O Sole Mio Succession Game

[Scouse Gits]

Is 'font' a typo LF?
or do I need to take a French refresher while at The Institute?

Stu

[La Fayette]

French refresher needed

Je fais
Tu fais
Il (Elle) fait
Nous faisons
Vous faisez
Ils (Elles) font

(verbe "faire" = to do >> ils font = they do)

(I grant anyone that the conjugation of French verbs requires sweat, but this is also true for French schoolboys )

[Scouse Gits]

Rats!

I shall enroll forthwith

[La Fayette]

... and Swiss shoolboys too (please forgive me, Cyrion )

[-Jrabbit]

Slow and steady wins the race.
Proceed at your own pace, Cyrion.

[Cyrion]

Originally posted by La Fayette
... and Swiss shoolboys too (please forgive me, Cyrion )

You're forgiven!

And, just as a teaser, let's just say that I chose to be ambitious, and that I am now resolving logistics related problems, to allow for some fun later...

[duke o' york]

Yesh - I wish I had paid more attention at shool.

Surtout en Francais! Donné que j'ai passé ma licence en la littérature anglaise et française (et j'ai du mal à trouver ç avec Alt), j'ai beaucoup moins de liberté d'action à propos des erreurs!

(Cyrion also has an excellent scenario in the pipeline so I beg that he can be allowed un peu de liberté d'action with his turns here)

[Scouse Gits]

You have whetted all our appetites, Cyrion.
Take your time - we will wait with baited breath.

Stu

[rjmatsleepers]

Originally posted by duke o' york

(Cyrion also has an excellent scenario in the pipeline so I beg that he can be allowed un peu de liberté d'action with his turns here)

Having been allowed to take part in the play test, I can confirm that it is indeed a well thought out scenario - set in a fantasy world that some of you wll be familiar with - that will provide anyone who plays it with many hours of enjoyment.

RJM at Sleeper's

[Cyrion]

Thank you...

Anyway, the turn isn't finished yet (that'll be for tonight!), but the logistics are behind!

So tonight will tell me if my planification was correct...

After 5 turns, here is the situation:

Not a single shot has been fired...

A new city established : Beachhead

A "few" units have been transfered there: Alpine, Cavalry, Engineers, Spies and... Howitzers...

I should have built more transports...

Let the slaughter begin...

[Bloody Monk]

This sounds very promising. Have fun!!

Monk

[Cyrion]

Not finished yet!

I only did 2 of the planned 4-turns offensive yet!

This takes much longer than I thougt (maybe because I am much more cautious than usually...).

Let's just say that at mid-offensive, I took 5 of the 10 target city, slaughtering around 65 units in the process...

But it's getting late, and I want to enjoy the end of that...

[Bloody Monk]

You are such a tease!!

Monk

[-Jrabbit]

[Cyrion]

The long awaited turn

Here it is guys, sorry about the delay, but for me it was really worth it !

This set of turns has been an education on the use of the howitzer : yes, I must admit that I usually don’t use them : not glamourous enough… But as I am not the only player in the game, I’ll try for once to be efficient !

And from what I read on the thread it is supposed to be amazingly efficient ! We’ll see…

So let’s be ambitious ! Where to attack ? ? I’ll go for the russian mainland (I’ll call it Russia) which houses 10 of their 19 cities !

To do that, I’ll allow me 5 preparation turns, and then try to take them all in 5 turns !

For this, I guess I would need 15 howitzers, 15 alpine, 5 spies and 8 engineers !

So let’s prepare for that…

Note : in all my turns I did much rushbuilding : freight in the Hides repeaters (and other cities where some goods were available), and units. The trade was nearly only delivered to OSM as I needed the transports for the troops !

So scientifically and economically, I haven’t been really efficient, but I was focusing on other goals… And anyway, what could we need once we have howitzers and spies…


End of 1884 :

Some RB, sliders from 1/6/3 to 6/1/3 (well yes, I need money… and the techs will come from trade, hopefully); tech from 3 to 10 turns, income from 278 to 1285 (cost 186). Hit return

1885 :

Discover Robotics, choose Flight (yes, too bad for the Colossus ! but I want airports (not for me, for my successor…)
Move transports to create a chain to the Russain Mainland ; some RB
Deliveries to OSM : 88, 87, 77, 103, 124, 55, 96,

1886 :

first freight leaves for Russia, with 2 alpine, 2 cavalry, 2 spies, 1 engineer and 1 food caravan ; Beachhead founded ; disband food and RB city walls
Deliveries to OSM : 968 (oil, demanded, from Tabriz), 304, 88, 87, 103, 80, 322, 72, 292
Some RB (the first howitzers…)

1887 :
Discover Flight, Radio not proposed ! choose refrigeration (nothing interesting…)
Deliveries to OSM : 82, 27 ( ! ! !), 51
Easter Star Howitzer annihilate Barb fanatic,

1888 :

Deliveries to OSM : 100 ; 83 ; 147 ; 47
RB Coastal Fortress in Beachhead ; some RB

1889 :

Partizan uprising near Nagasaki (4+1 of them)
Deliveries to OSM : 47 ; 45 ; 52 ; 46 ; 80 ; 47 ; 67 ; 80 ; Gold delivery Ace-Kiev : 232
Some RB
At the end of the turn, I have in Beachhead : 9 howitzers, 6 alpine, 2 cavalry, 1 engineer

1890 :

The attack should have been launched on this turn, but I’m not fully ready yet : I’ll prepare for 1 more turn, to be able to attack decisively…
OSM deliveries : 100 ; 80 ; 80 ; 48 ; 46 ; 98 ; 41 ; 172
Bribe barb partizans for 2x102
Revolution…

1891 :

Zabriz, Kabul, Nishapur, Persepolis revolt…
New government : Fundamentalism (are you surprised ? ?)
Rebels near Nagasaki
Deliveries i n OSM : 50 ; 22 ; 26 ; 31 ; 22 ; 

And here we go : Assault launched with 14 howitzers, 9 alpine, 3 engineers, 4 spies, 2 cavalry
Note : I’ll bring reiforcements every turns which I won’t list here : 8 units a turn, with Howitzers, Alpine, spies and engineers…

In Russia :
Attack on Kiev destroys 2 alpine, 2 marine, 2 fanatics, artillery (+ supported units: 2 transports, 2 submarines, 1 ironclad, 1 fanatics, 1 destroyer, 1 frigate) ; city taken, 442 Gold + fundamentalism
Attack on Smolensk destroys 2 alpine, riflemen, 2 fanatics, engineer, transport, spy (+ supported units : forgot to check…) ; city taken, 552 Gold + genetic engineering.
Some other russian units destroyed : 6 artillery, 1 engineer, 1 marine, 2 cavalry, 3 partizan, 2 unknown
Units lost : 1 spy (sabotaging a russian ironclad…)

On the spanish continent :
Attack on Astrakhan destroys 2 fanatics, 1 riflemen (+ supported : forgot to check…); city taken, ? ? Gold + guerilla warfare
Some other russian units destroyed : 1 marine, 2 artillery, 1 partizan, 1 cavalry

1892 :
Russian counterattack kills 1 spy, 3 transport, 1 riflemen ; they loose 1 cav + 1 ironclad

In Russia :
Attack on Moscow destroys 3 alpine, 1 fanatic (+ supported : forgot to check…); city taken, 454 Gold + Pyramids
Attack on Sverdlovsk destroys 1 alpine, 2 riflemen, 2 fanatic (+ supported : forgot to check…); city taken, ? ? Gold
Some other russian units destroyed : 5 partizan, 2 fanatics, 1 cavalry, 1 alpine
RB Coastal Fortress in Smolensk and Sverlovsk

On the spanish continent :
Bribe Barb Partizan (102)
Destroy russian cavalry
Deliveries to OSM : 22 ; 50 ; 39 ;

1893 :

Russian Counter attack on Beach head : Alpine with Coastal defense destroys 1 Ironclad, 4 Destroyers and 2 Cruisers ! ! !
A russian Battleship is cruising between Spain and Persia…
Russian have nearly completed Hoover Dam !

In Russia :
Attack on the Russian capital, Sevastopol, destroys 3 alpine, 1 fanatic, 2 riflemen (+ supported 2 engineers, 2 marines, 1 fanatic); city taken, 480 Gold ; Governement escapes to Yakutsk
Attack on St-Petersburg destroys 2 alpine, 2 fanatic, 1 riflemen, 1 engineer (+ supported : 1 transport, 1 submarine, 1 riflemen); city taken, 437 Gold ; Russian have abandoned Hoover Dam…
Attack on Minsk destroys 2 alpine, 2 fanatic (+ supported : 1 partizan, 1 artillery); city taken, 240 Gold
Attack on Odessa destroys 1 riflemen, 3 fanatic (+ supported : 1 riflemen, 1 artillery); city taken, 228 Gold
Some other russian units destroyed : 2 artillery, 2 Marine, Riflemen, 11 Partizans

On the spanish continent :
Bribe 2 Barb Partizan (102 each)
Destroy 1 russian fanatics, 1 destroyer, 1 unknown
Deliveries to OSM : 31 ; 26 ; 22

1894 :

Russian cruiser sinks transport west of sverdlovsk ; russian frigate dies attacking destroyer on spanish continent…

In Russia :
Attack on Tbilisi destroys 1 alpine, 2 riflemen (+ supported : 2 engineer); city taken, 476 Gold
Attack on Yakutsk (new capital) destroys 1 alpine, 4 fanatic, 2 riflemen (+ supported : 2 transport, 2 submarines, 1 engineer, 1 fanatic, 1 cruiser); city taken, 528 Gold + Cure for Cancer; government to Krasnoiarsk ; Russian have abandoned Hoover Dam…
Some other russian units destroyed : 14 partizans…
The Russian mainland is now fully ours…

On the spanish continent (or close to it) :
Bribe Rostov for 694 (42 in return and a lot of units : 3 Cavalry, 1 Riflemen, 1 fanatics, 1 alpine, 2 marine, 1 engineer) ; and 2 partizans destroyed

And here I stop, leaving to my sucessor the pleasure of finishing the turn…

As a conclusion to the turn, I must say that I am more than convinced of the howitzer’s efficiency !

In short, in 10 turns :
Population nearly doubled, 2 new wonders (conquered), and 12 new cities (1 built and 11 conquered…)

Was it worth waiting for so long ? ?