Both games, added the city, and headed to the surface.

Game A - took a node

Game B - Took a windmill.

Goblins - Days 1and 2

A city, two windmills, a node and a magic catalyst were added to the empire without any losses. Heading for the next target.

Halflings - Days 1 and 2

A city, two windmills, an outpost and a magic catalyst were added to the empire without any loss (though a waterdancer is within 2hp of extinction).

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Turns sent

Halflings - lost a water dancer in a foolish attempt to take a water node alone.

Goblins - Grabed a catalyst.

Goblins - Won one battle and fled from another after losing a unit. Too many chances there!!

Halflings - two nodes were added to the research pool. The outpost has begun to migrate.

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Turns sent

Halflings - Took a catylist

Goblins - Just movement

Just walking, on both parties parts. As ha been stated, this is a very empty map.

Day 4

Goblins - Lost a wolf-rider taking a spell-box

Halfling - Lost a swordsman taking a spell-box

Goblins - Going got bad with the loss of a valuable unit. Amends needs to be made.

Halflings - Going's good except for a slight incidence of miscalculation. Will be corrected soon, though.

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Turns sent

Both turns, nothing but movement.

again, nothing but moving. Lots of empty land.

True...lots and lots of empty land without any scenery...getting boring!!

Goblins - carried out an attack on a vault with even chances of success and came out with only a single swordsman lost and a valuable spell found.

halflings - heading out to conquer the vault.
Only difference is that the stack is twicce the strength of the goblins.

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Turn sent

Goblins - Took a resource today

Halfings - still walking toward red's city.

Moving asingle stack can seem pretty boring at times, especially on such a barren land...nothing different between the two games except I explored a magic vault on the halflings side.

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TS

Continue to cover wide open spaces. Continue to regret having suggested this map.

The regret is felt here too. Its so boring to play this map.

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Turns sent

Halflings - Took a dungeon

Goblins - Walking, walking, walking

Halflings - moving forward

Goblins - noticed my oponents army. Not a good thing.

Halflings - Eliminated two trespassing creatures.

Goblins - moving forward.

Halflings - marching and marching

Goblins - Lacking troops.

Moving closer.

Goblins - Lost a fire elemental

Halflings - marching every onwards.

Halflings - game won with the help of Dolostian.

Goblins - looks like I will lose...

Halflings - Working my way towards the final victory. Should be one more turn

Goblins - Glad I am to be in the void, which has much more interest than that map. *smile*

Well, final victory it won't be. But if you lose your wizard in the battle (even if you defeat me), it will be my victory. That would be a strange turn of events, indeed.

P.S. Restart message generated this turn. First download of the file failed halfway thru...nothing this turn but troop movement...and capturing some cities and a node...but all were defenseless and plainly visible at the start of the turn itself.

ok, now we start over, with traded capitals and alignments.

Not so fine looking at the other side.

Interestingly enough, I found a couple of heros of my newly found alignment available to be purchased.

Walking around and finding a plan.

Starting to form a plan. We'll see how well it impliments.

walking, walking.

Allwyn turn 27

I have the AI rushing at me. Unfortunate that.

---- Restart due to reinstallation of OS.

I've spotten the enemy walking over the waves.

killed the wizard again, only once or twice more

This game is prety much going to be "from here to there and back again". I spent the first half of the game walking straight across the board to my oponents home, and the second half walking back.

Maybe this time, you won't have to take that walk again.

Preparing for my last stand. Grogmir joined today - is this an omen that we shall be victorious?.

Nope. YOu made a good stand though, and it was definatly a good thing I summoned that last unit, and let the last group catch up.

Yeah...it was a good stand.
But if it had stood, or I had had the sense to think earlier, a concealed water elemental would have been knocking on your door in 2 turns.
As it is she will now be roaming the lands lost in her devotion to me...and will probably take refuge in your water node.

It was a good game though...exchanging starting places and alignment is something I am seeing for the first time.

He would have met with the 3 trolls I had there at that point. Probably not favorably.

I've done exchanging starting positions before, but nevery having the alignment shift that dramatically. That was tricky. (My alignment now is neutral, just to let you know.)

So would you like to play something else, or do you have enough games going at the moment?

The mechanics of thinking - each to his own, I guess.

Right now, have got enough games going but wouldn't mind another one with you.
Do you have a map in mind?.

If you are looking to try another new one, I was thinking of trying Winds of Change. we can have our allies as emporer AI's or each take two sides. Its referenced here.

http://aow2.heavengames.com/downloads/viewinfo.php?id=391

Two sides are Humans and Elves vs Orcs and Undead.

If you'd rather do something more tried and true, I could go for a "Valley of Flowers" game or a "goldrush mountains" game.

What do you think?