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[SPOILERS] TheArchduke keeps the Spice flowing as Persia

Crusade religion on Sietch Tabr. Productivity religion on desert cities from Russia?

Concession to Thrawn if Ioan does not peace. Zulu does not stand a chance.

No hard feelings Ioan but I could have stopped Cardiff if not for you, please stop..

   

I offered peace. Although Rome´s Dof is bad enough! duh
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Maybe I am doing this too much like chess, but Nubia has made an excellent push into the center which everyone except me seems to have ignored and I was too late. The problem is with Rome and Russia hiding, I do not think I can help Zulu enough to survive. Crusade is a whooping +10 CS, I barely damaged the horseman with 2 shots and I can not fight back on the religious front.
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Thankfully Ioan peace out, now for a desperate counteroffensive.
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Rome peaced out. Let´s put our general outfit on.

   

Nubia still has its relevant archers which are not only stronger but more mobile. The sweet spot is gone as Horseman are a decent enough counter, but the production and faith advantage of thrawn is substantial. With Rome at peace perhaps longer then 10 turns hopefully we can try to rescue this game from thrawn´s claws.

First order of business, we need to get offensive. Sietch Tabr is officially a death trap thanks to an excellent crusader missionary.

Second, we need to level the playing field on the ranged side of things with Machinery. In 8 turns the tech is reached and we need to save up for 2-3 crucial crossbowman for our defensive.
Second, immortal. I think they are vastly inferior to swordman but we will have to manage without them. In 2 turns we got enough iron saved up to go for them.

Notice the horseman in front of Sietch Tabr, I can only shoot from the city or adjacent tiles to hit it. At the same time, the terrain for an attacker is awfully exposed.

This is why there seems to be 3 units heading west from Salusa Secundus. So we need to engage them in the field and quickly so.

Going Oligarchy is not worth the 3 turn delay. It does not boost horseman and that and chariots is our bread and butter.

I have to expose our troops and a loss of a chariot is likely but I need to DESPERATELY increase pressure on thrawn and maybe conquer or raze Salusa Secundus. I am not sure what Chev was doing with his 288 mil score, but it seems I am the only one with a decent chance against Nubia. In my opinion he should not haved dowed me there was a good chance I would waste my time on Rome.

Make no mistake this is a desperate offensive, I do not have the staying power, nor the supply lines, but the way I see it, either I stop Nubia together with Zulu now or Kaiser has the game in the bag after he conquers Zulu.

   
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immortals have that bit of flexibility. combined with the extra movement they can be great. you can have 3 or 4 using range while 2 0r 3 siege and mele attack.

but that's all single player stuff which is great for that but no real use here.

you can go in with 6 or 8 of them and just walk over any city with no wall then roll on to the next.

may be of use to you in the field more than on city attacks.
The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.
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Too little too late. Rome cost me crucial 10 turns that were wasted. I reoffered a DoF, let´s hope Rome is not too thick to take it. Why he DoFed Nubia is beyond me.

   
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Ah, yes, 923 milpower. 2 lost units, walls pop up. Zulu is melting and Rome and Russia are sleeping. Nubia has double my military, everyone else is neglible.

And get this: Rome does not DoF me. crazyeye

CONCEDE TO THRAWN. Nicely played.

Let´s hope that we do not need to wait 20 more turns until the others get this.smile

Killed an archer, lost one.
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Yep, nicely done, thrawn. Not sure if I really did something wrong this time, which sucks. Played turn, hopefully the lurkers will wake up the others. I doubt Chev needs motivation, he knows his game.

I lost nearly all my forward troops.
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Hmm, can we got on with the conceding. I am fighting a carpet of archers by Nubia, whose milpower is higher then everyone elses.

Do we really need to play 10 more turns?
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do you need me to do anything?
The man in black fled across the desert, and the gunslinger followed.
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