Game 6068

[Windstar]

FO-->LI

I will ransom back your prince for 1 gold. I will enter the order now.

[CosmicWizard]

FO-->LI

I will ransom back your prince for 1 gold. I will enter the order now.

UN-LI you can take the pop center we are both at Ill back away. good luck.

[davekuyk]

FO-->LI

I will ransom back your prince for 1 gold. I will enter the order now.

UN-LI you can take the pop center we are both at Ill back away. good luck.

I'd really rather you two fight

[Windstar]

FO-->LI

You may take the city. I will depart.

[Windstar]

FO-->UN

You may take the city.

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FO-->UN

I will take the town though.

[davekuyk]

Despite the efforts of the UN, LI, and FO the RD managed to squeak out a win:

1 RD Ozymandius 65,480 115,613
2 FT Wynand 67,584 104,495
3 UN CosmicWizard17 41,273 62,567
4 HA Thudargh 30,501 56,021
5 FO Windstar 27,929 45,895

This was a game where I think I controlled six different regions over the course of the game. I was close to five regions over and over, but then the FO or UN or LI would take this or that and push me back from victory.

Some highlights:

I took a legendary with the RD! The group was nearly maxxed out, ten RD kingdom brigades (8 elite) plus a full complement of Wyverns and Bats, all elite plus morale around 150 led by three warlords and supported by three p-5s. Losses were 13%. The downside was that I had to steal Reds from other groups, which limited what they could do somewhat. I was always sweating one of the smaller groups would run into a FO or UN army group.

My legendary capital repelled an UN army group! I was surprised by this. I can't recall what his group consisted of, but it appeared it had enough. He retreated with about 45% losses. That tells me his loss was due to a lower retreat threshold as I've seen the CI and RA repelled from PC attacks with losses of over 60%.


My groups were all well-developed, but my emissaries and agents suffered greatly. I was down to three emissaries above governor and only two agents of level 10 or higher. I was starting to lose ground to the combined attacks and likely wouldn't have finished first in points if the game went on much longer.

Overall, it was a fun game, though the RD is quite one-dimensional. I came into the game hoping to take advantage of his nine-square emissary range, but the reality was that many of my orders each turn were centered around the military.