Bloodless - Less micro game [running]

[Valerius]

I guess it's good this subject came up since we might have kept playing, despite no one really wanting to.

This game wasn't as much fun as I expected. After the first round of wars everyone seemed to turtle. I think nobody wanted to be the first to attack, afraid it would give another nation an opportunity. Eventually TC and I decided to liven things up by attacking Mictlan. Ulm (for whom I think turtling payed off) jumped in as well and gained a decisive lead.

I hadn't given up against Pythium, and given the reduced threat from Mictlan was planning on devoting all my forces to attacking him. But I may be overestimating my chances. In addition to his angels, Pythium was summoning wraith lords at a very quick pace (maybe one per turn?) and I wouldn't be able to kill them once I entered his dominion - unlike when I was fighting defensively and he used them against me. And in any case, even if I won, I wouldn't have had a chance against Ulm.

From the beginning, I was most worried about Ulm and Pythium since they had national SCs. With these game settings I thought Ulm's Iron Angels could be a very cost effective summon and this proved to be the case. Once he cast earth blood deep well I'm guessing he was averaging 3 of them every two turns?

I'll post the game in the victorious nations thread and delete it from the llamaserver. Congratulations, Ossa!