Seriously Tricky Sticky Game

[-Jrabbit]

Originally posted by obiwan18
Looks good, JRabbit.


Try to have my session done for Friday.

Obiwan -- Please tell me this means that you have successfully d/l'd and that I can go back to ignoring the Bloody One and SCG.

Gotta crash now, back to check out the situation in about 8 hours.

[DrSpike]

Hmm I have seen similar problems with non-standard compression software before. Either use Winzip/Winrar/Winace or just attach the .sav.

[-Jrabbit]

I'm a Mac user DrSpike; therein lies the uncertainty. Here's one from the work PC...

( crosses fingers, crosses himself)

[DrSpike]

Bingo.

On the mac IMO use Stuffit. No, that isn't an insult.

[Ben Kenobi]

Obiwan -- Please tell me this means that you have successfully d/l'd and that I can go back to ignoring the Bloody One and SCG.

My post right after you posted the save,

Looks good, JRabbit.

Try to have my session done for Friday.

That not clear?

[Scouse Gits]

14 pages of -Jrabbit posts later we now post the-

Originally posted by Scouse Gits
Order of Play

Third Round

Obiwan18 - 8 Turns
La Fayette - 8 Turns
SCG - 8 Turns
SG[1] - 8 Turns
STYOM - 8 Turns
SG(2) - 8 Turns
Hydey - 8 Turns
DrSpike - 8 Turns
Straybow - 8 Turns
-Jrabbit - 8 Turns

Go for it young Jedi

Eight turns each

The SGs

[DrSpike]

Originally posted by Scouse Gits

The SGs

Not "the SGs, sloshed" as usual? To what do we owe this move towards teetotalling?

[Scouse Gits]

You have to be joking!!!!!
You should see us - too pissed to spel slossheeed

The SFs - see what we mean?

[Straybow]

The new Missus pouring?

[Hydey]

It is believed that the SGs have propped up the wine making industry for decades.

[Straybow]

Cheap wine or dear, 'tis best to have the most sober present pour the glasses. Don't wan't to prop up the Liverpool steam-cleaning industry as well!

[DrSpike]

[booming voice] WHO [/booming voice] is responsible for this threadjacking?

Obiwan.

[Ben Kenobi]

Ready to serve, Milord.

TURNLOG

This is our despo-democracy game
Victory by conquest?

We need more People!
Only 8.27 million!

Rush many white goods, harbours, marketplaces.

Readjust taxes to reflect growth
20/0/80

Hit enter.

1750
Lots of tech trading.
Greeks get Conscription.
Indians almost finished Women's Suffrage.
Meet with Greeks, Greeks overthrow government
Greeks demand tribute of 600 dollars.
I laugh, we go to war.
Bribe Troy for 188 gold and Conscription
Get transport and crusader as bonus.
Land near Thessolonica
Greeks meet diplomat.
Demand 150 gold.
I laugh, they offer ceasefire
Senate overrules!
Subvert Thessolonica for 400 gold.
Get Cannon, knight. Potential barb king as well.
Take Iron Working for the free tech.
Temple of Doom founded.
Meet with Aztecs,
Aztecs demand 50 gold.
We go to war.
Deliver dye to Xochichalko.
284 gold earned.

1752

Population up to 9.6 million
Rush lots of Aqueducts, harbours to continue celebrations.
Steal Warrior code from Aztec Capital.
Build Dumbo on the ear of the donkey continent.
Pop hut, barbs! Barbs smack expeditionary force near Temple of Doom

1754
Discover Electricity,
Select Electronics for Hoovers.
Population up to 10.43 million.
Smack intruding Aztec Crusader
Everybody declares war on us!
Communism discovered, we lose Marco Polo's
Sink Barb Frigate with 5 units aboard.
Rush Riflemen in Thessalonika, renamed to Small World.
Rush Riflemen in Malinalco, now Jungle Cruise.
Found Splash Mountain near ThunderMountain.
Magic Kingdom Salt to Tlaloco 160 gold.
Readjust tax rates to 20/50/30
Keeps cities in order, down to 4 techs per turn.
Need libraries, university in capital.
Revert to tax regime, 70/0/30
Need to push those libraries.
Once these are finished, our techs will drop.
Sure wish we had the thrifty Scot,
Rush Destroyer in Tomorrowland.

1756
Rush 1 marketplace, 4 libraries, and 1 harbour.
Dye from Eurodisney! Have to build some more transports to ship this to the Aztecs.
Rush Diplomat in Temple of Doom.
Defeat Barbs near Small World.
Found Peter Pan near Temple of Doom.

1758
Aztecs land off Space Mountain, 1 Musketeer, Caravan
Sink two Frigates, one aztec, one Chinese, sink 2 unspecified units.
Destroy musketeer with Cannon.
Rush Cannon in Jungle Cruise
Rush Library, University in Magic Kingdom.
7 libraries left to build.
Establish Embassy with Aztecs.

1760
Steal Chivalry from Aztecs trying to get Communism.
Rush 4 more libraries.
Rush Engineer in Goofyville.
Aztecs sink 2 undemanded caravans with frigate.
(Parked them on a fortress.)

1762
Aztecs attack Transport with frigate. We now have a vet transport!
Aztecs Land near Fantasia with Crusader, Cannon
Sink Galleon with Destroyer, bombard Cannon.
Musket in Fantasia smites Crusader.
Rush 3 more libraries. Completed science improvements
at 20/50/30 down to 3 turns/tech.
Rush Destroyer.

1764
Steal Communism from Aztecs. About time!
Azapotzco undefended!
Frigate splatters barbarian Knight near Temple of Doom
After serving 4 turns, the people clamour for my return, but I have had enough of politics, and decline another term.

Final population 10.6 million.

We should crush the Aztecs as soon as we can get Leadership and Tactics.
We may want to rush freights for the UN or Hoovers.
The Dye Caravan should be delivered next turn for a large bonus.

[Ben Kenobi]

And the save for your perusal.

[Scouse Gits]

Sounds good - LaFayette is up!

SG[1]