[SPOILERS] Giraflorens and Naufragar [UNCONFINED]

[giraflorens]

Do you have HBR or Construction?

edit: in anycase, don't forget to promote one of your troop (spear) to medic and attach him a GG if you get one for medic 3.

I have Construction

The odds are similar, no taking in account the catapults.

Just from a quick glance, it looks like Petrapolis will fall. The catapults will hit hard. I could be wrong about this, but in general when each side only has a handful of units, it's better to whip another unit than walls. Good luck!

I was doubting that, and I thought that the higher defense will give me more chances and at the end his troops will stay more damaged.

[Raskolnikov]

Bring in some cats then. gl!

[giraflorens]

   

T129.  A pile with 2 Axes, 2 spears 1 chariot and 4 catas (2 wounded) is besides the city.  3 more axes and 1 cata are coming.

I decided to keep my axes in the forest and the hill by the city and maintain only 2 archers and the Immortal.  The city is likely to fall next turn but I want to keep units to make a counter-attack. In 3 turns I can have 6 axes, 1 catapult and 2 or 3 Immortals.

[giraflorens]

   

T131.  7 units defending Persepolis, and I have 6 to attack (1 Immtal with the cata is very wounded, he just kill a chariot).  We are playing a one-to-one killing, and this will never end.  In two turns I will have 5 more units to try a definitive attack.  I don't know if with one Cata the possibilities are higher.


I am leaving the west border undefended, so if Lapteuz attacks, everything can be his.

[giraflorens]

   

T132.  I have ready for next turn 5 axes and 8 Immortals. Next turn I will attack Persepolis and we will see how the Immortals do.  I have no idea what the turn should be but I will see the odds. I may do a simulation to see how it goes (if it is possible to simulate that).

[giraflorens]

   

T133. I feel like a sandwich.  Lazteuq is about to attack.  GeneralKill ask me for peace and leave the city.  He wants me to fight Lazteuq and waits until I lose my units to enter my territory.  So I have to decide which neighbour to fight.  And I decide to Lazteuq.  I wish Superdeath will see whats going on and makes a move onto the French empire.

Anyways, I have not many options in this game.  Well, I think that since long time ago

[giraflorens]

   

T134.  Girapolis is the first city that will fall under Lazteuq attack.  Very few possibilities against Maceman and Longbows that will come soon. The snowball is getting bigger and bigger.  I see that Superdeath is fitting Mjmd, so Lapteuq is not worried about its southern frontier.  He can invest all his forces on my territory.

[naufragar]

Best thing you can do now is pull back from your cities on the border while building catapults.

[giraflorens]

Yes, it will retard a little bit the agony...

[Raskolnikov]

What happened gira?

Indeed about the snowball, this game is all about it.
My advice would be to replay your sandbox (or just start some SP maps in immortal - random leaders, continents or pangea, barbies on -, not deity since it's too early and u won't learn from it) and play the first 60 turns over and over. Till you can match the AI rex (well roughly) and tech speed.
You need to improve early rex (earlier settler/workers while having sufficient defenses) and eco build up. Tech path/use of key civics (slavery) are a big part of it.

Cheers,
Ras

edit: if you feel depressed at immortal, start in monarch or emperor. Below is too much forgiving, you won't learn anything if you can get away with big mistakes.