Turn 75
Mathematics complete, Engineering starts and will complete in two turns. Horseback Riding will follow that. No builds to deal with so it’s all movement this turn.
Embarked units move first. Warrior by what is now Midway Island finds another turtle resource. Settler disembarks. Swordsman moves towards the center of Big Island, slinger moves SE and promotes and the warrior crosses the river to be adjacent to one of the putative camp spots. The camp is on the other side of the river and there’s another warrior to my south.
The barbarian warrior is under the B city marker, the slinger is under the Holy Site. I think my warrior will fortify in place and let units come to it until the swordsman gets down to the camp. It’ll be able to attack in four turns and will make easy work of the spearman.
Further afield the exploring galleys don’t find anything of note except empty land. The southern galley has an island between it and Geneva and is in the “ish Sea”. If that’s the Irish Sea then Archduke is (relatively) close by. We still haven’t met him yet, either.
Checking gossip the city-state of Mitla is in the game – it just declared on Japan. That means either Phoenicia or Norway is their suzerain.
Both Woden and Ljubljana have suffered casualties as their milpower is down slightly. Kaiser appears to be cash flow negative as he had 3 last turn and 2 this turn. Of course, he could be shuffling to Archduke. Archduke appears to have a settler out as his empire score’s gone down.
I’ve realized that Diamonds can build a warrior while I don’t have the iron available so it’s going to do that before working on the temple. Of course, the monument has two turns to go still.
Mathematics complete, Engineering starts and will complete in two turns. Horseback Riding will follow that. No builds to deal with so it’s all movement this turn.
Embarked units move first. Warrior by what is now Midway Island finds another turtle resource. Settler disembarks. Swordsman moves towards the center of Big Island, slinger moves SE and promotes and the warrior crosses the river to be adjacent to one of the putative camp spots. The camp is on the other side of the river and there’s another warrior to my south.
The barbarian warrior is under the B city marker, the slinger is under the Holy Site. I think my warrior will fortify in place and let units come to it until the swordsman gets down to the camp. It’ll be able to attack in four turns and will make easy work of the spearman.
Further afield the exploring galleys don’t find anything of note except empty land. The southern galley has an island between it and Geneva and is in the “ish Sea”. If that’s the Irish Sea then Archduke is (relatively) close by. We still haven’t met him yet, either.
Checking gossip the city-state of Mitla is in the game – it just declared on Japan. That means either Phoenicia or Norway is their suzerain.
Both Woden and Ljubljana have suffered casualties as their milpower is down slightly. Kaiser appears to be cash flow negative as he had 3 last turn and 2 this turn. Of course, he could be shuffling to Archduke. Archduke appears to have a settler out as his empire score’s gone down.
I’ve realized that Diamonds can build a warrior while I don’t have the iron available so it’s going to do that before working on the temple. Of course, the monument has two turns to go still.
Sending units to their death since 2017.
Don't do what I did: PBEM 3 - Arabia , PBEM 6 - Australia This worked well enough: PBEM 10 - Aztecs Gamus Interruptus: PBEM 14 - Indonesia
Gathering Storm Meanderings: PBEM 15 - Gorgo You Say Pítati, I Say Potato: PBEM 17 - Nubia The Last of the Summer Wine: PBEM 18 - Eleanor/England
Rhymin' Simon: PBEM 20 - Indonesia (Team w/ China)
Don't do what I did: PBEM 3 - Arabia , PBEM 6 - Australia This worked well enough: PBEM 10 - Aztecs Gamus Interruptus: PBEM 14 - Indonesia
Gathering Storm Meanderings: PBEM 15 - Gorgo You Say Pítati, I Say Potato: PBEM 17 - Nubia The Last of the Summer Wine: PBEM 18 - Eleanor/England
Rhymin' Simon: PBEM 20 - Indonesia (Team w/ China)