The (Second) MGE Sailing Succession game

[Scouse Gits]

Sounds sufficiently non-Rodentian

Well done -Jr


Stu

[-Jrabbit]

Something weird going on with the mail server at work. I emailed the Mac save to myself twice, and neither appears in my mailbox this morning. I've notified the IT Dept...

In the interim, a few random notes for my successor...

--I strongly recommend continued rushbuying of winged units up north. The Carths have inconsiderately failed to build sufficient RR to enable an easy ground attack, and our engineers seem to be primary targets of their bombers. Another airport or two and we can build a fast-healing, all-vet air force that should cut through them like a hot knife through butter. Also, air units provide nice cover for combat engineers building RR and forts...

--I have supplied a couple air patrols to help provide advance warning of flank attacks. This includes a helicopter and fighter for the home islands, and a couple fighters for the Athens Island area. (Also a couple fighters patrolling the Chinese-facing shoreline.)

--Speaking of the Chinese, I elected to avoid kingchat with them, as we have reached the gamestage where alliances often fall and we are not in position to fight them. However, our coastal cities all now have CF and multiple defensive units should the alliance go pear-shaped. The potential Chinese attack force is being built in the far south 4-city island.

--Don't be fooled by appearances! The eastern coastal area is crawling with naval vessels -- mostly Chinese but also several Mondol units.

--I have moved our meager navy up north, to protect our newly-won cities (Amatikulu etc) from Mongol attack.

--Several movement points for the end of 1916 are still unused. There's a spy in Swazi who could still bribe a Carth city with her remaining 1/3 of a move point. There are 3 engineers outside Near The End trying to decide what to do -- continue improvements or be ferried to the northern front for RR building? Not sure what else is left 2do.

--Fiscal white goods have continued to swell our income, and this program should continue, with several banks/stock exchanges still possible in cities lacking available trade goods. Oh yes, and superhighways -- lest we forget!

--The reason to be building a potential anti-Chinese force is that our allies are not far from the ability to start a spaceship. Once that happens, we will have no choice but to launch an offensive. (Of course, this will require Apollo be completed, which will reveal the rest of the map to us.)

--The Athens Island area needs development as a potential military base. It was looking very vulnerable, so a start has been made. We might want to plant another city there as well, the better to build units with.

--I have made a few inroads toward developing a navy. Now that we can build them, Vet AEGIS units will provide a lot of help.

--Rushbuild, rushbuild, rushbuild!!! We have the income to support it.

[Bloody Monk]

Another long and detailed log!! Yum, yum. (Must find a life).

I look forward to getting a look at the save when the problem clears up, JR. I actually look at the saves and it helps to have it to follow the log.

Monk

edited for clarity........

[-Jrabbit]

Finally!!!!

Well, first I learned that my company's allegedly robust email server got overfull this weekend. Apparently they had to call in a plumber to clear and bore out the hydraulics.

Once the email finally leaked through, I went to Poly to find the server down for maintenance -- presumably to allow full-fledged installation of the new My Threads function.

Now, minutes before leaving for a 3-day trip, it's all come together. Here's the zipped save...

[Old n Slow]

Originally posted by Six Thousand Year Old Man
Forgot the most important stipulation - win must be by conquest, of course.

With all the talk about spaceship stuff, I decided to double check the rules...

Great stuff Jr -- both the log and the results.

[Bloody Monk]

Very nicely done, JR. And good advice for the future I think.

Amazing how much trouble comes from not having Darwin's.

Less than 130 cities to go!!

Monk

[duke o' york]

I thought that we were talking about the AI building a SS, not our building one.

[Old n Slow]

We were -- but I've been away for a bit.

[-Jrabbit]

Anybody home?

This game has gone idle. I was last to play, and Stu preceded me.

Play list:

1. Oldnslow
2. Ben Kenobi
3. STYOM
4. SG[1]
5. Jrabbit
6. La Fayette
7. duke o' york
8. Straybow

Appears to be La Fayette's turn...

[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

I'll give this one a shot this weekend if I can (since La Fayette hasn't replied).

[-Jrabbit]

Originally posted by Six Thousand Year Old Man
I'll give this one a shot this weekend if I can (since La Fayette hasn't replied).

[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

Originally posted by -Jrabbit

Make that next weekend. RL reared its ugly head again. All I had a chance to do last weekend was look at the map, and sigh.

[duke o' york]

Thanks STYOM!

I've got lots of work to do in the evenings now, and my in-laws are arriving en masse on Saturday, so that rules out any weekend play. I'll give you an update on Tuesday as to how I see my chances of playing some turns next week though.

[-Jrabbit]

Per the list above, the correct current order of play should be...

STYOM (was skipped)
La Fayette
duke o' york

LaF -- If you can play, please jump in!!

But at this point, any turnset would be a good turnset...

[Bloody Monk]

Re: Anybody home?

Originally posted by -Jrabbit
This game has gone idle. I was last to play, and Stu preceded me.

Play list:

1. Oldnslow
2. Ben Kenobi
3. STYOM
4. SG[1]
5. Jrabbit
6. La Fayette
7. duke o' york
8. Straybow

Appears to be La Fayette's turn...

Still appears to be La Fayette, but since the last play was 22 Mar, two months ago, one wonders if this one has slipped between the crack and the hard stuff. What's up, LF??

Monk