[PBEM] Vovan and Grandpa Troll vs. The World

[Grandpa Troll]

1902 back to you

[vovan]

Great. Our military buildup continues. I lowered the research rate some to get some gold in to upgrade existing units, instead of building up all new ones from scratch.

[Grandpa Troll]

Thanks to your leadership and tutoring me..we are in First Place

[vovan]

Next turn off to you.

[Grandpa Troll]

well as hard as it is to believe..somehow I am catching up to Frederick..still a way to go but ever so slightly cutting into his spread

[vovan]

Great. Our upgrades are complete. Now to load the guys onto ships and move them towards Athens, and another stack towards New York. I'd say we need thee-four more turns to prepare and then it will definitely be time to attack. So plan accordingly.

[Grandpa Troll]

I have 2 ships headed to retreive troops from our new colonies

upgraded a few units but am not rich but will upgrade as able

I am ready to commit what troops we have!

[vovan]

Awesome. As soon as our ships and land troops are in place, we shall switch civics appropriately and then attack.

[Grandpa Troll]

ships able to carry 6 total troops arriving next turn in new colony

6 units ready to board

On Mainland:

I have about 14 grenadiers

3-4 knights

5-6 riflemen


Lots of quecha to upgrade

lots of archers to upgrade

will do as I can

Gramps

[vovan]

Great. My troops are all in place. In one turn, we get corporation, then we spend one on Anarchy for switching civics, and then we attack.

Vovan

[Grandpa Troll]

This is a rare moment please allow me to bask

also

I turned hatty and Freddie down for they wanted rifling for scientific method and 30 gold

[vovan]

So here's the plan of attack for the turn after next. At the beginning of the turn, we declare war. In the south, in Delphi, we have stationed two galleons full of troops. These will be escorted by two frigates towards Athens. They will unload the first wave of attack on the Greek capital. There are two cannons, and some protection for those. The frigates will immediately start wearing down the defenses of Athens. The cannons will do likewise the turn after (as unloading from the ship kills a turn of movement).

In the mean time, more troops from Delphi and Sparta will start moving towards Athens and Thermopylae simultaneously. They will both get there in three turns and be able to attack on the fourth. By that time, I hope the defenses of Athens will be substantially worn down and as for T-town, I don't know, we shall see.

In the mean time on the northern front... You'll notice I have more troops stationed north of Washington. These will attack New York the very turn war is declared and by our plan should take the city on the first turn. After that, depending on the situtation, and how much losses we take, we might dispatch some of those attackers to aid the attack on Thermopylae (there's a cannon in that stack which is conspicuosly missing from the Spartan stack, we hope to be able to use it).

That's the plan. We shall soon find out how closely we can stick to it.

[Grandpa Troll]

My troops are gonna be a little behind

I have 7 in place near antium few more coming

6 by ship but are several turns out

shall we have a go at it anyhoo?

[vovan]

I can wait for your troops to arrive, if you would like. In the mean time, I can produce more units any way.

Or we could just go at it.

[Grandpa Troll]

Originally posted by vovan
I can wait for your troops to arrive, if you would like. In the mean time, I can produce more units any way.

Or we could just go at it.

Thanks so much

I am one turn befoe my ships arrive..maybe two

in meantime

I have 12 troops in a fortified state with a couple more coming on our border