Joys of Jotun

[Arryn]

Originally posted by En Forcer:
Heck, I sent him in with no equipment!

That was mistake #2.

(It's turn 35 and I haven't been forging anything).

Mistake #3 ...

[En Forcer]

Well here is what I've been basically been doing with my spell casters.

Everyone has been drafted. I have Gyga, Skratti, as well as Jarls, and the other one (the priest-I can't remember his title) everyone fights. Even my pretender.

Why? Well, it plopped me down in the middle of the map and I have been scrambling on almost 4 fronts to keep my enemies at bay. The spell casters HAVE made a difference. Plus the sacred troops getting blessed by the priestly types (My pretender is W9) really helps in the battle.

As far as researh goes, I found a library around turn 11 or so and am up to about 12-15 sages researching away. By the way I have my settings at Drain 3 and magic research to very difficult (My premise being that the ethereal and astral upheaval caused by the demise/departure of GOD has made magic research difficult and dangerous). Also, indies at 9 (I always do this).

So anyway, I have my sages pecking away at construction and just hit level 4 around turn 40 Last night.

I feel it's important to expand and push my borders out a bit not only for the extra income but also I'm trying to find the bottlenecks (Really powerful indies, mountains, ocean, etc) which I can then plug and let my empire grow for a bit.

I know my overall strategy isn't fine-tuned for maximum magical developement - it's more of a wartime economy type push I go after with magic being of lower priority (not by much - just lower).

I'm just playing around you know? It's a reason I avoid MP games. The talk I see of fine-tuning these strategies to get a specific spell by turn 3 so they can use it turn 5 and have clams being made by turn 11...all that kinda kills the joy for me.

Every time I play I do something completely different. This game was the first time I put my pretender on the front line so much. And it was a riot! Watching the little people fleeing from my dragon. What a hoot!

What do you think?

[Vynd]

I think if you're having fun, and it sounds like you are, then go for it.

But don't send your important commanders to fight in the Deathmatch. Especially against the crazy AI, that will sometime throw its Pretender in there.