What a fun game. I was excited to do the 2015 Championship game as the Black Dragons, definitely my favorite kingdom. I planned, like I always do as the Black, to take region 10 quickly and invade region 9 as quickly as possible before the RA and the SO could get set. Then I would figure out my 3rd region later. I actually forgot this was SVC until about turn 17, oops, then I had to scramble to get more troops.
T1: DW gets HC, nobody at my city (yay)
T2: EL gets HC, I got my city, RA failed to get his (yes, I am already scouting region 9)
T3: UN gets HC, DA takes 6, DE takes 8, Elf is hogging the HC issues, I found an unusual
T4: DE gets HC, 6 regions fall (all but 3 and 9), I have my region plus am at a couple of things in 9, I have 2 groups covering region 9 squares
T5: I get the last HC seat, DW and RA get their regions, Priestess finds towns in 9 and I have covered half of 9 with my groups
T6: Get HC issue, killed RA amb, am at several villages in 9, the unusual was a dumb ring of protection, priestess found villages in 9, am tied with UN for status points for 1st place, will ignore SO and UN in 9
T7: RA declares me enemy, am in full invasion now (5 emissaries, 3 groups, but am suspicious), have 14 brigades
T8: Killed RA countess, I have 1 town and 3 villages in 9, region 6 goes uncontrolled (yay others are fighting, that is good)
T9: RA is fighting back hard, got my HC issue for second time, 3 level 10 agents, 19 influence, 19 brigades, have 2 towns and 5 villages in 9
T10: Killed RA envoy and L6 and L7, turned region 9 neutral, so now am friendly and own 3 towns and 6 villages in 9 and at city with 20 brigades, hit ESO (2 brigades, 2 barons, influence)
T11: GN drops, RA still rebelling pop centers, I am sieging city, RA army at my cap in 10, I own 4 towns and 6 villages in 9
T12: I took out RA cap and killed his king, I now own region 9, 21 influence, 7 good emissaries, RA took out my cap in 10 but all escaped. I have 19 brigades and am 2nd in status (23 points behind UN)
T13: Am cleaning up in regions 9 and 10, killed an RA duke, RA resisting but I own 26 of the 27 points in 9 (not sure what happened to SO cap), GI declares me ally but not sure why
T14: Priestess finds GI pop centers in 5 (he has 1 city, 7 towns, 4 villages) so I can have options for what can be my third region (had previously learned pop centers in 8 and 6)
T15: Am building, am at NN for phoenixes, cannot spend all of my food and gold because there is so much, find GI cap at JP
T16: Invading 5 but GI declares me enemy and I drop to suspicious (ouch - that will slow down an invasion), RA drops (not too surprising), am at 8 GI pop centers, am at GI cap with 1BL.
T17: Hit GI cap (killed a baron) and moved to his city, regions 4 and 8 go neutral, I have 25 brigades in Amberland, own 1 town and 5 villages, WA throwing demonic visions, ouch. So I plan to hit this turn, turn it neutral and move troops out of 5
T18: Turned 5 neutral, GI takes region 8, TR takes region 7, GI has moved emissaries and 3 groups to my region 10. I suddenly realize this is an SVC game and I will have met all except group size (125,000) next turn, gold is like a million and food is aplenty, so I need to recruit like mad and get back to region 10. I am barely ahead of the UN for 1st in status points.
T19: Took region 5, and I have met SVC but I can't remember if you can claim on T19 so I don't
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. Lost a little in region 10, and GI is in enough spots that I will not own 10 next turn. Region 8 goes open, AN drops.
T20: I do lose control of 10 to the GI emissaries and groups, but I am back with enough emissaries and groups to take it back, WA is blasting villages and towns in 5 but will not destroy enough to hurt, TR drops but not sure why, I have 47 brigades and am reluctant to end game as I will be intercepting main GI group next turn.
T21: Took back region 10 and claimed the SVC. Am sitting opposite the 1GI army group, oh well would have been a fun battle. Finished with 51 brigades worth about 200,000 and WA did blast more towns and villages in 5. I would not have been able to hold 3 regions for long.
I really enjoy playing the Black Dragon and appreciated the strong competition in this match. Thanks to all, and congrats to LT and Cloud on their podium finishes.