Succession Game - The Sticky Mouse Academy Strikes Back

[Straybow]

Back in time to 1834…

1834 Review: Whoa, Nelly! Way too many city improvements under construction. Some of these cities desperately need shield output, and as soon as we get Miniaturization we'll build Offshore Platforms. Several cities still defended with outdated forces; some need Engrs. Tickling, disbanding of old units.

No Power Plants or SHwys until we can tame pollution a bit w/Mass Trans. At least that's the way I do it, because the cities that make SHwys worthwhile @ 5 upkeep already have pollution problems.

1836 Frankfurt Oil to Hoover 128g; more tickling; Spy destoys Konigsberg Lib
1838 Miniaturization; Spy shipped to distant north tips a hut for 100g; Engr
–––– in Tport heading towards string bean continent come across German Frigate
–––– and scramble away; Spy destroys Konigsberg Mkt; Oddball English city named
–––– "Douvres" on island south of Yokohama—the English have regressed to their
–––– Norman roots?

1840 Magellan Mkt, Marcono Granary, Leipzig Colosseum, NotG Offshore Platform
–––– Celts want 400g for peace (yeah, right) NoLady Gold to Caernarfon 64g;
–––– Spy axes K'berg Crths prod'n; Chinese want 250, Spy sabotages Cav (killed)
–––– Egyptian Cannon encountered: 50g for a Cease Fire; drop off Engr to rebuild
–––– where The Institute was razed

1842 Sticky Mouse Mkt; German Frigate sinks itself at NoVotes; VoidSunTzu
–––– founded at 2 Fish/Whale/Hidden site near NoVotes; BachTônDef founded
–––– on German isthmus ( canal) Spy cuts K'berg Aquaduct
1844 AdamsC Harbor; various Engrs produced; Mobile Warfare invented; Cruiser
–––– sinks Chinese Tport; Cruiser sinks Chinese Destroyer; K'berg Bank blown up,
–––– Spy caught

1846 German Riflemen die assaulting Hambourg; ByeMike, KeinK Offshore Platforms
–––– OneW and NotG Engrs, celebration ends (OneWoW will grow back to 20)
–––– Hambourg Crucs kill Ger Engrs accompanying Rflmn (what was AI thinking?)
–––– Sticky Gold to Heiraconpolis 116g (+2) Spot Tport heading east from Tsingtao

1848 Chinese Cav kill probing Rifleman near Tatung; English units land near WallFD;
–––– SansE Beads to OneW 76g, Frankfurt Hides to Byblos 99g (neither demanded
–––– anywhere) No Lady Silk to Konigsberg 244g, Leipzig Silver to Elephantine 257g
–––– … Japs want 1000 so our 'Clad sinks Tport+1 unit

1850 Brit Cav dies; SansE Mkt (WLtCD), AntiG Offshore P, Mass Production
–––– WallFD Rifles kill Brit Cannon; OneW Hides to Elephantine 272g (no demand!)
–––– Armor takes out 2 Konigsberg Riflemen (can't capture, can destroy), station
–––– Rifleman for defense

1851 Brits land near K'berg, Cav takes out Rifle/Armor Celt 'Clad sinks ours, DD
–––– is sunk assaulting Manhattan; Leipzig Bank (adjust to WLtCD next turn)
–––– new Armor kills Brit Cav/Cannon; No Lady Oil to Munich 156g, Manh Spice to
–––– OneW 143g (more than demand elsewhere); WallFD Rifles kill 2nd Brit Cannon
–––– Abandon preps for city at frmr Institute site due to Egyptian units; discover
–––– English city site, harumph!

[Straybow]

Can't do any more

That's another case where our only knowledge of those few tiles came from exchanging maps w/Germans, so when the English built the city (or perhaps when the Germans became aware of it) the program put irrigation on the tile.

1852 Ger Alpines assault Hambourg and die; Chin DD assaults CL and sinks;
–––– NoVotes Mkt (needs trade); Tanks takes out Engr near & 2 Rifles in K'berg
–––– (now size 8), Engrs build fortress on doorstep so we can further reduce
–––– the city whenever they get new defenders Spy torches Berlin Harbor
–––– CL sinks Chinese Frigate; evacuate Engrs near Buto

Shoulda resettled The Institute soon after it was razed. Now there's a nice prepared site, and if the ever more hostile Egyptians don't build there it will be around later on when landing can be made with military backup. Maybe the southern lobe of the same continent can be settled without the Egyptians noticing for a while. Otherwise there's that little island.

Now silly me, I've forgotten to start up Mass Trans and SHwys, so eager to crank out Armor. Also Radio due next turn, so Airports available soon. I leave all the 1852 tickling and tweaking to SGs.

[La Fayette]

(AI strong units trying to attack Straybowcity, in order to make good use of the canal)

Douvres is the name you use when you look at the city from the South. From the North, it becomes Dover...just one of those Janus cities we love having here in Europe (remember Kaliningrad-Königsberg or Dantzig-Gdansk, just to mention two of those which cost so many lives to change name)

[Straybow]

Or Köln-Cologne, etc. However, those cities have actually changed hands in modern history. I don't think the inhabitants "Dough-vah" have called it "Douvres" for about 600 years

[Scouse Gits]

OK...I have the game.

Order of Play

SG(2)
SG[1]
Vlad
La Fayette
Hydey
-Jrabbit
Straybow

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SG(2)

[Hydey]

come on , come on

[Scouse Gits]

Hold your water Hydey - we played some turns in tandem on Friday, SG(2) has now played the rest of his moves and I am waiting for the game to finish my bit off... progress is slow, but steady

SG[1]

[-Jrabbit]

-Jrabbit senses the Gits micromanaging their Grape resources...

[Scouse Gits]

Would that it were I now have the game, but am finding problems with time - work is getting in the way - asap I promise...

SG[1]

[-Jrabbit]

Whenever, [1]. We all know that your priorities are in order.
Must be a hairy period at the uni... Hang in there.

[Hydey]

all the games seem to have halted.

[-Jrabbit]

Originally posted by Scouse Gits
Sounds good to me - can I have a small slice please - will probably only be able to play every other turn or so if that is OK with everyone.

SG[1]

SG[1], some minimal research (2nd post in this thread) shows that you were aware of time problems from the start and were willing to skip the occasional turn. This one's taken upwards of a week now.

May I meekly suggest that you either play or pass?

[Hydey]

Hydey sticks head up and sees empty wine bottle headed for -Jrabbit

Hydey pulls head back in.

[Straybow]

Don't we just wish!

Something to distract you while waiting…

[Scouse Gits]

I WILL play on Friday and post late Friday GMT - come hell, high-water, She Who Must Be Obeyed, work, programming, Boards of Study, marking and the rest of the damned universe - promise

SG[1]