I would gladly join and I'd be honored to play with the map's author! I don't know the map, though, hope that's not a problem.
I'll have whatever race is left.
albinscott [at] gmail [dot] com

No problem, we just need one more...
And I'm honoured you are honoured.

[This message has been edited by ibobs (edited 08-07-2008 @ 12:41 PM).]

This is very interesting, but I have so much games at the moment.

When you didn't find anyone else, you can count on me.

Hi Alberon,
Thanks. If you ever want to have a PBEM that needs an extra player then just let me know.
Ibobs

August is definitively not a good time to start games

I can't stand. Start the game, I'll take the place.

No preferences.

albaron dot aow at googlemail dot com

OK, so we are off. I will be neutrals as played the other sides recently. Albaron to be good and Albinscott to be evil for arbitrary choices.

Lets apply the following gentleman rules:-

SR-1: Do not restart the same turn to gain an advantage. You may not overwrite and then reload a partially played turn in order to replay the turn, or any part of the turn.

SR-2: Do not look ahead to the next player's turn. You may not load games which are identical to a successive player's turn regardless (from what directory they are or) whether that player uses a password or not.

SR-3: Explain restart messages. If you generate a restart message on your turn, especially during turns with key battles, then explain the circumstances regarding the restart message to your opponents.

SR-6: Do not abuse the magic catalyst bug. If not used up immediatelely, the extra 50 casting points will be useful for several turns when casting large summons. The bug keeps the 70/20 value active for several turns. A spell costing 210 mana to cast, can be done in 3 turns, instead of 8, for example.

SR-7: Do not abuse the Summoners Aura bug. (Pbem) This bug allows summons influenced by the summoners Aura spell to regain all their health when exiting the turn (legal, via [esc]) and reloading again.


AND one extra to keep the balance of the game - if you get a L3 or L4 summon spell via a quest reward, then do not use it until the others have a similar spell. This is important as it has happened to me and the game is effectivily through as it is very unbalancing. If you research the spell then that is ok. Please declare this when you get one. Note the catalyst bug and summoners aura bug too.

Turn sent to Albaron.
Thanks for the debrief, ibobs.

Gandalf, Day 1

We made our choice.

TS

TS.

Aragorn Day 2. It was a fine day that saw a captured city fall to the new hero of the realm of Aragorn. A new city on the way and others flocking to the cause.

Still not King.

Sauron, day 2

Still no city, no hero, no troops and no clue about some important details around here :-)

ts

Aragorn Day 1 - A strange sense of deja vu crept into the day...

TS

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A fresh restart.

Sauron, day 1

This time things are planned ahead, so no stupid mistakes here! We took our first decisions.

Aragorn, day 2. A slow and lazy monday morning. New city on the way. Pioneers in transit.

TS,

Gandalf, Day 1 - Late log.

And again, we made our choice.

Thanks for the restart, because of dumb mistakes.

TS

Sauron, day 2

We accomplished rebuilding one city, made another choice and were astounded by a vision through some Seeing Waters! No doubt this is a very rich and complex land, filled with strange structures, inhabited by many creatures and with loads of potential! A delight for our greedy eyes! Sauron will take advantage, MWUAHAHAH!!!

preliminary congratulations to ibobs for what looks to be an amazing work at this map, I'm impressed!

Gandalf, Day 2

Going good.

TS

Two more cities fall to the might of Aragorn, two more under construction.

Still not king. TS.

Sauron, day 3

All choices are made, we're past the turning point. Recruited a hero, our first!

Gandalf, Day 3

Here we go. All choices has been made and we are lost our first unit in a fight.

TS

Aragorn - Day 4. A strong day. Cities rebuilt, units and heroes flocking to his side. The war machine is gearing for battle!

TS

Sauron, day 4

Took 1 village, 3 furnaces, several indy troops and keep gathering as much information as possible from the vicinities of our cities. Money and mana are strong, so the difficulty is to chose wisely where to spend it and when to spend it...

ts

Off line now for a week...
Ibobs

Gandalf, Day 4

Hired my first hero and spotted a lot of new targets.

TS

Aragorn, Day 5. In the eye of the storm, Aragorn takes stock, takes a village or two, and prepares to head through the other side of the storm.

In other words, back on line for a day and then off line again for a week.

TS.

Sauron, day 5

Spirit of War asked us to conquer Dwaladur. That provided Sauron a good laugh, as the city is Gandalf's!

Took 1 Node, 1 Income Structure, made a few recruitments and explored some more.

ts to Albaron

ibobs, I forgot to mention this earlier: both recruitment sites that are close to Orc "capital" (Grals Frontier) are deserted. They are just outside the city, in the NW and SW directions. Is this deliberate?

Yes, there are deserted ones everywhere as I like them as decoration.
Ibobs

Gandalf, Day 5

Still scouting. Next day will be the next fight.

TS

Sorry for the delay. I was buried under tons of turns and RL issues.

Day 6 - Aragorn. Progressing steadily. Quest completed with allies joining. Village freed from oppressing forces, big tower fight next turn.

TS.

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Sauron, day 6

The Spirit of War keeps assigning us nearly impossible missions for his delight - and for our despair!
Took 2 income structures, 1 node and 1 Watch Tower. Preparing to take a few Villages tomorrow.

ts to Albaron

Gandalf, Day 6

We had the first bigger attack and won. It's getting better every day now. A hero has joined us.

TS

Aragorn, Day 7 - Quest completed for poor reward and new (impossible) quest granted... Still not king.

Big fight delayed till courage is gained!

TS

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Sauron, day 7

We see that Lord Aragorn already has quite an impressive stack!... We see and we envy it!

Took 3 villages by force and a quite useful hero joined our ranks.

ts to Albaron

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Gandalf, Day 7

Everything is going good. We're receiving reinforcements and prepare for a bigger fight.

TS

Aragorn - Day 8. We also progress. Wizard finally in a tower, resources collecting, one last city under reconstruction. Now is the time to build mighty armies to challenge for the greater prizes!

Sauron, day 8

Took a power node and a village. Still too early for the big adventures

ts to Albaron

Gandalf, Day 8

We have captured another city and a node.

TS

Aragorn, Day 9. Quest completed for decent item. Node taken, resources taken and wizard tower rebuilt. However, heavy losses were taken against neutral wizard tower - the sphinx refused to convert so had to be slain in the end. The fore-mentioned stack of Aragorn is half the size...

TS

Sauron, day 9

Progress is slow: today we took a simple village, but tomorrow there will be great news. We hope...

ts to Albaron

Gandalf, Day 9

It's developing good, but still a long way to go. A hero offered his help and joined our forces. He was released from a fortress.

Elsewehere we found a useful item.

TS