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cavebear
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of the Pleistocene
Oct 1999
time: 00:20
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The Tale of the Years - 1764 AD
1720 - Before the turn ended, I changed many Marketplaces to Libraries, adjusted city-workers, and rushed a Clad in Light.
1730 - India discovers Feudalism. Rome starts KRC. Clad built in Light heads for Thebes. Coal Caravan on Caravel heads for Thebes. 2 Heliopolis Crusaders head for Thebes overland.
1740 - Egyptian Crusader ambushed 1 of our Crusaders heading to Thebes. Traveler report says we are the largest civ (duh). Roman sneak attack! They are no longer our friends. I don't see where they attack, but probably Citadel. Babylonians start KRC. We lose an Engineer to a Catapault at New Castellon. The Romans wound a Musketeer at Citadel, but lose an Archer. We kill a second Archer with a Crusader.
1750 - We get an Emissary from the Americans. They offer a cease-fire, and I tell them (politely) to stick it where the sun don't shine. In return, they kill the Crusader they met near Heliopolis. India starts Sun's (this has me worried). We discover Metallurgy. I hope the Carthaginians scream in terror as their city walls vanish. Maybe the Romans will take advantage of that and leave us alone. We start researching Chivalry (Camelot, here we come). We kill a Neopolis Crusader at Citadel. We are rich, so I decide to rush some Caravans, city structures, and Clads (narrow window of time for getting vet Clads, and I want every one I can get). I decide to build Sun's in Paha Sapa and start moving Caravans.
1752 - Rome discovers Invention, Americans get it from GL. Romans attack Citadel with a Horseman (LOL!). We get a Musketeer vet for it. Move 5 Caravans into Paha Sapa and buy Sun's for 200 gold. Coal Caravan arrives at Thebes! 220 gold and beakers. We attack Thebes! Clad from Light kills 2 Phalanx. Clad from Heliopolis kills unknown unit. Thebes flag flies. Caravel with 2 Musketeers arrives at designates square near Philadelphia. There are units there, Egyptian Crusader one hill and American Catapault on another. We don't land.
1754 - Egypt discovers Feudalism. There are Barb Elephants near Bloomington. Romans attack Citadel, lose something. We complete Sun's! We attack Thebes with Clads, kill Legion, kill Trireme, and take city with the Crusader lurking North of it. We get Pyramids, Marco's, 72 gold, and Bridge-Building (finally). We establish city of "Sharkey's End" East of Light. We attack Philadelphia with rushed Clad and kill an Archer. 4 other Clads are on the way there. We kill an Egyptian Crusader nearing Heliopolis. We have 7 active Clads and 8 in production!
1756 - Egypt gets Invention from the Americans. (Since we now have Sun's, I won't mention when a unit gets vet status, as it is automatic.) We attack Philadelphia, kill Trireme, and take city with a Musketeer! We get Economics and 52 gold. I sell the 2 Granaries we have for 120 gold. We attack Pisae, kill a Phalanx, then an Archer. The Clad is wounded though, so I retreat it to New Castellon. I move Babar Engineer SE to a new city spot, but end up next to an Indian Crusader. We tip a hut with an exploring Caravel/Musketeer and get a "None" Crusader.
1758 - Carthaginians discover Pottery (is that lame, or what?). Roman Crusader attacks Citadel and dies. We attack Washington with Clads and kill 2 Phalanx and 2 Archers. We find Pi-Ramesses (East of Washington). We kill an annoying Egyptian Settler near Thebes just to train some new troops.
1760 - American Catapault kills a Crusader that had the bad luck to stop near it on way to Philadelphia. I move a Diplomat to trap it, but there's another Catapault! Bad luck. We attack Washington again and kill a Legion, flag falls. We take the city with a convenient Engineer (LOL!) and get 85 gold, Shakespeare's, and Medicine (only choice). An exploring Caravel with Musketeer tips a hut and we get a Crusader to join us. The Engineer from Babar is trapped by an Indian Archer and fortifies on a Forest square.
1762 - The Americans kill our Diplomat with a Catapault. Indian sneak attack! They kill a Crusader, but lose their Archer to our fortified Engineer. Babylonians discover Invention. Romans attack Citadel and lose a unit. I kill an Indian Caravan approaching Citadel. I also kill an Indian Trireme that a Clad finds, and an Indian Crusader approaching Darkness.
1764 - Indians get Invention from the Babylonians and give Astronomy and Medicine in return. They sign the "Ashur Pact" against us (yes it is that time). 2 Barb Elephants die at Bloomington. No Barb Leader around, though; strange. Rome and Carthage declare Peace. We discover Leadership and our Crusaders all become Dragoons! A Dragoon kills the 2 American Catapaults near Philadelphia. We attack Pisae with Clads, killing a Phalanx and an Archer. I couldn't reach the flagless Pisae because they put a Settler in the way. So I killed the Settler! An Ormand Clad kills a Neopolis Settler for sport, and a Citadel Dragoon kills another approaching Indian Caravan. We attack Pi-Ramesses with Clads, and kill a Phalanx and an Archer. We establish new city of San Jacinto. We take Pi-Ramesses with an Engineer from a passing Caravel. I move in 3 Clads for temporary protection. We get 40 gold, but Egypt has no techs left we don't have already. We kill another Egyptian Catapault approaching Thebes.
We have 26 cities now. 
Screenshots to come...
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08-06-2002 08:26
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Once we have lifted the oppressive yoke from the workers' backs, we should punish the Roman fools for their backstabbbing! 
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