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[Il Palazzo]

General advice for whomever ends up last to submit their turns in Dominions games:
It is a good practice to wait for llamaserver to send you another one and do it as well. It only takes a few seconds for the sever to process the files, and going through what this early on is just a handful of orders takes almost no time at all.
This can speed up the game significantly, especially if RL allows only a narrow window for playing, or if procrastination is a problem.

[AlStar]

I've got to have some of the most worthless real estate around - I just captured a province worth a mighty 5 gold per turn.

[BFEL]

Other then my capital all mine are worth 30 gold 

[Elfeater]

Glorious wastes will protect my nation. We need no money.

[Boksi]

You've captured provinces? My starting commander got killed by stealth cavalry and there's a giant boar causing a ruckus in my capital.

No, I'm not making that up.

[EnigmaticHat]

Sounds like someone took misfortune scales.

[BFEL]

Something makes me want Boksi to literally have so many of such troubles that they never advance out of their capital.

Sorry Boksi. I promise if that happens I won't attack you and will just point and laugh.

[EnigmaticHat]

*Repeatedly refreshes llamaserver*

soon.  soon.

[EuchreJack]

Something makes me want Boksi to literally have so many of such troubles that they never advance out of their capital.

Sorry Boksi. I promise if that happens I won't attack you and will just point and laugh.

That's exactly what happened when I faced Boski the second time in Dominions 3.  It's no fun for anybody, so get up Boski!

[EnigmaticHat]

In Dom 4.16 I'm running something ridiculous like Turmoil 3 Misfortune 3 or similar.  I believed that my disciple, who had never played MP before and barely played SP, would get an awake dragon to counter this.  I didn't realize that with an imprisoned pretender his disciple would automatically be dormant.  So his introduction to Dominions literally could have been having his cap taken by independents on the second turn.

[EuchreJack]

In Dom 4.16 I'm running something ridiculous like Turmoil 3 Misfortune 3 or similar.  I believed that my disciple, who had never played MP before and barely played SP, would get an awake dragon to counter this.  I didn't realize that with an imprisoned pretender his disciple would automatically be dormant.  So his introduction to Dominions literally could have been having his cap taken by independents on the second turn.

Wow, you really threw him under the bus, ha ha.

I'm no expert, but I would think in a Disciple game the main God would grab really good scales and count on the Disciple to shore up whatever weakness that entails.  After all, the Disciple has no control over scales.  Order/Growth/Magic1 or Turmoil/Luck/Magic1 seem rather appealing, as it makes both nations into research powerhouses (especially the Disciple, who can use their Disciple to either supplement or replace conventional troops).

Honestly, I'd love to play a Disciple game as the total change in gameplay excites me.  Having a Dragon/Gorgon spreading my Gospel doesn't hurt either.

...And I'm sure somebody has done a Disciple game with SunGod/LichDisciple, named SunGod/SonOfGod: Vowing to bring you back to life whether you like it or not.

[Frumple]

You might want to take a gander at the AAR stuff from 4.04, which I think was the only first disciple game B12's ran so far? Among other things, it looks like the PM dump from the victor team is still up and running, if you're interested in an inside glimpse of what a disciple game can involve :3

E: Fixed :V

[E. Albright]

4.16 (which ends as soon as all of us can be arsed to turn in the current and final turn) is two-player disciple teams, but that's pretty different than 3+.

[EnigmaticHat]

Yeah, I'm not sure how our strategy could have been extended to include a third player.  It relied on LA C'tis and Mictlan being far more similar than they might appear from a cursory examination.

[BFEL]

Yeah, after this I might try a disciple game if you guys want to, seems pretty interesting.

Also, this being my first MP game means that this is the first time I'll be experiencing/failing Dominions Diplomacy. I actually have a idea for a potential team up, but I'd like to see how they do on their own before I commit to any such things. I'm pretty sure none of us have actually seen each others borders yet, so opening up a dialogue now would be a bit silly.

Something makes me want Boksi to literally have so many of such troubles that they never advance out of their capital.

Sorry Boksi. I promise if that happens I won't attack you and will just point and laugh.

That's exactly what happened when I faced Boski the second time in Dominions 3.  It's no fun for anybody, so get up Boski!

Yeah, I misspoke a bit, not actually HOPING for that, would really suck for poor Boksi, just got the mental image of it turning into a running joke and I'm a sucker for running/brick jokes.

EDIT: Oh, hey Albright? Mod question: is "Formation Fighter" something units can have, and if so, why isn't it more common?