Saving and Quitting

[Saber Cherry]

Originally posted by Lord Felix:
Upon executing the turn, I got a notice saying the enemy pretender had died and I was the winner.

But I don't know why he died! And I don't have any way to go back!

Am I missing something?

No, unless you keep copies of the .trn files. But the enemy pretender's death does not make you win - you'd have to give a more specific message. Reasons include:

1) His dominion drops to 0.
2) His provinces drop to 0 (if he has a castle, it is "his" province as far as winning goes).

That's it. Probably 1. But as to why he could have died (which are not important):

1) You gave him a disease, and his HP drop 1/turn, and he died.
2) Indy invasion (Vinemen, barbarians, etc).

[Lord Felix]

Thanks. That was my first victory. I'll probably be playing all the time for months.

I suppose I was inaccurate. When I got the victory message, I assumed the enemy pretender had died. In fact, however, the map province info display still showed him by himself in his Last castle in his Last province. (I figured that was a bug, but I see it wasn't.) But his dominion had dropped to zero. Ok, mysterious. Hard to believe that a god in his own castle after a big victory would not still own a whiff of dominion. But I had built castles in every territory around him, with temples and preaching priests, and I guess that wore him down.

Still mystifed why there is a "Quit without Saving" option.

[Saber Cherry]

Quit without saving quits but does not overwrite your old orders. So you if you do bad alchemy you quit without saving and reload, and do it right.