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Robber Baron
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Commonwealth of Commonsense
Jun 2002
time: 00:21
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Do not lose heart, Apolytonians! Things are not as dire as they seem. We should be able to make peace with France after one more series of strikes, and should be able to defend most of our territory against other foes.
The AI will discuss peace after a short war. The only city I see writing off in terms of active defense, at this point, is Napoleton. We should be able to hold the rest.
I suggest the following military moves, to shore up defenses along our border :
1) Seeburg switches production to walls, and pop-rushes (brings pop. down 1);
2) upgrade veteran warrior in Banana HQ to sword (40 gp), move toward Loveshack. Switch production in Banana HQ to swordsman, and pop-rush the sword. (I would leave the non-veteran warrior there in place, and not upgrad him unless things deteriorate.) We should be able to reclaim Loveshack, if it falls, and possibly take Munich, with that force;
3) switch production in Tassagrad to spear, and production in Termina and Apolyton to horsemen. (My vote would be to avoid using war chariots -- I don't think things are going to get drastic enough to warrant an emergency golden age);
4) send workers in jungle near Ubergorsk south, to move into city for defense next turn -- possibly to add to population there in case we need to pop-rush defenses. Move other workers elsewhere on board (e.g., above Geofront) into cities;
5) upgrade warrior in Geofront to swordsman; switch production to walls.
On the front with France, press on. Send the archer stack north to take Rheims, and the sword stack north to take Marsailles (as soon as the Parisians have been pacified). Conquering these two cities will bring the French to the bargaining table. Production in these cities should be switched to temples, which should be pop-rushed.
It's a bit of a gamble, keeping so much of our slender military resources fighting in the west, when we can expect to be pressed hard on our eastern front. But I think we should be able to get the territory we originally planed to acquire from the French, and hold the line elsewhere -- especially if we sacrifice Napoleton.
We should not contemplate any alliance which would bring the Americans in on the war -- it's not worth the risk of seeing another civ take Chicago, before we are ready to make our claim there.
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GhengisFarb
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I want my HAMBURGERS!!
May 2002
time: 23:21
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quote:
Originally posted by GoodFella
Well, well, where are the Persian lovers now?
I said they are a threat and would love nothing more than to betray us, but they said "No, they'll be our nice friends."
Anyways, GhengisFarb has a good strategy, but I think its worth looking at the possibilty of cutting off Persia's iron (forget the name of the Persia city, so Ghengis might have already mentioned it). |
I clicked the "clean map" option and the only iron I could see is the one on the mountain near Antioch, right by our over ambitious warrior. Since, I don't think the warrior could take Antioch, we could have him fortify on the iron but I think it's a wasted effort.
I've been saying since the beginning that we should look to annexing Persia.
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panag
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MY WORDS ARE BACKED WITH BIO-CHEMICAL WEAPONS
Oct 2000
time: 07:21
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hi ,
lets not forget that because of the level we are on , the AI had some extra starting units , ....its unlikely that all those extra AI units bought the farm , .....
we should change governments , ....see what we can do , and counterattack , ....
marseilles , even berlin , ....
lets look at all the options , do all the math , and lets rock & roll , ....
have a nice day 
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Kickbooti
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I agree with those who say that France must be dealt with. I think that Roun is a minimum, and that razing some of the besieged cities is a worthwile point of discussion.
My concern goes toward Persia and Germany.
While Germany is the greater threat due to a large population, superior military technology and an aggressive nature, not to mention its more consolidated geography making reinforcement and easier task.
Their willingness to attack the Aztecs, however seems to indicate a desire for gold rather than real conquest.
To date their military activity against us is minimal. And adding another front will make large forces arrayed against us unlikely. Not to mention the fact that slugging through mountians and jungles to take our small towns is less appealing than traversing plains and grassland to take the larger towns in the Aztec's western holdings.
It seems to me that aside from Hamburg and Munich, there are no viable targets for us in this war against Germany. America must be assimilated and developed before we would be in a position to march against the Hun in force.
However, I think that Persia is a softer target worthy of consideration.
We must take (or raze) Tyre and Sidon as a punative measure against Persian cowardice. However I think we should consider taking Gordium.
This would not only make Persia pay, but with development in the surroudning area it could grow to be a large and potentially productive city. Also it would serve as a wonderful springboard for military activity in that region. We would be beyond the jungle, and with horse units within two turns of attacking Pasargadae.
With Hamburg, America and Gordium, and conserted, industrious development our northern and eastern borders would be effectively unnasailable leaving only the small Greek and French cities in the West to be flipped by our ever expanding culture.
My thoughts for the mid-range game.
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25-08-2002 19:37
, would it help if we would give Greece 5 gold ones in a while or so , ....
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