AU210 - UN Peacekeepers DAR 5 – End of industrial age

[Cort Haus]

Safety-Valve

During my GA, MPPs were signed between Germany-Babylon and Rome-Babylon, and on getting tanks all cities churned them out. I wanted a hundred! India allied with the Turks, but had vunerable cities exposed which were lost, so I built a wall of tanks over their peninsula to protect it, allowing a doorway for them to use, but not the enemy.

[Cort Haus]

Into the Modern Era ...

Then Iroqs and India signed an MPP and the Iroqs were also at war with Japan. It was all quite stable though, no dramatic progress anywhere - but the only concern was that Germany would join the alliance and so automatically getting the votes at the UN.

Flight was discovered to launch into the modern era in 1320.

Pop : 24,693,000 (1st)
GNP : 1847 million
Mfg Goods : 1260 megatons
Land : 44,500 sq miles (5th)
Productivity : 3059

Flight, MT and Radio ahead of all civs except Mongols - further behind
Military : 100 Inf, 50 Cav, 42 Tanks, 18 Arty, 15 Guerillas, 8 Explorers, 36 workers
22,500g in Kitty.

[vmxa1]

Just wanted to acknowledge the work you did on the DAR, hats off.

[Taian]

My theory at this point was to keep research maxxed out and be the driving force behind it, thereby sucking the other civs out of all their excess gold. There were numerous trades throughout this block and I'm not going to go into detail of each one. Suffice it to say they were pretty much broke from this point. Germany, the Babylonians and the Ottomans were my main trading partners, with India getting into the act towards the end of this block. Turns to research were between 4 and 5 for the entirety of the block which really helped to speed things along. The early expansion that I did paid huge dividends.

For the most part, wars were relatively limited. Japan was the major aggressor, starting various wars throughout this period with nearly every other civilization. Early on, I decided to essentially split the continent into 3 areas. The first contained the Spanish, the Germans and the Ottomans. The second contained the Japanese and the Romans. The third contained the Iroquois, the Babylonians and the Mongols. The only hiccup in the plan was the Iroquois/Japanese border. There were a few towns there that I hoped to "acquire" later on in the turn block (and did). This shot is of the Spanish/German/Ottoman front. Had to get this line of defenders up relatively quickly since the Japanese declared war on the Germans. Must have been a naval attack, since I pretty much let noone through my borders.

[Taian]

I did manage to get the Theory of Evolution and, thanks to a timely prebuild, completed the Hoover Dam shortly thereafter, which triggered the American Golden Age. The GA officially began in 1210AD. Gold was rolling in by this point, so I tended to rush build improvements whenever I felt like it.

I must say, I was seriously ticked off when I found out there was no rubber inside my territory. I grabbed a ton of land, only to find that it was nowhere to be found. If that 1 coal hadn't been within my borders, I probably would have been shopping for a new monitor I did, however, manage to find a willing trade partner in the Ottomans, who were nice enough to keep me in rubber for the remainder of the game.

On the military side, I concentrated on improvements and cavalry for the first half of the industrial age, and infantry for the second half of it (supplanted by tanks once they became available). I didn't take down the numbers at the end of the industrial age, but by the end of the game (only 10 or so turns after the industrial age ended), I had (among other things):

98 Infantry
130 tanks
21 Mech Inf (just started turning them out)
11 Battleships (I was bored )
11 fighters
6 bombers

There were assorted other units, but those were the major players. By the end of the Industrial age, I had a unit at every location along my borders, preventing anyone from entering without declaring war first. This worked until the last turn, when the Ottomans decided to attack Japan and pulled me in via my MP with Japan.

[Theseus]

RL has greatly interfered with my playing and posting time... just getting back into the swing of things with AU 210:

870 AD:

This just scared the bejeezus outta me... there were appr. 50 Roman troops in the heart of my empire, en route to Germany. Legions and MedInfs and Bowman and Pikes and Spears, oh my!!

[Theseus]

1070 AD:

This is not actually as bad as it looks... the only guys REALLY mixing it up are the Germans and the Japanese, who are both strong enough to take care of themselves.

My great fear from Knights forward was that the Ottomans would go crazy... which they later did!

[Theseus]

But in the meantime, I did have one serious danger: the Iroqouis were getting SMACKED by Japan.

[Theseus]

1160 AD:

I had captured Tonawanda from Rome to help the Iroq, and decided to build it up a bit with non-cultural stuff. See the smear of red at 67 of Tonawanda? That felt good.

This is around when I starting gifting like mad to the weaker civs... should have done so much earlier.

But, what a difference 90 years makes: look at the Iroquois comeback!

[Theseus]

1470 AD:

I research Flight, and enter the Modern Age with both that and Motor Trans under my exclusive control.

The wars have continued like wildfire. This has been the most nailbiting game I think I've ever played.

Iroquois got knocked down to Salamanca and Oil Springs to the south... I gave back a much-improved Tonawanda, and they re-captured Grand River (the ivory city to the east). They are fairly well protected at this point unless the Babs go after them... can;t really do much about that. Akwesasne JUST flipped to me from the Mongols, which helped.

The Spanish are now at risk... as you can see, the Ottomans have gone on a rampage. I've got three Tank+2xCav Armies, 31 Tanks, and 13 Cavs ready to go. What are the rules for engaging in war at this stage again?

I had rubber until recently from the Ottomans. I let it run out, and have not yet secured a new supply.

Over the last few turns, I had just about alll of my native Workers build radar towers.

Hmmm... as I'm writing this up it occurs to me that pre-war on the Ottamans I can both 1) Tank Shield most of Spain and 2) whip out some quick Explorers to pillage the connections between the main Ottoman territory and their captured cities.

[Theseus]

Kolhapur FINALLY flipped the previous turn. I "cultured up" the neighboring cities in a POWERFUL way... as you can see, I've got gold coming out of my ears.

[Theseus]

I've never seen the Mongols so strong... they have Infantry and Guerrillas galore. There are about 45 or so in this picture, en route to Rome. Think about how far that is from home!!

And YES! that is a Mongol mixed unit Infantry+2xGuerrilla Army south of Tampa BAY! I've also seen a Bab Rifle+2xGuerrilla Army floating around (which is a weird thing to do).

[Theseus]

Now THIS is friggin' ugly!!

But most everybody likes me...

United Nations, here I come!!

Oh, and BTW, I missed Hoovers, so I've not yet had my GA (and also, I never built an FP!).

[Theseus]

I just realized, screw building Explorers.

Blitz works for Tanks pillaging too!

[Theseus]

A little bit later... 1485 AD:

This is great: pillaged with Tanks thus cutting off the captured Spanish cities, and created a true Maginot Line protecting Spain from an upcoming onslaught of about 40 Infantry.

And my Tanks have free range in the war-torn territories. Feels very WWII-ish.