Succession Game IX - Don't throw those bloody spears at me!

[Tamerlin]

If no one bothers then I will play this week-end. If you prefer to go on with the game I will catch the wagon again as soon as possible.

[Maquiladora]

Im happy to wait, i havent got the most time myself at the moment either so take your time.

[HuangShang]

no prob here

[Tamerlin]

OK, this week-end promises to be less busy than the preceding one... whatever the case it can't be more.

[Tamerlin]

I was wrong about this week-end, I am sorry but I did not have the time to play. If you don't mind I will play wednesday, I have too much work until then...

I am really sorry to slow down the game so much...

[Shadow]

No worries here. My workload is pretty high too, so the break is doing me good.

[HuangShang]

same here

i've been kept past midnight almost every night w/ all the busywork my classes dish out

EDIT: oh yeah, how far have u played? how about a short update?

[EPW]

Hows the game coming Tamerlin?

[Tamerlin]

I am currently playing, I will post a report and the saved game tonight.

Shadow: where did you planned to send the settler produced in Toronto?

To the west near the potato site I guess...

[Shadow]

Yeah, I was generally sending him south and slightly west towards that Potato.

[Tamerlin]

OK, he is currently heading to the West...

[Tamerlin]

1000 AD Hadrumetum taken from the Phoenicians

1010 AD Ngwak lost

1040 AD Sotho lost, Nigerians going to war against the Americans

1060 AD Winnipeg lost

1070 AD Ngwak retaken

1080 AD Koreans build London Exchange

1090 AD Assault on Regina failed

(The following player just have to end the turn... and watch the disaster)

[Tamerlin]

Ooops! Forgot the saved game...

[Tamerlin]

I am terribly sorry for the tremendous delay...

Though I am very busy these days (it should be easier to play after the week to come) I must admit that I am lacking the motivation to play as I don't have the feeling to play a Civilization like game. The game rather looks like a wargame with an inappropriate engine, I mean a gaming system too bulky for this kind of games. I have the feeling to manage a production of military units only since the beginning of the game.

Is this coming from the game we are currently playing or is this a characteristic of the mod ?

[Maquiladora]

1100 AD Recaptured Ulundi, lost 7 units out of 10.
Killed Egyptian 4 stack outside Kora, lost none.

1110 AD Killed god knows how many roaming stacks around our cities.
Now completely building Harquebusiers.

1120 AD Finally got Cavalry Tactics. Only building these for speed.

1130 AD Recaptured Regina.
Phoenicians capture HuangDI.
Egyptians capture Oryx.

1140 AD Recaptured Oryx and moved citizens.
Recaptured HuangDi and moved citizens.

1150 AD Egyptians capture Natal and Pedi.

1160 AD Recaptured Natal and Pedi moved citizens.
Recaptured Edmonton.
Egyptians capture Thembu.

1170 AD Recaptured Thembu, moved citizens.

I was about to attack some Egyptian and a Phoenician city. Also keep pillaging the Egyptians roads with that Knight and pillage routes to our cities from the Phoenicians, its really slowing them down and also theyre bringing smaller armies towards us.

As an example this screenshot, how I picked off so many Egyptian small Cavalry armies outnumbering them with Harquebusiers. Even on 2 fronts we lost similar strength to the Phoenicians and totally killed the Egyptians.

By the way this tactic of mobile defence, I lost some cities but eventually with lots of pillaging I think we'll turn them over and start attacking. Besides you can quickly take the cities back, the important thing is kill more than you lose and the AI eventually can't keep up.