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I will not bore you with demographics (we rule in all but three). But this screenie shows we need to do bad things to India, and to China, or they will to us.
You sure use a lot of adapted graphics. Do the smaller units take less resources of your computer? And I presume you use the blue marble graphics as well.
He who knows others is wise.
He who knows himself is enlightened. -- Lao Tsu
I use Bluea Marble, and some roads I found at CFC. The scaling was not done because of resources -- I have plenty of RAM. I did it because the huge unit graphics in stock CIV just look ugly.
I'm sorry to say I didn't feel quite ready to assault India yet. I wasn't sure what Japanese had left so I wan't to make sure I got them out of the way so our forces in the South didn't get caught between defending Japanese and an onslaught of Indians.
My policy was to continue our military buildup and secure the South so our forces there can concentrate on the Indians. I also shipped reinforcements so that we have about 8 tanks down there. There are now about 22 tanks in the Northern force. I feel like right now is a great time to attack- the INdians don't actually have that many troops but their army is better equipped- mech infantry, bombers, SAM infantry... We now have at least an air force though to defend against those assets.
1940
- Southern forces advance on remaining Japanese cities
- Tank kills Longbowman defending Kagoshima
1941
- We are deemed the Most Powerful Nation. China is second. India comes third.
- We adopt Theocracy and Vassalage (+4 XP per new unit)
- Kagoshima is captured
1942
- Flight researched. Working on Fascism (Police State)
- Roman Air Force established
1944
- Nuclear Non-Proliferation treaty signed. I figured since we don't have the technological edge anyone using nukes would be our higher tech enemies!
- our first fighter squadron joins the Romain Air Force
- Naval blockade forming against India
- Aztecs declare war on Japan
1946
- Fascism researched. Next is Rocketry (SAM/Apollo)
- City of Kyoto is captured by our forces <- Japanese
- Our reinforcements arrive in the South- 12 units total sent- mostly tanks.
1947
- Great News! We FINALLY get a Great Prophet and he builds the Temple of Soloman in Rome! We went from -10 gold per turn to +38
- Our forces arrive outside final Japanese city of Satsuma
1948
- Aztecs beat us in taking Satsuma
1949
- Rocketry researched. Now studying Radio (Bombers)
Redeploying the fleet, trying to create a dedicated marine task force. Splitting forces at the Russian-Indian border, spreading them out to 3 groups. Loading up 2 transports from the Japanese invasion force, and checking out the Greek-Aztec conquest as to have an idea of what sort of troops they used. Upgraded our last frigate to a destroyer.
Moving workers to the direction of Lyons. Don't like starving cities and the plan is to create a farm chain to Lyons and Chartres from our northern oilwell on.
Sliders to 70% science, 30% tax for gathering some extra cash. Planning to upgrade some of our cavalry to gunships.
Switched some production to have a few extra SAM-Infantry, Fighters and Marines.
1950
Pulling back our tanks from the Russian-Indian border outside the Indian cultural view, leaving the slower ones behind in the Russian cities, as to appease the pacifists within our empire. Not to mention Gandhi is real friendly nowadays. The fleet starts manoeuvers in the southern ocean between the empire and India.
Pisae finishes a Tank, starts a Marine.
Rome finishes a Fighter, and starts another one.
Rheims finishes a Tank, starts a Fighter.
Antium finishes a SAM, starts a Fighter.
Rearranged citizens in a number of cities to avoid unnecessary growth during dire times.
Cathy cuts the copper for aluminium deal, some border fluctuations must have happened, our cities are suddenly less healthy.
Checked Edo and Sasuma, mostly cavalry troops spotted there. Scouts fall back.
1951
Army is deploying to attack positions, a Ring of Fire is created on the Russian-Indian border. The south-west forces (ex-Japan) have more normal small stacks along the border, ready to infiltrate. The fleet is ready to block the Indian harbours and the Marine Task Force starts to move in.
Antium finishes a Fighter, starts a SAM.
Cumae finishes a Marine, starts Mt. Rushmore.
Closed a deal with Cathy, Spices for Aluminium. Small wonder we don't have the benefits from Spices, we got more outgoing Spices then incoming. Also, 't was Russia who took a Spice farm from us. Putting Artists in our border towns with Russia.
Sliders back to 70% science, 10% Culture, the Pacificts make too much trouble after the Spice debacle.
Upgrading a few cavalry to gunships.
1952
Gandhi cancels a money for Spices deal. I cancel Open Borders in return (matter of getting our scouts back home), call Gandhi and... declare WAR! Cyrus comes to Gandhi's aid.
Bombarding, air-raiding and finally assaulting Jaipur. We lose one tank and got a damaged fighter + 2 more damaged tanks but the city falls and gets razed.
All Indian ports receive a coastal bombardment. Liguria gets troops on its beaches. Infiltration in the south-west starts, and the Ring of Fire contracts, using a scorched earth tactic as it goes. Plenty of income from that.
We capture 3 workers on day 1 from the invasion, and kill a SAM-infantry on an oilwell.
Rome finishes a Fighter, starts on a Marine.
Alex is willing to go to war with Persia for free, I gift him a sheep in return for his cooperation.
Cathy can be persuaded to attack Gandhi in return for Fascism. Jay, all nations on the main continent are at war now!
The people revolt, leaders plan a Police State in which our citizens are proud of their distinct Nationhood.
Most of our cavalry is now upgraded to gunships.
1953
Heavy losses on the "Japanese" front. Gandhi took most of his gunships down there and they batter our troops quite efficiently. He even brings a Mech down to Tokyo. I spent 2 gunships destroying that, the third finally destroys it. Bad luck of the dice there. Sacrifying another incursion group to batter one of the Gunship stacks, losing most of the units there but the gunship group is quite damaged now. Falling back with the other groups to Tokyo. Drafted an infantry in Tokyo and upgrade it at once to SAM. Upgraded a machinegun in Tokyo to SAM as well.
The Ring of Fire holds, but Gandhi does his best to break through it on the Yaroskavl' side, damaging one of the stacks and taking out a few tanks elsewhere. The Ring contracts even further and the first groups are within firing range of Bangalore, destroying the aforementioned attackers as they go. Another batch of gunships is waiting near Delhi, ready to strike north.
Our beachholds near Liguria are under attack from a few units. Losing a Marine and a Tank there, but the follow up gets destroyed (a Mech against a Marine ). Proceeding to bombard the defenses of Liguria, and then conventional attacks by an artillery, infantry and coup de grâce by our tanks and marines. Our last damaged unit takes the city and destroys it (wouldn't be able to hold it, since half our units in that group are dead, and the rest wounded/damaged). Preparing to retreat the survivors from next turn.
Redeploying fighters and the Jaipul attack group towards the frontlines. Our naval units who participated in the Jaipul bombardment are back to sentry duties outside our territorial waters. Starting to move some naval units to the southwest of the continent (near our last Nippon conquest) to check for Aztec reinforcements. Don't trust that cavalry group in Sasuma as Monty is still furious with us.
He who knows others is wise.
He who knows himself is enlightened. -- Lao Tsu
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<- Japanese
Not to mention Gandhi is real friendly nowadays. 
Putting Artists in our border towns with Russia.
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