Hurray, it's done!
You should now hopefully all have received a PM from me with the two Pretender choices you have for this game (please PM me or post asap if you have not). I don't think I've made any mistakes in either typing, or in sending the correct choices to the correct players. But please accept my apologies in advance if I have made any errors, since a lot of cutting&pasting, PM-ing, typing lots of important numbers etc went on in the past 2 hours, so a little mistake here and there way well have crept in, and like I said, apologies if it has.
Once you have decided on your Pretender, please PM it to me. Also use my text in your reply if you can, as that way if you choose option 1 for example, I can easily see that we are talking about the same option. I have my own set of notes for this game, but doing it this way helps limit the chances of a mistake occuring from option 1 in my notes being different to the option 1 I sent you (while I'm pretty certain this hasn't happened, mistakes can creep in like I said).
I have tried to come up with two viable builds for each nation, and I have included a comment in your PM if there was any area of concern I had over your choices. Of course as Burnsaber has already stated, balance in this sort of game goes out the window, so some Pretenders will be a lot stronger than others.
I think I have a fairly good knowledge of the game, so I hope none of the Pretenders are completely crippling to their nation. But of course at the same time I haven't sat down and worked out a game winning strategy for each build I have offered in order to see how viable it was. That's your job!
But if anyone does have any serious concerns about their choices, then please PM me, and I'm sure something can be sorted out.
So get those brains in gear folks, because it's unlikely you can just simply rely on Baalz's many excellent guides for this game
Now after all that I need a long rest, and a 24 hour break from Dominions (if my current games will let me that is. Damn speed merchants everywhere
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