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DAVOUT
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AUERSTADT
Jun 2002
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In this overcrowded subcontinent, we are for a long time protected on three sides by the sea ; so we are in direct contact with only two civs whereas all others are potentially threatened by many more, except Persia.
The wars against France and America, whichever is the order, will be followed sooner or later by a war against the Greeks in order to reach the sea north of their position, and to gain control of the access to the southern part of the continent. Meantime, it will be absolutely necessary to built some kind of protection against instrusive units from the east, that is starting from the coast near Banana HQ to the north between us and the german, and ultimately till the coast.
Later it will be easy to block the access to and from the southern part of the continent in the narrow land separating it from the main part.
Comments welcome.
Last edited by DAVOUT on 19-07-2002 at 16:53
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Originally posted by DAVOUT
The wars against France and America, whichever is the order, will be followed sooner or later by a war against the Greeks in order to reach the sea north of their position, and to gain control of the access to the southern part of the continent. |
Well, if we were planning on fighting the Greeks, we'd have to wait until we got a unit that could successfully kill Hoplites (such as Swordsmen), so we'd have to wait a bit (not like that shouldn't be a problem - the wars on our home front will keep us busy long enough).
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DAVOUT
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AUERSTADT
Jun 2002
time: 05:21
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Follow up
10 days have elapsed, and one thousand years in the game, and we can see interesting things.
With Tours and Avignon, France has almost cut off the Greeks from Minor Abananaba. And with Besancon at three tiles from Athenes, there are certainly questions raised around the Parthenon !
The Greeks have pushed Mycènes next to Del Monte and Philadelphia, which would make a rectification of boundary not to difficult if needed, and at least, w'll see where do they come from.
In the East, Munich created some inconvenience that will be offset by a new town between BananaHQ and the iron mine, until it is taken over by force or culture.
It seems that the northern people (Greek, German, Azteck and English, and of course American) will find extremely difficult the way to the south ocean. France has already access to both, North and South.
As the Greeks seems to have been outmanoeuvred by the Frenchies in the south, and by Apolytonia in the center, and since they have not yet their hoplites, they will probably expand along the northern coast.
Comments appreciated.
Last edited by DAVOUT on 30-07-2002 at 01:17
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GePap
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of the Big Apple
Nov 2001
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The Americans were weak an unprepared, the French won't be either, and France has access to both horses, and very soon, iron, and may quckly also gain access to extra reserves of both. Once they do, we can't really deny the French access to major resources and must fight an enemy with greater industry, pop. and resources than us.
The Greeks still get to expand northward, towards the ivory coast. I don't know how the A.I. thinks, but if I were greece, and we and France went to war, I would ally with France and get whatever chuncks of meaty bananas I could get, instead of facing a more powerful and closer foe.
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quote:
Originally posted by GePap
The Americans were weak an unprepared, the French won't be either, and France has access to both horses, and very soon, iron, and may quckly also gain access to extra reserves of both. Once they do, we can't really deny the French access to major resources and must fight an enemy with greater industry, pop. and resources than us. |
Which should be all the reason we need to hit them hard NOW before they can build up to the point where they can use superior resources to box us off from Abananaba Minor, as well as limiting the number of productive cities we would have in the case of either a Greek or German attack.
Right now, we have the means, we have the initiative, all we need is the will to cut one leg out from another rival while we are able.
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DAVOUT
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AUERSTADT
Jun 2002
time: 05:21
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Follow up
Again, ten days in real life, but, this time, only four centuries have elapsed in the game.
On the Eastern Front, we are taking control of the strait between the Interior Sea and the south Ocean with a border of three cities. Now we are also in contact with the Brits and their city of Norwich. Berlin is at a few tiles of Norwich and Thebes. The Brits have also perfectly blocked the strait between the Interior Sea and the Eastern Ocean, and they have now only one more place for a city, between the Aztecs and the Germans.
The Germans have won the race for the city n° 1 and have settled Cologne; Boston is now in a difficult position, possibly not even connected to Chicago, and extremely difficult to defend.
The Aztecs are continuing the settlement of their corner with the city of Tzintzuntzen (3 spices?), along the eastern coast.
The Greeks have considered more urgent to settle Thessalonica, in the isle or peninsula on the other side of their channel than running to the Ivory Coast. It seems that Ephesus has deterred everybody to compete in this area.
With Grenoble, the French continue to establish themselves as the masters of Abananaba Minor, where we discover the surprise of the day: Smolensk is a Babylonian city ! To offset this loss, the Russians have founded Yakusk, but surprisingly, again, do not move toward the strait.
The Iroquois develop quietly St-Regis, on the sea side, opposite to Grenoble, and the Romans built two more cities, Byzantium and Lutetia, but do not yet seem interested by the strait as well.
The Germans, the Brits, the Persians and us in a very small and difficult area (mainly jungle and mountains) will certainly give rise to interesting events. A complete road net will be a decisive instrument in the outcome.
Who said this game was boring?
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