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It's turn 11 now and we've met with Primitive.

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<font size="2" face="sans-serif, arial, verdana">11 turns...not too close to each other.

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KOTH Gozguy vs Mark 2407.0
Standard settings.

I hope Gozguy doesn't think it presumptious of me to call it at this point. I've glassed every enemy planet and have "lost contact with the Chin empire". It's true however that he does still have 1 (one) colony ship left, which may just about get to land its colony before being blown to hell by the two light cruisers that are a couple of squares away...

We started with only two systems between us. I pushed forward with missile ships as early as possible, and Gozguy - not being Ancient - probably didn't realise the danger until I was adjacent to his home system. I was able to block any expansion in my direction, and - after several attempts - break into his home system and glass his homeworld.

Gozguy was able to expand very fast in the other direction, and must have colonised around 2/3rds of the volume of the galaxy. However, after the loss of his homeworld he was never able to put up any serious resistance in space, and clearing up all those colonies became more of an exercise in logistics than anything else. I'm impressed that he carried on playing so long.

I think the three critical factors were;

1) I was lucky enough to have a much nicer home system than his, with two breathable planets in it.

2) Having Ancient, I had a big advantage knowing where he started and being able to dictate the border.

3) Gozguy was a bit slow to build warships once we made contact, and wasn't properly prepared to defend his home system. Or maybe he had resource problems - not sure.

Anyway, that's it (or, if Gozguy insists, we have one more turn to process http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon7.gif )

*strolls up to the crest of the hill, whistling*

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Koth page updated.

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Gravey managed to get the better of Stonemill. Looks like I might be up for a rematch with Slynky...

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Koth page is updated.

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I love this game!!

Gandalph vs. Parabolize
2405.2 Mostly standard setup.

The Corrian have struck first. As soon as the Corrian had the mine sweeping capability, they launched an attack into the Fwandrei system. All four Black Lotus colonies were lost. After this triumphant "take that" move by the Corrian, they thought they could mosey home to make repairs. All of a sudden, a fleet of 25 Black Lotus ships enter the system. Within 2 sectors already, the Corrian fleet could not avoid the obvious.
"These guys want a fight? Then that's what we'll give 'em!" Admiral Thantro was not known for giving up in a fight.
Both fleets were positioned for battle, and the next month could swing advantage one way or the other.

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OK thats it! I have now written "I will not send good untrained ships into battle" 100 times on a sheet of paper. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/blush.gif

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As the space dust settled, Admiral Thantro was glad for all the rigorous traing Grand Cardinal Qatar had commanded. It had paid off in the battle of Fwandrei. Admiral Thantro still had 25 ships in his fleet, though some were admittedly damaged, while the enemies fleet was gone.

"90% hit rate to his 50%. That's a figure I can live with!" Admiral Thantro was proud of his achievement. He enjoyed his achievments for a short while though, as the orders to secure the Fwandrei system had been recieved.

"An excellent blow to our enemies in the name of the Xanto. May his glory guide you." Grand Cardinal Qatar came to understand the leader of the military. "We must now secure that system as our own," he exclaimed.

Too Be Continued...

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King game: Asmala the Usurper VS Primitive the “hey, It’s my turn to be the king” guy.

Turn 38. Geo’s Balance Mod, No Warpopeners, both of us took standard Clone empires without any racials.

Slynky made a “nice” http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/rolleyes.gif open spiral map with 35 systems and placed us close to the ends, making it basically a double string of systems with the outer (st)ring not continuously connected. With no warpopeners allowed, there is little room for any strategic manoeuvring. When we are ready the game will probably be decided by a few large battles over one or two WP’s. Certainly different http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif

So far, nothing much has happened (takes a bit of time to colonize 17 x 4 planets from a 1 planet start). The map is divided smack down the middle. There are 2 border WP’s. Asmala has pushed a colony into my side on the main border, while I hold the WP on the secondary “forked off” border. The usurper has been in front on points for most of the game, but it’s still early days so no need to worry (yet) http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/icons/icon12.gif