[SPOILERS] Bismark of Sumeria (luddite + Atlas1998)

[luddite]

Big round of whipping this turn. I whipped 7 universities to completion (with some 3 pop whips) so that the capital can start Oxford next turn.

[luddite]

Also, I cancelled sending silver to mackoti. I noticed that he has 2 triremes built in his southern city. Maybe he's planning on blockading me with East Indiamen? That would be extremely annoying.

[luddite]

And this is really annoying.


That means he hooked up a source of iron (he's getting it himself, no one else is trading it to him). He's probably getting it from the place in the picture below. I had been assuming that sleepingmoogle would grab that spot since it was right next to him, but apparently he decided to just sit there and allow mackoti to grab the resources right next to him.


I'm thinking that I'll need to tech military tradition after guilds/banking and make some cuirassiers.

[MWIN]

Is there a new plan now?

[luddite]

Is there a new plan now?

Heh. So yeah, Parkin beat me to the sistine chapel by two turns. With his stupid golden age and AP hammers, he somehow built it in 6 turns .

I guess it doesn't change much though. We still need to destroy Parkin, everything depends on that. If we can pull that off, then I might have a chance, since I'm larger than Locke and ahead of Plako in tech. I'm not sure what victory would be best to shoot for.

Anyway, for now I need to concentrate on the military. Nothing else really matters.

[NobleHelium]

You could always capture the wonder.

[luddite]

Yeah. I don't know where he built it though. I don't think it's anywhere near me.

And honestly, capturing cities in this war is going to be extremely difficult. We'll probably have to just raze everything (assuming we can take them at all).

[luddite]

So, the current plan is that all nations (except Adlain, mackoti, and maybe regoarrar) will close borders with LP on turn 180. Since mackoti is surrounded by me and Moogle, would us closing borders to LP prevent mackoti from being able to trade resources with LP Or would Moogle also need to close borders with mackoti to prevent that?

[luddite]

Also, I just realized that I can get rifling with almost the same number of beakers as for cuirassiers. So I'm not really sure which to pursue. I like the idea of rapid conquest with 2-move units, but I'm worried that cuirassiers would have trouble with fortified longbows on hills. Riflemen have a lot more power, and allow me to bring catapults with them- but they're really expensive if you don't have drafting (That'll come later).

[NobleHelium]

Closing borders has no effect on other people trading through your borders. You'd have to declare war on both LP and mackoti to break their trade route.