View Full Version : Jack Merchant vs Skyfish ****SPOILER*****
Skyfish: Ottomans
Jack: Germans
Standard map,
wet, warm, 5 billion years,
large pangaea.
The barbs will be sedentary.
Deity level with one AI settler.
That was my starting location :
http://www.civ3duelzone.com/forum/uploaded/Skyfish/200353104029_JackM1.jpg
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Game going nicely except I failed to set up a proper min science gamble this time.
Here is my situation right now
http://www.civ3duelzone.com/forum/uploaded/Skyfish/200353103644_JackM2.jpg
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Poor Sjackie is waaaay behind in score.... oh well score don't mean a thing !
This game goes along nicely in expansion. The one thing I missed was a good trading position on Techs, I am desperately behind plus I almost have no money : what happened there ? [confused]
We will have to use pointy stick research BUT my opponents are far away which could allow me to play a nice builder game to then swarm Jack with Sipahis.
I have contact with him, he is even more behind in tech than me, but dunno where he is.
However that last turn -1725bc, I think I saw his border : is that Blue or Purple of Korea ?
http://www.civ3duelzone.com/forum/uploaded/Skyfish/200369174326_Jack-1725bc.jpg
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He is very far behind in score ! what's happening to him ? He is doing an early archer rush ? as Germans that would seem logical ... He got me worried here...
http://www.civ3duelzone.com/forum/uploaded/Skyfish/200369174448_Jack-Territory1725bd.jpg
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Jack Merchant has gone AWOL.
Nobody knows what's up with him...I dont blame him, he probably read thsi spoiler and got scared to continue playing :D
JACK'S BACK !
The game is moving again... It's nice cause I like this game and he is a great guy :D
I have loads of room to expand so it's farmer's gambit big time. I intend to fill all of my peninsula and then take out the Celts who weakish.
Jack decided to go for an Early Archer rush with Germany: good idea but not on Deity....
The Arabs and Koreans really rushed him and he is squeezed. I saw him take Baghdad so it's going sort of OK for him though.... at least atm [lol]
Here's the land :
http://www.civ3duelzone.com/forum/uploaded/Skyfish/20037673115_Jack-1225bc.jpg
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This game is going pretty good and totally on target according to plan.
Instead of going to the end of my min science run on Republic, I built up so much money I could buy Republic around 850bc and then trade around for Currency, Poly and a few other techs, actually all of them except Construction :D
In all trades, I am purposely making Korea very rich and powerful (at one point they had 1000g in 800bc[eek]) so that Jack can not run over them. Wang is my best buddy [afro]
When I landed Republic, I waited for 3 settlers to finish and revolted.... for the first time in a looong time I landed an 8 turn anarchy at -19g [goggle] I had to stunt food growth in order to keep some money for upcoming Middle Age free tech trades. It was a harsh blow but the direct result of a very fast expansion/farmer gambit : I have a big peninsula that can esaily be cut off and I intend to play a builder game for a long while ;)
The Celts are real weak and will get [hammer] very soon, I am just waiting for them to build something or get a good tech so I can get "something" out of the war [devil]
Of course the main goal will be a much needed Leader for FP, *however* I am intent on using an exploitative tactic for the first time : palace jump by abandonment of capital.
As you can see on this picture it is very much needed and would make a lot of sense in this situation.
http://www.civ3duelzone.com/forum/uploaded/Skyfish/2003723102657_Jack-690bc.jpg
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This is now my last turn of Anarchy ! Fuckin' finally dude ! [jump]
Construction is already available from the AIs so as soon as I get out of Anarchy I will get into Middle Age and hopefully get a different tech than Korea.
You can see Hadrians' wall in the North to stop the Celts from settling in *my* territory.
Bursa will probably be chosen as the new Palace site : what do you guys think ?
Jack is that tiny piece of dark blue between Purple Korea and Pink Arab :D
I am teasing Jack about how small he is but he is doing quite good hurting the Arabs actually.
Bursa seems like a good spot at the centre of the empire. But does it have a river to grow above size 6?
I did jump the palace to Bursa but my gpt went from +10 to -4 when I dit it :( [confused]
Me stupid :D
Great win Sky! Sorry that we weren't able to advise and support you here :(
Yep [sad]
Well I will do another round of spoiler updates and see if that can generate some traffic... [V]
Umm, I missed that one. [:I]
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