Epic 6 - Benno's Trip

[Benno]

Firstly, this was my first experience of Always War, and I loved it . Bad news was that I got too caught up in the game so I sort of missed various things that may or may not have happened during the game . BUT, the following I do recall.

Settled in place as its got plenty of juicy bonuses. As an aside, when a "blue circle" appears on a start and there are only 2 resources visible I always think that there's a metal in play .



My early research path was Bronze Working - Agriculture -Archery - The Wheel - Pottery.

Gandhi spotted in 3880. After my scout finds Delhi, I send a warrior over here to camp in the forest across the river. This essentially kills Gandhi in this game. He occasionaly sacrifices a warrior or archer on mine (allowing woodsman promotion) but never ventures out of Delhi, but more on him later.

Thought there was no goody huts!



Peter appears in 2800BC. Saladin in 2620BC. Alexander in 1600BC. Cyrus and Roosevelt in 1570BC. Izzy in 895BC

Welcome to nutcase city, have a nice day! An agressive civ close to me is not so good. I'll just leave him alone for now but eventually he finds me but not for over 2000 years (685BC). .



Found Hamburg on the hill next to the copper in 2260BC, for some axe action. As soon as one appears I send him to help out the warrior at Delhi.

I build Stonehenge in 1210BC.

Build Munich south of Berlin in 700BC.

After a couple of aborted efforts with bad luck from the RNG and bad planning by yours truly I capture Delhi in 385BC, which was still Gandhi's only city.



Build Cologne on the edge of the desert halfway to Delhi.

Then came some wonder building, Pyramids in 220BC (for some hereditary rule as I'm sure to have a large army in this one). Realise no-one has yet built Oracle, so quickly research Code of Laws (to found Confucianism) ready for CS slingshot in 110AD .



At this stage my inexperience at this level was my worst enemy as I wasn't sure what to expect so I turtled for a while (read over 1000 years), absorbing wave after wave of AI troops at Delhi and (to a lesser extent) Cologne. Every turn bought up to 10 attacks. I had catapults, crossbows and maces against spears, swords, chariots and axes. I probably should have gone on the offensive and may have had a quicker victory but just stayed holed up. I razed a couple of Japanese border cities (captured one with the gold mines)and founded some of my own within the territory I had already established. I was thinking Panzers at this stage. Here's my troops at Delhi.



Did some more wonder building mainly because the AI didn't seem to want to build any, Chicken Schnitzel (620AD), Great Library (830AD), Hanging Gardens (1025AD), Colossus (1142AD), Great Lighthouse (1226AD)


So at 1502AD, I had the paltry sum of 9 cities, 6 founded by me, one by Gandhi and two by Tokogawa.

I decide enough is enough in 1685, with the capture of Damascus a my 10th city. By 1732, Saladin is erased from his little penisula (has a couple of distant cities). From here is is pretty much a cake walk to a 1874 domination victory.

I'm not much of a milker so didn't hold off to get a panzer 50xp but had snuck one out for a victory in 1849.

Just before the game ended I had an old school reunion for the surviving defenders of Delhi all those years ago, 3 of them left!



All in all a very enjoyable game (I've actually played a couple more since), so thanks to Sirian for setting it up. Now if I could pay more attention to my notes and screenshots, I'll get a decent report done next time.

[Sullla]

Wow, those are some promoted units at the end! I like the Combat III/Melee/Formation/City Garrison III/Drill I infantry.

Don't sweat the details of reporting, the important thing is to enjoy the game and have fun. Feel free to write as much or as little as you please. This was more than sufficient for a first effort.

[mihau]

It is my first time to see what is beyond 50XP

[Benno]

I got really attached to those guys through the middle ages. I was thinking about leaving my Combat III/Melee/Formation/City Garrison III/Drill I crossbow until he got to 100 xp but couldn't get there in the end game, so promoted him.

Thanks for the comments