RBPB4 [SPOILERS] - De Gaulle of the Egyptians

[Lord Parkin]

What Would Have Happened Next?

For a start, I had already taken control of all the island locations I wanted at the start of this turn. Whether or not Locke logged in last turn was actually irrelevant for Vandal - even with 4 Redcoats (1 already there, 1 upgraded, 1 whipped and 1 drafted), our first Cannon already had 40% odds and the collateral from four of them would have made everything mincemeat for the hordes of Rifles we had to clean up.



Luddite was already doomed. I could have taken 7 of his cities if I'd declared war this turn (Lagash, Maccardle, Brian Boru, Galway, Eridu, Carlu, and Umma), or 13 if I'd declared war next turn (all the above plus Uruk, Beamish, Harp, Biddy Early, Shuruppak, and Kilkenny). The steamroll would only pick up pace from there.



Plako was also pretty screwed, with a Destroyer and 6 Transports full of two dozen Riflemen inside his heartland and able to fork 6-7 cities at once.



Techwise, we would have gone for Communism next for the free Great Spy. We'd get a Great Person from our capital in 3 turns, and there was a 72% chance we'd be able to start a Golden Age. If not, we'd research Physics for the free Great Scientist and start the Golden Age after that.

With another 12 turns of Golden Age, we'd most likely research Electricity and then Industrialism - for access to Tanks, Marines and Battleships. Also high on the priority list would be Flight and Radio, for the Cristo Redentor and Bombers (and also the Eiffel Tower and hit resource wonders). Plus of course, Biology and Medicine for Sid's Sushi. (It's worth noting that Mining Inc was still up and the air, as we hadn't managed to get a Great Engineer yet. Perhaps we would have got one in 3 turns.)



Overview shot of the empire...



...and what we were building:







I'll post the rest of the endgame screenshots later in a demographics-themed post.

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P.S. I have to say, I was rather disappointed I never got the chance to use this stack...



...or this one...



...or the combination of those two stacks, since with rails they could easily join together in 1 turn if needed. Plus I had chained my boats so that another 50-odd Rifles could return home instantly if needed too. Ah well.