Crusader Scenario Succession Game?

[Scouse Gits]

Sorry for the delay, but I was catching up on work after the holiday.

1185 Holy Roman Empire bribes Posen - 45 gold lost. Docks rushed at Viborg and Skara.
1186 Bribed Posen back for 714g ... was it worth it? (38g plundered): Caravans to Lisbon: 77g/80g/72g/64g
Barbarians cleared from Scotland. A Baltic Navy is planned.
1187 Silk to Paris 252g
1188 Silver to Exeter 80g; Production of Lubeck's Coastal fortress destroyed.
1189 Gold/Gems to Boullon 156g/74g: Ikea founded... well, two gold and a pheasant. The Pope dies.
1190 Lubeck + Hanseatic League (Adam Smith's) stormed by vet Galleas (saves 74g a turn). The Pope dies again!
1191 Sabotage of Holy Roman cities commenced. Health insurance needed for Popes, because he's dead again!!
1192 Coastal Fortress destroyed at Stettin; Coal to Bremen 200g; Famagusta caputured ... you ask me HOW? Well, about two turns ago I received one of the "historical" messages (like the Pope dies) that some English troops had reached Cyprus. Some NON knights appeared from nowhere ... and the rest is history!
1193 Wine to Rheims 165g; Bremen sacked - 107g plundered
1194 Stettin captured - 103g plundered - now Magdeburg, the northern capital of the Holy Roman Empire, is in our sights. Gems to Hamburg 76g. Hides to London 85g. Salt to Boullon 78g.
We are now "weak" - no longer "pathetic"

NB The four dips in the galleon off the African coast are hoping to steal some techs from the Turks and Fatimids.

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SG(2)

[Julius Brenzaida]

Ok, I'm on it
I'll have played by the end of the week-end
It should not be too long a waiting

[Julius Brenzaida]

Oups !
It was not possible this week-end I am sorry
A big week is looming.
By thursday, it should be okay
If you are in a hurry you can skip me, though
I won't sue you

[La Fayette]

no hurry

Originally posted by Julius Brenzaida
Oups !
By thursday, it should be okay
If you are in a hurry you can skip me, though
I won't sue you

Please take your time, Julius!
I didn't feel like playing civ last week, and that leaves me with the difficult task to finish the 'Discover' scenario quite as fast as arii did (2/3 of the cities conquered by 1647; that is the rule we agreed upon). I suppose that keeps me busy until tuesday (I don't wish to beat him, since he was so clever, but I would love to finish dead heat if I can manage it).

[Julius Brenzaida]

Thanks LaFayette. Your so kind I should abuse on your kindness
Je suis perdu dans la correction de 40 dissertations et n'en sortirai (vivant ou pas) que mercredi.
But after that it looks as if I could play my turns

[Julius Brenzaida]

At last, I’ve played my turns. Sorry for the delay and for the poor quality of play. It was not worth the waiting.

1195 : we incite the barbarian city of Tannenberg to revolt for 424 gold. No new tech to be stolen in the Al-Andalus Caliphat.
1196 : we discover Theology. Holy Devotion is next. Slave Trade was also on the list, but I decided to remain faithful to the faith ... Silver merchants in Bouillon. 185 gold. We steal university from the Fatimids.
1197 Barbarian city of Lublin converted for 424 gold. Merchants in Rouen for 48 gold. We steal philosophy from the Fatimids.
1198 Our population exceed 10 millions. Our ship full of missionnaries has been sunk by the Fatimid navy. The HR empire has lost many knights and not recaptured any city in a vast but useless offensive. We decide to divert to galleas to avenge our lost in the Mare Nostrum.
1199 Merchants gain 250 gold combined in Rouen and Rheims.
1200 We learn that the next crusades will be against the Byzantines, thanks to a venetian alliance with the fatimids, mmmh.
1201 more gold in Rheims.
1202 we preach to the furthest lands and convert Kiev !
1203 more gold, mainly to Poitiers (150)
1204 we convert Nicopolis for 154 gold. and Riga for 424.

[Julius Brenzaida]

Missionnairies should convert more barbarians cities in the east (some are on their ways). I’ve stocked troops against Hamburg, but did not feel strong enough yet to attack.
We have now 3324 gold . It is now all left in the expert hands of LaFayette.
My 10 turns did not do much good, but not much harm either.
Except that time is (or only was) money

[Julius Brenzaida]

Oups, maybe that even so skilfull a player as LaFayette requires the saved file.
So here it is

[La Fayette]

skilful?

Thank you Julius.
I'll do my best...
anyway.

[La Fayette]

Warning

This is a message to all advisers (and especially kcbob since he's next on the list):
The unit named 'Siege Tower' should 'ignore city walls' (that is written in the description of the unit).
IMO it doesn't (I just lost 4 Siege Towers testing that... hope you forgive me).
My advice is: 'don't attack any city with walls' (except if you attack from the sea with vet galleas, after having checked that there is no coastal fortress inside).
'Holy devotion' is ours and the inquisitor is the equivalent of a spy (as expected ). All the nice methods using spies are now at your disposal. Don't waste time and money building useless siege towers.

[La Fayette]

1204 - 1214

10 more years (about 80 left IIRC)
My priorities:
1) Discover 'Holy Devotion'.
2) Make London 'spit' gold.
3) Build some peasants willing to build roads, badly needed in the eastern part of the English Empire.
4) Nicely 'convert' a few more cities in the South East.

Here is the log:
1205: Food to London + Gold to Paris (100g) + Gems to Paris (116g) + settings in order to celebrate in London and some other cities.
1206: London size 19 (celebrating) + Food to London + Luxuries down + Science up
1207: London size 20 + Food to London + Dye to Paris (98g)
1208: London size 21 + Food to London
1209: London size 22, 11 light blue faces = growing in size would mean stop celebrating. No more food to London.
1210: Wine to Reims (255g, must be champagne!)
1211: HOLY DEVOTION (pray brothers!) + Coal to Poitiers (210g) + Nis converted (424g) + Buda converted (424g).
Now researching 'Architecture' (= engineers), with science set at zero, since the Holy Romans have just discovered Architecture, and one of our brand new inquisitors is going to steal it from them very soon.
1212: Dye to Paris (265g) + Hides to London (175g) + Coal to London (136g) + Wine to London (186g) + Belgrad converted (354g = cheaper with inquisitors).
1213 Gold to Clermont (225g)

Results obtained:
London 'spits' gold (Cash Flow of the civ increased from 277 to 432, with beakers up from 63 to 117), inquisitors available, 16 peasants (to be replaced by engineers quite soon), Belgrad not 'very' far from Rome.
Have a nice time kcbob!

[La Fayette]

mayday

Dear friends, advisers of King Apolyton V.
kcbob is next on the list AFAIK, but he seems to be away or asleep.
What do we do now?

[Marquis de Sodaq]

The list, iirc: (correct me if I'm wrong!)

1. kcbob
2. rasputin
3. moi
4. SG1
5. SG2
6. Julius Brenzaida
7. La Fayette

I say we pm kcbob and rasputin. If no response comes in two days, I'll take over and continue the game.

[La Fayette]

wake up kcbob!

Marquis,
I pmed kcbob after finishing my turn.
Please pm him again and also Rasputin. I think it is fair to let you play if you get no answer within 2 days, so that this game doesn't go too slowly. I'm sure no one would mind if either kcbob or Raz plays after you.

[Marquis de Sodaq]

kcbob has vanished, Rasputin has apparently taken a vow of silence. The Archbishop of Sodaq will resume the crusade...