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[The Panther]

Machaka is in a tough battle with Arco. Hard to say who has the upper hand, but I think the Man/Machaka team is nearly down for the count.

Tauren (Abysia) will probably be staling for a bit while he is moving over the next few days. I almost did his move for him, but I had no idea if he wanted to storm the Man capitol or not, so I declined to do anything. I do not have the slightest idea what army is inside the Man capitol.

I have my hands full with endless undead with 3 strategic moves. Did I ever mention how much I hate to fight Ermor? I have killed maybe 200 undead riders, and there is at least that many still around, for I have been unable to kill even one single commander other than his immortal pretender (who did not have the decency to stay dead). Most of my troops are starving and diseased from lack of proper supplies. My income has been trashed. I don't think I am in danger of being eliminated soon or anything like that, but both Marignon and Ermor will come out of this war very weak, no matter who gets the upper hand.

I also think that T'ien Ch'i is in very bad shape, from what my spies can see.

The stales have been a problem for sure for our team. Both my son and I are chock full of RL these days, and a 2 day forced schedule is problematic at best. This would have been a lot better game under PBEM, in my opinion.

The only thing to do is keep plugging away until the game is over.