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

[HuangShang]

minor update after not-too-long first opportunity at play... i had really hoped to have been finished by now, but i'll still post this as i wanted to get a screen in too

1275ad hello, voted in by modern democracy

1280 take Hadrumetum (S Phonecea)

1285 discovery of economics does us no good, koreans been had (london) stock exchange
recover city of Kora w/ all three cav at red zone surviving after killing the three (light i think) arties in there
10stack Egytians sneak into swazi vincinity

1290 we lose Hadrumetum and recapture it at the beginning of this turn

1295 capture slightly important Phonecean city of Baalbek my general-led 12stack lost 4, the defense was a line of some musketeers(didnt count since they died fast
however, some 8 scattered Phoneceans have surrounded Calgary, so naturally, the city has been vacated; dispite this manuver being used here, i stopped mobile defense almost everywhere else (except Swazi
i dont know if this in important, but the diplomat has spotted a korean raider (ironclad grafix) in Nigerian territorial waters

well, swazi appears safe as the eqyptians have dissappeared, but Phoneaceans have suddenly popped up all along the lenhth of our borders so i expect they are after more than Calgary, but i hope they turn around for Baalbek first, as i will just kinda sit tight there as suicide charges into other cities tell of hard times attacking

i'd like to thank i dont know how many of you before me for setting up camp in Egypt as we are now just owning them... and i plan to have two Egyptian cities soon

a stack of six battle weary plus an infantryman has made headway to Elephantine, but if they try to stop there, the garrison will have no problem from them, and if they go farther, the garrison can catch up

the screen is for those who dont want to/cant go and look up where Baalbek is

[HuangShang]

uh... dp... but i wanted to ask how the Egyptians got a carrack in that lake anyway
...i need to go to sleep

[HuangShang]

i cant believe i cant add an attachment to an old post... i really need to some rest

[HuangShang]

finished today

1305 someone discovered rails so we'll be expecting a lot more wars now...
lose and recapture Elephantine (my bad)

1310 successfully take Giza w/o a single dead, thanks to bombarding

1315 come under heavy fire from a few directions, but the greatest tragedy was in Regina, where the reenforcing cavs hid behind the cannons and let the main Regina garrisson get slaughtered by oncoming Phoneceans whilest they lived w/o getting their hands dirty... that sux

1320 i finished turn 314 (unless Shadow wants to attack Cairo now)
the point is that MANY new things are going to finish being built this turn
and please let the aqueducts finish, our people are starving in many places

[EPW]

good one, looks like the positives far outway the negatives

[Maquiladora]

1310 successfully take Giza w/o a single dead, thanks to bombarding

Now this is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning.

[Tamerlin]

In other words, this is the beginning of the start.

[Maquiladora]

No.

[Shadow]

Hang on... you see... what has once begun, has not will have been begun, yet at its end, it still will have been, had been, and will yet to be begun.

Clear?

[EPW]

To clarify the matter:

[Shadow]

HAHAHA

Anyway, my turn will be done in a day or two.

[HuangShang]

good one Maq

lol, let it be ultra clear: the beginning of the start was when we first went to war, it ended when canada surrendered, and now we are close to finishing the middle of the beginning, lol

oh yeah i forgot to mention i renamed Baalbek NewHuangDi , or NHD for short

[Maquiladora]

EPW's got it, although I would make the beginning a significant part of the whole bar..... nevermind.

Anyway ask Mr. Churchill.

[Tamerlin]

Originally posted by Maquiladora
Anyway ask Mr. Churchill.

Too complicated for me...

[Shadow]

1325ad Ceasefire brokered with Phoenicians. General advancing of troops.

1330ad Continue to decimate forces inside Cairo.

1340ad Cairo is ours! We send the Egyptian King a postcard of Cairo, wishing he was here…

1345ad We only require mopping up the remaining Egyptian unit to have victory over them. Many troops shunted into Egyptian territory. Scottish troops starting to push into our territory. 100 Gold offered to keep them at bay. Diplomat also dispatched to one of their cities to hold a reception, as I’m don’t really feel like having to belt them just yet. Ceasefire with Phoenicians still holding.

1350ad The Phoenicians break the ceasefire (not quite sure how though…). More Scottish troops massing inside our southern borders.

1355ad Phoenician attack on Swazi repelled. The Scotts attack!

1360ad Various Egyptian units destroyed.

1365ad The Scotts capture Winnipeg! Many enemy troops within our borders, although we have considerable forces approaching Egyptian cities also. Koreans also massing troops within our borders. Peace Treaty no longer exists with them, although we’re not at war. Request to remove troops declined.


Tamerlin, my recommendation is to start beefing up all our cities in general, and perhaps begin pillaging the roads to our enemies. Also keep the pressure on the Egyptians – move the bombarding units up to pound them, then send in the rest of the troops.

There have been a number of aqueducts built and a few mills, so at the moment I’ve changed most production to military units due to the fresh attacks. There’s a few new roads/highways built in our borders for easy troop movement also.

May the Force be with you…