Time for a poll. (The subject is abuse)

[Tuidjy]

> I'd thank him for the supply of slave collars, put it on indy commanders and send them against his mage-backed armies...

I know that you're a good player, so you shoudl be aware that:

1. On the turn it happens you will forge at best one item, possibly none.
2. The gems you paid will be lost.
3. Most players do not have 50 indy commanders standing around (75+gold per turn)
4. Slave collars can't be picked up post-battle, so all you'll do is give xpt.

If you want to thank people for that, you probably thank people for driving
over your foot.

[lch]

Tuidjy said:
> I'd thank him for the supply of slave collars, put it on indy commanders and send them against his mage-backed armies...

I know that you're a good player, so you shoudl be aware that:

No, I was joking. The slave collar thing is a purely theoretical construct. I doubt it has ever been encountered in any game, or ever will be for that matter.

[vfb]

Could someone please explain what is meant by "sallying in to a neighborhood province"?

Is that when you are under siege, and you give a sneaking commander non-sneaky troops so he attacks a neighboring province in one move from a besieged castle?

[Tuidjy]

You are under siege. The enemy army thinks it has you surrounded. Your army
exits the castle, bypasses the besiegers and attacks a neighboring province.
This trick worked when I first started playing Dominions III, let me check
whether it still does.

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Yup. still works.

[Tuidjy]

Ich, the slave collar was used back in Dominions II. Actually, it was done with
some other item... It was just remembered as the "slave collar trick" because
some people think that a slave collar is the best item to use.

I disagree. Depending on your objective, it may be better to use a worthless
item that you can remove, i.e. store on your commanders until you need to flood
the enemy's lab. Otherwise, you compromise your own forging one turn before.