Turn 98, 610BC

[Harovan]

Just don't tell anyone, that this turn made up a thread with over 300 posts and several hours of turnchat, during which my connection collapsed and after this I couldn't join the channel anymore.

[FrustratedPoet]

Yeah, good thinking. This approach ensures us the moral high ground in our 'dispute' with GoW. Aside from killing their horses (which we had a right to do) we've tried to keep the peace. We don't want them to claim we're bullying them.

[DeepO]

well, is anyone interested in the log? I don't want to start copy-pasting it (it was long), but uploading it should be possible...

DeepO

[DeepO]

Just realised something: our galleys to the East came out better then I hoped. Sure, if we had known, we could have moved our galleys so that Vox wasn't able to send more reinforcements, but as they are now, they are even a bigger (virtual) threat then if they would be if they would be blocking. Being out of coastal waters makes it riskier for Vox to attack them, they can use the galley we see, but no other, as it can't end its turn in the sea. If they would move their galley North, fleeing from us, we could move 8887, ending at sea, and in range of 3 of their roads and colony tiles. I can't imagine they left their colony undefended, but the threat that a galley poses to their roads will certainly make them think twice when sending further reinforcements down.

In case we can destroy their galley with one of our galleys, the other one should do it anyway, to distract forces. If we lose a galley in attacking theirs, we might still decide to do it, if they have 3 hps left (or even 4). After what we did this turn, I'm certain they'll think an invasion of their colony is imminent

Also, seeing our galleys advance towards them will make it easier for them to decide to attack Arashi anyway, which also would be great news... they would lose badly, and we would have switched from defense to offense for good.

So, if at all possible, I think we should try to decide to end in sea waters, instead of coastal waters. This might also apply to our Western galley, although I wouldn't want to risk a lot there with only one galley. Let's hope GoW advances their galley to a spot where we can use cats to get its health down first.

BTW, how many galleys do we need to block access across the channel between us and RP?

DeepO

[Shiber]

Could someone who has a post-98 save please update the infocenter, or post a list of all our troops and their locations?

[Shiber]

Originally posted by DeepO
BTW, how many galleys do we need to block access across the channel between us and RP?

Looking at the world maps, I don't think there's really a non-lighthouse galley crossing between RP and ourselves... though I need to see a grid to be absolutely sure.
Whoever has a copy of the save can check that and know for sure.

[alva]

Has the save already arrived???!!
oh boy o boy o boy !!

[Theseus]

You're kidding...

[Shiber]

No, but Lego has it.
And Vox didn't issue a war report this turn...

[Harovan]

The save arrived.

[Shiber]

[Dominae]

Are we going to set up a chat again?


Dominae

[Harovan]

Short status report:

Vox killed our pike at Arashi 2. One Immortal down to 1hp, that's as good as dead. No other battles detected. GoW declined the peace offer. Our military is average compared to Vox and RP and strong compared to everyone else.

We are the 1st by score.

[alva]

Our military is average compared to Vox

at last...

[Shiber]

So they killed that pike with just one immortal?
Damn, they're lucky (29% probability).