[tibbs]

Good fight guys. I had hope in fighting off Ermor but I ran out of steam when my capital was taken. I just didn't have enough armies to stop all of his.

I really started this game off on the defensive. First Marignon invades me and then shortly after Pangea. I was eventually able to beat them both back and defeat them, all while hoping atlantis or c'tis wouldn't attack me. I then spent a good amount of my gems empowering a mage up and forging magic items so I could summon some elemental royalty. I must also thank C'tis. He was also helping me out by sending me all his gems every turn.

The one change that I didn't like from CB was that the "Wither Bones" spell was increased from 2D to 3D to cast. Unfortunately I only get 2D mages so that hurt a bit.

Ermor caught me by surpise in our first few battles with his flanking skeletal knights. After I got burned once by them, I was always afraid they would get through my troops and to my mages.

I started having victories but I noticed on the army chart that I'd destroy a few thousand of your troops and next turn your army graph would be back up to where it was before.

I sent my biggest army to plunge into Ermor's territory to destroy temples. In hindsight I think I should have kept that army close to home instead and just continued to fight you off. But I think I would have fallen to your dominion eventually so it was my only recourse.

Ermor definitely chose right to attack me first rather than Atlantis. If I had 5 to 10 more turns I probably would have had 1 or 2 more SCs and they would have been better equipped with more artifacts.

This was the most fun I had in a game so far. Very LONG, but interesting battles /w Ermor.