Yes, the title does remind you of porn site pop-ups. Its appropriate - as I was gang-raped by multiple AIs!
I fired up this adventure thinking that I had played enough Civ2-Civ3 (and a little vanilla Civ4) to have half a clue. Unfortunately, that notion was quickly put to rest. I had a few misclicks too as I re-acquainted myself to the UI. Even dropping my capital once due to a misclick
No fancy pictures. Maybe #52.
4000 BC Athens founded on start position! Moves scout N to explore the fertile river lands
3640 BC We discover Agriculture and start to look into the secrets of Mysticism
3600 BC Hammurabi shows his ugly face to the southwest and shortly thereafter find Suliman hiding south of the mountains
t15 Threatened by a roaming hord of warriors, our work on a boat was abandoned in panic!
2440 BC Sparta Founded!
Lost the great race to Stonehenge by 2!
1400 BC Accidentally traversed the borders of the evil hated Spanish. We did not stay in their lands.
900 BC Lost Sparta to a Arabian raiding party!
800 BC Lost a work party to Spain!
400 BC Misclicked a phalanx out of the capital, and therefore lost it to suliman, but gained it back the next turn
100 BC A huge stack of 8 units comes out from Sparta to retake my former capital. We defend with minimal losses. The AI in Always war is surprisingly tough!
50 BC Imagine our surprise as a huge stone wall is erected arround our previous settlement of sparta.
250 AD In the midst of war, Thebes is settled to get access to pigs and horses by which we will ride down our enemies as they flee before us (ride the horses, not the pigs)
350 AD Japan arrives late to the party with 2 stacks that threaten to take our starting location He seems to have walked unscathed through Arabian lands
400 AD Argos founded, but we care spare nothing to defend it
500 AD Spain sends a mutltipurpose force and hits Corinth - luckily we had a cat just in time to damage his stack before it hit. Argos razed by Arabia (1 turn late in defending it)
640 AD We are getting hammered! The second great general arrived and promises to deliver the secrets of Morale, Tactics. Instead we choose Healing as we need all the help we can get.
780 AD After a combined assault by Ramses, Hammurabi, and Suleman, we are left with a William the Conquerer and a half-strength archer in Athens. This does not look good.
800 AD Athens falls, Wilheim the Conquerer had 20+ XP, but couldnt stand another round of combined attacks.
840 AD We get horses supplied to our sick and unhappy capital. Too bad we do not know how to ride them. Perhaps the pigs will have to do!
940 AD The assault on Corinth begins! Spain suicides a huge stack on it, but Arabia is coming up with reinforcements. Our source of copper is now in Arab hands, we have only chariots and archers.
1010 AD Another great general appears on the too little too late bandwagon tour.
1020 AD Corinth falls. A chariot was able to escape - only to wander into the outskirts of a newly founded Basra and was promptly destroyed by longbowmen.
1110 AD Thebes falls under a barrage of collateral damage.
This was a lot harder than I remember - I underestimated the AI for sure - I also did not realize they would all be able to hit me at once I thought they would not be allied.
Anyway - thanks for hosting this game, C. ALso thanks for the great reports, everyone.
I fired up this adventure thinking that I had played enough Civ2-Civ3 (and a little vanilla Civ4) to have half a clue. Unfortunately, that notion was quickly put to rest. I had a few misclicks too as I re-acquainted myself to the UI. Even dropping my capital once due to a misclick
No fancy pictures. Maybe #52.
4000 BC Athens founded on start position! Moves scout N to explore the fertile river lands
3640 BC We discover Agriculture and start to look into the secrets of Mysticism
3600 BC Hammurabi shows his ugly face to the southwest and shortly thereafter find Suliman hiding south of the mountains
t15 Threatened by a roaming hord of warriors, our work on a boat was abandoned in panic!
2440 BC Sparta Founded!
Lost the great race to Stonehenge by 2!
1400 BC Accidentally traversed the borders of the evil hated Spanish. We did not stay in their lands.
900 BC Lost Sparta to a Arabian raiding party!
800 BC Lost a work party to Spain!
400 BC Misclicked a phalanx out of the capital, and therefore lost it to suliman, but gained it back the next turn
100 BC A huge stack of 8 units comes out from Sparta to retake my former capital. We defend with minimal losses. The AI in Always war is surprisingly tough!
50 BC Imagine our surprise as a huge stone wall is erected arround our previous settlement of sparta.
250 AD In the midst of war, Thebes is settled to get access to pigs and horses by which we will ride down our enemies as they flee before us (ride the horses, not the pigs)
350 AD Japan arrives late to the party with 2 stacks that threaten to take our starting location He seems to have walked unscathed through Arabian lands
400 AD Argos founded, but we care spare nothing to defend it
500 AD Spain sends a mutltipurpose force and hits Corinth - luckily we had a cat just in time to damage his stack before it hit. Argos razed by Arabia (1 turn late in defending it)
640 AD We are getting hammered! The second great general arrived and promises to deliver the secrets of Morale, Tactics. Instead we choose Healing as we need all the help we can get.
780 AD After a combined assault by Ramses, Hammurabi, and Suleman, we are left with a William the Conquerer and a half-strength archer in Athens. This does not look good.
800 AD Athens falls, Wilheim the Conquerer had 20+ XP, but couldnt stand another round of combined attacks.
840 AD We get horses supplied to our sick and unhappy capital. Too bad we do not know how to ride them. Perhaps the pigs will have to do!
940 AD The assault on Corinth begins! Spain suicides a huge stack on it, but Arabia is coming up with reinforcements. Our source of copper is now in Arab hands, we have only chariots and archers.
1010 AD Another great general appears on the too little too late bandwagon tour.
1020 AD Corinth falls. A chariot was able to escape - only to wander into the outskirts of a newly founded Basra and was promptly destroyed by longbowmen.
1110 AD Thebes falls under a barrage of collateral damage.
This was a lot harder than I remember - I underestimated the AI for sure - I also did not realize they would all be able to hit me at once I thought they would not be allied.
Anyway - thanks for hosting this game, C. ALso thanks for the great reports, everyone.
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Best dating advice on RB: When you can't hide your unit, go in fast and hard. -- Sullla
Best dating advice on RB: When you can't hide your unit, go in fast and hard. -- Sullla
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