The Rise of Rome (Civ2)/Celts

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Celts in Civ2 Rome scenario (under Vercingetorix)

Details

• Aggressive, Militaristic, Expansionist (when an AI plays it)
• "Sire, our power is Moderate and our reputation is Questionable."
• Allied with Carthaginians but with no intelligence of them
• Capital La Tene, somewhere near the 2nd Millennium's Liechtenstein, and they have somehow captured Sparta and less surprisingly Galatia along with Numantia in northern Spain

Cities, buildings, and units (some units having no home city):

• • La Tene [5] (OBJECTIVE) - palace, temple, marketplace; Warriors, Phalanx, Veteran Horsemen, two Veteran Chariot, Settlers
  • Numantia [4] - barracks, temple, courthouse; Phalanx, Warriors, Veteran Chariot, Settlers
  • Milan [5] (OBJECTIVE) - barracks, temple; Phalanx, Veteran Archers, two Veteran Chariot, Settlers
  • Braunsberg [6] - barracks, temple; Warriors, Phalanx, Veteran Horsemen, Veteran Chariot
  • Sparta [4] - barracks, temple, courthouse; two Veteran Phalanx, Diplomat, Veteran Chariot, Veteran Archers
  • Galatia [4] - temple; Veteran Phalanx, two Veteran Chariot, Veteran Archers

Merely 12 advances: Alph, Bron, Cere, Code, Curr, Hors, Lite, Maso, Myst, Warr, Whee, Writ. "Discoveries Every 52 Turns" under Deity, "Discoveries Every 21 Turns" under Chieftan.

Colour is purple, and their new cities may have names of varied origin with a Mongol emphasis

810,000 people; 199 gold under Deity; 202 under Chieftan

• Hints: build on the Danube and the Rhone Rivers, the Spanish coast, and north of Galatia.

Quick game

(Civilization II Multiplayer Gold 5.4.0f Multiplayer 26-March-99 Patch 3" - downloaded in 2012)

Chieftan level. Talk to Carthaginians, suggesting knowledge exchange: they tell us they are far superior but give us Map Making. They agree to exchange of ambassadors. They have 20 advances: what we have plus Cnst, Math, Mona, Poly, Pott, Seaf, Trad. Aggressive Monarchy with 300 gold and 10 military units; ceasefire with Romans, war with Ind Greeks.

• Macedonians (seiing four of our chariots near Pella, suggest a ceasefire. We say No. War! - and our allies join us. Mac bribe one of our chariots and it kills another.

277

We kill the bribed chariot and kill a phalanx in Pella. Pay 100 to bribe Mac diplomat near Sparta. Change "build" orders to settlers or barracks except where one has a barracks and seems to need to continue with a phalanx.

276

Hut near Milan: Legion. Our power is now "Pathetic". Hut east of La Tene: The Republic. Dissidents in Athens will revolt for 1057; steal Seafaring. Second Dipl establishes embassy: Mac have 215 gold and 18 military, with 22 advances; at war with us and Hannibal; ceasefire with Scipio and Ptolemy. Peace with Independents (as a catapult approaches Galatia); no exchange of knowledge but we swap amabassadors; they have 351 gold and 24 military and 22 advances; at war with Scipio and Hannibal, ceasefire with Antiochus. Hut north-east of Galatia: 50 gold.

275

Hut west of Braunsberg: tribe! Call it Danubetribe275.

274

Romans want us to cancel treaty with Independents: No! They demand seafaring: No! War (with Carthag support). Hut east of Brausberg: Mathematics. Seleucids talk: peace; we get Cnst for Repu and Mona for Seaf; exchange ambassadors; they have 416 gold, 16 military, 23 advances. Now choose Iron Working. We have 18 advances.

273

Another hut east of Galatia: Legion.

270

Hut N-E of Braunsberg: nomads.

269

Hut S-E of Galatia: 50 gold.

266

Build UprDanube266.

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Iron Working.

263

Peace with Ptolemaics, exchange ambassadors: they have 404 gold, 19 military, 24 advances. Rational Militaristic Expansionist Republic, at war with Hannibal and allied with Independents.

262

Capture Abdera (was size 4, now size 1), take 17 gold. It has a barracks. Macedonians suggest peace: OK (as you would agree with an enemy phalanx waiting to attack your size-1 city that has only a warrior in it!).

261

Build WSpain261 with wheat and silk on river. Hut west of Numantia: Horsemen.

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Build S1-255.

254

Bridge Building.

253

Romans ask for peace and their Great Wall enforces it. Exchange ambassadors: they have 232 gold and 17 units and 22 advances. Civilized Expansionist Republic at war with Hannibal and at peace with Independents. (saved as V-b253) Now we are not at war with anybody! Build DanubeDelta253 (rivers, whale, hill) and DanubeIron253 (overlapping a little with UprDanube and Danubetribe.

250

Hut S-E of Milan: abandoned.

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Build MidEbro247. Hut east of Numantia: Philosophy. Hut S-W of Braunsberg: abandoned.

244

Engineering. 900,000 citizens (actually 35).

243

Capture Pisae and 42 gold. Did I mention that our incursions had goaded the Romans into breaking the ceasefire? Then we sacrificed a few units to weaken the defence. It has granary and marketplace (sold).

242

1,000,000 citizens. Hannibal talks: we get Astr for the Republic and Poly for Phil and Trad for Iron and Pott for Brid. We have 780 gold - let's increase the research: 60/40 instead of 40/60. Dissidents in Massilia will revolt for 1602.

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Hut near Massilia: Feudalism.

238

Larget civs: us, Indep, Seleucid, Carthage, Rome, Ptolemaic, Macedon.

236

Invention. "Discoveries Every 14 Turns". Hut west of Massilia: 50.

234

Goaded Romans again; capture Sena and 56 gold. Hut in Gascony holds barbarians.

231

Ptolemy talks: we get University for Invention. Pergamum[8] will revolt for 1380. Steal Navigation. Indep and Ptol declare war on us.

229

Old barracks sold for 440. Gunpowder. Build Istanbul229. Athens will revolt for 1680. Hut in N-W France: nomads.

228

Capture Massilia[4] and 227 gold. Cheaper than bribery. Sell harbor - no value at present.

226

Hut in north France: nomads.

224

Delphi revolts for 704; 234 change! - Oracle. Sell marketplace.

223

Metallurgy: three Roman cities lose walls. Capture Rhodes, Colossus, and 458. Sell marketplace. It must have lost its harbor because it has a food deficit of 3; fortunately it has a granary.

222

2,000,000 or 76. Capture Pergamum and 301. Sell marketplace, keep granary.

221

Build Paris221. Hut on Rhone or Saone: 50. Road network complete from UprDanube-La Tene-Rome and beyond

217

Chivalry.

215

Build Rhone215 and Orleans215.

213

Rhodes Harbor saves the day after we spent $48 finishing it.

212

Leadership; talk to Seleucids and get Banking for Invention (their choice; they could have had Gunpowder). Talk to Seleucids, get Medi for Navi. Demand tribute for our patience and get 1150! Now we can't declare war on them - but we can still annoy them.

207

CAPTURE ROME and 157 gold.

206

Democracy.

205

Refuse to withdraw from Pella. War. Capture tarracina and 113 gold. Rom offer 250 for peace: No.

204

3,000,000 or 107.

203

Independents offer 1350 for peace: OK. Capture Neapolis and 110. Capture Pella and 166 - just in time: one of its catapults was about to retake Abdera.

201

Conscription. Capture Heraclea and 93 gold, destroying Roman civilization.

197

Tactics

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Hut N-E of Gades: 50.

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Amphibious Warfare. Hut S-W of Numantia: tribe: call it SWtribe192.

190

Capture Taras[2] and 50 gold.

189

Capture Demetrias and 113 gold and Athens[6] and 117 gold.

188

Economics

187

Hut S-E of Numantia: Musketeers. Hut S-W of Numantia: Musketeers.

186

Capture Miletus[3] and 24 gold. Build Gascony186 with whale and pheasant.

184

4,000,000. Capture Tatung[1] and 15 gold.

183

Monotheism. Hut west of Numantia: Riflemen.

182

Hut N-E of Numantia: 100 gold. Hut in USSR: Musketeers. Hut east of La Tene: barbarians.

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Chemistry. Hut in USSR: 50. Capture Antioch[[8] and 69 gold. (saved)