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

[EPW]

1475 AD: Turn ended

Egyptions capture Cairo

1480 AD: We recapture Cairo, our Generals say that the Egyptions are on the verge of collapse.

In a risky but successful assault, we capture the Pheonician city of Hadrumetum. It was gaurded by four cannons.

We bombard and pillage.

Begin Cavalry in various cities.

Turn Ended.

Our city of Zeraptha is captured by the Pheonicians

1485 AD: Units upgraded thoughout the Empire.

Electricity researched, Explosives begins.

Fortification starts construction near Giza.

Turn Ended

Egyptions capture Cairo, destroying our army of six.

The Koreans capture Hadrumetum

1490 AD: We capture Cairo.

1495 AD: Not much happens

End turn

We score a number of victorys when various countrys attack our cities. Notably the Pheonicians lost an army of 10 attacking NewHaungdi

1500AD: Stonewall Jackson dies of old age.

1505 AD: Destroy an Egyption army.

End turn

The Scottish capture Kora.

1510AD: We recapture Kora.

Toronto and Kora captured by the Scottish.

1515AD: Cease fire made with Scots.

Pheonicians have modern infantry...ugh.

[HuangShang]

uh, i didnt mean for us to try to hold NHD when i first took it, but if they stop a 10strong, it should be ok

EPW, can u explain why u like cav so much (or is it not just you?

i'll get mine up on monday at the latest

[Maquiladora]

EPW, can u explain why u like cav so much (or is it not just you?

Because theyre faster and theyre flanking units. Although Infantry do have 2 extra hit points IIRC. On my turn I was building Infantry and Cannons to try and outnumber the Egyptian army into surrendering because I could build those faster than Cavalry. At least thats how I imagined it working.

[HuangShang]

cav dont seem to do too well when the battles get big, or do they, anyway, i always change away from EPW's all cav build lists, but i keep cavs, its just that they cost too much

nominated from the front at NHD, a talented young man who served under the late Gen. Jackson steps up to the presidency, although he is in the communist party, there is no sign of a change in key gov structure until a vote passes any proposed change
being a charming young man just out of the military, ZhuiMing has futher pushed on the issues of peace w/ at least 3 of the other world players
in this process, he traded electicity to nigeria for explosives, and to america for adv. canon tech, and now, the only possible research for our scientists is naval tactics, but we are looking forward to finding a way of opening talks w/ the scots, whom he hopes already satisfied itself w/ a huge portion of a our past empire and is ready to sit down
using the 3 idle caravans, ZhuiMing also starts two trade routes totaling 144 after using all the 3 caravans w/in our borders, but critics already charge the routes are not sustainable

notes:
the smaller territory doesnt seem to help mutual aid as the cities are split into these pockets and some regions just cant handle the fighting
most units are fortified in cities so to levy the defensive advantage, esp. NHD
the 2 arquebusier fortified in 2 of our cities got upgraded to light arty for 1000, but these light arty only move 1 per turn, having better defense and poorer range than cannon, but still almost the same thing, light will suit small armies better as intended, but it cant keep up w/ infantrymen, and later modern infantry (i think they move far too)
we lost too much, its as if the Ais decided to blitzkreig us, and it hasnt seemed to slow
that arquebusier in the field in phonecea, i assumed he was headed to carthage, so i sent him marching drunk, the report from the many who fleed back to safety (just keeping w/ the story, i didnt retreat the unit) report that carthage is relatively free of units, but they do have machine gunners, modern inf, light arty, and cav, all of which are the most modern things on the face of the game right now, but we can overwhelm them w/ numbers once we settle at home

[HuangShang]

1530 regina and cairo lost to overwhelming enemies korea and egypt, troops now abandoning cagary

1540 wait the koreans are the ones who have abandoned cagary, so our hold is still good
finally retake cairo (the march took too long guys)

1560 finally lose cagary ( i ran away after they surrounded us, now its a matter of retreating to safety w/out losing too many
it seems cairo must also be abandoned as i dont have the means to defend there either

1565 cairo not lost, but nobody there to defend, selling buildings
our spy gets railroad adv. from phoneacean city of berytus
calgary garrison never made it, all members lost , but at least they died bravely killing off more numbers tan themselves

1570- leave shadow to watch the end turn, im guessing that cuz its still my turn i can watch it too, so i did, and another attack and cairo yet to fall

good luck not loosing more cities

[HuangShang]

Shadow? anyone?

somehow i'm thinking noones been online, is it b/c its a week from Xmas?

[Shadow]

AHHH... it's my go!!!
My thread subscription must have failed, I didn't realise there were any posts...!

I'll be right on it... sorry guys.

[Tamerlin]

Originally posted by Shadow
AHHH... it's my go!!!
My thread subscription must have failed, I didn't realise there were any posts...!

I'll be right on it... sorry guys.

There seems to be some problems with the Email notifications which are not always working adequately, there are a lot of discussions I have missed because I am not always informed that someone has posted in a thread I am usually posting in.

[HuangShang]

maybe it got caught as junk, but i never remember missing an update, but it doesnt matter that much, u guys got one after my last post right?

[Shadow]

Sorry for the delay folks, been having some computer 'issues'. Reinstalling the game and mods now, will have the save up in a day or so.

[Shadow]

1575AD Cease Fire brokered with all warring nations. We are now scrambling to rebuild!

1585AD Diplomat being created to improve neighbour relations. Lots of enemy troop movement. Our spies are being sent throughout the lands, looking for lightly guarded cities.

1595AD Attack! The Egyptians slaughter our diplomat in cold blood! Phoenicians also assault Tswana, but are easily repelled.

1605AD Egyptians capture Cairo! Phoenicians capture Tswana!

1610AD Egyptians capture Elephantine!

1615AD Pedi repels an attack by the Phoenicians.


Tamerlin, I suggest that the FIRST thing you do is get a ceasefire from the warring nations. This is often possible when the game is restarted for some reason, perhaps it’s a bug. You could also try to improve relations with the nations we also have peace with, hoping for some backup.

Good luck!

[HuangShang]

well i like to here the koreans are off our back. Just as long as the scottish say put or even help us, we got the the south secured, now onto phoneacea! the egytians got more of "our" cities, but how are they doing in the south, why dont the scotts or koreans attack them

i noticed in a CtC game i was playing, b/c its winter break, that the Ai never stay at war. They do do acts of war randomly, but they cease fire the next turn. this could be troubling our game too

[Ekmek]

Hey guys I updated my tilefile again (in signature uses the same name as old). any chance you guys can load iit and tell me if you spot any errors or if stuff is hard to see?

thanks

[Tamerlin]

Special Happy New Year to all the succession gamers. I won't be able to play my turns until Wednesday or Thursday (I would rather bet on the later). You are strongly encouraged to post many comments and/or advices until then.

[HuangShang]

well, Shadow has suggested you can make peace as long as you try at the beginning of your turn

i'm not very sure how desperate things are, but i think Shadow kept the spy alive, so it is even possible to make a phonecean city revolt and then we can pursue heavy handed diplomacy against the said lone city... just maybe