Principe - EA Machiavellian newbie game - Game started!

[Tifone]

Pointless alliance? Without that alliance you would have probably fought each other for years, becoming weaker for the joy of the others - not only that, you would not have created those nice stories (expecially Mithras' one of finding a reason for the god of the giants being a druid ). I think your alliance was maybe the most noticeable thing of the game... but well, of course you two will need in the end to decide who will be the Prince and who will... submit. (Unless you two are killed by someone else, of course )

What about the tricky Ulm? Don't we get the barbarians' opinion? They were kind of an early superpower, can't wait to know if they have some way to get the supremacy in the pocket...

Glad you'll be in Klepto! Do I reserve you the spot for Ermor?

[Illuminated One]

Yes, until now the alliance was good for both of us.
If it was allowed to hold I'm quite certain we had won. Mithras is quite strong himself and while I can of course only guess I think he is in a stronger position than lwarmonger.
But fighting together now until we are the last surviving players while everyone knows that there will be a point where he will be backstabbed. Everything set to the max was quite nice for the early game but I don't think it translates well into late game.
Noone can advance on every border and between evenly matched players I really seems to come down to the one player taking a couple of provinces and the other player taking a couple of provinces in an eternal stalemate. This is what I see between Mictlan and Ulm and what happens between Sauromatia and me.
If we start to fight now it will most likely screw Niefelheim, I see a chance to survive it and I'm not willing to risk him falling into my back when I'm in a bad position.
So I end the alliance now and keep the RoW, sorry Mithras this wasn't planned. It's bad for me too, but if the alliance can't hold it can't hold.

[Ephraim]

What about the tricky Ulm? Don't we get the barbarians' opinion? They were kind of an early superpower, can't wait to know if they have some way to get the supremacy in the pocket...

*sigh* Unfortunately I have no tricks up my sleeve. Slayer's AI has really made a mess of me (nice job--I've learned much from getting slaughtered). When I started a war with him, I thought I had every advantage, but he has gained the upper hand in our little war.

On the whole, I feel like I've been waiting for the other shoe to drop. I'm hanging on vs Mictlan, not going down quickly but still going down. But I keep waiting for some other nation to come along and wipe me out.

I have no problem calling the game now--I definately don't have any sneaky tricks waiting.

BTW...sorry I haven't been on the forums much. School has kept me busy, and then my wife had a baby. So I've been fairly stretched. This game has been LOADS of fun though...I've learned a lot about dominions.

I'd like to play in the sequel...but I should think about my time situation. (I'll let tifone know soon if I really want in or not)

Thanks again to all!