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I was honestly surprised you didn't roll into Epirus instead - a free temple seemed right up Egypt's alley. You've got two moves left if you want them, and I think you can still do your A+S attempt if you want to give up the Cleopatra culture placement? I'll wait for a confirm before I do that - otherwise it's TURN 6-1-4 - It is Japan's turn!  Red - Triskelli - Persia (Xerxes) Green - frankenfreak - Greece (Alexander the Great) Blue - Straight White Shark - Egypt (Cleopatra) Yellow - Gutter Owl - Japan (Empress Suiko) Reference Post | Zoomed-In Tech Board | Condensed Rules
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1) Activate Kashiwabara, collecting 2 food/1 ore/1 idea (Public Ed). 2) Spend 2 ideas to pick up State Religion, gaining 2 mood (Free Ed). Free) Suiko uses Japanese Buddhism to revert the fortress in Nara to my color. 3) Activate Nara to build troops. 2 gold* for Infantry, 1 mood for Free) Spend 2 mood, Absolute Power for a fourth action. 4) Movement
*Moving into the empty city still counts as a Battle for the purposes of the Forest hex, right? If not, spend gold+ore for the infantry instead of 2 gold. gutterdaughter fucked around with this message at 08:42 on Mar 4, 2017 |
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Mar 4, 2017 03:02
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Stelas posted:I was honestly surprised you didn't roll into Epirus instead - a free temple seemed right up Egypt's alley. My original plan was to take out the barbarian camp to prevent Japan from using it as a staging ground; the free settler put Nara in reach, which would have accomplished about the same thing. Swiping Epirus wouldn't have done anything to slow down Japan's attacks. Barring Scouts I had extremely good odds of taking Nara, but apparently the dice have decided I'm not allowed to win any combats that aren't literally guaranteed  Skip the cultural influence, Cleo drops a token as noted.
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Mar 4, 2017 03:51
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Straight White Shark posted:apparently the dice have decided I'm not allowed to win any combats that aren't literally guaranteed You rolled big!... just on the wrong roll, unfortunately. (Also, a static mod of +5 and then a preemptive attack is a nasty combo.) Gutter Owl posted:*Moving into the empty city still counts as a Battle for the purposes of the Forest hex, right? If not, spend gold+ore for the infantry instead of 2 gold. Yes, this is correct. However: Gutter Owl posted:3) Activate Nara to build troops. 2 gold* for Infantry, 1 mood for Cavalry (Draft). Gain a culture (Nationalism). You're component-limited and out of cavalry.
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Mar 4, 2017 08:38
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Infantry, then.
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TURN 6-1-4 - It is Japan's turn! Nara builds 2 Infantry instead, due to component limitations. Japanese forces take over Egyptinawa! Japan gets 1 Gold. Egypt gets a Settler in a city of their choice. Japanese forces assault a Barbarian camp! Japan automatically kills the lone unit due to Steel Weapons. Barbarian forces: 1 Army = 1d6 = 3! 0 hits! Japan takes the camp, gaining 1 Gold! Japan may keep or raze the camp. I think I got everything there but GIMP did decide to flake out halfway through the process, please check your numbers. TURN 6-2-1 - It is Persia's turn!  Red - Triskelli - Persia (Xerxes) Green - frankenfreak - Greece (Alexander the Great) Blue - Straight White Shark - Egypt (Cleopatra) Yellow - Gutter Owl - Japan (Empress Suiko) Reference Post | Zoomed-In Tech Board | Condensed Rules
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Sorry, missed that I had a decision. Keep the camp, name it Nagoya.
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Mar 5, 2017 02:39
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+1 gold from Banking. +3 gold, +1 food from trade. 1.) Play the card "Leader Assassination" on Frankenfreak, paying one culture and giving him one less action on his turn. 2.)Found a city with my settler at I9, dubbing it "Susbee" 3.) I build an infantry at Susbee with 2 gold. 4.) I spend 2 Mood for a 4th action, and up to 2 culture to attempt to influence Chersonus from Susa. Triskelli fucked around with this message at 16:00 on Mar 6, 2017 |
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Mar 6, 2017 00:11
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Triskelli posted:4.) I spend 2 Mood for a 4th action, and up to 2 culture to attempt to influence Chersonus from Susa. Because of Susa's activation I move my ship(s) next to Susbee. Cultural Influence doesn't activate a city, unfortunately.
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Mar 6, 2017 00:25
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Stelas posted:Cultural Influence doesn't activate a city, unfortunately. Scratch that ship movement then
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Mar 6, 2017 00:51
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Revised orders listed.
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Noting that Egypt still gets to place a settler. Meanwhile, I spotted some other things...Triskelli posted:+1 gold from Banking. I believe you only get 3 gold from trade here - your three ships can trade to Epirus, Roma, and Chernossus... which leaves nothing left for your southernmost settler, who can't double up on Chernossus. quote:1.) Play the card "Leader Assassination" on Frankenfreak, paying one culture and giving him one less action on his turn. Playing this card is a free action.
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I simply cannot do a turn right the first time, can I? Okay, NEW orders: +1 gold from Banking. +3 gold from Trade. As a Free Action, Play the card "Leader Assassination" on Frankenfreak, paying one culture and giving him one less action on his turn. 1.) Advance Totalitarianism with 2 gold (+1 Mood from Education) 2.)Found a city with my settler at I9, dubbing it "Susbee" 3.) Using a Move action, I send an infantry from Darius's Ditch to Susbee and an Elephant from Susa to Babylon, paying gold to use roads. I also move my fleet to Susbee. 4.) I spend 2 Mood for a 4th action, and spend 1 mood, 1 food, 1 ore to build 2 infantry in Susbee.
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Turn 6-2-2 - Greece Start of Turn. Gain 3 gold from trade routes to Egyptville, Susa, and Babylon. 1. Advance Free Education for 2 gold and unlock Formal Training. 2. Activate Roma to build a temple for 2 gold (no food cost thanks to State Religion). Get Devotion as free Theocracy advance (State Religion). Arts & Sculptures. Pay 1 culture to attempt influence on Babylon (from Susa with Hellenization).
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Mar 6, 2017 19:18
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TURN 6-2-1 - It is Persia's turn!Triskelli posted:4.) I spend 2 Mood for a 4th action, and spend 1 mood, 1 food, 1 ore to build 2 infantry in Susbee. Susbee's size 1! For the moment, I'll assume you just Draft a single unit as per your original actions, since you'll get the mood back immediately and it's the simplest way to go about it, and for the sake of speed we'll truck on. If you want to go for something different let me know and I'll slip it in. Persia plays Leader Assassination: Leader Assassination posted:Pay 1 Culture token to play. As a free action, choose a player. That player gets 1 less action on his upcoming turn. TURN 6-2-2 - It is Greece's turn! Susa's Grecian Quarter attempts to influence Babylon! Due to the presence of troops, Totalitarianism is in effect. 5! TURN 6-2-3 - It is Egypt's turn!  Red - Triskelli - Persia (Xerxes) Green - frankenfreak - Greece (Alexander the Great) Blue - Straight White Shark - Egypt (Cleopatra) Yellow - Gutter Owl - Japan (Empress Suiko) Reference Post | Zoomed-In Tech Board | Condensed Rules
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Mar 7, 2017 04:30
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Forgot about my settler gain, put it in Egyptville. Egypt 6-2 1. Activate Egyptopolis, collect 2 Food and 2 Ore 2. Activate Egyptville, collect 3 Food and 1 Ore 3. Activate Egyptopolis (dropping mood to neutral), build 3 infantry, gain 1 mood (Nationalism) Free, pay 2 mood (Absolute Power). Move: 3 infantry move from C3 -> D2, Cleopatra moves C3 -> C1. Free. Cleo drops a culture token on Egyptburg.
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Mar 7, 2017 17:06
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Free) Suiko reverts influence in Nara with Japanese Buddhism. 1) Activate Kashi to collect 2 wood, 1 ore, 1 idea (Husbandry, Roads, Pub Ed) 2) Spend 2 ideas on the Storage/Pottery advancement, gaining 2 mood. 3) Activate Nara, collect 3 food, 1 ore (Husbandry, Roads, Fishing), gain 1 culture (Pottery). Free) Absolute Power, spend 2 mood for an action. 4) Activate Osaka, spend wood/food/ore to build a Fortress. Free) Play Leadership, spend a culture token for an action. 5) Activate Egyptnawa, spend wood/food/ore to build a Fortress.
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Mar 7, 2017 19:15
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TURN 6-2-3 - It is Egypt's turn! That stuff happens. TURN 6-2-4 - It is Japan's turn! That stuff mostly happens. However: quote:5) Activate Egyptnawa, spend wood/food/ore to build a Fortress. Angry cities cannot increase in size! The map accounts for the Culture used to play Leadership. One action remains.  Red - Triskelli - Persia (Xerxes) Green - frankenfreak - Greece (Alexander the Great) Blue - Straight White Shark - Egypt (Cleopatra) Yellow - Gutter Owl - Japan (Empress Suiko) Reference Post | Zoomed-In Tech Board | Condensed Rules
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Mar 8, 2017 12:37
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Ah. Then activate Nara again instead. 2 food, 2 ore, 2 gold for three infantry. Gain a mood (Nationalism), Nara gets disgruntled.
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Sorry, guys, getting my rear end kicked at work again. Home stretch! TURN 6-3-1 - It is Persia's turn!  This round is the last of the game!  Red - Triskelli - Persia (Xerxes) Green - frankenfreak - Greece (Alexander the Great) Blue - Straight White Shark - Egypt (Cleopatra) Yellow - Gutter Owl - Japan (Empress Suiko) Reference Post | Zoomed-In Tech Board | Condensed Rules
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Okay last turn. How did Babylon get culturally flipped when I have Totalitarianism? +1 gold from Trade. +1 Gold from banking, and +1 from my market in Babylon 1.) Use Mercenaries to have the barbarian camp at G9 attack Chersoneus. I'll wait for that result.
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Mar 9, 2017 17:10
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Triskelli posted:Okay last turn. How did Babylon get culturally flipped when I have Totalitarianism? Lucky roll. It doesn't block cultural influence, it just stops other players from boosting the roll.
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Triskelli posted:Okay last turn. How did Babylon get culturally flipped when I have Totalitarianism? What Straight said. You can still attempt CI, just not boost it by spending Culture. Triskelli posted:1.) Use Mercenaries to have the barbarian camp at G9 attack Chersoneus. I'll wait for that result. For reference, Mercenaries posted:As an action, you may direct Barbarians to attack another player's city. Both one of your cities and the target city must be within 2 spaces of the Barbarian camp. Normal Barbarian attack rules apply. However, Chernossus has a Fortress up. The Barbarians only have a single army, meaning they're only dealing 1d6 damage - which will be cancelled by the fortress. (This is still a valid plan if you just want to clear the Barbarian out, though.)
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Stelas posted:What Straight said. You can still attempt CI, just not boost it by spending Culture. Sorry for the delays, work has really picked up lately. Revised orders: 1.) Advance the last Science tech for 2 gold. 2 & 3.) Roll cultural influence for Susa and Babylon, paying whatever gold/culture is necessary to make 'em great again. 4.) 2 Mood to move my fleet from Susbee into Greece's fleet. No action cards to play.
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Mar 10, 2017 01:45
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Playing DEFIANT STAND for the first round.
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TURN 6-3-1 - It is Persia's turn! Persia attempts to reclaim its glory in Susa! (1; no boost.) Persia attempts to reclaim its glory in Babylon! (3 + 2 Culture) Persia's fleet assaults Greece's fleet! Greece plays Defiant Stand: Defiant Stand posted:If you are the defender, gain +1 CV to your roll for each enemy unit for this round. Persia's Fleet: 3 Ships = 3d6 = 3d6 = 9! 1 hit! Greece's Fleet: 3 Ships + Defiant Stand = 3d6+3 = 15! 3 hits! Persia's forces are repelled! Greece reveals MARAUDER - Immediately: Upon fighting a battle where you eliminated a Settler, or a Ship, which is generating a trade route. Persia has two moves remaining, otherwise TURN 6-3-2 - It is Greece's turn!  Red - Triskelli - Persia (Xerxes) Green - frankenfreak - Greece (Alexander the Great) Blue - Straight White Shark - Egypt (Cleopatra) Yellow - Gutter Owl - Japan (Empress Suiko) Reference Post | Zoomed-In Tech Board | Condensed Rules
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I had different plans going into the last two turns, but as they say they didn't survive contact with the enemy. Anyway, the chips are down, bottom of the ninth with 2 outs, we're down a goal in injury time - time to swing for the fences and throw that Hail Mary pass. Turn 6-3-2 - Greece Trade. +3 gold from Trade Routes with Susa, Babylon and Egyptville. Arts & Sculptures. Attempt Cultural Influence on Babylon. 1. Activate Chersonesos to build 1 army for 1 gold. 2. Move all ships to F14, embark all armies and Alexander. 3. Move to disembark Alexander and the armies into Susa. Play FLANKING.
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Send my two armies at Susbee to capture the two barb camps as Suscee and Susdee for the Empire. I'll burn my two action cards to bolster my defenses at Susa (original flavor). Triskelli fucked around with this message at 17:18 on Mar 10, 2017 |
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I got lazy at the totals with the end since no-one's going to get any more component limited than they are now. Hand counts are all correct, since that's what matters most. Persia throws out 2 Gold to attempt to take over two Camps - rolling for the barbarians: (4 3). Steel Weapons kill them both and Persia gets both settlements. TURN 6-3-2 - It is Greece's turn! Greece attempts a Cultural Influence! 4! It's a success! Oh god it's an enormous fight! Greece's forces take on Susa! Greece plays Flanking - Army: If you are the attacker, add one die to your combat roll. - because I guess you can flank from a ship disembarkment somehow. Persia plays For The People - Army/Fortress: If you are defending a city, gain an extra die this round. Grecian Forces: 4 Infantry + Flanking + The Known World = 5d6+4 = 25! 5 hits! Persian Forces: 3 Infantry + 1 Cavalry + For The People + Steel Weapons = 5d6+8 = 31! 6 hits! Alexander the Great has died in battle! Persia gets 2 VP for a leader kill. Greece reveals WARLORD - Immediately: Upon eliminating at least 3 Army units in one battle. Greece reveals AGGRESSOR - Immediately: Upon eliminating at least two Army units in a battle you started against another player. Greece has two more moves if desired, otherwise TURN 6-3-3 - It is Egypt's turn!  Red - Triskelli - Persia (Xerxes) Green - frankenfreak - Greece (Alexander the Great) Blue - Straight White Shark - Egypt (Cleopatra) Yellow - Gutter Owl - Japan (Empress Suiko) Reference Post | Zoomed-In Tech Board | Condensed Rules
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So the rules state that you only assign hits to leaders in a Barbarian attack - during a normal player-vs-player battle, you only assign hits to units, with the Leader dying if they're left alone with a foreign unit. The exact definition of 'alone with a foreign unit' is a bit unclear, but as with Suiko's case in Turn 6-1-3, my interpretation is that if you're in your own city that doesn't exactly count as alone.
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Egypt 6-3 1. Activate Egyptopolis to collect 2 ore and 1 food 2. Activate Egyptopolis again (dropping to angry) to build 1 infantry, gain 1 mood (Nationalism). 3. Move: Infantry moves C3->D2, Cleopatra moves C1->C3 Free. Cleopatra places a mood token in Egyptopolis
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1) Collect from Kashi, gain wood, ore, ore, idea (Husbandry, Roads, Pub Ed) 2) Build Academy in Nara for gold + wood + ore, gain 2 ideas. 3) Spend 2 ideas on Art & Sculptures, gain 1 culture and 1 mood (Free Ed). Free) Absolute Power, spend 2 mood for an extra action. 4) Build Temple at Kashi for wood/ore (State Religion), Kashi no longer happy. Free) Play Militia, spending 1 culture for 1 infantry in Nara. Free) Art & Sculptures, spend 1 culture to wild swing cultural influence at Egyptopolis. Status phase, score my last three objectives.
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Slight corrections to Japan's turn, but only cosmetic ones - there's no room for an infantry in Nara so it goes elsewhere. Japan attempts to Culturally Influence Egyptopolis and fails! (1) The game ends!
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STATUS PHASE 6 Persia reveals SCIENCE - Status Phase: You have all four Science advances. Persia reveals STANDING ARMY - Status Phase: You have at least 4 Cities with Army units. Greece reveals GREAT NAVY - Status Phase: You have four Ships, or at least two more than any other player. Greece reveals COASTAL CULTURE - Status Phase: You have more cities with Ports than any other player. Greece reveals CONSULATES - Status Phase: You have Cultural Influence in at least two different foreign cities. Greece could not reveal CIVILIZATION OF AGES / CLEANSE THE SEAS. Egypt reveals THREAT - Status Phase: You have at least 4 Army units adjacent to another player's city. Egypt could not reveal LEGACY / IVORY TIDE. Egypt could not reveal GREAT MIGRATION / STAMPEDE. Egypt could not reveal WELL-STOCKED / AMPHIBIOUS ASSAULT. Egypt could not reveal NEW FOUNDER / DEFIANCE. Japan reveals MILITARY MIGHT - Status Phase: You have at least 12 Armies and/or Ships. Japan reveals ENLIGHTENED - Status Phase: You have all four Education advances. Japan reveals CIVILIZATION - Status Phase: You have at least six cities.  Pliny's Definitive Guide To The Strongest Civilizations posted:Persia: 8 (Cities) + 16 (Advances) + 14 (Objectives) + 5 (Wonders) + 2 (Events) = 45
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Thanks to all my players for putting up with delays and nonsense. Holy poo poo, I had forgotten just how annoying it was to keep track of each player's bonuses in CoC, and it was compounded by work kicking my rear end pretty much every week and leaving me quite stressed. (At one point my boss spotted my screen and thought I was playing Civilization, ooooooooooops.) That was not my finest-run game ever, but we made it through in the end.
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Don't be so down on your own performance, Stelas, and thank you for your effort for running this game. I'm surprised I even came so close in the end; in the middle turns I was bumbling around with little adherence to an overarching strategy.
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Phew! I wasn't sure if I'd still take the win after expanding so much. I'll admit that I didn't have much of a plan past pushing for the Great Lighthouse, but the fistfuls of gold I pulled in helped me react to whatever was thrown at me.
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Thanks for running this, it was fun. In spite of everything I enjoyed trying to make the best of a bad situation, even if the best turned out to not be very good.
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