RB PBEM #1 - Mehmed (SPOILERS!)

[darrelljs]

I am entertained .

Darrell

[Mortius]

I am entertained .

Darrell

I am too. All dastardly acts should be punished

[Broker33]

I am too. All dastardly acts should be punished

I agree. Blood makes the grass grow. Kill KIll KIll

[Krill]

I think that email to athlete is more aggressive than anything I've ever seen before...

Good luck :b: starting to become entertaining now...

[Dreylin]

I think that email to athlete is more aggressive than anything I've ever seen before...

Well I didn't think it was /that/ bad!

[Krill]

No comment on good/bad, to the whole or the parts of the message. Just comparing to RBPB1 and MTDG.

And no, I don't really see that as spoiler info.

[Dreylin]

t113 - Athlete's peace deal ... rejected!

Bother! My Spy near Zapotec has been caught. Guess I'll need to get another one going. Northern Spy reaches Medina - will hang out for later Steal.

Zapotec first, I think:
Workers Road under the Stack. Jannissary moves in, 75g and the city burns. Rest of the stack advances further West following the fleeing Longbows.

There will be 3Longbow and 1-2 Muskets in Kufah when I reach there (unless athlete brings down more forces). I have 2Cannon & 6 Jannissaries on the way - could really do with a additional Cannon, but nothing's nearby.

Back to the North, how's my stack healing up: 1Cannon (98hp), 3 Janns, Pike and 2Cat are ready to roll. They move West onto the advancing stack and are joined by a Jann from Bursa. I consider whether to move that stack of 2Cann, 4Janns forward onto the hill:

I want to secure it for two reasons - added defense and so he can't work the tile. He has however just built 2Curassiers in Medina and Damascus, and can also attack with his Cats & injured CAs so the stack would likely take heavy losses. Then I realise that if I don't advance he can attack the larger stack on flatter ground for more collateral. I advance the troops into the firing line.

Istanbul has spawned a Great Artist. There's nothing to do with him right now (I don't really want 3/4 of Divine Right) so I move him towards the front lines at Bursa. A bomb might be useful for snapping a city out of rebellion, but I suspect he'll be waiting for a friend to start a Golden Age.

Konya finished a build, so starts on a Cannon. I look for cities to Draft: Ankara is a candidate, but the Barracks won't complete until the end of turn so will be unhappy and Jann will only have 1xp. Samsun has the happiness for it, but not without costing it growth or the Theatre this turn. Istanbul dosn't have the Happiness, and Bursa is finally going to be able to grow. Konya would grow into unhappiness, leaving Sarmatian (no Barracks and in the middle of nowhere and Edirne as candidates. In the end I do triple-draft Sarmatian and put off the Theatre until next turn.

Reseach is on Feud @50% and -15g/t. 3t for ha, then on to 4t on Guilds unless I can pick up some more pillage money and up the deficit.

[Cyneheard]

Have you had a GP-fired Golden Age already? I can't remember who has or hasn't had one of those.

[Dreylin]

Yep. Once I'd built MoM, I fired one off with the Music Artist and built Cannons....

[Krill]

You're from Trevs and your first choice of a curse word is "Bother"? WTF?

Certainly living up to the womens' college rep there mate.



Question on Damascus, for posterity: it was empty when you attacked yes?

And on Kufah, you are moving all of your currenty owned troops that are in the western theatre into Athletes land (ie those that have been built and are not in potentia built, correct?) Or just those that are capable of moving in this turn? Or what? (don't try to metagame, the bar has been open for 4.5 hours, it's been a long day and it's been a longer week. I don;t know what I'm thinking anyway).