RBP7 [SPOILERS] - The Chronicles of Nyania

[Lord Parkin]

Azza moved a significant stack into the forest next to our border a turn or two ago, which was a little bit worrying. He'd pushed us back into our own borders and gained the safe ground.

But then, bizarrely, he moved up a Settler and built a new city last turn... destroying the forest his troops were sheltering in. Um... why? I have no idea. It wasn't even a good spot.



Needless to say, this did not work out well for him.

Spoiler for combat results...

Us: No troops lost and 17 XP gained towards our next Great General
Azza: Lost 10 troops plus the city

Catapults x6:
76.7% (Sword)
76.7% (Sword)
93.8% (Axe)
97.8% (Axe)
98.6% (Axe)
98.7% (Axe)

Maces x5:
99.7% (Chariot)
99.9% (Axe)
100.0% (Axe)
100.0% (Axe)
100.0% (Spear)

Axes x4:
100.0% (Spear)
100.0% (Axe)
100.0% (Sword)
100.0% (Sword)

Chariot x1:
98.2% (Spear)

So, yeah. Not sure what else to say... that city was just a really, really bad idea all around. Don't know what he was thinking - maybe overconfident or something.

Anyway... in other news, we entered our Golden Age. Demographics before:



Demographics after:



Also, it seems we've temporarily got the top city...

[Lord Parkin]

Sigh... all this fuss every single time I make a perfectly legal double move (even if it's only 1 turn in 20), while multiple other nations make double moves far more frequently and never get badgered about it, just makes me think of this.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confirmation_bias

For the record, I moved those units into position half a day before the turn flip.

[Rowain]

Then say so in the Diplo-thread. Why do you let yourself get trashed incorrectly? Other players have only the comments to judge you.

Of course if you did log in after moving you might find it dificult to prove that you did give Azza enough time.

[Lord Parkin]

Because in the past, it seemed that whatever I said just got interpreted against me. I'll make a post, but I don't think it'll change anything.

[Lord Parkin]

Guilds in, will be building Knights around the place. Also finished Banking so we could switch to Mercentalism. Next is Engineering (2 turns).

Whipped out our remaining 3 Universities a turn or two ago so we could start on Oxford. Will have it done by T178 (thanks to whip overflow arranged on several items). Actually could have had it done by T177 if I'd optimised things, but kind of checked out of this game since it was clear it was wrapping up.



Demographics:

[Lord Parkin]

Elkad converted to AI after playing this turn. However, I took an island city from him because (1) I'd been planning on taking that city after it grew to size 2 for a long while, (2) the AI hadn't had a chance to make any moves before I took it, and (3) it had been defended by a single Warrior almost all the time Elkad had been playing anyway.

Named it "Awkward Penguin". Not an ideal location, but it gives us our first access to religion. Really should have been founded by Elkad 1S to get the Clam in the first ring, but oh well.

[Lord Parkin]

Will post summary screenies after it's clear HAK is done - not sure if he still wants a chance to throw everything against me for fun or not.

[Lord Parkin]

Hey, I think I found the barbs' secret armada!

[Nakor]

Good game, Parkin! Taking out TT early on made things possible for you, so I think that was the move of the game!

[Lord Parkin]

Here's the HAK battle.

Before:



After (1/2):



After (2/2):



Endgame summary images will come soon. Research was considerably lower than it could have been because I was whipping Knights all around at the end just for the hell of it.