Hi all,
GB Game 18 just finished. I took over the almost-dead Northmen/Dwarves position at T19 and dragged them to nearly the end before both nations succumbed to DS mage/agent power, against which I was defenseless. In the end, looks like my only contribution was staying alive to increase the # of DS targets.
I’m curious about the rest of the world, if anyone wants to swap turn sheets please let me know!
Thanks
Michael
Hi
I played 4/1. I asked to end it once my base was picked apart by Emmys and I realized the f$@king with King moved capital north of misties, also I was loosing my Western recruiting centers.
I chose to burn the Eoolex and free pop centers near lonely mountain as I could not hold with the agents / and curse squad.
Solid game by the dark. The witch was a very good opponent. I’d love to hear his: her thoughts
Whit
I have things to share and questions to ask, where is everyone??
Hello Whit! What a game, fun to begin with, pain in the middle and fun by the end. I voted to continue but the writing was on the wall. Congratulations to the DS for a well fought game.
I played NG and the Duns in this game, my first game back in about 7 years. It showed lol, made an absolute ton of mistakes which cost me dearly. I felt the freep had the running early, NG killed a lot of starting armies and the Eoth/SG took the capitals and a result, a lot of mordor was overrun early with most DS down to 1 MT left. But the DS were stubborn, most didn’t die and they fought back very well. I hate to say it but losing SG/Eoth and the Harad about halfway through the game with no notice was the turning point in my mind as the corsair/drag lord combo went to town in the south. With the WK holding out well up north, the Duns were still sending armies north, NG was tied up taking 3630 (and knocking out the CL as a result) and Gondor went down like a house of cards. At one point, NG was down to 6 characters with only 1 with command skill! I didn’t help myself either around this time as I decided to keep the pressure on the FK/QA, who I thought were close to getting eliminated but in the end, they relocated to the NW. I then made a revival with emmies and by the end, NG and the Duns owned a lot of the south and umbar and I had a few armies in the south taking MTs built up in the south east and was about to land on the WK capital at 1326.
I started to do a comprehensive turn summary for NG but gave up relatively shortly (I am far too lazy lol), read the following only if you are bored!
cheers,
Stags
Turn summary
T0
Armies/Navies: 26700
Characters: 9600
Deficit: 5930
Reserve: 26685
T1 – 1425 VPs
Armies/Navies: 34700
Characters: 9600
Deficit: 13930
Reserve: 52713
1700HI recruited, no characters named
IK huge army and Dark Lts come south and are blocked at 3022
FK and Dark Lts at 3124 unopposed
Drag Lord at 2617 unopposed
T2 – 1350 VPs
Armies/Navies: 37500
Characters: 11100
Deficit: 23390
Reserve: 20523
500HC 800HI recruited, commander (45) and agent (30) named
Drag Lord downgraded
Dark Lts blocked at 3023, IK attacked but did not move from 3022
3124 captured by FK, FK and Dark Lts at 3024 opposed
2617 threatened by Drag Lord
No gold stolen
T3 – 1150 VPs
Armies/Navies: 30884
Characters: 10500
Deficit: 16174
Reserve: 21879
1800HI recruited, agent (30) named
FK and Dark Lts downgraded
CL huge army at 3028 unopposed
FK and Dark Lts beaten at 3024
Dark Lts beaten at 3023
IK huge army at 3024 (overrun on NG army at 3023 and Elater dies) opposed
Taronder at 3123 unopposed
Woses recruited at 2622
No gold stolen
T4 – 1100 VPs
Tax changed to 58%
Armies/Navies: 32369
Characters: 10720
Deficit: 2279
Reserve: 27705
500HC 1200HI recruited, no characters named
IK beaten at 3024
3028 captured by startup CL infantry and moves to 3026 unopposed
Taronder (with artys) fails threat at 3123 (and moves off)
3100 gold stolen in 1 attempt
T5 – 1100VPs
Armies/Navies: 40169
Characters: 11500
Deficit: 13759
Reserve: 14502
500HC 1200HI recruited, emissary (30) named
3026 captured by CL infantry, army stays put
NG at 3124 unopposed
Taronder back to 3123, opposed
Castle built at 3024
No gold stolen
T6 – 1200VPs
4 out of 6 messages sent
Armies/Navies: 44435
Characters: 13100
Deficit: 17255
Reserve: 21269
1200HI recruited, commander (40) and emissary (30) named
CL blocked at 2928, now has 2 armies vs 2000 NG HI
NG army at 2617 opposed by Celedhring
Taronder wins at 3123 and stays, IK re-hires, 2nd NG army moved to 3123
3124 successfully threatened, NG moves back to 3024, FK stays at 3224
Small NG army at 3125
2 SG armies at 2924
2220 drops to camps due to low loyalty
No gold stolen
T7 – 1275VPs
Armies/Navies: 37169
Characters: 14780
Deficit: 11689
Reserve: 22060
900HI recruited, agent (30) and emissary (10C 30E) named
CL wins at 2928 with cav and inf armies but takes huge losses
NG wins at 2617, stays unopposed
IK camp destroyed at 3125
NG wins at 3123 but Taronder (with artys) fails threat again, IK re-hires
Huge NG (w/ woses) and large SG army at 3124 opposed by huge FK army (4900 troops)
Small NG army at 3026, now Rhudaur v/t with small Rhu army
IK agent captured at 3123 trying to steal Taronder’s artys
2220 camp degrades
No gold stolen
T8 – 1225VPs
Armies/Navies: 30263
Characters: 15440
Deficit: 6443
Reserve: 6121
1200HI recruited, no characters named
NG/SG wins at 3124, stays unopposed
NG wins at 3026
NG captures 3123
NG fails threat at 2617
Dog lord army at 3716 unopposed
4250 gold stolen in 2 attempts
IK agent escapes
0/1 camp creates
Damn
I cleared the WK cap but he moved it up north !