Re: Morla MA noob game (running)
 

good call... thoughts? unless its a fear effect?

Re: Morla MA noob game (running)
 

Well, given than _I_ am Ermor, of course I've thoughts about the question :P

But a few hints:

1) Even with fear effects, the God would be in the Hall of Fame. It would have 0 kills, but some experience. There are several commanders with 0 kills and some XP already in the hall of fame, including two from Ermor.

2) there are more than 1 way to conquer 2 province in turn 2. Ermor starting armor is decent, enough to take most Indies. You just need a second army good enough to take another. That might be done with a recruited decent army: few sacreds with bless, decent sized medium infantry supported by a Prophet, or, in case of Ermor, buying a bunch of 1 turn-only gladiator. Or, if you get lucky, and there are 2 weak indies around your capital, your starting army plus a few recruits can be split in two, and take both.

That said, about the rumour the bards sing from distant lands: why do they think Jotunheim's god is out there? It's not in the Hall of fame, either, and did not research anything at all in both turn 1 and turn 2. Jotunheim does not have enough gems to forge in turn 0, so unless the god is being used to Patrol and raise the taxes (which does not seem so, given the income it gets), I doubt it's out there... If it is, what is s/he doing?

Re: Morla MA noob game (running)
 

I like this hypothesizing- for a newb game i think its good and can help us learn the ropes a bit.

EDIT: I encourage everyone to take some screen shots and when things are safer to reveal (20 turns down the line?) we can post a few of the things we grappled with so everyone can learn a bit from each other.

Re: Morla MA noob game (running)
 

Well, bards would normally be my business (and I guess some of you will get to know them by the end of this) but I like those reports. Keep up the work. When my Bards have reports from battles near and far I will add them.

Re: Morla MA noob game (running)
 

Yes, I agree, this is good, specially in newbie games. This way we all learn about what other people do, and how to extrapolate data from the statistic graphs and hall of fame.

Re: Morla MA noob game (running)
 

Jotunheim here, this guy is right. Either I am doing nothing with my pretender and just letting him domspread (which is strange), or he's not quite out yet and the high dominion score is something else. Even though this is a noob game, the smart money is on option 2.

Re: Morla MA noob game (running)
 

Ouch!

Re: Morla MA noob game (running)
 

Sad day for your expansion party. We will always remember them, as I'm not sure they will ever come out of our boots.

Re: Morla MA noob game (running)
 

The bards are strangely quiet this turn- perhaps they mourn... as they await the construction of a human-sized violin.

Re: Morla MA noob game (running)
 

In their place, unusually large bards will sing the song of the world.

The nation of Ermor seems to be reclaiming its holdings quite well in the wake of the cataclysm. Their faith in whatever tiny human god must be spurring them on. Good for them! On their heels are the mighty Jotnar of Jotunheim, and all of the other tiny humans are somewhere behind them.

The tiny humans of T'ien Ch'i are still leading in income. While some may speculate that this is due to hard work and perserverance, the Jotun know that it is because human coins are much tinier than giant coins, so as a result they have more of them. The Ulmish are right behind them, and the tiny humans of Man bring up 3rd place.

The Ulmish and Man nations are still leading the pack in terms of books. Not too much to say here that hasn't been said by inferior human bards.

Faith is strongest in the lands of Jotunheim, as King Harald's messages of peace, tolerance, and genoci...er...kittens have found much sway in the local populace. Ermor and Ulm are close behind.

In terms of army size, the Machakan nation is the clear winner, though they have been tapering off recently. Ermor, Man, and T'ien Ch'i are neck in neck for second, and Jotunheim follows them.

That is this month's report from the suspiciously large bards, I hope you all enjoyed the show.