Chinchilla - Running

[Burnsaber]

Warhammer said:
GG Burnsaber. This was my first MP game and my first real game with Marignon. It showed quite a bit. I had some bad luck with events (heck I was 3 misfortune, but I thought my 3 order would balance that), I screwed up some of my research, and I think I just had a bad matchup with Machaka (at least this early in the game). But, once I thought I had my feet solidly under me again, I had two knights events come along and those hurt bad as they were some of my better territories and one separated my empire in two.

That said, you were able to take advantage of the mistakes which is what separates the good players from the bad. Those spiders of yours were killer, and I just didn't have any mages that were capable of going after their weaknesses. I still don't know exactly what I could have done to take them down given my situation. I didn't have the diversity of magic I needed to really hurt them.

GG, it was fun playing with all of you and hopefully, I will see you guys in other games.

I actually stopped recruiting spiders after we had both attacked that single province and you saw my spiders effectiviness (six months before the actual war started). The spiders without rider have mag res 8. I just thought you were going to research Thaumaturgy 4 and paralyze them. 3 Grand Masters could have taken ~9 spiders with that spell. Perhaps you didn't have time to reach Thau4?

I know some people are fans of Order 3 and Misfortune 3, but I'm a bit too paranoid to take that. I usually have Order 3 and Misfortune2/Misfortune1 if I can afford it. I'm not that experienced player so I'm not basing this on anything concrete evidence, misfortune 3 just seems so creepy.

[Warhammer]

That was my problem, I didn't have time to research up to Thau4. Most of my good spells are in Evo and Ench is looks like. But, I probably should have researched up to Thau4.

I wouldn't have had issues with the knights, except that I was dealing with you (and aside from the spiders, I think our forces were even). My forces were off doing other things that were more pressing than taking those provinces back over.

The killer may have been taking the drain, but I felt that it was necessary to do that to take the Order and Production. Production is a must for Marignon, but I might experiment with some other scales next time I play them. The other issue is that I should have taken a pretender with some death scales. That would have made conjuration a viable magic school for me.

Still, first time playing a nation is a learning experience.

[Chicanist]

[Late summer is a busy month for me travel-wise I guess] I will remind people in a few days, but I'll be out of town from Friday morning - Monday evening (PST) this weekend ... possible to delay?

[Ubercat]

Chicanist said:
[Late summer is a busy month for me travel-wise I guess] I will remind people in a few days, but I'll be out of town from Friday morning - Monday evening (PST) this weekend ... possible to delay?

I'll delay it. PM me after you take your last turn and remind me when you expect to be back.

[sum1lost]

Holy magic.

I just got reamed- 200 losses to 7.

Yeah, oceania, abysia definitely doesn't need your help, here. I got nothing to counter that right now.

[Sleet]

I will be away Monday - Thursday camping next week. 20th-23rd.
Possible to postpone?

Thanks,
Sleet

[Ubercat]

Sleet said:
I will be away Monday - Thursday camping next week. 20th-23rd.
Possible to postpone?

Thanks,
Sleet

PM me before leaving with a reminder of how long to delay the processing.