Succession game (AU Mod, Emperor level)

[Mart]

Victory status

[Mart]

And the turn.

Good luck to the Succesor.

[Modo44]

Darn it! I knew I had forgotten something. Sorry guys, I'm on it now.


1505 AD (turn 291)

• Check diplo status. Ouch. If we don't get Theory of Evolution, we're toast.
• Switching science back on. Steel in 8 turns, Theory of Evolution in 8 turns. This gives 3 techs on the same turn - no AI can cope with that research speed.
• Turn off some useless builds. (Factory in 40 turns? C'm on.)
• Workers need to Railorad flat land first. Especially if it's Mined Grassland...
• Two AIs have Replaceable Parts. I check the Inca - they have Infantry in cities. Invading with anything less than Infantry, Cavalry, and a s#itload of Artillery, would be suicidal. So I won't, unless forced to.
• We are in Republic, so I can move the units around freely. Border towns get 3 Muskets each. All other units are brought to one place for easier control. We have a total of just above 60 offensive units, including Cannons.
• I find 2 Muskets and a Settler on the other continent. I put them back on the Caravel, and they move to the Wines.
• Unit production set to Heavy Cavalry, and Cannons.

1515 AD

• The Hitties put a city near the Wines, but not near enough. I put Fort Hope on the last remaining tile - directly on the Wines.
• Two big hopes: The Inca should go to war with Spain, and France should go to war with the Iroquis.

1525 AD

• Finished Railroading the Grasslands near our capital. You know, the land that is most productive in the whole empire.
• Finished connecting the most important cities.
• The Iroquis build the Universal Suffrage.
• And Babylon finishes Theory of Evolution. 3 turns too soon.

1530 AD

• Theory of Evolution is changed into Battlefield Medicine. Luckily, without loss of Shields.
• The AI has Steel now, presumably from Theory of Gravity. 1 turn before we'd have gotten it.
• We have 5 cities with Factories, set to produce units as fast as possible (Riflemen, and Heavy Cavalry). Next turn, we go to war.

There are 62 units in Taormina. Unfortunately, over half of them is are Medieval Infantry.

[Modo44]

1535 AD

• Steel researched, and Replaceable Parts started. Not good, but I certainly won't buy techs from the AI and give them even more gold.
• The Babylonians landed 2 Med Infs, and 2 Heavy Cavalry near Constantinople. I wonder why, so I ask them to leave. They declare war. War on the Inca delayed by 1 turn, because it will need all available units.
• 5 Muskets upgraded to Riflemen in cities bordering the Inca. Guess why.
• We have two empty Armies now, from the Military Academy. I put Heavy Cavalry in them. Guess why.
• I ask America for an Alliance against the Babylonians.
• I dismiss the Babylonian usurpers.
• Battlefield Medicine ready in a turn. By accident, the timing is perfect.

1540 AD

• Adrianople is brought to size 17, and produces exactly 90spt now. This happens to be the number needed to make a Heavy Cavalry each turn.
• WAR is declared on the Inca.
• El-Amarna falls. Almost no losses.
• Nasca falls. Heavy losses.
• Miami falls. No losses.
• Dispatching some Incan units, that happened to si too close to our border. Doing this, an Elite Med Inf produces a MGL.
• Now it's "only" one big front, that will soon be swarming with Incan Cavalry, Infantry, and what not.
• I send many Med Infs toward Heliopolis.

1545 AD

• The Heroic Epic is built. I switched one of the Factories under way to it. We can use every MGL we get, because Armies are our only halfway useful offensive weapon at the moment.
• The Inca brought surprisingly few units. Cavalry, Knights, Guerilla, and others are being dispatched.

1550 AD

• Incan forces are starting to pour in - this time for real. Lots of Knights, and Cavalry. No Infantry, though.
• Massive battle for Memphis. And by massive, I mean over 60 units, of which 30 Medieval Infantry were lost. But, Heliopolis fell. The massacre wasn't for nothing after all.
• Many Incan Knights, and Cavalry are dispatched.

1555 AD (last turn)

• Luxury deals renewed.
• Horse deal NOT renewed. There are Horses near Memphis, so we should go and get those. Also, in 2 turns our best unit will be Infantry, which doesn't need Horses to be built.
• Once a Harbor is rushed in Port Hope, it will provide us with a much needed luxury.
• There is still that unimportant Babylonian city up north.

[Modo44]

Demographics. We're up to 2nd in pupulation.

[Modo44]

Not very bad, but not winning either.

[Modo44]

The zipped save. Happy hunting to the successor.

[Grandpa Troll]

who is up now?

i forget..snoopy?

paddy?

just asking is all

[Modo44]

Makahlua, or Paddy - the one that shows up.

I'm emailing both. If they don't / can't play, I'll as for a replacement.

[snoopy369]

If it comes down to me, it's going to be a week probably - i have super bowl tomorrow and then work, work, work ...

Good hunting, modo, btw. Way to knock out those lousy incas ... Now all we need is a few hundred cavalry ... er ... blah. I want my AP ...

[Modo44]

Originally posted by snoopy369
Good hunting, modo, btw. Way to knock out those lousy incas ... Now all we need is a few hundred cavalry ... er ... blah. I want my AP ...

That was one massive battle. Almost 30 Med Infs down the drain, to weaken the defenders of Heliopolis, so cavalry could finish the job. That's a lot of gpt income saved.

I think we're past the point of hoping for a peaceful win. I'd wait for Rep Parts, upgrade things, go Commie, and conquer the world.

[Grandpa Troll]

great advice


If told today I could early on

I have the time wont during the week though

just sharing

Gramps

[snoopy369]

Um I think i'm next before you GT. But thanks for offering More than likely, next weekend will be you.

[Grandpa Troll]

Originally posted by snoopy369
Um I think i'm next before you GT. But thanks for offering More than likely, next weekend will be you.

ok by me

Thanks

Gramps

[Grandpa Troll]

Originally posted by snoopy369
Um I think i'm next before you GT. But thanks for offering More than likely, next weekend will be you.

so how we coming?

it "next weekend" just sharing

Thanks

Gramps