Re: Lord of Forest
 

The Lord of Forest, it seems, is clearly outclassed when it comes to back room diplomacy. But the Lord of Forest is true to his word, and does not abandon his friends.

Arcos., Prepare for battle!

Re: Lord of Forest
 

Err...dang, i'm bewildered again. Who's in the back room, what are they doing back there, and with whom are you entering battle?

Re: Lord of Forest
 

Arco it seems, which is not suprising considering they have annexed two of our provinces under threat of war....however we are yet to see the 2000 gold that was promised. I wonder if the aid you gave our enemies was given in "good faith" - a term you have bandied about much with your forked little tougne.

Beware those who befriend Pangaea, we think they spend too much time bathing in the waters of Ry'lehs dominion (No offense my noble ally).

Fine by us, we'll fight with our backs to our wall. We shall at least have cold comfort in the oblivion of afterlife that the noble Vanheim shall crush the cuckoo pretender and his savages from the north.

Let the mindhunt begin!

Re: Lord of Forest
 

Dear Arcos:

The Lord of the Forest, as well as the neutral observer Dr. P., as well as Marignon, all agreed that you breached the agreement by your wanton destruction of the provinces to be purchased.

We do not assume that you will be an easy foe, but the constant diplomacy makes our head spin. Enough talk. We fight.
No quarter asked or given. Pangaea will either triumph or be destroyed, but they will fight.

As for aiding your foe, we did purchase a considerable number of artifacts from them-a mutually beneficial arrangement.

Re: Lord of Forest
 

"But sire, too few have answered the call. We cannot hope to defeat Arcos., their wizard's magic is too advanced, and they
have Dragons, Angels, and Elemental Queens. They own 3 capitals, and have destroyed two other civilizations. The earth itself trembles with the passing of their elephants."

Lord of the Forest, "No we cannot. But we shall meet them on the field of battle nonetheless."

Re: Lord of Forest
 

The debacle of Man is complete. Marignon has slain us!

I set Man to AI.

Thanks for hosting, llamabeast.

Re: Lord of Forest
 

Hi guys,

I've just granted myself a few hours extension on the next turn - I've just got back from the summer ball at my college (it's nearly 6am here), and goodness knows what time I'll get up.

Also, I've been meaning to apologise all week for consistently taking my turn last, and at the last minute. I've been on holiday visiting my old university (it's been May Week there, the week after exams when everyone is on holiday, and I wanted to catch up with my old friends before many of them left), and one turn in the morning has been all I've (just about) been able to manage. Back to normal now though.

Re: Lord of Forest
 

Interesting Llama.

I just read a news story with the title,
"Brits too drunk to have sex over the holiday."

An excerpt from the story:

"The majority of Brits will be too drunk to have sex over the holiday period. A poll, involving 6,000 people, found that 59 percent of them hit what was termed a sex drought during this period. Giving reasons behind the revelations, the poll found that Brits admitted that they were less likely to have sex at this time of year because they would have consumed too much food or drink."

So while we do not mind the delay in doing your turn, do not imbibe too much alcohol! I have also noticed that Britain seems to have a lot more "holidays" than we Yanks in the States.

Re: Lord of Forest
 

Ah, fear not, I'm not a very heavy drinker at all myself. Although I must admit to feeling less than my chirpiest today.

Britain does have a sad reputation in Europe for drinking too much though (followed by wandering the streets shouting). I think this largely comes from disorderly football fans, I'm not sure. Not my fault anyway!

I'm not sure, I didn't know that. I personally probably have a lot more holiday because I'm still at uni. As a PhD student I get nowhere near as much holiday as when I was an undergrad, but it's still quite a bit more free than a full-time job.

Oh, and to answer your question from ages ago that I forgot about - I was playing a stereotypical Russian in a mildly silly Agatha Christie style murder mystery/comedy. I'm in a really nice relaxed society here that does plays with a minimum of rehearsal, and of somewhat dubious quality, but no talent is required - which suits me very well!

Re: Lord of Forest
 

Let us get our terminology correct.

"Football" is played in the United States! "Soccer" is played in the rest of the world.

Football is an American sport where large men wearing armor(called pads and a helmet) smash into each other with bone breaking force.

Soccer is a sport where men wearing skimpy shorts gather on a large grass field and kick a round ball all about.

Let us not confuse the two!

Re: Lord of Forest
 

While "footy" in Australia involves largish men, without much in the way of padding (it would be misleading to call it armour), smash into each other with bone breaking force.

Re: Lord of Forest
 

And so the once mighty empire of Arco is almost come to an end, her last great army and astrologers destroyed in one last Pyrrhic victory against the army of Pangaea.

Her remaining stores of gems and items sent to an unknown benefactor.

Her Red Dragon pretender crippled by more afflictions then can be counted.

Surrounded By Angels, Elemental Kings and Queens the nation of Arco resigns itself to non-existence.

OOC - Well I've got nothing left really, I enjoyed that last battle, I didn't watch the end as my CPU was chuggin along, yeah massed elephants are nice but expensive to maintain. Battle also cost me most of my lower path mages and seers that I had in the south....Communion slaves get fryed sometimes : ) .

Interesting game definitely one of my favourites....it all kinda fell apart on me though when Vanheim attacked...then Pangaea attacked...then Marignon attacked. Well done to Caelum for staying alive! That Frost Father is one tricky pretender..damn hard to kill too!

Prediction, Ermor will win after dispelling everyones globals and casting Utterdark, Burden of Time and Well of Misery ; )

Actually I'd say any of the the big three are in for a chance Marignon, Vanheim or Pangaea.

Interestingly enough I was going to expand north at the start of the game, only Shinyumas aggression called me south to crush them...then Caelum seemed a logical choice to follow...bad move maybe.

Anyway it was a good game and everyone I've faced has proven themselves to be skilled D3's players. I'll keep an eye on this thread as I'd like to see how the game ends.

Cheers

Re: Lord of Forest
 

Well Met Elephant Master:

The last battle between us was an epic one. Will of fates and army of lead help you greatly. 31 commanders! I think I received your last "stab in the eye." And they were all loaded with gems.

My 9 commanders and my white centaurs gave good account of themselves. Though they lost at last, they did kill or maim almost all of your army. I did end up with one of the elephants! Though that hardly offsets 100 dead white centaurs.

Hopefully you will not extract your revenge in the Epic Heroes Game where I am stuck with a pitiful race and sub par hero(:

This has been a fun game for sure. As if on cue Well of Misery was cast this very turn! Beware of Ermor hiding in the ne corner.

Re: Lord of Forest
 

Wait...Ermor's in this game? http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Sorry I was such a crappy ally GM, it's a R'yleh thing.

Re: Lord of Forest
 

Arcos stated;

"Interestingly enough I was going to expand north at the start of the game, only Shinyumas aggression called me south to crush them...then Caelum seemed a logical choice to follow...bad move maybe."

Out of curiosity did you intend to have an early tilt with Pangaea or Marignon? I think Pangaea early on is better suited to deal with elephants than Marignon, but it is always good to find out how other good players think.

Re: Lord of Forest
 

Sounds like what they call "Rugby" elsewhere in Europe, too, where the men don't need those pads and sissy protection suits. Heck, even Hockey is tougher than American Football.
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Re: Lord of Forest
 

In response to a PM:

A Pyrrhic victory is a victory with devastating cost to the victor. The phrase is an allusion to King Pyrrhus of Epirus, whose army suffered irreplaceable casualties when he defeated the Romans during the Pyrrhic War at Heraclea in 280 BC and Asculum in 279 BC. After the latter battle, Plutarch relates in a report by Dionysius:
“ The armies separated; and, it is said, Pyrrhus replied to one that gave him joy of his victory that one more such victory would utterly undo him. For he had lost a great part of the forces he brought with him, and almost all his particular friends and principal commanders; there were no others there to make recruits, and he found the confederates in Italy backward. On the other hand, as from a fountain continually flowing out of the city, the Roman camp was quickly and plentifully filled up with fresh men, not at all abating in courage for the loss they sustained, but even from their very anger gaining new force and resolution to go on with the war. [1] ”

In both of Pyrrhus's victories, the Romans lost more men than Pyrrhus did. However, the Romans had a much larger supply of men from which to draw soldiers, so their losses did less damage to their war effort than Pyrrhus's losses did to his.

Re: Lord of Forest
 

Hi guys,

I'm afraid there's no way I can get my turn done tonight. Organising new games has (as always) taken much longer than I thought, and I should already be in bed really.

I've extended the timer by 11 hours.

Re: Lord of Forest
 

How would people feel about moving to 48 hours with this game? For me it's beginning to feel like quite a task to do a good job of taking it every day. If everyone else is keen to stick to 24 hours though I am happy to do that. I must say it's amazing how long we have stayed on 24 hours, this has been a really pacy game (in terms of number of turns at least - seems to me it must have been quite a quiet game for R'lyeh and Vanheim, and to some extent Ermor).

Re: Lord of Forest
 

I do not mind it moving to 48 hours. I will be gone for several days in July, and that will give Dr. P fewer turns to
backstab my allies!

Re: Lord of Forest
 

48 is good for me, I've wanted it for awhile now actually, but did not want to ask since all you folks with more to do were ripping along at 24. (It's not that the turns take long, but the timing of GMT vs PST ends up making it so that there's a very small windoe of time for me to do turns.)

Re: Lord of Forest
 

48 hours is fine with me as well.

Re: Lord of Forest
 

48 hours suits me fine - though its not like one of Caelum's turns takes much time at all http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...s/rolleyes.gif

Re: Lord of Forest
 

Okay, I will set it to 48 hours, which'll also postpone the current hosting by 24 hours.

A question
 

I was attacked by that impudent adventurer Bogus and his friends. Rather than just kill them I figured I would try to charm them and get a few free thugs/items.

The only one I got was the Dark Knight who has that "attack commanders" order. Scripting this command to other units seems like an exploit and I'm assuming no one else will use this trick.

My question is, can I use this command only on the Dark Knight since the command is native to that unit? No big deal either way, I was just wondering.

Re: A question
 

I am going to be out of town from 7/11-7/18.

Dr. P has agreed to do my turns during my absence. I will brief him as well as I can on the current diplomatic situation before i depart.

Take it easy on me during my absence!

Re: A question
 

Have postponed hosting by 2 hours as I forgot to take my turn tonight, and now I'm a little tipsy! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/image...es/redface.gif So I will take it in the morning.

Re: A question
 

Valerius,

I think I read that to copy the orders and assign them to other commanders IS an exploit, as the game was designed specifically not allow player to make their units target mages.

Wish respect to a unit you charm, I am not sure. I would think you would be permitted to use the unit. But if you want a definitive answer I would ask on the main board.

Re: A question
 

I think I'll play it safe: if I use him in combat I'll switch his orders to attack rearmost enemies. I'm content just with the free equipment I got from charming him, though I would have liked one of the trolls as well. Maybe I'll get lucky and they'll attack again so I can add to my collection.

Re: A question
 

Aaargh! I am a moron.

I have been reading about people going away on holiday, and sorting out replacements and things, thinking somehow that it's convenient I don't have the same problem. Also I have been planning my trip to a conference next week. D'oh!

So, I will be away 11/7 - 19/7 (English style dates!). Being as both Xietor and I will be away for basically the same period, is it okay with everyone if we pause the game for this period? Sorry.

Sorry to Dr P too. I will PM him.

Re: A question
 

With you 2 gone and so few players it would make sence to pause.

Re: A question
 

Just a note- The troll archer automatically fires at mages.

Re: A question
 

I agree, we should pause the game.

Re: A question
 

I do not leave until the 11th. Do your turns!

Re: A question
 

The last remnants of the once mighty empire of Arcos. has fallen.

A worthy foe. /salute.

I was able to do 1 last turn hours before my flight departs!

Re: A question
 

Okay, me and Xietor have taken our turns. I'll add 24 hours to the current turn, in case there was confusion (so Friday morning GMT), and the following one will go a week later, when we're back.

Re: A question
 

Have good trips guys!

Re: A question
 

Hi all,

Back from my annual vacation! And I did my turn.

Sorry for my part in delaying the game for 9 days. I did have Dr. P lined up to do my turns, but Llama was also out of town at the same time, and it made sense to just pause the game for a week since there are so few of us left.

It turned out that I did have internet access-if i drove 2 hours. Not something I recommend as a great relationship builder when you are on vacation. So it would have been possible, as it turns out, for me to have done the turns, but not wise.

Re: A question
 

I just postponed the turn timer by 24 hours again, because it doesn't really seem right to let people stale after a long break. Just waiting for Caelum and Ermor.

Hello again everyone by the way! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Re: A question
 

Xietor won't be able to make his turn on time, so I just postponed the timer by 12 hours.

Re: Caelum NOT to rise again
 

Caelum has been extinguished. Thanks for the game ... it was interesting.

I think it is time to award myself a couple of awards, the first of which is the

"Most Pointlessly Long Lasting Global Spell" - which is awarded to Glom's Sea of Ice.

Closely Followed by

"Most Spectacular Failure of Stategy" - awarded to my combination of Dark Skies and False Horrors versus massed elephants. This combination yielded alot of squished mages.

I could contribute more but I invite others to award a couple but no handing me "Most Ineffectual Ally" or "Most Pathetic Vanheimian [spelling ?] Lackey" awards - that would just be nasty http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

Re: Caelum NOT to rise again
 

Digress,
You had some good awards-do not kid yourself

1. Best SC award-your pretender was brutal. He was laid low at long last by some spells that i prefer remain quiet until the game is finished.

2. You also get the Platinum Survivor Award. You had more lives than a cat, fighting back from a near certain death.

All in all you have my respect and would certainly be someone I would like to ally with in future games. Good luck to you.

Re: Caelum NOT to rise again
 

I was about to post to say: Hurrah! The might Father of Winters has been slain at last!

You definitely win the best SC award for the most deadly SC I've ever seen (although I dread to think what Vanheim has in store). I was frankly terrified of your pretender, and the hit squad that killed him was carefully prepared, and even then took nasty casualties (although not from your pretender himself - I should have taken more care to make sure my hit squad was less vulnerable to being massed by ordinary troops). Directly or indirectly he killed no less than 5 of my SC angels in the last few turns - nasty. Actually I couldn't believe it when last turn you cloud trapezed away when my team was trying to land on you and kill you - then I was really happy when you moved back onto them (which I was hoping you'd do).

Also you win the best sport prize for carrying on playing and never missing a turn even when you had been reduced to a handful of provinces - that was really good sportsmanship, thanks.

Good game, hope to run into you again soon.

Re: Caelum NOT to rise again
 

I agree on all counts.

After going undefeated in the Arco war my AQ was slain in a few rounds of combat after accidentally running into your pretender.

And, great sense of sportsmanship sticking in the game when you only had a few provinces left and making a comeback.

Lastly, you are definitely not a lackey. After the war with Arco you chose to go your own way.

Re: Caelum NOT to rise again
 

Llamabeast deserves tremendous credit for slaying the monster! I advised him to run, but he persisted!

My best decision this entire game was early on when I decided to cast the fate of the Forest Lord with the Angels! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/smile.gif

Re: Caelum NOT to rise again
 

Good game Digress, you may add "Slayer of Squid" to your badges since you kicked my butt, and from my perspective the Sea of Ice was not pointless.

And on that subject, now that it's gone and i actually ahve to fight, can we switch to 72 hour host?

Re: Caelum NOT to rise again
 

Er yep, 72 hours it is (hope that's okay with everyone). That will postpone the current hosting by 24 hours.

Re: Caelum NOT to rise again
 

Bah, I think he has had plenty of time to plot his moves as it is-sitting under that ice!

Just kidding. np with me either.

Re: Caelum NOT to rise again
 

Hi guys,

Sorry to mess you around but I've had to postpone hosting for 24 hours. I went away for the day today and got back much later than I expected - I don't think I can start on my turn now so I'll have to put it off till tomorrow. Sorry about that.

Should have done it yesterday when I had heaps of time. D'oh!

Re: Caelum NOT to rise again
 

The addition of the Barrier made him quite a handful http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Your hit squad worked a charm - luck wasn't on his side - the first spell aimed directly at the poor fella took him down. I just knew I should have packed a couple of mammoths http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Enjoyed the game ... and trust you lot continue to have fun.

Go R'yleh .... Yay !!! (everyone loves an underdog)