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TURN 131-135
I’m losing ground to Ulm on dominion; I need more temples. Man is crumbling. I finally take the Caelum fortress, just before Caelum’s Pretender attacks! After a turn of my summoning, however, the Caelum Pretender can no longer damage the walls, so I’ll just leave it at that until I finish with Man.

I have been having a lot of fun with Arch Devil thugs scripted for Fire Shield, Attack One Turn, Fire Eruption, Attack One Turn, Fire Eruption, Attack Archers. It has certainly done a number on Man; in combination with a squad of 15-18 Devils, I’ve been taking out groups of 65-100 with no losses. With three of these killer packs operating, it’s no wonder Man is on the ropes.

My toehold city on the southern continent (near the Ivory Tower) is besieged. I need to do something before the Ulm Engineers show up. I had grabbed the Ivory Tower just after Pythium fell. It has Illusionists, so I’ve been building some and looking for more Air sites.

I have fended off three Ulm attempts to grab this site so far, and stupidly killed off one of my illusionists by giving him Retreat orders. (I was going to Cloud Trapeze him into danger, which the retreat would take him out of, but then changed my mind and forgot to fix his orders. When Ulm attacked, he fled the field immediately, taking a long run off a short pier. *sigh* Airhead...)

I bring up some aquatic troops and break the siege. If I expand and take the small group of provinces here, I cut Ulm in half on the north shore of the south continent.

Scores (turn 135):
For provinces, I dominate; Ulm 40%; Man 7%; Caelum 3%.

For income, I dominate, Ulm 35%; Man 13%; Caelum 5%.

For gem income, I dominate; Ulm at 30%; Man at 10%; Caelum 0%.

For research, Man leads; I’m at 90%; Caelum 30%; Ulm 20%.

For dominion, I lead; Ulm 95%; Man 3%; Caelum 3%.

For armies, I lead; Ulm 80%; Man 20%; Caelum 15%.

I pretty much own the Hall of Fame. Aside from Ulm’s prophet, Hildegarde, all the living heroes are mine. Caelum’s Pretender has knocked Orion out of first place (and died seven times!). C’tis’s Pretender is also still on the list, with six deaths. Everything else is mine.

My top hero is the Druid Vanno, who racked up 313 kills with the Beckon spell, then Gargagon the 10F wizard, who just put in the Ruby Eye last turn; then my Prophet, Cron, 2F5H (holy).

Treasury: 2,221 gold; gem income 38F/14A/28W/25E/24S/29D/28N + 67B this turn. Schools: Conj 8, Alt 8, Evo 8, Cons 8, Ench 8, Thaum 7, Blo 8.