Candlecraft day 1

We embark on bold adventures... our first conquest is a small farm near our capital.

The wandering beasts will approach us in the night... we're sure it will be fun to see them all

Manshur Day 1

Orcs stomp off looking for things to.... errr.... stomp!

Candledraft day 2

Wandering beasts are within sight... there will surely be at least one attack in the night... it should go well enough... we hope.

Tomorrow there will be a few small battles as our empire expands.

Manshur Day 2

A mine is taken! Now for a windmill.

Candledraft

Income is steadily improving... we think we should find a couple more wandering beasts in the morning... we'll see if they show up as expected. We are ready for them.

Manshur Day 3

Windmill captured. Investigated a camp site, but had to leave it alone.

Candledraft day 4

Hmmmm... we have one battle that does not go as planned... did not realize we were in the shadow land above ground and the units got to strike at us first made things a bit tricky and our mighty leader was left with just 1 hp We hope we are not attacked in the night... but we could be. If we are we will likely get sent into the void, hopefully our weakened armies are strong enough to discourage the patrolling bear!

Manshur Day 4

Battles in a magic vault, for a tiny outpost, and against 2 wandering doggies go well (one doggy now runs for us!).

Candledraft day 5

Wheh... the bear ended his turn one hex away from our unguarded capital... we will finish building that new building after all.

Took care of the bear, now a couple more wandering creatures have appeared in the West, bound to lose an army or two in the night... it will be interesting to see where they run off to.

Manshur Day 5

Two horseman attack in the night, inflicting no losses but a little damage, so we are in dire need of a healer. Heading off for more resources.

Candledraft day 6

We lost the two wandering rogues that may end up joining us if we could find them. All other wandering beasts have been eliminated so we are feeling more secure at home.

Now... time to start pressing out into the unknown.

Manshur Day 6

Attacking a magic vault gains a valuable item, but we suffer an unfortunate loss.

Candledraft

Not sure we'll attempt the magic vault tomorrow... it may have to wait another day. We are also very close to attacking another strong city... many choices tomorrow... should be an interesting day!

Manshur Day 7

Two troops garrisoning a tiny little outpost demand a fortune for their services, so now they serve a higher master. Could go for another income structure tomorrow, but it will be tricky.....

Candledraft

Arghhh we suffer our firts major setback as our mighty horseman died in combat today... most unfortunate

We will persevere.... and we have another nice new city to work from as well as a new hero

Manshur Day 8

Chickened out of attacking a mine... need just one more important unit coming up...

Manshur Day 9

Apologies for the restart - PC threw a wobbly!!

Fought the battle for a mine. Went fairly well, no losses, but some injuries. Now we have to hotfoot over the other side of our empire where our other mine is taken over by two dogs.

Candledraft day 8-10

A few days of work has proven to bring about great rewards. Our Eastern front is secure with a few more cities added to the realm. Our Western front is regrouping from the earlier losses but will soon be just as strong as it was before. Income is growing and our outposts are taking forever to grow....

Manshur Day 10

A new hero joins, which means we have to put our production queue on hold - hope it's worth it! Our mine is taken back, but no sign of the wandering dogs.

Candledraft day 11

A fine day... except for that silly air elemental... guess we'll explore someplace else and let him guard that area over there

Manshur Day 11

Just movement.

Candledraft

We got a nice water walking spell for clearing out the node... tomorrow we hope to advance our research before taking on a nice city. Income is going well... hope to be able to use all this money on those outposts in a day or two.... hurry... build more homes...

Manshur Day 12

Lost a city to wandering dogs - not sure if that's another pair or not. Anyway, the army is diverted to get it back.

Candledraft

Took a chance against 4 dwarven armies... that double attack is nasty but we did survive the battle. Now the recruitment site will strengthen our armies significantly... that is if we can keep control of the good and evil troops held within.

Manshur Day 13

The dogs are located - heading towards yet another mine! Seem to be spending the game chasing around our small empire after them. Captured a tower on the way (lost a unit to an outright kill by an orc sniper!!) and recovered our lost city.

Candledraft

Rats... the attacks in the night weakened our troops too much so we must now heal up... and without a healer

Slow going as the small outposts become villages and can now produce troops, this will strengthen our advance scouts. Too bad we ventured out too far and the wandering beasts wiped out another one of those brave scouts.

Manshur Day 14

Located two fire wolves and killed them - unfortuntely, the battle occurred on shadowland and their initial attack got to our troops killing one. Recaptured the mine, now where to go.....

Candledraft

Little to report... maybe more action tomorrow.

Manshur Day 15

Same here. Just movement.

Candledraft

got a tower...

got healed up so ready for action again

Manahur Day 16

Even less happened today - at least a unit got produced last turn. Might get to battle tomorrow.

Candledraft

At least the air elemental did not fare well in his attack against me.... we barely survive.

Lots of money... few resources... troops wounded... building healers and other support troop. So far so good.

Manshur Day 17

Some of our troops can just reach a recruitment site, and fight an easy battle for the keys! One fairly useful unit is recruited, but the rest are hardly worth the effort.

Candledraft

Completed a quest of magic today... got a nice sword for our leader who isn't fighting much and is stuck in the tower.

Manshur Day 18

Attacked by two area guards in the night, no problem. Attacked the occupants of a furnace and unfortunately lost a unit. A scout reaches another friendly city, if you can call the ridiculous amount of money they demand to join being friendly.

Manshur Day 19

Attacked the friendly city. Only two in the garrison, and one would have been a nice addition to the army, but they were having none of our seduction, so they had to die.

Another city beckons....

Candledraft

A fine day (or two) of moving around. We will heal up again in the morning before taking on another project.... Our new towns are doing well... they can actually produce units now

Manshur Day 20

Decided against a battle until more troops come up.... they are a little strung out but should be OK. So again, no action.

Candledraft day 21?

Well... we may have overstepped things a bit... we uncover a tower and see some roaming guards a ways off... they may be closer than we think though and could attack... and they will likely hit our small stack that will be decimated.... this will surely slow us down if they do.

We can hope for the best in the night!

Manshur Day 21

Quite a good day - captured a farm and another city. Mana is poor so a chaos node beckons.... hope it's not too heavily defended.

Two horseman appear near our home city and are just one hex away from having their services bought.