Re: Turn 57
 

Someone's planning to go all Arcane Nexus on us, is he?

Re: Turn 57
 

No AN. I promise to behave http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Re: Turn 57
 

Quite an exciting battle at Niefelhiem this turn, couldn't have been much closer.

Re: Turn 57
 

Scouts report that during this particular siege R'lyeh has lost some few hundred units. Must have been one awesome battle.

Re: Turn 58
 

Turn 58 is out.

Deadline is TUESDAY.

Pasha

Re: Turn 59
 

Turn 59 is out.

Deadline is Thursday night at 9:00 pm Boston time.

Pasha

BARK turns 60
 

Turn 60 is out.

Deadline is Sunday.

Booooooo Rlyeh! Boooooooo!

Pasha

Re: BARK turns 60
 

Boooo-hooo, cry me a river! [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Waterdrop.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Waterdrop.gif[/img] [img]/threads/images/Graemlins/Waterdrop.gif[/img]

Re: BARK turns 61
 

Turn 61 is out.

Deadline is Tuesday night.

Pasha

Re: BARK turns 61
 

And *again* my global draws the short straw! What is this, some kind of conspiracy by the Random Number Gods to keep Sauromatia an insignificant primitive backwater?

Hmph. We'll just have to find other means of securing power. Now, where can we look...?

The haves and the have nots. (Talking \'bout balls)
 

You could try taking something from me: everyone else seems to http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Re: The haves and the have nots. (Talking \'bout ba
 

There seems to be some kind of a misunderstanding between us. I've sent you a private email so that we can discuss the details and iron it out.

Re: The haves and the have nots. (Talking \'bout ba
 

Hehe, you're certainly not the only one coming for a piece! Just the most surprising one http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Arcos gave notice last turn, and Caelum this turn. (Big surprise that the coward waits until I'm fighting at least 3 other nations before joining the dawgpile.)

Re: The haves and the have nots. (Talking \'bout ba
 

Note to self: do NOT set god and prophet to retreat when you have no provinces to retreat to...

Re: The haves and the have nots. (Talking \'bout ba
 

What???

Could you please elaborate. It sounds like a good story, though of course I share your grief.

Thog go wrong way
 

At one point in time, C'tis had two underwater empires separated by a peninsula. I was trying to get Thog the wrym and my prophet from the east to the west undersea empire, and I tried to rush them across the peninsula in the same month an invader was probably going to take the peninsula. So I set them to retreat, reasoning they had a 50-50 chance of retreating to the west instead of east.

Of course they didn't, and of course I forgot to reset their orders, and of course several turns later someone threw a horror at me (Caelum is my guess, they ate my western undersea empire), and they ran out of places to go.

This is just another exhibit in why I am not a feared opponent: insufficient attention to detail!

I'll be out in 1-2 turns. It's been fun, see you in the next one...

Re: The haves and the have nots. (Talking \'bout ba
 

Last I checked, 'Insane recklessness' wasn't a victory condition. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Re: Thog go wrong way
 

Nope, don't even have anything with blood and astral.

Re: Thog go wrong way
 

True, Sauro makes more sense. The horror attacks in the west showed up intermingled with the Genie attacks, so I jumped to conclusions. I may be misremembering. Couldn't do much about it either way.

Re: The haves and the have nots. (Talking \'bout ba
 

Knowing the victory condition doesn't make you any less of a coward! http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif And hey, there's no shame in being a yellow-bellied mama's boy. (Unless you fancy yourself to be some kinda man with actual, you know, balls, that is. Self-delusion's not cool.)

We will miss Thog. The Triumphant Genius led a rich life, and it's sad how he died such an unsavory death.

Re: The haves and the have nots. (Talking \'bout ba
 

Yeah, that might have been me. My gem production got axed by the RNG, remember, and I needed an alternate source of power? A more reliable one? Well, lots of virgins in Sauromatia - the Blood Gods don't have modern enlightened attitudes about just what constitutes "sex".
Sorry you had to go that way though. I figured the horror was a long shot...

Re: The haves and the have nots. (Talking \'bout ba
 

Good thing, with your mighty aboloths always going running to their polypal mamas... and I bet their bellies are yellow, you just can't see from this angle!

Turn 62
 

Turn 62 is out.

Deadline is Sunday night.

Pasha

Re: Turn 62
 

4 VPs to R'lyeh.

I bet ye, if there's *any* VP with no castle and strong defense he is going to claim victory and very soon.

Re: Turn 62
 

And then the world will descend irrevocably into darkness.

Delay
 

QM requested an extension until today.

I will shoot to host when I get home from work today.

Turn 63
 

Turn 63 went out last night.

If possible, it would be great to host again tonight to stay on schedule, but if players need until Thursday, that would be fine.

Pasha

Re: Turn 63
 

Sorry I couldn't make tonight - I'm still stuck at work... Weep for me.

Re: Turn 63
 

I am still waiting for turns from Sauro and R'lyeh. The deadline is tonight (Thursday).

Pasha

Re: Turn 64
 

Turn 64 is out.

Deadline is Sunday night.

Thanks.

Pasha

Re: Turn 65
 

Turn 65 is out.

Deadline is Tuesday.

The emails say "Turn 64" but that's a mistake.

Pasha

Re: Turn 66
 

Turn 66 is out. Deadline is Thursday.

Turn 67
 

Turn 67 is out.

Deadline is SUNDAY night at 9:00 pm Boston time

Pasha

Re: Turn 68
 

Turn 68 is now out.

Let's say that turns will be due on Thursday night. The turns for SOME folks take a long time to play, so I hear. We Giants, on the other hand, are quick and nimble.

Pasha

Jurri Ascends!
 

I am pleased to announce that the ultra-excellent Ygorl will be spared the duties of hosting this game while I am away.

Congratulations, Jurri! Once again... please see Lulu in the back room for your prize.

Re: Jurri Ascends!
 

Congrats Jurri for a well deserved and hard earned victory http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

You have really assembled one scary army at 162, there was nothing all of us together could do to stop it.

Re: Jurri Ascends!
 

Congrats to my semi-ally. Did he liberate my C'tisian capital from the evil Sauromatian invaders?

Re: Jurri Ascends!
 

Whoa! That was a bit surprising http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif I was sure QM would airdrop another 30+ seraphs and ream my army but good. It sure was dang hard to get the last capital: well defended Bluebird, QM et Izaqyos!

I had quite literally nothing at all in reserve, too, so had my army been repelled that would have been it for me. When I started attacking Pasha, I for a while planned to cast to cast Sea of Ice with lotsa gems to defend against the gangbang he was trying to scare me off with, and just sit it out in the ocean (casting Wrath of the Sea once gems permitted: on a map that's mostly coast it would have been fun to try), but when it didn't come, I decided to risk it all on a mad dash to the nearest capital.

All in all it was one of the more difficult games that have ended in my favor (and certainly the most close), beginning with that punk Ewierl repelling my assault and ending with the uncanny Wraithlord very nearly ruining me with his 'mistakes' http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif Early R'lyeh sure is crappy, the only reason I did this well because the map has so much water. And because certain players were too passive for their own good http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif With a victory condition like this, you gotta attack, attack, attack.

djo: the last of my capitals was the vile Arcoscephalean den of sin. Ygorl never did attack me, unless those Disease demons were his instead of Boron's.

Anyway, off to see Lulu... Thanks, Pasha, for the hosting and thank you all for the game!

Re: Jurri Ascends!
 

Those disease demons were indeed courtesy of me. Izaqyos told me that you were about to take 162, thus ending the game, so I had to send something nasty your way. Too bad it wasn't enough. Good game, everyone, especially the victorious squid-lords. http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif

Re: Jurri Ascends!
 

Yeap, some players (me included) were too passive in this game, yet you had some balls there to go against everyone. You know, I think I could have taken one VP from you, one of the ex Neifel VPS, but I chose not to do so because I wanted the bulls eye to be painted on your back http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif
Obviously, I miscalculated strategically.

I must say that I really appreciate how you stuck to your aggressive plan and made that bold play pay for you. Another lesson learned from the Jurri institution for dominions strategy http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/wink.gif

Re: Jurri Ascends!
 

Actually, I that and more I could have sent in, but like wraithlord, I miscalculated. Hindsight is 20/20 http://forum.shrapnelgames.com/images/smilies/happy.gif.

But congrats on the win, you certainly had to work hard to project that much power on land. I do wonder how the situation would have shaken down if your last attack had failed, given all the superpower's teleport powers, the VP chaos could get quite wild if everyone was feelinng frisky.

Re: Jurri Ascends!
 

Oh, I almost forgot to ask, does anyone have any comments on how CB balancing worked out this game?

Re: Jurri Ascends!
 

I have noticed balance effects mainly in the item forging area. I liked the changes to empowerment items and to gem generating items.

Re: Jurri Ascends!
 

Hah, I totally hated the D3-requirement for skull staves. I don't like the other booster-item cost-increases either. On the whole I still have mixed feelings for the mod: there's a lot of things in it that make the game more fun, but there is also stuff that creates unnecessary frustrations or that don't do anything for the fun-factor, except cause annoyance when you notice it's been changed. I would much prefer the mod took a more streamlined approach, instead of fiddling with every little thing.

Re: Jurri Ascends!
 

Well, liked or disliked, the booster nerfs are gone in the current version. And actually I don't think CB messes with gem gen items.

As for streamlined... it's hard to be streamlined when there are so many options to be balanced. Nerfs are the most 'streamlined' balancing option, and everyone hates those.