Game: Bartered Souls

[Zachariah]

Server IP Address: www.evilzombies.com (http://www.evilzombies.com)
Port: 8098
Middle Era, random map of 15 provinces per player, renaming enabled.
Quickhost or every 48 hours.
If you have a stale turn twice in a row, you'll become a computer player.
75 turn limit, unless its still close.
scores will be posted regularly at: http://www.evilzombies.com/dom3/BarteredSouls.html

[Zachariah]

I'm in as C'Tis

[Zaramis]

No CB or other mods, correct?

[Burnsaber]

Dips on Shinyama!

EDIT: Sended my pretender.

[coobe]

I´m in as Pangaea !!! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

[Folket]

I'm in as Pythium.

[Zaramis]

I'm in as Marignon.

[coobe]

uh Folket as Pythium, should be tough http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/laugh.gif

[Evilhomer]

Im in as something - will decide in a moment.


edit: I will pick MA jotunheim - pretender sent

[Folket]

Pythium look interesting. I think it will be a challenge to play them.

[llamabeast]

Pythium are very powerful.

[Tequilich]

Machaka. Ill upload later tonight.

[Jazzepi]

I'm taking MA Man.

Jazzepi

[Rytek]

I'm in as Eriu

[Ferrosol]

In as Ryleth

[Folket]

My god is up, when do we start?

[coobe]

im gonna upload my god in a few hours... sorry for the delay

[Ewierl]

I'm in, giving Bandar Log a whirl.

[coobe]

uploaded my god ^^

[Reverend Zombie]

Uploaded as Abysia.

[Evilhomer]

When does this game begin ?

[coobe]

Stay out of the forests !!!!!

[EarthRaver]

Im taking MA Vanheim

[Zachariah]

i'll kick off this game later this afternoon. we have 13 folk, it would be cool if we got a few more... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Ewierl]

Would be nice to see a second aquatic nation to keep R'lyeh in check!

[Ferrosol]

Ryleth means you no harm petty one it is just you are so far below us that we might crush you accidently in the same way you might step on an ant and not care that you have snuffed out its life.

[Sandman]

Joined as Ulm.

[Zachariah]

ok i kicked it off. Seeya on the battlefield!

[Ewierl]

Wheee, I think I forgot to put in a password- I'm much more used to PBEMs than to hosted games. I'll trust you all not to go cheat http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Zaramis]

A r'lyeh in a game like this, with so many water-provinces and no other water nations.. Congratulations, R'lyeh http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/tongue.gif

[Ewierl]

Looks like Eriu is going to stale on turn 1? That's no fun http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif

[Rytek]

bah, I was moving into a new house. Won't happen again.

[Rytek]

Bah, I get to start 1 space away from R'leh. and 2 spaces away from Abyssia.

[Zaramis]

Requesting a hold on turns from thursday to sunday, due to a rather unexpected trip. Back sunday around 5 pm EST. ( GMT around 10 pm )

[Zaramis]

( or if someone wants to sub for me, playing Marignon )

[Jazzepi]

You should try to e-mail or message Zach. He doesn't check the threads very often.

Jazzepi

[Zachariah]

Sorry for my untimely response. Zaramis, I won't AI you while you're gone. Does anyone have any objections to not hosting next till Saturday?

[Ewierl]

I'm happy allowing moderate extensions to occur; as this shows, it's not always easy to find a proper sub, and I'd far rather wait a small handful of days than lose a human player.

[Zachariah]

ok, i'm putting off hosting till Sunday evening.

[Zachariah]

I AI'd R'Lyeh cuz they staled twice in a row.

[Ewierl]

Zachariah said:
I AI'd R'Lyeh cuz they staled twice in a row.



Wow, that changes a lot- both in terms of future, and interpreting their past. I had been wondering why that large army was sitting on my border for two turns!

[Sandman]

Ulm is on the way out. Surrounded by astral nations, what hope was there?

[Folket]

I would like the gameto be postponed til the server is playing version 3.10.

[Burnsaber]

I'll be gone for the weekend (from 12th day to 15th). Any chance to delay the hosting while I'm gone?

[Zachariah]

unless i get an objection, i'll postpone to the 16th

[Ewierl]

My turn to go away for the weekend, I'm afraid. I won't have time to play between Friday 19th in the morning and Sunday the 21st in the evening Anyone mind if we have a small delay, to make sure I don't have to stale?

Thanks!

[Folket]

Pythium is looking for astral gems. We have nature, death, water and earth gems.

Remember the old saying. Pythium is your friend.

[Tequilich]

I have no friends... http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/frown.gif Im getting eating alive with fire arrows, I wish I built a air pretender. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/Injured.gif

[Ewierl]

Folket said:
Pythium is looking for astral gems. We have nature, death, water and earth gems.

Remember the old saying. Pythium is your friend.



Pythium is not your friend! These greediest of humans have taken the land we rightfully claimed from the even stupider humans of Ulm, and they stand poised to claim the entire northwest for themselves. We will fight hard to protect our sacred forests, but with raids from R'lyeh as well, we cannot hold out forever. If you let the Pythians continue their advance unimpeded, they will fully consume two more heartlands, Ulm and Bandar Log both, and be a threat to all of you!

(Stupid lab fire right at the beginning of a seige...)

[Folket]

An here I thought you destroyed to lab to sabotague my advance.

[Zaramis]

Machaka, clearly, the only reasonable thing to do is to go full scale war against Pythium after leaving me a handy piece of land up north? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

And I might have astral gems, Pythium. Are you getting any? ...mm, no. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

[Zaramis]

Well, that was a blood battle! Machaka, well fought, a little ill on your luck, but then, so was I in the later stages http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[Zaramis]

Again, a silly holiday, and I'm going to be away from thursday morning until sunday afternoon. I know it's a long gap compared to what we're used to, I hope it's all right but if people rather have it "go go!" then I'll try to find a sub.

[Zachariah]

unless i get more than one dissenting vote, I will postpone hosting till sunday evening.

[Zachariah]

ok, postponing

[Ewierl]

Our homeland has been besieged by Pythian armies for many months now, holding out a last stand. Recently, we managed to break their beseiging armies, at great cost. Now, they have brought in all 3 Air Queens to lead the siege, foes that our last few mages and troops surely cannot beat.

We know nothing of Pythium's eastern front, but here at his west he has taken the capital of Ulm, and soon that of our noble monkey gurus. We will hold out as long as we can, but with three AQs here, the next battle will surely be our last.

[Burnsaber]

I'll be gone over the weekend and unable to play my turn on Saturday and Sunday. I might be bale to make my turn today, but I'm not making any promises.

Any chance for hosting to be delayed while I'm gone?

[Folket]

Do people really feel a need for this to continue? Seems to me that I have won this game and as allways I'm not to interested in a slow end game.

[Zaramis]

Well, the rest of the players in the game don't feel like you have won, and we have ways to prevent you from winning. We've in fact just recently started to muster the stuff we need.

[Folket]

I would like to add one day to the hosting time til one week after new year. I will have lots to do and this game is a drain.

[Jazzepi]

To be honest Folket, I'm happy to concede to you. With Marignon going AI, I don't think there's anything to stop you. I have a sizable force, but I'm stuck in the corner. I thought about simply invading Abysia so that I'd have a conduit to attack you through, but I don't know if this game is worth it to me.

Jazzepi

[Reverend Zombie]

We should at least wait to see if Pythium takes out Shinuyama's big army that just invaded.

[Zaramis]

Since I went AI, I think my conceded victory is obvious. I just didn't have the stamina to keep going after I had learnt from my 17th mistake in the game, and lost what I had to put up as resistance. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[Reverend Zombie]

I'm not ready to call it a game just yet.

[Folket]

Well, let us add a day to the timer still. I have a large empire to manage.

[Zaramis]

( this was my first multiplayer Dominions 3 game, by the way, that lasted past round 20 or so. Was very fun and enjoyable, many thanks to Burnsword for helping me with strategies and assistance as well as Folket for counter and counter-countering on our front. If I had had like twice the gem income I did, I think I could have put up a better fight, but now I had to rely too much on a few few SC's and no army to back them up with, heh. No gems to do anything else )

[Zachariah]

i'm adding a day to the timer.

[Burnsaber]

I'm ready to throw over the towel and declare Pythium as the winner. He just busted out of the gates with Tartarians and I have no countermeasures prepared. I'll be rolled over quickly.

Who's with me?

[Jazzepi]

Huzzah! I conceed!

Jazzepi

[Jazzepi]

Also, I accidentally played that entire game with no password on my pretender. If you guys want to take a look at my position, feel free to. I had quite a few Tartarians, but I'm sure Pythium would have still wiped the floor with me.

Jazzepi

[Folket]

I may well look at your turn. I did not have any password either if you would like to look at my position.

[Zaramis]

I had no password either, heh http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif But I don't think anyone can look at me? My empire was pretty crappy, I had some real bad luck with astral site findings, so my astral income was soooo small. It hurt alot.

My empire was more or less a bunch of indy researchers that were getting magic up while I tried experimenting with different spells and SCs to combat Folket, heh.

I was going to summon and GoR a bunch of tartarians, but I made a mistake and lost my undead guy who was going to summon them by having him in the army that attacked Folket's own Mass Enslave army ( before I knew how to counter that.. ), so he got him http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

[Reverend Zombie]

Congrats, Folket!

[Folket]

Thanks, it was a very enjoyable game. I had a good starting position but I think what made me win was that R'leyh went AI. Guess that is kind of a sad way to have a game decided.

[Jazzepi]

Folket said:
Thanks, it was a very enjoyable game. I had a good starting position but I think what made me win was that R'leyh went AI. Guess that is kind of a sad way to have a game decided.



I felt okay about my chances to win. I had a /huge/ gem stockpile, and I had defeated Utgard and Midgard, but the wars cost me so much time I was behind. I also had about 25 clams, but unfortunately with R'yleh going AI the other big power that was keeping Pythium in check, there wasn't anything to buy me more time to beef up.

Jazzepi

[Zaramis]

R'lyeh went AI quite early, yeah :/ He stalled two turns and then he was gone, heh.

[Zachariah]

ok, i'm shutting this puppy down. I'll start a new one in a few weeks.