1500AD     Act II, Scene I: India


As previously stated, I launched my attack on India in 1500AD with roughly 50 panzers. India was the unlucky first choice for several reasons. First of all, they were the only civ on the other island not involved in a MPP (China and Japan had one). Secondly, declaring war on India would not deprive me of any luxuries, as I had deals at the time with China and Japan for their much-needed luxuries. India was also the closest civ to me, and thus the easiest to reach; troops could get there in 1 turn from my home cities. Finally, both India and Japan lacked rubber, as China controlled the only source of rubber on the continent. For all these reasons, they were an easy first target.

Industrial and modern warfare are completely different than ancient and medieval wars. This is due to the presence of railroads, which allow for massives blitzes across territory that would otherwise have taken many turns to reach. The civs on the western island did not have full railroad networks at the time I invaded them; if they had, I could have tried to kill them in one massive turn.

In any case, India crumbled quickly under the attack. Rifles (and regular ones, at that) do not stand up well to panzers. With so many battles going on, it wasn't too long until another leader popped up:

This was my 7th leader; after this I stopped taking the pictures because I had run out of things to rush with them. Some of the later ones were used on temples - not something you think you'll ever do, but when there's nothing else to rush, why not? I ended up with 2 leaders in the war against India.

I took this picture detailing the pivotal "blitz" turn that all but wiped out India. I think it's pretty self-explanatory which path I took; the black circles represent razed cities.

Seven cities in one turn is pretty good, though I could have done better I think. The key is to keep most of the cities (not raze them) and use the territory that comes into your control to jump to the next city. Since this would have put me over the domination limit, I then abandoned some of the unneeded cities. This wasn't possible in the days before 1.21f, and is semi-exploitative of the computer, but it is certainly effective. It also prompts this amusing picture if you abandon a city in resistance:

The resistance in Kolhapur is over! Now... what happened to Kolhapur? In any case, it was all over for India in 1525AD:

Strong? Bah, a strong civ doesn't crumble in 5 turns. With India out of the way, it was on to the next civ on the island.

War with India: 1500AD - 1525AD
Total Turns: 5
Result: Conquest