[Hylobius]

Out of character: I was hoping to eventually defeat Ulm and then with Agartha fully engaged against Bandar I would attack Agartha. I figured that Agartha would win, but not without a good fight. With all diplomacy limited to this forum I could not reassure Bandar that I would help when I could, or Agartha would have quickly crushed me. Of course this is all academic as I was unable to deal with Ulm. I thought that my large research advantage would eventually win the war, but everytime I developed a new war-ending advancement Ulm pulled another rabbit out of the hat. Props to Ossa, I learned a lot this game.