[SPOILERS] yuris125 on a Pitboss77 boat

[yuris125]

Don't want to login tot he game out of turn, but from memory, not counting Chemistry, techs Scooter has and I don't
* Military Science
* Scientific Method
* Communism
* Banking
* Economics
* Philosophy

And I have Aesthetics / Literature / Music on him

So something in the ballpark of 14k beakers ahead? Plus better economy, State Property must be amazing on this map, and of course his city count is almost double mine

Before the world war, I would say 95% Scooter, 2% myself and SD, 1% between Bing and Cairo - and a prolonged multi-front war against Scooter was a requirement to have a chance of a non-Scooter win. Such a war did start, and it makes the chances something like 90% Scooter, 5% me, 4% SD. But unless Scooter starts losing important cities, he's still a huge favourite. His lead is so big that I would say even if the war ends with him losing 10 cities, he will still be favourite

[Cornflakes]

His lead is so big that I would say even if the war ends with him losing 10 cities, he will still be favourite

[yuris125]

A calm before the storm kind of turn. Scooter tried to attack at Satsuma, but it didn't go well for him




However, he did finish Physics this turn (to the question of how ahead he is). That means airships are about to come into play - that's in addition to SotL, which already make sure that frigates, while a necessity, aren't really the answer

For now Scooter pulls back and regroups into this stack




I'm pretty sure the galleons in this stack are the ones from which he attacked Satsuma, so they can't have more than 2 units (one of them is the grenadier who attacked and survived). But I reinforce the city with 3 more samurai anyway, just to be on the safe side (Satsuma is a good staging point for anything I might want to do with them in any case). He also has to keep in mind Bing's 18 caravels (currently in Nagoya) - don't know if he feels safe completely ignoring them, or if they're at least somewhat of a factor

At Silver Lake, I go ahead and promote Samurai to combat 3. He whipped grenadiers in both cities on that island, and is bringing an extra galleon. I would've preferred to promote them to city raider 3, but since it looks like they will have to defend, it's better to increase the chance they survive. If I get a chance, I will bring another galleon or two of samurai, and those can be city raiders

And that's the turn. Chemistry comes it at eot, next turn I'm mass whipping frigates

[yuris125]

Looks like SD might claim the first Scooter's city of this war




Depends how Scooter plays it. If he chooses to sail some units from Silver Lake to reinforce One Eye Cat (which currently has only two muskets on defence), I have 2 galleons full of 9XP samurai (who can take amhibious promotion) in Yokohama, they can join the attack on Silver Lake if it becomes viable

In any case, looks like SD and I are likely to split this island, unless Scooter wipes out one of our stacks

Other than that, things quietened down for now. Scooter pulled back his ships, and I whipped a dozen frigates across the empire. The potential attack on Kartul through a fort is back on, Scooter no longer guards the passage if I complete the fort. But as it stands, even if I take the city, I would have to raze it, probably better to wait until I'm in position to hold it