Nice job gentlemen. Let's see if I can do the same.
OK here's a war update.
Move some forces next to Mpondo. We'll need much more but we'll bombard and fortify. Turn down research so we can establish an embassy and bring the Chinese into the fight.
150 BC Shabba's warrior guy promotes to veteran taking our an archer but he's at 3/4 strength.
Establish an embassy in China.
Offer them currency and they declare war on the Zulus.
IT Matrix the spear protecting Whomp's cavalry and is down to 50% strength but promotes to veteran status after being attacked by an Archer.
110 BC Lt. Killer M, Akots and BCLG's siege wagons knock two impi regular regiments down to 2/3 strength.
We lose Mistfit's crossbow and Shabbow and arrow but Beam and Shabbabow take down Mpondo.
On a counterattack in 70 Matrix the ax warrior is flawless and promotes to vet. Two Impi attack a half strenth Matrix the Spear. Takes a third counter and is flawless and he promotes to elite status.
An impi is dropped off next to the capital. Good thing we read that one since we have Propain's Cavalry and Rik Meleet's bowmen in the area.
70 BC Propain's cavarly is flawless and promotes to vet status whacking the impi incursion on the capital.
30 BC Siege wagons Aggie, Akots and BCLG are all on target hitting 2 archers.
10 BCKillercane breaks out his new siege wagon and pounds a impi nearing Matrix City. Beam the bowman goes to 25% but takes him out. Shabba the warrior loses to a regular archer but redlines him. Cavalry Whomp is flawless knocking him out.
There's a warrior near Furiey on Dyes and Spearwoman Furiey is fortified on a worker cutting a forest.
10AD Mursilis comes asking for currency and we tell him to bug off. He's says..ok. Darn.
It's a bad year as Juicy sinks trying to come home. But we learn feudalism. Not that it matters much since we don't have iron. I see an open coastal iron tile so Furiey on Dyes starts a setter.
Picture of the battlefront...
2 Impi jump in front of Matrix.
30 AD The siege of Badedi
BCLG and Aggie hit Bapedi hard with rocks. Cavalry Whomp is flawless and promotes to elite hitting one impi. The second takes Shabba Tell as a victim but Shabbowman redlines but takes the city...
Cavalry Whomp, Stapel reflexbow and Robboo and socraLynneK the spear move into the city. Just outside the city Aggiethe spears fortifies on our catapults.
Decide to fortify in Matrix with Propain's cavalry, move Melifulous bow and fortify Beam the injured bowman. Reinforcements are coming next turn. Killercane's siege wagon throws rocks on one of the impi and knocks it to 67% strength.
On the counterattack, Robboo takes damage down to 25% strength taking one warrior. socraLynneK takes down 2 warriors and promotes to elite though he's at 60% strength. The archer doesn't even attack. The impis run from Matrix and head towards Bapedi.
50 AD Have to crank up lux to 20% as our big cities are feeling the Zulu war. Aggie and the siege wagons join Badepi as there's still a warrior, archer and 2 impi within vicinity. Start to move on Hlobane. It has incense underneath. Interesting situation there. Hlobane is on a lake and Ibabanago is a canal city on the same lake. If they both have harbors will the incense travel out. I presume it does...
On the counterattack Aggie the spear defends against a warrior, archer and impi and promotes to elite and gets two elite wins.
Rik Meleet's bowman forces an impi to retreat from Matrix.
70 AD Robi D's cavalry redlines but takes out a impi near Mpondo. Americans, Hittites and Egyptians are all in the middle ages. The other two have republic but the Hittites don't but they're in monarchy. Trade them republic for 4gpt and 28g to keep research up. America and the Egytians are in anarchy along with the Russians and the Chinese on this continent (republic). Send out siege wagons BCLG, Akots and Lt. Killer M along with Propains and Whomps cavalry to meet up with the attachment headed towards Hbolane.