Re: Asia Twist - Pbem (Started)
 

They could also simultaneously be a stagnating society and the greatest scientists in the world :shock:

Re: Asia Twist - Pbem (Started)
 

My turn is in, won't need any further delay on my part. Apologies for delaying the game.

Re: Asia Twist - Pbem (Started)
 

No! We're coming for your left-handed scissors now! :mad:

Turn 14
 

Turn 14 is out.

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

Pasha

Re: Asia Twist - Pbem (Started)
 

I cannot call R'yleh treacherous. They presented themselves as snarling beasts lead by a big squid from the very beginning. Regardless of how this war goes we will make you bleed before the end, and make sure that someone else takes over the task of stopping you if we should fall.

Still, we regret it had to come to this. Diplomacy prevails even with barbarians sometimes, but obviously not today.

Have at thee!

Re: Asia Twist - Pbem (Started)
 

All hail the Great One, O massive one, O great magician Begog, Oh beautiful rising, lord of appearings.
Who knows that which was forgotten.
Whose words endure forever.
He who slaughters to the limits all he sees judges the Oceanaens to be transgressors upon our dark abyss. You failed to grovel before Him who has gone further than the gods of old. Since you will not serve you must be destroyed. We will fill the Seas with your blood.

Re: Asia Twist - Pbem (Started)
 

I'll do my best but may need a few extra hours to get tonight's turn in.
Thanks, sorry for any inconvenience.

Re: Asia Twist - Pbem (Started)
 

Hi:

We've been hit by an ice storm here in New England. My power is out, and it might not go back on until Monday. Obviously I cannot host turns until power is restored.

Pasha

Re: Asia Twist - Pbem (Started)
 

that's what gears and punchcards are for! It shouldn't take so long for so gifted an individual as yourself to make a fully functional analog computer, powered by hand crank, and using bits of scrap paper for memory. :)

Re: Asia Twist - Pbem (Started)
 

Your power is out... and you're in New England? RUN! Soon Dagon will come banging on your door!

I'm sure you have a diesel-powered generator in your cellar somewhere, but it has probably been taken over by the undead...

Re: Asia Twist - Pbem (Started)
 

Power is back on. Unfortunately, Ermor sent in his turn without attaching it to his email. So, I sent him an email and will give him a chance to resend.

Pasha

Re: Asia Twist - Pbem (Started)
 

Hello:

We have reached turn 15. This turn will be due on Sunday night, but then we will switch to the 3-turn per week schedule (Sunday, Tuesday, Thursday).

Thanks.

Pasha

Re: Asia Twist - Pbem (Started)
 

Wow, those Mermidons pack quite a punch. Look at the damage they do in my thumbnail shot. I hope that was a good part of his army because they were really nasty. Good thing Lobos are expendable.

Re: Asia Twist - Pbem (Started)
 

I constantly researched the wrong things. Maybe it would've been more even if I had had the slightest idea what I was up to :D

Re: Asia Twist - Pbem (Started)
 

It would seem that the creatures of Mictlan live up to bakemono accounts of their savagery -- no attempts at communication, no formal declaration of war, merely a wholly unprovoked act of unbridled aggression.

The empire shall respond accordingly. This shall not be a war, it shall be pest control. By imperial decree, these howling brutes shall be exterminated to the last man, woman and child.

Re: Asia Twist - Pbem (Started)
 

Hello:

Turn 16 is out. Deadline is Tuesday night in order to get us on the Tues / Thurs / Sunday schedule.

Pasha

Re: Asia Twist - Pbem (Started)
 

Looks like we're about to see our first elimination this turn. Goodbye, Grudgebringer, it was nice having you! Please send me all your gems and gold before dying, and don't forget to wreck your lab on the way out! :)

Re: Asia Twist - Pbem (Started)
 

Turn 17 is out.

Deadline will be Friday due to the delay in hosting.

Pasha

Re: Asia Twist - Pbem (Started)
 

the peacible vannish folk condemn the unwarranted agression by the pythian eunuchs against our fellow skin-wearing neighbours to the west. Without provocation, and after we had politely left the way open, having no suspicion that the cold-eyed communards would so crassly take advantage of the situation, the senilarchy of pyth has attempted the brute extermination of the forest dwelling jaguar people.

We wish to assure all, however, that previous pyth insults to our lord and liege, the most furious one, had no part in what, to us, is a purely altruistic defense of our skin-wearer brethren.

We, of course, remain open to a diplomatic solution to this crisis; as long as certain guarantees of mictish sovereignty are maintained.

Re: Asia Twist - Pbem (Started)
 

I'm out :( I need a better expansion strategy, that much is obvious.

Re: Asia Twist - Pbem (Started)
 

Take care, Dectilon! Oceania is really not easy to do well with, though they're quite interesting. Unfortunately, R'lyeh isn't too hard to play in the early game, and is incredibly dangerous. ;)

Better luck in the next one!

Re: Asia Twist - Pbem (Started)
 

Your campaign of misinformation is for nought, Vannish knave. The border incident with Mictlan is long since resolved, revealed as nothing but an honest mistake on the part of these naturalistic simpletons who have yet to perfect the fine art of mapmaking.

Pythium is the only people in this equation that has yet to violate the sovereignty of another nation's borders. However, it is no secret that the barbarians of Vanheim have long lusted after the riches of the islands, and now they have revealed their avarice in full.

The Vannish invasion of Pythium is an unsupported war of aggression and a war of blame beyond dispute. They shall be swiftly beaten back by the free peoples of the world, and there shall be no quarter given to the elven overlords who have driven their human servants to war under false premises.

It is a supreme irony to hear honeyed promises of peace from your liar's tongue, craven beast. There can be no resolution to this conflict until the golden hall of Vanheim lies stricken, reduced to ash and rubble.

Re: Asia Twist - Pbem (Started)
 

He was speaking of peas, not peace! :)

Re: Asia Twist - Pbem (Started)
 

Mmmmm, honeyed peas.

Re: Asia Twist - Pbem (Started)
 

WOW...I made it 1 turn longer than someone....Ulm will be history next turn (C'mon Ashod, fight harder).

Do I need to set it on AI when I receive that turn that I am history?

That was fun starting next to Ashod....

Re: Asia Twist - Pbem (Started)
 

You don't have to set AI, just End Turn, and then submit it if you could.

<3

Re: Asia Twist - Pbem (Started)
 

Lets not talk about it, Ulm vs Ashdod, the most embarassing mismatch ever. If I had been Ulm and you Ashdod, I would have have been rolled just as easy. Bad luck.

Re: Asia Twist - Pbem (Started)
 

as is their wont, the decadent eunarchs of pyth speak only hoary falsehoods.

the vans have merely come to the aid of our beset neighbour. We have offered to withdraw from the island port and return to the status quo ante the incursion. That there should be further war is solely the choice of the pyth.

Mictlan Sub
 

Nikelaos's computer is on the fritz, and so Alneyan has graciously agreed to take over as a temporary sub.

Thank you Alneyan, and welcome to the game!

Pasha

Re: Asia Twist - Pbem (Started)
 

I have PM'd Alneyan regarding Shinuyama and Mictlan.

Re: Asia Twist - Pbem (Started)
 

Hello:

Turn 18 is out. Deadline is SUNDAY.

I am getting quite a few messages from players requesting a flexible schedule this coming week due to the holiday. So, after Sunday, we'll be flexible for a bit.

Thanks.

Pasha

Re: Asia Twist - Pbem (Started)
 

Don't you just hate that turn in the game where you realise your lovingly crafted little kingdom is just fodder for a neighbour to go "Om nom nom nom!"?

errr...not that I've come to that point in this game yet. :)

Re: Asia Twist - Pbem (Started)
 

Turn 19 is out.

We are on a flexible schedule during this week due to the holidays. If I get all turns, then I will host.

Pasha

Re: Asia Twist - Pbem (Started)
 

Oceania has gone AI.

Caelum??
 

Hello:

I have not received a turn from Caelum, which is highly unusual. I will send him a private message in case there are special circumstances. I will plan to host on Tuesday night at the latest.

Thanks.

Pasha

Re: Asia Twist - Pbem (Started)
 

Turn 20 went out last night. Turns are due on Wednesday.

Re: Asia Twist - Pbem (Started)
 

Hello:

Turn 21 is out.

Due to the delayed hosting, let's host this turn on Sunday to get everyone time to play their turns.

Pasha

Re: Asia Twist - Pbem (Started)
 

Turn 22 is out.

Deadline is Tuesday.

Pasha

Re: Asia Twist - Pbem (Started)
 

Hi:

Turn 22 is out. Let's try to keep on schedule and have the turn due on Thursday.

Thanks.

Pasha

Re: Asia Twist - Pbem (Started)
 

Er... I mean Turn 23

Re: Asia Twist - Pbem (Started)
 

*Mictlan* is without a player. Nikelaos has disappeared due to a computer breakdown, and he has not responded to my email. Alneyan was kind enough to act as a temporary sub but cannot do it any longer. Should we turn the nation AI or does someone know of a replacement player?

Please post your thoughts.

Pasha

Re: Asia Twist - Pbem (Started)
 

I have the perfect solution! Set Ermor to AI! Yeah....! >.>

:angel

Re: Asia Twist - PBEM - Mictlan Replacement Needed!!
 

eh, mictlan was my ally against the aggressive pact of Bandar Log and Pythium, who are invading Vanheim due to my coming to Mictlan's defense. I'm sad that Alneyan can't continue, but we should probably look for a sub then.

Re: Asia Twist - PBEM - Mictlan Replacement Needed!!
 

I would like to wait a bit to see if we get any takers for Mictlans. Sorry for the delay.

Pasha

Re: Asia Twist - PBEM - Mictlan Replacement Needed!!
 

Quantum Mechani has agreed to take over Mictlan.

Thank you, QM!! :)

Re: Asia Twist - PBEM
 

Times have been harsh in Mictlan. Troops of the false serpent have marched though our lands and total disaster only narrowly averted. But Late winter in the second year of the Ascension War dawns a new era- Mixcoutl has appeared at the gates of Mictlan, and already it is whispered though the city he is the Lawgiver in disguise.

Fervor sweeps the empire as the new ruler calls for new offensive, to the glory of Mictlan, and the triumph of the Lawgiver.

Re: Asia Twist - PBEM
 

Speaking as the aforementioned "false serpent": oh no!

Look, we've only got the one serpent. Why don't you go persecute the whole nation of serpents to the south?

Re: Asia Twist - PBEM
 

heh, I don't think he was referring to Shinuyama :)

Alneyan, who had been subbing for mictlan, said that you two had agreed on peace? You should contact QM as to what the diplomatic situation is.

Re: Asia Twist - PBEM
 

Maybe there are a lot of false serpents? Since my pretender was involved in the Shinuyama-Mictlan war, and his name "Snake" is not subterfuge, I assumed it was Shinuyama being referred to.

Re: Asia Twist - PBEM
 

Hmm..and my pretender has snakes on her head so thought you might be referring to me. Just goes to show you how prophecies can be made to apply to almost any situtation.