WAR - Sid Meier's Civilization 7 - Augustus Rome ep 8

Alright everyone, we are back and it's time to continue our Civilization VII playthrough with Rome, baby. And in this episode, we might have war. We have officially expanded to the rest of our continent of Oceania. All the green has been taken up by the Romans. And now we gotta think about moving into the continent of Pangaea, where the Greeks and the Mississippians and the Egyptians all reside. Still have to figure out about the rest of the world as well, but we're getting close to that exploration age, right? So in this video, the fans, my Roman citizens that are all here right now, I think they want war. So our plan in this video, we are going to secure what we have, we're going to get ready for the eventual war with the Mississippian, we're going to try to get them to go to war with the Greeks and we'll see what happens with Isabella. But that's why we are streamlining for ironworking right now. This will give us the tier 3 rank for each unit that we have. So if war does kick off, I will have the strongest units available in the antiquity age. That's what we're going for. After that, we're going to pick up a bunch of these little masteries like the wheel mastery. I can gain one codex right there. If I go for navigation mastery, after I get that, we can get another codex, right? We need to increase our science. At 34 science per turn, it's good enough for a second, but the Mississippian up there at 55, he's taken off, right? So we'll get a few more codices. I already have three in my city of Roma and we have a library built in Capua, so we're trying to get more science in this. But I got a suggestion from my Roman citizens that I should be going for mathematics so that we can unlock the academy, which is essentially the upgrade from the library, right? So I'm going to get ironworking done. I'm going to get a bunch of codices done, and then we're going to go to mathematics, although I don't know if we're going to be able to get there before the era changes over. We have really focused on military, right? If I go to my journal, my culture, I've built some wonders, so I have two culture points right there. Military, Pax Imperatoria, we are up at, what is that, six? I got to own another, I got to capture an enemy settlement, or I think I got that already. Oh my god. So we got to capture an enemy settlement. That might be that Mississippian city that's right there. Science, it's all about the codices. Displayed 10 of them. I got three. We can work on five there. And economic, assign 20 resources to your settlements. We're getting up there in resources as well. Hang on a second. Boom, right? It's all going to Roma, but that's why the fans, sorry, not the fans, that's disrespectful. The Roman citizens were suggesting, Johnny, go after a merchant. We haven't focused on that at all, right? So maybe that is the right idea. For our civic tree, we are going after organized military, which is going to be done in two turns. That will give us conscription. One minus gold for maintenance of units. So all my military units out there, right? How many? One, two, three, four, five, minus 10, minus 12. I might be up to 100 gold per turn, which is going to be real good. So let's see what the game is bringing my way now. Grow a city. All right. So Mediolanum has begun to grow. I wouldn't mind extending out in this direction, but remember, I've gotten a lot better with my districts now, right? So we're already working the Jade resource. We're already working the mine resource right here. I might not be a bad idea to get this sucker over here so that we can eventually get access to the water. So building my district here might be the best to go down here, then here, and have all these tiles as my district. I do want to make sure that I get all of this, though. So this is more going to be about extending my borders so that I get all of this land. So I'm going to select this tile right here. That's going to build a clay pit. I might build over it again in the future, but boom, by getting that tile, it will snag up that tile and that tile right there, and we extend our borders. I don't want Machiavelli, who is a friend of mine, taking my territory, all right? So we're just going to do that right there for Mediolanum, or Mediolanum, oh man, I'm butchering these names. Now in Roma, the fans, damn it, the Roman citizens, oh man, I got to change my commentary for this. They want the merchant. Now I want to get the Temple of Jupiter down because we've already built the Basilica right there, and apparently if you build the Basilica and the Temple of Jupiter in the same tile, you then get the unique quarter, the Forum, Temple of Jupiter. We are going to construct that right down on the Basilica. Boom! Get that sucker done, all right? So that's going to be three turns. Choose production. We're over here in Capua. I guess I could do the same thing, right? The altar would give me happiness. The arena, the bath, there's lots of different things that I could build down here. So I think what we'll do for Capua, because we just constructed the library, and now for Capua, is it the fishing key? Yeah! We can get that fishing key going over there now and have access to the world. And the fishing key will also make all of these fishing boats one plus extra food, right? So that's what I'm going to do here. The fishing key is going to give me three food. I'll put it down on, hmm, let's go this way. Put it down on this tile right over there, all right? So Capua building up some food. What do we got over here? Our legion. So we're not at war just yet. I did want to make sure that we had good support, but I don't want to go next to this volcano, even though this guy's right here. I don't want to go next to that volcano with anyone else. Our scouts are continuing to move out here. We want to uncover the rest of the world. We also had a scout down here in the south. He's trying to get back on the land right now. As we know, Isabella, the capital of Waset, and that damn natural wonder, it's so damn good. But I don't know why the AI decided to spread out. I mean, look at, like, what's the city over here? All this open land here, right? And the same with the Mississippian. Cahokia, Chickasaw makes sense, but then Coosa and Hoover, all the way up there. That's inevitable war. Everyone's trying to lay claim to the entire continent. Ladies and gentlemen, my Roman citizens, let's move off into the future. Keep an eye on what's going on. Want to see if any wars are happening. We got some Mississippian scouts. Oh, crap. Oh man, food we had. Look at these tiles. I told you. These tiles are even getting better. Because of these volcanoes going off, it's going to cost money to have to maintain them. But look at this tile by itself. Four food, three production, one gold, one science, one happiness. That thing is awesome, man. Johnny, it's K, not key. Really? I thought it was a fishing key. I thought you could say it multiple ways. Oh man. All right. Well, I'm warlord supervious. I'm not professor supervious. Give me a damn break, all right? An unmet player has finished constructing the world wonder, Der Shuriken. All right. So another civilization out there building up those wonders. Nisiros has erupted, thankfully. Damage appears to be light. So that's that volcano blowing up. Command units. All right. So this is my stay-at-home Legatus. He is there now to help out. Just fortify right there. Same thing with you guys, fortify. So we have got this covered, right? If Kusa is going to attack us, I've got all of these. Let me get rid of the yield icon so you guys can see everything. All right. So we've got all these little mountains and all these little passageways. But for them to get to Neapoli, they're going to have to filter through and that's not going to be good for them. I can just bombard them over and over again. You guys know how warlord supervious does. So I think there's nothing else to do. I'm saving some gold for the rainy day and also conscription once we get the iron working with this many units out there, we're not going to be producing them. We're going to be upgrading them. So that's what I'm saving up my gold for. We're going to have the most advanced military on the planet, on the known world. We don't know it's a planet yet, right? It's flat earth right now. I got to read that and I got to understand it. This could be something filthy for Roma. Command units. All right. So we got our scout. I want to try to get our scout out to the water here, right? I want to uncover this coastline and we'll see if I can get open borders with them. There's no way a hostile relationship. There's not really much else to explore. We did it, right? We got some land down here, but I don't have good relations with anyone, so I can't go there. I guess we can go over here. Yeah. To the southeast, the southeast with this scout right here. So get back to the coast, my man. All right, Romans, let's move into the future once again. Oh, anything happening? An army is a miniature of the society which produces it. Well, we are a militaristic society, baby. Organized military. I can organize. Now, conscription. Minus one gold for maintenance per units. The mausoleum of Theodoric. I believe that that one already got built, but wow, it gives you one plus militaristic attribute point. That's good to know. Oh, I forgot about that. Ladies and gentlemen, our settlement limit has gone up to seven. Now, there is no reason not to go to war. Oh, crap, man. All right, civic. Let's see what we're going for next. We got organized military, right? We got our Roman civics in there. What should I be getting? I can go for mastery, honor. Nah, I don't need that, although the gate of all nations might not be a bad idea. I do believe that those have been built already. Clan networks, food, no. Public life, city guard. I wouldn't mind getting something else for settlement limit, you know what I mean? So that we can expand even more. You know what? I think we've got to go for entertainment. Are you not entertained? And then we can build the Coliseum. We can already build it, but look at that. Two plus happiness in all settlements as well. That would allow me to really get out there and expand. Yeah, we're going to go for that. So first, we'll pick up public life, which will get a city guard and three plus combat strength for fortified districts. So that's good for defense, I guess. And then the Oracle as well for culture. Okay, good. Volcano, oh geez, again? Look at this tile now, five food, three, geez. Every time this volcano goes up, this tile gets even better, man. More fertilized. Machiavelli has completed a milestone for wonders of the ancient world. So Machiavelli building wonders like crazy. I guess I just forgot that one. Damn, Machiavelli. Okay, did he just build that? Yeah, the Wei Ying Palace. He got the palace with the influence. So Machiavelli is going to be influencing the entire world. Six plus influence on that. Damn, man. Look at all these tiles now, right? Three food, three food, three food. This could have been five food unless that tile belonged to Roma, which kind of is frustrating. I want to get this tile as well, and I want to get this tile as well. So everything is looking really good over there in capital. We don't need another one. How about an arena for some happiness? How about a market for some gold? Where could I put the market down? Ooh, baby. If I put a market right here, that's seven gold. Now, why? Let me understand this. The base yield for the market is two plus gold. One plus gold for each adjacent coastal terrain. So there's no coastal terrains right there. One plus gold for each adjacent navigable river terrain. So one, two, three rivers that are adjacent to it, plus the plus two yield. That's five. And then one plus gold for each adjacent wonder, and it's next to the pyramids. That's perfect. I am going to put the market right down on top of the garden. Boom. Seven gold. So that tile is going to be responsible for seven food and seven gold. That's nice, man. The little market. Now, we got to get some more merchants out there, the fans. The Roman citizens are saying, I can't get rid of my GM mode commentary. Commentary. Oh, my God. They're not fans, all right? You serve the Roman citizens, and if you fail, they're going to form a mob and come and kill you. They're not fans, you idiots. All right. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm trying my best. You know what? Instead, what I'm going to do with this scout, I'm not going to try to uncover the coastal territories. I'm going to bring this scout up to our army so that I can start to scout their lands and make my decision on the attack on Cusa, because now with our settlement limit, it's time to go to war for Pax Imperatoria, all right? But I want to make sure that I'm not just marching into a death trap. I need to know that I can march through there and survive. Here we go. Let's move into the future again. Oh, man. Yeah, they're tier two archers. They could burn with that as well. Narrative choice. All right. Hang on. I'm going back over here. What do we got? Yeah, it's only five. Did I construct it? Let's see. Yeah, it's there. It's there. Hang on. Boom. Where is it? Boom. There they are. So the Basilica's giving me five gold, one influence. The Temple of Jupiter is giving me one culture, three happiness, and in the same district, culture and for every tradition. So is it just added then up here? Does it get put down? I got to figure out what traditions are. Narrative choice. Rome grows. As Rome grows, so too does the notion of Roman identity. An influx of new visitors rapidly changes the fabric of the city, and people can't always agree on what it means to be Roman. Immigration. Immigration in 1360 BCE. The Roman citizens are not all right with us losing our Roman identity. All right. So hang on a second. Rome's strength is in its diversity. Our strength is our... Oh, my God. I'm from Toronto. Isn't that our city's freaking slogan? Our diversity is our strength? That's hilarious. And happiness. Rome should distill a national identity. Oh, man. All right. My Roman citizens, are we closing the borders? My Roman citizens, I thank God we don't have to deal with the cancel culture. In 1360 BCE, the Roman citizens want the wall built. Rome should distill a national identity. Bang, baby. There it is. I did not fall for the trap, and I listened to my Roman citizens. Growtown. All right. So, Lungdonham. Where are we growing to, Lungdonham? So, I want more resources, right? That way we build up, not the Pax Imperatoria, but the Silk Roads. I'm already doing pretty good with this, and every time you get one of those, you get another point for the next age. I'm gonna go for the wine resource. Two plus happiness in the capital, and 10 plus culture when in a celebration. We're about to be in a celebration. That's a good one to go for. Bang. Grabbing that wine resource. Let's drink. Let's drink. Come on. That Roman wine? Oh, I'd love a taste. All right. Roma. So, I think this is strictly a decision based on historical context, all right? I know everybody wants the merchant, one turn for the merchant, but Roma, I think we need a Colosseum. If we want to have a national identity, if we don't want to embrace diversity, then is there any better wonder to have in Roma than the great Colosseum? Only nine turns, three plus culture, and two plus happiness on quarters in this settlement. I think that is the one that we have to go for. So, let's see what tiles we got, and also, let's see where would be the best place to put it, right? Because it's all about adjacency. So, I think like the, oh man, it's not gonna show me, is it? So, I think the library will get a boost to science if it's next to a wonder. So, is there anywhere that I could build the Colosseum? No, we're not gonna get it back next to that library. Right over here, the barracks, that wouldn't have an increase. That's the Terracotta Army, so we already have a wonder over there. Ah, the Villa. The Villa definitely has happiness. That's the tile right there. You know what? I will listen. Let's see what the merchant will give us, all right? So, let's build the merchant, and then we will go straight for the Colosseum. Still trying to get my scout up there. I don't wanna make any movement until I know what's ahead, all right? Because those are some badass archery units. They are specialty units. The burning arrow, right? So, I don't want my army to be burned to a crisp. Although, we have had the right setup here for an enemy that wields fire as a weapon, right? I mean, we got those fire camels over here. Yeah, baby. They shoot fire out their ass. The next turn, my Roman citizens. So, really interested to see what the merchant... Oh my God, more, more. Look, the fire camels can handle it now. One plus production on that tile, and this tile got a little bit as well. Now, I'm not gonna be able to work that tile, but look at all these tiles, man. I'm gonna build all of them up, every single one of them. Niseros, keep on going. Power at the center. What's this? At the heart of civilization, the capital city radiates authority. Banners bearing the sigil of empire flutter atop monuments to the power of a people united. Yet, other settlements distinguish themselves, and as their stars rise, citizens question their place in this larger community. Does the empire truly represent us all? Oh no, I've started a crisis. So, because I didn't embrace diversity, am I gonna have riots now? Oh no. Continue the crisis. Two plus crisis policy. What the hell did that do? First, growing a town. All right, so I want more resources, right? There it is, out there. The wool resource. Two plus production, two plus happiness. Sure, grab it. There it is, all right. So, the wool resource now. That's gonna go over. Whoa, oh my God. Okay, we'll get to that. We'll get to that. I gotta see what this is. Wool resource over here. Yeah, aroma. Although, that was a bonus resource. That might have been not the kind of resource that the game is looking for, for Silk Roads. I don't know, I don't know. Grow town, all right. So, up here, we're looking to get another resource as well. We already got that jade. Where do we want to extend to next? We don't wanna suffocate Roma, so let's stay up here. Let's go after that salt resource right there. Yep, we're gonna go for that, boom. Get that tile, and we're just gonna try to get as many resources as we can. I'm gonna go 20 science for 10 terms. All right, boom, get that done, and then these are my traditions, right? Oh, whoa, okay, so there it is, conscription, right? That was the one that we wanted, conscription. One minus gold for all units. We have priesthood, which is two plus gold in all settlements. I don't need survey anymore, because I'm done scouting. Charismatic leader, that's only two plus culture per turn, two plus influence per turn, and one plus production on urban districts, and you're, okay, I'm just looking for anything else that would really, training and infantry unit gains, culture, I'm not doing that. 10 plus food, gold, and culture in towns with a specialization, we're not really doing that either. Ah, you know what? Yeah, we're not really doing any of this. You know what? I'm gonna go back with survey, because I wanna know what's out there, so boom. All slots must be filled. Oh, the crisis, right, okay, so the crisis slots as well. So I have to take on some, what's this? The crisis begins, the crisis intensifies, the crisis culminates. So I guess at the end, you're gonna be thrown a curveball here? Incompetent ministers. Aw, man, one minus to the settlement cap. Suppress local traditions. Six minus happiness in settlements you did not found. Oh, no, that's horrible for war. Minus six happiness in settlements without walls. Okay, so let's do this one, and I will build up walls in every single settlement. I can do that. That's not gonna cost that much money. Which one should I go for next, man? **** your local traditions. It's Roman traditions only. There it is. All right, so now I gotta remember, the settlements that I did not found, they are going to have happiness issues. Got it, confirmed, boom. All right, so now we're gonna get that coliseum going, right on that tile. Boom, baby, and that will improve that tile, it will improve that tile as well, and overall, it'll improve our empire. How do I build a wall? I thought I could purchase a wall. Hang on a second. I already have a wall in Napoli, yes. So Kapua is angry right now, minus two. But if I go to purchase, ancient walls only 200, I'm gonna spend my gold, and I'm gonna get this out of the way right now, all right? Ancient walls, boom. And we're back to being happy again in Kapua, right? Four happiness, there it is. Yeah, I'm doing this, I'm doing this. Mediolanum, same thing, purchase an ancient wall, 140. Boom, get that wall up. This is the Roman Empire, after all. We're supposed to have walls everywhere, 140. Bang, there it is. This is why I'm saving up my gold, ladies and gentlemen, my Roman citizens, 140. Bang, there it is. And with a stroke of his pen, not his pen, damn, how do I record laws back here in 1340 BCE? The warlord Superbius makes sure that every settlement has a wall, there it is. So now we are not dealing with that unhappiness. The quill and feather, thank you. Yeah, ooh, I got a lot. Okay, so you guys are onto something. Again, I can get a boatload of resources from all these other cities by getting some merchants. So I think I might start getting merchants done in Kapua while Roma builds up the Colosseum, because that's more silk roads that we can get. So let's do that, let's 100% do that. So with our, we're just gonna go to the closest one. Merchant, you're gonna go over here to Machiavelli, Thabai, and we're gonna get some roads going over there. And also, I forgot about that. Yeah, these will create roads, which will make it a lot easier to march towards these cities. While we're going into the future, Roman citizens, what do you think? Should we be waiting to go to war until we get the tier three military units, or do you think we're good enough to go right now? There is another independent power, Bretonneux. So man, there's a lot of hostile freaking encampments that Isabella's gotta deal with, man. Gold's gone up a lot in like two to three turns. Okay, nice. Cullen King, oh, he's helping me out? The traditions are the policies with the quill thing in the corner. Whoa! No! They lived, they're all right. The fire camels are no joke, man. They can't be burnt anymore. Mount Etna, volcanic eruption of 1320 BCE. All right, my Roman citizens, after my dumb ass had to go to school, I figure it out. The traditions are the policies with this little freaking feather. Didn't even notice that. So in total, I had four traditions, but I have to be working them in my social policies. That way, then the forum would get the four culture and the four gold, and it would just go to the top. I think I got it, ladies and gentlemen. There you go, beautiful. So command units, what do we got down here? Now, let's take a look at the exploration down there. The man of the people. Gotta listen to them, even though it's a struggle sometimes, especially for all of you, listening to your dumb ass warlord superviors. Hey, listen, I'm great at war though, no? Ooh, what's this tile down here? Damn! Market and a, oh, right. The market is great against coastal, wow, one, two, three, four. That might even be a coastal territory there as well. That's like the greatest market on the continent right there. Isabella, she is making that money. My scout is almost there. Get up there, scout. Okay, so the Coliseum in seven turns. We got the market coming in one turn. That's gonna give me even more gold, and I wanna get my merchants out there so that we can get going on Silk Roads, right? Yes. More military units making their way up to Cusa. Still having some, whoa, whoa, whoa. Ovento! The flood of the Ovento River, ladies and gentlemen. Oh, no. Whoa, Roma had some damage right there. Our fishing key. All right, so now we spend some money, right? So purchase, repair the fishing boat, get that sucker done, long done-um. We wanna try to get as many resources as we can. This next one up here. This dies resource for happiness. Get going, get right to it. Work all the food tiles that you can. Down here in Capua. So again, I get it now with the forum, but we're not gonna do that because we wanna get as many merchants out there now. So four turns, it's a little bit longer than Roma, but let's just get it going, all right? Resource assignments, all right. Oh, what's this? Empire resources. Oh, those are the ones that don't actually get, okay, I got it, got it, yep. All right, we're good. I don't know why that popped up. We're good. Oh, command units. All right, so our scout is there. Scout, get up here and let's see what we got, all right? So the next turn, I'll be able to put the scout into a lookout and we will uncover what Cusa looks like, all right? For right now, gonna keep everything the same. Down here, I would like to get a good look. I'd like to get a good look into their territory, see if there's a, I think there's a second city right here. You ready? Boom. Whoa, man. Oh, that is the greatest market in the world right there. Mon Nefer, look at that. Is that a library as well? Is that a library and barracks right along the coast? So there is Isabella and she's got two settlers. She, three settlers. What the hell, Isabella? Three settlers, but she's only got, why is she building settler? What the heck? She had to figure out where to put it. Let's see. If I go to settler. Yeah, there's some room there, there's some room there. What is she doing? There's room up there. Oh my God. Oh, well. How many archers do I have down here? I got my ballista. I got two legions right there. I got an archer there. I think I need some more archers down here. Is it on that tile? Yeah, I'm gonna have to purchase some archers. So you guys, you know what? The buy is fine now. You're gonna come on down here now, okay? No need to protect this anymore. Get down there. I can increase our, but I might as well just wait 12 turns and then just increase them once. Why would I increase them once then do it again? Yep. Okay, so next turn. Six more turns for the Coliseum. We got some unit movement down there. Remain less interested in who we imagine ourselves to be than in what we can do for one another. Remain less interested in who we imagine ourselves to be. Wow, man. Than in what we can do for one another. Paul Gilroy, genius. All right, so if I wanna work my traditions now, but the thing is, these aren't great and they're only gonna give me extra culture. So it's like having three extra gold and three extra culture by putting those down. And I'm gonna lose two plus influence to, you know what? So I might as well take Charismatic Leader out of there. That makes sense, right? I'll go Latinus. One plus production on urban districts in your capital. That one's good because it's also a tradition. I want Conscription. I got enough influence right now. Yeah, I'm gonna take Oratory out of there. Let's go Auxilia just in case I gotta start producing some more units. And Survey and Priesthood, those are good because they're gold. You know what? Survey, get out of there. I wanna go Circus Honorum. There it is. So now if I do this, I'm making 97 gold per turn and 55 culture. Will that go up? 56 culture and 97 gold. Let's see the tiles now. The tiles look the same. Yeah, but I am working them now. Grow a town. All right, over here. What are we trying to get? Is there any more resources that we can get? No more. We already got the Iron and we already got the Jade. I wanna continue to spread out in this direction so that we basically encapsulate the most tiles that we can. So I'm gonna grab this farm right here. Boom, boom. Get that one. And then the next one I can go on this tile and that's basically it for Mediolanum. There's fish. Yeah, I know there's fish, but this is more important to me right now. And fish are not like the city resource. They're like bonus resources. Respond to diplomatic action. What's going on? Machiavelli has denounced your military presence on their borders. What? Military presence on the, oh, get out of here. It's just a little bit of movement. Calm the freak down, Machiavelli. Holy crap, man. Listen, I'm not gonna attack you, all right? Just chill out. He's trying to, I'll just, I'll go in there anyways. I don't even care. But I got a bigger, I got a bigger target right now and that is Cusa. I choose a civic. All right, so we got organized military. We got public life. We're going for entertainment for that extra settlement limit, right? So I'll get up to eight. That means I can take Cusa. I can take Chickasaw. That's perfect, man. Command units. All right, so here we go. The scout. Let's go into a lookout and see what we got. So my Roman citizens, is Cusa ripe for war? All I see, I don't see walls. I only see one archer there and one archer down there. Should we be attacking Cusa or should we be waiting 11 turns and then attacking? I don't see any tier three units for them. So it's tier two versus tier two. I got some influence so I can make it so that the war is on our side. Do you guys want war or should we just keep going right now? Cusa belongs to Rome. Well, you guys got that war emote so you can go ahead and spam that. Cusa is ours. War. Attack. Pack the units first. Okay, so it does seem like my Roman citizens want war and they want it now. Okay, so let me figure this out. So my first units, I need to get you in there, my Legatus. You're gonna need two legions and an archer. So Legionnaire, you're gonna load up in there. All right, Legionnaire, you're gonna load up in there. I'm gonna need an archer unit. It's funny, I didn't actually upgrade as many archers so I can just wait for these guys to get up here or I can, you know what? I'm going to get him in the army. There it is. And I'm going to just upgrade this archer. When he's in the army, 80 gold, boom, there it is. And we have a full army right now. So you, sir, you are going to move down into this tile right here. All right, so my armies are against their borders. We might piss them off now, man, but we'll wait, don't worry, we're all right. Now you, what do I got in here? There's the other archer. All right, so archer, you're gonna load up there. All right, you archers, you're gonna take your time. That's all right. And you, you're gonna come over here to the north. All right, so I can maybe put an archer in this tile. I can put two legions there, there and there. I shouldn't have to worry about the north at all, but some reinforcements coming from the south, right? So let's take Kusa as quick as possible and then we'll get some fortifications from this rock to this rock to defend it, okay? All right, so now you, warrior units, you're just gonna back off back to the city of Napoli. We don't have to worry about guarding these choke points anymore. You're gonna go over there, just sleep. And we got some more legions on the way as well. Legionnaires, don't wanna get you closed yet. You know what? Get out of the way, archer. Get out of the way, slinger. I gotta be efficient with this. March these guys up, keep them away from the volcano. So we're gonna march these legions in this way. My main unit is going to, we'll see if we can attack Kusa and take it down fairly quickly. If not, because what I'll do is I'll get my siege unit within range and an archer and then this archer in range. We'll see what three bombards do to the city. But if not, I gotta focus my attention south because those archers with their flaming arrows, they're gonna be on their way. The one thing though we're not thinking of here is my merchant. We're building more, but if I'm at war with these cities, we're not gonna be able to send our merchants there. So wait a minute. Should we be waiting to attack after we send our merchants there to get all the Silk Roads? Attack, then go. Attack first. All right, so to hell with Silk Roads. We are going for Pax Imperatoria. Sounds good. So Thabai, I'm going to start a trade route with Thabai. Boom, there it is. Is that gonna give me some more resources? Perfect. So let me get the wool resource out of there and let me get incense, which will help out the science. Boom, even more science. Catboy, you can get going as well. Look at all the freaking resources we got in our empire, man. So five more turns for the Coliseum. Command units, you down here. All right, so we uncovered that. Now I wanna march north. Let's not go near to Retinue. Let's get into the water and we'll go around this coast and up the east. There you go. Another city for Greece. Mekhene, let's move on into the future. Archers, yeah, their archers are moving over that way. Maybe they're going there. I don't know. Ooh, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Lots happening. Lots happening on the world. Hang on a second. Machiavelli's completed a milestone for Silk Roads. Yeah, Silk Roads. So Machiavelli's getting his business done. Our tornado outbreak. Oh my God. I told you the gods are on our side. Every time I'm about to go to war in this game, the gods come down and start shanking other civilizations. Sisters of freaking tornadoes, man. Three of them just outside the city of Corinthos. That would be terrifying. Damn. Any, one unit was killed. One unit was killed. That full-on just obliterated a unit. That's good, man. Maybe there's some freaking archers that are marching north and that's, oh, that's good. I'm telling you, man, the gods are on our side. Relationship with Machiavelli changed from friendly to helpful. Hey! All right, so we can continue growing Roma. Now, what I could do for Roma is we could start going after some specialists to get some, what's it called? Some science and everything, but then I lose out on some food and some, I don't want to do that. Hey, you got a Kaelin resource right over here that needs to be improved. I also got my river resources that we want to get up there as well. I don't want to suffocate Roma by going after this with this city, but that Kaelin resource is too good to pass up right now, so I'm going to grab that. Boom, there it is. Another resource, another resource. How many is that now we got? Get in there. Work for Capua. Look at all those resources that we got. Silk roads, silk roads, right? Economic, yeah. So what am I at right now? Slot seven resources. I got that one. Slot 14 resources. I'm pretty sure I'm close to 14, so yeah, that might not be a bad thing to go after as well. You, come on down here. Our archers are moving. All right, so give me the green light. Are we attacking this turn? Got that, command units. Yeah, I'm waiting, I'm waiting. I got a lot of command units to go. Are we attacking this turn, my Roman citizens? Are we going to war right now? War, war, green light. Well, the Roman Empire wants it, the Roman Empire gets it. Mississippian, declare war. My initial war support is gonna be one for me, zero for them. This will declare a formal war. You guys ready for the Mortal Kombat cutscene? Here we go! Woo! All the industry of your people on death. On your death? Yeah, there it is. There's the thumbnail for this video right there. So I'm going to support myself one time to give myself a little bit of a boost to start this turn. That's plus two, baby. All right, Warlord Superbious, it is time. It is time to showcase your ability and your skill. So what do we got, right? So I wanna get rid of that archer unit. That archer unit, it can be devastating. We don't want that. So I am going to do a little bit of a rollout right here. Wanna get the Ballista in that tile right there, right? Then what I wanna do is I wanna move up. Hang on a second, let me think. Let me think, I can actually, yeah. That's actually a way better idea. So I'm gonna put this archer down into this tile, right? Archer down into that tile. Then I'm gonna move my general and I'm gonna move him right over there. Right from there, I'm gonna take my Legion and I'm gonna deploy him into that tile and my other Legion, I'm gonna take and I'm gonna deploy it into that tile, all right? Completely surrounding it. Now, that means that this guy out here can attack him and this Legatus doesn't have the, what's it called? The upgrade that allows me to move after I've deployed, right? So we've set up with those guys and we're ready to go. But over here, this Legatus can, and I'd like to get some shots off on this unit and see if I can take him down. So that's what we're gonna do. So let's get you Legatus and put an archer unit right, you know what, archer unit right there. There you go. Now, Legatus, we are going to move to this tile. I can move out there, this tile. Move once. Oh, another archer unit. All right, so I'm starting to see an issue here. We got to attack him. We have to attack him. Legions, get out there immediately. Immediately attack. Oh man, and some spears on the way as well. You can see the problem, right? Starting to get spread out. All right, so legions, you're gonna make your ways up as well. I got to attack these archers. I'm just trying to find it. So attacking the city to start is not the right thing to do. We got to attack, even though the city is empty, I got to target these damn archers. They're way too strong. All right, so you, you're now gonna go into that tile. Beautiful. All right, so the first strike we are going to do is gonna be with this legion up against this archer. We're going to devastate him. All right, devastate him. There it is. Promotion available for my Legatus. Beautiful. So we took that archer down to 60 and my legion already lost 12. All right, now their melee units are on the way, but that's a big hit. That's a big hit, man. Next up, UDU. Now can I actually obliterate this guy? I'm gonna grab this archer. I'm gonna send it on their burning arrow. How's that feel? How does that feel? I didn't have my Legatus nearby. Damn it. That's all right. And now I can go finish it. Yeah. So I send in my, what's it called? My legion. I should do the upgrade first because I don't think I'm getting any more. So what do we got here for the upgrades? Perfect, right? Perfect. I wanted to get the next stage of logistics done. That's gonna give us regiments. So you know how this general can carry four units around? Now he can carry two or two more. Now he can carry six. Boom, baby. All right, so this general unit has that extra two slots available. I can bring a massive army around the map now. Now you, you're going to bombard the city of Cusa. There it is, all right? The city defenses are gonna be taken down. There it is, all right. Now you, general, you are going to stay in this tile right here, defended, so that he's gonna help out this legion and then all these guys. Now these guys marching south. You're on your way, yep. Warrior units, I need you to just get out the way right now. Warrior unit, I just need you to get out the way right now. Legions, all the way up, all the way up. There you go, warrior back into the city. There it is, so I got two more legions on the way. They're gonna help out. All we gotta do is take this city and then bring the wall and meet them south, all right? I don't wanna lose any units. I'll do my best, but that game, the game is not about that anymore. It's about keeping your generals alive, all right? So my level four legatus, come on, buddy. My level two legatus, you're doing good as well. You can stay up there as well, no problem. So we're gonna have to worry about this full strength archer right here. He's gonna be attacking this, what's it called? This legion, but you're not gonna be able to go to war and not lose anyone, right? Command units, all right, so down here, we wanna start sailing just to uncover this coast. Okay, I think we are good. So four more turns for the Coliseum, two more turns for another merchant. I've got this defended down here. In fact, I think what we're gonna do is, I got 80. Yeah, I'm going to upgrade the two units on my Death Valley flank, because now that I've declared war, it wouldn't take them much to send units from Chickasaw up to Capua. So I wanna make sure that that is ready to go. And in fact, Rome, we don't need a slinger over there. You're gonna come back down here, all right? I'm gonna leave my legion over there by Lugdunum. You never know what might come that way. I think we're good. Okay, so let's see what they bring our way now. And in fact, we were able to declare war on Mississippian and not have to go to war with Egypt. Now, maybe that might kick in this turn, I don't know. Here we go, they're attacking, yep. They're moving their units, only 21 damage. They didn't attack with this unit right there. Whoa! Nevermind! I covet not your lands and your crown for my own sake, but for the sake of God's empire, which is mine. She owns God's empire. My God, the narcissism on this one. I'm gonna support myself again. All right, just one time, just one time to get those things in the right direction. Boom, there it is. Now, what I'm seeing now is a problem, right? So these units are gonna be massing down here, got it. But I wanna now take out Cusa, because if we can take Cusa, then we can fortify Cusa, right? So that's exactly what we're gonna do. Oh man, okay, so I'm thinking, I'm thinking, if I'm gonna leave my Ballista in this tile, it's gonna become vulnerable to this guy. So we're gonna have to get some units down here as well. I think, no, because we gotta take Cusa. We have to take Cusa, that's the key to this, yeah. All right, so Ballista, this is what I got you for, man. If I lose a siege unit, but it takes me a city, then it was the right call, right? So yeah, that's what we're gonna do. And now the Legatus up here is gonna get some support as well. So take Cusa, come on, my legions, yes! Oh, and I unlocked a civilization in the shelter of the mountain peaks. Among icefalls and forbidding cliffs is a haven. Here, the mountain people build terraces in the stony ground, finding security where others see death. They may be a source of refuge in a crisis. The Inca have three settlements with at least three mountains each. Okay, cool, so I unlocked them. I don't know if that unlocks for the next exploration age or if I can just do that whenever I want. Beautiful, the city of Cusa is ours. All right, now, question, am I raising the city or am I keeping it? Now, for Pax Imperatoria, I think we wanna hold onto it, right? And we got our settlement limit and it's actually positioned in a pretty good spot. I mean, I got access to all this stuff. Keep it, keep it. But remember, our crisis policy, minus six happiness at settlements that you did not found, right? So I think what we can do is I'm gonna have to build up a wall in this city as well. Cusa's at minus seven happiness, okay. All right, so we are going to keep the settlement. Bang, there it is. Respond to diplomatic action. Establishes an alliance with another leader. This might not be a bad idea. At this point, we have fully gone to war against the two other civilizations on this continent. This would just ensure that there's no shenanigans against them. I have so much to do. I don't need to be fighting a war on three different fronts, right? And I don't even see a future where I'm gonna go attack them. Like there's enough land here and also I can start exploring the waters. This might be a good idea to have a brother on this continent. So you know what? Greece, Machiavelli, I accept your alliance. We are now brothers in arms. Come on. All right, so let trade open up between Greece and Rome. We are not getting in each other's way. In fact, if anything, I'm like suffocating his empire, but all he's gotta do is go take Houma and then extend down here and go take them out. I'll go take out the Mississippian. I'll hold the West. You hold the East. There's more than enough land on this continent for the both of us. Resource aside, here we... Oh, I got more resources because of the city that I just took, right? So hang on a second. What will this do? Capua. Boom and boom. Oh, I can't do that. Hang on. That's gonna have to go there. Capua's gonna have to go there. Capua. There you go. And then the bonus resource right to there. Silk roads. We're flying. We're getting everything in this playthrough, baby. Milestone complete. Let's effing go. I'm rich too. We're rich in Rome, man. We are rich. We are cultured. We got two wonders, right? Our military is getting up there. Science, we're a bit behind, but we're like a rich militaristic juggernaut, right? We basically just say, hey, we want that. We're taking it. You know what I mean? And then we give it to our Roman citizens. Oh, this is great. So we're flying. We're getting all sorts of points. Command units. All right, so my archers still on their way. Taking their time. Yeah, walk on the river. You're all right. Cusa. All right, so now what I have to do, ladies and gentlemen, we have some, okay, so I want my line to be right here essentially, right? Now you, you've done a good job, but you've already gotten hit. So I'm going to get you back in the army. You, general. Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa. Get back in the army. Yeah, there it is. You now. We are going to go back here behind the front lines with our general now, okay? Behind the front lines. Now, yes. All right, so archer unit, you are going to, all right, so I'm going to make an executive decision right here. Might not be the right idea, but I'm going to do it anyways. I'm going to send my archer down here. Oh, that cost a turn? That was a bad idea. I just put my archer within range. I thought I could still attack with that archer right there. That was a mistake. I'll put an archer behind him. All right. You, you're a fresh legion. So what I want from you now, general, general, my second general. Can't do anything there. Nope. Second general. I've already moved my second general, right? Hang on. Let me find it. Second general. Yeah, we're out of movement points. So I'm going to take that legion and we're going to put the legion in between the ballista and these units. Now this legion might get triple attacked, but I'm hoping that it is enough to defend itself. And then you over here. Oh yeah. We're going to go get a shot off on that archer. We're going to go get a shot off on that archer right now that I got it. All right. That is absolutely the right thing to do. And to do so, I'm going to bring my secondary great general down here so that he can help out and get a little bit of experience. Dang, baby. Those are the death units. Those freaking archers, because they can just pester you from everywhere, right? The melee units, they got to attack and they're going to get hurt when they attack. So it's like, it's like a war of attrition with those units. I don't need them being a problem. So you, we're going to march this way. Hopefully the volcanoes don't go off, but I'm going to go over here and make sure. So you can see the Roman wall is now going to be constructed to the South of Cusa. And we are going to march, march to Roman glory. All right. What do I got over here? The antiquity age has progressed 75%. We're flying through it. Isabella has declared war on Augustus. The tornado outbreak. Oh, yes. I swear to God. Thank the Roman gods, Jupiter, Venus, Mars. I don't even know them all, man. But the God, the tornado gods are now wreaking havoc through Chickasaw. Every single time. When it was Carthage, the elephants got obliterated. When it was, Jessie, it was the blizzards from hell. Then it was the fire camels preparing us for the fire arrows. And now it's the, the tornadoes going and tearing up Chickasaw. This is great. Thank you, my Roman gods. Thank you. That's all I can say. An unmet player has completed a milestone for Silk Roads. Another leader has opposed your war. Get out of here with that. Machiavelli has declared war on Benjamin Franklin. My boy. Brother in arms indeed. Machiavelli is at war with Benjamin Franklin. Yep. So that's only gonna help us out. And maybe that then brings Isabella into the mix against Machiavelli. The plan from Sun Tzu is working out, man.