Thanks for the in character post, Olm! Nicely done!
And (unfortunately) very nicely done killing Pan's greatest hero. That was the only unit I had the could stand up to your combined forces and Pangaea is in mourning at his loss.
You almost took the fort in 64 as well. Unfortunately I lost some quality troops (as well as a lot of chaff) and with your raiding and my decreasing number of provinces putting me in the red, there won't be any replacements, and all my successful defense did was postpone things a bit.
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Could we postpone the next turn to Tuesday? I will be on short vacation until Monday. I will get the current turn in, but I will probably not have the time to do the next one before Monday evening.
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Yes, of course. Enjoy your vacation!
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Originally Posted by Olm
Your Bane Venom Charms are very effective, they diseased lots and lots of my mages. I would even go as far as to call them overpowered for the price especially thinking what a strong death nation can do with them.
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As far as the bane venom charms go, they are a particularly good match for Pan since I can use them without fear of crippling my own mages. This is even more so the case in this game with the lack of indie mages. In a normal game if I had any half way decent indie mages I would hesitate to use a bane venom charm when under siege. Here the only non-national mages I'm likely to have (barring taking - and keeping - an enemy cap) are undead who also won't be bothered by being diseased.
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MA Man is described as a rather weak nation in the tactics guides. I cannot agree with that.
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Keep in mind that given all the special circumstances of this game it's hard to draw lessons that would apply to a normal game. Where Man really suffers is in the late game and of course that's not a factor here. It's also worth noting that most of those guides were likely written before CBM started buffing Man.
One thing about these settings was that they were intended to really emphasize national strengths - and weaknesses. In a normal game there's a decent chance that you'll be able to break into new paths of magic with indie mages and their complete elimination has a big effect on how things play.
Btw, if you like this version of Man you'll definitely want to check out the 1.92 version as it has everything you're using plus additional boosts.