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Waterplouf, and the Submarine Eskimos

5 (13.5%)

Shadowgandor, and the Descendants of Giant Popsicles

0 (0%)

Boksi, and the Climate Change Deniers

4 (10.8%)

a1s, and the Recycled Italians

0 (0%)

Korbac, and the Japanese Porn Industry

12 (32.4%)

Il Palazzo, and the Dreamy Octopi

12 (32.4%)

Bluerobin, and the Power Metal Band

1 (2.7%)

EuchreJack, and the Best Judea

0 (0%)

Karlito, and the Animal Farm

3 (8.1%)

Total Members Voted: 37

[EuchreJack]

Hmm I'm starting to get an inkling of how important a very strong dominion is in a game against late age Ermor AND R'lyeh. Also maybe Pangaea.

But you're leading in Dominion Score!

[Karlito]

R'lyeh's dominion is surprisingly low.

[Bluerobin]

But you're leading in Dominion Score!

And I'm planning on keeping it that way or else everyone will be dead and the rest will be insane!

R'lyeh's dominion is surprisingly low.

Shhhh don't let him know we know.

[EuchreJack]

R'lyeh's dominion is surprisingly low.

Don't jinx it.   

It probably just means that R'lyeh's god isn't awake yet (also, see the absense of R'lyeh's god from the high score table).  I expect it to pick up either in the next few turns or two years hence (aka whenever their god awakens, it depends on whether Il Palazzo chose a dormant or imprisoned god).

Sort of makes you want to build temples along the seashore, huh? 

[Korbac]

R'lyeh has at least two coastal land provinces.

[Bluerobin]

But you're leading in Dominion Score!

And I'm planning on keeping it that way or else everyone will be dead and the rest will be insane! I was mostly noticing from a practice game I did. Also, AI Ermor looks like it was spreading across the world by spores, popping up with little pockets of provinces in the middle of nowhere separated from the main Ermorian forces by multiple independent provinces. Is that something that actually happens regularly?

R'lyeh's dominion is surprisingly low.

Shhhh don't let him know we know.

It probably just means that R'lyeh's god isn't awake yet (also, see the absense of R'lyeh's god from the high score table).

I want to say he has an immobile pretender judging by its name, so I don't know if we'll see it on the high score table unless it ends up teleporting around. I kind of want to see a giant fungal broccoli teleporting around, though, so I'd be all for that happening.

[EuchreJack]

But you're leading in Dominion Score!

And I'm planning on keeping it that way or else everyone will be dead and the rest will be insane! I was mostly noticing from a practice game I did. Also, AI Ermor looks like it was spreading across the world by spores, popping up with little pockets of provinces in the middle of nowhere separated from the main Ermorian forces by multiple independent provinces. Is that something that actually happens regularly?

R'lyeh's dominion is surprisingly low.

Shhhh don't let him know we know.

R'lyeh's dominion is surprisingly low.

It probably just means that R'lyeh's god isn't awake yet (also, see the absense of R'lyeh's god from the high score table).

I want to say he has an immobile pretender judging by its name, so I don't know if we'll see it on the high score table unless it ends up teleporting around. I kind of want to see a giant fungal broccoli teleporting around, though, so I'd be all for that happening.

Last game I played, I named my pretender "Dr. Necro".  He was a Phoenix: I chose the name because I knew his behavior would get him onto the high score table, and I wanted my enemies to think it was a Lich instead of a Phoenix.  So I could laugh if they tried using priests on me. 

Long story short, Il Palazzo is a far better player than I, and thus is more than capable of giving his pretender a misleading name.

On the other hand, the research binge that R'lyeh is engaged in would indicate an immobile pretender that needs spells like teleport in order to become deadly.

[Bluerobin]

Agreed on all points. I haven't seen a pretender in expansion parties, but I've only seen one of the expansion parties so far. That's probably all of the airing-R'lyeh's-dirty-laundry I'll do for now.

[Karlito]

That kind of deceptiveness really wouldn't work against someone who did even minimal scouting. Plus, if he turns out to have a non-broccoli Pretender named Broccoli, we can all laugh at him for having a stupid name.

And geez guys, fix your quote tags.

[EuchreJack]

Here is who I think R'lyeh is using as its pretender:

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Probably dormant, it takes a few design points for this pretender.

Even sort of looks like broccoli.

Yeah, just fixed quote tags.

[Il Palazzo]

Come on, guys, that's just unadulterated slander. I abhor all forms of deception, and hereby openly admit that I have in fact chosen the fungus for my avatar.
Furthermore, our dominion is so low because we are a pro-choice R'lyeh. We don't force anybody to start dreaming of the Broccoli. No sir.
Our beliefs are not widely advertised, but eventualy reach the interested parties by word-of-mouth. The process is certainly slower, but much less obnoxious than e.g.Midgard's aggressive bilboard-and-booze campaing. Unlike the "receive sacraments and forget" blockbusters of our competitors, our dogma tends to develop devoted following over time, easily achieving cult status among the fans. We aim for the indie scene of the belief systems, you see. Small, arthouse churches. Private sermons, and bootleg copies of the Necronomicon. It's all very low-key and grassroots.

Also, and I admit this with some degree of disillusioned resignation, the foreign faiths tend to be generally better for the economy. Big names with lightning shows and explosions sell much better than existentialist, cerebral Broccoli. Maybe with the exception of that Italian necrophiliac grindfest from Ermor, but that's hardly mainstream.

[TempAcc]

We find your vague and indirect remarks of diapproval towards the state of israelatlantis to be very disturbing.
Surely we must celebrate multiculturalism and diversity in theocratical approaches. Behold the glory of gath's propaganda, as two benjaminite soldiers sing about their glorious motherland while their prophet shows the powers of the hallowed relic, the "cup of infinite drinking" in the background.

[a1s]

Maybe with the exception of that Italian necrophiliac grindfest from Ermor, but that's hardly mainstream.

Huh? It's the #1 show in Ermor. Dozens of people watch it. Baker's dozens.

[Bluerobin]

And at this point, all you have left is a few dozen people, so those numbers are great!

I will admit that the people of Midgard are just dying to spread the word of Man's New Best Friend, so we may come off as a little pushy. It's all for the puppies though. Think of the puppies!

[Karlito]

Poor puppies, all cold and lonely up in the North Pole