Mmhm. Basically Mind Elemental is saying that he's only continuing to play because he feels indebted to do it, vfb is going AI which isn't coming as a surprise considering his last turns screamed "attack me, naow!", and while Kailasa has just started taking their bog beast army for a walk through my provinces and Agartha is sending a number of Umbrals to knock at the doors of Arcoscephale again, I am not overwhelmed by a concerted attack of all the other nations like I was expecting and prepared to fight.
I do admit that turns have become a chore now (the astral corruption isn't helping). I know that I have most of the interesting unique artifacts in my possession, my god just completed to forge the Gate Stone this turn (and evaded two horrors after that), I wished the Chalice away from Kailasa which provided me with a number of affliction-free Tartarians and a dozen of them who are still waiting to get GoR'ed, I have the Medusa Shield, almost all the unique boosters like Forbidden Light except most of the tomes, all the elemental royalty that I cared about except one of the earth kings, all the Caelian Spentas, a dozen Abominations and the means to get more, and so on, but since I know that that this game is still a lot of turns away from being won. Should we save ourselves a lot of time and just call the game quits, maybe after one more hosting in case anybody wants to try something they've been holding back (like me giving Master Enslave a shot)?
With Oceania going AI I don't see like there's going to happen much interesting anymore. Vanheim is almost gone and AI, too, Kailasa hasn't moved much and doesn't seem to be inclined to change that, Agartha is bigger than I imagined, judging from my recent scouting reports, but still seems to be lacking the end-game firepower, Arco has lost much of its former power. I'd be able to sit out most sieges behind the castle walls and I can probably take new provinces faster than I am losing them... (when I'm not staling
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So, what do you others think? Take the timer off and host once more?