In the middle of a pretty epic game right now, and I thought I'd let you guys know what I'm up to.
I started as Rome, and began expanding pretty quickly. I met Russia early on, and decided to make them my bro 4 lyfe, ignoring pretty much everyone else. I'd trade them my excess luxury items, they'd supply me with horses to build chariot archers. My empire expanded on one side of the continent, Russia expanded on the other. Two friendly superpowers. Or so I thought.
A nearby city-state was sitting on 2 iron mines. I made it mine by way of my actions. Russia didn't like this, despite our long and mutually beneficial friendship. I'd open up a dialogue with Catherine and she'd talk shit to my face. PMS is a motherfucker. This catty, puerile bitch would soon be smote by the giant raging cock of the Roman Empire.
My first step was to attack her frontier cities. Since I stormed through Monaco and taken control of their mines, I had more than enough iron to upgrade all my Legions. I spent about 4000 gold buying ballistas. Are you laughing now, bitch?
I moved slowly and deliberately through her empire, giving her enough time to purchase and dispatch units from deeper within her empire. They crashed against my lines like waves upon a beach. Omaha Beach, bitch. I was the Rancor, they were that little piggie henchman that got munched in half. We fought in the fucking shade, and gave them something to drink. Okay, that's enough.
Anyway.
So far, I've taken Thebes, Yekaterinburg, Memphis, St. Petersburg, Yaroslavl, and Novogorod away from her. As the fires of victory burned, I offered these cities to rival nations, often times for a minuscule donation of gold (think 10g). Thebes went to France, Yekaterinburg went to the Ottomans, Yaroslavl went to the Greeks, Novogorod went to Siam, and so on.
That's right, Catherine. I don't want your fucking cities. I'm butchering your army, pillaging your lands, and violating your women out of pure spite.
Yeah, keep on asking for a peace treaty.
Maybe I'll change my mind by the time I've reached your capital.
Maybe I won't.