Civilization IV Beyond the Sword - The Misadventures of Donavannj!

Conjurer said:

That little spot to the southwest of Rostov might be good. Might as well use the maintenance bonus from Moscow, eh? I can't see if it's too close to French land though, and considering they got Rostov that might not be a good idea. o.o

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mondays suck said:

Wait, wait, wait. 1200-something AD and Napoleon is still using Spears and Axes? Punish him already! Quickly assembling a sufficient force of medieval units (I hope you have Machinery and Civil Service) to retake Rostov and ward off any incoming stacks from the French homeland should be a piece of cake. Just don't use tanks ;)

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Yuoaman said:

Yeah, you should probably use those Archer guys soon before anyone takes the next leap in military technology and ****s up with your plans.

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iFr0z3n said:

1 word, AMAZING! I love the fact that you took screenshots rather than a vid.

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mondays suck said:

Shadow Game, 1635 AD
Things are looking pretty ugly, because:

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I decided taking over the rest of the world by force would take too long, so my plan was just to sit on my 40 cities and win space or whatever, but of course Genghis the jerk and his puny 12 city empire had to declare war on me. I don't have Rifling yet, but still am 3 turns from Infantry and Cavalry isn't far either. I just hope my outdated army will be able to hold off his equally outdated forces until then. Oh, and Joao became his vassal at some point, so I'll have to deal with that guy as well. Urgh, unnecessary waste of time and virtual lives. Maybe I will raze both Lisbon and Karakorum as a punishment.

So, here we have Russia West aka Ex-France...

...and Russia East aka Ex-India and Arabia. Or, in case of most of the cities I settled, these would normally have been the rulers over most of these lands hadn't they succumbed to my vastly superior military strategy that is the brainless early Horse Archer spam.

Since my technology pace is decent by now, this game is in the bag, all I will have to do is deal with the Mongols and sit back until I win space. The map is just too big to pursue a military victory without having it take ages.

Also, I crave an update.

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Surround Rostov with cities!

This is just to show that, yes, I do have some semblance of a military in the works.

And now for a monastery to further spread Islam.

This is a pretty sweet deal for me. 3 turns until I can start building Macemen. At least I think that's how it is. But do I really wanna take it? Let's get a closer look at what I give up quick.

What I give up.

I think it's worth it.

I think this was another archer.

I forgot what I built here, but an Archer is clearly next.

End Update 25. 40 turns to catch up.

Netto Azure said:

Oh look Napoleon has built another city. Good luck with that. o3o

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mondays suck said:

Maybe a bit off-topic, but one thing I really love to do in Civ IV is hamachi co-op games. Always fun. Well, except for things such as what to research next and who gets which city spot.

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Who am I? And, more importantly, will we still be able to win this game with the bad diplomacy having had a war with everyone and not being too reluctant to raze bad cities (even the buddhist and confucian holy cities burned, to my defense I didn't even know that one of the misplaced cities I razed was holy until I noticed the -diplo points from it a while later) we know caused?

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Oh, look, a Settler!

And back to building up a military.

This looks like a good spot for a city...

Oh, hey, a crossbowman.

And on to building another longbowman.

I forgot what I built here. Oh, well, on to build a galley.

Even more longbowman.

And now for a missionary.

End Update 29. 36 turns left to catch up.

Netto Azure said:

This game is going slower than I expected.

Still you're doing a bit well.

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mondays suck said:

That's one disgusting start you got there: On a food- and water-poor peninsula and blocked off by, of all people, Toku. Ouch. Good luck with this one!

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Yep, you read that title right. In this update, we will be building things.

I AM AWARE OF THIS BUT MOSCOW IS A LITTLE BUSY RIGHT NOW I WILL BUILD ONE LATER, OKAY? OKAY.

Oh, yay, a temple! Now I can start putting cultural pressure on Gandhi's cities!

And, as you can see, I am in the red, so I need to build a Courthouse to return myself to profitability.

See? I've been building a military! Slowly, of course.

Now we'll build that Library.

St. Petersburg needs to keep building troops to keep us going.

Vladivostok is the city most in danger from Napoleon, so I need to keep building Longbowmen here.

And yet another military unit built here.

So basically a whole lot of nothing was accomplished with this update.

Netto Azure said:

How long until those guys become obsolete? :P

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As much as I'd like to, I have to save my hide. And, quite honestly, you're a weak little man.

Yay more military! Time to build a Settler for a tiny piece of land I found!

And there's the Galley to move that Settler to that piece of land.

We need another Work Boat.

Oh look I just squeezed that one right in there.

And now to garrison it quickly before the little Frenchman notices.

Time to get all philosophical on Napoleon!
But I won't adopt any of the civics this gives me access to.

End Update 31.

Netto Azure said:

Ur still playing? xD

But yeah, I hate aggressive civs.

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Time to choose a tech!

A better look at the tech tree.

And the further end of the tech tree.

We'll go with Guilds since that gives us Grocers and Knights.

Settler built! Time to build a Missionary to spread Judaism and improve our financial bottom line.

End Update 32

Suicune™ said:

When I get into this I can really play it for hours on end, it's such a great logical game.

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Oh look even more Settlers.

Over there looks like a very good spot for my next city.

And now for a Longbowman to defend those newer cities.

And with our coffers in the red, we need to build one of these Courthouses to cut maintenance costs.

This Great Prophet came at a very good time.

Holy building for the Islamic religion in the game. Grants me gold for each city with Islam.

And we have another Great Prophet. This may put us in the green.

It wasn't enough, so we'll have to adjust our finances.

End Update 33.

Yuoaman said:

THE INTENSE ACTION THAT CAN ONLY COME FROM FISCAL RESPONSIBLITLY.

Or something.

And holy crap is Moscow becoming a beast of a city.

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We're spreading that religion. And stupid enemy espionage mission poisoning Yaroslavl''s water supply.

We need a Barracks here for a better military. Can't keep up with France if my forces don't have the EXP points.

Oh, and Yaroslavl''s borders expanded.

Photographed evidence I'm not neglecting to defend my newest cities.

This Settler is going to go on a ship to some place Napoleon's troops can't get to by land.

No thank you. I don't really trust you not to pillage my improvements.

After the fiasco with the French we've really been pumping out Longbowmen.

Oh, and these guys.

Best place ever for a city.

Actually, this is an ever better place for a city. Different Settler, by the way.

End Update 34