Well played again Zeldor. You didn't have quite as much fire-power at the end as I envisaged, and a few less clams than I thought too. But you certainly had a lot more Pearls stashed than I hoped, which would probably have meant a shorter life for my Nexus than I'd have wanted. (unless I got lucky on the rolls). Shame real life has gone nuts for me in the past week or two. Wouldn't have minded at least trying to deviate your freight-train a bit at the end
@ Meglobob/Valerius - I let turn 85 host intentionally since you had both submitted turns. So, who gets the final bragging rights for the sequel as a result of it then?
I've sent a PM to Burnsaber with a final update for the Original Post. Having to sadly step-out of the sequel as my Real Life free-time has become a drought in recent weeks, with no rain expected until 2010
Have offered my admin deputy duties to Burnsaber again for the sequel though if he needs them. And if the cast will have me
Post-Mortem
Good game everyone. Certainly had it's ups and down moments for me. No way I should have survived my early dog-pile to make it as far as I did, but the details of that event has already been logged. Left my final move too late in the end to make a difference.
My grand plan, and the only play I saw to offer me a chance, was a 999 Nexus overwrite. Which was on course to happen by around turn 78. But then that second lot of dual Armageddon's happened around turn 73/74, and I suffered a ridiculous hit to my research. I went from roughly 700rp per turn, to less than 250rp. Had one fort with 30+ mages in it reduced to just 5 mages. That random roll set was a real kick in the guts. This then meant my plans were delayed by ~7/8 turns, as getting the research done for the Nexus was always the lagging factor. But this delay meant an extra ~1200 pearls for MA Atlantis. And that's a hard gap to make up
This game also marks the second on the bounce where I had no Nature income at all the entire game despite full searching (CarCrash was the other). At the end I had just +2. And was on zero until around turn 40 when I gained a +1 income from a LA Atlantis fort. And then managed to get +2 around turn 60 when I finished off Bogarus. The struggle both these games were without Nature was not something I want to experience again in a hurry. And in this game, that Nature income was topped off with a final non-clam Astral of +11 and Death +6
Had plenty of Fire and Air gems though. Something like +50 +25 on those. EA Ermor without Death gems is a tough prospect for sure
But lessons learnt, and experience gained for the next campaign. A campaign I'm sure to encounter you all again in soon. If I'm not doing so already
@ don_Pablo - Good to see you around again, and hear you are ok
Also wondered what happened to you, since you were doing more than fine in both this game and "Legends of Faerun" when you disappeared, so guessed it wasn't a usual case of bailing. Good luck for the sequel if you sign-up for it (EA Ermor are free given that you'd be in need of a new nation)
Finally, I'll be taking the game off the llamaserver towards the end of the weekend. So last chance to let me know if you want it to keep going for any feuding reasons
