Bah~! You’re all ninnys and wimps. MY Cloud Lord is out sabotaging bridges in SG…and we’re gonna kick his smelly ass anyway (note to the Free - WIPE and dammit…shower at LEAST weekly, this Victorian bath-on-your-death-bed BS has Ren feeling downright sanitary…)
b
… so, so ninnys and wimps …
Brad, if you’re not able to use your CL-agents the right way, you better post at facebook or something similar, but not here.
Take a cold shower before posting again.
Have Fun!
Gixxx
He’s just pulling your leg Gixxx. He came, he grumbled, he went back under his bridge 
Almost a julius Caesar moment
… let’s brush him with maple-syrup and wait for the ants!
Did that kind of thing in college a lot…not the ants, mind you…
… so I should better tell it to you wife?
might be spicy for an important part of your life!
Have Fun!
Gixxx
Well if that’s the case Gixxx, why don’t we make it crabs instead of ants?.. those big suckers at the bottom of the ocean that measure about a metre across
Turn 6 has run and a fairly non descript turn at that… The DS will claim victory 
In the NW the freep continue to make numbers tell with armies lobbing in at 2005 and 1906 unopposed. 1804 and 2006 now have a wedge between them (and Rhu is gone of course).
In Mirkwood the WK should win a fight at 2406 and is into slow expansion
2715 however has another turn’s buildup of freep icons - will they attack this turn? We’re all cheering for them wondering when they’ll just get it over and done with Icons are finally appearing around the black gate - well on the north road anyway. No doubt we’ll see some activity on the north side of Mordor shortly.
To the south - the Ithil pass saw Elatar’s army at 3024 fried by a dragon. Elatar survived alas… for now Vinyaran ran back to Osg and joined two other NG forces to finish off the IK army there. Pretty much a stalemate in Ithil for the time being.
Nothing at the back door for the time being either.
In the far south SG forces burned 3533 and pushed an army down to 3334. In a tit for tat CL cav forces captured 2437 from the Corsairs and was met by two armies. A battle was fought at 2436 where the Harad were wiped out, the QA badly hurt and the Corsairs badly hurt. Never saw the QA army wiped out which is a strange result???
A QA army pushed onto 2136 where it was met by a Corsair army. Battles being fought on Umbar territory instead of Harondor - that’s a nice change
On the character front Duinhir finally threw himself in front of a CL knife rather than see a third charge assassinated. A CL knife killed the guard but not the target in Vinyaran. Another odd result?
Freep bought and sold the Timber market last turn. DS bought the bronze market and will make a nice penny this turn.
All in all - strong freep in the north, trouble looming in the south. Winsten Wun Toof feels very pretty!
After all that’s something we like to hear.
Have Fun!
Gixxx
Turn 7 has run more or less uneventfully.
Dirhael of the freep loaded up with all sorts of vibrating, whirring and beeping toys got his first assassination right in a dreadful pedicure accident. Tried to trim some nose hairs and took Durkarian’s head off…
The CL assassins for their part threw a house warming for the CL, and no one turned up so they got some other much needed actions completed and return to the fray. Look for surprises, lucky door prizes and twists galore this turn…
Taking stock…
In the far south Harad has lost 2430, and both QA and Harad ports/harbours are now down. Battles continue on and around Umbar pops. To date it’s been a battle of attrition, and Umbar has a little more, but we’ll see how long they can keep the pace up.
In Ithil yet another IK comm was captured in combat brrrr :-S NG has an advantage in troop numbers against the FK for the time being, but has to negotiate the head tax being collected by messers Indur and co.
There has been no action as yet through the north gate, however several freep icons appear around 3216. A very large group destroyed Dol Guldur last turn so no doubt it will warm up on the north side…
The back door has been quiet all game with DS ready to play, but no other kids willing to come over…
For the time being the WK continues to be active in N.Mirkwood, while the freep have overrun the south
Rhudaur has been completely cleared while WK retains the stronger half of his nation for the time being.
A good spring board for the freep north, but the south is fraying. Stealing and agent actions are starting to really pick up now. A single freep steal netted $17k from the NG cap last turn, never seen that before They’re going to find it increasingly hard to remain a viable force especially post t10 which I’ve historically found to be a huge watershed in the difficulty to complete agent actions. We should be seeing the lesser agents capable of making average and hard orders with more frequency, all dread for the freep.
Economically the DS are very strong and have bought and sold the market quite a few times.
Well T8 runs next, time’s a passin’…
Cheers
winsten wun toof
Yeah, really uneventful!
We will change this now!
The next turn-results will be a little bit more interesting.
Have Fun!
Gixxx
Turn 8 has run and all in all I think the DS had the win though it did come with some eye crossing from Gixxx Two WK comms were PC’d and killed by dwarves, and Ashdurbuk Zalg assassinated. Oooh that hurts! But as the WK is half destroyed anyway - meh! not as damaging as NG’s turn.
The agents returned to the fray. Elatar PC’d Ji and hurt him good - but died - so sad! Ji then installed a new knife and fork drawer in Veantur’s head and removed his valuables along the way (Ring of Axardil, palantir and +500 combat arty :-). Another two comms were kidnapped. So the NG lost slightly more characters, but did it from a fully functioning nation…
Ithil pass - with the demise of so many Gondorians it’s changed somewhat. The closest Freep icon to Ithil is now 3026 (in combat) and 2926. MI and Osg still in freep hands but may not be for long?..
At the north gate enemy forces have reached 3621 but have to face up to defenders.
3 armies are at the v/t at 3020 - the freep might just have the numbers there Icons at 3119, 3219 and 3017. DS are not too worried just yet
Far south - Harad and Corsairs continue to throw themselves at each other. Mostly just mutual annihilation on armies so far but the freep have icons at 2536 and 2636 so will possibly cause a nuisance of themselves (which I’m sure the DS will repay in due course
As far as you can see in Mirkwood is dead bodies grief!
In Angmar lots of armies on 2006 so WK nearly out of Angmar.
We’re continuing on the theme of strong freep in the north, and weak in the south…
Economically DS are strong.
DS lead the way in artifact recovery. All the curse arties are in DS hands, as are the agent arties. Only collowhesta of the hidden game start arties has fallen to the freep.
It’s an interesting game, the freep have to crack Mordor to win this one, and the DS are ready…
…anyway WK is still alive.-
The NW haven’t got any character-support, while the Freps-killer is acting there…
Have Fun!
Gixxx
Turn 9 has run and the DS are still here which is fairly convenient for me
CL finished off a couple, and kidnapped one. Ji limped off the field badly wounded from his PC last turn. We’re looking forward to his come back
Well turn 10 is the magic number and coming up next turn. Hoping for more successes in our agentry…
From the top Not much cheer for the DS in Angmar with 2006 about to fall and 1804 surrounded.
In Mirkwood the WK is doing somewhat better though I dare say he will be receiving numerous unwashed visitors shortly
It’s been pretty quiet at the backdoor. A couple icons sneaking in. 3621 has been fortified, but not much going on…
At the black gates a couple Eo armies have been stopped at 3120.
Another at 3121 and a NG and Eo army blocked at 3022.
The FK is finally marching forward and is at MI unopposed.
Further south the SG will burn 2835 this turn. And a couple more blocks on the Corsairs - nothing hugely concerning to anyone down there.
2135 is playing host to quite a bit of Corsairs action so we’ll see what we see there.
The Harad run over a Corsair army with mumakhil and put the commander in a bag - that was pretty funny
All in all - pretty uneventful turn all around, which as Will predicts I will say - We’ll take that as a win for the DS
Artifact and economic games going well for the DS - can’t comment on Freep, other than to say he’s got no artifacts
Well as said with turn 10 about to happen, most of the character intense preparations for war are coming to conclusion for the DS at which time they historically unleash their character assets on the freep. Let’s hope it’s all it’s cracked up to be
Cheers
Winsten Wun Toof
I’ll have to take the losses in the NW.
Let’s say they’re foreseen.
… but WK won’t die so soon.
Have Fun!
Gixxx
I suspect Will is having more fun playing the Nomads than you guys… That’s okay, we’re lulling him into a false sense of security…
Yes but when he’s with us he’s standing amongst the beautiful people
Maybe that’s the truth, Brad.
Unfortunately we can’t read much about your game.-
Will isn’t doing bad, but his “overkill-attacks” costs him a lot of time.
… and we’re not sleeping!
We could have done much better, me thinks … but the real life costs a lot of time at the moment.
Have Fun!
Gixxx
Yes, much the same over here, the Nomads are almost playing a team Gunboat against Will, it’s been so quiet. As you can expect, without a hyper manager checking everything going on, we’ve missed out on a lot of little things here and there.
Will appears to be playing much the same kind of game - all power in the North West, next would be Harad, no real threatening stance against Mordor. He’s doing much better with artifacts against us also. Time will tell how it goes, we’re all happy enough so far~!
Cheers,
Brad
Hi Brad, Gixxx, Rob
Just like you folks feel like you’ve missed opportunities, I should say that I feel the same way–in both games. Don’t have the excuse of having to coordinate multiple people, so it’s nobody’s fault but my own.
That said: Rest assured, both Nomads and Circle of Wrath (though we have along way to go in both games), if we ever play again, it won’t be nearly as pleasant for you:)
W