Re-Vendetta

[Graeme Dice]

A remake of the Vendetta Game:

Middle Age
Settings will be Llamaserver default (renaming on) except:
Magic site 50
Hosting: 24 hours to start, 12 hour warning

CBM 1.6 http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/showpost.php?p=710178
Endgame Diversity Mod http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/showthread.php?t=45056
Map: Cradle of Dominions.

Victory Conditions. 50%+1 capitals

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Graeme: Bandar Log
Stagger Lee: Shinuyama
ghoul31: Arco
Pelthin: Pangaea
Muse: Pythium
Finalgenesis: R'Lyeh
Grijalva: C'Tis
MadFrancis: Man
XuanZue: Eriu
NooBliss: TC
Dark Kitty: Abysia

[Stagger Lee]

Hi Graeme. Shinuyama please.

And can I request the same magic sites that I never got to use the first time around? :)

[ghoul31]

Arco again

[Pelthin]

Could I try Pangaea?

Thanks.

[Muse]

I shall take command of the glorious Empire of Byzantium! I-if you want me to. *blush*

(Pythium, please!)

[Finalgenesis]

Abysia

[AdmiralZhao]

Jotunheim please.

[Grijalva]

Caelum if you don't mind

[MadFrancis]

I'd like to try my hand at Man, if possible.

[Finalgenesis]

oops, sorry can I change from Abysia to MA Ryleth?

Just in love with them and figure I get experienced with them before moving on to a new nation.

[Teraswaerto]

*edit*
For some reason forgot I'll be without internet access for a week soon, so not the best time to join a game.

[XuanZue]

can i join with Eriu?

[NooBliss]

I'm in as Tien Chi this time.

[Dark Kitty]

If Quitti doesn't want to join this time (or if he wants to change his nation), I would like Abysia (or Ashdod if that's not possible)

[AdmiralZhao]

Isn't Ashdod removed in CBM?

[Grijalva]

I'm pretty sure its not removed in CBM, since I just used them in the original vendetta (with CBM).

[Quitti]

Yeah, it's not removed. Dark Kitty, feel free to get Aby, I'll be skipping this one.

[Grijalva]

I would like to take this chance to voice my support for a wrap-around map; I know that they can be a little confusing, but it takes away the huge advantage that one gets from starting in a corner (or quickly conquering a corner-nation :))

Of course, I'm not the host, so whatever map people want to play is fine with me...just my two cents....


EDIT: Also, I would like to change my nation to C'tis

thanks

[Graeme Dice]

I don't have time to start up a new game right now, so somebody else is going to have to admin this one.

[Graeme Dice]

Ahh screw it. I can play another game, and Bandar is simple enough to script. reVendetta is up on Llamaserver.

[MadFrancis]

I'm still the only one to submit a Pretender. Is this game still a go?

[Graeme Dice]

It will be at least a couple of days before all pretenders are submitted.

[NooBliss]

Submitted mine.

[AdmiralZhao]

Well, thanks for playing everyone. You did your best, but in the end were no match for Jotunheim's theoretical giants.

[rmcolosimo]

Well, thanks for playing everyone. You did your best, but in the end were no match for Jotunheim's theoretical giants.

This had me confused for way too long... hehehe..

:)

[Muse]

Eep! I left the status page at three pretenders from start, coming back to submit Pythium's I see that the game has already started.
I do not wish to cause any disruption, but it seems that an unregistered player has taken my place.

[Finalgenesis]

Wow someone hijacked your play slot? do these hijacking happen often? @.@

[Stagger Lee]

I will be going away wed-sat this week. Would appreciate an extension, but will try to find a sub if that is preferred.

[Graeme Dice]

I have no problem granting an extension.

[AdmiralZhao]

Uh, could we grant an extension for Shinuyama?

[Stagger Lee]

Ugh! ok, missed communication - Game on!

i.e. no rollback, even though I'm at war, and fighting for my life. :cool:

[Grijalva]

don't worry lee, I staled too...so at least we're on somewhat even ground :)

[NooBliss]

Aargh... it's broke again! :(

[AdmiralZhao]

It looks like Man has gone absent after seeing the immense size and power of Jotunheim's armies. A wise choice, and one that I would recommend to any future foes facing our fearsome forces. Does anyone object to setting them to AI?

[Stagger Lee]

GG Grijalva. I will have far more respect for poison slingers in the future! I had never seen them in action before, and my dai bakemono were useless.

[Grijalva]

Thanks Lee and GG! You put up a good fight too even though, as you say, the dai bakemono's were not so useful against so much poison. I was afraid you would switch to those tiny goblin archers instead but perhaps it was too late. Nice fight at your capital too, I knew I shouldn't have re-hired those undead mercs!

[Finalgenesis]

Trading earth gems for astral or death gems 1:1, please pm if interested.

[Grijalva]

The Mighty Apep deems it necessary to look for earth gems and will trade water or death for them...astral gems are also wanted.


- Marshmaster Mike, Official DJ of the Swamps

[Grijalva]

Hang in there Eiru and (soon) Arco! Fight Giant-Empire! The Lizard People are on the way!

[NooBliss]

Hang in there Eiru and (soon) Arco! Fight Giant-Empire! The Lizard People are on the way!

Actually, Arco is not fighting the giants. They attacked us after some unruly monkeys only nominally loyal to TC caused havoc in their lands.
Celestial Empire of Tien Chi doesnt hold a grudge against Arco people though, as long as they are willing to accept our rule.

[AdmiralZhao]

Could we extend the hosting period to 48 hours? I'm having trouble with the 24 hour deadlines.

[Graeme Dice]

Sure. I'm starting to notice it too.

[XuanZue]

GG for me:angel

[Dark Kitty]

I wouldn't mind 48 hours either (although I guess my opinion won't matter for long^^)

[AdmiralZhao]

Well, that didn't work as expected. :) Any idea why my bane lords didn't participate in the communion? I guess you have to have some magic paths in order to benefit?

[Grijalva]

Must be, I haven't messed around with matrixes very much but I think that is the case. Regardless, your banes lords would have done more damage had it worked, but it would almost certainly have still auto-routed given that at the end they were just slashing away at undead and phantasms.

Anyway, great battle! Talk about fatigue! Quagmire, grip of winter, two rigor-mortiss'...thankfully a lot of my infantry passed out and didn't reach your banes in the end. I had to sacrifice some lizards and undead, but I've been looking to streamline my forces anyway. :)

[Finalgenesis]

Interesting, so matrix on a pathless unit doesn't work? It didn't receive self buffs from master's casting? That's... good to know. Wonder if priest path only casters can join in and receive the benefits?

[AdmiralZhao]

Jotunheim brings good news to all peaceful nations of the world! The streamlining of C'tis's armies continues. Almost every soldier they sent north to trespass upon the sacred mountains of Jotunheim has been killed. Or more accurately, has been killed, then immediately re-animated, and then immediately burnt to a cinder. Even better, the C'tisian empire is being right-sized, and their inventory of artifacts is being reduced to cut down on warehousing costs. I expect that within a few months, their false-God (a mere green dragon in reality) will step down from his position in order to spend more time with his family.

Oh, and for those of you at Constr 8, the Sword of Auglmar, the Ankh, the Tome of Gaia, and few other artifacts are now back on the market.

[Grijalva]

To the nations of the world! The mighty armies of Ctis have been dealt a decisive blow! "Deathbringer, the SC" (really an enchantress with a stupid name) has summoned strange all-powerful creatures known as "Shishis" in astounding numbers to rain lightning on our armies and savage our lands!

It is all but lost for C'tis!

Unless the nations of the world unite now (end your petty bickering) and fight the giants then I'm afraid we shall all go go the way of Eiru and Man,


- Marshmaster Mike, Official DJ of the Swamps

[AdmiralZhao]

How dare you sir! How dare you! The SC name has been passed down through generations in my family, dating all the way back to my great great great great great grandfather, who was a great Kraken. The Deathbringer name comes from my mother's side of the family of course.

And Jotunheim is a land of peaceful giants, the manatees of the land. We abhor useless violence, and as we have done many times before we offer peace to your nation and any others that would accept it. As for Eriu and Man, the former decided on an aggressive dominion push against us (temples in every province, look at their Dominion graph!), while the latter was unfortunately too tasty to live.

[Finalgenesis]

The nation of Ryleth have need of Death, water, fire and Astral gems, and have Earth or nature gems to trade for them.

[Grijalva]

Last month (turn) was truly the month of the taskmaster. They didn't do anything (or barely did in some cases), but my dear taskmasters, that I had been using to bootstrap into blood, saw a surprising amount of combat, both heroically in the arena and in open battle.

Conclusion: they're (of course) only good as cheap leaders/blood hunters...but its funny as hell to see them in combat.

Anyway....

This is a public call for donations to C'tis. A little more money would go a long way toward holding out against Jotun, as would any undead-killing items. Help the poor lizards resist tyranny and enslavement! The hated Giants have raided our lands with terrible beasts and turned the wolf tribes against us! Money is needed to rebuild the C'tisian defenses as we cannot match the tribal hordes!

Additionally, if anyone has any overland spells that they would be willing to lob at the Giants that would be swell.

- Marshmaster Mike, Official DJ of the Swamps

[Dark Kitty]

My victors have finally decided to put an end to my slow agony and finish me, thanks to them (although it didn't take much time to do my turns, I must admit I had lost some interest in the end :p). I completely neglected diplomacy in that game, I hope my neighbours didn't think I was sulking or something^^ (I was busy with other games and RL when the game started, and then, well, I had already started without diplomacy...)

Good luck all ;)

[AdmiralZhao]

We will miss you Abysia. The world is a little darker without your constantly burning hellish flames.

[Grijalva]

Nations of the World,

A fair warning: a great tide is sweeping over my lands and will soon be reaching you. The mighty Lizard people have tried, with our allies, to fight the Jotun menace...and have only fed them more and more power.

All along the coasts that border the sea of Blood (88) and Palatuk Bay (110) lay our fallen warriors, their bodies horribly twisted by their ordeal with dark magic, killed in any number of ways, reanimated and then blasted with holy-fire. What's worse! Marshmaster Mike and his retinue of wizards/monsters was just killed by a gigantic-flying-giants-killer-ambush-army! If anyone has a firestorm handy, please send it to province (56), it will be well spent :)

Now the giants have conquered much of the C'tis Empire. Indeed the old kingdom of Shinuyama has fallen under Jotun's control. The C'tissian people cling to life in their southern lands, while their mighty Dragon-god, Apep, ravages the enemies heartlands in vain.

- Scrawled on a piece of lizard-hide

[AdmiralZhao]

We will miss you C'tis. Everytime one of our commanders dies of a horrible wasting disease, we will think of you.

Also, could we have a 12 hour extension? Peace has made us fat and lazy. Well, fatter and lazier.

[NooBliss]

To AdmiralZhao, in case you didnt receive our envoy.

We inform the giants of Jotunheim and the rest of the world that peace has come to an end, for the Empire of TC declares war upon the Jotun. Lets put the pretty rhetorics aside: they aim to rule us all, and we won't bow to their rule for they have no Mandate of Heaven.
For the Greater Good!

[Finalgenesis]

To the giants of Jotun,

We express the same sentiment as Tien Chi, Let's meet on the battlefield. Per our envoy, the 55th month marks the beginning of the end.

[Grijalva]

We will miss you C'tis. Everytime one of our commanders dies of a horrible wasting disease, we will think of you.




GG, I just hope the slave-lizards are happy with their new masters...

[AdmiralZhao]

So far the slave lizards seem to be taking the transition well. We are gradually teaching them to use their tridents for spear-fishing and hay baling, and the runners have revolutionized the Jotunheim mail service. Indeed, all around the signs of war are fading. The marshes are not so noxious, the summers are a little cooler, and the piles of shattered and burned skeletons are feeding an enormous expansion in the southern gelatin industry. Even the great heroes are fading away, as those brave commanders who took up Soul Contracts to defend their homeland are now being terrorized in their retirement homes by regular Horror visits.

Things were going so well, at least until this recent news. R'yleh, perhaps upset by our overfishing, has once again set their black tide of aggression lapping at our shores. While we expect such bellicose behavior from the mad star spawn, it was much more upsetting to receive a similar declaration from Tien Chi. I can only assume that Ryleh has misled their astrologers and soothsayers through some foul astral magic. In any case, the proud Jotunheim people will again take up arms to defend themselves. The tree of Jotun-Liberty will be refreshed by the blood of tiny, tiny humans and blood slaves!

[Finalgenesis]

We note that Jotuns have initiated a pre-emptive attack before NAP cooldown ran out to great effect. On the other hand, no agreement need be kept with this god or any future incarnations thereof, as no agreement should be kept with those who pay it no heed.

We must admit, the tactical advantage was significant from the breach and we approve in that sense, a possibly worthwhile tradeoff.

[NooBliss]

Eh... Postpone the next hosting, please. We have to wait for Admiral Zhao.

[NooBliss]

Bump. Do we have a host, even?

[Finalgenesis]

Should be Graeme as Bandar Log and still in the game.

I'm sure he'll check this before turn ends and extend it until it's clear we need a sub.

[Finalgenesis]

It seems jotun is gone for good (and that host wants to keep it that way) and Pan just went away, frankly I'm losing interest in the game with the state of the game falling apart like this, I will be switching to AI next turn.

[Graeme Dice]

Well, no I had no idea a sub was even needed since I don't read this forum more than twice a month and had never received a PM about it.

[NooBliss]

I didnt send PM but I posted in this thread, twice. But nevermind that - we do need a sub. Jotun is still stronger than me and RLyeh combined so it shouldnt be too late.

[NooBliss]

Ok, I have alerted everybody that we need subs back then, now the game is over.
Yes, I'm shameless.