[PB81] Clash of Island

[xist10]

   

I associated Dreylins colour with the Netherlands and forgot that Dreylin plays Rome.
I think Gira could get a visit soon.
I don't really like this, I think I should prepare my own visit.

Okay, you should be able to defend against (non agg) praets only with axemen, but I'm not sure if Gira will whip enough for that.

[xist10]

   

okay, I will whip a few more vultures and declare next in 2 turns.
I don't want FIN/CRE Dreylin to become stronger.
AGG vultures trade very good with Praets.

[xist10]

   

may eco is not existend and I'm whipping again a few vultures.
Anyway, I interfere in the war between Dreylin and Gira.
I think my souther "front" should be okay with 3 vultures (and a bit reinforcement from greenlines cities) and I have hope that the main army of Dreylin is in india.

Anyway, outside of walls are AGG vultures a nightmare for praets. And 2 spears should shatter a few chariots.

I do have a few important points of recovery.
I have already courthouses, I will connect gems in 2 turns and I don't have an island city right now.

[xist10]

   

Dreylin found 2 axemen.
My shock/combat2 vulture has good chances next turn.

   

And Dreylin evacuated the city ?
Okay, I razed it. I'm not sure if I can hold it against the capital culture.

[xist10]

   

I marched forward and Dreylin was able to reinforce his capital enough.
I did recieved a stackwipe, but before the age of catapults, I thought I should take the fight.
And I do think I was right. I lost all 8 units (okay, the last spear survived with ~20 HP and plundered a pasture.

And here you see my problem with the log.
The scrollbar disapperead.

And I hoped that I traded better than 9 to 9 - and 2 fights are for the vulture on the jungle hill.
So my Stack with combat2 shock vultures on a hill traded 8 against 8 ?

And did thought the problem was PC related and wanted to test in today night (in ~8h from now) with my other PC. I didn't wanted to delay the game unnecassary and asked Drylin about a turn order swap.
Drylin declined, but send my his combat log.

   

This is a bit better.
Dreylin wrote, the first won fight was at about 20%, but then he lost 2 85+%. Still, I'm happy with the end. 11 to 8 on the hill and 12 to 9 overall ? I include the deleted spear men.


I do think I have the force to stop a counter attack, but I wouldn't try another invasion.
I don't have enough worker and the terrain is against me to hope to catch Dreylin in the south of guard after I think he send most of his army to his Cap.

[xist10]

After the battle Dreylin offered a truce, not a peacedeal.
Okay, I still took it.

I'm founding my first island cities the next two turns.

And Dreylin and Gira have both mathe and masory. So I expect construction research from both.
This would hinder another invasion further.
Still, I will get research in a few turns, both have no courthouses, but I have the first ziggurats only.

[xist10]

   

Dreylin resettled his horse city.
Not good, chariots are surprising good against vultures.

   

And I founded my first 2 island cities.
I forgot that I have only 1 trade route right now.

Anyway, I could change to currency instead of construction. I think I will have the next tech in 10t ?
Calendar is an option too.

I need more workers and settlers.

[RefSteel]

And here you see my problem with the log.
The scrollbar disapperead.

For whatever 20-year-old reason, it seems to remove the scrollbar (at least for me) whenever I expand the log's window prior to scrolling. I think reducing the log window's size (and maybe closing and opening the log again?) gets the scroll bar back, and then scrolling down even a little bit with that makes the game start populating the older items in the log, so you can expand the log's window again and still scroll thereafter. If I'm remembering how this works, at least!

[xist10]

I did forget a T100 update.
I don't want to update much, but still.

   

Capital.
I do need more workers and settlers.

   

Eridu, second city.
I did spend a bit prod on a monastery.
Growth project and to have the ability to built missionaries.
I did complain in the PB79 over natural religion spread.
This game shows why. I had only 1 manual religion spread in my empire.

   

Kish needs more worker turns and calendar.
As copper city relative important for the attack against greenline.

   

Lagash was staging point for the intervention against Dreylin.
I do think I should build the camp. I don't think there is a chance for forest growth, or ?
Library as culture building against the CRE neighbour.

   

Even if I need more workers and settlers, I do invest a bit in barracks and units.
Still, I will change to civil projects next.

   

Could maybe grow to size 8.

   

Second border town to Dreylin.
More workers here too.

   

Nice city in the middle of greenlines backline.

   

First of my 3 island cities.
Fish, coast and ICT. Maybe Moai ?

   

Second island city.
Has silver and a worker here.

[xist10]

   

Last city.
Founded this turn on a city before Dreylins coast.
Our relationships is bad, why not make it worse ?
Coast cities are okay. No good, but okay.

Maybe I have one, two better city sites - the2 flood plains cities, but still..


   

Thanks to my UB I have research visibility on both neighbours.
Both have researched construction and are still at war. I researched currency.
I have no problem if they would remain at war.
My military is maybe a bit low, but I should be able to fight off an invasion only with AGG vultures.


I do have nearly as much cities as both of them together. A settler for city 12 is on the map.

   

Demo is not good.
We are only six players, so 4th place is not good.
The other continent did build a few wonders and birthed a few great people.
I know they already built the great library ?

   



   

I'm still miles ahead of my two neighbours.
Maybe I can collect them with knights ?