PBEM game: The first step (Running)

[sushiboat]

Turn 58

The province tally is: Ermor 62, Pangaea 44, Marignon 28, and Jotunheim 17. The fort tally is unchanged: Ermor 11, Marignon 8, Pangaea 7, and Jotunheim 3. Gem income fell for Pangaea. Marignon hired Dagan, and Pangaea hired the Master Assassin. The Lost Legion is open for bidding. Ermor lost two Hall of Fame heroes, including one who joined Pangaea.

Shmonk, if large armies scare you, be warned! You ain't seen nuthin' yet!

[Molog]

Shame that mass flight didn't work. The idea of dead elephants flying over castle walls really cracks me up.

[Shmonk]

Flying dead elephants?? Boy, I'm missing all the fun stuff.
All I get our flying arrows, or the occasional hawk. But no elephants. Heck, I'd even take a flying horse.

[Molog]

Turn 59

Only two random attacks this turn. Joy. One of those is the ermorian cultist one.

Champion of Pangeae gets in the hall of fame after his first fight where he killed 2 guys, but in the hall of fame he has 10 kills?

I don't know why people find the deathmatch worthless. It's +150 experience, good chance of hall of fame ability and the trident has good stats and quikness.

[sushiboat]

Turn 59

The province tally is: Ermor 64, Pangaea 43, Marignon 26, and Jotunheim 17. The fort tally is unchanged: Ermor 11, Marignon 8, Pangaea 7, and Jotunheim 3. Gem income increased for Ermor and Pangaea and decreased for Marignon. Ermor rehired The Lost Legion. Obscuro and Mamor are open for bidding. Ermor lost another Hall of Fame hero.

[Molog]

Turn 60

Nothing much to report.

[sushiboat]

Turn 60

The province tally is: Ermor 70, Pangaea 35, Marignon 28, and Jotunheim 20. The fort tally is unchanged: Ermor 11, Marignon 8, Pangaea 7, and Jotunheim 3. Income fell substantially for Pangaea. Gem income increased for Jotunheim and decreased for Pangaea. Marignon rehired Obscuro and Mamor. Dagan and the Master Druid are open for bidding.

[Ironhawk]

Molog said:
I don't know why people find the deathmatch worthless. It's +150 experience, good chance of hall of fame ability and the trident has good stats and quikness.

The deathmatch is generally considered worthless because whoever wins it MUST FIGHT in all subsequent deathmatch battles. Since your enemies then know exactly what you will be sending to the deathmatch, they can customize thier response and kill your (probably valuable?) unit. This is particularly the case if you send your Pretender into the ring (!!!!)

[quantum_mechani]

Ironhawk said:

The deathmatch is generally considered worthless because whoever wins it MUST FIGHT in all subsequent deathmatch battles. Since your enemies then know exactly what you will be sending to the deathmatch, they can customize thier response and kill your (probably valuable?) unit. This is particularly the case if you send your Pretender into the ring (!!!!)

Nonetheless I still find it useful, partularly since in most multiplayer games everyone ignores it. It is usually well worth sending some cheap worthless commander since it often does not need to fight anything unless an AI is in the game. In some cases I might send mages or even my pretender. Having someone counter them is not to huge a worry for a couple of reasons. First, since it is ignored so much there is often no battle so they don't know what you sent. Second, they have to have the counter on hand on the off chance there is another death match and something else has not killed the unit meantime, that is more trouble than most players are willing to go to.

and, btw, nice to see you back to dominions

[sushiboat]

Turn 61

The province tally is: Ermor 73, Pangaea 35, Marignon 29, and Jotunheim 16. The fort tally is unchanged: Ermor 11, Marignon 8, Pangaea 7, and Jotunheim 3. Gem income increased for Ermor and Pangaea and decreased for Jotunheim. Jotunheim's army size fell substantially. Marignon rehired Dagan. The Lost Legion is open for bidding. Ermor's The Eyes of God was dispelled, and Pangaea cast Gift of Health.