[K]

I expected the hydras to be a much bigger threat, but I guess thats what happens when you don't playtest!

The ideal anti-Van research for Sauromatia would have involved getting Quagmire, Foul Air, Shadowblast, and Leeching Darkness, but I was a fool to test the Van defenses before Poison Cloud (with Thistle Maces) and Raise Dead. As it stands, I could have holed up in the castle for a good ten turns by jamming the entrance with skeletons while my poisons ate away at you on the outside, but thats not fun for either player so I gambled on a last ditch attempt to toss you off my capital.

I also wish I had checked my board mail. I didn't even see your offers of peace. Doh!

Oh well, thats why I entered a noob game! Well played!

-K