Scorched Earth Succession Game

[-Jrabbit]

A little whiny, aren't we boys?
Tant pis, mes amis!

Seriously, Sparrow, I did do some roading in Spare Oval before starting work on the transcontinental highway.

As for you, OnS, according to the rules, you will have to grab your own city. Anything captured by your Scorched compatriots be definition becomes their own 2nd city. I recommend politicking your predecessor into making preparations so that you can buy or burn your way into having something to govern...

Hmm... starting to sound like a diplo MP game...

[Sparrowhawk]

I little whining is okay I am assuming

anyhow, as Spare Oval is about to begin celebrations, I am not really too worried about city size

[Old n Slow]

Originally posted by -Jrabbit

... As for you, OnS, according to the rules, you will have to grab your own city. Anything captured by your Scorched compatriots be definition becomes their own 2nd city. I recommend politicking your predecessor into making preparations so that you can buy or burn your way into having something to govern... ...

Hmmm, yes, my predessor left me a powerful force of a couple of camels for firepower...

[-Jrabbit]

Let's get OldnSlow back in the game, boys!!

Originally posted by Old n Slow
Hmmm, yes, my predessor left me a powerful force of a couple of camels for firepower...

Thought for a minute that might've been me... but no.

I suggest you talk to Julius (now playing) and STYOM (your predecessor) about this.
Maybe just threatening them with massive mismanagement of their cities will help...

[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

OK, OK. Tell me which city you want, and I'll tear down the walls and kill all the defenders on my last turn

[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

Round 2. 10 turns each.

1. STYOM
2. Old n Slow
3. Sparrowhawk
4. Jrabbit
5. Ben Kenobi
6. SG [1]
7. sirsnuggles (missing)
8. Julius Brenzaida
9..

[Julius Brenzaida]

780 ad hmmm, we don't have too many cities, crazy rules indeed ! The only plan I see is trade, trade, trade. After building Mike, of course.
800 ad Spare Oval celebrates ! Caravel comes back, I'd like to trade with the Egyptians.
820 ad Caravan to Athen : 72 gold.
840-60-80 Git's Hole builds Mike.
900-920 ad We give monarchy to greeks to keep peace.
940 ad Greeks build King Richard crusade. 56 gold with caravan to Sparta.
960 ad We discover Bridge Building, engineering is next. Sad King Julius builds Palace. Peace with Egyptians in exchange of Monotheism.
980 ad. 786 gold with 2 caravans to Pi-Ramseses !!! Nice time to resign with the hands full of money.

[Julius Brenzaida]

Those were my 10 turns. Trade is the way, I believe. My successor will have some money to spend. Either on caravans, or on aqueduc. All of our cities but 2 are now size 8.
Here is the save

[-Jrabbit]

Our first multicontinental trade routes! Woo-hoo!!
Michaelangelo's Chapel is ours! Woo-hoo!!
Peace in our time. Woo-hoo!!!

Very nice turns, Julius.

Best of luck, STYOM...

[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

Looks good

I'll play this one and then play the Sailing turns.

[Scouse Gits]

Good turnset, Julius

Stu

[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

10 turns...

980 AD: We're 'Moderate' and missing some important techs (like Banking, which just about everyone else knows ) We have most cities poised to celebrate, but few of them have the food to actually grow.

The road to fast growth lies in trade, and bigger cities will get us bigger trade payoffs. So the key here is to grow the six cities we do have, and try to scout out a 7th for OnS.

Accordingly... let's lay some groundwork. Changed tax rate to 2.1.7. We don't need more than 10% lux to keep everyone happy, for now. And 4 of our cities are stuck at size 8, anyway, and the others weren't growing.

I wonder how OldnSlow feels about Sparta? Coastal city, has wonders (Cope's, LH). Hmmmmm.... it might be fun to send a Diplomat there, to inquire about costs.

Production changed in SKJ to Trireme. We need a better way to get ships to Egypt. Unfortunately we have only 2 port cities, so happiness will become an issue.

We also only have 4 Settlers... we really need more.

1000: Discover Engineering, begin work on Invention. Leo isn't a great wonder with as few cities as we have, but it would still help, IMO (boat and Settler upgrades).

Start/change to Settlers in Pax and Git's Hole, to bring our Settler total to 6.

Increment some stuff. Science=8 turns.
French learn Navigation.

1020: Increment a bit more. Babylonians learn Medicine; start Shakespeare. Egyptians and French swap some techs and make peace.

1040: More incrementing.

1060: Discover that Sparta, with Lighthouse and Copes, can be had for 501 g, and an 'incident'

1080: We contact the Greeks, who are Supreme. They demand 650 g for peace. We refuse. War results. Sparta bribed for 507 g, netting us Lighthouse, Copernicus's Observatory, 3 units (Archer, Vet Trireme, Catapult), and Astronomy. Hopefully we can defend the city

I now have both 'my' cities

Greeks demand 200 g, Elephant attacks our Archer, Archer wins, becomes vet

1100: Jack up taxes a bit, to 3.1.7, in order to be able to fund our ambitious building schemes

1120: Catapult kills Ellie near Sparta. City walls rushed in Sparta.

1140: Beads>Pi-Ramesses 140 g, Silver>Pi-Ramesses 112 g.
Palace rushed in Pax STYOM.

Proto-Shipchain in place
Egyptians learn Invention.

1160: Invention discovered; researching Gunpowder.

French learn Economics. Egyptians are almost done Shakespeare.

1180: Beads>Pi-Ramesses 82 g, Gold>Pi-Ramesses 56 g, Silver>Alexandria(d) 80 g , Spice>Alexandria 52 g.

Before departing office, STYOM renames Sparta to Six's Torch.
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Could have been better, I guess. We're about halfway to Gunpowder, and we have 3 Triremes ferrying Caravans to Egypt. That's the part I like (I figured out why the return on Silver was so low last turn... I stupidly forgot to put all of Lago's workers on rivered tiles )

Beware the Greeks... they are hassling our cities a bit. Warrior S of Lagomorphia, and there are a couple of Catapults near Six's Torch. We have walls there, and a vet Archer, and Catapult/Horse team, so hopefully those enemies are manageable.

We're still Spotless and Moderate and the Greeks are still Supreme. I realize I took a risk by bribing Sparta The Glorious Beacon of Most Wise and Excellent Consul STYOM. But as I saw it, the Lighthouse was too good to pass up, especially with Cope's as a bonus. Moreover, the Greeks were already 'Hostile' to us. If my successor chooses, he may want to try to make peace with the Greeks... try to do so when the money supply runs low, as the Greek demands run to the extravagant.

There are a couple of Food 'vans in Pax - perhaps they could be used to build Leo? I'd feel better with some upgraded defenders in our cities.

I didn't build any aqueducts, but the money is still there to do so.

And to Old n Slow - I thought of holding off on taking our shiny new Lighthouse city and letting you do it... but the temptation was too great. That said, we have 510 g in the coffers; perhaps something else will materialize in your turns.

[Bloody Monk]

STYOM starring in Fortune Favors the Bold !! Way to go!!

Monk

[Scouse Gits]

What a totally mean and nasty turnset!
I'm proud of you

Stu

[-Jrabbit]

OUTstanding turns, STYOM!!

Hoping OnS can build (a city) on your success...