16-02-2004 19:34									#1
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See diplo thread. Our ally can't upgrade his warriors. And for us, it also doesn't make sense to build more warriors.

It can be damn hard to take down NMs with horsemen and archers.

What will we do?

	16-02-2004 22:37									#2
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We still have 17 swordmen, which may be enough to take out Monkey. Especially if we attack with horses and catapults first to weaken their defenses.

An alternative is to make contact with the other continent and try to buy iron. The downside is Monkey may get allies looking for a foothold on our continent if we wait.

We could call the whole thing off, and let Monkey live. But without a common enemy it will be hard to trust CoD (or for them to trust us).

I still think proceeding with the invasion immediately is the best way to go. We have a chance to make us and CoD the 2 superpowers. If we don't take it we will be stuck on the sidelines while the other continent controls the game.

	17-02-2004 00:05									#3
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We could go berserk and kill CoD off now. They'd have not the slightest chance. Our forces are right inside their territory. Of course, this would be extremely nasty and ruin our reputation till the end of the game, so my vote is no.

We have one or two swordsmen more in the build, but then it's finito, definitely.

Yes, let's go ahead. I still pray that Cort Haus just overlooked the respawning of the iron.

	17-02-2004 05:58									#4
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I'm all for going ahead. Perhaps, just perhaps, we could trade away our only iron to CoD for one or two turns so they can complete their upgrades, cancel the deal either by cutting the iron and reconnecting or through a one-turn war, then procede. This at least would give CoD a good start, so they can retool their strategy without iron, but with a full regiment of swords.

	17-02-2004 06:39									#5
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What iron? If Cort Haus is right, there's no more iron.

	17-02-2004 11:22									#6
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****!
That's great news.
We most conquere Monkeys Iron. We should do it quick...

	18-02-2004 13:23									#7
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I got the save this morning. This turn will be longer than the others, because I'm going to write a couple of words about the management of our core cities. So I didn't have the time to play it, but I had a look nevertheless. Not only do we not have any resources anymore (no iron, no horses), all iron has left our continent entirely. What is left, is one whopping horse source for a 3-civ continent, and no iron whatsoever. If this is some joke from the map maker, it's a pretty poor one. It's great fun to fight medieval wars with longbowmen, spearmen and catapults.