Chat 9

[GodKing]

Chat 9 is scheduled for this saturday. Time to be determined by those who post here and request. I am leaning towards early afternoon my time to make it so that the euros can go to bed early and MWIA isn't up to early on sunday so he can join us.

Ministers, please post orders here as well.

[Hot Mustard]

I'm okay with anytime Saturday, but preference would be afternoon or morning, EDT (GMT-4).

SMC Orders

Odin and Thor do not have orders as they have to react to discovered terrain and unit movements as best they can to maximize our WM for trade.

DM requests:

Units: Build Spearmen
We have archers and warriors in our cities that we can free up for battle if we build more spearmen. We also need more spearmen for defense of offensive stacks and eventually worker protection.

Roads:
1) Road to Iron city
2) Road to new eastern city
3) Extend a road towards Aydin? Will expedite attack once warrior upgrades are complete.

Turn 1 (1225BC):

DM requests:

Eastern Settler/Spear - E

Western Settler - W
Lone Archer - Fortify
Stack - Fortify

Turn 2 (1200BC):

Eastern Settler - build city

Western Settler - build city
Stack (6 archers, 2 spear) - NW, W
(I considered NW, NW onto forest, but being on the road will be helpful once we take the city, giving us a jumpstart to wherever we go next.)
Lone archer - W (into Iron City), Fortify

Turn 3 (1175BC):

Lone Archer - Fortify in Iron city
Stack attacks Erdine!

Now it gets fuzzy. Depends on how many units end up attacking Erdine, what additional incoming reserves we see for the Ottomans, etc.

Worst case scenario: It takes all we've got to take Erdine. Fortify all units in city and wait for our reserves (upgraded warriors)

Best case scenario: We take the city with 2 archers (I expect 2 spearmen defending). We leave those archers to heal with a spearman to defend, and use the road south of the city to hop the remaining forces quickly across the river, onto the hill - heading for Uskudar on the hills.

Side story: Aydin. We move veteran warriors to Bergen or Kobenhavn, and after the road to the iron city is finished, we upgrade them to swords and march on Aydin. The spearman in Warrior's Luck could be pulled into duty for this as well.

Once we have those three cities, make peace and hopefully get techs. Build temples in Erdine and Uskudar asap. We can defend Uskudar on the hills/mountains outside the city. They have to cross a river to attack Erdine, so it's harder for them to capture it, but we'll need to garrison it well.

Okay, comments please.

[GodKing]

I am hoping around 10, but the state of the war with the Ottomans will determine what we do. We might get a GL! that would be a game stopper, so could a number of other things. As you will be there and as you are SMC, I think that you only need a couple of items for the beginning 3-4 turns, and a general game plan for the actuall attack. I would (and I know other people would also) like to see just what the plan of attack is (which we all know will never survive contact with the enemy....)

Thanks for being at this last chat - even though we only got 5 turns done, I think it worked out well for all of us having new positions.

[MrWhereItsAt]

Sorry GK - still stuck in Oz and using Uni computers where I can't install mIRC, so I can't get there. Don't worry about me at all for times for the next week and a half.

[Kloreep]

I might be there (I was thinking of another week when I posted in the previous turnchat thread ) depending on the time; morning or afternoon would work best for me, evening wouldn't be possible.

Also, if you're reading this Aggie, please check your PMs!

[Octavian X]

I'd go for 11 PM (est), but that's just because it works better, considering my dial up situation.

[theViking]

Originally posted by MrWhereItsAt
Sorry GK - still stuck in Oz

I will try to be in the chat if I am up that early as I am livinig in Oz-Melbourne (the world most livable city).

[MrWhereItsAt]

Well I'm in Sydney. I think I have a right to complain.

[Hot Mustard]

^bump^ SMC Orders entered above. Please read and comment.

[UnOrthOdOx]

I hope to attend Saturday. EARLY morning would work best for me as always, but there is no way for that to happen (I don't see GK waking himself at 5 AM for me (that coffee club chat I held sure was fun, though ). Anything before 10:00 Est would be OK, 1200-1400 EST would be possible, after 1600 EST will be touchy as Ill likely be hitting the town with my family, most likely taking the kids to the new Disney movie...

[OPD]

I may be able to drop in but won't be able to stay more than a few mins due to work commitments.

[Kloreep]

I can be there for the first two hours, possibly longer.

FAM deputies (BTW, Aggie is now a deputy as well): please post (or PM) whether you can be at the chat by two hours in; if it continues past then, I'll need a replacement.

[Aggie]

I can be there anytime Saturday.
Aggie

[Octavian X]

So, is there any word on when this thing will be?

[GodKing]

Crap.... my post didn't show up from last night.

Sorry. It was at 4pm my time.

Give me a bit and I will dig up the conversion times.