PBEM game: The first step (Running)

[PashaDawg]

New Turn up and emailed out!

By the way, I plan to turn Jotunheim to AI tonight unless a sub is found.

Pasha

[arcanist]

no no no. wait . I am going to play this puny nation.

[sushiboat]

Turn 47

Arcosephale has been completely destroyed. The province tally is: Ermor 55, Pangaea 35, Marignon 24, Jotunheim 15, Machaka 13, Man 1, and Pythium 0. The fort tally is: Ermor 6, Machaka 4, Marignon 4, Pangaea 4, Jotunheim 2, Pythium 1, and Man 1. Gem income increased for Ermor, Pangaea, and Machaka and decreased for Marignon. Ermor rehired the Lost Legion. The Master Assassin, Obscuro the Hidden Master, and Mamor the White Wizard are open for bidding.

[teal]

I am also interested in taking over for Jotunheim. It looks like arcanist may have beaten me to it. But should that fail I would be up for it. One more thing is that I have just ordered the game and not recieved it yet (hopefully within a week) so Pasha would probably have to play Jotunheim defensively for a few turns until I got the game and could take it over. If you folks are interested in taking me up on my offer, just let me know.

Good luck to everyone!

Teal

[Molog]

Turn 47

Still no national hero showing up. I bet the guys with misfortune 2 got them coming in once a turn.
I think the master assasin has a cloak of shadows. Perhaps hire him and kill him for it.

[PashaDawg]

Well good. I am glad to hear that we have possible substitutes.

Also, we might have room for a substitute in the Random - No Diplomacy Game, too, if someone is interested. That is not a newbie game, but there are less experienced players in that game, too.

Arcanist and Teal should send me emails so that I can communicate with them that way. whscom [at] maine [dot] rr [dot] com

Pasha

[sushiboat]

Any news about the next turn?

[PashaDawg]

I am at my office right now. I will look into hosting when I get back home later today.

[Shmonk]

Any chance a turn is hosting tonight?

[PashaDawg]

New turn out!

I sent a PM yesterday to arcanist inquiring whether he still wanted to take over Jotunheim. If he does not respond by mid-afternoon today, I will offer the slot to Teal, who also expressed interest.

Thanks.

Pasha

[sushiboat]

Turn 48

Pythium has been permanently vanquished. The province tally is: Ermor 58, Pangaea 39, Marignon 24, Jotunheim 15, Machaka 9, and Man 0. The fort tally is: Ermor 6, Marignon 5, Machaka 4, Pangaea 4, Jotunheim 2, and Man 1. Gem income increased for Marignon and Pangaea and decreased for Machaka. Marignon rehired Obscuro and Mamor. Dagan the Sage and the Master Assassin are open for bidding.

[Molog]

Turn 48

Not much to report.
Goliath makes it in the hall of fame.
I've got a black hawk with over 50 experience.

[PashaDawg]

Ok. No word from Arcanist. So, I will send the necessary files to TEAL. He will be our new Jotunheim.

Pasha

[sushiboat]

Excellent.

What is teal's email address?

[PashaDawg]

I will send you all an email of introduction.

[AMF]

Ow. Machaka says Ow!

[PashaDawg]

Hi Guys:

I leave for Wyoming from this Friday (Aug 19) through Wednesday. Unless there is a substitute host (which can be a major pain and invitation for mess-ups), I would suggest that we just put the game on hold while I am away.

But... I am myself a substitute host in this game. What do you guys want?

Pasha

[Molog]

I would prefer the game to continu. We only need someone with a copy of dominions 2 to host. I could host, as long as the people without passwords trust me.

[sushiboat]

I am willing to wait. At the rate we are going, we would miss only one turn. However, I would like to receive Turn 49 before the break.

[PashaDawg]

I am happy to host tomorrow night. But, I think i am still waiting on Machaka.

(It looks like he sent me a .2h file, but for some reason it does not indicate that he took his turn. I have asked him to send it again.)

pasha

[AMF]

I thought I sent my turn too...but, in any case, new development means just go ahead with no turn for me (internet access at our flat died, so I have to ferry turns and orders between work, meaning at least another day before I get orders to you....so just go ahead and give me a stale turn heh, maybe I'll do better that way anyways...)

sorry for the hassle,

Alarik

[PashaDawg]

I find that for some reason sometimes a player's .2h file does not "read" as if it played the latest turn. The problem usually goes away when the file is resent. It does not happen too often.

[PashaDawg]

Turn 49 is out.

I will be back on Aug 24 (Wed).

Please have your turns in to me by then, and I will host again.

Thanks.

Pasha

[sushiboat]

Turn 49

Man has been permanently vanquished. The province tally is: Ermor 60, Pangaea 41, Marignon 24, Jotunheim 15, and Machaka 7. The fort tally is: Ermor 8, Marignon 5, Machaka 4, Pangaea 4, and Jotunheim 2. Gem income increased for Ermor and Pangaea and decreased for Machaka. Ermor rehired Dagan, and Pangaea hired the Master Assassin. The Lost Legion is open for bidding.

[Molog]

Turn 49

Not much interesting to report.
Terminus the Master Assasin goes looking for a suitable victim.
There is a deathmatch scheduled, who will risk a commander for 150+ experience and a nice cursed magic item.

[Molog]

I still have all the turns in my mailaccount and I thought that I could perhaps send some turns to other people after the game is over to get an idea on how things looked on the other side.

[sushiboat]

Yes, seeing other players' turns would be great after the game is over. I am writing an AAR, which I will post later, as well as crucial turn files.

[Molog]

I'm surprised I'm still alive.

[Shmonk]

Yes, me too. Of course, I'm only 3rd in ranking, but I will fight to the bitter end.

And I don't have all turns saved... I was saving them, but at one point I said why and deleted some. So I only have from turn 26 on.

It definitely would be interesting to see everybody else's turns.

[PashaDawg]

Hi All:

I am back.

We're waiting for Machaka's .2h file. Then I will host. (Probably tomorrow... Thursday).

Pasha

[AMF]

Sorry for being late - I'll get it done as soon as I can....(at work at the moment)

Thanks,

Alarik

[PashaDawg]

Hi Guys:

Turn 50 is out.

Let's put this game on a more strict hosting schedule. How about this:

Turns will be hosted every Thursday, Sunday and Tuesday, and players will be expected to submit their turns to the host by 9:00 pm eastern standard time (same time as the east coast in the USA).

This way, y'all will know when to expect things to happen.

So, this would mean that the next turn will be hosted on Sunday night.

Pasha

[Molog]

Turn 50

Two attacks on my provinces by random events. Joy. I wish luck sucked less.
Champion of Pangeae won the deathmatch without a fight. I should have used a guy with more experience for a free heroic ability.

[sushiboat]

Turn 50

The province tally is: Ermor 59, Pangaea 40, Marignon 25, Jotunheim 17, and Machaka 3. The fort tally is: Ermor 9, Marignon 5, Pangaea 5, Machaka 3, and Jotunheim 2. Gem income increased for Pangaea and decreased for Marignon and Machaka. Ermor rehired the Lost Legion. Obscuro the Hidden Master and Mamor the White Wizard are open for bidding.

[PashaDawg]

Turn 51 is out.

The deadline for turns will be 9:00 pm EST on Tuesday, August 30, 2005.

Pasha

[Molog]

Turn 51

Not much interresting to report.
Terminus got a nasty affliction. He did his work though.

[Shmonk]

Well my pretender just went toe-to-toe with Machaka's, and I won. Okay, there was an army around us, and he was fatigued by the time I "limped" over to him. But it was still cool.

He should fall this next turn.

[AMF]

Heh. Not really a surprise....I haven't seen the turn yet, but I'm sort of looking forward to it.

Sounds like I'm a goner...

But it was a learning experience, fer sure.

http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

thanks,

Alarik

[sushiboat]

Turn 51

The province tally is: Ermor 59, Pangaea 43, Marignon 27, Jotunheim 17, and Machaka 1. The fort tally is unchanged: Ermor 9, Marignon 5, Pangaea 5, Machaka 3, and Jotunheim 2. Gem income increased for Marignon. Obscuro and Mamor were rehired by Marignon. Dagan the Sage and the Master Assassin are open for bidding.

[PashaDawg]

Turn 52 is out.

Deadline is Thursday, Sept. 1, 2005 at 9pm. EST.

Name that tune:
"When I have a brand new hairdo with my lashes all in curls..."

[sushiboat]

Turn 52

The province tally is: Ermor 59, Pangaea 42, Marignon 28, Jotunheim 17, and Machaka 0. The fort tally is: Ermor 11, Pangaea 6, Marignon 5, Machaka 2, and Jotunheim 2. Gem income increased for Pangaea and Marignon and decreased for Machaka. Dagan was rehired by Ermor. The Lost Legion and the Master Assassin are open for bidding.

[Molog]

Turn 52

Another random attack, joy.

[PashaDawg]

Turn 53 is out!

Deadline is Monday at 9:00 pm EST

[Molog]

Turn 53

Machaka is gone http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif.
I start construction of my space ship to Alpha Centauri.

[Shmonk]

Hey, hey. No Alpha Centauri trips mister. This is a Dom2 game or race only. Otherwise, it will take me several turns to switch over to making a spaceport. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[sushiboat]

PashaDawg said:
Turn 53 is out!

Deadline is Monday at 9:00 pm EST


For anyone who hasn't checked his mail yet, the deadline is Sunday night (not Monday night). Send this turn to Pasha, and then Alneyan will take over hosting. Thanks to both of them for keeping the game going smoothly.

[sushiboat]

Turn 53

Machaka has been permanently vanquished. The province tally is: Ermor 59, Pangaea 44, Marignon 28, and Jotunheim 17. The fort tally is: Ermor 11, Pangaea 7, Marignon 6, and Jotunheim 2. The income rankings are: Marignon, Pangaea, Jotunheim, and Ermor. Gem income increased for Marignon and Pangaea. Ermor rehired the Lost Legion. Obscuro, Mamor, and the Master Assassin are open for bidding.

[sushiboat]

Pasha, my email was returned with an error message saying that your account is "Over quota."

[PashaDawg]

Hi Sushi:

Thanks for the heads up. With my new Mac, I did not realize that the email program was not deleting messages from the server. Now it is, and my email box is way under quota.

Please send again.

Pasha

[PashaDawg]

Turn 54 is out.

Turns due Tuesday, Sept. 6.

They should be sent to Alneyan.

Pasha

[sushiboat]

Turn 54

The province tally is: Ermor 58, Pangaea 50, Marignon 28, and Jotunheim 16. The fort tally is: Ermor 11, Pangaea 7, Marignon 7, and Jotunheim 2. Gem income increased for Ermor and Marignon and decreased for Pangaea. Obscuro and Mamor were rehired by Marignon. Dagan and the Master Assassin are open for bidding.

[Molog]

Turn 54

Intelligence reports Ermor tried to buy significant quantities of astral gems. I've decided on a preemptive war to prevent a bunch of doomhorrors appearing in our backyard soon.

Also another random attack http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif.

[Molog]

Turn 55

Not much too report.

Also I lost a valued commander to a random attack http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif.

[sushiboat]

Turn 55

The province tally is: Ermor 59, Pangaea 48, Marignon 28, and Jotunheim 17. The fort tally is: Ermor 11, Pangaea 7, Marignon 7, and Jotunheim 3. Gem income increased for Marignon and Jotunheim and decreased for Pangaea. Ermor rehired Dagan. The Lost Legion and the Master Assassin are open for bidding.

[Molog]

Turn 56

Not such a succesful turn. I've got a good idea on how to get better results in the future.

[sushiboat]

Turn 56

The province tally is: Ermor 58, Pangaea 50, Marignon 28, and Jotunheim 17. The fort tally is unchanged: Ermor 11, Pangaea 7, Marignon 7, and Jotunheim 3. Gem income increased for Pangaea. Ermor rehired the Lost Legion. Obscuro, Mamor, and the Master Assassin are open for bidding. Two of Pangaea's Hall of Fame heroes died.

[Molog]

Turn 57

Nothing much to report.

[sushiboat]

Turn 57

The province tally is: Ermor 60, Pangaea 47, Marignon 28, and Jotunheim 17. The fort tally is: Ermor 11, Marignon 8, Pangaea 7, and Jotunheim 3. Gem income increased for Marignon. Marignon rehired Obscuro and Mamor. Dagan and the Master Assassin are open for bidding.

[Molog]

Turn 58

I count on a storm, so I can cast storm power, so I can cast mass flight, which doesn't work because flight doesn't work in a storm. I really need to start thinking these things through.

My gambling keeps not paying off, but what else is new.

[Shmonk]

I see about 1000 Ermor troops on my borders, don't know what else is out there of his that I can't see. For me, it's time to weather the storm... the undead storm. So, I've started with a global. We'll see how long it lasts (saving up that 250 extra fire gems better be worth it).

[sushiboat]

Turn 58

The province tally is: Ermor 62, Pangaea 44, Marignon 28, and Jotunheim 17. The fort tally is unchanged: Ermor 11, Marignon 8, Pangaea 7, and Jotunheim 3. Gem income fell for Pangaea. Marignon hired Dagan, and Pangaea hired the Master Assassin. The Lost Legion is open for bidding. Ermor lost two Hall of Fame heroes, including one who joined Pangaea.

Shmonk, if large armies scare you, be warned! You ain't seen nuthin' yet!

[Molog]

Shame that mass flight didn't work. The idea of dead elephants flying over castle walls really cracks me up.

[Shmonk]

Flying dead elephants?? Boy, I'm missing all the fun stuff.
All I get our flying arrows, or the occasional hawk. But no elephants. Heck, I'd even take a flying horse. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

[Molog]

Turn 59

Only two random attacks this turn. Joy. One of those is the ermorian cultist one.

Champion of Pangeae gets in the hall of fame after his first fight where he killed 2 guys, but in the hall of fame he has 10 kills?

I don't know why people find the deathmatch worthless. It's +150 experience, good chance of hall of fame ability and the trident has good stats and quikness.

[sushiboat]

Turn 59

The province tally is: Ermor 64, Pangaea 43, Marignon 26, and Jotunheim 17. The fort tally is unchanged: Ermor 11, Marignon 8, Pangaea 7, and Jotunheim 3. Gem income increased for Ermor and Pangaea and decreased for Marignon. Ermor rehired The Lost Legion. Obscuro and Mamor are open for bidding. Ermor lost another Hall of Fame hero.

[Molog]

Turn 60

Nothing much to report.

[sushiboat]

Turn 60

The province tally is: Ermor 70, Pangaea 35, Marignon 28, and Jotunheim 20. The fort tally is unchanged: Ermor 11, Marignon 8, Pangaea 7, and Jotunheim 3. Income fell substantially for Pangaea. Gem income increased for Jotunheim and decreased for Pangaea. Marignon rehired Obscuro and Mamor. Dagan and the Master Druid are open for bidding.

[Ironhawk]

Molog said:
I don't know why people find the deathmatch worthless. It's +150 experience, good chance of hall of fame ability and the trident has good stats and quikness.



The deathmatch is generally considered worthless because whoever wins it MUST FIGHT in all subsequent deathmatch battles. Since your enemies then know exactly what you will be sending to the deathmatch, they can customize thier response and kill your (probably valuable?) unit. This is particularly the case if you send your Pretender into the ring (!!!!)

[quantum_mechani]

Ironhawk said:

Molog said:
I don't know why people find the deathmatch worthless. It's +150 experience, good chance of hall of fame ability and the trident has good stats and quikness.



The deathmatch is generally considered worthless because whoever wins it MUST FIGHT in all subsequent deathmatch battles. Since your enemies then know exactly what you will be sending to the deathmatch, they can customize thier response and kill your (probably valuable?) unit. This is particularly the case if you send your Pretender into the ring (!!!!)

Nonetheless I still find it useful, partularly since in most multiplayer games everyone ignores it. It is usually well worth sending some cheap worthless commander since it often does not need to fight anything unless an AI is in the game. In some cases I might send mages or even my pretender. Having someone counter them is not to huge a worry for a couple of reasons. First, since it is ignored so much there is often no battle so they don't know what you sent. Second, they have to have the counter on hand on the off chance there is another death match and something else has not killed the unit meantime, that is more trouble than most players are willing to go to.

and, btw, nice to see you back to dominions http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[sushiboat]

Turn 61

The province tally is: Ermor 73, Pangaea 35, Marignon 29, and Jotunheim 16. The fort tally is unchanged: Ermor 11, Marignon 8, Pangaea 7, and Jotunheim 3. Gem income increased for Ermor and Pangaea and decreased for Jotunheim. Jotunheim's army size fell substantially. Marignon rehired Dagan. The Lost Legion is open for bidding. Ermor's The Eyes of God was dispelled, and Pangaea cast Gift of Health.

[Molog]

Turn 61

Not much to report.

[teal]

I just learned about a family emergency which will require me to leave this game. I don't have to stop playing for a couple of weeks, so it is possible that I will be dead by then. I have commenced advertising for a replacement player anyways as it is best to have an actual human being playing. I just wanted to let my fellow players know of the situation.

Teal

[sushiboat]

Sorry to hear about the family emergency, and thanks for your thoughtfulness for the game. Jotunheim may or may not be permanently vanquished by then, but I hope that you will still be alive and well. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[sushiboat]

Turn 62

The province tally is: Ermor 70, Pangaea 38, Marignon 30, and Jotunheim 15. The fort tally is unchanged: Ermor 11, Marignon 8, Pangaea 7, and Jotunheim 3. Gem income increased for Marignon and Pangaea and decreased for Ermor and Jotunheim. Obscuro, the Lost Legion, Mamor, and Reavers of the Deep are open for bidding. Pangaea cast Eternal Pyre, for a total of three global enchantments.

[Shmonk]

3?? That, that, mean person. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

I made the mistake of reading the forums before actually watching my turn. Well, at least it looks like I have more gem income now, yippee!!

You all better watch out, I'm going the slow but silent type route. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

[Molog]

Turn 62

Not much interresting to report.

[sushiboat]

Turn 63

The province tally is: Ermor 67, Pangaea 40, Marignon 32, and Jotunheim 14. The fort tally is: Ermor 12, Marignon 8, Pangaea 7, and Jotunheim 3. Gem income increased for Marignon and decreased for Ermor. Obscuro and the Lost Legion were hired by Ermor. Dagan and Mamor are open for bidding.

[Molog]

Turn 63

Ermor keeps eluding my special super happy fun surprise http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif.

[Shmonk]

You too? Ermor is on the brink of falling for my bait. Just a little more rope I'm hoping to give him. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

And someone keeps sending "hurricanes" at me, I wonder who? I can't believe they are all bad events.

[Molog]

Turn 64

I thought the fire helmet didn't give negative reinvigoration to undead http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif.

[sushiboat]

Turn 64

The province tally is: Ermor 63, Pangaea 43, Marignon 32, and Jotunheim 15. The fort tally is unchanged: Ermor 12, Marignon 8, Pangaea 7, and Jotunheim 3. Gem income increased for Ermor and Pangaea and decreased for Jotunheim. Dagan and Mamor were hired by Marignon.

[Molog]

Turn 65

Pretty uneventfull turn for me. Anyone else doing something.

[sushiboat]

Turn 65

The province tally is: Ermor 62, Pangaea 46, Marignon 32, and Jotunheim 13. The fort tally is unchanged: Ermor 12, Marignon 8, Pangaea 7, and Jotunheim 3. Gem income increased for Marignon, Pangaea, and Jotunheim and decreased for Ermor. Obscuro and the Lost Legion are open for bidding.

[Molog]

Turn 66

Not much too report.

[sushiboat]

Turn 66

The province tally is: Ermor 61, Pangaea 49, Marignon 34, and Jotunheim 9. The fort tally is unchanged: Ermor 12, Marignon 8, Pangaea 7, and Jotunheim 3. Gem income increased for Ermor, Marignon, and Pangaea and decreased for Jotunheim. Obscuro, Dagan, and Mamor are open for bidding. Pangaea cast Gale Gate.

[Molog]

Turn 67

Ermor stole Mother Oak from me http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif.
Champion of Pangeae is once again in the hall of fame. Shudder in fear at his might.

[sushiboat]

Turn 67

The province tally is: Ermor 65, Pangaea 49, Marignon 31, and Jotunheim 7. The fort tally is unchanged: Ermor 12, Marignon 8, Pangaea 7, and Jotunheim 3. Gem income increased for Ermor and Jotunheim and decreased for Marignon and Pangaea. Marignon hired Obscuro, Dagan, and Mamor. Rozul's Red Raptors are open for bidding. Ermor cast Mother Oak.

[Molog]

Turn 68

Not much to report.

[sushiboat]

Turn 68

The province tally is: Ermor 66, Pangaea 50, Marignon 30, and Jotunheim 7. The fort tally is unchanged: Ermor 12, Marignon 8, Pangaea 7, and Jotunheim 3. Gem income increased for Pangaea and decreased for Ermor, Marignon, and Jotunheim. Rozul's Red Raptors and God's Enforcers are open for bidding.

[Molog]

Turn 69

Not much to report.

[Shmonk]

Turn 69 - Marignon reports...

My "war" with Ermor is on-going. I'm probably more like a thorn in his side, but a big thorn, I'm hoping. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

We are butting heads at Man's capital... er, more like I tried to take it from him, and failed. The recent exchange left me wounded. His damn Ice Devil and Golem are ripping me up. Every time I think I have a strategy... it's thwarted by something I wasn't expecting.

For me, this was my first MP game, and I enjoy it immensely, learning a lot that I've applied to my other MP games.

I'm surprised to see Jotunheim still around, I hope he is somehow causing Ermor some trouble.

[sushiboat]

Turn 69

The province tally is: Ermor 65, Pangaea 50, Marignon 31, and Jotunheim 7. The fort tally is unchanged: Ermor 12, Marignon 8, Pangaea 7, and Jotunheim 3. Gem income increased for Marignon and Pangaea and decreased for Ermor. Obscuro, Rozul's Red Raptors, Dagan, Mamor, and God's Enforcers are open for bidding.

Shmonk, I'm enjoying this game too. Even though I have the upper hand, I have been spanked a few times. If you feel a litle neglected, don't worry. After Jotunheim, I will give a lot more attention to Marignon. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

[Shmonk]

Please, please, take your time with Jotunheim, no hurry necessary. Take all the time you need. I mean I wouldn't be upset if I had a few more turns of fortification... er, peace. Yea, that's what I meant. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/biggrin.gif

[Molog]

Champion of Pangeae will kick Ermorian boney ***.

[Molog]

Turn 70

I forgot to change Champion of Pangeae's orders or he would have kicked Ermorian boney ***.

[sushiboat]

Turn 70

The province tally is: Ermor 61, Pangaea 50, Marignon 34, and Jotunheim 8. The fort tally is unchanged: Ermor 12, Marignon 8, Pangaea 7, and Jotunheim 3. Gem income increased for Marignon, Pangaea, and Jotunheim and decreased for Ermor. Marignon employs Mamor and God's Enforcers. Obscuro, Rozul's Red Raptors, and Dagan are open for bidding.

Pangaea backs up the trash talk with a major assault on Ermor's capital. There is a huge battle in the works, perhaps as early as next turn. Stay tuned.

[Shmonk]

Darn, I didn't have any scouts at your capital. I'm missing all the good battles...

[sushiboat]

Nothing much has happened yet. Pan's army defeated my PD easily. Here is a pic of what I am up against.

http://www.shrapnelcommunity.com/threads/uploads/387386-Turn70_Panarmy.jpg

[Shmonk]

Looks interesting. Quite a variety of stuff to keep you occupied, I hope, for a turn or three.

[shovah]

nice looking army there i must say, but would it not be better for the eleohants to atleast be in the middle to reach him quicker? i dont belong in here but couldnt help but comment

[The_Tauren13]

Who is currently hosting this game? I hosted it for turns 28-33, and can send you the archived files for those turns if you want.

[Shmonk]

Why, Alneyan, of course. And doing a great job of it.

[Alneyan]

Please send the files Tauren (only at Fastmail though).

[Molog]

Turn 71

Chaos at Ermor. IErmor is conquered though.

[Molog]

Some random images from battle.

[Molog]

One more.

[sushiboat]

Turn 71

The province tally is: Ermor 55, Pangaea 52, Marignon 37, and Jotunheim 8. The fort tally is: Ermor 12, Marignon 8, Pangaea 8, and Jotunheim 2. Gem income increased for Marignon and Pangaea and decreased for Ermor and Jotunheim. Pangaea hired Dagan, and Marignon hired Rozul's Red Raptors. Obscuro is open for bidding.

[Molog]

Turn 72

Not much to report.

[sushiboat]

Turn 72

The province tally is: Ermor 59, Pangaea 53, Marignon 35, and Jotunheim 5. The fort tally is unchanged: Ermor 12, Marignon 8, Pangaea 8, and Jotunheim 2. Gem income increased for Ermor and decreased for Pangaea and Jotunheim. Obscuro and Mamor are open for bidding.

[Molog]

Turn 73

Champion of Pangeae kicked Ermorian *** as always.
Nothing much to report for the rest.

[sushiboat]

Turn 73

The province tally is: Ermor 61, Pangaea 55, Marignon 32, and Jotunheim 4. The fort tally is unchanged: Ermor 12, Marignon 8, Pangaea 8, and Jotunheim 2. Gem income increased for Ermor and Pangaea and decreased for Marignon. Marignon hired Mamor. Obscuro, the Ghoul Father, and Dagan are open for bidding.

[Molog]

Turn 74

Champion of Pangeae kicks Ermorian *** like always.
Vespur goes back to the lab.
Ermor invades my peacefull lands.
Jotunheim is dying.

[Shmonk]

Well, I had a typical bad luck thing, again, happen to me. Of course. I finally get a decent SC (Al Khazim of the magic lamp), and he's equipped with a few artifacts. And the dude casts rain of stone (an unscripted spell), causing my minor force to route, which causes him to route, but there is no free territory so he dies. So I had him all of 1 turn. Dagnabit!!!!!

[sushiboat]

Turn 74

The province tally is: Ermor 65, Pangaea 51, Marignon 31, and Jotunheim 5. The fort tally is: Ermor 13, Marignon 8, Pangaea 8, and Jotunheim 1. Gem income increased for Ermor and decreased for Jotunheim. Pangaea surpassed Ermor in research to take first place. Obscuro, the Ghoul Father, and Istana's Warriors are open for bidding.

[Molog]

Turn 75

Champion of Pangeae kills more undead.
Jotunheim has gone AI http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif.

[Molog]

Turn 76

Champion of Pangeae has died http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif. Poor ichtyid.
TartarSauce died in combat with a golem, fatigued from lifedraining.

[sushiboat]

Turn 75

The province tally is: Pangaea 58, Ermor 57, Marignon 32, and Jotunheim 5. The fort tally is unchanged: Ermor 13, Marignon 8, Pangaea 8, and Jotunheim 1. Gem income increased for Pangaea and decreased for Ermor and Jotunheim. Istana's Warriors were hired by Marignon. Obscuro and Mamor are open for bidding.

[Ironhawk]

Molog said:
Turn 76

Champion of Pangeae has died http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif. Poor ichtyid.
TartarSauce died in combat with a golem, fatigued from lifedraining.



Hahahah - tartar sauce. Awesome name http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[sushiboat]

Turn 76

The province tally is: Pangaea 63, Ermor 54, Marignon 34, and Jotunheim 1. The fort tally is unchanged: Ermor 13, Marignon 8, Pangaea 8, and Jotunheim 1. Gem income increased for Pangaea and Marignon and decreased for Ermor and Jotunheim. Mamor was hired by Marignon. Obscuro and the Wind Lord are open for bidding.

[Molog]

Turn 77

Super Special Happy Fun Surprise had a close encounter with a demi-lich and is currently sieging an ermorian castle.
Sucky Sucky seduced an Ermorian commander.

[sushiboat]

Turn 77

The province tally is: Pangaea 68, Ermor 47, Marignon 37, and Jotunheim 1. The fort tally is unchanged: Ermor 13, Marignon 8, Pangaea 8, and Jotunheim 1. Gem income increased for Pangaea and decreased for Ermor. Marignon hired the Wind Lord. Obscuro, Istana's Warriors, and Knight Errants are open for bidding.

[Molog]

Turn 78

Not much interresting to report.

[sushiboat]

Turn 78

The province tally is: Pangaea 71, Ermor 44, Marignon 37, and Jotunheim 1. The fort tally is: Ermor 14, Marignon 8, Pangaea 8, and Jotunheim 0. Gem income increased for Pangaea and fell for Ermor and Jotunheim. Ermor hired Obscuro, and Marignon hired Istana's Warriors and Knight Errants. Mamor is open for bidding.

[Molog]

Turn 79

Marignon failed to conquer one of Ermor's fortresses. Fun to watch though.
I rename my ettin mandragora to Fear.
Jotunheim is dead.

[sushiboat]

Turn 79

Jotunheim has been permanently vanquished. The province tally is: Pangaea 75, Ermor 39, and Marignon 38. The fort tally is: Ermor 13, Pangaea 9, and Marignon 8. Gem income increased for Ermor and Marignon and decreased for Pangaea. Marignon hired Mamor. The Wind Lord is open for bidding.

[Molog]

Turn 80

For some reason I get to see the battle at Wicker Woods. I have no scout there and I am not astral windowing it?
Also why is my arch-devil's hp stuck at 43?

Carion Lord sees his first battle.
Firestorm is nice.

[Shmonk]

Hmm... I had something strange too. I now have a Skinshifter equipped with lots of stuff, joining one of my sieges. Don't know where he came from, but I'll take him.

Just realized where he came from, I made the mistake of equipping a lycanthrope amulet on somebody. Doh!!

Yes, flame storm is nice (I watched that battle of yours where it was used, twice I believe). I attached an image of your spell.

[Molog]

Turn 81

Not much to report.

[sushiboat]

Turn 80

The province tally is: Pangaea 78, Marignon 38, and Ermor 37. The fort tally is: Ermor 13, Pangaea 9, and Marignon 9. Gem income increased for Marignon and Pangaea and decreased for Ermor. Marignon hired the Wind Lord. Obscuro and the Knight Errants are open for bidding.

[sushiboat]

Turn 81

The province tally is: Pangaea 86, Marignon 37, and Ermor 29. The fort tally is: Ermor 12, Pangaea 11, and Marignon 9. Gem income increased for Marignon and Pangaea and decreased for Ermor. Marignon hired the Knight Errants. Mamor is open for bidding.

[Molog]

Turn 82

Well Ermor and Marignon concede. I attached my last turn for viewing. All other turns are still on my e-mail account.

Password is geheim .

[Shmonk]

This was a great game. I learned a lot. Thanks for hosting, Alneyan!!

[Rathar]

I want in the next one please!

[Molog]

It was a fun game http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif.


Some info:
The general plan I was following originally can be found here: http://www.the-battlefield.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=426

Mother Oak was cast with 114 nature gems. I had almost no nature or death gem income during most of the game. I was counting on those for my strategy. Lots of air gems though.

I had very little troops during most of the game. Pythium fought me to a standstill, I kept raiding him with small armies in a war of atrrition.

Machaka had little research and defense, my pretender got rid of most of his attacking forces.

I summoned an fairy queen to get a lvl 3 air mage, to forge some air boosters.

I started windriding enemy commanders to my capital, where a nature mage with rune smasher and spell focus was waiting to charm them. Got a nice machaka sorcerer with 3 fire this way, who would later cast eternal pyre.

I decided to go to war with Ermor, because he had been left alone for such a long time and had huge gem income. I was afraid of what he had been preparing all that time.

I casted forest dome and air dome on pangea for security.

My pretender cast gift of health. Extra health is nice and it was needed to heal the tartarian titans and make them useful.

I was saving up fire gems for purgatory, but then Marignon beat me to it, so I cast Eternal pyre instead.

Gale gate and Eternal pyre were both cast with +0 extra gems, so they could have been dispelled at any time.

I summoned a bunch of lamia queens to summon a couatl, but I kept getting lamia queens with blood instead of astral.

I made a bunch of fever fetishes and clams.

I alchemised gems to buy lore masters(there is a citadel of loremasters right next to my capital, but I didn't find it till turn 50 or so) and jade sorceresses(Machaka's capital).

I hunted Machaka and Pythium for bloodslaves. That got me around +60 bloodslaves a turn. Summoned 8 or so vampire lords and set them to summoning minions.

Ermor launched an attack on one of my fortresses, but I fairy throdded my pretender with an army in it. Charmed one of his Air Queens and recovered the soulstone of wolves.

I was awaiting an attack from Ermor, but Ermor let me pretty alone to grow.

I killed of my harpy prophet, who had been reanimating the entire game and made a vampire lord my prophet to get some better defense.

I forged a 3 rings of sorcery and 3 thistle maces and fairy throdded pretty much everything I had on Ermor's capital. Better to die fighting, than slowly be picked to death. I was afraid he had cast some dome which would have prevented my attack.

Ermor cast lots of battle field wide destruction. His sc's got fatigued from the cold auras of his dusk elders, so they didn't move much during a large part of the game, but if they had they would have gotten in range of my charmers.
Repeated casting of fog warriors and the soulstone of wolves helped a lot in winning.

When Ermor tried to retake his capital, I teleported a lamia queen using boots of the planes with that wand that gives +3 death, a rune smasher and spell focus to cast undead mastery a couple of times. Ended up with +300 undead and Ermor lost his pretender and a bunch of sc's.

I scouted some mummy's , so Ermor probably used ritual of rebirth to get them back.

Used some assasins to charm and kill of Ermorian commanders. All the Ermorian skeleton chaff got killed easily by tartarians.

I impowered my Ettin mandragora in blood and gave him hammer of the forge lord + dwarven hammer for 75% forge bonus. Forging soul contracts for 20 blood slaves repays itself.

I was afraid Marignon would team up with Ermor, so I was planning to surprise attack Marignon.