MP The Art of War - EA Vanilla Newbs Game 8/8 (Completed : Hinnom - Nightfall Wins) - Page 10

Mightypeon · #1 September 16th, 2011, 06:26 PM

Well, for me the diplo was half the fun

Than I had a uhhm rather crucial stale

MartialDoctor · #2 September 18th, 2011, 12:27 AM

Ok, Hylobius will be filling in for me. I'll ask Excist to take over as admin.

Enjoy the rest of the game, guys.

Hylobius · #3 September 18th, 2011, 02:39 PM

Hi guys,

I'm just having my first look at my turn and should have a new turn in tonight. Send me a PM if there is something I should know.

Hylobius · #4 September 18th, 2011, 04:09 PM

Not sure who the admin is now, but could I have a short delay while I get up to speed?

SpaceViking21 · #5 September 18th, 2011, 04:46 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hylobius

Not sure who the admin is now, but could I have a short delay while I get up to speed?

I believe that's Excist now. Try sending a PM, no idea if he knows yet

Excist · #6 September 18th, 2011, 07:17 PM

Yes, apparently I have been declared replacement admin, however, I haven't been given the admin password yet...

I should be able to bug MartialDoctor about that in a few hours, which should be in time to delay the current hosting deadline in 16 hours.

Nightfall · #7 September 18th, 2011, 07:36 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Hylobius

Not sure who the admin is now, but could I have a short delay while I get up to speed?

Welcome Hylobius, if you have any questions for me please don't hesitate to send me through a PM.

Hylobius · #8 September 18th, 2011, 09:27 PM

I spent some more time on the turn and things started to come together. Don't bother delaying for me.

Mightypeon · #9 September 22nd, 2011, 04:08 AM

Ouch, well I am out.

Mistakes made:
-A crucial stale
-Not paying attention to Dom until too late
-Bad gem management, did not correctly thug out my SCs
-The issue with not stating what kind of NAP I intend to have
-A bad call with my Pretender God. Should have kept him to spread Dominion
-On top of that, I subbed in at turn 29 with only Thaumaturgy 5 (and nothing else) being researched. Also, why would anyone ever choose that snake Pretender?

Nightfall · #10 September 22nd, 2011, 10:35 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mightypeon

Ouch, well I am out.

Mistakes made:
-A crucial stale
-Not paying attention to Dom until too late
-Bad gem management, did not correctly thug out my SCs
-The issue with not stating what kind of NAP I intend to have
-A bad call with my Pretender God. Should have kept him to spread Dominion
-On top of that, I subbed in at turn 29 with only Thaumaturgy 5 (and nothing else) being researched. Also, why would anyone ever choose that snake Pretender?

There seems to be a lot of unfortified temples in this game. I've taken out about 14 from Tien Chi and I think both Caelum and Neif have them too, although not as many. Thankfully I can use fire Melquarts, which are pretty terrible for anything else, to sacrifice 6 slaves a turn once I give them a jade knife.

I've noticed that now I've played in a couple of games after I design a pretender and am happy with it, the last thing I do is take a look to see if there is any way I can squeeze in just 1 more point of dominion without damaging the overall gameplan. It's important in so many small ways that I think a lot of people undervalue it.

Unfortunately I think formoria got stuck in a pretty small area at the start, combined with the cost of kings, that probably explains the lack of research.