Going down in style

[Gandalf Parker]

A sig line that I use often (and surprisingly no one has commented on) is...
Me: Some play to win or lose. Others just to stay in the game.
Them: Are we talking about games? Or about life in general?
Me: Exactly.


OK besides the metaphysical message it IS also saying something about gaming. And Dominions2 especially. Remember Data playing a game of Strategema with Kolrami? And how he won?
STAR TREK: "Peak Performance" - 4/19/89 - ACT FIVE
DATA "Working under the assumption that
Kolrami is attempting to win, it
is reasonable to assume that he
expects me to play for the same goal."
WESLEY "You werent."
DATA
"No. I was playing only for a
standoff -- a "draw." While
Kolrami was dedicated to winning,
I was able to pass up obvious
avenues of advancement and settle
for a balance."

Ive seen games of Dominions played that way. Well beside the hit-n-run tactics you came up with you might negotiate a new home from one of the other players. Some back province where they dont have alot of defence and they will let you take it without considering it an aggressive act.
Maybe someone who looks like they would LIKE to be aggressive toward arcos but not OPENLY so.

[Saber Cherry]

Summon Horrors like crazy. Send blood mages into combat, have them summon some horrors, then retreat. It's really annoying... you wreak devastation quite cheaply. I put the Lesser Horror Twin Spear on a scout in an MP game with 5xSummon lesser horror, then retreat orders, and he never lost a battle and was never harmed. He did retreat a lot, but gained the province from which he retreated. Fun! Sent horrors cause indy provinces if they win, but are very cheap.

If you have extra air gems, rain seeking arrows on him... everyone hates those.

[Torvak]

Casting Eyes of God is very dangerous in a MP game.

[Starfighter08]

Originally posted by Wauthan:
You dispell global spells by either casting the Astral spell aptly named "Dispell" or by casting the global spell yourself (which creates a little tugowar between your spellpower and the original caster. You don't always manage to win).

Astral spell, I see. That's why I never came across it. Guess I'll try Arco then.

[fahdiz]

Originally posted by Starfighter08:
Astral spell, I see. That's why I never came across it. Guess I'll try Arco then.

Or Pythium. Or Ermor. Or any nation, really - all you need is a pretender with at least 4 Astral, and either access to some Astral sites (for the pearls) or the judicious use of some alchemy.

[ March 10, 2004, 22:09: Message edited by: fahdiz ]

[1000yd_stare]

thank you for the great responses!! Now I have to hope my opponents don't read this thread!

I will take the advice to heart; it will probably take a few turns to implement, but I will post the results here when it happens.
Thanks again!

[Taqwus]

Say, under Astral Corruption -- now that Dispel is a ritual,is the price of failure the risk of being eaten by a horror?

(And if the horror scales with the magnitude of the ritual... perhaps a Doom Horror?)