Ry'leh turning AI was no surprise to me. Jazzepi started to seem apathetic after I eliminated a host of his mages. After that he started to just throw shamblers at me. When I responded by cranking out mounted sacreds he began to stop submitting turns all together. The Ry'leh thing is almost a non-issue. I now have no desire to spend the resources required to enter the sea and I can easily drive back the AI, making them simply an annoyance. My focus is on Ashdod.
I must admit that the game has lost a lot of momentum and drive. Though I know for a fact that it will most likely be decided in the next 10 turns or so (with me as the victor of course.
), so please hang in there. My belief is that we have entered the late game. If people aren't ready for late game tactics then you should hurry up, because this game is about to get ugly.
As for me, I'm looking for someone to take over as administrator of this game. I'm in no way quiting, but, if you couldn't tell, my ability to devote a lot of time to these games has become limited. I'm in 3 games and administering 2 of them. I just want to lighten my load without dropping out. In fact, I really am in this game to win, particularly after this last turn.