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Greetings all,
As we wait patiently for the AU to officially kick off the semester, I have by chance brought a game to a point with some interesting possibilities. As I sat and contemplated my options, it occurred to me that the situation is at least in keeping with the spirit of the AU if not technically a structured class. So I offer it as perhaps a primer or mini-course if you will. It picks up mid-game with a very specific (and likely immediate) conquest objective, so the time commitment would be relatively small. Might be a good chance to see a few 'brief' AAR/DARs before the full courses hit the forums.
-If this is just not on the AU's menu right now...no problem...nuking this thread won't hurt my feelings a bit. I'll be back when the official courses start.
...So if you're still reading...here is the scenerio....
Prince/Standard/Normal/6Civs/Continents
Player=Ghandi
AI=Montezuma, Victoria, Cyrus, Saladin, Huayna Cupa
It is currently 1815 AD.
Relavent history:
Saladin and Ghandi share a continent. Saladin has less land mass and poorer terrain on average...so he does exactly what he should...attack. Saladin waged two early compaigns against me. The first was a skirmish, but the second was bloody with Saladin taking heavy causualties before retreating. No territory was excanged. There has been peace for a few decades now, but Saladin is falling further behind...war is inevitable I fear.
Ghandi has the greatest land mass, culture and is fat with resources. Ghandi has a standing army of some 30 or so mixed units(excluding defensive reserves), many left with upgrades from the last war. Its been a decent start for a Prince game. But the Brits and Incans are overtaking the points and tech race. Thusfar I have managed Ghandi as a builder, but to put this one in the HoF I believe its time for the gloves to come off.
The objective:
Saladin's head on a pole! If this were SMACX or Civ3, Saladin would have been toast long ago. But I lack experience with this new combat system. That's where you come in. Saladin is ripe for the picking...but can it be done with enough speed and efficiency to maintain a pace with the other powerful civs by end game? If so, by what stratagy? The shape of the map offers multiple possibilities. And lest we forget, both the Aztecs and Incans are aggressive civs with solid infrastructure. They are almost sure to join the mayhem at some point.
I am primarily interested in the stratagy variations for taking down Saladin and where Ghandi ends up when the dust settles. But if folks want to take it to the end game, fine by me. Have fun!
BTW: Just for background...I am a long time SMAC/CivX player, but have yet to take any AU courses. I hope to contribute this time around.
Edit: hmmm, file attachment failure, I'll try again.
**Important edit: For those wanting to complete the game...Space Race victory is not allowed.
As we wait patiently for the AU to officially kick off the semester, I have by chance brought a game to a point with some interesting possibilities. As I sat and contemplated my options, it occurred to me that the situation is at least in keeping with the spirit of the AU if not technically a structured class. So I offer it as perhaps a primer or mini-course if you will. It picks up mid-game with a very specific (and likely immediate) conquest objective, so the time commitment would be relatively small. Might be a good chance to see a few 'brief' AAR/DARs before the full courses hit the forums.
-If this is just not on the AU's menu right now...no problem...nuking this thread won't hurt my feelings a bit. I'll be back when the official courses start.
...So if you're still reading...here is the scenerio....
Prince/Standard/Normal/6Civs/Continents
Player=Ghandi
AI=Montezuma, Victoria, Cyrus, Saladin, Huayna Cupa
It is currently 1815 AD.
Relavent history:
Saladin and Ghandi share a continent. Saladin has less land mass and poorer terrain on average...so he does exactly what he should...attack. Saladin waged two early compaigns against me. The first was a skirmish, but the second was bloody with Saladin taking heavy causualties before retreating. No territory was excanged. There has been peace for a few decades now, but Saladin is falling further behind...war is inevitable I fear.
Ghandi has the greatest land mass, culture and is fat with resources. Ghandi has a standing army of some 30 or so mixed units(excluding defensive reserves), many left with upgrades from the last war. Its been a decent start for a Prince game. But the Brits and Incans are overtaking the points and tech race. Thusfar I have managed Ghandi as a builder, but to put this one in the HoF I believe its time for the gloves to come off.
The objective:
Saladin's head on a pole! If this were SMACX or Civ3, Saladin would have been toast long ago. But I lack experience with this new combat system. That's where you come in. Saladin is ripe for the picking...but can it be done with enough speed and efficiency to maintain a pace with the other powerful civs by end game? If so, by what stratagy? The shape of the map offers multiple possibilities. And lest we forget, both the Aztecs and Incans are aggressive civs with solid infrastructure. They are almost sure to join the mayhem at some point.
I am primarily interested in the stratagy variations for taking down Saladin and where Ghandi ends up when the dust settles. But if folks want to take it to the end game, fine by me. Have fun!
BTW: Just for background...I am a long time SMAC/CivX player, but have yet to take any AU courses. I hope to contribute this time around.
Edit: hmmm, file attachment failure, I'll try again.
**Important edit: For those wanting to complete the game...Space Race victory is not allowed.
. This campaign was sqelched by war weariness despite having a wealth of +happiness resources. By 16 turns of war, the drag on production and loss of population were to great to sustain. Ghandi lacked the needed buildings (coloseum, etc.) to effectively make use of the cultural slider.
. Despite repeated attempts, I was never able to make pacts or incite war among other civs. Causing chaos among the AI civs can free up resources and create diversion which is usually benefical. The only thing I didn't try was declaring war on a Civ I wasn't prepared to attack This aspect needs work.
. But by this point my northern army was stalled, and Saladin emptied is central garrisons to retake the north. If not for this, my southern advance would likely have ended at Bagdad and Anjar. So my stratagy wasn't a total failure, but the northern force was not strong enough to both take and hold territory. It shoud have been a slash and burn campaign until the southern force linked up.
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