The true mistake was going great library without having space from the others players.
Building the Great Library early is broadcasting a very clear message to all of your neighbors.
“I have not built an army.”
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I am building this great library.
For you to have. Happy birthday.
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“If you have spearmen and catapults, there is a party in this city and you are invited!”
You really had a great position in that game. The poor guy north of you had a bad position that only made it worse by going great library.
The fact that I had no one south of me was really great early game. It ended up being tricky later once I discovered some things…
If I were him, I would have rolled Egypt as fast as possible and gone hard military. Offer a treaty to those bloodthirsty Shoshone to the south and the Poles to the north, and agreed mutually on where settlement would occur.
Position myself as the buffer state between the two, allied by treaty with both.
Part 14: The Battle of Memphis Plain
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Mwz6wxgAmQ
Rym remains at war with Poland, still seeking to liberate Thebes and bring Egypt back as a stronger ally. After turns of posturing and a violent exchange of Great Generals, a major battle occurred where Memphis once stood. In the aftermath, an uneasy armistice.
I would enjoy these videos more if I knew which other forumites you were playing against and what empires they controlled.
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I cant wait to see who else is out there.
Part 15: The Dawn of a New Era
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdsC8J6BWHs
An era ends as Warsaw falls. The Polish player abandons the game, joining Persia and Egypt as rump states under the control of AI governors. Rym has secured and unified the continent, and peace rapidly returns to the known world. No human players remain on the continent and Rym’s Shoshone begin to look outward.
It isn’t known yet what has transpired in the rest of the world. The seas are not yet explored. aspvip and TallTale are out there somewhere. Rym has a free hand on land, and begins to invest in coastal defenses and exploration. On the Western Sea, Rym has the coastal cities necessary to sustain a navy. But the Eastern Sea presents a possible risk… The beginnings of a plan for a naval installation begin to form…
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