[spoiler!] Ruffing Bull of Spain

[Ruff_Hi]

Couldn't post an update last turn as my upload speeds are currently in the basement ... here is what happened:

• Moved my units in on Adhoc's last mainland city
  
• He moved all of his mainland units into this city (protected by walls and maybe a castle)
  
• spy revolted city
  
• sent in the Conq - killed all of his pikes (8-0) - minimum probability of winning was about 70%
  
• He has 7 units and 4 cats left (I predict 4 cat attacks next turn)
  

[Ruff_Hi]

• Prediction of cat attacks correct
  
• bomb down defenses with cats
  
• suicide 1 cat, CR3 treb wins
  
• city taken with no losses (excluding cat)
  
• find and capture 3 Adhoc workers
  
• cities at happy cap, drafting slowing down
  

Here is an interesting discussion with NSA re TT and Iron ...

[Ruff_Hi]

• Not much to report
  
• building road networks in Adhoc land
  
• moving units to the New Front (NF)
  
• Killing units in the last two Adhoc cities
  
• I think I found Jaffa (TT's hidden city) in the South where I thought
  
• NSA turned down my offer to overlook that NAP violation (iron trade to TT)
  
• No idea what they are planning on taking with Lib
  
• Golden Age finished, swapped back to slavery (other civics remained - will be drafting as anger cools off - nice civic for me with the +25% EP)
  
• Upped the EP spend on TT to give me some future options
  
• Have about 4000EPs on NSA at the moment - enough for about 20k beakers worth of tech
  
• two more Peg cities fell to NSA - have sent a chariot over to look around (and regain city visibility)
  

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[regoarrarr]

Just wanted to let you know that I'm rooting for you. Do you have any plans for how you are going to compete with nospace's GNP / land advantage in the long-term?

[Ruff_Hi]

Just wanted to let you know that I'm rooting for you. Do you have any plans for how you are going to compete with nospace's GNP / land advantage in the long-term?

I have basically chew'd through Adhoc and will shortly start on TT. NSA has just really started to chew through Peg ... as long as I can grab most of TT's land, I am pretty sure that I will have more land in the South than they will.

I have also started to expand in the North.

They do have a big lead in raw GNP but I can match them if they convert their GNP into beakers ... they could turn it into other (coin, culture, EP) that will be hard to match (excluding the EP). That said, I feel that I can set my land up to be more hammer heavy than they can ... I see a slug vest with equal tech units down the track.

[Ruff_Hi]

• pretty much the same
  
• TT finished gunpowder and muskets are popping up all over
  
• his 20 cats has reduced to 5 - he must have disbanded them to save money
  
• units are healing, kicking back at staging tiles, etc, etc
  

HA if you fell for the disbanding joke (not a good joke) ... he has hidden them outside my visibility range - I will have to see if I can find them.

Did I say NSA was chewing through Peg ... I actually mean slicing!



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[NobleHelium]

What are those numbers you keep putting at the end of your posts?

[Ruff_Hi]

NSA asked me where 'Uruk Reborn' was located ...



... and I actually forgot to answer the question in game (oops). Truth be told, I don't even remember knowning where Uruk (the first) was located. I checked my info ...



... and, nope, I don't have tile visibility for it. That said, I am pretty sure that I know where it is.



Yes, that is TT's iron location. Nice move there by Peg. I shall offer a map swap to NSA.

Something happened on the culture graph a few turns ago ...



... I checked F8 and found that 'Speed Limit' was #1 or #2 in culture for NSA. No way that could occur without a culture bomb (2 actually) ... so that was how they started their campaign against Peg.



I am in the North trying to clean up Adhoc ... typical Ruff play v AI ... not sending enough units. I am in the process of addressing that situation.



Meanwhile, I have given TT something else to think about ... the TT units shown is his current force in Econ Rate.



The tiles outlined in red perfectly illustrate the danger of over relying on EP visibility. I am addressing that shortfall by a) sending a sentry chariot to the front, b) the unit marked by the blue blob. It should be in position to defog most of the criticial tiles next turn.

More information on TT's cat situation - he is down to 1 cat



And here is vision into 'Economy Rate' - I have vision into about half of TT's cities - I cannot find the Heroic Epic anywhere (or any national wonder). Maybe he never got the required unit to unlock it. I could zoom on the city and look for it but I am too lazy for that.




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[Ruff_Hi]

What are those numbers you keep putting at the end of your posts?

what numbers?

[NobleHelium]

(5640)

That.