MP: Epic Battles(PBEM) - Game on!

[Valerius]

Pan has the game wrapped up. Given that, it makes sense for all of us to free up time for our other games. Abysia concedes.

Congratulations, DC! You deserve the victory. I wish I could have given you a better fight but my planning throughout the game was poor (what did my pretender, "Al Bundy", really add to my nation?) and yours was excellent (Chalice, WoM, tarts, and BoT for good measure - also good, balanced forces between troops and SCs). I never saw your pretender so I'm curious if it was an awake rainbow? It seemed like your gem income was strong right from the beginning.

Also, thank you to analytic_kernel and shogi for stepping in to keep the game going and to DC for taking over admin responsibilities. Good game, everyone!

[DonCorazon]

I went with a non-conventional strategy (order/non-gorgon) for Pan after getting frustrated playing a conventional Pan design (turmoil/luck - Gorgon) in another MP game. So my pretender was an awake Enchantress that site searched and was key in getting me early magic diversity and making use of Con 8. I found some key indie sites - High Temple of the Magii for fire/astral and then later in the game found the Ivory Tower for those amazing A/S sorceresses, which just happened to be in the same place where I already had a fort/lab to make use of the Steel Ovens. Seriously, my magic site karma in this game was extraordinary, culminating with finding Mt Chaining about 15 turns ago.

I made a big mistake getting in between Mictlan and Pythium - and earning Mictlan's wrath. Fighting 3 on 1 was not easy, especially in terms of trying to decide what to do. I was getting nervous about Aby's strong dominion, blood sacrificing, and vampires but wanted to try and knock out lower research foes first so was throwing most of my weight at Mictlan while working on Undead Mastery and gearing up some Lich's with penetration devices to deal with vamp hordes. I don't recall what my starting Dominion was but it sure felt low in the endgame...

Anyway, I will attach my last turn file if anyone’s interested – I always like seeing them.

Thanks for a fun game, and thanks alot to analytic_kernel and shogi - you guys were great subs - we had a nice pace with no stales in the endgame - amazing! Look forward to playing with you guys again sometime!

[analytic_kernel]

Thanks for the fun game, guys. This was my first ever MP game of Dom3, and you made it a good experience. I hope to play with you again sometime.

Congrats on your victory, DC.

[shogi]

Thanks for letting me step in and play a bit. DC - awesome game - I've not had quite that effective of a tart drop on me before - nice job. I definately learned a thing or three.
Good luck to everyone in future games!