[SPOILERS] Rowain and the USA

[Rowain]

Turn 071:

[Rowain]

Turn 073
Arabias 3rd city is about to fall to England. It is down to 0 HP and has 2 english Horseman next to it. suboptimals Army is still standing around his capital and 2nd city looking over the border towards America (dreaming of freedom perhaps?). Anyway if he contiues that way Arabia will be out before Japan and who would have thought that.

Next turn I get finally an improved goverment. First Horse to complete in a few turns.

Bacchus added another Varu to his Army. The only chance for this game to last longer is if he and I can work together and take Ichabod down a bit.

[Rowain]

Turn 074 Arabia + former Arabia (Ballad and Believe)





Switched into Autocracy

[Rowain]

Well. Japan is no more which mean Ichabod has now 7 productive cities.

More Bacchus found it wise to capture Hattusa the buffer-state between us.

I sent him a demand-offer for this city. With no diplo it is hard to convey leave that city in peace else we are at war. It can go now 2 ways. Either he gives Hattusa then we can work togerther vs Ichabod or I will sign a DoF with Ichabod and later an alliance to fight Bacchus.

[Rowain]

I sent him a demand-offer for this city. With no diplo it is hard to convey leave that city in peace else we are at war. It can go now 2 ways. Either he gives Hattusa then we can work togerther vs Ichabod or I will sign a DoF with Ichabod and later an alliance to fight Bacchus.

Bacchus answered with offering both luxuries at Hattusa and I agreed to this deal.

Ichabod and suboptimal have signed peace so Ichabod has now 9 unoccupied cities to play with.

[Ituralde]

Looks like you're trying to fulfill the Kazakhstanian Manifest Destiny!  

Do you have a screenshot that shows the extents of glorious Kazahkstania, motherland of the True Americans?

[Rowain]

Short notes:

Declared war on suboptimal some turns ago. As soon he made peace with Ichabod I had no reason not to do so. Captured Glenk.. this turn. So far no losses for me but that might change this turn.

Next goal to take Tomatin and make this a 3-man fight. And close the tech-gap.

 I'm on par with Ichabod and Bacchus.  

Ichabod founded another city.  

Pictures shall come later.

[Rowain]

Picture of the continent of Khazakstania (purple - taken at turn 89 )




While I feel a bit unlucky in the continental form and size I'm pretty sure suboptimal is a lot more unhappy to have ended on the same continent as my capital.

Current turn 93:

Managed to get rid of the walls of Tomarin. If nothing unexpected happens this should be a 3-player game in 1-2 turns.




In other news: Ichabod got a Great Scientist




He has currently 10 citites and makes 40 . Bacchus makes 28 and I make 24 .
In culture we are alot closer with 22.4(Ichabod)) 21.7(Bacchus) and 19.3(myself).


Outlook: Once Arabia is gone the game becomes an interesting 3 way. (The good, the bad & the ugly - I'm the good one )

Ichabod needs to be stopped no quesation about that. OTOH I can't take too much from him else Bacchus switches to Ichabods side. So I have to help Bacchus to take 1 or 2 cities while gaining a position to win for myself.

To keep in mind is that Bacchus sits right to my south (long border) and Ichabod is England = He will dominate the sea and he might well come from the East moving across the globe. I have to invest into seatech (I have none so far) to keep a watch on this approach.

[Rowain]

Captured Tomatin this turn. Lost units in the current fight: 0 (IIRC)

Ichabod is about to lose a city ( Ballad of a thin man ) at least it looks quite beaten up and Bacchus comes first.

I have started a great "Build more workers"-programm with 4 of my cities working on them.

In other news Bacchus has his capital at size 9 already.

[Rowain]

Bacchus razed Ichabods city.

Ichabod put enough Envoys into Stockholm to make it his ally (and pushing his to 50 ). Luckily I had enough Envoys to cancel his advantage - Stockholm is now neutral again (and signed peace with Bacchus immediatly). My :science is now close to 40 which allows me to overtake Bacchus.

Was the first to complete an Industrial district but still 2-3 districts behind Ichabod and Bacchus. The later is the only one with a culture-district and a Harbor-district. That Ichabod as England has no Harbor is a surprise.