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I have no problem either way.

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24 is ok for me for a few next turns at least.

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I vote for keeping it at 24h until turn 25 or so at least.

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AAR's/roleplaying are ok right? trying to start a trend here. lol:


wAAAAAAAAAAAAg!!!!!!!!! has spread to the halls of the Barbarian Kings. The giants of Utgard revel amongst the plunder of those gilded halls.

And across the lands of Utgard, a cry went up "victory for Frozen Lama, and victory for the wAAAAAAAAAAAAg!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

..........And in the dark keep of Utgard, massive shadowed eyes looked for its next victim....... for the wAAAAAg must grow, and that means war...

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Alright, I'll switch it back to 24 hours next turn.

Also: of course!


From the highest towers of the ruined keep, the Impaler watches. A great storm looms on the horizon, and the Iron Inquisition awaits it's onset. As giants of frost and chaos gather upon the borders of the Black Forest, her people arm themselves for war. Awakened from their long slumbers, ancient counts of Ulm flock to her banner. From the ruined keep, the horrific ghouls, damned men, issue forth to feast upon the flesh of the living, and the dead. The Impaler watches...and waits.

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Sice Tien Chi is death you might want to forcehost this turn, I think llamaserver only gets that one turn after.

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Tolkien: can i assume you taking prov 62 is an act of war? i haven't attacked you at all, so for once i'm not the agressor. lolz

The great giants are not to be trifled with, they have tasted man-flesh and hunger for more. if the walking rotton corpses of ulm wish to die, Utgard will provide for them. they hunger for men, living or dead does not matter to them. wAAAAAAAAAAg!!!!!!!!!! is for this world and the next.

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I already PMed you on that: I stated you could have 52, but not 62 (mostly because it was right next to my capital (as you could have been able to discern).

Not my fault giants kill the messengers. :p

But if it comes down to war: I'm ready. I've got enough rangers and guardians and pikemen and magic to take out a decent sized army of woodsmen (50, I've tested. :p ): not to mention regular giants. I don't think one province is enough cause to permanently weaken yourself and embroil yourself into a hopeless war against the best anti-sacred-rusher-nation in the game.

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yeah, giants are not good with messangers, since i apparently missed that memo. :)
cool with me though. 62 is yours.

or, to be in character:

huh? puny humans waving little glowing sticks at Utgard? we crush them!! oh, they are puny giant-killing glowing sticks? ok fine, puny humans stay alive for now...

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Happens to the best of us.;)

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Well thats two nice sites I found. Castle Arcanum and Tower of Silver. Which I've never seen before.

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We keep receiving quite cryptic and disturbing messages from R'lyeh, which don't even seem to be intended for us... Maybe it's just R'lyeh being R'lyeh.

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Lavaere: I've seen Castle Arcanum before: never tower of silver.

Festin: same. :p

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Yeah I like mages and those two gave me three new mages to play with. Exspecially since I'm Bogarus and I'll be needing them sooner or later.

Yeah and those R'lyeh messages get annoying after awhile.

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Well, I'm glad to know that I'm not the only one getting the odd message or two from the nutty fish folk.

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Castle Arcanum is really nice. A magical thug chassis (depending on the randoms), great magic variety and research on those wizards, and the castle is nice and strong. What kind of mages does Silver Tower give?

Personally though, I'd rather have found the Hidden Kingdom of Elludia. 2S1D+1ESDB mage and a awesome ethereal assassin (the mages is better, though). Plus 3S1D income and a Mountain Citadel. That find made Kailasa into both a blood and death nation, that SP game. ^_^

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I've put Abysia to AI. Didn't have enough time to do my turns lately and the situation doesn't look recoverable after staling several mage recruitment turns away. I'd have to start a war with either Atlantis or Gath to get anywhere and only chance I'd have against either with my build would be to overwhelm with fire evocations.

I think my strategy of lesser horror rush expansion might have worked elsewhere on that map, but my neigboring bless rushers got me boxed in early. Especially Atlantis, who used sailing to grab the channel crossing provinces. And lesser horrors would fail badly against Assartut's magic weapons, so I couldn't exactly start a war right then.

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Sorry to hear that Omedan, I did not mean to ruin your expansion. Hope to see you in other games.

I would like a pause over the weekend after the upcoming turn from friday afternoon to sunday night. This is because I´ve been invited to the countryside where there is no internet. I could try to get someone to cover for me I guess.

Also I decided to make a AAR for this game, You can read it here.

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How long do you need, a 24 or a 48 hour delay?

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Well the current turn is already sent and I will get the next one in before I leave. So the turn I need a delay for is the one supposed to host saturday night. A 24h delay, until sunday night, would do.

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Scratch that, I don´t need a delay after all.

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wow, 3 stales that turn... are you guys ok?

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Eh, sometimes it sneaks up on people.

Oh and I'm in the market for a water booster, an air booster, and an earth booster. Can pay in gold, fire, air or favours yet to be named. PM with offers.

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Well, the turn apparently hosted in midday, instead of in the evening like I'm use to.

I'm going to delay the turn by a couple 12 hours so it doesn't happen again.

:0

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Didn't have much time yesterday. So what happens today, I wake up check my e-mail and learn I missed it by about 10 minutes.

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Oohsnap seems about to stale again, third time in a row.

Oohsnap, I think you should make a statement as to whether you want to go on or go AI.

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Well played Illuminated one:D Quite a challenge!

So R´lyeh managed to time perfectly when most of my troops are out of the water. Then he casts Sea of ice and launches the assault on both fronts. I have no way of dispelling it so I guess I´m doomed to loose the seas.

So R´lyeh will dominate the seas unless someone wants to help me out. I beleive I´m stronger than him if I could only get down there:D However that advantage wont last long...

We all know what a LA R´lyeh unchallenged in the waters means for the game so I hereby officially invite all other nations to unite against the aliens. PM me to start the conspiracy.:evil:

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Utgard would be willing to help contribute gems for dispel to Atlantis if they can cast it in exchange for hammers?

on another note:

The wAAAAAAAAg!!!!!!! cannot be stopped! TC has fallen, and now the giants axes dismember the mighty trees, and soon, the world!
wAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAg!!!!!

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What? We've always supposed that people who cry wAAAAAg every two seconds and dismember the world understand us ... a little? :D

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the problem you see, is the tentacles. giants HATE tentacles. except as sushi that is.

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I will be gone tomorrow thru Sunday.
since that would be a long delay, Trumanator will be subbing in for me. This shouldn't be a huge problem, but if you need to get a message to Utgard, PM Trumanator till Sunday.

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Utgard is mighty indeed..As soon as the little ones started invading the old forests and behold here comes bogus and his merry men to his aid..not to mention a pillaging horde of barbarians..Oh well never let your key provinces under-patrolled:doh:

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I'll be out of town tomorrow, is it possible to postpone hosting the turn after the current one until Friday?

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Sure.

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That's a lot less madmen demanding wages from me.
A good defense of the fortress.

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Well we've hit turn 25, so I think it's about time to switch turns to 48 hours.

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Why not put it to another vote? I like fast paced games myself and I still do my turns in less than 15 minutes.

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Yeah I vote to keep it at 24. My turns are still pretty short, even with Mictlan's extra micromanagement. :)

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I'm all for 24 still.

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Hmm, must be the map then. :p

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FrozenLama isn't back yet, but for Utgard the turns are starting toget a little long. Maybe hold off on a decision till Sunday?

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I´ll need to do a lot better than that if I want to stay in the water for long, with all that free chaff you have.:D

Damn alien scum! You enslaved our people once, you will not succeed again. The atlantians are back to claim what was once theirs! You made the sea into ice, but remember that ice is our element rather than yours. The ice on which you walk with your slimy tentacles is thin, so very thin.

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Utgard has returned!!! now to finish chopping down the forest.

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So, want to extend the turns to 48 hours Utgard?

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i'm fine for now. i like the fast pace, but i will go with 48 if people need it. i'd rather wait longer and not have people staling than fast paced and lots of stales.

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I have to ask one again to postpone hosting the turn after the current one until Wednesday.

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Once again: sure.

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*enters human underling*
"sire, Ulm is attacking!!"

"huh? puny humans killed our skratti? they will not submit to the wAAAAg? then it is death for those dummys!!"

across the lands, giants cry in rage at this unprovoked attack, and gear up for a fight, for war, for death, and for revenge....

.....and deep within the fortress of Utgard, the norna wisper of a new weapon that they shall unleash against the tratorous humans and their undead slaves.

the great nation of Utgard mobilizes all its forces, to answer the call for battle, for this is TOTAL WAR!!!

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It was dark and dim all day. From the sunless dawn until evening the heavy shadow deepened, and all hearts in the city were oppressed. Far above a great cloud streamed slowly westward from the Black Land, devouring light, borne upon a wind of war; but below the air was still and breathless, as if all the Vale of [Utgard] waited the onset of a ruinous storm.

It is now, that the Impaler, Valery Dracul, announces the beginning of the Grand Crusade: a coalition of nations whose goal shall be to put an end, once and for all, to the frozen menace of Utgard. All are invited to join in the final partition of Utgard and the liberation of Pangaea and Tien Chi.

Sorry, Lama, but you are growing way too fast and large, and we have no choice but to protect our long term interests. :p

For now, all I shall say is that R'lyeh, Pangaea, and I are in this, till the bitter end (or in R'lyeh's case, until he is forced from the surface). :o

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Also: I'd say it's almost time to switch to 48 hours (or at least 36 hours). I have learned that coordinating an alliance between nations is time consuming.