CDZ League Spoiler/Recap Thread

[Robi D]

I thought i'd put all the games in one thread, we'll see how that goes.



If your in the middle of a game against me then there could be spoilers so don't look.




Otherwise welcome.






I've started a PBEM against Mauer already since we both had our selection set. He wiped me in our test game so hopefully i can turn the tables

[Robi D]

This could be one of the shortest games i've ever played

I bought 2 war chariots with the advanced start. I learned from my test game with mauer to repsect units that don't need resources like the Aztec Jaguar. It looked like i was starting in the north so i decided to have a look around south
http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/3650/cdzmauer001.jpg

On the second turn i spotted mauers border, so i decided to have a look and see what he had built

http://img43.imageshack.us/img43/6312/cdzmauer003.jpg

As you can see he only has a warrior and scout. Don't know if he bought the archery tech guess i'll find out soon enough. Even so to get him on the backfoot early puts me in a good position to get the full 6pts

[ProPain]

If he doesn't produce a decent defender next turn you've got a certain win on your hands. Unless the RNG screws you over in unseen ways :)

[mauer]

Well that certainly sucked. I bought in on mining and bronze working to get me to Jaguars. Then what, like 2 turns into the game I've got 2 chariots knocking at my door! I hate Australians.

[ProPain]

I playtested a bit last night and I have to say advanced starts are really interesting. I'd never played them before.

Mauer: Aussie's aren't so bad, it's their vegemite that's horrendous. :D

[Robi D]

As you can see from mauers eariler post i won.

He kept popping out warriors every turn but since i didn't lose a battle so eventually i took his city. Have to say winning in 6 turns is a bit of an anti-climax

http://img197.imageshack.us/img197/876/cdzmauer006.jpg (http://img197.imageshack.us/my.php?image=cdzmauer006.jpg)

[Robi D]

I playtested a bit last night and I have to say advanced starts are really interesting. I'd never played them before.

Mauer: Aussie's aren't so bad, it's their vegemite that's horrendous. :D

Advanced starts are a different creature to regular games. It takes a few goes to get a feel for them which is why i suggested people have some practise starts.

And i agree vegemite is horrendous:D

[Shabbaman]

Reaganopolis? LOL.

[Rik Meleet]

I like vegemite.

[Socrates]

Reaganopolis? LOL.

Same here. :D

[ProPain]

Reaganopolis? LOL.

Does explain why he forgot to build archers.

[Robi D]

Just played a direct ip game against matrix

So here is the recap of our battle.


I built Robigrad near the pigs so at least i had some resource in my capital.
Then it was a case of fingers crossed for horses. Buying AH showed them to be south west so i needed another city to get them right away. Got a big shock to see Matrix's border right there. So i spent my remaining points on 2 war chariots.
http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/1886/cdzmatrix000.jpg

Decided to have a look, ok so it wasn't a tough decision. Unlike mauer matrix did have archers. Still i had the advantage that i could roam around his territory at will and pillage if need be. My techs were heading for BW and IW since WC weren't going to be enough against archers parked in cities
http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/6280/cdzmatrix002.jpg

Turn 6 and a big bonus, matrix only has a warrior in his capital! One city down, one to go
http://img178.imageshack.us/img178/9381/cdzmatrix006.jpg

Matrix got himself buddism which pushes his borders out and leaves the copper out of my hand. I have more luck with the iron, its right under my capital so no time wasted hooking it up which is good since i don't have a worker yet. I decide to get a religion of my own since the last thing i would need is some freak occurence where matrix's culture flips Connor city to his side. After that i'll be aiming for cataputs because matrix is pumping out those archer even though i'm camped out on all the production tiles. I'm assuming he is whipping
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/4787/cdzmatrix021.jpg

My first swords arrive on the scene. With the city raider promotion i'm getting 61% odds
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/8603/cdzmatrix028a.jpg

Problem is Matrix has 8 archers and rising... fast
http://img240.imageshack.us/img240/3622/cdzmatrix028b.jpg

Turn 47, D-day. Matrix is upto about 13 archers. I have 10 swords and 8 WC (or there abouts i didn't count them) My problem is simple yet complicated. Matrix got another 20% cultural defence just as the group of 6 sword arrived on the scene, which has pushed the odds down to 30%. Problem is the maintenance is killing me at this point so i'll never get cats in time. My only choice is to attack and hope i can take out some archers to bring there numbers to a more managable size, and to lose some of my units so i can get research rolling again.
http://img440.imageshack.us/img440/839/cdzmatrix047.jpg

The rng is very very kind to me. Matrix has every right to feel peeved. My swords desipte the odds win half the battles and even the ones i lost i was taking half the archers strength so the WC's had an easy time mopping up. At the end all thats left is 3 badly beaten up archers. And to top it off he didn't earn any promotions. With half my units alive and plenty of promotions to use even the new archer he popped out was not of any use. The game came to an end and i got another win
http://img407.imageshack.us/img407/550/cdzmatrix048.jpg

It was a bit of bad luck for matrix (just like mauer before) that our starts were very close, these war chariots are definately deadly at close range since there isn't much time for the other person to hook up copper and build spears.

[NHJ]

Should have gone with Hooverville (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hooverville) :)

[Lt. Killer M]

Reaganopolis? LOL.

at least no torture there.

[Shabbaman]

Does explain why he forgot to build archers.

Well, if you start building the SDI early you have an advantage if you ever make it to the modern age ;)

[Robi D]

Recently started my 3rd league game, this one is against Lt.Killer

The start is quite nice lots of food for quick growth and potential for high production.
http://img502.imageshack.us/img502/323/cdzkiller001a.jpg

I found horses right there and with the surrounding area not especially promising i went with just the one city. Added and extra pop and barracks from the go. Didn't have any points to spare on anything but a warrior but i should be fine for the first few turns

As you can see with all the food i should grow the city quickly and start taking advantage of the surrounding hills for production.
http://img88.imageshack.us/img88/5236/cdzkiller001b.jpg

Turn 5 brought first contact and also my first war chariot. Only problem was killer's unit is a spear. Which means the war chariot is useless for the moment, also means for the first time i'm going to experience being on the defensive.

My plan to go for an early religion for the extra happiness doesn't look so good right now. Going to have to detour to archery to secure my city, the go for BW and prey there is copper i can hook up and get some axes.

http://img229.imageshack.us/img229/4606/cdzkiller005.jpg

In the meantime i can atleast build a warrior a turn so that should keep me from suffering mauers fate, not that i'd be expecting any sympathy from him if it did, or matrix for that matter:p

[Robi D]

Turn 9

Killer attacked with his Spear and took out a warrior in the city. My war chariot died in the couter attack and a warrior finished off the job. Not that i'll be getting any relief since the spear has frinds arriving. I'm going to be relying now on getting some copper. If i can i'm still in the game because i'm out producing killer
http://img90.imageshack.us/img90/6260/cdzkiller009.jpg

And a big dissapointment, no copper in sight and i'm losing my improvements. IW is a long way off at 11 turns. Basically i'll be build as many units as possible and hold on
http://img44.imageshack.us/img44/5484/cdzkiller014.jpg

[Robi D]

Updates more than a bit overdue

It safe to say killer got me cornered in my city. Discovering iron working crushed my last hope of recovery since the iron is outside my borders. It now just a matter of if i can hang on long enough for 2 pts instead of none.

http://img10.imageshack.us/img10/4718/cdzkiller025.jpg (http://img10.imageshack.us/i/cdzkiller025.jpg/)

The one thing i have going for me is that killers GNP is lower than mine at the moment so his reseach rate can't be that great. If i can beat him to cats or atleast not be far behind him in getting them i might be able to hold on until turn 120.