Game 128 - Steel Resurgent

[DuPont]

(TR) The Troll King announces with pride that the second season of Gnomeball will be kicking off at the GN capital. The season looks to open with a real bang - watch this space for the location of future games. Also, you may be interested in our new league. The sport of Demon Drop-Kick opens at the DE capital the following day. Watch as the fruits of decapitated demons are punted through goalposts decorated with the severed arms and legs of the same demons. The TR troops simply do not understand why they don't grow back like happens with us, but these sports cause the morale of our happy warriors to rise even higher!

[gkmetty]

(DE) I rather like these games. TR goes into a region. TR gets kicked out of a region. TR moves to another region. TR gets kicked out of another region. TR goes back to first region. TR makes some silly remark. We can keep this up for a long time.

[DuPont]

(TR) Well, I'm enjoying it, but I worry that I will run out of DE people to drop-kick. They don't seem to grow back the way we do.

[Jumpingfist]

(WA) Wow Mr Troll you sure can run fast considering the size of that softball gut you have. I thought when we blasted him 7 squares away into another time zone you would not be able to field him again so quickly. Let's see how far you can Kick him?

[VballMichael]

WI here. This game is getting crazy. Turn 16 just ran and only 4 regions are controlled. World War 4 going on with tons of people sort of allied or loosely allied on both sides.
Sadly, it looks like the GI/WA/TR/UN/AN/RA group has the momentum right now. The AN has done some serious damage to the WI (written up elsewhere), the UN continues to do some nice critical hits, the TR has been a tide-turner in Arcania and is now back at the Gnome capitol in Runnimede for more Gnomeball (as he calls it) and even has an army running around the Southern Sands the busy little green bee, the GI has rallied to take Arcania though hopefully short-lived, the WA is pretty quiet after he destroyed a DE capitol.
On the positive side, the TR capitol did fall, the GI capitol should fall again this turn (this may be the 4th or 5th fall and still that king keeps surviving), the RA was eliminated, the WA has been quiet and does not own much, the AN has lost most of what he holds outside of his new region of Northern Mists, and the UN has apparently failed once or twice in the last 300 kill or kidnap attempts (UN has to love the revised programming on agent success rates).
Oh well, keep plugging away and hope the odds gods start to favor the good guys going forward.

[Acererak]

(UN) I'm not one to brag much but in this case for the turn we just had I have to let everyone know about our Military victory! The Dwarf apparently decided he would send his might 1DW through the portal to Runnimede to beat up on the poor little UN. He doesn't respond to diplomacy and marches his 1DW onto a town of mine - regardless of the fact that I have never touched a single pc or emissary. Unfortunately for him, his General was slain prior to his combat against my little town by a black magic and then:

ASSAULT BY THE 1ST DWARVEN FULL ARMY ON THE UNDERWORLD TOWN OF STARWATCH, LOCATED IN AREA TF OF RUNNIMEDE:
AFTER THE BREAKFAST MEAL THE GROUP'S LITTLE KNOWN LEADER ORDERED HIS 1ST DWARVEN FULL ARMY TO ADVANCE UPON THE
TOWN. IT WAS ALREADY KNOWN THAT STARWATCH OFFERED A THICK SURROUNDING WALL OF ABOUT 10' IN HEIGHT, REINFORCED
GATES IN EACH WALL AND 30' TOWERS IN EACH CORNER AS IT'S DEFENSIVE STRUCTURE. AS THE DWARVEN FORCE REACHED
THE ROCKY OUTSKIRTS, THE CONFLICT BEGAN. EARLY IN THE BATTLE, DEFENDING ARCHERS WERE DEADLY ACCURATE AND
QUICKLY TEMPERED THE ONRUSH OF THE INVADING FORCE. THE DWARVEN DUELIDON (POWER- 2.0) WAS NOT A FACTOR IN THE
BATTLE. THE DWARVEN GAR GANON (POWER- 1.0) TRIED TO AVOID AS BEST ABLE THE ENEMY'S ATTACKS. THE ATTACK WAS
CONCENTRATED AGAINST THE NORTH GATE. AFTER AN HOUR OF FIGHTING THE ATTACKERS BATTERING RAM SMASHED THROUGH IT
AND TROOPS POURED IN. THE DWARVEN HAD ALREADY SUFFERED HEAVY LOSSES IN THE EFFORT, BUT THEIR COMMANDER
BRAVELY LED YET ANOTHER CHARGE. THOUGH SOME GAINS HAD BEEN ACHIEVED, THE GROUP'S LITTLE KNOWN LEADER REALIZED
THAT TO CONTINUE TO POSSIBLE VICTORY WOULD COST UNACCEPTABLE HIGH LOSSES. HE HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO ORDER THE
RETREAT. FINALLY, THE ATTACKERS WERE ULTIMATELY REPULSED. DWARVEN LOSSES WERE ESTIMATED AT 7900 TROOPS.
DWARVEN HEROES FOUGHT BRAVELY. ALL DWARVEN LEADERS SURVIVED THE BATTLE. THE DWARVEN WIZARDS DUELIDON AND GAR
GANON SURVIVED THE FRAY. LOSSES SUFFERED IN THE EFFORT AND DEPRESSION OF DEFEAT HAVE GREATLY REDUCED MORALE.


His entire army couldn't take a little old UN town. Enjoy what you've started. I intend to finish it.

[DuPont]

(TR) Well, this turn saw the fall of both the DE and GN capitals. Unfortunately, we didn't catch much more than a pair of agents and an ambassador. The agents made good Gnomeball and the ambassador was drop-kicked into a canyon. But the biggies got away, so they will have to be hunted down!

[Hamlet]

(BL) Fortunately, this turn also saw the fall of the Giant capitol (again) and his poor Prince was summarily executed. I see the Giant is now massed at OP with his 1GI army group. Wait there and we can dance. Should have been this turn but I typed a letter wrong.

[Acererak]

(UN) Oh, is there a military party at OP next turn? Can I play? I'm a military power that's stronger than the Dwarf at least it appears.

[Hamlet]

(BL) LOL, yeah, UN is invited. Bring the Troll, bring the Ancients, bring the Rangers (oh wait, they are gone), bring the Warlock. Will be a fun party.
Poor gnome lost his capitol again to the Troll, but I hear he did get to use Chaos and wipe a small AN group, including wizard.