RB PBEM #1 - Gandhi [spoilers]

[Ruff_Hi]

Thanks Guys. I must say that I didn't expect people to still be reading this ... and if you are ... I am double surprised why no one asked why I swapped to Monarch ... unless you can see through me and you know exactly why .

[novice]

Indeed we are reading this, thanks to your regular updates.
I have no idea why you've adopted hereditary rule - are you going on a drafting spree, or is it just your favourite civic?

[Speaker]

Hey Ruff, I just sent you a PM on this forum with a question for you.

[Ruff_Hi]

Indeed we are reading this, thanks to your regular updates.
I have no idea why you've adopted hereditary rule - are you going on a drafting spree, or is it just your favourite civic?

No - just finished 5 turns of drafting. Letting the anger cool off a little. I give up about 100b per turn when I am in drafting mode and I want that back for Radio.

Hey Ruff, I just sent you a PM on this forum with a question for you.

I know - got it. But thanks for bumping my thread count .

[zakalwe]

You're gonna pull Soooo into hereditary rule as well?

[Cyneheard]

I thought you extorted a deal out of sooooo where you agreed to not kick him out of Rep.

[Ruff_Hi]

You're gonna pull Soooo into hereditary rule as well?

Yes - exactly. I was pretty careful in my email to him last October. Now I just have to get a spy in the right location and find the 500-600 EPs that it will cost me.

Sooooo,

I was planning to send you an email rejecting your 'Teleport Settler' v 'No Spy Actions' this afternoon. Your follow up pre-empted it.

I will note your request to not fool around with your representation civic or religion.

Ruff

Edit:@Cyneheard - he offered to help me teleport into SL in exchange for a no-spy deal. In the end, I teleported with Dreylin's help so didn't need to ink any such no spy deal. The above is my response to his request for no anarchy inducing spy actions.

My only change to win this game is to take down Sooooo as quickly as possible. I cannot have him being able to keep up in tech so I am having to take all measures to keep him as backwards as possible. I plan to send him an email explaining all of this after I have done it and before he gets the save.

[zakalwe]

Why not get Soooo to help you take out Dreylin?

Don't recall what the terms of your DETOG treaty are, but is there no way to pull out of it in an "honorable" fashion?

[Ruff_Hi]

• Cities:
  • FF: Paratrooper -> Paratrooper [1]
    
  • LQ: Infantry -> Paratrooper [1]
    
  • DV: Factory [1]
    
  • BH: Paratrooper -> Artillery [1]
    
  • BS: Fighter [2]
    
  • AC: Infantry -> Fighter [1]
    
  • TN: Fighter [1]
    
  • KS: Fighter [1]
    
  • SL: Mt Rushmore -> Explorer [1]
    
  • MD: Fighter [1]
    
  • EC: Fighter [1]
    
  • NB: Fighter [1]
    
• Tech: Electricity [1], -36g at 60% science, 241g in the bank
  
• Opponent Tech:
  • sooooo - finishes Flight, 413g, +49g @ 40% tech
    
  • mostly harmless - Industrialism [78], 867g, up from 575g last turn (+283gpt)
    

More bombing, less commerce for Sooooo at his capital. He lost 1 of his airships to an intercepting fighter. He also completed an oil well that I promptly sabotaged again - not too smart from his point of view ... should have left 1 turn to go on it so that he could complete it next turn and upgrade his airships to fighters.

Moved a spy into one of Sooooo's cities - will see what I can do next turn.

Shangra La is turning into the Indian flying wing. It has a city, 2 forts and 2 more forts to come. That is a total of 20 birds that I can put in there (24 if I put an airport into the city).

I need some coin to research Radio next - will see how much I need and how quickly I can scrap it together.

[Ruff_Hi]

• Cities:
  • FF: Paratrooper -> Observatory [1]
    
  • LQ: Paratrooper -> Wealth
    
  • DV: Factory -> Artillery [2]
    
  • BH: Artillery -> Paratrooper [1]
    
  • BS: Fighter [1]
    
  • AC: Fighter -> Artillery [2]
    
  • TN: Fighter -> Wealth
    
  • KS: Fighter -> Library [2]
    
  • SL: Explorer -> Airport [5]
    
  • MD: Fighter -> Wealth
    
  • EC: Fighter -> Wealth
    
  • NB: Fighter -> Wealth
    
• Tech: Radio [8], -29g at 100% science, 237g in the bank
  
• Opponent Tech:
  • sooooo - Radio [8 but see below], 188g, +55g @ 40% tech
    
  • mostly harmless - Industrialism [77], 1152g, up from 867g last turn (+292gpt)
    

Sooooo spent some of his money on fighter upgrades even though he doesn't have any functioning oil wells in his territory. Checking the trade screen, he is getting oil from mh. I'll have to check with Dreylin regarding how many oils mh has.

In other news, the counter espionage mission that Sooooo ran against me wore off this turn ... perfect timing for me to burn 337 EPs (was about 700 last turn) and kick him back to Monarchy. He popped a Great Merchant and I am pretty sure that he was thinking of using that and his parked Great Scientist to kick off a GA. If so, I might have just delayed that for a few turns as he will not be able to swap civics. I have had some crazy situational luck (or lucky stumbles) in this game and this spy action might be another one. The civic swap and my bombing actions against his capital (killed another farm and completed bombing 3 towns back to nothing) have taken a large bite out of his tech rate.

Sooooo's Radio rate is currently showing 12 turns.

I sent electricity to Dreylin and picked up biology in return. Block head can finally start to grow again.