[DragonRider]

Well, I just dispelled Burden of Time and blocked the recast, so obviously I'm less inclined to give in now than I was before. Hell, even if my latest master-plan fails utterly (which past experience suggests it probably will), my gold and gem economies are both so strong right now that just playing the long game and flat-out out-summoning Jotunheim might even be an option if the current status quo persists. I'd rather it not come to that, of course, given that Jotunheim's blood economy means that their position on the gem scoreboard is better than it looks, but until there's an actual threat of invasion it may not be impossible for me to just outproduce them over a long enough period of time.

Even in a worst-case scenario where Jotunheim totally conquers Shinuyama with me still not being able to crack the border, vampires can't defend that front NEARLY as well as they can the one I'm currently pushed up against, so that still might not be worthy of declaring an immediate game over. So I really don't have nearly as much incentive to surrender as I felt like I did a little while ago.