Nasty free people, you may have taken my army, but you’ll never take my FREEDOM!!
(doesn’t sound quite right)
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So Shrel-Kain burns… Pochak pouts because he didn’t get to see it firsthand.
Strange how quiet the Dark front is now…
Pochak scoffs in your general direction.
Originally posted by mylene
Strange how quiet the Dark front is now…
it was a very good turn for the dark lts. as for the quiet, consider it the calm before the storm. logistics and such.
sm #20
Did I miss the storm ?
the only heavy air I felt over the last few weeks was the general stench coming from down south we thought the Elves were cooking something unsavery, they assure us not though and tell us it is coming from Mordor… Ren up to his tricks again.
We have noticed a odd whiff from the east lately too, the Eothraim and Northmen have said they are having some trouble with their neighbours to the south and east making a nuisence of themselves, but nothing they can’t handle, brave feisty lot they are too
TTFN
wake me up when the storm arrives
Beoraborn
dear beoraborn,
while you were hugging trees in your tights, prancing about sniffing lillies, we were busy… look to your map, its the last page in your turn report, prior to your order sheets. see all those eyes on the revealed city / TOWER of 2908…thats not a good sign. but wait, theres more. don’t bother telling us from where the northmen sent his dispatches. its called percive secrets. i need that spell, cause a funny thing happen on the way to 2908. we took every northmen starting pop center. hope you upgraded that hidden pop center at 2605…gothmog likes down pillows after a day of slaughter. meet the lite at the end of tunnel
gothmog on his locomotive.
Nice to see that some of you are still in the game. I was getting worried for a while there.
Nice of you to drop by in the Greenwood. I’ve been expecting you although not just yet. Oh well please stick around and we’ll try to make you welcome. Just keep an eye on those maintenance costs (it comes right after the market prices on your turn sheet). We wouldnt want to lose you as well.
Keep your chin up old boy. What’s left of you will probably last a few turns yet.
adding a m town / tower to my revenue side, will help my already awesome economy. losing a city should do wonders, for your morale, your income, and the speed at which you are ejected from play. you and the woodmen write with a bit of style. lets see how you play. iraq is looking for a new information minister, your opening interview about 2908 went well.
sm #20, from inside mirkwood…
I like that. It made me smile.
But I said I was expecting you only not just yet. I was just expecting you to arrive a turn later which was a screw up on my part. But take a look at the Dragon Lord map and tell me what you think about those FIVE armies, four of which are a single turn away ! Although it will be a bit smaller than I’d like I’m clearly gonna have 2908 back in 1 turn. Quite surprised youre even thinking about capturing it when destroying it is the only way you can keep it out of my hands.
So here’s that advice again - Look at the Dragon Lord map !
Steve, for the Sinda
Thanks for the pointers on map reading 
very helpfull !!
but it leaves me a mystified as to the uninspiring demise of your King ,who was not particularley graceful in his exit judging from his e-mail.
Could you not help him out with his finances, give him a few pointers on how to run an economy, is that not one of your strong points or was he surplus to requirements:) glad to be rid of his autocratic highbrow ideas
All this talk of economy reminds me… How is the Dragon Lord doing anyway and the Angmar… I mean Mordor Hillbillys, nice neighbours they were a sweet smelling lot in the cold north, I dread to think what the heat of Mordor has done to them, but then again they will fit right in 
they will have even more chance to thin out the poor excuse for Dunadain blood they claim to have
Beoraborn
of course, they do have more Dunedain blood than Argeleb currently has flowing.
<rending of clothes, tearing of beards>
Brian
Well that was a very interesting turn. The self-styled Dk Lts “locomotive” went into reverse. I see the Dk Lts took my advice and didnt capture Aradhrynd although I wasnt suggesting just sitting there and waiting for small reinforcments. There are still FIVE armies a turn away from you and 1 of them just got bigger. I even spelled it out for you last turn. “Look at the Dragon Lord map” I said.
And then it struck me - the Dk Lts can’t see the Dragon Lord map.
So tell me is that 2 or 3 DS nations down the pan now? Are they Drops or Bankrupties? The rest of you are still putting up a decent fight though so keep it up.
btw Glad to see the guys at ME were able to fix their error with the Fire King turn. Although its a bit worse for us it is clearly the fair thing to do and we wouldnt want to win any other way.
Minitrue
Thanks for that. Very pleased with Harley, they did it all well - sorry about the mix-up on your turns
John (Uncle Ren)
dear sinda,
too bad your not from the states, so i guess this for your teammates. just cause you slept at a holiday inn express, doesn’t make you skilled. you are losing a city, and despite the fact we sat around and waited for reinforcements, you could do nothing. actually, your side did something, not too smart either (raven), but i digress.
just determined the dragon lord is dead eh? well then, heres something else that might have eluded you. the iraq is occupied by our two countries, and theres this diease called SARS. sorry, but you seem so out of contact with events over the last three months. those silly euro coins in your pocket, have never been worth more. oops, missed the train on that one too, eh? the froggies in paris did you one better, it seems.
you should try chess, not checkers. moved off mt gundabad , didn’t your little woodmen friend in a predictable attempt to cover your exposed pop center. too little too late. but wait, theres more!
standing on a roadside hex, the woodmen forces discovered they were stuck far from home, between dk lts armies at 3105, and 2305. yes, thats my flag about to be flying from 2305. think i’ll hire an army there too. good luck climbing those mountain peaks without any food. to make you feel better, like it served some purpose to move two armies eastward, i’ll move foward from 3105 and engage those suddenly expensive armies. nothing i enjoy more then running my heavy cav over woodfolk who left the trees.
i’ll have gothmog hit the whistle just as he crushes you under his boots. see you soon at 2508 woodmen, raven, buzzard boy, whatever. in the end, you all taste like chicken to my trolls and orcs.
sm# 20
money? food at 3/2…i’m lowering my taxes this turn (again)
Well looks like I struck a nerve there Loco. The one good thing that I pick up from your message is that you guys arent dropping yet. We were getting concerned about that seeing as you keep losing nations. But youre doing well enough given that you are now 9v13. Keep it coming.
As for the Euro. A couple of things for you to consider. Yes the Euro is strong in the FX markets but so is Sterling. And remember that Currency rates are relative and the real reason that they are so strong is that the Dollar and the US economy in general are so weak. Thats not a dig at the US by the way in case anyone gets the hump. Its just a fact. The Eurozone economy is getting better but one of the main reasons that the UK government chose not to enter the Euro was that the UK economy was significantly stronger than that of the Eurozone. That still holds even though to a lesser degree.
I hope your grasp of ME economics is better than your grasp on real life economics.
Thanks for the laugh. We’ll be waiting for that train with baited breath.
Steve:)
TURN 20,
sinda, i await your usual blather. barring the one ring, the freeps have lost this game. whatever rose colored prism you chose to look through, you have lost. the next 5 turns are the opening to the rout. then comes the rout.
woodmen, talk less, and recruit more. 500 hc, gothmog suffered a broken rib from laughing.
cardy…hallas at 3621…please, you have to be kidding. gold thefts aren’t gonna hurt anybody on the evil side at this point.
pack it in guys, and start over. this game lacks reason to continue, unless you want to watch your nations reduced 1 by one. if thats your pleasure, so be it.
sm# 20
You are one FUNNY guy.
Probably not far off the mark on the 5 turns (my guess is more like 7 or 8). But your last paragraph has a “y” in the wrong place. Then it makes sense.
Mr. Gothmoggie
how I laughed when I read your last couple few posts, your deluded ravings are most entertaining self delusion and madness are a curse the Nazgul carry well, its not surprising you chose Loco-motive to describe yourself, a Freudian slip of sorts one could say, more loco than motive though:D
And about that locomotive, in, out, in, out, did we have some hesitation/ doubt creeping in with your actions in the north quiet rightly so after all your so called “locomotive” came to a grinding halt held up by a few Woodies on ponies there are some more there this turn if you had not noticed and plenty more on the way, (you see my allies generosity known no bounds what with the horsies, the leather, well I could go on) slowly whittling down your locomotive into ineffectiveness 
Then there is the loss of the 2 Dog armys at 3109 that will be liberated this turn with the help of the Dwarves, so to put it briefly the line has been drawn, the fightback has begun and your days(Turns) are numbered wait and see whats comming at you out of the mountains:D all those battle hardened troops fed up of twiddeling their thumbs and itching for a fight, far better examples of what a locomotive is but you have the Dwarves Woodies and Sinda to deal with first and I almost forgot the Eothraim & Northmen are still making a nuisence of themselves despite all the attention you and Mut boy have heaped on them, man that must smart !!
have to go now gor to change my shirt this one is sopping wet from the tears of laughter streaming down my face hahahahahaha …DS winning… hahaha… Locomotive…hahaha…flying pigs…hahaha …you are a riot!!!
Raven