Tool's Fool's (Mosehansen game)

[djtool]

i did it just to have something different form the other 4 games i'm in.

i'm no expert but when it comes to making a commander into a prophet I guess some people like to do it with their starter commander for battle support and spreading the love early. Others probably wait because they're going to recruit a unit with a preist level of 3 or 4 and they want to boost up their power.

[Kel]

Keeping in mind that I don't know what I am doing...

With Arco and the whole dominion scrying deal, I tend to make my starting scout a prophet. There are pros and cons to this but mostly it comes down to that I tend to value the fast start (via dominion scrying spread by scout) more than having a level 4, instead of level 3, priest. Especially, with Arco, I tend to have enough priestesses around that having Fanaticism, instead of sermon of blessing, isn't as important as having a stealthy dominion spreader (who will, admittedly, get caught one day )

With C'tis(Miasma), my other favorite nation, I make an empoisoner (mage-assassin) my prophet on turn 4 so I can start laying claim to (and weakening) provinces ahead of time.

The only other nation I have really played is BF Ulm where I may wait until turn 10+ to get a Vampire Count and make him Prophet.

- Kel

[z0dd]

Well that was an interesting deathmatch.
First time I've seen two participants kill each other in the same round!

I'm glad to say it looks like we have a very active group of players. We're getting about 3 turns/day, which is nice.

[archaeolept]

yeah, that was amusing.

just saved you the trouble of having to kill the winner, though.

[z0dd]

From the Posts below, here's what I think to be the participants and their nations:

Arcoscephale (Kel)
Caelum (Catquiet)
C'tis (djtool)
Ermor (z0dd)
Jotunheim (quantum_mechani)
Machaka (Cainehill)
Marignon (Spainpain)
Pangaea (Breschau)
Pythium (archaeolept)
T'ien Chi (computer)
Ulm (Ady)
Vanheim (?)

Can someone help with the unknowns? One of these is AI, correct?

[ March 24, 2004, 15:05: Message edited by: z0dd ]

[archaeolept]

i'm pythium and t'ien chi is computer controlled

Ady, who hasn't shown in this thread, is Ulm, and I have no idea who vanheim is.

you are the evil that is ermor
(POD S8 D10)

[ March 24, 2004, 14:48: Message edited by: archaeolept ]

[z0dd]

Originally posted by archaeolept:
i'm pythium and t'ien chi is computer controlled

Ady, who hasn't shown in this thread, is Ulm, and I have no idea who vanheim is.

you are the evil that is ermor
(POD S8 D10)

Updated. Thanks.

And yes, I'm the "evil" Ermor. I apologize in advance for any unaccepted deeds I'm forced to execute for my master's will.

What's "(POD S8 D10)" ?

[archaeolept]

What's "(POD S8 D10)" ?

you

(prince of death, 8 astral, 10 death)

[Cainehill]

Hey, I thought this game was going to be Easy Research? Is Machaka in a parallel universe in the game, because research sure looks normal from there.

Every SP game I've had research set to easy, it took 15 research points to get to level 1 in a path; Machaka, port 2303, it's 20 - just like with normal research.

[Cainehill]

Originally posted by z0dd:
I noticed many players made a prophet on turn 1, while others waited until turn 2-3.

Myself, I tend to wait to recruit a decent commander to be my prophet.

[QB]The fast research is VERY fast! This, coupled with the high level of Indys, will make for a magic flinging game for sure.[\QB]

Coming from a Windoze box, it looks like normal research to me.