AT loves it when a plan comes together!! [Spoilers]

[MindyMcCready]

Ok. I've looked at the Game Log again and I understand why you said that he might have gifted the city.

So those doom scenarios are probably not what's happened, but I'm still happy that I've gone through highlighting the potential dangers. The good news is that Jowy's troops are not there yet, but the bad news is that his troops could be next turn.

So I think that, if Jowy does indeed own Rannoch, that we must move 1SE of Rannoch onto that road.

We must also defend the forest 1W of ALF.

Now Jowy could move WW of ALF, which is acceptable for now. However, a Horse Archer in that location could be a bit of a pain so we'll need those roads ASAP.

In the event that we take Rannoch the highest risk location for us is EE of Rannoch. That would allow Jowy the triple-fork.

Did I mention that we need reinforcements?

[MindyMcCready]

Oh, this will be so funny if TT accidently hit ACCEPT.

I mean, just be prepared for TT to have just gifted a city or two and probably 3 techs. Jowy's back in the game!

[AutomatedTeller]

well, I would assume that if it was a misclick, he's have asked for a reload. I mean, that's a pretty big mistake. If that's tolerable, then there's really nothing to stop people from asking for stuff every turn, and then the game is just annoying.

[AutomatedTeller]

The peace offer du jour:



I kind wish there was a banter thread or some extra diplo, so I could ask what he is thinking? Honestly, it's kind of annoying. If it's a meta game trick, then screw you, Jowy. if there's an actual reason why the losing side in a war is trying to get paind for ending a way, over and over, I don't see it.

Seriously - if he's misunderstood the war weariness rules, can someone tell him? Cause his SoZ is having no effect on me, and won't if he never, you know... fights.

I guess I'll counter with Rannoch, Virmire and his other city.

Ok - the interturn:



Is that what it looks like in MP when you get a city from peace? Maybe that's why Jowy thinks he can push me around - he successfully did it with TT. TT, however, is not charismatic and has not smashed your army already...



My thoughts here:

Smash the trireme and move a LB on top of that hill. Should have done it a long time ago - there's nothing that can kill it straight up, so it's safe. We need some G2 LB's...

Then, figure it out - I think we can take or raze Rannoch, if we want -I am pretty sure it's empty. Move the chariot onto the road, see what's up then. Sound like a plan?

[AutomatedTeller]

Shoulda moved that LB up there long ago...



my thoughts:

We can take/raze Rannoch, and we should do one of those. I don't know which yet - some analysis needs to be done..



His stack B is unscary and he has only 1 catapult.
His stack A is strong, but suffers from lack of catapults and lack of HA, so he can't really kill catapults. And if he comes near catapults, we'll kill him.

My initial thought is that we will have to raze Rannoch, but maybe we can take and hold it. Without catapult support, coming across a river, we can

[AutomatedTeller]

k - thoughts:

The (hurt) WIII Mace takes Rannoch.
2 pikes, 2 xbows, the unhurt C III mace and 2 of the LB move to yellow square, along with 3 catapults.
The other (unhurt) WIII mace kills the road in the woods next to Eden Prime. He wants to clear that, let's make it harder.
The rest of the stack retreats to yellow circle.

We move all reinforcements (including the naval force) to Horizon - that gets 2 maces, either a LB or a pike, a couple more cats and 2 HA/knights in Horizon in 2 turns. We'll move the (empty) galleys towards Citadel - sometimes, a bluff is as good as an actual attack.

Still haven't figure out if we raze Rannoch or not. if we keep it, we'll move more LB towards it. We can probably hold both Rannoch and Horizon against Jowy - if TT gets involved in a big way, we'll lose all three... but I'm thinking he's got other stuff on his mind right now, though I'm not sure what. Probably has to do with musketeers and the draft...

[MindyMcCready]

We really want to keep Rannoch. We're working for the long-term here. Our LB should give as well as they get until the culture is up. Hold the forests around it and he'll have to walk through our catapults.

Part of the problem is that I don't know what troops are in ALF, so I can't really advise.

This is the prize that we were willing to fight TT for. Between our Woody's and our protective LB, our incoming catapults, we should be able to hold these for the near term,....but we gotta get reinforcements up there.

Still can't understand why TT would abandom ship. Did Jowy scare him or something?

[MindyMcCready]

got to go in 1 min. But we'll really ahve to have the majority of our troops in Rannoch. ALF will ahve to rely on the reinforcements and the fact taht we're going to hold that forest.

Holding taht forest will deter him. If he wanted to attack he'd try to for the forests SW of Rannoch.

Best possible speed to ALF. HOLD THE LINE!!!!

[AutomatedTeller]

ALF itself has a CG III LB and a cat, with another CG III LB just north of it. That said, it can't be attacked next turn, and his stack of elephants can't get to it for 3 turns.

By then, it could have:

4 LBs
2 maces
1 pike
2 knights
4 catapults

AND we'll have a threat on Citadel/Noveria.

[AutomatedTeller]

ok - took Rannoch, moved the stack over to defend it. just 2 LB and a cat in ALF now.. but will have a lot more in the next couple of turns.... Also, running culture to get defenses up. They'll give a small advantage...