First Blood - Newbie game - Finished - Rotarr/Nightfall/Sephorin win!

[rotarr]

Ah so that's how you got those guys! I was wondering about that. Too bad they're not particularly strong

I enjoyed warring against you; you put up a great fight with those hard to hit thugs until my eagle warriors stepped up in force. I was afraid you'd be using those to raid my home provinces which could have proven quite effective!

[attackdrone]

I would definitely have used them for some raiding, but not enough were geared. I went the wrong blessing I think - should have thrown some Earth in there instead of Water. The lack of reinvigoration meant that I needed to add a Girdle of Might or Amulet of Reinvigoration to the Frost Brand / Vine Shield combination for them to be effective.

To be honest the Thug strategy was an afterthought, when I found that my armies were wholly ineffective against your blessing. Were I to play this game a second time, I would have planned on paratroop thugs from turn one. Armies and provincial defense work fine against a computer opponent but are not enough against a human.

[Nightfall]

I don't know about that, Abysian PD is the only reason I'm still going in this game, I've found it to be _very_ _very_ cost effective when backed up by a couple of mages.

My only complaint with it is that the damn PD salamanders don't ever seem to cast pheonix power first turn, which would _greatly_ increase the spell selection they have.

But yeah I agree that a lot of other nation's PD don't seem to be worth much.

[Groundworm]

About 3 hours left to go before the turn cycles, and Pangaea hasn't submitted his turn. He's in danger of a stale. Should we extend the turn?