Who-2 Keith goes to the Moon.

[IroquoisPlisken]

Turn 296 (1852 AD)
Guangzhou finishes: Transport
Xian grows: 13

Turn 297 (1854 AD)
Shanghai finishes: Supermarket
Chengdu grows: 11

Turn 298 (1856 AD)
Tech learned: Radio
Shanghai grows: 14

Turn 299 (1858 AD)
Research begun: Democracy
Research begun: Mass Media
Tech learned: Assembly Line
Comment: Traded Roosevelt Radio for AL, WM, and 200 gold.
Shanghai finishes: SAM Infantry
Hangzhou grows: 13

Turn 300 (1860 AD)
Shanghai begins: Factory
Tech learned: Democracy
Tech learned: Industrialism
Comment: Traded Mansa Refridgerators, Communism, and Meds for Democracy, Industry, WM, and 10 gold.
Decide not to switch to Emancipation and US just yet. They would cost more, and we're getting a lot of science from Rep. Once we've finished some more Spaceship techs and need the shields from US more than the science, we should switch.
Nanjing finishes: SAM Infantry
Chengdu finishes: Artillery
Hangzhou finishes: Courthouse
Macau finishes: Barracks

Turn 301 (1862 AD)
Comment: Pliny says we are the most advanced nation, followed by Mansa.
Nanjing begins: Factory
Hangzhou begins: Theatre
Macau begins: Bank
Beijing finishes: Wall Street
Shandong finishes: Artillery

Turn 302 (1864 AD)
Beijing begins: Factory
Shandong begins: University
Guangzhou grows: 15
Guangzhou finishes: Supermarket
Chengdu finishes: Confucian Temple
Kaifeng finishes: Observatory

Turn 303 (1866 AD)
Guangzhou begins: Tank
Chengdu begins: Confucian Missionary
Kaifeng begins: Bank
Chengdu begins: Factory
Tech learned: Mass Media
Beijing grows: 10
Hangzhou's borders expand
Macau grows: 8

Turn 304 (1868 AD)
Research begun: Computers
Hangzhou finishes: Theatre
Christianity has spread: Guangzhou

Turn 305 (1870 AD)
Hangzhou begins: Broadcast Tower
Beijing will get another Great Person next turn. 47% chance of an Artist, 37% chance for an Engineer. If it's an Artist, I think we should try flipping San Fran. If it's an Eng, well...there are plenty of wonders to get, including Rock & Roll, Eiffel Tower, and the United Nations.

And don't worry!
I remembered the save!

 

[Whomp]

Nice work IP....including posting the save. You were whomping out there for a couple turnsets.

We definitely want the UN if we get the engineer.

Eldar -
Whomp -
IP - Pliny dug him.
Bede - UP
SW - On deck

 

[Bede]

I see it, I got it, I play it Tuesday, post it Tuesday.

 

[Bede]

Mostly tending to business and swapping food for hammers. The switch to Emancipation was a big happy boost across the board. Mansa must have been stockpiling Greats because he started a Golden Age and finished Apollo and a SS part in the space of about three turns. He is also "rocketing ahead" in technology picking upa lot of stuff in ten turns. Given all of that we might want to move smartly on Robotics and get the Elevator built. One of the problems is going to be our lack of Aluminium and the cost of Robotics. We may have to put up Labs where we want to build the parts.

And we have A TANK!



Turn 305 (1870 AD)
Beijing grows: 11
Amir Khusro (Great Artist) born in Beijing

Turn 306 (1872 AD)
A Great Artist appears in Beijing and I wonder what to do with him. He could add 1000+ beakers to computer research or I could sav him for a Golden Age party. Decide to save him for later.
Beijing begins: Rock N Roll
Beijing begins: The United Nations
Beijing begins: Rock N Roll
Beijing begins: Rock N Roll

Turn 307 (1874 AD)
Mansa really wants to see Phantom of the Opera as he keeps beggin for a taste of Hit Musicals after cancelling the wine for furs deal. He really needs the happy, but we don't so I let him beg.
Shanghai grows: 15
Shanghai finishes: Factory
Hangzhou grows: 14

Turn 308 (1876 AD)
Shanghai begins: Coal Plant
Shanghai begins: Confucian Temple
Beijing grows: 12
Beijing finishes: Factory
Nanjing grows: 15
Tianjin's borders expand
Tianjin finishes: SAM Infantry

Turn 309 (1878 AD)
SAM Infantry promoted: Combat I
Beijing begins: The United Nations
Tianjin begins: Confucian Missionary
Going to convert San Fransisco to Confucian ways

Turn 310 (1880 AD)
Shanghai finishes: Confucian Temple
Chengdu finishes: Factory
Macau grows: 9

Turn 311 (1882 AD)
Shanghai begins: Coal Plant
Chengdu begins: Coal Plant
Mansa starts a Golden Age.
Tech learned: Computers
Guangzhou finishes: Tank
Nanjing finishes: Factory
Xian grows: 14

Turn 312 (1884 AD)
Tank promoted: Barrage I
Research begun: Plastics
Research begun: Robotics
Research begun: Genetics
Guangzhou begins: Factory
Nanjing begins: Coal Plant
Beijing grows: 13
Tianjin finishes: Confucian Missionary

Turn 313 (1886 AD)
Monte has some cash to spend so I send him Miss Saigon for 11 gold pieces and close the budget gap
Tianjin begins: Confucian Missionary

Turn 314 (1888 AD)
Mansa is making good use of his Golden Age, finishing Apollo and an SS casing
There are too many Emancipated nations making too many of our people unhappy, so I do the deed and switch out of Slavery,

Turn 315 (1890 AD)
Bismarck also finishes Apollo
Washington will throw in Fascism with Plastics if we offer him Computers and Medicine might as well make the deal.
Tech learned: Plastics
Tech learned: Fascism

 

[soul_warrior]

have it.
still in semi feast mode.
hope to play it tomorrow.

 

[soul_warrior]

ok.
sad, but i have to do this.

i dont seem to have regular and easy access to my machine.
so, until im finished with moving in with the girlfriend (about a month or so), i have to ask for a permanent skip.

i will keep watch over things, but no for me till then.

sorry mates

 

[Whomp]

OK we're back to the top of the order.
Eldar - UP
Whomp - on deck
IP - Pliny's guy
Bede - got a tank!
SW - Perma skip

 

[Whomp]

Sorry for the delay everyone. If Eldar doesn't post a got it I'll play tomorrow.

 

[eldar]

Go ahead and skip me...

 

[Whomp]

It seems we have some decisions. Both Mansa and Frederick have built Apollo, we don't have any aluminum and no possibility to get any. We either need to wina UN victory which is possible since we have good relations or we need to attack someone who has aluminum. Getting Mansa and Frederick in a fight is questionable. Our attack would most likely be the Persians since they are a little behind and don't even have iron (we are selling it to them). What do you guys think?

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Turn 305 (1870 AD)
Beijing grows: 11
Amir Khusro (Great Artist) born in Beijing

Turn 306 (1872 AD)

Turn 307 (1874 AD)
Nanjing grows: 15

Turn 308 (1876 AD)
Tech learned: Plastics
Whomp: trade medicine and mass media for plastics 150g to Roosevelt
Whomp: We're 14 turns behind Mansa on Apollo
Shanghai grows: 15

Turn 309 (1878 AD)
Beijing grows: 12
Beijing finishes: Factory
Shanghai finishes: Factory
Hangzhou grows: 14
Tianjin's borders expand
Tianjin finishes: SAM Infantry
Macau finishes: Bank

Turn 310 (1880 AD)
Beijing begins: The United Nations
Shanghai begins: Hydro Plant
Tianjin begins: Artillery
Macau begins: Artillery
Xian grows: 14
Chengdu finishes: Factory

Turn 311 (1882 AD)
Chengdu begins: Tank
Tech learned: Computers
Beijing grows: 13

Turn 312 (1884 AD)
Research begun: Robotics
Guangzhou grows: 16
Nanjing finishes: Factory

Turn 313 (1886 AD)
Nanjing begins: Transport
Beijing grows: 14
Shanghai grows: 16
Guangzhou finishes: Tank
Chengdu grows: 12

Turn 314 (1888 AD)
Guangzhou begins: Tank

Turn 315 (1890 AD)
Whomp: Nanjing, Xian and especially Hangzhou need to be mm'd every turn I don't understand why these cities default to tundra and the like versus sheep, deer, production tiles. Anyone have a clue?

 

[IroquoisPlisken]

I think Diplomatic is our best bet. I also think we could easily win it, from what I can remember about our friends' positions.

I also think we should not stop with going for Space ship, just in case Diplomatic doesn't work out. Is Cyrus friends with anyone, and if so, are they friends with us? We don't want our war with Cyrus to hurt our Diplomatic position.

 

[Whomp]

I agree IP. We have very good relations with everyone except Huyana and Saladin (the usual suspects). My only concern about a space victory is where to get the aluminum. There's a possibilty Huyana has some but we can't see a lot of his resources due to the darkness over his continent.

IP I think you're up.

 

[Whomp]

Our ranks are thin with SW out till March but let's try to keep things moving.
Bede you're on the board unless IP posts otherwise.

Eldar - skipped
Whomp - Just played
IP -
Bede - up


SW - Perma skip

 

[Bede]

I got it.

Play it tonight. See what I can figure out about a Diplo/SS victory

 

[soul_warrior]

i may be out, but im still batting for the right team
see ya soon.
might even be before the end of the month, as were moving circa 15th, so i hope to be back in biz by feb 23rd or so.

 

[IroquoisPlisken]

Oh, sorry, didn't realize I was up. I've been busy all this week anyways, so I wouldn't have been able to play it until today at the earliest.

 

[Bede]

Turn 315 (1890 AD)
Have to see what the vote looks like when the UN is finished but based on the Demographics we stand 4th in population, and to lock the win we will need +25% of the next largest to guarantee the diplomatic vote. Both production are commerce are weak and it is way too late to do much about commerce, production can be boosted though so I set about to do that

Turn 316 (1892 AD)
Change the civics around to get a production boost in the capitol, extra trade route value as well as additional hammers out of the towns we have on the ground (Universal Suffrage, Bureaucracy,
Free Religion) The extra hammers at the capitol will bring the UN in on this turn set, while the extra town hammers will help out with the projects at Nanking and elsewhere.

Turn 317 (1894 AD)

Turn 318 (1896 AD)
FDR builds the Eiffel Tower

Turn 319 (1898 AD)
Mansa gets another SS Casing

Turn 320 (1900 AD)

Turn 321 (1902 AD)
Mansa Musa gets Rock n' Roll
Tech learned: Robotics
Shandong's borders expand

Turn 322 (1904 AD)
Research begun: Satellites

Turn 323 (1906 AD)

Turn 324 (1908 AD)
Order up some CD's from Mansa (Elvis, Chuck and Jerry Lee) for some pork(?) and marble
With the music playing I can cut the culture rate and bump science

Turn 325 (1910 AD)


And I rush the parish church in Guangzhou as that is the last happiness hold out.
The results of the UN vote will appear on the IT.

SS casings are popping up all over, but no one has mined their aluminium yet. And it looks like Mansa's territory is too far south for the Space Elevator. So we still have that opportunity available to us. We need to push as many hammers as we can to do it though.

An option worth considering is loading up some tanks in transports and taking apart the Aztecs for additional population to drive the UN vote our way. He lacks any Industrial techs. Once we have Satellites due in 4 we will have a picture of his lands and can put together a landing.

 

[Whomp]

I like the idea of pushing the Aztecs off the island. This seems to be our best bet.
Eldar - UP
Whomp - Will pick up tonight if there's not a got it from Eldar.
IP -
Bede -

SW - Perma skip

 

[Whomp]

Well I started the war after Bismarck and Monte started. I looked to see where Bismarck would land and landed next to him. We had another UN vote for environmentalism but no go. If we can gain some cities on Aztec island like Bede said I think we have a shot. I did pick up some aluminum from Bismarck. The space elevator is about 11 away but we're about 5 parts behind. Sorry for the delay.

Turn 325 (1910 AD)
Guangzhou finishes: Christian Temple
Xian finishes: Factory

Turn 326 (1912 AD)
Xian begins: Mechanized Infantry
Whomp: upgrade a couple Galleons since we can win with Monte's land
Whomp: Mansa has 5 casings
Hangzhou finishes: Forge
Tianjin finishes: Artillery
Macau finishes: Artillery
Shandong finishes: Observatory

Turn 327 (1914 AD)




Turn 331 (1921 AD)
Whomp: get hit movies for sheep from Roosvelt's Hollywood.
Transport promoted: Combat I
Kaifeng begins: Artillery
Beijing grows: 17
Beijing finishes: SS Casing
Xian finishes: Mechanized Infantry
Chengdu finishes: Tank

Turn 332 (1922 AD)
Macau begins: Artillery
Guangzhou begins: Artillery
Hangzhou begins: Mechanized Infantry
Hangzhou begins: Broadcast Tower
Shanghai grows: 17
Hangzhou finishes: Broadcast Tower

Turn 333 (1923 AD)
Hangzhou begins: Tank
Shandong finishes: Transport
Tank defeats (17.08/28): Aztec Cannon

Turn 334 (1924 AD)
Shandong begins: Artillery
Artillery loses to: Aztec Rifleman (5.04/14)
Tank promoted: Barrage I
Tank defeats (7.84/28): Aztec Rifleman
Artillery loses to: Aztec Rifleman (0.56/14)
SAM Infantry defeats (18.00/18): Aztec Rifleman
Judaism has spread: Tlacopan
Buddhism has spread: Tlacopan
Captured Tlacopan (Montezuma)
Mechanized Infantry promoted: City Garrison I
Mechanized Infantry promoted: Guerilla I
SAM Infantry promoted: Guerilla I
SAM Infantry promoted: City Garrison I
Cavalry promoted: Combat I
Cavalry promoted: Combat I
Cavalry promoted: Combat I

Turn 335 (1925 AD)
Tank promoted: City Raider I
SAM Infantry promoted: City Garrison I
Cavalry promoted: Combat I
Tank promoted: Barrage I
Tank promoted: Barrage II
Tank promoted: Barrage I

For some reason these are two of the 4 or so cities that keep defaulting to specialists and starve. You need to move the citizens to the following tiles.

 

[IroquoisPlisken]

Great turns Whomp! We now have a beachhead.

You put two pics of Nanjing up, btw. I would try turning the governor on in those cities to maybe stop them switching to specialists.

Oh, wait, I'm up. Sounds like fun turns! I'll play tomorrow, probably.