War Academy: Case Blue

Kuciwalker · June 26, 2002, 11:15

Should we target America instead of France?

Case Blue is almost identical to Case Pink, except that America is the target. There are pluses and minuses to this:

+ Access to dyes
- Dyes are unconnected

+ Conquest may be easier, if they're in the Jungle too.
- We would gain Jungle cities

+ We might get good terrain beyond the Jungle
- Conquest would be harder, if they're not stuck in the Jungle

Discuss!

UnOrthOdOx · June 26, 2002, 11:24

I though that case pink was more of a production and city placement plan to gain an army, whatever the target. Bottom line, though is we need more info to determine our target.

Harovan · June 26, 2002, 11:29

As I already said elsewhere, I vote for attacking both, one after the other. However, to decide, who gets the first beating, we need to know more of the map. If America has no good land and is also stuck in the jungle, it's probably better to attack the French first.

iain · June 26, 2002, 12:31

+ french cities near montain range possible strategic resources

Q will we have discovered iron working by proposed d-day?

if yes and those mountains contain iron, i would say attack french.

Vlad Antlerkov · June 26, 2002, 13:31

As we're researching it now, I think we'll discover it. (D-day is over 50 turns away. Currently, IW time is 40 turns.)

As it's a production plan, we could easily modify Case Pink to use against the Yankees. The problem is, what would we gain (dyes aside)?

Really, we would need to explore some more to make a better decision.

GodKing · June 26, 2002, 14:22

Explore. Need info to make the decision. Once we have one beaten, we probably will have several good offensive units with little to do but kill the other one.

beno · June 26, 2002, 14:59

Just to stick in the oar on behalf of myself and the other relatively uninformed 'men in the jungle', I say "The French must die ... err ....first."

Switch · June 26, 2002, 17:17

I say the French, because Iron is much more important than Dyes. Plus, once we get6 Iron, we would then be able to more easily attack the Yankees.

Sheik · June 26, 2002, 17:47

We should go after the French then the Americans. SwitchMoO is right, which would you rather have, iron or dyes?

OPD · June 26, 2002, 18:05

who would you rather fight people with Iron swords or people with colourful clothing.

beno · June 26, 2002, 18:18

doesn't matter if they've got swords if you stick enough arrows in 'em

OPD · June 26, 2002, 18:21

Frenchies first
Hippies second

all shall perish

jdd2007 · June 26, 2002, 18:28

OPD: you sound perfect for the hawk party

have u heard about it?

our immediate goal in case blue is to have a spearman in banana hq, should the worst come...

Panag · June 26, 2002, 18:48

hi ,

we could wait , sooner then later they are going to go to war , and then step in to finish it , ...

we could work with one of those species , and then turn on the other , when our goals are met , ....

we could look for an other species , and work with that one to "civilize" those others , ....

have a nice day

Theseus · June 26, 2002, 19:21

Didn't Trade point out that the French have connected wine?

So, iron and wine vs dye... not much to think about there.

kring · June 26, 2002, 20:14

We don't know there is Iron in those mountains. While it is likely, I have seen mountain ranges in a number of my games where there was no iron in them.

I agree we need to know more about the terrain of the other 2 civs before we go with a blanket Case X plan. We need to find out how much military they have (within the confines of the limited Advisor's info and what we can see). The power score will be a clue as well since part of that score is based on military might.

Guardian · June 27, 2002, 08:16

As I have stated before, I believe it's too early to discuss operational details at this point. We should stick with the production plans outlined under Case Pink while we explore a bit more. Then we can start planning troop movements and mission objectives when we know at least a little bit more.

mtgillespie · June 27, 2002, 08:42

With the information we have, we should attack France. However, we could debate until we are blue (or pink

) in the face about the unknowns. The simple fact is, the plan as outlined does not need to change until we are ready to build the road to our target, regardless of who that is. Therefore, case pink should remain while we gather intelligence. Any decision about the target should be deferred until a later date.

GePap · June 27, 2002, 13:09

Kring brough up a great point: Has anyone looked at the histograph yet? Where are we in relation to these two, ahead behind one but above the other, behind both?

I agree that we need to explore more, and perhaps then come up with a unified plan, or at least even if we go for Plan Pink, have a Plan Blue contingency ready, so if the Americans decide to attack us, we need some sort of plan for that too.

astrologix · June 27, 2002, 17:33

Generally, Americans are less aggressive than French.
We should attack French and try to trade with the Americans. Perhaps they'll have any surplus of dyes we can later have pacifically from them...

Kuciwalker · June 27, 2002, 17:52

A follow-up question: should we attack the French, vassal them, rebuild our army, and THEN attack the Americans?

Panag · June 27, 2002, 19:18

Quote:

Originally posted by skywalker
A follow-up question: should we attack the French, vassal them, rebuild our army, and THEN attack the Americans?

hi ,

could be risky , the yanks might make a move when the entire army is with the French , ....

we should have some units out as early warning post's , and to slow them down a bit , just in case , ...

there might not be any time to re-group ,....

have a nice day