mmmm, Mictlan. I got stuck with em as Last pick in a 3-turn a week game, so I decided to practice blood magic and ever since I am loving them! Nothing like watching those heavy calvery go down to a horde of imps on turn 5! Someday I may reveal my secred Mictlan recipe (can't now, got 16 spys on this form to worry about

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I suggest 8-14 players for Miirunst, with 2 of those being the underwater races. I'm playing it solo with 12 right now and like that pace. And remember the middle province is not completly worthless, it has a lot more magical resources than the surface or the abyss... 'course with the random maps, could be very different.