Zapmeister said:
Mark is still here and is looking well placed to win the game. My reasoning is that the original Big 3 (Pangaea, Ulm and Jotunheim) have each taken a dive. If that pattern continues, then the slowest-starting nation will win and, by my reckoning, that would be T'ien Ch'i.
Having lost my Pretender (twice), killed four of my most expensive mages in an ill-conceived Communion, and allowed myself to be hemmed into an obscure corner of the map, I'm confident in my ability to turn this game around and win handsomely.