Immaculate-002: Late Age for Noobs (GAME OVER: ATLANTIS/SHATNER WINS)

[triqui]

Didn't say or tried to imply that your advice was false. I said it was genius. Gath told you that your armies were troop-based and mine were more about remote-crap and blood/astral stuff, and you used that very same argument to convince him to attack me instead of you.

"Well, it's true that I have "regular" armies with troops, but hey, if you attack me, you'll face only regular armies with troops, you'll learn more if you attack him". It's kind of genious, and I'm being sincere at that, not ironic.

In this case, it happen that it didn't work for Gath, becouse I don't see the point to continue a game that is decided, but that's not something that you, or Gath, could had known beforehand. The diplomatic trick was a good manipulation regardless of it.

[BewareTheBarnacleGoose]

Congratulations to Atlantis! I myself would have liked to play a few more turns, since I was looking forward to fighting Marignon, but I also felt like the game was getting a bit tedious. I think I learned a lot, but I would have liked to actually fight a real war (AI Ulm and Jomon's outlying provinces dont count).

Diplomacy was definitely a strong influence on my decision not to fight Atlantis. But in my defense, I was not "tricked". As the weakest remaining player, I didn't have a shot at victory, so I just wanted to have some good combat experiences, and I thought Marignon's summons would have been more interesting to fight than Atlantis' infantry hordes.

Anyway, it was fun just lasting until the late game and seeing what it is like. Next game, I think I'll try to be more aggressive, and start wars rather than waiting for them to come to me.