[SPOILER] Augustus of China - gingereagle1969

[gingereagle1969]

Turn 107 [940AD]

Bugger! Ioan's been sniping at my choking stacks again ... damaged the Hill-top stack with a catapult, then killed off 2 Axes & a Spear [didn't improve G/turn .. odd ] Moved 2 more Axes to cover the badly-injured survivor .. obviously he doesn't want to improve/work that Hill

The flanking stack has found a sentry-Jaguar blocking the way past the Mountain-range - I'll sacrifice the un-promoted MarcAlmond next turn to allow Ellen to kill it.

[gingereagle1969]

Turn 108 [960AD]

Dammit!! Ioan sniped at the Hill-top stack again ... my fault not putting a Spear to cover, but meh! If he wants the damn Hill to Mine, why doesn't he complete the job .. poor old MartinaNavratilova has been left on her lonesome again, licking he old wounds.

He's also added a 2nd Jag to the blocking/sentry 'stack'! Not sure if the 3 Axes & the Chariot will be able to clear it ... sim time calls!

Hmm ... weird Barb culture I'm seeing, one tile is 50/50 with Aztec, the other 100% Barb

Dropped tech to 0% and getting +27G/turn. Machinery will take 4 turns on 100% @ -74G/turn, therefore I need 11 or 12 turns to raise the funds. However, will check next turn as 2 Monastries finished building @ EOT and that Gold is due to be worked in another 2 turns .. grow, Mouton D'Or, grow!!

[gingereagle1969]

Turn 109 [980AD]

Bugger .. forgot to sim .. maybe I should have thrown him a curve-ball and offered peace .. would he have taken it if I had?

Not much else to report

[gingereagle1969]

Turn 110 [1000AD]

So, the 5th Millennium ends and we enter the 6th & penultimate one .. a new era? A time for peace, perhaps?

Feck!! I knew I should've offered it last turn!! He's finally punched through one of my stacks [3 Axes & 1 Spear] I've pulled back the injured Axe from the Hill, and, yes, I've offered a peace treaty. This war is boring, what has he achieved? I'm building Horse Archers [option to whip] in Ivory Tower, Dairy Cottage & Craven Cottage, queued Axes in Duracell Batt1 & Rose Cottage in case he doesn't accept.



I've whipped the Settler [for Duracell Batt2] out in Dairy Cottage, to make way for the HA's.

That Barbarian city I saw [Numidian] is not easy to access. Ioan has a blocking/sentry Jag watching for Barbarian spawn. Of course, if he accepts the peace, it will be easy to pass through, but i may have to go round the other side of the Lake



Now, the economy:

100%: 136 beakers @ -71G/turn
0%: +34G/turn

Machinery can be teched in 4 turns, so 284G needed [219 more] so 7 turns @ 0% - peace does sound good, I won't rush to attack until an additional 10 turns pass so I can get the Cho-Ko-Nus out. I'll declare on Ioan in turn 130.

Will check the main cities to maximise Mfg & GNP, over growth, next turn.

[gingereagle1969]

Turn 111 [1020AD]

OK, he didn't accept .. in fact, he killed poor, injured, Martina .. bully!!

I'm offering a 10 turn peace treaty again - let's see if he'll pull us back from the abyss. In case he doesn't, I'm moving Archers from my core to reinforce
Ivory Tower. The scouting party is heading to join the flanking stack as are the chokers that were on the Jungle Pigs [as I've withdrawn from his culture, maybe he'll do the same]

Dammit!! Forgot I'd sent George & Peter to chop a Jungle down, now they are 2 moves from Ioan's chariots .. gah!!

The tweaking of cities [helped in part by Ioan's occupation of 2 tiles in Ivory Tower's BFC] means I get +44G/turn, plus 8 beakers [working a Scientist in both Ivory Tower & Craven Cottage as they're better than the tile options] At 100% this translates to 161 beakers @ -72G/turn. Machinery will now take 3 turns to tech, with the already banked gold, that's 3 turns @ 0% ... come on Ioan, gimme peace!! [So I can build up my forces & take Laur ] And come on Nicolae, you made peace with Sareln ages ago, surely it's time to declare on Ioan again?!?

[gingereagle1969]

Turn 112 [1040AD]

OK, he didn't accept ... again! And, this time, he destroyed a Hamlet and reduced Ivory tower's defences to 16% ... at least he didn't nick 2 Workers. Oh well, the Horse Archers will start coming off the production line @ EOT. Have slipped Walls into the queue in Ivory Tower, to beef it up ... even without defence from the city, 3 Archers, 1 Spear and a Horse Archer [chopped a Jungle] should hold out.

Looking at the economy:

Tweaked the cities again, now getting +48G/turn [with 8 beakers] @ 0%. 100% gets me 167 beakers @ -72G/turn which still means 2 more turns @ 0% [turn after next I start Machinery for 3 turns]

3 Horse Archers & 1 Axe reported for duty @ EOT & G/turn stayed @ +48, must mean the Gold is online @ Mouton D'Or

[gingereagle1969]

Turn 113 [1060AD]

Ioan reduced the defence bonus in Ivory Tower to 0% .. no matter, after tweaking the city, Walls complete in 1 turn [i.e. this turn]. The 4 Archers & 2 Spears should hold out now. Using a Horse Archer [oops, didn't name any units this turn] to protect 2 Workers removing a Jungle from his Chariots.

Founded Duracell Batt2 - slipped a 1-turn Missionary into the queue at Dairy Cottage so it will be converted ASAP. Mouton D'Or's borders popped & it wants to work the seafood up there, so I've slipped a 1-turn Work-Boat into the queue at Craven Cottage [same water-mass]

Start teching Machinery next turn [hopefully]

[gingereagle1969]

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[gingereagle1969]

Turn 114 [1080AD]

Cheeky Sod!



Notice what's missing from my city list? Ivory Tower, that's what! The Bastard captured it & razed it .. how the hell?

So, famous last words, eh?

.. no matter, after tweaking the city, Walls complete in 1 turn [i.e. this turn]. The 4 Archers & 2 Spears should hold out now.

How did 2 Catas, 2Jags, 2 Axes , 2 Chariots & 1 Spear overcome a Walled garrison of 4 Archers & 2 Spears:



With only the loss of 1 Jag & 1 Cata?

Well, obviously I've rejected peace .. I'm going down fighting!! Killed the Bastard's Chariot with 2 Horse Archers [lost 1] .. plus took out his 2 Jags blocking the flank [cost 2 Axes, 1 Spear & 1 Warrior]

On the plus side, started teching Machinery ... Ooh he's going to pay at the hands of my UU [Cho-Ku-Nu]!!

[gingereagle1969]

Turn 115 [1100AD][

WTF?!? Ioan's retreated!?! Why? Do my Horse Archers scare him?

I'm going to resettle Ivory Tower [as Ivory Tower II] as that happy resource is too precious - 2-turn Settler started building in Duracell Batt1

Spamming out 1-turn Archers in Rose Cottage to fortify/garrison the core [have a touch of unrest in Craven Cottage after the loss of Ivory]

Forgot to mention last time: my skirmishes resulted in a Great General appearing in Craven Cottage, built an Academy; The Cho-Ku-Nu's built there will be UBER!! Die, loan, DIE!!!!!

Oh, Machinery completes at end of next turn, and another Great Person pops up in Craven Cottage too [Prophet: 43%, Merchant: 35%, Engineer: 16% ,Scientist: 6%; place your bets ... now!!]