Trithian Empire (Slynky) -vs- Kilrah Clan (Roanon) 2405.2
(standard KOTH but good starting planet instead of average)
Orange: My homeworld (and colonized systems)
Green: Roanon's homeworld
Purple: Useless systems
This game was just one of those games where I had luck on my side. Lots (
) of good planets to colonize. Roanon, on the other hand, didn't have such luck. I had many more breathables.
Also, looking at the map, I only had one point I needed to protect (between his homeworld and mine). So, that allowed me to expand counter-clockwise.
At first, I had a mineral problem. It wasn't until I got to the southern part of the map that I found GOOD resource planets. In fact, I had so many resources after a while, I was building research facs on places that had resources in the 120%
.
Roanon made some good moves in the south at location #1. Captured a planet of mine (and the different atmosphere population that would have helped him out a LOT). He made several other advances toward me in that area but I was able to hold him off. I think he attacked sooner than he wanted to but he kinda had to try and take advantage. But, I had nearly 20 LC's just off the line and planned a return attack. One move before I was moving out my sweepers and fleet up north at location #2, he attacked through the wormhole between our homeworlds and lost his entire fleet. I moved through the next turn and cleared his side of the wormhole and glassed a breathable of his. After those two turns (and seeing my fleet beside his homeworld and the tech on the ships), he decided it was time to call the game. I'm glad it ended that way because those who have lost to me know that I don't like to follow through with "glassing runs". It's like chess...when it seems apparent that you're going to be checkmated in a number of moves, it's just better to admit it and flip your king over. Besides, I was 4 turns away from having another colony type tech and over 90,000 in research a turn.
Roanon is quite good and will be even better with the discussion we had, I think. We chatted quite a while after the game was over and I hope I gave him some good tips to help his game. He's a great sport, a nice guy, and, given an opportunity to play, will play and play and play! We did 52 turns in 2 days...Friday and Sunday!