech lead without libs? i don't expect this to happen again anytime soon.

happens all the time in no research games. your money keep you in it early and later you can steal just about anything (especially if you're communist)