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Plux · 22-08-2003, 03:35

We had a good and long session today. Pretty exciting too, with a narrow escape against Chinese and an opportunity against Puwen. Here goes:

29 Damn Chinese build Shanghai near MY wheats!

They will pay dearly for that.. declared war on french, it can only be advantageous (is that a word?)

30 Trade pottery with the Ottomans for mere 35 gp, and switch Carthage to a granary just before it finishes its num merc.

31 Contact with Puwen! He can trade me the Wheel for Alphabet. But I rather want to wait, extort from the French, or prolly get it when math is finished (10 turns). Decide to switch Utica to granary as well, before it builds its worker. I've got one now, which will manage to (almost) keep up with the city growth on its own.

32 Puwen got alphabet by some other means

33 I run into a hut, but a chinese archer is looking confusedly at it as well. Will dastard Mao leave it for me?

7.44KB

34 No he doesn't, but it had barbs in it, so it's ok.

35 hmm, mao suddenly has IW. He will trade it for pot, cb, 4 gpt and 28 gp. It's expensive, but I can trade it further with at least the ottomans, for myst, and thus get my money back from Mao. Moreover, I want to know the Iron locations asap, so I do it. I get Mysticism and 5gp from Osman for IW. Then I trade back Myst to Chinese for 20 gp and 1 gpt. What have they done with my money

, these prices are lowwww. Puwen is not interested in IW nor myst Hopefully Osman and Joan are still arguing, else he could extort from her. It turns out I got 2 irons very closeby in the (north)east, and what I can see from Chinese territory they haven't got any

. Eastern lands look very appealing now, with lots of iron, gems, grassland and some dyes.

36 Darn, Ottomans are sending their settlers south [grrr]. mm Carthage do put a shield extra in Utica

37 Make peace with France again for the wheel. Capital finishes granary now starts settler. Chinese do have a lot of horses, so I shouldn't wait too long with my first strike.
hmmm, warrior exploring the west (Puwen territory) meets one of his settlers, all by itself. The hunt is on!

.

39 Of course I couldn't get Puwen settler. Finish math, on to construction again at min research. I'm tech leader at this moment! China, in spite of being polite, wants 21 gp suddenly. Well, I'm not really ready for war, but I tell him to kiss my ***. In two turns the settler for my iron city will be ready, and I have few warriors to upgrade (no barracks yet tho)

40 Settler from Carthage goes to iron spot. Carthage starts barracks

42 Found Leptis Magna right on some dyes adjacent to the iron, but also to a barb tribe it seems. Better be careful.. Start barracks in LM, switch Carthage to a worker (has a granary) After the turn Mao appears with 3 warriors and an archer. Have I made a mistake with not paying the 21gp?? [oops]

43 Great, Puwen shows a warrior on the other side, while Carthage and LM are undefended. He shouldn't be able to see that they are, though, so I hope he doesn't cross the border. Nasty sitution I have created for myself

Have a look:

38.16*KB

44 Phewwww.. Utica lost one warrior to a vet Chinese, but the archer and the other warrior were defeated, together with a wandering Chinese warrior in the north, attacking one of mine across a river. Nice RNG

. Puwen promised to step down, claiming a wrong key press. We'll see..

45 Puwen retreated. Built a couple of extra warriors this turn just in case. At least I have enough for mass upgrade now

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50 Puwen seems to have trouble keeping his people at ease

. He claims there are two warriors there. I think I'll believe him. A send my warrior west to threaten his workers. He has gems connected, so that means he did some good bluffing, because lux and two warriors should be enough to keep Thebes out of riot. Missed opportunity

19.87*KB
He did buy IW and Myst finally. Its also about time I got rid of math, because I suppose I won't have the monopoly much longer, but nobody has anything to trade

It's lonely at the top of tech tree

52 Last turn the ottomans established an embassy at my place, how nice. Finally I can get something for Math. Otoh, the Chinese have gotten writing too, and are willing to give to me with some additional gold for a peace treaty, that will surely last no more than 20 turns

. Joan gives me contact with Persia for Myst. Xerxes is at war with Osman, and he managed to destroy Osman's second city, Ergili. Nice

HMM, Strange tho, math isn't worth much anymore, but nodoby but me has it? Give writing to Xerxes to for 95gp. He also has HR, but as I don't have horses yet I'm not interested.

53 Joan is willing to pay 90gp and 3 gpt for math. That's more like it. Keep it a little longer, however, the longer nobody has it, the more chance I have on a monopoly for Construction as well (28 turns to go)

56 2 settlers go settling up north to set my territory. Chinese start Pyramids, go Mao!

58 Persia has discovered math

, I knew I was stretching it. Now get 95gp for Osman, and 36gp with 2gpt from Joan. Meager. have 422gp now, adding 7 each turn. Rushed barracks in LM.

59 Found theveste near cattle. Upgrade a few warriors already to go barb hunting and return more experienced hopefully

65 Osman is dying for a rop with me. I get a worker with it if I pay
75 gp

. Built a few as well as I really need to catch up on development or Puwen is getting to far ahead.

69 Mapmaking has gone round between my AI opponents. I trade territory map with Joan, with whom I've also established an embassy. Am cranking out Num Mercs in preparation for another Chinese war (3 turns), which should provide me with Mapmaking and some territory. Have to gather my swordsmen though.

All in all I need to keep up with development. It's quite easy to sit back and relax as Joan and Osman are not really expanding, but of course the real opponent here is Puwen. Hopefully the next Chinese war will be better than the first one.

22-08-2003, 03:35	#8
Plux King Join Date: Jun 2003 Posts: 1,213	We had a good and long session today. Pretty exciting too, with a narrow escape against Chinese and an opportunity against Puwen. Here goes: 29 Damn Chinese build Shanghai near MY wheats! They will pay dearly for that.. declared war on french, it can only be advantageous (is that a word?) 30 Trade pottery with the Ottomans for mere 35 gp, and switch Carthage to a granary just before it finishes its num merc. 31 Contact with Puwen! He can trade me the Wheel for Alphabet. But I rather want to wait, extort from the French, or prolly get it when math is finished (10 turns). Decide to switch Utica to granary as well, before it builds its worker. I've got one now, which will manage to (almost) keep up with the city growth on its own. 32 Puwen got alphabet by some other means 33 I run into a hut, but a chinese archer is looking confusedly at it as well. Will dastard Mao leave it for me? 7.44KB 34 No he doesn't, but it had barbs in it, so it's ok. 35 hmm, mao suddenly has IW. He will trade it for pot, cb, 4 gpt and 28 gp. It's expensive, but I can trade it further with at least the ottomans, for myst, and thus get my money back from Mao. Moreover, I want to know the Iron locations asap, so I do it. I get Mysticism and 5gp from Osman for IW. Then I trade back Myst to Chinese for 20 gp and 1 gpt. What have they done with my money , these prices are lowwww. Puwen is not interested in IW nor myst Hopefully Osman and Joan are still arguing, else he could extort from her. It turns out I got 2 irons very closeby in the (north)east, and what I can see from Chinese territory they haven't got any . Eastern lands look very appealing now, with lots of iron, gems, grassland and some dyes. 36 Darn, Ottomans are sending their settlers south [grrr]. mm Carthage do put a shield extra in Utica 37 Make peace with France again for the wheel. Capital finishes granary now starts settler. Chinese do have a lot of horses, so I shouldn't wait too long with my first strike. hmmm, warrior exploring the west (Puwen territory) meets one of his settlers, all by itself. The hunt is on! . 39 Of course I couldn't get Puwen settler. Finish math, on to construction again at min research. I'm tech leader at this moment! China, in spite of being polite, wants 21 gp suddenly. Well, I'm not really ready for war, but I tell him to kiss my **. In two turns the settler for my iron city will be ready, and I have few warriors to upgrade (no barracks yet tho) 40 Settler from Carthage goes to iron spot. Carthage starts barracks 42 Found Leptis Magna right on some dyes adjacent to the iron, but also to a barb tribe it seems. Better be careful.. Start barracks in LM, switch Carthage to a worker (has a granary) After the turn Mao appears with 3 warriors and an archer. Have I made a mistake with not paying the 21gp?? [oops] 43 Great, Puwen shows a warrior on the other side, while Carthage and LM are undefended. He shouldn't be able to see that they are, though, so I hope he doesn't cross the border. Nasty sitution I have created for myself Have a look: 38.16KB 44 Phewwww.. Utica lost one warrior to a vet Chinese, but the archer and the other warrior were defeated, together with a wandering Chinese warrior in the north, attacking one of mine across a river. Nice RNG . Puwen promised to step down, claiming a wrong key press. We'll see.. 45 Puwen retreated. Built a couple of extra warriors this turn just in case. At least I have enough for mass upgrade now . 50 Puwen seems to have trouble keeping his people at ease . He claims there are two warriors there. I think I'll believe him. A send my warrior west to threaten his workers. He has gems connected, so that means he did some good bluffing, because lux and two warriors should be enough to keep Thebes out of riot. Missed opportunity 19.87*KB He did buy IW and Myst finally. Its also about time I got rid of math, because I suppose I won't have the monopoly much longer, but nobody has anything to trade It's lonely at the top of tech tree 52 Last turn the ottomans established an embassy at my place, how nice. Finally I can get something for Math. Otoh, the Chinese have gotten writing too, and are willing to give to me with some additional gold for a peace treaty, that will surely last no more than 20 turns . Joan gives me contact with Persia for Myst. Xerxes is at war with Osman, and he managed to destroy Osman's second city, Ergili. Nice HMM, Strange tho, math isn't worth much anymore, but nodoby but me has it? Give writing to Xerxes to for 95gp. He also has HR, but as I don't have horses yet I'm not interested. 53 Joan is willing to pay 90gp and 3 gpt for math. That's more like it. Keep it a little longer, however, the longer nobody has it, the more chance I have on a monopoly for Construction as well (28 turns to go) 56 2 settlers go settling up north to set my territory. Chinese start Pyramids, go Mao! 58 Persia has discovered math , I knew I was stretching it. Now get 95gp for Osman, and 36gp with 2gpt from Joan. Meager. have 422gp now, adding 7 each turn. Rushed barracks in LM. 59 Found theveste near cattle. Upgrade a few warriors already to go barb hunting and return more experienced hopefully 65 Osman is dying for a rop with me. I get a worker with it if I pay 75 gp . Built a few as well as I really need to catch up on development or Puwen is getting to far ahead. 69 Mapmaking has gone round between my AI opponents. I trade territory map with Joan, with whom I've also established an embassy. Am cranking out Num Mercs in preparation for another Chinese war (3 turns), which should provide me with Mapmaking and some territory. Have to gather my swordsmen though. All in all I need to keep up with development. It's quite easy to sit back and relax as Joan and Osman are not really expanding, but of course the real opponent here is Puwen. Hopefully the next Chinese war will be better than the first one.