SFR, Inc.

[DialFforFunky]

The salamander dies due to smite


Flashfire rerolls:


12 exactly.

edit: oh wait, this was my turn...

1. Reserve Phase:
   Retreat: spider rider moves from the frontier to reserves
   
2. Spell and effect expiration: none
   

End my turn


Turn Sequence: PiMaster, DialFforFunky

Turn 7

	*****************	**	*****************	**	*****************	*****************
	PiMaster BUA		PiMaster DUA		PiMaster Reserve Army	PiMaster Summoning Pool
*
	PiMaster		PiMaster		PiMaster Home Army
	DialFforFunky's Home Tower		Frontier Standing Stones		PiMaster's Home Standing Stones
	DialFforFunky Home Army 2x flashfire		DialFforFunky		DialFforFunky
*
	DialFforFunky Reserve Army		DialFforFunky Summoning Pool		DialFforFunky DUA	DialFforFunky BUA

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[piMaster]

you forget the ashstorms on my home and my additional two dead units.

1st march at your home:
attempt to maneuver:
3 dwarf maneuv, 4 frostwing maneuv, 3 frostwing ID, 1 fly = 14 maneuvers

[DialFforFunky]

Proper board:

Turn Sequence: PiMaster, DialFforFunky

Turn 7

	*****************	**	*****************	**	*****************	*****************
	PiMaster BUA		PiMaster DUA		PiMaster Reserve Army	PiMaster Summoning Pool
*
	PiMaster		PiMaster		PiMaster Home Army
	DialFforFunky's Home Tower		Frontier Standing Stones		PiMaster's Home Standing Stones 1x ash storm
	DialFforFunky Home Army 2x flashfire		DialFforFunky		DialFforFunky
*
	DialFforFunky Reserve Army		DialFforFunky Summoning Pool		DialFforFunky DUA	DialFforFunky BUA

Even if I roll full maneuvers, I can only equal 14 maneuvers, so your attempt is successful.


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[piMaster]

okay, up to 7 and attack:
8 melee icons, 3 ID = 11 melee results

[DialFforFunky]

save roll:



Flashire rerolls:

Result: 6 saves

The eagle knight, scorpion knight and spider rider die.

Counter attack:

rend:

flashfire rerolls:


Result: 4 melee

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[piMaster]

save roll:
4 fly on vindicator plus 2 saves from lizard rider blocks the damage.

2nd march:
turn my home back up to 8
magic action:
1 ID

I end my turn.

[DialFforFunky]

1. Spell and effect expiration: 2x flashire and ash storm expire
   
2. Initial Effects Phase: none
   
3. Dragon Attack Phase: none
   
   
   
4. First March: @ the frontier
   Maneuver: no
   Action: magic
   
   
   When it rains...
   
   Result: 7 magic
   
   I suppose the game is well and truly done by now. Here's to hoping for the impossible:
   
   7 - summon ivory wyrm
   
   
   
5. Second March: @ my home
   Maneuver: yes
   
   
   Result: 1 maneuver
   
   Action: melee attack
   
   
   Result: 1 melee
   
   
   
   
6. Reserve Phase:
   Reinforce: the spider rider moves to my home, as do all the firewalkers at the frontier
   Retreat: all the other dice at the frontier move to reserves
   
7. Spell and effect expiration: none
   

End my turn

dragon attack:

... At least I didn't roll belly... !


Turn Sequence: PiMaster, DialFforFunky

Turn 8

	*****************	**	*****************	**	*****************	*****************
	PiMaster BUA		PiMaster DUA		PiMaster Reserve Army	PiMaster Summoning Pool
*
	PiMaster		PiMaster		PiMaster Home Army
	DialFforFunky's Home Tower		Frontier Standing Stones		PiMaster's Home PiMaster's 8th
	DialFforFunky Home Army		DialFforFunky		DialFforFunky
*
	DialFforFunky Reserve Army		DialFforFunky Summoning Pool		DialFforFunky DUA	DialFforFunky BUA

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[piMaster]

counter-maneuver:
lizard rider ID (it was a nice melee roll....). 4 maneuver results stops your maneuver attempt.

save roll:
2 fly (gee, that was a nice maneuver roll though).

dragon attack:
treasure: promote lizard rider to mammoth rider.
6 saves, 9 melee, 4 ID, 4 Fly

take IDs as saves and leave the dragon for you.

1st march with my home army
magic action:
4 IDs. Take 2 as black and 2 as gold and double them all.
Cast finger of death on a spider rider and path my wolf rider to your home.

2nd march
maneuver attempt:
2 dward maneuv, 5 frostwing maneuv, 4 fly = 13 maneuv results

[DialFforFunky]

counter maneuver:




Bwahaha! 13 maneuver. Silly firewalkers. Still, you get the 8th and win...


Thanks for the great game, I found it greatly entertaining!

I guess this was just one of those games where everything goes according to plan and yet nothing works out. I knew you where lacking in resurrection, so I thought I could just keep you at a distance and keep chipping away at your health. Except the chipping part didn't work out. Only 11 points of magic out of 36 spent on damage spells resulted in casualties (1 lightning bolt, 1 firebolt, 1 hailstorm). I refrained from summoning dragons on purpose, as I didn't want you to turtle up, nor did I think the prospect of summoning a dragon at a well-focused was very good. Perhaps I just didn't focus enough, as a good part of my non-lethal magic seemed to fall short of being successful.

The only really strategic oversight I caught myself making was in the 4th turn. Instead of realizing that 2x wind walk could mean that I could move up to an 8th in relative safety, I partly went for my original plan of chipping away. Still, it might also have given you both 8ths in the same turn...

Pffft. Mind is running overdrive, perhaps I should get away from the PC... Once again, thanks for the game. Good night!


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[piMaster]

That game could have easily gone your way. Your original plan was good. If you had used windwalks to keep the terrains low, I couldn't touch you and you could chip away at me over time. Taking out the dwarves should have been your first priority - you stopped after the mammoth rider. Without those lizard riders I would have had a hard time winning maneuver rolls. I thought I was sunk in this game.

That vindicator, harpy, and remorhaz was rolling well too (though I never got swallow during a melee attack). But those goblins at the swamp were pretty useless since I couldn't do anything with them.

[DialFforFunky]

The lizard riders crossed my mind several times. But each time I felt 6 points of magic for a 66% chance to kill only 2 health was kind of... meh. And once the harpy came over, the 60% chance to kill 4 health seemed so much more interesting. I guess that's an advantage of 2 health units: they seldom make good targets.

Another learning point was that wind walk and flashfire are a really nice combination, as you'll get a bonus in just about any roll. Too bad I just traded away 2 enchanters (i still don't like coral elves).


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[piMaster]