The Sweetness and Light Game

[SCG]

Do i hear a canal calling me?

[straybow mode]I notice that Cumae is building an engineer - is that for building railroads? or a canal?? [/straybow mode]

I see a definite possibility that JRabbit was right about not getting a second go round in jihad. If we build a city at the indicated spot, we have easy access to the southern coast of the Americans and Indians without having to loop around to Atlanta or Washington, cutting a lot of travel time off for our ships and the emptying process. That combined with what appears to be rather extensive railroading by the AI for minor cities means we may well be able to have our spies knock out the city walls of the AI in no time flat and be left with mostly mop-up operations.

[Six Thousand Year Old Man]

Good catch on the canal - I was actually thinking to use some rushed engineers to quickly build a road (later RR) N and then E to the US territories. That'll be faster than ship transport, and less vulnerable to attack. But then, you can go either way on that.

Also, last night it was kind of late when I posted - hopefully my successor will note the transport heading from the former Roman homeland back to our core cities, with Freight aboard.

[Ben Kenobi]

Looks like I'm up.

Finally.

We shall rid the world of the infidels and their feeble gods constructed by their own hands.

We shall seek to gather their women into our fold.

[Ben Kenobi]

Let's see how the Jihad goes:

Cashflow +1700 gold per turn.
Supreme and Spotless
Techs every 23 turns
All cities celebrating on home continent

1860:

Rush engineer in Cumae, transport in Virconium
for canal building.

Rush a few banks
Rush a few tanks.

Hit enter.

1861:

Build Errant Archer to complete Canal to Americans
Bribe Hispalis
Bribe partisans to fortify Hispalis
Subvert Akkad 2K gold
Tanks pummel St. Louis, capture city.
Desperate Romans thrust crusaders into the fray

Copper to Veii 165 gold
Oil to Rome 265 gold
Hides to Rome 46 gold
Transports rushed in all front cities.

1862:
Rome and Veii declare We love the Super Meanie

Spies gain intelligence on Boston
8 Riflemen behind city wall!
Evil spies toast citywall of Boston!
Spies steal Radio.
Tanks sack Atlanta.
Spies bribe Ravenna, Pisae.
Next turn I'll try for Boston.

Airports rushed in Green Meanie, Beggarsville, Mean City, Rome, Akkad, Atlanta.
Can now ship 2 units/turn directly to Americans.

1863

Boston smashed
We gain Magellans!

Washington taken
We get Women's Suffrage!

New York stormed
We get Eiffel Tower,Oracle,Hanging Gardens

Build 6 airports, 3 home continent, 3 more on American continent.
Now can airlift 6 units/turn!

1864

Squash Detroit
Partisans capture Lugdunum
Spies destroy Philadelphia's Walls
Tanks overrun Philadelphia, 500 gold!
Tanks crush Chicago.

Americans are Toast!


Gems to Pool of Grace 443
Rush 3 more Airports on former American continent,
Airlift oil to home continent.
Meet with Spanish, Demand tribute, we go to war.
Meet with Babylonians, Demand tribute, also get war.
Meet with Indians, Demand tribute, still no war.

1865

Find Roman city of Lutetia
Smash invading Babylonian troops.
Sink Babylonian Caraval with Battleship
Oil to Rome 145 gold
Spice to New York 1070 gold
Meet with Indians, Demand tribute, no war yet.

Notes, one Airport in construction, to deliver gold freight.
We will get computers next turn.
You will get to start two invasions, the Spanish and the Babylonians next turn.
Build a couple of ships to begin an invasion of the Germans.
Shipchain in place to take on Indians.
Shipchain in place for Babylonians as well.
Should be a heap of fun

[SCG]

after the sins of JRabbit were atoned for, I stand quite surprised that yet another of the Acadamy disreguards the Dean so blatantly

Originally posted by obiwan18
1861:
Bribe Hispalis
Bribe partisans to fortify Hispalis
Subvert Akkad 2K gold
1862:
Spies bribe Ravenna, Pisae.
Partisans capture Lugdunum

quote:
Originally posted by Scouse Gits
The Rules as laid down by the Dean of The Academy
At all times:

* Spotless Reputation
* No bribing - except Barb units
* No nukes

does anyone has a suggestion other than completely replaying the turn?



other than all the breaking of the rules, it looks good

[Ben Kenobi]

* No bribing - except Barb units

*sigh

This is why I should play during the day, and not on little sleep at the end of my day.

Looks like I'll have to replay.

[-Jrabbit]

Sounds right. Get that done, and I'll meet you at...

The Institute.

[Bob_Smurf42]

I'm back, and better than ever! I'd like to get one more turn in before this is over, as it should be fairly soon, so...I'll go after obiwan replays.

[Ben Kenobi]

The Institute.

What will my punishment be, JRabbit?

[Old n Slow]

I have the save & am willing to pass judgment on the sins of my predecessor. If there are no objections, I’ll simply disband all the units in and supported by the five suspect cities, disband all the partisans and then dissolve the five cities in question. The purchased prostitutes will simply be shunned & not accepted in our holy empire.

Unless I hear otherwise I’ll start tonight & Bob_Smurf42 can finish the cleansing.

[Ben Kenobi]

Sorry for the delay. I'll try to finish the turn tonight.

[Old n Slow]

Obiwan, with your permission, I'll post my save & we can play on. Since we haven't had a ruling, I think that my "corrections" will fit the spirit of the crime in a similar fashion to SG's ruling last time.

1865 -- The cleansing of the prostitutes. To eliminate the false from the true, we disband all the partisans wherever they are. We also start to take apart Hispalis (size 3), Akkad (size 8), Ravenna (size 7), Pisae (size 8), and Lugdunum (size 3) brick by brick and will shun any of their supported forces – they are all disbanded. We also notice significant pollution & only 1 Barracks. Maybe we should listen to an advisor on this…nah. Discover computers, opt for Robotics.

1866 – The five nameless towns spout refuges, be we deny their passage into our lands and instead disband them & create more homeless ones. Find Kohapur – demand that the Indians leave our future territory (they whimper something), demand tribute & they declare WAR! A randome tank smacks Kol, and the Germans declare WAR! (We later see a German Cannon west of Kol, & south of the former America, so we may travel further in that direction some day.)

Deliveries – Gold from BBB to K for 394, Dye from GM to UR for 812, Dye from BLB to Ur for 988. Three small deliveries to Rome (112, 200, & 147). Flush with Cash, we send in a truck & buy SETI. Also but a few barracks & a couple of Mass Trans.

We take Madrid (380g), Asher (211g), Kol (72), and Calc (202g)

1867 – Discover Robotics, opt for Recycling (there is some poll, so maybe we’ll want this). The five nameless towns spout more refuges, but we deny them again. They all shrink in size. Build a mix of white stuff & war material.

Gems from MH to SF = 1280 (perhaps another deliver or two, but the accountants are looking elsewhere – so much good help is on the road nowadays, well, mistakes may happen, but there is other good news.

We take Delhi (245g – gov’t to Bombay – so what?) and Hyderabad (86g). The Romans walk into an empty Lug (they are welcome to it) and take Tactics – (they are not welcome to THAT). The Babs steal Radio (maybe they’ll build some airports, hey?)

1868 – Discover Recyc, opt for AF (no other choices). Four nameless towns remain & shrink. Some vet howies come on line.

Deliver NY Oil to MC for 420, Bos Wine to BLB for 995, & Wash Gems to PG for 1134.

Take Bang (50g), Bom (57g), and Ur (429g). Found Utah.

1869 – Discover AF opt for GW (over CA, NF, & Rock) Pop = 38M. Hispalis is vapor, three nameless towns remain.

Deliver SF Wine to SM for 1178, & Boston Gems to PoG for 1180; found Moonie and & Ugly.

Take Punjab (14g)

1870 – Discover GW, opt for Jeeps. The movement remains as does the obligation for further cleansing and purification.

[Scouse Gits]

Sounds good OnS - I approve of the 'cleansing'.

Welcome back bob - play now if you wish

SG[1]

[Ben Kenobi]

Fine by me, Old'n'slow.

Sorry for the delay.

I should sit out a session because of my carelessness.

/me mutters something about religious fundies getting a little too zealous.

[Bob_Smurf42]

1870--
Dehli starts transport
Engineer takes hut-100g
spy takes hut-50g
another spy takes another hut-another 50g
Vet BB vacates Eridu
Freight deliveries:
Dehli(gems)->Pool of Grace(d):732g; Chicago(silver)->Beggarsville(d):605g; Washington(spice)->Mean City:398g; N.Y.(cloth)->Mean City:420g
Screw up the shipchain
Indian cap moved to Japiur
Herodotus calls us happiest
Bab frigates flee in terror from Ashur
Germans get Combustion
1871--
Land's End spy->Airport
Under orders, soldiers continue to brutally slaughter the heathen population of Akkad, Ravenna, Hispalis, and Pisae
Neapolis barracks->granary
Atlanta factory->Howie
Philly factory->howie
Bombay market->aquaduct
N.Y. salt freight->howie
Madrid market->factory
Washington harbor->aquaduct
Take Heidelburg(155g)
Vacate Leipzig, but can't take it yet
Attempt to fix shipchain
Take Ellipi(113g)
1872--
Discover Labor Union-take only choice of Combined Arms
Spy takes hut-100g
Another spy takes hut-50g
Howie takes hut-5 barb parisians! Oh well, we have no cities on that continent anyway.
Take Liepzig
Take Berlin(301g)(defended by 2 rifles, a phalanx, and a warrior??!!
Take Konigsberg(81g)
Babs get Theology
1873--
Akkad, Ravena destroyed to show that the Meanie empire will tolerate no activities contrary to the beliefs of the Super Meanie.
BigBadBill builds frieght(gems)->transport
Veii spy->factory
Take Frankfurt(293g)
Take Nuremburg(75g)
Take Nineveh(Pyramids, SoL, 520g)
Finally get shipchain back in order
1874--
Beggarsville(gems)->Philly:478g
Find Uruk(Bab)
Take Hamburg(455)

Well, hopefully I didn't screw up too much...we have a lot of spies exploring b/c I din't know what else to do w/them. We also have many units ready to cross the oceans to Babylonia and India.
/me prepares for constructive critcism