Uh-oh…I get so excited when something happens, I’m excited now…!
Beora
Iron Lord,
Congratulations…you have amassed a huge army…and the most you will ever get from it is the camp you are “retaking” from last turn.
However, you do represent 1/3 of the FP icons on my entire map and probably 90% of the troops.
We took arthedains capital this turn and wiped out 4 of their armies and killed a bunch of commanders too. Cardy is probably doing worse as they won’t have any commanders here soon.
All starting Arth PC’s on my map will be under DS control by turns end…glad to hear we’ve lost the west. 
P.S. Bronze at 6? Sweet!
AD: I hope the FP enjoyed our deception. It is not the only one operational at present. When the game is over I will tell interested FP how to conduct that deception.
Ah yes, one turn later…Carn Dum…my capital…still stands.
Arthedain capital under our control.
Rhuduar attacking northern mirkwood. Surprise!
Only 3 FP icons on my entire map what a joke.
Cardy has how many commanders? Aethlen, Imlach & Pilates are walking dead.
Going to take Bree this turn and much much more.
What happened?
Have Fun? Yes I am. Please don’t drop.
Greetings AD,
a really good turn for the DS, I guess!?
There’s not much to comment besides the one thing that we’re not playing our game.
Have Fun!
Gixxx
More trouble in the ranks Gixx?
Brad
A little bit more than before.
It wasn’t even me…! I’m quiet and innocent…
Beora
Well I know we hit you pretty good this turn. All but one assassination was a success. The emissaries were successful everywhere, and your Noldo team was not quite up to the task. I that Northman army coming for me. If Ditski is still around tell him I will spank him even worse than I have so far.
Brad J
I’m not sure you fully grasp what strategy we employed in the west…maybe now it’s clearer.
In short, why peck away at nations and not be able to hold what you take? We took a long term view and let our coils envelope the pig. The pig seems to be struggling a lot less now…time for the feast.
P.S. Tell us what specific dragon you want to crush your huge dwarf army and we’ll try to accomodate. Just don’t pick culgor…he has a date with Morwen.
Oh yeah, and threatening is SOOooooo much easier when you have all these nice command artifacts. Thanks!
The citizens of Edhellond are pleased to announce a liberation party. We throw open the gates of our city to our new lord Gothmog. We cast away the scales from our eyes and renounce our racist elvish snobbery - all races, whether goblin or dragon, are equally welcome in our new liberal democracy.
Yes thank you! You are taking pop centers in the north while you abandon the south, because winter is coming and the production… wait… sorry I lost you there… :rolleyes:
Oh please now Bernd,
You lost eleven characters this turn among them Ministir, Argeleb, Marl Tarma, Hallas, well you know the list looks kind of like who’s who in Arthedain and South Gondor. You lost a city in the North, that city happens to be the capital of Arthedain. You will probably be losing both the capital and back up capitals of Cardolan this turn. The back up and probably now the capital of Arthedain is targeted as well. Sure you can keep them in the game by giving them say a Dwarven and Noldo major town, but that weakens the Dwarves and Noldo doesn’t it.
In the South sure you destroyed another population center. Not very smart because that my friend does not hurt our loyalties like having a population center captured does. However we took yet another one of your pops intact more than a better trade, since you got nothing but the loss of a commander and his army from the deal while we got a town to offset the loss of a town.
How long can you stand to lose population center tax base at the rate you are plus the loss of nearly a nations worth of characters each turn? I think the answer is not very long. So you can play Baghdad Bob all you want but the end for you is approaching.
Brad J
For the readership no spin or propaganda;
Deaths this turn
Free Dark Servants
Aliuric original 30 pt commander None
Dunsul original 50 pt commander
Hallas original 40 cdr 10 agent
Vagaig original 40 pt commander
Alandur original 40 pt commander
Argeleb original 50 pt commander
Marl Tarma original 40 pt commander
Minastir
Haleth
Hatheldir
Population centers
Free lost one City and one Major town one by Threat one by InfOthr both captured intact and adding to revenue base.
DS had a town burned by the Free. Not keeping track of camps and such.
Gold thefts
Free lost 15326 from the Noldo and 6000 from South Gondor in return the stole around 6000 from total thefts so DS up by about 15,000 for the turn.
This was indeed a lopsided turn. If the Free can counter that with real information and not just braggadocio they are invited to do so.
Bernd and Iron Lord we tire of you telling us what you are going to do to us try telling us and the readers what you have actually accomplished.
Brad
You are thanking us for taking a city that produces >3k gold off your hands as well as having 7400 leather in stores and on top of that we stole 13k gold as you try to upgrade and hire?
You are MOST welcome. I look forward to seeing what you leave me at Bree.
Seriously, you have played an excellent game and are a fine player, I’m sure that despite your post above you know how much trouble you are in.
Yes Darrel you see that City is in the north and winter is coming, so its loss is not as bad as if we took it in the summer. Bernd is just like Bob, “there are no DS forces at Argeleb International Airport we have them completely surrounded.” He points out we are abandoning the south. I guess he forgot about Edellhond, it is in the south isn’t it? Come to think of it that population center was bigger than the one we lost. Taking Edellhond didn’t cost us any troops or characters either. No matter Gixx is having a bit more unrest in the ranks these days. It does appear that his team is being schooled by a team that demonstrates substandard play. Bernd, you lost more troops this turn, you lost way more characters this turn, you lost twice as many population center levels this turn, you lost twice as much gold in thefts this turn than you stole, and wow you lost quite a bit of tax base this turn that goes directly to us thank you very much. I can see that the Free still have fight in them, I hope that it is not just out of stubborness that a few more turns of such abuse will show to them that the game is lost.
Brad J
Abuse. Bah! You guys are therapy for what we do to ourselves…bring it on, a little to the left…ahhhhhhhhh…
Beora
Back from Hong Kong and feeling better I see. Glad to provide the therapeutic assistance.
Brad
you should be careful with your comparisons - then who are you, Donald Rumsfeld? Told the truth, won the war, did he?
This is still a game, calm down, be patient and all will be fine 
Bernd,
We’re all about patience, that’s why we are currently killing your characters off at such a clip. Cardolan is just about out of Command skill characters and Imlach and Aethelan should join their illustrious dead. That leaves them what one? Kind of hard to name any new characters let alone commanders when you have no one at your capital to do so. Impossible to utilize hire armies for free when you have no commanders. Again we are so patient that we allow Cardolan to stumble along on life support from the rest of you. Then we look at Arthedain; here’s a nation that is pretty low on commanders as well and has just lost their capital with Bree about to go next. Will be in need of another Major Town in the next turn or so. Had you Threatened instead of burned last turn a good emissary might have been able to upgrade the pop in Harad. Instead we allow you to continue and weaken your healthy nations by reducing their tax base to support the failed nations in the west. It is a slower death for your side but still death. We took a city a major town and a town all intact which strengthens our side while all you managed was to burn a town. How stands Southern Gondor. One after another the Dark Lts have taken population centers, their loss may be partially offset by the reduced maintenance costs of the characters you have lost there to our agents, but that is a sad way to balance your books.
Actually it’s no longer a game. We are toying with you guys now much as a cat toys with a mouse. Players on your team realize that you guys are finished, it is just a question of how long the decline to the end goes on. We’ll be there because after all we’re the ones having fun, while you guys are just being abused. Nothing more to be said about the last turn, a disaster for Gondor, Cardolan and Arthedain end of story. I’ll sign off now until the results are in from next turn.
Brad J