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UnOrthOdOx
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Hello....
Jun 2002
time: 22:22
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Probably, but it's neccessary for me as I'm color blind, I've collected graphics that help me distinguish terrain best. Might not be the most appealing to everyone.
Anyhow, what's went wrong:
Well, you'll all soon see that it's a little island, NO water, Desert, Field, hills, mountains and a FEW tiles of grassland. There's wheat, sugar, and oasis enough for 4-6 (depending on your theory on overlap) decent cities and a number of camps (size 3 with 2 field tiles, harbor could allow some gold flow). Trouble is the (very close) neighbor has the better land with wheat on fields and grassland.
There's a logical progression for the game: Conquer island, conquer China (on a near island (huge, comparitively) with 3 lux), conquer backwards Arabs who will have only 4-5 cities, knock off the rest.
Both games I've kicked ass on the neighbor, both games I've begun conquest off the accursed island and into China. Both games I've got the Great Library, and both games I've been unable to capitolize on it due to lack of contacts. (though I now know WHERE to go suiciding if I play again)
Finally, both games I've had the Vikings get the Lighthouse and rape me with surprising efficiency for an AI since probably 90% of my cities are coastal and I'm well behind in tech at that point.
Last edited by UnOrthOdOx on 21-09-2004 at 18:02
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Dominae
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I'll see what I can do, but later on in the week...
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Dominae
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I fired this one up a little earlier than I thought.
Interesting game. With the power of the Expansionist trait you get to see your predicament very early (within the first 5 turns). I agree that the only real recourse at that point is to take out the Ottomans and rush for Map Making to settle the adjacent continent. The devil, of course, is in the details.
Here's a recap of what I've done so far:
4000BC: Karakorum
3850BC: Contact Ottomans
3700BC: Trade with Ottomans
3250BC: Attack Ottoman Settler/Warrior with Archer - Success
2710BC: Granary
2510BC: Ta-Tu, Attack Ottoman capital - Success, Peace with Ottomans for Bronze Working and Ceremonial Burial
2310BC: Curragh
What's missing from this timeline is that I built three Archers first after seeing that the Ottomans were so close. I also saw that unfortunately the Chinese were within shouting distance of the Ottomans, so no Arrian Deception would be possible.
I did not build a Barracks because I figured that: 1) the Militaristic trait should promote most of my initial strike force, 2) the Ottomans will not put up much of a resistance, so my Archers will likely live a battle or two, and 3) I need to get to Map Making as quickly as possible, and that means saving money on upkeep costs.
I lost an Archer in attack on the 2-Spearmen defended capital. As you can see from the screenshot, I've blocked off further Ottoman expansion, and my Curragh will soon meet the Chinese. I plan to take out the Ottomans "honorably" after I bop another Settler or two.
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Dominae
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Originally posted by UnOrthOdOx
Damn near identical start to my 2 games there.
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Yeah, a start like this sort of restricts your options.
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Odd little side note, Ottomans went to the spot directly N of the cow in both my games for their first settler stack. Looks like they went over to the oasis in yours? interesting.
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No, they went in the same direction in my game. It's just that I put up a semi-screen before they got there with a Scout and an Archer, then bopped the Settler/Warrior when my second Archer came on the scene. The roads that you see in the eastern part of the continent are works that I got the two resulting Slaves to do. It was too dangerous for them to immediately head back to my capital because of a pair of roaming Ottoman Spearmen.
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One note where I possibly deviated from your plan, Dominae is that I went for Philosophy and it's free tech in order to grab Map Making both times.
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That's what I plan to do too. It will be a tight race though because of the lack of Rivers on the continent (although the Sugar does help). So I'm going to use MPs to keep Luxury spending down, and try to get as much cash as I can out of the Chinese to research at a deficit.
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Both games I delayed attacking China's core, taking outlying lux first, for a specific reason, we'll see what Dom comes up with.
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I have yet to see the Chinese continent so I'm going to stop reading your spoilers for now...
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Dominae
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Next bit (until Philosophy):
2230BC: Contact Chinese, Trade for The Wheel with Chinese, Horses!
2030BC: Kazan, Trade for Mysticism with Ottomans!
1750BC: Almarikh
1700BC: Contact Arabs
1625BC: Writing, Trade for Iron Working with Chinese, Iron!
1575BC: Tabriz
1500BC: Ulaanbaatar
1425BC: War with Ottomans
1275BC: Philosophy, Map Making
Keeping the Ottomans around for a while longer was beneficial in that they discovered Mysticism and I was able to trade for it "for free" by giving them Alphabet.
I built a total of three Curraghs. One went along the southern tip of the Chinese continent to meet up with the Arabs. The other went North and seeing there was nothing but a suicide crossing, looped around and explored the western coast of China. The third Curragh did take the suicide route, made it across, but is not reporting back anything of interest (a small Jungle island).
Despite the lack of fresh water on the home continent, it's hard to complain about a source of each Horses and Iron!
With Map Making I have two options: put a Harbor in every city, or build up my military and hit the Chinese ASAP. I'm going for the latter, and consequently I'm going to make a run for the Great Library.
Attachment: unomongol 2.jpg
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Last edited by Dominae on 23-09-2004 at 02:09
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Theseus
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The warmonger formerly known as rpodos. Gathering Storm! Apolyton Spirit!!
Apr 2002
time: 00:22
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To the detriment of my games in AU, PBEMs, and DGs, I happened across UnO's rant in MZO, followed it here, and downloaded this damnable game.
Uh, HELLO!, can we say worst KAI nightmare imaginable: Vikings, archipelago, KAI in the Middle Ages, with Colossus, GLighthouse, Hanging Gardens, Great Wall, Temple of Artemis, Sun Tzu, Knights Templar, Leo's, Sistine, and then Magellan, fer chrissakes!!!  I've actually had to fend off serious AI Berserk attacks!! (YAY for the AI!!)
I'm interested to see where Dom went from what was posted above... I am doing fine, but am at a crossroads in how to deal with Scandy, which is waaay ahead of me.
I'll post some screenies re my progress in the next day or two.
In the meantime, going back to my original thoughts on KAIs (i.e., the rich get richer), get a load of the Scandy start... yeah, and there's iron to the north and gems to the east. 
[EDIT: Scandy's start is north of the river, at 9 of the delta]
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UnOrthOdOx
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Hello....
Jun 2002
time: 22:22
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To the detriment of my games in AU, PBEMs, and DGs, I happened across UnO's rant in MZO, followed it here, and downloaded this damnable game.
Uh, HELLO!, can we say worst KAI nightmare imaginable: Vikings, archipelago, KAI in the Middle Ages, with Colossus, GLighthouse, Hanging Gardens, Great Wall, Temple of Artemis, Sun Tzu, Knights Templar, Leo's, Sistine, and then Magellan, fer chrissakes!!! I've actually had to fend off serious AI Berserk attacks!! (YAY for the AI!!)
I'm interested to see where Dom went from what was posted above... I am doing fine, but am at a crossroads in how to deal with Scandy, which is waaay ahead of me.
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Yes, this was the first time I'ld ever seen serious Berserk attacks from an AI as well.
Glad to see more folks are having fun with this game, look forward to seeing your reports.
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Theseus
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The warmonger formerly known as rpodos. Gathering Storm! Apolyton Spirit!!
Apr 2002
time: 00:22
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Done... domination in 1950 AD (and a pleasurable domination indeed!! ). Gimme a few days to put the AAR together... I still have to finish my AU game and report on it as well.
It was a pretty exciting game, btw... capturing Trondheim, loaded with GWs, was really something: Over 80 units on the attack, and IIRC it was the last Infantry that broke through (reminiscent of something, hmmm???  ). The Vikings in general were awesome... as stated above, serious Berserk threats, but also, even after I'd gutted their homeland, they still had totally superior naval power, and thus just trying to move my troops around via ship, and protecting the sea lanes, was quite challenging.
This wasn't quite the level of 'So Very Cold', but still one of my tougher games, and I'm happy to have won it.
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Dominae
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Sorry all, I abandoned this game some time ago, probably in favor of an AU course. It looked like a difficult game, so congrats to all who finished it.
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21-09-2004 16:41
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That's a lotta cows.
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