T164 - ugh.
Well Spock fell, but Gavagai neither razed it nor defended it - probably because the bulk of my counter-attack force (and all my siege) are 3tiles from Spock and couldn't hit the stack tile. Oh, and Magic decided to get involved. He's deploying the lesser known offensive Pike stack tactic.
![[Image: M3GjP0e.jpeg]](https://i.imgur.com/M3GjP0e.jpeg)
He does have 4Knights & 4HA positioned SE that can join in 2t. Unfortunately I had pulled all my 2-movers out of the area so couldn't cut the indicated road this turn.
But the major news of the turn is that I rolled the 30% Engineer at Chapel:
![[Image: h42UosU.jpeg]](https://i.imgur.com/h42UosU.jpeg)
Imhotep will get me 95% of Guilds so I can start fielding Knights from next turn.
Gav offered peace in return for Scott.
He spent 13Cats taking Spock, which is over half his siege. (by my count also 5Knights, 4HA, 1WE, & 2Maces).
So here's my position:
![[Image: IQcGO2c.jpeg]](https://i.imgur.com/IQcGO2c.jpeg)
Borders fell as expected, so this siege stack should not be accessible. The mini-stack 2NW is ~6units & same amount of siege is probably a mistake, but may be worth the risk. Mathews needs to keep Pikes to deter Magic from using that vector; I pulled the contemporary units from Troi into Riker on that front. Finally in the NE I used my Workers to extend the Road towards Lahore to assist Superdeath's approach - the workshop NNW of Chapel in the previous shot /should/ not be visible to him, but I covered with my Pikes incase. Next turn I could road the Pig to allow SD to hit Lahore from the fog, but I'm not certain we can coordinate to make sure I do it on the correct turn and not early.
Everywhere without an existing build has queued up Horse Archers to be whipped into Knights next turn. On research side I actually only need to run 20% to finish Guilds, but am buffering to make sure I don't get knocked out from maybe losing somewhere other than Spock.
I did consider offering Magic the city of Troi in exchange for Peace - giving him the Stone he wants without bloodshed - but I decided against. I also did not offer a deal to Gavagai this turn because it's clear he is not to be bought. So I hunker down, keep him occupied and rely on Superdeah and Donovan to fulfill their commitments.
Well Spock fell, but Gavagai neither razed it nor defended it - probably because the bulk of my counter-attack force (and all my siege) are 3tiles from Spock and couldn't hit the stack tile. Oh, and Magic decided to get involved. He's deploying the lesser known offensive Pike stack tactic.
He does have 4Knights & 4HA positioned SE that can join in 2t. Unfortunately I had pulled all my 2-movers out of the area so couldn't cut the indicated road this turn.
But the major news of the turn is that I rolled the 30% Engineer at Chapel:
Imhotep will get me 95% of Guilds so I can start fielding Knights from next turn.
Gav offered peace in return for Scott.
He spent 13Cats taking Spock, which is over half his siege. (by my count also 5Knights, 4HA, 1WE, & 2Maces).So here's my position:
Borders fell as expected, so this siege stack should not be accessible. The mini-stack 2NW is ~6units & same amount of siege is probably a mistake, but may be worth the risk. Mathews needs to keep Pikes to deter Magic from using that vector; I pulled the contemporary units from Troi into Riker on that front. Finally in the NE I used my Workers to extend the Road towards Lahore to assist Superdeath's approach - the workshop NNW of Chapel in the previous shot /should/ not be visible to him, but I covered with my Pikes incase. Next turn I could road the Pig to allow SD to hit Lahore from the fog, but I'm not certain we can coordinate to make sure I do it on the correct turn and not early.
Everywhere without an existing build has queued up Horse Archers to be whipped into Knights next turn. On research side I actually only need to run 20% to finish Guilds, but am buffering to make sure I don't get knocked out from maybe losing somewhere other than Spock.
I did consider offering Magic the city of Troi in exchange for Peace - giving him the Stone he wants without bloodshed - but I decided against. I also did not offer a deal to Gavagai this turn because it's clear he is not to be bought. So I hunker down, keep him occupied and rely on Superdeah and Donovan to fulfill their commitments.