We're off - forgot to PW-protect my turn here, will do from next turn on.

Ts

TS, oh damn, i did the same thing

What a dark place, but some of my minions can see quite well in here. Sure makes scouting easier.

Ts

TS, nothing special today

A not very useful, but immensely cool unit was lost in combat today. His draconian allies will avenge his death by killing... EVERYONE!

Ts

we spend the day preparing for a full scale assault.

TS

I seriously consider replacing my courtesan... I asked the opinion of some dwarves and woodsmen in the last couple of days, and none of them seems to think she's attractive! Can't have people telling that the great A'shir's courtesan is an ugly witch, can we? We'll make this a matter of national security!

Ts

the attack went as planned, more slaves will be added to the horde soon, i'm looking forward to the expension off my harem.

TS

Very undragonlike mercenaries all over the place... Will we trust them?

ts

Picking the next target, we wonder why everything is so heavily fortified.

TS

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Our sharp eyes spotted competition on the horizon! We're on our watch. Meanwhile our ugly courtesan has been replaced by something more... effective.

Edit: Ts

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Your sharp eyes got pierced with arrows. The war machines have been put on full throttle, beware stranger, now it is your scout, next time it will be you.

TS

Our empire focusses on rapid expansion to meet the upcoming threat. The hammerstrike will land where our foes expect it the least.

Ts

nothing special happened.

TS

Ts

TS

TS

our army is getting whipped into shape quite nicely.

TS

A'shir, day 11:

We spotted the nomad leader himself, standing on a naval dock with some troops! No doubt our scout will die again, but this is what they are bred for - our army will soon avenge their deaths!

TS

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Ne-Khan day 11

TS

A'shir day 12:

Preparing for an important mission.

ts

fast forward to day 14?

TS

turn sent

sneaky dragons, who could've expected that? It won't succeed though.

TS

Day 16 or so

Sneaky frostlings caused me to lose my scout in a most unforeseen way! For the rest everything goes according to plan.

ts

PS: Studying for my exams, which might explain why I'm so fast to play my turns; any diversion is welcome

2 scouts in one day, one of them a quite able combatant. A great day for the horde.

TS

ps. don't have to school (yet) so this week i can still play alot :P.

Day 17

after careful consideration, I decided not to take the initiative in the inevitable upcoming battle. We'll see what happens overnight.

Ts

Day 17,

Nothing special happened today,

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Apart from the fact that we ANNIHILATED the dragon's army, my army led by myself in the frontlines destroyed the enemy's army, my only regret is that we didn't manage to make some slaves.

TS

Day 18

Yes, a setback on the nomad front. But we wonder of Ne'Khan's decimated army has enough fight left to hold off the next wave...

My rival can wonder whatever he wants. The Caverns hide alot of dangerous things.

TS

Aye, that was proven before. We will see.

Ts

Will he attack or not?

TS

A'shir, Day 19 (?)

First town of the nomad betrayer was taken. I have a feeling this battle will soon be decided, for good or for worse.

ts

Today i was sent for a trip to the void, my army was destroyed by the dragons never ending horde of troops, we almost got the better of the 3rd one but sadly my slaves didn't fight hard enough. I'm preparing for the dragon to start knocking on my capital's door.

TS

A'shir, day 20

Preparing our siegeworks!

ts

we prepare for our...permament stay in the void.


TS

A'shir, day 21:

Closing in.

ts

still preparing for the inevitable.

TS

Neh'kan put up a good fight today... Victory will be delayed for a couple of turns now

ts

Despite the fact that we survived the dragon's first wave, from my tall tower i still see more troops marching towards me. I see now that i have no place in this world. Hereby I, Ne-Khan surrender the key to my tower to A'shir, king of Dragons.

Congratulations Cranberry and Good luck with your other games

A'shir, day 23:

Ah, it seems my Nomad opponent was wiser than I initially thought... Instead of letting himself be mercilessly slaughtered by my horde he withdraws himself from the battle. Goodbye, fellow wizard, and may we meet again under more fortunate circumstances.

Ladies and gentleman, this is TNS reporting live from the Mountain of Gods scene where we have just witnessed the first game in the tournament ending between Cranberry and Toth. It seems to have been going back and forth for a while, but Cranberry managed to get the upper hand.

Cranberry, congratulations with your victory against Toth! Can you elaborate some more on the accomplishment? Did you have a particular strategy that gave you the edge in this match?

And Toth, do you care to comment on your loss? What would you have done differently next time?

Hi Swolte and thanks a lot!

I knew the map, having it played once before the tournament started, and I knew that most cities had a lot of building restrictions, but that there were a lot of recruitment sites that I could take advantage of to get those valuable lvl 3's fast. Also, each wizard starts the game with a courtesan; seduce can also account for a large portion of the army I used.
I focused on liberating those recruitment sites as soon as possible, then went for the Siege recruitment site in the frostling area, where a ship was for sale, with the intention of rushing into my enemy's territory as fast as possible. Worked pretty well, even though my first wave was beaten back; I could recuperate quickly from this due to the fact that I had liberated 4 recruitment sites by that time, so I had more troops in the offensive while Toth had not yet recovered from the first wave.

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