PBEM game: The first step (Running)

Alneyan · #1 May 8th, 2005, 06:40 AM

Everybody is in except Machaka and Arcoscephale.

Your best bet is to go after the Barbarians or the Woodsmen for now I guess, backed by longbowmen. They should be able to make them rout fairly quickly. You may also want to pull your infantry to the back of your army, or even keep them with the longbowmen: a small squad is more likely to rout.

I am not sure what else to do with mundane troops, but then I do poorly with national troops. A row of spearmen (long spears preferably) may do the trick to halt the charge of the knights, backed by a few of the damage-dealing troops of Man (Axemen or Tower Guards). Alternatively, it might be possible to do something with Tangle Vines to keep the Knights entangled, and some firepower support: the Crones can cast Lightning Bolt at Evocation 2, a killer spell as it bypasses armour.

RibbonBlue · #2 May 8th, 2005, 11:22 AM

Tangle vines, I did not think of that. Right now, I am trying to kill the druids. But knowing my luck I bet there are lik 9 darkvines in that province.

Shmonk · #3 May 8th, 2005, 12:20 PM

Darkvines, now I finally saw my first one last week. In an SP game I attacked a province with druids and 2 darkvines. Not knowing what they were, I initially though they were a type of Vine Men. So, I thought they'd be easy. Then watching the battle, I saw how wrong I was. Yikes!

That's what I like about this game, I haven't played a lot, or even completed more than 1 game, and I'm still enjoying finding new things.

sushiboat · #4 May 8th, 2005, 03:19 PM

You guys might want to play your cards closer to the chest. If you give everyone details about your nation, that information may be used against you. To get advice, you can send a private message to quantum_mechani or Ironhawk. You can also keep a game journal, which you can share with us later as an after-action report (AAR).

Alneyan · #5 May 9th, 2005, 03:11 PM

Turn 3 has run (current turn is turn 4). From now on, I will send all game-related information in mails, as everything seems to be working fine.

sushiboat · #6 May 9th, 2005, 03:50 PM

Turn 4

Man announced a prophet. Ermor hired the mercenary sage Dagan.

According to the graphs, Machaka conquered a third province to become sole leader in that category. Only Pangaea has not taken a province outside of its capital. All other nations own two provinces each. Marignon and Machaka have found new gem income. Pangaea's army size jumped up to join Machaka and Arcosephale in the top tier of that category.

Another Pretender, Atrineus of Arco, made the Hall of Fame with 2 kills.

Molog · #7 May 9th, 2005, 05:13 PM

Turn 4

Lost the bid for Dagan, for the rest everything is classified.

I think Ermor, Pythium, Machaka and Earoscale are going to be dangerous.

Shmonk · #8 May 9th, 2005, 05:31 PM

Wow, this could be a bad thing, checking the forums at work. So I guess I was searching for magic sites if I (Marignon) found new gem income. I'm playing an SP game also, so I had forgotten what my orders were for this game. Now I'm looking forward to getting home and seeing what else happened on my turn...

Shmonk · #9 May 8th, 2005, 12:17 PM

Hmm, seems like we might not get the next turn until Monday possibly, unless we get the last 2 to submit there turn sometime this afternoon (darn).

And I have the same problem. Most of my provinces I'm surrounded by have heavy cavalry, and that's not fun. So I'm going after the other non-cavalry ones first. Also, there's a province of Ghouls and Soulless that should be easy - for me (Marignon), at least. Thankfully my priests/inquisitors do NOT like undead... unless, of course, they're controlling them.