My First game...WOW!

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Romans (Comercial/Warlike)
16 civs
islands
Regent

I started by founding Rome on a food plain area. I knew some of my people might die due to disease but I didn't care. Soon I found some ivory 2 squares from Rome and built a road to it and then a colony. My people were Finally happy...

I built a settler and built another city on ANOTHER food plain (note: this foodplain hasn't caused 1 disease yet...). I also went exploring with a few wariors and one became ELITE by fighting off barbs. The story of this warrior is worth a paragraph by itself...

This warrior was built in Rome, he explored our general surroundings then went North. When he reached the sea he went East. Along his journeys he discoved a Hittite (barbarian)band of 2 wariors. The first warior attacked and lost without doing any damage, in turn Making my warior a veteran. The second warior attacked and met the same fate. Death at the hands of my uber warior. I also discovered that this hardy band of Rag-tag Militia was now the strongest unit in the Known world. They continued up and soon met Egypt. While Cleo and me argued over how much the wheel is worth my warriors continued there adventure. However my super-warior "accidently" wandered in to the area around Thebes (There capital, I might be wrong on the name though). Mrs. Cleo soon came a-whining. I found it rather amusing that my soldiers had been "Fondling the chickens and hurrasing the women" of Thebes. I soon left there borders and wondered around discovering stuff. Suddenly I got reports that Thebes, the most important Egyption city, had just been ransacked by barbarion wariors. My troops simply wandered into the city and, with no resistance, officially ripped Egypt a new hole. The city was small however, and it probably had BAD coruption (To far away from my cap) so my troops were givin the most disgusting orders man has yet to be givin. They waited till all 10,000 Egyptions were asleep, then simply poisoned the water supply with the most disgusting mush of larva from the river outside Rome... The next day 10,000 people were dead and Egypt had to rebuild there capital (not an easy task). This, for some crazy reason, caused Egypt to go to war with me and there first target was my band O' Uber troops . I marched up towards there second city with these guys and met them on a battle feild outside it. My troops wooped theres but not before Egypt kiled 2\5 of my warriors. My troops retreated for some rest. They fortified on a Mountain now called "Vengence pass" because of the battle that happened there. A regular Egyption Warior attacked and defeated my troops, I later found out there families had been in thebes... And so ends the story of my Uber warior.

While Egypt Lost 1/2 her population my people expanded and secured a cultural front Unmatched by anyone on earth. I soon met the Babylonians and we traded techs. I, being the greedy bastard I am, tried to kill a warior which was escorting (Nice job Fraxis ) a settler so I could get two workers from him. Didn't happen. We DID have a war which basicaly included tiny skirmishes and a peace.

I soon met a few more civs, all beyond my reach, and hoarded legions. I went to war with the babs and took 3 cities. 1 anoying city I used to continue the tradition that all Elites Must Burn a city to a fine chrisp before being OFFICIAL "Kings Guards". Odly enough those troops were also from Rome (like my warrior), it might be hereditary . My modern legions also got me my golden age. Those stupid Babs also won a battle or two with there bowmen. If it made any difference in there long-held tradition of sucking in battle though, I didn't notice. I also buit Pompei witch seems to be be good for only 1 thing: distracting Barbarions. I had a barb uprising by it that simply turned it to ****.

All in all this game is REALLY fun. Well worth 50$

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Ok, though no one seems interested Im gona continue this because it gets REALLY interesting...

First let me say that I stoped this game because 16 players+alot of units+a great game engine=BAD lag but ill tell you my adventure up until my retirement...

Well after the great uprising of the barbarian tribes around Pompei I officially decided that I would take down the camp 3 squares away from Pompei with a Vet legion. I was alittle leary of going in though because only recently I sent an archer to clear the barbs out, but JUST before he got to the camp about 15 barbs exploded out of it. The archer killed about 6 before finally falling himself. But my Legion went down, and defeated the 1 Warrior Guarding the town. I got 25 gold AND a Elite legion, not bad .

Meanwhile on the diplomatic front I built a road that connected me with Babylon. They wern't in love with me after I raped them like "A redheaded step child" but couldn't say no to fine Ivory tusks, especially Roman, the finest tusks on earth *cough*only*cough* . And they valued resources ALOT and gave me a VERY nice deal. Meanwhile my infastructure grew and I met civs from everywhere on earth, non especially happy with me because in terms of war there areas are cool blue and mine a firey red. but most traded SOMTHING with me.

My military, though most were either stalking Babylons border or guarding my cities, grew large and powerful. At this point for NO REASON WHATSOEVER I sold Pompei to Russia, then took it back with force I think that day my leader drank ALITTLE to much Russian vodka. However the evil Babylons were preparing for somthing, even though they sold 7/10ths of there army because of lack of funds and gave me pretty much whatever I wanted, I had this insane-paranoid feeling that they were plotting.... always plotting....

So to counter the Non-existant Babylonian threat I built up and started on a crusade that would cause the fall of both Babylon and Rome as empires, and leave the door open for an unexpected foe...

My troops stoped fiddling at the border and invaded, storming two cities easily and even fighting into the wine-vinyards around the city of Babylon itself. But attempts to take Babylon failed. However my push didn't stop. But suddenly a force of Bowmen stormed a important border city taken in the last war. This turned out to be a truly great blessing in disguise as my elite troops stormed the city and created a great leader (name begins with a T but I dont remember the whole thing) This leader formed a 12-hitpoint monster known as "The Army Of Mother Rome". He marched up and stormed 1 city, rested, then stormed another. More Elite troops began apearing as my armies took land like you would drink water. Then... disaster....

My jaw droped when I read "Egypt Allies with Babylon and declares war on Rome" However they left me alone. For awhile. I told myself they were to weak when I really knew that they were building TONS of troops, all of witch were going to do some major damage. My troops at Babylon needed Reinforcments but I was trying to become a monarchy, so they would have to hold out. They did but the war became a war of atrition, witch I was going to win because of "The Army Of Mother Rome" but they took time to rejuvinate after taking a city, time I soon ran out of...

Egypt was back, and with avengence. Chariots blitzed a important coastal city, and soon the war on my Egyption border made my entire history of war with Babylon look like a game of checkers. Elite legions won 2 out of 3 batles... They were outnumbered 1-5...Eventually my only source of iron fell, and brought my hopes of victory with it...

Hope you liked my story! I was just really boared and wanted to write somthing. I recently started a game as the germans and will write about that if anyones interested. So far I look like a Pimple on the Ass of a elefant but ill make that change...mark my words. Anyway, Goodnight! (12:00 here )