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[NobleHelium]

In Eglarest I have 2 axe, 1 chariot and 1 worker. Spearmen is two turns away. TT has one vulture I can see and worst situation is two other real units. That would mean that his whole land and other borders have no army so I suspect he just has one vulture. He knows I have one axe and I won't show him anything more. The spearmen will be careful not to go onto the visible tiles. Next turn my worker moves onto the forest with an axe for escort. He will build road and then cancel. I hope TT thinks I am chopping the forest. The next turn, the road completes and my four units move to the 'weak point'. If TT vulture is still there, I attack him with chariot instead. If unlucky, I finish with axeman. I hope he either retreat or dies to chariot. Retreat is best because then his new city is threaten by slow units and his OTHER city can die to chariot if he has shadows as his defence.

Best is I raze 2 city, worst is 1. I am happy with 1 though. I then offer peace and retreat. He might reject but I don't care. This means I can dominate the culture in this area and have a safe border city. He has enough cities still and,if he wants it, peace. I watch his power after just in case. He can still win the game as he loses only a settler and a unit or two. HE still has most cities, same as me. If he thinks he can still win, he might not be turning all to war. If he does, then my border city becomes a drain, but it gets more defenders and I still expand elsewhere.

War is fun to plan. I hope this is not my mistake.

eastway is forgetting that he doesn't have bridges...

[Bobchillingworth]

It's probably okay to warn him his plans are off, as long as you don't suggest alternates.

[NobleHelium]

Nah, I don't think we should do that.

[Bobchillingworth]

So, even after Seven told him that he needed Construction to move the way he intended, eastway:


* Didn't bother constructing an alternate road on the FP to get next to TT's city in a single turn.

* Moved his tiny army straight into TT's view without entering TT's borders, apparently preferring the forest tile for cover even though he doesn't think TT has any units in the area to counter-attack anyway.

* Declared war a turn early, I guess just in case he hadn't already given TT enough advance warning.


Yeesh.

[Bobchillingworth]

... And apparently the attack worked anyway.


This game

[NobleHelium]

Yes CH, B4ndit totally went through all that effort just to raze the city that he founded. Right.

[SevenSpirits]

what was the order of the attacks on b4ndit's turn?

HA vs Archer (the first log above)
Chariot vs Praet (still no clue why he did this )
HA vs Archer (the second log above)
HA vs Archer (65.5%, very close, only 5 HP left on the HA)
HA vs Warrior (95.3%, not close)
Axe vs Warrior (99.3%, I actually got 3 hits in)

P.S: RB performing like crap isn't doing much to better my mood

Not sure why you asked Ceil, but I gotta admit that the chariot attack directly prior to a successful low-odds attack is mildly suspicious.

[Oxyphenbutazone]

Sounds like more of a Hanlon's razor situation to me.

[NobleHelium]

Well, it's also suspicious that he doesn't mention it at all. And the attack makes no sense either.

[SevenSpirits]

I should mention, I've exchanged a couple PMs with him now. It sounds like he cheated but says he thought it was OK and is very sorry. But don't take that as truth yet. There may have been a misunderstanding, and it's best if we wait for the full picture.