WAR with Lux.

[GhengisFarbâ„¢]

I just chatted with BFM and they ARE trading Horseback to Roleplay.

This violates our agreement and in my opinion we should form an alliance with Nemo at once to eliminate Lux.

[Panzer32]

YES!! LETS GET THEM!!!!

Possible message to NDG:
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Borc,

I would like to propose with you an alliance against Lux Invicta. The reasoning for this is that Lux broke an agreement with us, and we feel that you wish to also remove Lux from the game. I hope you will accept this alliance, and then we can work out the details such as when an attack would occur.

Remember, all communication between our two teams is confidential.

Panzer32,
Foreign Affairs Consul for the Glory of War

[Hot_Enamel]

I would not let anyone know our war intentions just yet.

Secrets eventually get out, and we dont want Lux to get any sniff that we may be heading for a war.

We are many turns from declaring .... politics can change the situation very quickly.

[Panzer32]

ok, but if the war were to start this turn, we would side with ND, right?

[GhengisFarbâ„¢]

Sorry, but I was really upset when BigFurryMonster confirmed they were planning to trade Horseback to Roleplay.

I sent this memo to Borc:

THIS IS NOT TO BE SHARED WITH ANYONE OUTSIDE OUR TWO TEAMS.

After Lux agreed to not trade Horseback Riding to Roleplay they offered it to them in less than 24 hours after they agreed to the treaty.

This is currently unofficial but I can assure you that my team would be VERY receptive to a military alliance against Lux right now.

And Borc sent me back this reply:

Trip really plays the game badly :-(
somehow i feel sorry for his team... but thats not our problem... :-/

its late in the night here: thats why i will discuss this with my
people
tomorrow morning.
but i already can say you that the most of us will enjoy the idea very
much
to make this alliance with you! As you know many of us dont trust Lux
at
all....
I will tell you our answer soon and the we can make some plans tomorrow
:-)
good luck

Borc

[Hot_Enamel]

This info will get out

GOW -> ND -> RP -> Lux

I give it 3 days.

We must now trust ND to keep their mouth shut.
We cannot afford to spread this info to any other team.
Unofficial or Official channels

[Hot_Enamel]

What are our preliminary war plans ?

Priority must be to hook up our horses ASAP and start cranking our horsemen.

[GhengisFarbâ„¢]

Originally posted by Hot_Enamel
This info will get out

GOW -> ND -> RP -> Lux

I give it 3 days.

We must now trust ND to keep their mouth shut.
We cannot afford to spread this info to any other team.
Unofficial or Official channels

Absolutely, I figure either ND will welcome the idea or will mention something to Lux. If the latter I'm hoping Lux seriously reconsiders their plan to trade Horseback Riding to Roleplay.

I did say it was unofficial and merely stated that some members of the team would be receptive to the idea so its not like the team is going to war.

[GhengisFarbâ„¢]

From Borc:

Hello GhengisFarb,
Good news: My people are ready to make officially a military alliance with GoW against Lux!
Do you already have a plan what to do next and is the alliance official from your side?
As a first military information we can say you that the worker of Lux is now building a road in the north to the 2 cows...
Good luck
more info later
Borc

[Donegeal]

Remember... We're Mercs.

Just tell them that they would get a very favorable deal from us.

Sorta like a "most favored nation" status.

[GhengisFarbâ„¢]

I've been thinking about that.

In all the wargames I play I usually form an absolute alliance with one other civ that we will not attack each other until we are the last two standing.

It has worked everytime.

Typically, in the boardgame Axis & Allies I'm Russia and I make the deal with Germany. I gobble up Japan while he annexes the UK.

[Panzer32]

Yes, we are mercenaries, but I believe war with Lux is good for us, even if we came in as partners. The main goal of this war would be to eliminate Lux (thereby helping us), not to sell ourselves. That said, I would be more than willing to get a beneficial deal with NDG... (like we get Lux's capitol)

Possible war plan:

NDG attacks lux's horse city, while we go in deep to the capitol. NDG would have to give us some stuff for us not getting the horse resource, and us going against the more heavily guarded city.

[realpolitic]

Originally posted by GhengisFarb
I've been thinking about that.

In all the wargames I play I usually form an absolute alliance with one other civ that we will not attack each other until we are the last two standing.

It has worked everytime.

Typically, in the boardgame Axis & Allies I'm Russia and I make the deal with Germany. I gobble up Japan while he annexes the UK.

Do you mean the last ones or the last ones on the continent? I think that will need discussion eventually.

A&A is a fun game.

[Hot_Enamel]

Ask if they would consider an alliance beyond Lux and perhaps against roleplay.

Their Ansar warriors are just as damaging as our riders.
We dont want to have to spend an entire age battling each other while the other teams scream ahead.

If however, it is most likely that we will get the option of attacking them before they get their UU. Perhaps we need to structure the deal so that eaveything becomes fair game after the Lux objectives have been met.

We are militaristic and should be able to beat them. Even it is just a level 1 pruning.


Panzer...they may not value the horse resource too much. They have another just below their Civ border IIRC.

[realpolitic]

Originally posted by Hot_Enamel
Ask if they would consider an alliance beyond Lux and perhaps against roleplay.

Let's make it clear that the timing of a war against RP is up in the air. Simple expansion might be a better option, especially until we get Chivalry, possibly after. Riders are good, but they're 70 shields, let's discuss all possibilities first.