Richard has been awefully silent...he's not one of the drops is he? 
This game was a neutral draft game, with DS taking Harad and Easterlings after the FP picked the Corsairs first. With nothing to counter the DS southern strategy, we decided to add Rhudaur to ensure a quick elimination of DS Angmar, instead of the more "likely" Dunlendings. We were wrong on one hand, and right on the other.... Wrong, as we were able to virtually eliminate any DS Easterling "advantages" by blowing up 5 Easterlings towns on turn 2. Right in that we've cleared Angmar quickly.
Corsairs are entirely entact as Harad is being whittled away. No FP has ever been under any pressure of any sort, that I can recall (excepting the starting armies vs the Northmen). DS soon to be a Mordor bunker as their outlying strongholds continue to fall, 2809 and 2703 remain outside QA/Harandor. Pressure is continuous on Mordor, FP agents, those we have, haven't failed a single order and we Now have more!
What is left for the DS except chanting the mantra "Character Game! Character Game! We planned this from the beginning! Character Game!". Come clean! Cleanse your troubled soul!
Look, I didn't once point out the cost of shipping this time...oops....
Bradwood
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