Turn 178
The final turn dawns on a drawn-out but probably not epic game. I began by ripping Hydra's stack to shreds:
I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out - I had just enough cavalry to flank all but one cannon, then after a bunch of grenadiers and rifles suicided there were a lot of easy pickings at the end. I didn't take a "before" screenshot - but if you want to have a go the password is Harry. This is what the stack became...
Because I was just having fun I didn't pay much attention to this stack up here - and due to my negligence Halifax is doomed! Even if I hadn't spent so much material on the main stack I wouldn't have held it. Not much chance of getting collateral in place or of flanking away those cannons, so in two turns the city would fall. Nicely played THH - this is my main military pump city!
So I went to try and burn Cuzco - unfortunately it had three units in so I had to burn Vitcos instead
There are a bunch of other small stacks around that won't do much damage, I attacked a few of them for fun. Finally this is my plan for a GG to be added to a 9 xp cavalry and allow a combat IV + commando raid against Machu Picchu next turn. Would it have succeeded?
I'm not sure I'm a clear winner here - I feel a bit like a swarm of mosquitoes buzzing around THH right now, knocking out cities here and there without being able to land a knockout blow. Perhaps he's drafted down to the point where he just couldn't defend against my army once it's healed up in a couple of turns? I'll have to have a look once I finish turn, but my rifles and cav just don't do much against infantry... Can we get an adjudication from the lurkers? If it helps this is what I was building:
The final turn dawns on a drawn-out but probably not epic game. I began by ripping Hydra's stack to shreds:
I'm pretty pleased with how it turned out - I had just enough cavalry to flank all but one cannon, then after a bunch of grenadiers and rifles suicided there were a lot of easy pickings at the end. I didn't take a "before" screenshot - but if you want to have a go the password is Harry. This is what the stack became...
Because I was just having fun I didn't pay much attention to this stack up here - and due to my negligence Halifax is doomed! Even if I hadn't spent so much material on the main stack I wouldn't have held it. Not much chance of getting collateral in place or of flanking away those cannons, so in two turns the city would fall. Nicely played THH - this is my main military pump city!
So I went to try and burn Cuzco - unfortunately it had three units in so I had to burn Vitcos instead
There are a bunch of other small stacks around that won't do much damage, I attacked a few of them for fun. Finally this is my plan for a GG to be added to a 9 xp cavalry and allow a combat IV + commando raid against Machu Picchu next turn. Would it have succeeded?
I'm not sure I'm a clear winner here - I feel a bit like a swarm of mosquitoes buzzing around THH right now, knocking out cities here and there without being able to land a knockout blow. Perhaps he's drafted down to the point where he just couldn't defend against my army once it's healed up in a couple of turns? I'll have to have a look once I finish turn, but my rifles and cav just don't do much against infantry... Can we get an adjudication from the lurkers? If it helps this is what I was building:
Completed: RB Demogame - Gillette, PBEM46, Pitboss 13, Pitboss 18, Pitboss 30, Pitboss 31, Pitboss 38, Pitboss 42, Pitboss 46, Pitboss 52 (Pindicator's game), Pitboss 57
In progress: Rimworld
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