Re: Pangaea player
 

Sandman pulled off submitting a pretender and then not playing with the nation, but that isn't the only time this happened. LoloMo has thankfully agreed to take over when I bugged him enough. The status page, though only occasionally updated when I remember it, should give the most accurate list who plays what nation.

Re: Pangaea player
 

Got it, thank you.

New turn
 

I just had a replay bug in at least one of my battles this turn. Has anybody else experienced it in this game?

Re: New turn
 

Nope, haven't encountered it in this game.

Re: New turn
 

Well, I guess I lost this game. Congrats to whoever managed to convince
everyone that I am the one to beat. Now I have three nations arrayed against
me, the other two players will not talk to me, and everyone believes that
I have more blood stones (possible) and clams (very unlikely) than everyone else.

Anyhow. I will not attack anyone first. I hope that the neutral players will
at some point jump on Fomoria and R'lyeh, when they become convinced that
those two are becoming unstoppable. Until then, I will play on the defensive.
I will not cast any spells that kill population, mostly because I do not want
to ruin the game, and hope that once you guys reduce me to nothing of consequence,
you leave me around to watch. Yes, that includes Armageddon, which would do
wonders for balancing this game.

And one more thing. I believe that using MoD in ANY way is abuse. If it is ever
used against me, and I have to retreat after routing everyone else, I will abuse
anything I can against anyone who is at war with me at the time.

Re: New turn
 

Hmmm. I don't have much personal experience with MoD, but it does seem to be somewhat cheesy or bugged, based upon what I've read on the forum.

As the most air-heavy nation from those who remain in game, I am fine with not using MoD.

I have a question though - that MoD bug only affects MoD spell itself, not "Dance of Morrigans", correct?

Re: New turn
 

Last time I tried it, Dance of the Morrigans worked once once per game. Or
was it once per round? In any case, it was buggy in the other direction - it
was not worth casting.

By the way, at this time, every nation is an air nation. You, Tien Chi and
Tir-Na-Nog started as air nations, R'lyeh has many Fomorian Kings (no idea
whether they are wished for or enslaved), Pangaea has Tartarians and I have
a few sorceresses of my own, to complement my air randoms.

Re: New turn
 

Ok, thank you.

As for air mages - you are right but what I meant is that only me and TNN have national lvl3-4 air mages. In any case, as I said I am fine with not using MoD.

From now on, I will stay in character.
 

I have lost the diplomacy game, and I do not think that I'll be able to withstand
three nations at the same time, not when one is Corwin's Fomoria. From now on,
my board posts will be in character, which means that they may be obnoxious,
deliberately deceptive, but will probably stop short of being outright lies.
In any case, I intend to have fun. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Note that I still stand by my personal messages. I won't be lying there. I
do not see myself sending many, either. Being ignored is annoying.

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Please, help the peaceful inhabitants of Niefelheim!

A few turns after the attack from Tien Chi, the nations of R'lyeh and Fomoria
have launched a coordinated assault on the peaceful folks of Neifelheim. Many
of our castles have been besieged, and huge number of provinces taken over.
While we can boast of some successes against R'lyeh and Tien Chi, Fomoria's
artifact equipped SCs have torn a bloody path through Neifelheim's armies,
without suffering a single casualty.

It is probably too late for our nation. But those of you have not aligned with
Fomoria still have a chance to remain relevant. Even if you believe that Niefel
has a large quantity of blood stones, ask yourself: how does it compare against Formoria?

In gold and gem income, in provinces and in dominion, Fomoria is far ahead of
us. As we cannot prevent them from taking our uncastled provinces, the gem
income difference will soon surpass the income we have from blood stones. Add
this to the fact that their Gift of Health is allowing them to field Tartarian
supercombatants by the cartload, and that their Harvester is gathering 20-30
death gems per turn. We do not understand how anyone can think we are more of a
danger than Fomoria. Add Niefelheim's assets to Fomoria's - can you compete?

This is all about the damn Forge of the Ancients. We cast it, because everyone
was concerned about R'lyeh, but claimed to be unable to go after them underwater.
Well, Niefel is not underwater, and I guess we are paying for this. But when all
is said and done, we had to empower an independant mage to start forging stones,
and our fledging clam forging is very limited (by the number of forgers, not by
the availability of gems) For all I know, Fomoria has used its overwhelming gem
income advantage to summon Lamia Queens, and far surpasses our three clams per turn.

Re: From now on, I will stay in character.
 

Well said, Lord of Giants. By the holy decree of the divine ruler of Fomoria, a copy of this Niefelheim's proclomation will be sent to our advance troops, who are currently preparing for Giants counterattack. It should certainly boost their morale, by convincing them that they are in fact invincible, at least according to their silver-tongued opponent. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

I will not speak about Nifelheim strength or R'lyeh treasury - I am not privy to their High Councils. But I can speak for my own nation. I officially declare that Fomoria does not have a single clam. And the only Blood stones that we have are 4 stones that we have captured from Saurumatia'a AI over the last few turns. We do not have a single mage capable of making these stones. We also do not have a single Lamia Queen. Unlike other major nations, who can afford casting and dispelling 500+ gems global enchantments, Fomoria has to rely sorely on our magic sites income.

So we have do respectfully disagree with all these statements made by the noble Niefelheim Lord regarding our nation and our gem income.

Corwin, Lord of Fomoria