Petty Kingdoms - EA, CBM 1.83, 6 players - Finished

[ghoul31]

I'm having terrible luck site searching. I haven't found one site yet.

[Valerius]

I was wondering about that. I figured you were site searching since your mages keep appearing on our border but your gem graph is staying flat. That's some bad luck, something should have come up by now...

[Squirrelloid]

Helheim would like to make it known to the other nations of the world that it is not necessarily bent on conquest. But this war was started by Mictlan, and we cannot in good conscience allow that sin to go unpunished. Our anger and our wrath shall be righteous, and shall purge the lands of the untrue Mictlanese who would so foolishly raise arms against us.

[Samhain]

Bent or otherwise, your conquest left us no sound option but to attack. A fool may have chosen the same course. But, we would sooner march to war on a fool's errand than cower in a corner waiting our turn to die.

[Huitochka]

Oh well, i realized that i don't like small maps like that, for i had to attack for same reason on some of the first turns, and it looked more like a blitz to me. So sorry everyone if i'm not giving a good fight, but oh well.

[Valerius]

No need to apologize. It looks like you got off to a slow start and then forced into an early war with at least cold-resistant Ulm (maybe Yomi as well?).

Actually so far this is going similar to my first game on Sixlands - early wars in both the north and the south (my previous game I believe they were both 2 vs 1 wars).

I really should have kept that previous experience in mind. Now, after a fast start I'll come out of the first round of wars as the smallest nation. I think I did something wrong there... Oh well, at least I won't be dogpiled as being the biggest threat.

[Squirrelloid]

Lo! Ladies of valor // lead the charge
In thick of blades // with barèd steel
To smite the brave // and choose the slain
And deliver all // to death's door.
Yet few who fell // will welcome find,
For but little might // can Mictlan boast;
Pity the unchosen // unwanted above
Hurlèd headlong // through Hela's door;
Demons they praised, // paradise denied,
Torpid to lie // beneath the Tree
and gnaw the roots.

------------------> Lo! Never afraid
Are Odin's girls, // glad at heart
Amidst the slaughter. // Stay not the sword
But fell the foes // who offend the Gods
with divine justice. // Deliver the valiant
To Glasir's Hall // whence harken heroes
With wish fulfilled. // Fair war-maidens,
Death's solace, // ravens steel-clad,
Merciful bearers // of mead and men,
Your spears strike // sound and true;
A fear in the foe // sets them to flee
In ragged rout, // no remorse in chase,
And piled the dead // at dusk's caress
Reach to the stars.


TLDR / Translation: I accidentally the whole Mictlan army

[Valerius]

Wow, poetry no less. I guess you're enjoying Helheim more than those boring skelly spamming lizards you played the last couple of times out?

[Samhain]

I really should have seen the blitz coming myself with map and kept with the strong bless strategy. I tend to find those boring, but least then I would be putting up something of a fight. I'll guess I'll just chalk this one up to experience.

[Valerius]

I was worried about a double/triple bless Mictlan rush before I had gear or research for my thugs. I have to admit that when I saw you had a light bless I almost attacked you myself. But I decided I should forge some gear and complete some research first and by then Helheim had already made a move. If you had gone for a heavy bless it would have made for an interesting fight with Helheim.