PBEM game: The first step (Running)

[Ironhawk]

shmonk said:
Yes, but how do you expand at 2 a turn and still search the sites you've conquered and still do research? It seems to me that you can either conquer first and search later, or conquer and search at the same time, while still deciding when to do research.

Its a balance, as with all things, shmonk. But you first need to acquire the province in order to search it, right? So, better to put all your efforts into grabbing every possible province before your enemies can get there before you. Then go back through and search them all for the mid/late game power. Occassionally, if I am desperate for gems and feel confident of my research situation, I will send out a mage in the early game to do a lot of searching.

[sushiboat]

Turn 14

Pangaea cast the global enchantment Mother Oak. The province tally is: Machaka 12, Ermor 11, Marignon 10, Arcosephale 8, Jotunheim 8, Pythium 7, Pangaea 6, and Man 6. Machaka has a new fort and so now has a total of two, along with Ermor. Machaka had a substantial rise in income and is now the clear category leader. Pangaea increased gem income (i.e., Mother Oak), as did Jotunheim. Obscuro the Hidden Master and the Armored Fist of God are available for hire.

[Molog]

Turn 14

I cast mother oak a couple of turns behind on schedule.

I prepare for expansion.

Ermor is now leading in everything, except income.

Rexors barbarians have died.

Edit: Don't forget that clams and fever festishes don't show up in the graphs.

[sushiboat]

Molog said:
Ermor is now leading in everything, except income.

Ermor is second in provinces and fourth in research.

[Molog]

True. That's what I get for doing turns late at night.

[CyborgMoses]

Hmm... how can you get the research necessary for Mother Oak at turn 14 and still keep churning out armies?

[Ironhawk]

Mother Oak is only Enchant 5, isnt it?

With a relatively strong magic pretender (not to mention the assumed national researcher support) that should be possible.