PBEM game: The first step (Running)

[sushiboat]

Turn 6

Machaka gained a fifth province. Pangaea captured two provinces, for a total of four. Arcosephale also has four provinces now. Man, Ermor, and Marignon have three. Pythium and Jotunheim have two.

Pythium found a gem site. Machaka's research lags behind the rest.

Jotunheim hired Hector's Heavy Horsemen.

[Agrajag]

sushiboat said:
Turn 6
Pythium and Jotunheim have two.
Jotunheim hired Hector's Heavy Horsemen.

Im sure you can see the logic here.
I see Im not faring so well, but its just the beginning of the game, so I'll wait before I declare myself dead

[En Forcer]

I agree with the assessment of not starting a war too soon. With so many indies, there is PLENTY of work to do before picking a fight with my neighbors.

[Shmonk]

Are we still waiting on someone for the next turn? I'm hoping we can get a few turns done this weekend (time permitting for everyone).

Mostly because I'm traveling next week (was selected at the last minute for a business trip), and I'm still trying to get a laptop so I can still submit my turns.

My company provided me a laptop, but it's BARELY able to play Dom2. It's a P2 366Mhz. I had to turn off all graphics and do a few command line switches just to get it semi-playable (though it has crashed several times for no reason). Hopefully I can get a faster laptop over the weekend. Worst case scenario, I'll give my orders to Alneyan to run the 2 turns that I may miss.

[Alneyan]

No turns for Man yet, but next turn should run in a couple of hours (because of the deadline).

[RibbonBlue]

I sent my turn..

[En Forcer]

Okay, is it just me or are all of these provinces pretty sparse? Given what I've conquered so far, I'm barely able to afford a mage! If my army wasn't so spunky and able, we'd have lost our shorts a long time ago. And what do we have to show for it? Handfulls of dust. Dust I say! How on earth did that last province even support the troops defending it?

Sheesh...

Can I research "frugal economy" or "thriftiness" or something?

[sushiboat]

Turn 7

The province count is as follows: 6 for Machaka, 5 for Arcosephale, 4 for Ermor and Pangaea, and 3 for Pythium, Man, and Jotunheim. Ermor and Pangaea found gems. Man hired Dagan the Sage.