I was playing in Johnarryns "Warishell" MP game.
Random Nations - I drew EA C'tis, having never played them before i decided on a Dragon pretender - for quick expansion and then would maintain my territory through large armies of Elite warriors and chariots.
I was pumping out Sauromancers 3 a turn in the 3 forts I had and was working steadily towards Tartarian gate and gift of reason. I had a very large territory in the middle of the map and deciding that Sauromatia to my south looked tasty (they were at war with Abysia and Kailasa) I ended our NAP and attacked.
First few turns I did okay, two armies led a double pronged assault.
Then Kailasa went A.I. and then Abysia was taken over by a sub, leaving me to deal with one P'OD Sauromatia, things were going okay, i think I could have won the war until Ulm on my very large border ends our NAP and attacks across my totally undefended border.
Nevertheless I was crushed in short order.
It was one of those games that if I had of pulled my ambitious plan off I would have been in a very good late game position - Tartarians - well of misery and lots of high level Death mages.
One thing I learnt that EA C'tis is very vulnarable to concentrated missile fire....especially when Ulm was spamming "Fire arrows" that really hurt.
Massed Sauromancers casting Terror does well though
