[thejeff]

I did take the castle. True. Cutting your lands in two was part of the plan. As was giving Vanheim a reprieve.

Just being able to hold back the small armies you've got around my capital is hardly a major victory.

And I lost more than a dozen commanders this turn alone. Not sure how many died storming the castle. Including my only thugs and at least one critical Crone. At least I found her boosters after the battle.
And a 150+ troops may be little to you, but it was half my army. I'm working on a different scale here.

Most of the few of your mages I've been able to kill have been your cheap thaumaturges, and they've mostly communioned themselves to death.

Another victory or two like that, and I'll be done.

It's sort of amusing that we're both proclaiming how weak we are. Most be hell on the troops morale. On your part, it's probably partly propoganda, trying to convince others you'r e no threat. There's also a tendency to see your own weaknesses and others strengths.

As for Pangaea, he's fighting some sort of desultory war with T'ien Chi. Maybe my scouts are just missing the major battles. Not much I could do about that. And if I hadn't attacked when I did, you would have rolled over the rest of Vanheim and been well in the lead. I'm still not convinced you're as far out as you claim.