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[PTTG??]

Deathsword, are you still playing?

(Probably going to skip a couple days' reports and/or combine them unless something interesting happens.)

[Teneb]

Deathsword, are you still playing?

(Probably going to skip a couple days' reports and/or combine them unless something interesting happens.)

Sorry, but no. Too many things suddenly going on, to the point I forgot to even warn you. Hopefuly the AI won't be too terrible at replacing me. My apologies.

[PTTG??]

Spoiler: The Continuing Saga of Tim the Firewalker (click to show/hide)

So it begins.

Oh dear oh dear, I'm afraid I'm going to have to start casting such awfully terrible magic!
Woe am I!

mUAAGUHAHAUAAA! APPRENTICES! READY YOUR SPELLBAGS! BUT FIRST!

The separatist town has broken free again, this time because Orc invaders took it. THIS WILL NOT DO!

ATTENTION ORCS!
YOUR SHIT IS ONE OF MANY THINGS I DO NOT HAVE TIME FOR.




Sadly, there is no time to properly parade the ork leader's head about on a pole. We'll do a small ceremony with his fingers on toothpicks and then back to the front.

And, on the way, I'm cooking up a little something.

[PTTG??]

Spoiler: The Journal of Tim the Firewalker (click to show/hide)

The summoning went quite well! The abomination only consumed like two apprentices, and this one happens to be QUITE a sprightly specimen. Oh, and we've got a new friend!

ISN'T SHE THE FUZZIEST LITTLE KITTY! What's this?

Well this changes everything.
NOW THEN! WE MARCH SOUTH!
...
Well this was disappointing. The city was abandoned. I was hoping to eat a great many high elf gizzards or whatever they have. Instead I've just arrived to find a bunch of worthless stringy civilians. Well, might as well get this place back in shape.

Don't care where you stay, but you can't stay here. Get out. I'm making this a house for cats! How's it going for my Ork, speaking of cats?

Ah, good, I don't care what you do. Save me some high elf spleens!

Hmm, scouts report something east of Meow. Let's take a look...

HEY! THIS IS LEGITIMATE SALVAGE! THIS TOWN FELL OFF THE BACK OF THAT TRUCK. IT'S MINE NOW! YEAH KEEP WALKIN'!

Ah, let's take a look at that map then....

Wait what's this?

Well this is interesting.

Well, that's enough for now. I'm out.

[PTTG??]

Spoiler: Tim, The Firewalker (click to show/hide)

Good morning!

What are we going to do today? Maybe we'll do some-

THAT AFTERNOON:



EARLIER:

Guys, I think we can handle this. Heck, I can handle this alone. Watch:

MAGIC ICBM!


Wait, he's still standing? WHAT DOES ALISHA MAKE HER GOONS OUT OF, Kevlar?


OW OW OW. STOP IT.

Phew, at least that's over. I'll be able to seriously cut these things up in a minute-



Ugh, being dead sucks.

Well, I'm gonna be dead for three days, might as well tell what remains of my army to get into defensive posture.

Actually that's probably not going to work too well. Let's see... there's three magical faries meanacing my capital, I better send the three squads of highly-trained military goblins against them.

What.

FINE! Just sit around in the city for all I care!

This is what you get when you try to restore cats to their natural home. No thanks at all.

[Kanil]

Spoiler: Prelude to the Final Battle (click to show/hide)

... yep. In case you haven't checked Facebook lately, that happened.


After the victory over Tim and subsequent banishing of him to the void, it's merely a matter of capturing his throne. Troops have been moving into place, and are now ready.


Wisps aren't especially capable fighters, but they're bolstered by an Eldritch Horror, and a trio of low level goblins are unlikely to stand a chance.


Three goblin snacks later, and it's time to say farewell to Tim. I inherit his grand city, and journal writing duties.


Lady Fyrehaart is the only remaining target, so our alliance of convenience is no longer convenient.



... and the troops begin to move out, for what should be the final battle. It's a long walk, but they'll pick up reinforcements along the way.

[PTTG??]

I see I leave the journalmaking in competent hands.

A few last notes from Tim:

Spoiler: The remains of Tim (click to show/hide)

WELL being dead sucks. Let's see if they could manage to prevent three faries from taking the city.


Well crap. Can't blame them for that. C'thulhu has got some serious chops.

There goes my throne.


It was fun while it lasted, like all fires.

Hey wait what?

C'mon, you couldn't have waited long enough for it to be decent? Just wham, bam, move on to the next target, why tha- wait.
What's that say?

Reads

Ok there's at least two problems with this sentance. I'll highlight them:


Those high elves just get weirder and weirder...

[Kanil]

Spoiler: Attempts to Make Walking Seem Exciting (click to show/hide)

Exploring further away from The Firewalker's former capital, we happen across another city of the little goblins.

Despite parking a large goblin eating monster on the outskirts of town, they seem quite content to resist in the name of their departed Lord. Truly the loyalty of these little rodents knows no bounds.

On the home front, a bit of cleanup. Some troops arrive at the site of our new settlement Isil.

Strangely, we weren't greeted as liberators. A single day around goblins and these elves have forgotten how to be elves.


We remind them by setting their village on fire. Their village built in the middle of a river. It makes sense, trust me.


Our other cities are less disloyal, yet there still seems to be some resistance to our conscription efforts. Something about dragging peasants off the streets, sticking them in the gryphon pens and telling them to saddle up, I think?

But enough of burning villages and conscripting peasants, we turn our attention to our true national passtime: walking.


Half our army has arrived in place at Beredan, the other half is half way there.


An overview of the situation. Bjoren is our capital, and well behind the lines of the expected fighting. Beredan is our staging ground. Falsuriel is Allora's throne and primary target. Torfindel is merely a tributary of Allora's, and can safely be ignored.

[Kanil]

Spoiler: Final Battle (click to show/hide)

Burning down the peasants homes in Isil appears to have caused their undead spirits to rise up in revolt.


Our ghostbusters deal with it, and Isil is again reabsorbed into our empire. This outpost really wasn't worth the effort.


An orc decides she wants to be paid for the luxury of being on the winning team. Obnoxious greenskins.

With those distractions out of the way, it is time to assault Falsuriel and eliminate Allora.


The Gryphon Riders advance, and their excellent magic resistance allows them to simply shrug off incoming blasts.


The three of them surround Allora and send her off to the void.



Other forces phase onto the walls, suddenly forcing frail adepts into hand to hand combat.


Our eldritch horror picks up some ad hoc reinforcements.


The opposing horror is much less lucky, getting stunned and torn apart.



This town just wasn't big enough for two elven sorceresses.

Strictly speaking, Teneb's AI is still alive, but that's it.

If there's another game, I'd recommend having the thrones start a bit further away from one another. I get the feeling AOW MP is a pretty short and brutal affair, but hopefully starting people further away from one another might make it a little more forgiving.

[Wiles]

Thanks for the game folks. Sorry for missing a couple of turns, I ended up travelling and didn't have wifi as often as I thought I would.

[PTTG??]

Yeah, let's plan on a new game shortly. Do we want to add some AI oppoenents, change the game speed, play a particular scenario?

I think we will definitely make the world larger and start play farther apart.

[Kanil]

Not a huge fan of scenarios, as I quite like the unknown and exploration aspect of the game... but if other people enjoy them, it's not a huge deal for me either way.

I'm not sure which setting controls the amount of gold you start with, but if there's a way to reduce that, it might be worth considering -- I pretty much bought anything that took more than a turn to build in the previous game and never ran out of gold... which is a bit silly.

[PTTG??]

Alright, it sounds like we'll do a random map then. Maybe a standard game speed instead of very fast like this last version.

Who's definitely in for this round?

[Kanil]

Sure. I've no shortage of elven girls to lead my nation to glory.

[Wiles]

I'd play again