Well, its only fair for you to crush me. in this game, we are one for one; killing eachother and being killed

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and I too was surprised by my troops just dying. I was watching the battle and all of a sudden everyone just ran and died. They seemed to be doing so well! I even saw my commanders escape, but they were reported dead. A shame

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And I didn't take offense at the stupid comment. No worries. I don't consider any moves I have done in this game to be smart per se. I have no clue what I am doing with this nation and I am trying to conceptualize a plan to recover, but Helhiem is hollow. No infrastructure, no saftey nets! My god just showed up and I am wondering wth I was thinking when I made him!
Also, just curious, does blighting multiple times in one turn stack the effect, or is it at max, one blight effect? I cast it 3 times on the same place crossing my fingers

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