[SPOILER] Azure Moon

[Jowy]

I don't have a single 2-mover in my stack fml. Well, to be fair, I'd rather capture than raze that one.



Mjmd concentrated his troops to GoldsmithSkags. I declared war and sent in the worker first to check for reinforcements.



This is what he had in range. If I go in and he gets to initiate combat, I lose. So I can't. But I will stay in war with him and tie his troops here to help OH.
Or I could sign a cease fire I guess, but not 10T peace. I need to be able to attack if he pulls his defenses away.



AT did indeed lose his capital this turn to Cairo. He's only got a unit here and there left. Will fall quick.



So I declared on AT. I want at least this city for nice buffer. Again 2 movers would be nice even if just knights, cause AT also has empty cities.



Power graph. OH has surged past Mjmd. Mjmd probably shitting his pants right now. Maybe he should have attacked OH when he had the advantage.
AT and Charriu both ruined their game trying to attack me, I'll be happy if we can add Mjmd to the list.

[Jowy]

We captured WhiteKeys. Justice at last!
We have a nice culture buffer now. Mjmd has OB with AT (AT didn't take the 500 gold to cancel it), so Mjmd's stack can make use of AT's roads. Gotta watch out for that.
He's probably keeping the stack behind the city though, baiting me to attack. He might not realize the war dec was to scout with a worker (which I then deleted).

[Jowy]

I captured Bell with the double hill movement rifle:



Mjmd has light defenders (+3 rifles covering workers outside). He could be hiding the stack though.
I will take (or raze, probably raze) Mutal from AT, then sacrifice another worker to see if the stack is hiding or if it's out of range.
Cairo will beat me to the other cities. Well, I don't really want a conflict with him anyway.

Power wise you can see that I've matched Cairo and getting close to Mjmd. Although I have left rifles for defense because I don't have a navy yet.

[Jowy]

Captured and razed Mural. Who needs 2-movers when you got hill promos.



OH captured BerserkHalfling and liberated it to Charriu. I was in position to take it, but this is good. Mjmd is squeezed by the culture.
I can also keep an eye on Mjmd's stack without sacrificing workers. It's still in place to attack if I go for GoldsmithSkags. The city has 8 rifles, 2 longbows, 1 HA.



AT is making his last stand in Weeks, but it's not even a hill city. I'm not planning to push further. I sent a clam for clam trade to Cairo to signal that I'm out now.



Sent some units at what I think are lightly defended cities. I forgot to take a screenie, but I lorried over 2 rifles next to MerchantTrolls too.

Mjmd sent an offer of 1 gold for peace treaty.

[Jowy]

I could attack GoldsmithSkags this turn.



Mjmd saw it and retreated. His main stack is not in range of GoldsmithSkags though.



I'm going to try to keep it. It would be a good frontline city. The 3 cities behind it are forkable from this direction.



I razed an empty city (forgot to take a screenie).



I lost the 76% roll so I have to send the other units to take this city instead of going for KeenIceWitches :<

I was considering offering peace, but with this fail I chose not to.

[Jowy]

I took MerchantTrolls:



Also Charriu is on the move  

[Jowy]

My stack was in range and Mjmd abandoned another city. I razed it.



Think OH can handle it by himself now. I sent a white peace offer to Mjmd.
I can't really advance safely to his culture. On top of that, Cairo is spending EP on me and is about done with AT. I need to keep my stack alive and nearby.



Demos looking nice, I've climbed up from #4 in all categories to even #2 in some. Things looked bleak after failing to capture Charriu's capital. Glad I invested in some infrastructure instead of going all out on units.

Steam Power in 2T (1T after turn rolling). Then I can build Ironclads. I have some Drydocks in production.

[Jowy]

 Alright let's keep the pressure on then. I'll see what I can do to hurt him the most now.

I managed to slim Steam Power to 1T remaining, and got it on turn roll over. We have coal. I can now build Ironclads.

[Jowy]

There is peace in our time:



Probably saw my stack starting to move in.

Good campaign. Slowed down Mjmd from taking Charriu, and then took cities from Mjmd (and AT).



I should have kept the city I razed. I didn't think I'd be able to capture GoldsmithSkags at the time.
Oh well, at least Cairo settled away from me. Far enough that we can hopefully live in peace.

Cairo needs to join Mjmd in attacking OH now. I've been looking for his stack and haven't found it.

Oh yeah, I also declared on Charriu. Thanks for the OB but you killed all my ships when I was stopping Mjmd from taking your capital, so no mercy.

[Tarkeel]

Any chance of an overview shot of your empire?