MP: Pointy Sticks MA started

[Mightypeon]

Not a whole lot I can do about it though.

[RonD]

True. We have reached the stage of the game where you cannot expect to get away with having a big mid-game army out in the open. On the other hand, Ulm normally just laughs off Flames From the Sky and Murdering Winter, because of their super-duper armor. You have the misfortune of being up against a nation with easy access to acid storm. Even then, I have to have the right caster in the right place. Its not like I can teleport in an acid storm caster. But it does mean that you need to come up with a different late-game invasion strategy vs. Shin, compared to what you might use against most other nations.

[Mightypeon]

I have a lack of late game experiences, by virtue of usually being either dead or already dominant before lategame happens.
My root causes of defeat are economical and diplomaticall though.
Perhaps I should have went after Tien Chi and not Pythium, but I saw that awesome opportunity to eliminate Pythiums standing army and could not let that pass.

[Mightypeon]

That confusing, I definitly issued a move patrol order, which would have resulted in my army remains killing that wendigo without a lot of trouble.
I also believe that I remade the army in a way that had units as followers of "tough" commanders to cut down stragglers, did I fail to submit that turn properly?

[Mightypeon]

I am willing to concede to Shinuyama.
I am a bit suprised, I teleported a Golem into the province your army came from, shouldnt that have interfered with your movement (or at least caused a battle that may have triggered gem use? I was expecting earth quakes actually).
Nevertheless, the better player won, congratulations!

[RonD]

I do not have time right now to write up anything about the Ulm/Shin war - I'll do that later.

I just want to take a quick second and offer a and a to Ossa, whose Mictlan was finally defeated for good this turn. Despite spending well over half the game as a 3-province power, Ossa showed up and submitted every damn turn, every time. Thank you!

[Mightypeon]

Indeed, Mad props to Ossa!
Actually Ossa is still alive!
There is a sheltered province within Ulm, one can say a lot about Ulm, but the peoples Republic tried to protect its allies!

[RonD]

I am heading out of town for a couple of weeks. I will upload the current turn before I leave, and I think I will be able to play 2 or 3 turns at various times while on the road (but no promises).

I didn't see an obvious way to turn off the clock, so I set the host interval to some very large value. Quickhost is still on, so if turns get submitted they will also get processed.

[RonD]

Caelum and Shin's turns are both in. I currently have fairly predictable internet access, so I will wait (at least) 48 hours in case Ulm wishes to submit a turn, and then I will force host.

Time is the major issue during my trip, so I will still leave the game on a very long clock. It appears that Ulm's intent is to stale out their remaining turns, so I will try to continue to give notice and process a turn every once in a while, depending on when I have time to prepare my own turns.

[Mightypeon]

Lets see what I was doing in that game