Rah's saturday game III

[Ming]

Yeah... it was a fun one last night. I think I was at war for about 75% of the game.

[Gibsie]

Damn, didn't make it. Women

[Pinchak]

Yeah, that was a fun game. I was surrounded on all sides, but still managed to hang in the top 3 for most of the time.

And Ming... good game. I thought for sure I was going to trample over you completely within 20 turns. That counterattack of yours was just plain nasty.

Sorry I quit. Too many beers and too many citys to look after.

Had to hit the hay.

[Toni]

Hey Maquiladora, is that really you , wow I should get back playing in the group, after all i was part of this gang from the very start

Last time we played was a couple of years ago

Miss you old war buddy hehe

[MasterDave]

Is anyone interested in a game starting soon today (Sunday)? It looks like we already have three ppl and could have a decent game with a few more...

[Gibsie]

Well since I missed out no the game last night it'd be good to play today instead, how long until you think?

[MasterDave]

can't seem to get one together Gibsie- still only have three ppl total (including you)

[Maquiladora]

Originally posted by Toni
Hey Maquiladora, is that really you , wow I should get back playing in the group, after all i was part of this gang from the very start

Last time we played was a couple of years ago

Miss you old war buddy hehe

Hi Toni I've been playing from the public lobby quite regularly over the past month or so, didn't play often before that as I didn't have time. But some people quit really early in public games which can be frustrating, so I thought I'd try and join this group for a game.

We can arrange a game sometime if you like.

[Ming]

Originally posted by Pinchak
And Ming... good game. I thought for sure I was going to trample over you completely within 20 turns. That counterattack of yours was just plain nasty.

It was part way in the works, because I was building an army to go on the offensive (I wasn't sure who the target was going to be, so you made the decision easy)

It did cost me a ton of population to speed up the delivery of the needed Ele's... but I got them to the right place and the right time.

I'm sure you were "surprised" when you saw the counter stack, and knew that it was now my turn

[rah]

Yeah a different type of game. Being the germans I had to wonder whore. Quite successful at it I was.

Knowing I could take out my only real neighbor made it easy to take a builder path. Once I had a real good tech lead he was toasty.

[Maquiladora]

Originally posted by Ming

(I wasn't sure who the target was going to be, so you made the decision easy)

Interesting to know... of course I had Iron and Pikes though.

I'm pretty sure if I had taken DD's Hindu holy city after he left I would've been your first target. That would've been bad news with no land-linked cities to my capital.

[Ming]

Yes... That was my best area for expansion... so if it hadn't been DD, it would have been you. However, after DD's two miserable cities, there was no profit in continuing the attack since I could only get one of your cities without boats. I had the units to take that one city out (before you had pikes)... but you would then have been able to land troops anywhere along my coast... the soft underbelly as they say. The risks and rewards just didn't add up.

That's why I asked for open boarders and a buddy
I was shocked you never converted to my religion. But then you got one of your own.

[Maquiladora]

I was in a pretty difficult spot tactically thats for sure.

Still, no one bothered me and so I didn't really need any religion civics except pacifism, which i got around the time I found christ. Although IIRC i never bothered to switch maybe that 98% great artist not showing up put me off the whole idea.

Heres a screenshot from near the end.

[Pinchak]

I'm sure you were "surprised" when you saw the counter stack

Indeed. I fully expected it to be my elephants verses your keisks and chariots... assured victory.

When I saw your first Elephant I thought, "oh well, so he has one or two." Bad assumption.

[Deity Dude]

I'd be interested if one fo the mods could look at that game and see what happened with my drop.