PBEM game: The first step (Running)

[Alneyan]

It worked fine. I am sending the URL of the new file to you, in case my own mail doesn't work.

The next turn has run, so if you don't get the mail, please post here as usual. Gmail should do the trick to have an easier time sending mails, or you could even upload turn files somewhere.

[Alneyan]

Oh, looks like your scouts may have ended up in other provinces too. If such is the case, you might wish to consider using the "top-notch intelligence" method to know how well a province is defended.

To do so, use a commander to attack a province, put this commander as back to the left as possible, and give orders to Retreat. That way, the commander will retreat on turn one, and should be out of range of any attack... except fliers, and possibly a couple of spells independents might have. In all other cases, your commander will retreat to a friendly province, and you will be able to replay the "battle", allowing you to see all the troops in that province, how many there are, if there are annoying mages, and so on.

[Molog]

Finally turn 2.

Not much to do.

Noticed Machaka bought some hobbit mercenaries.
Gynther Blukraft is buyable, bunch of heavily armoured guys with flails, nice but too expensive for me. Mercenaries cost extra for pangea.

Looked at scoregraphs to get an idea of what others are doing.