[spoilers]Casually, Commodore: Isabella of Sumer

[Commodore]

Your silence is tacit approval of my selection of the religious victory condition. I approve! Go forth an conquer.

Religious mandate to conquer, gotcha.

Serious, conquest or bust it is, and Dazed just opted to be first!

[Commodore]

We're still in the skirmishing phase of this little tickle-fight. I'm growing my armed forces fast; here's the New Model Army. And yes, we're beelining rifles.


Here's the main battlefield, the large garrison shown in the lower left is Sunday Coming's. I'd like to hit "Dazed City" there, but if I can flip either one I'm a happy man. Nothing complex here, although Dazed's little mini-fleet in the north is annoying, and the reason why I'm doing Compass here, Optics next turn.


If I can hit Dazed City, I think I have a leetle friend who would like to convert the people there to the Sumerian cause...roll 'em over, Ludwig.

[TheHumanHydra]

You stole my New Model Army thang ... or maybe it really was a model army (no, of course not). I will watch the progress of this war with interest.

[Commodore]

You stole my New Model Army thang ... or maybe it really was a model army (no, of course not). I will watch the progress of this war with interest.

'tis a new model army? This is as old as BtS, I do believe. I have cuirassers and muskets rolling off the lines; we'll see what its worth.


I'll own my western sea soon enough, at least. Dazed made a mistake, thrashing these nets. I think its what decided me to continue fighting him, although I should probably have taken the peace and eaten some delicious Ottoman Turk. Still here we are, and I'm the proud owner of caravel tech, so I'm buying this place.


Dazed's fleet is annoying a bit. I'll lose a few nets before I wipe them out, but in the end, no major harm done.


Here's the first potential land front, however. We'll have to see how it goes; I'm not yet fully committed.


Sigh. Need rifles.

[Krill]

Obligatory "Why isn't anything dead yet" post.

[TheHumanHydra]

You stole my New Model Army thang ... or maybe it really was a model army (no, of course not). I will watch the progress of this war with interest.

'tis a new model army? This is as old as BtS, I do believe. I have cuirassers and muskets rolling off the lines; we'll see what its worth.

Oh, sorry; I didn't realize everyone called their cuir/musket armies that. I just know I started doing that in 46 not long ago, then I saw you doing it. Sorry! Have fun with them!

[Commodore]

Heh, well, it's less fun when the other guy also has guns. Got absurdly lucky and won all attacks in the first wave...


...but alas, Dazed had more cats than my sentry had seen. So, retreat then.


As could be seen in the other fights, my Theocracy navy is shifting Dazed's pretty handily. Shoo, man.


Also, I will take Flesh and Blood. He offered a white peace, I countered with peace for F&B here. I'll own it either way.


...meanwhile, thestick romps to victory.

[Commodore]

Ow. This was not a good turn to be Dazed. First off, he should have taken my peace-for-Flesh-and-Blood offer. I will be taking it next turn sans magic; that's a pair of pinch cuirs, three muskets, and a cat on that hill. I offered peace for the city again, but I kind of regret it...


It gets worse for Dazed. Building culture like a madman finally flipped the marble tile, leaving the poorly-garrisoned Sunday Coming a little exposed...


...but it gets even worse. The large, rich city of Boy Sue has only a spear guarding it. The 4-move galley owns a pair of cuirs...


Yeah, that was going to happen. If Dazed is a little incautious and misses that there is a second cuir on the boat, Cry Cry Cry to the east might bite it too. I covet Boy Sue's location, because it gives access to a strike through the lakes, but no way I was keeping that. This time.


Okay, so now on to Sunday Coming. I withdrew from the pike and then the danged swordsman killed an attacking cuir, but it was dirt cheap to follow up a bit, and another place I can't hold burns. Impressed, Hannibal's daddy decides to be born.


Now I could link him to a cuir to make another scary monster, but with marble online the Heroic Epic is going into Vinson Massif post-haste, so settling him just makes sense. Plus, hey, Representation means +3beakers!


I decided to just bite the bullet and bulb Printing Press, so my meager village/town supply will get a boost next turn. Banking is a 1t next, and then it's Replaceable Parts->Rifling. This is almost crushingly mainstream for me, but I'm invested in the mainline guns and to hell with butter, so why not boost my horses by 25% and my infantry by more than 50% eh?War weariness is a bit wearying, a 10t purge might be nice and a Bureau/Caste/Pacifism revolt would be fun for a bit.


I am, however, assuming that Dazed won't budge, so I'm building a settler for the middle "C" sign there. Artist bomb, kill his main battle force with my growing catapult supply, and then it's going to just be a blitz. At least until AT or Stick decide to be brave.

Obligatory "Why isn't anything dead yet" post.

So yeah, working on that.

[TheHumanHydra]

Go go go Commodore.

[Commodore]

Hah! So, Dazed took the peace, and now I'm the proud owner of a bouncing baby Cook!


Sadly, MH is putting the kibosh on more murder as he's got an actually fairly effective anti-cuirs UU. Good going, mate, now fight off the AT/sticks. I'll just revolt Bureau/Caste/Merch/Pacifism and conquer Dazed with rifles in 10t.


All the Confucianism is very nice, I think my new HE city can take a minute to bang out a quick bank...


RIFLING HO! Sorry Dazed, you are the weakest asking-for-it link, goodbye!