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[johnarryn]

Turn 17 sent out.

[johnarryn]

Waiting on....

Agartha
Ulm
Vanheim

[johnarryn]

Turn 18 sent out

[Cafard]

Hmmm, haven't received anything yet.

Of course, i expect to have been eliminated this precise turn, but i'd prefer to get a confirmation. And don't i even get a turn file to watch the final battle of my demise?

[Cafard]

Right, got it now, and as expected, i ended up as an easy meal for the Jotuns.

There had to be a first player eliminated, and that dubious honor falls on me. Not bad for a first MP game.

I suppose my main mistake was the pretender design. Not having played Tien Chi before, i went for an awaken rainbow crone, simply to quickly maximise early gem income, and make use of the seemingly polyvalent mages.

Alas, that had me completely unable to expand in the first 3/4 turns, as Tien Chi's starting army is, err, 'poor' to say it politely. And the heavy infantry/cavalry provinces surrounding me didn't help. I deeply regret not having gone for an efficient monster-type pretender to offset the delay in army recruiting...

And then, as i was getting going and slamming the surrounding independants, i fell on the Jotuns, and was trashed.

Oh well, we die and learn.

Have fun, and try to post some news of the game from time to time, i'd like to know what happens.

[Atreides]

Hey, sorry you had to run into me so early in the game. That start location you had was pretty rough, and it didnt help that my troops pretty much ambushed yours in that first engagement. Even still, I think you almost stopped me with all those mages when I was storming. Truly a stalwart defense, and my compliments.

[Cafard]

Haha, yeah, i was a bit depressed by that 'ambush'.

I was planning to stay clear from you (i hate fighting the giants without a soul slay battalion) and not provoke, when suddenly, we met, and i lost about half of my leading army... Good move from you to follow straight-on. I wasn't up to it, and by storming me, you gained some precious territory with a fortress at an early stage.

As for that last defense, well, it was more a make-do with what i had left than a careful plan... And your army size even prevented me to build some more trinkets. I was hoping to maybe rout your main unit by killing enough of them with direct spells, but it wasn't to be. And even then, i would only have gained one to three more turns.