Game 18 at last

[Brad Jenison]

Finally the long awaited first turn of game 18 will run tomorrow. May you Free nations collectively fall on your swords.

[Another Darrel]

It would appear that turns have been delayed.

One of our teamates got a notice from ME that they didn't have their turn. Anyway, they re-sent their info but by the time it got to ME it was probably 4-5PM their time and they likely were done for the day.

I would suspect that turns will run tomorrow AM.

[VEO]

Guys, Turns are DUE on Thursday. They therefore RUN on Friday. Good? Good omens for the FP now, hehehehehe....

BB

[Brad Jenison]

Yes, surely a good omen for the FP but if that is all you have to hold onto I'm happy.

BJ

[VEO]

Back off now, no talking about what the FP are holding onto, next we'll have the Aussies asking which hand, and from there it's only going to get, um, er, well, inappropriate....

BB

[Another Darrel]

Back off now, no talking about what the FP are holding onto, next we'll have the Aussies asking which hand, and from there it's only going to get, um, er, well, inappropriate....

BB

lol....what we are about to do to you is well....inappropriate. ;-)

Supplies?

[IronLord]

lol....what we are about to do to you is well....inappropriate. ;-)

Supplies?

You think?

We shall see....

John Lamulle-DW

[Gixxer]

Guys, Turns are DUE on Thursday. They therefore RUN on Friday. Good? Good omens for the FP now, hehehehehe....

BB

Finally the results arrived without major surprises for the Freps.

Have Fun !

Gixxx

[VEO]

Bah, surprises. Disappointments some, in ourselves, none... :)

[Gixxer]

... and be happy ! :)

I would sit in one of your towns, without a single chance to stop me !

Have Fun !

Gixxx

[VEO]

Yeah, okay, let's make this an All Neutral so Gizzz can come sit in (on?) one of my towns.. :eek:

[Another Darrel]

Just out of curiosity....what did Bondan and Pelendur do to deserve such treatment or does Argaleb have the hots for Bondan's soon to be widdow? ;-)

Regardless, it is nice to know I won't be having to wonder about much in the way of cav strikes for a while unless the Duns decide to go on a long march.

Guess you guys know where Angulion started eh? lol.

-Darrel the WK

[Gixxer]

Just out of curiosity....what did Bondan and Pelendur do to deserve such treatment or does Argaleb have the hots for Bondan's soon to be widdow? ;-)

Regardless, it is nice to know I won't be having to wonder about much in the way of cav strikes for a while unless the Duns decide to go on a long march.

Guess you guys know where Angulion started eh? lol.

-Darrel the WK

Darrel,
we simply have too many commanders, we must get rid of some of them.


Have Fun !

Gixxx

[VEO]

Arggie's just a DOG, that's for sure. Pelendur's been nabbed in an interesting housing scandle, seems his spacious abode cost a key supplier 3 times what said supplier sold it to Pelendur for just 3 months later... The people want a Hero and we have to maintain our Honour. Loose end talk: we've conscripted the supplier too, you'll be seeing him next :D
BB

[VEO]

I won't be having to wonder about much in the way of cav strikes for a while

Cav?

Beorabrad

[Another Darrel]

Cav?

Beorabrad

Sorry. Cav = Calvary.

I'm just happy I don't have to worry much about it for a while now that the bulk of Arthedain and Cardy cav have been located.

[VEO]

Calvary

Cavalry??

Beorabrad

[Gixxer]

Hmm,
not sure about it, but maybe he's talking about Cal-vados.

Have Fun !

Gixxx

[Gixxer]

The Cal would explain a lot !

Drink it and the worries aren't existing any longer !

Have Fun !

Gixxx

[Another Darrel]

Cavalry??

Beorabrad

Pointing out typos and spelling mistakes is slim entertainment. Besides, I'm just trying to fit in with the people that don't know how to properly spell honor nor scandal. ;-)

Seriously, it's boring....post something good or wait until next turn. You guys will have most of the crowing to do in the early turns as is always the case. The question being that if you don't take enough....you are doomed....and we are dug in like thong on a beachgoing European. ;-)

[VEO]

Oh, I see. I didn't even catch the spelling mistake. Should have edited your quote. Apologies. I was being cryptic and snarky. Woodmen. Cavalry. Get it? Ha. Haha...?

[Gixxer]

The question being that if you don't take enough....you are doomed....and we are dug in like thong on a beachgoing European. ;-)

Dream your dreams Darrel,
the funny side doesn't fit for you.

Have Fun !

Gixxx

[Gixxer]

Greetings Warlords,
nothing special to report !

Have Fun !

Gixxx

[Another Darrel]

Oh well, I just wish the FIRST reveal PC had worked...lol. It's not like I can fail to cast the spell. Well, the Sinda can breathe easy...all of his allies have surely swarmed south to help right? <insert diabolical laugh here>

Hmm...so Bondan isn't going to save me the command order eh? I think we both figured the other would attack and could save an order. lol

Kudos to Arthedain for a quick mobilization of infantry and the Duns on some fast moves north.

[VEO]

If your FIRST Reveal had worked, you would have some dead allies to placate...

[Another Darrel]

Oh of course, we love to attack places we have no chance of taking out. lol.

[Gixxer]

Oh of course, we love to attack places we have no chance of taking out. lol.

It's really helpfull to know about this !

Gixxxer

[Brad Jenison]

I thought Osgiliath WAS the Capitol of Gondor. What's going on there a Gondor Commanders Conference? Aren't these types of gatherings better suited to secure locations. So many targets and a limit of daggers.

[Gixxer]

I thought Osgiliath WAS the Capitol of Gondor. What's going on there a Gondor Commanders Conference? Aren't these types of gatherings better suited to secure locations. So many targets and a limit of daggers.

Na, only some old friends who would like to go fishing.

Gixxx

[Brad Jenison]

Oh, so sorry, I thought you came because you wanted to sleep with the fishes.

[Ditski]

Yes, surely a good omen for the FP but if that is all you have to hold onto I'm happy.

BJ


I'm not a "big" guy but I have more to hold onto than my omen... who runs the house superbly... after you've had a few kids you learn to 'hold onto it' :D

[Ditski]

G'day DS,

Wondering, who's got the bulls eye painted on his forehead in Mordor?

[Ditski]

I thought Osgiliath WAS the Capitol of Gondor. What's going on there a Gondor Commanders Conference? Aren't these types of gatherings better suited to secure locations. So many targets and a limit of daggers.


You speak of targets?

Hard to miss the Bullseye when sending ICBM's into Mordor's largest dart board :D

One of our women lift a skirt and the DS chase her down the road... and nobody's left at home to look after the Home brew.... party at Mordor, everyone's invited

Ditski

Of northmen and northgirls

[Brad Jenison]

Well come on in Big Boy and see just how deserted it is.

[Another Darrel]

You speak of targets?

Hard to miss the Bullseye when sending ICBM's into Mordor's largest dart board :D

One of our women lift a skirt and the DS chase her down the road... and nobody's left at home to look after the Home brew.... party at Mordor, everyone's invited

Ditski

Of northmen and northgirls

Wow, considering your (far less than) stellar gains outside of Mordor....you better hope you crack mordor or this will be one of those games where the inevitable is in sight by turn 5-6.

Is cardolan being special serviced? ;-)

P.S. Good banter, kudos to you.

[smuller]

Is cardolan being special serviced? ;-)

yes, hes getting special service. shes got legs that end at her neck, is both morally and physically pliable while afflicted with a variety of nasty personal fetishes.
doesnt matter when you die, just that your gonna die.

sm

[Another Darrel]

Is cardolan being special serviced? ;-)

yes, hes getting special service. shes got legs that end at her neck, is both morally and physically pliable while afflicted with a variety of nasty personal fetishes.
doesnt matter when you die, just that your gonna die.

sm

Cool. I figured that comment would get a rise. To quote Gixxer, thx for the information.

Row, row row your boat....da dee da dee dum..... ;-)

[VEO]

Cardy is certainly special, but couldn't get himself, er, "serviced" with a $100 in a cheap...ahem... Ed, start trying your stuff in Tharbad, likely a cakewalk...

Beorabrad

[smuller]

AD,
i knew the mighty mills was on the your side. never take what ed offers, when your on opposite sides. did i say i was the cardy, or are you making an assumption? ed, take it from here. been quiet all game, time to submerge again.

sm#5?

[Another Darrel]

AD,
i knew the mighty mills was on the your side. never take what ed offers, when your on opposite sides. did i say i was the cardy, or are you making an assumption? ed, take it from here. been quiet all game, time to submerge again.

sm#5?

Nice try. I poked, you jumped... :-)

Just curious why Cardolans strategy seemed to be out of line with that of the other western blitzkriegers...but I think I have my answer. Frankly, I really like the general idea of your western assault although it has not matched up well against our defenses (to date)...feel free to disagree. Obviously, you will eventually blow us out if enough pressure is applied....but its our job to make it as slow and painfull as possible.

Hence the dug in like a Europeans thong comment. ;-)

The western nations are new players...this is I think about game 5 or so for us....so go easy on us right? Besides, I'm only 11 years old and have a bad leg and not enough to eat.

[VEO]

5 games and deep strategy criticism. I love this game for the humour. Keep it coming. :rolleyes:

[Another Darrel]

5 games and deep strategy criticism. I love this game for the humour. Keep it coming. :rolleyes:

Am I really cricizing your strategy (with a mix of compliments and jeers?) or poking thin skins to get a reaction and information. Of course not...lol.

Frankly, I will graciously lose or win...and obviously it will be due to my team as I rely upon them greatly for advice and coordination in the face of my inexperience. How's your teamwork coming along? Feel free to respond even if you've dropped the game etc.

Um, you guys are playing one nation each right?

I like the ribbing one way or another and love good banter. (Veo, I truly love your comments, excellent wit.) I wish you poor luck and many encounters with Sauron.;-)

I look forward to Cardolans seaborn invasion. :-)

[VEO]

Poke poke. Yes, we're jumping out of discomfort as you suspect, the source of which might surprise you - it's the discomfort one feels when the little'uns are poke poke poking too close to the fire. We're just trying to keep you safe. Now run along and play nice with the others. :p

[Ditski]

Besides, I'm only 11 years old and have a bad leg and not enough to eat.

Sidenote... That's how we'll all end up with the latest changes here in Aus. I'm playing 2 games at once for the first time... gotta get into it while I still can with poverty around the corner

Even the sheep are leaving :eek:

Ditski (Queenslander)

[Ditski]

Well come on in Big Boy and see just how deserted it is.


Brad, your spelling is as bad as mine... you left out the 's' in desert ed... like cust ed or the result you have when a bowl of it is droped onto the floor.... what a mess :p

The Nmen :cool:

[Ditski]

Am I really cricizing your strategy (with a mix of compliments and jeers?) or poking thin skins to get a reaction and information. Of course not...lol.



A.D. (aka Another Darrel and After Death) I'm sure I can get with or when either is revealed ;)

Anyway, I've learnt that as an Aussie, don't try to spell it out or explain that your not a nasty guy as it gets worse.... nobody wants to hear it.

Agree that you are the worst, you have an attraction for velcro gloves so your sheep stay at hand and the rest of the world will understand... well that's what I do :)

Nmen No sleep, it's all sheep :D

[Ditski]

I look forward to Cardolans seaborn invasion. :-)


What about the Nmen's unborn intrusion... will you love that ? :D

Nmen...Sheepish, Freepish and sometimes Creepish :eek:

[Ditski]

Um, you guys are playing one nation each right?


Don't know? I get this mail with lots of stuff about my relations, I like him I dislike you (not personal) and some great pictues of my ex girlfriends...

I keep rolling the dice and can't seem to get past "GO".... I'll never get that $200 bucks the other guys are talking about at this rate but they did tell me if I go to jail I don't have to pay anything... interesting option :D

Nmen - No idea what I'm playing with but I like 'swapping your PDF's with ya mate' if I can find one that my mates will have :)

As an Easterner, Apparently you can't get any closer to the edge of the map and every time I move east they call me Christopher Columbus... what are they saying :(

"Still", (not talking about your nation or the thing that makes grog), Better than being Captain Cook... don't want that tag, as a chef and a Gamer I burn everything and you're invited to the BBQ as the main course ;)

Cheers

[Another Darrel]

Poke poke. Yes, we're jumping out of discomfort as you suspect, the source of which might surprise you - it's the discomfort one feels when the little'uns are poke poke poking too close to the fire. We're just trying to keep you safe. Now run along and play nice with the others. :p

Good one. :-)

[Another Darrel]

Don't know? I get this mail with lots of stuff about my relations, I like him I dislike you (not personal) and some great pictues of my ex girlfriends...

I keep rolling the dice and can't seem to get past "GO".... I'll never get that $200 bucks the other guys are talking about at this rate but they did tell me if I go to jail I don't have to pay anything... interesting option :D

Nmen - No idea what I'm playing with but I like 'swapping your PDF's with ya mate' if I can find one that my mates will have :)

As an Easterner, Apparently you can't get any closer to the edge of the map and every time I move east they call me Christopher Columbus... what are they saying :(

"Still", (not talking about your nation or the thing that makes grog), Better than being Captain Cook... don't want that tag, as a chef and a Gamer I burn everything and you're invited to the BBQ as the main course ;)

Cheers

Hmmm....note to self...buy stock in Fosters. ;-)

[VEO]

I remember once a friend and I were drinking Fosters. There were these really hot woo's a couple tables over. I'm pretty sure they were looking, but then we kept drinking Fosters. We were having fun, getting a little loud, but in a good-funny way. And they were looking. But we kept drinking Fosters. He started to do his salt/napkin/chair tricks, I was singing my old trumpet solo, we were drinking Fosters. The woo's cleared out but quick, the waiter was hiding in the kitchen, the manager was on the red phone, we had finished our Fosters. It was a bad night all around, running out of Fosters like that.

[Ditski]

Hmmm....note to self...buy stock in Fosters. ;-)


Yuk! No wonder we've never met :) Though my folks used to drink it bu told people do strange things.

XXXX drinker only... when your charged up and typing it's easy to spell and it's a great Aussie beer originating here in Queensland at Castlemaine... well right up until the Kiwis took it over and sold it to the Japaneese

I spose the govenment can blame Global warming for that too???

Cheers

[Ditski]

I remember once a friend and I were drinking Fosters. There were these really hot woo's a couple tables over. I'm pretty sure they were looking, but then we kept drinking Fosters. We were having fun, getting a little loud, but in a good-funny way. And they were looking. But we kept drinking Fosters. He started to do his salt/napkin/chair tricks, I was singing my old trumpet solo, we were drinking Fosters. The woo's cleared out but quick, the waiter was hiding in the kitchen, the manager was on the red phone, we had finished our Fosters. It was a bad night all around, running out of Fosters like that.


Hmmmm... note to self.... don't drink Fosters :)

Note to Darrell... see what it does to you... don't drink Fosters :eek:

Note to Veo... when playing your own trumpet expect the Woo's to leave ;)

Cheers

[Another Darrel]

Foster's would never sell well in some US states because the cans would be too big to fit in the cup holders of the cars. :eek:

Yes, you haven't lived a full life until you've seen a drive-thru liquor store. I'm sure it's a coincidence that those states have amongst the highest auto fatality rates. :rolleyes:

[Pfendi]

I don´t belief it: Aussies and Americans are discussing the merits of beer. And even worse they are discussing Aussie beer.

The only good beer is made in Europe (can´t say Germany the Czechs are also making good beer, and some people actually like British or Irish beer).

But come on Bud or Fosters we wouldn´t give to our pets. A German dog would be insulted by that brew.

Cheers,

[Diehard]

The only good beer is made in Europe

Utter nonsense. Some good beer is made in Europe, along with plenty of dubious brews (belgian raspberry ale = beer for the queer).

Major label export beers (e.g. Bud, Fosters) cannot be trusted. North America's domestic market has been greatly enhanced by the proliferation of small / micro breweries. Huge selection, some of it really good stuff.

[Pfendi]

Utter nonsense. Some good beer is made in Europe, along with plenty of dubious brews (belgian raspberry ale = beer for the queer).

Major label export beers (e.g. Bud, Fosters) cannot be trusted. North America's domestic market has been greatly enhanced by the proliferation of small / micro breweries. Huge selection, some of it really good stuff.

It´s mostly cherry not raspberry beer in Belgium, even if yes they also do have raspberry beer:( . And yes it tastes as bad as you can imagine.

But still beer is only beer if it is brewed in accordance to the "Reinheitsgebot".

[VEO]

Ah, a closed minded snob amongst the enemy.. rinhotbingbot be damned, beer is a delivery mechanism for alcohol, ala cigarettes for nicotine and swank frappe's for caffeine. What's important is if you can get home without being followed and if not, you have an escape route out of the country if they can prove their offspring are yours...

[Ditski]

I don´t belief it: Aussies and Americans are discussing the merits of beer. And even worse they are discussing Aussie beer.

# No, I was discussing a beer named xxxx that is no longer Aussie... Fosters tastes like something from one of your poluted rivers.

The only good beer is made in Europe (can´t say Germany the Czechs are also making good beer, and some people actually like British or Irish beer).

# Beer is Beer wherever your from... come on, you actually don't drink it for it's taste.... makes you Ten foot tall and bullet proof and cheaper than Viagra ;)

But come on Bud or Fosters we wouldn´t give to our pets. A German dog would be insulted by that brew.

# Where I come from "Bud" is what you call a friend and "Fosters" is the name of your new parents when the real ones run off.

# You lot are strange, I wouldn't give my beer to a dog (whatever the Dog's nationality). "Insulted"? My Dog would be "Assaulted" if I caught it drinking my grog

Cheers,

Your not the "Dog" Lord by any chance... I doubt he'd have a penny to by a cheap Yourapeein beer for his pet Human :p

Ditski - of the Beer drinkin Nmen

[Ditski]

It´s mostly cherry not raspberry beer in Belgium, even if yes they also do have raspberry beer:( . And yes it tastes as bad as you can imagine.

But still beer is only beer if it is brewed in accordance to the "Reinheitsgebot".

Reinheitsgebot? Geez, I couldn't imagine having a six pack of Aus beer, go back for me seventh and say that to the servant :confused:

To me that's the sound I make after about 30 of them... oh I'm feeling crook..hup..hurp ... Reinheitsgebot....Ahhh, that's better out than in :D

Now xxxx (Fourex), you don't have to know how to spell it nor say it, cross your fingers and the beautiful bar maid (who seems to get better looking with each slurp), she knows exactly what you want :cool:

Ditslurpa

[Ditski]

Ah, a closed minded snob amongst the enemy.. rinhotbingbot be damned, beer is a delivery mechanism for alcohol, ala cigarettes for nicotine and swank frappe's for caffeine. What's important is if you can get home without being followed and if not, you have an escape route out of the country if they can prove their offspring are yours...

The only nasty offspring I can think of.... ummm, when the Missus shoves me off the mattress onto the floor after drinking copious amounts of the Amber fluid :o

Anyway, I don't drink beer... since I found a way to eat it ;)

I only drink twice a year... when I'm thirsty and when I'm not :rolleyes:

I'm no Aloholic either but I've drunk a few of them under the table :D

Back to the game... under these conditions it is important that I play on the edge of the map as one leg always seems shorter than the other... round he goes again.

Ditski... The inventor of Rhun Larger

[Brad Jenison]

Rhun Larger?

Is there a Rhun smaller? Or perhaps you are still under the influence of the Amber Fluid. If so hurry up and submit your orders.

[Gixxer]

Brad,
it looks like beer and other alcoholics are more interesting than playing the game.

Personally I'm favouring "white beer" !

Ha, ha, ha !

Have Fun !

Gixxx

[Gixxer]

Oh, so sorry, I thought you came because you wanted to sleep with the fishes.

Your ugly smelling orcish mob was able to firighten off the fishes and without another choice, we've done something against it.

Now your orcs are sleeping with the fishes and some more will follow.

Have Fun !

Gixxx

[VEO]

Tried that against Clint once...almost worked, actually...but no, not here. Our strategy is to have you believe we have a strategy when we don't even if we do.

[Brad Jenison]

Brad,

I keep waiting for the big surprise. The hit and run of the Dwarves was a bit of a surprise. I once heard Gimli say they were natural sprinters. I guess they didn't move quite so far because of the funeral right for Bain.

Only on Free icon in Harad, fewer and fewer in Mirkwood. Yes surprises abound in this game.

Brad

[Gixxer]

Brad,

I keep waiting for the big surprise. The hit and run of the Dwarves was a bit of a surprise. I once heard Gimli say they were natural sprinters. I guess they didn't move quite so far because of the funeral right for Bain.

Only on Free icon in Harad, fewer and fewer in Mirkwood. Yes surprises abound in this game.

Brad

Hey Brad,
you're always able to surprise me but counting isn't your strength, right ?

Maybe some armies have moved, maybe one of them has moved to 3221 ?

Ha, ha, ha !

Have Fun !

Gixxx

[Diehard]

Only on Free icon in Harad, fewer and fewer in Mirkwood.

Mirk? Seems to me the big, bad Dragon Lord's attack fizzled out in record time. 300 DarkL HC seem to be doing all the damage... and that aint much.

Yes surprises abound in this game.

No question about that. The cruel sacrifice of the FK starting military was an interesting one. Pretty expensive blocker. Up to you, though - we certainly don't mind destroying each of your armies in turn.

[Brad Jenison]

Come Come Diehard.,

A Dragon Lord attack fizzled? Isn't the Dragon Lord one of the most outnumbered and assailed positions in the game. Normally going into turn 4 hasn't the Dragon Lord come under intense pressure just to maintain a presence in his home area? I'll let the readers of the forum figure this one out.

Turn 3 was just run. Goblin Gate is in Dragon Lord possession, for that matter every starting Dragon Lord population center is in the Dragonlord's possession if my memory is correct. The Sinda Lothlorien army has been killed off. The starting army at 2711 has been killed off. The follow on army from 2711 has been killed off. From what I hear the commanders of the Woodman armies who have engaged in battle are now in hospital nursing wounds and trying to recover their self respect. Bain is now dead, Sneed the new agent named by the Dwarves is now dead. Thrar withdrew from Dol Guldur this turn as he was not strong enough to take it on his own. The Woodmen have gone north to Mount Gundabad I hear, has it fallen yet? I don't think so. For a game to be going into the fourth turn and with at least 3 nations sending forth their might against the Dragon Lord and to have taken nothing hardly sounds like a Dragon Lord defeat to me.

As for the Fire King. Do you forget he hires armies for free. What did your victory gain you?Well you still hold Osgiliath whoopee!!! Have you taken anything from Mordor? Were you able to move any of those armies into Mordor?

How about in the West? What has the loss of all that cavalry gained your nations except more balanced budgets? Yes you have taken a camp maybe even two I can't remember. You have however lost Imladris.

In the South, well as Gixxer said counting may not be my strongest suit, but I don't hear any desperate cries from help from Harad or the Quiet Avenger. Time is our friend Die Hard; we don't die hard we are deathless we don't die at all. We're having fun, hope you are as well

End of first Novella; hope you were entertained Brad B.

Brad

[VEO]

I'm always amused Brad J. We don't mind "counting" pops with you. For example, Morannon is just 1 then, right? ;)

[Brad Jenison]

Oh no, Morannon is a biggee, but what it is going to cost you and the question of can you hold it, well that's a different one altogether. I just found Die Hard's comments about a Dragon Lord offensive amusing. I don't expect that many would expect the Dragon Lord to be much more than defensive against the superior numbers that can be fielded against him.

The game is early I expect the happenings around the Fords of Isen are one cause of Thrar's sudden departure from Dol Guldur, maybe it was fear that what happened to Bain would happen to him. Early in the game I think most would be expecting to see pressure on us. We think we will weather it pretty well though. Hope you're not too attached to those huge armies.

Brad

[Diehard]

A Dragon Lord attack fizzled?

Did 2514 fall? Looked to be your plan. Dragon Lord military is looking pretty pathetic now.

What did your victory gain you?Well you still hold Osgiliath whoopee!!! Have you taken anything from Mordor? Were you able to move any of those armies into Mordor?

1000 light troops could've done the same job. Sheer waste. Keep it up.

[Brad Jenison]

Nope on both points Die Hard.

Did we attack at 2514? No, if you read the reports carefully you will see that the Dragon Lord army there stood on the defense and allowed the Sinda and Woodmen to throw themselves on the spears.

The Dragon Lord armies may be smaller but they still do exist unlike those they faced. Come on Die Hard you have 3 nations in eastern Mirkwood the Sinda, Dwarves and Woodmen. You outnumbered the Dragon Lord, had many more character orders, bigger recruiting centers and yet now there is no Dragon Lord population center under threat. The puny 1200 Sinda at 2514 are not a threat to Dol Guldur. There is no credible threat to Goblin Gate. You will probably waste an awful lot of troops in trying to take Mt Gundabad as well. The Military campaign in Mirkwood has been a failure for the Free many troops spent for no gain.

As for Osgiliath against the forces of North and South Gondor would have simply over run a thousand light troops. We know that you know that as well. The Fire King's troops gave as good as they got. You lost about 2200 troops most of them higher quality than his. He can replace his at no cost in about 3 turns and have them ready for immediate use. Oh and as said earlier at no cost. Argirion and Celdrahil will have to go home pick up more and sea lift them all the way back to the front. That is if you have someone at home recruiting for you now. Now add to that the fact that you probably realize that Minas Ithil is under new management. It will be a bit more costly for you to take than it was for us.

Hope you are having fun now, we are. Yep we're sitting here thinking, you've got us right where we want you.

Brad

[Diehard]

Did we attack at 2514? No, if you read the reports carefully you will see that the Dragon Lord army there stood on the defense and allowed the Sinda and Woodmen to throw themselves on the spears.

So your "master plan" was to throw away the cream of the Dragon Lord's military without inflicting any permanent damage? Hmm, that sounds a little fishy. I suspect it comes down to the fact that:
1. you couldn't seal the deal on the reveal, and
2. you couldn't prevent us from massing substantial forces there

- Keith

p.s. For a guy who is so pleased with his team's progress, you're awfully defensive...

[Brad Jenison]

Well you must search for the silver lining in every cloud. No 2514 wasn't revealed but then Imladris was and was immediately taken. Stop you from massing substantial forces. How would that have been done? The point is that you massed as much as you could. It wasn't enough though as it was wiped out. This made it impossible for the Dwarves to take Dol Guldur though why you wasted Bain in such a way confounds me. You had to know he couldn't take Dol Guldur, so why send him to such an obvious target. To have him murdered for no return at all? He killed off around 500 troops was that really worth such a character and the Horn of the Deeps? Permanent damage? The Dragon Lord is playing for time trying to hold a presence in Mirkwood keeping troops tied down that cannot be used elsewhere. He can't fight your three nations in a stand up fight at least not in this stage of the game. You have troop numbers on your side. You have a bigger recruiting base and much much more gold. Now in a few turns when the Dragons start to make their presence known maybe then permanent damage will be done.

Me defensive? Keith, you're the one trying to spin this one. Instead of the Free beating the brains out of the Dragon Lord you have lost your armies and taken nothing, not just in Mirkwood but everywhere. You haven't hurt the Witch King have you? Has the Lord of Angmar lost anything? Even Mt Gundabad is still in his hands and you sent the Maethelburg army that way. Can you take it? If you do will your commander survive fatal backache?

Rhudaur has lost a camp or two but you have lost Imladris and it appears that the Duns have company. Where is the Arthedain and Cardolan Cavalry force? On barbecue spits in the Rhudaur army camps. You have lost the mobility edge there it seems.

What have you taken in the South? Anything?

Mordor? Anything? Brad correctly points out that Morannon is under serious threat but come on you should be able to mount at least one threat.

Defensive, yes we are. That is how we planned it that is why there was no great Dragon Lord offensive.

I am happy you think things are going so well. Come and get me.

Brad

[Diehard]

Me defensive? Keith, you're the one trying to spin this one. Instead of the Free beating the brains out of the Dragon Lord you have lost your armies and taken nothing, not just in Mirkwood but everywhere. You haven't hurt the Witch King have you? Has the Lord of Angmar lost anything? Even Mt Gundabad is still in his hands and you sent the Maethelburg army that way. Can you take it? If you do will your commander survive fatal backache?

Um, I meant the other kind of defensive, you know, reacting strongly to being taunted. How did Darrell put it...

I poked, you jumped... :-)

Yeah, that about covers it.

[smuller]

your right,
the evils are killing us everywhere. perhaps we should just pack up are marbles and go home. maybe our overall game concept is that we don't have one, or it might require more then 3 turns to unfold. nah, we just don't have one. i always get full of hysterics when when the free don't rout the evils from angmar and mirkwood in 5 turns. its a long game, its a team game, so we'll see what happens.

sm

wait, you did take imladris, and you killed bain. actually, i'm a bit more concerned about the price of the metals. the other two are a com-50, and an unfortified m town thats fairly indefensible once its revealed( barring a major investment in timber better spent on war machines.) good luck in all things not game 18. sorry ed, not biting on your bait.

[Brad Jenison]

Keith,

No, wrong again. You are the one trying to spin the situation not me. I'm quite happy with the situation.

As I said I hope you are enjoying the game because so far we are.

Steve, you're right Imladris is pretty indefensible once it is revealed. Especially when there's no one at home defending it and little distraction to keep Rhudaur from snatching it.
Bain however is a serious loss even if he gave his toys away. It will take a lot of time to replace a 50 point commander and that is not even mentioning his other skills. We know that you guys had one starting Dwarf character hire an army in the North. You have two others commanding armies from the Iron Hills and one in Kheled Nala. Gain and Bain both started in Khazad Dum, Thrar joined Bain not a lot of spare Dwarves to go around especially with Sneed's untimely death.

Enjoy the game

Brad

[smuller]

humh,
so the dwarves are commander short. okay, at start, they are commander short. next, you'll forecast the sun rising in the east with stunning accuracy.
losing ashdu in combat at 2405 would mean what to the witch king?
using the cav of rhudar to dispatch the noldo garrision at 2209 was what?
now, i understand ashdu/feagw are still free, but i like the chances they don't wind up that way in two weeks. why is it that we commit our cav to pointless battles, and you commit the rhudar cav to a noble effort to keep the noldo from defending whats indefensible? how many witch king commanders are sitting in space, not recruiting troops(thanks for selecting double tactics at 1804, made my arthedain happy to face less hi). wait, did i slip??
you have your plans, and your objectives, we have our plans and our objectives. on the subject of plans and objectives, i think the ice king is a turn too late, too slow, and out of position. i kinda like how the huge freep armies at morannon and ithil look. granted, they'd look better at 3423 and 3224(worse at 2715/1804), but one hex at a time. nice play on the market, a turn sooner then expected. really, weakness at 2514, thats the best you could do with that mage. cast weakness and move.
sauron will recieve justice at the feet of the free kings, my job is to help arrange the meeting. it'd be sad if some of your agents had spent the opening turns of this game sitting in places that served no purpose, perhaps they are doing so now?(poke, poke, poke) stealing from my eothraim camps, please.

sm
luck in all things outside game#18
more next turn, this nonsense should keep the good mr mills pondering through the weekend.

[Diehard]

No, wrong again. You are the one trying to spin the situation not me. I'm quite happy with the situation.

Then why are you ranting? Or is verbal diarrhea just your modus operandi?

[Ditski]

Rhun Larger?

Is there a Rhun smaller? Or perhaps you are still under the influence of the Amber Fluid. If so hurry up and submit your orders.

A Rhun Smaller????

Ummm, It's Game 18, turn 3 mate. While the far eastern lads were enjoying a few Rhun Brewski's at 4415 with our mates the Tree Huggin Pointy's, we noticed a whole heap of meat pull up in town... hic, slurp... we just kept drinking as if nothing happened...

Because nothing did :D

Well the pointy's left town...beauty more for us :)

Please continue to make me smaller in this mannor :p

Ditski

[Ditski]

So the strategy is to bankrupt the WK and Rhu by not attacking them. Good thing I have only been recruiting MA.


Oh No, does your MA where army boots?

Terrifying ;)

[Ditski]

Keith,
No, wrong again. You are the one trying to spin the situation not me. I'm quite happy with the situation.

As I said I hope you are enjoying the game because so far we are.

not a lot of spare Dwarves to go around especially with Sneed's untimely death.

Enjoy the game
Brad

Slurrp... hic, what happened to the beer talk :confused:

I'm enjoying the beer... is there a game on???

Sneeds untimely death? Must of had a bit too much too drink... I didn't think there was going to be any deaths when we joined? :eek:

So your chalenges are more sucessful than your agents... who cares, another steps up to bat.

Cany you guys muster an attack in the east, if my men don't get some action soon, the keg's will run dry from loafing around... lucky we're not supplying the Eoth with beer as rumour has it his horses guzzle it down too :p

Nmen

P.S Hope you don't stop the banter... though utterly boring, reading the novels does cut back on the drinking <burrrrp>

[Brad Jenison]

Please Keith, you are just too much. I'll sign off now and wait until next turn to jerk your chain some more. I'll even make it easier for you. I am the Dragon Lord now see if you can put the hurt on me.


Steve, let's see what the next couple of turns net you. We can compare notes after the next one.

Brad

[VEO]

Notes? If we were taking notes, things would be much worse, well, for someone. Brad, you're the Dragon Lord? I'm the Moss Lord of Miserywood. I hate this place, it's my fondest wish you removeth me. Thanks in advance.

Beorabrad

[Gixxer]

As for the Fire King. Do you forget he hires armies for free. What did your victory gain you?Well you still hold Osgiliath whoopee!!! Have you taken anything from Mordor? Were you able to move any of those armies into Mordor?
Brad

Hi Brad,
do you've taken a closer look on 3124 ?--

Have Fun !

Gixxx

[Diehard]

Please Keith, you are just too much.

Of course. This is a forum for talking smack, isn't it?

I'll even make it easier for you. I am the Dragon Lord now see if you can put the hurt on me.

Doesn't really seem necessary - you're doing a pretty good job of making your nation a non-factor all on your own. :p

See you next turn...

[Brad Jenison]

Gixxx

Yes I have, no worries there, really, just come on in.

[Gixxer]

Gixxx

Yes I have, no worries there, really, just come on in.

Brad,
my mates will consider it and the chance that they will move back isn't really high.

Have Fun !

Gixxx

[Ditski]

Yo, Ditski, in America its "Fleet Week". You know, be nice to sailors. Only the Sinda fleet has made a liberty call at our ports. We are disappointed. Where is the NM fleet?

Aye me lad, ye lads are a bit fleet weak, ya sayin? Here in the land of Rhun, the land of Geenies and enless beer kegs Fleet of foot weez are!

Arrr, yes me fair and fine boatski's, They be right where we wants them!

Pirates weez iz! And yee be not knowing wherz we are ey? Weez been thinking ye be smart enuff to use some lad named Dim Oh... thanx for tellin us e aint around then

Thee be trying to pry some info from me poor drunkin lads ey? Well me boats and me beer are not for your knowin....hic... burp, until weez are ready for the showin :D

And meez a hearin the pointy's aren't be sharin no Liberty passes either... continue to feel disappointed or anything pointed me matski's can muster... burp :p

Hic.. Ditski

[Ditski]

Please Keith, you are just too much. I'll sign off now and wait until next turn to jerk your chain some more. I'll even make it easier for you. I am the Dragon Lord now see if you can put the hurt on me.


Steve, let's see what the next couple of turns net you. We can compare notes after the next one.

Brad

I be thinkin you lads are comparing a bit more than notes... that's where the Northmen got their name. North being a direction that is usually "up" the map. The Big "N"... "N" for Nice to see you :D

My men, well, we be "up" anything that moves and if it don't, we be givin it a shove then :p

Ditski.. no point in comparing "notes" mine are always bigger ;)

[Ditski]

Gixxx

Yes I have, no worries there, really, just come on in.

PARTY!!!! I hopes me boyz gets a personal invites... theyz be really hissed if they had to crash it.

The talk was much amongst the Northmen tribes and their cham pions...pion anything actually...

Barlin, aptley named from whence he was born (in the bar) and the sound he makes after a big night on the Rhun Grog, shouts:

"Merry Men, transfer the timber from stick throwers to Draglines, weez be headin up the creek to dredge a channel to the Wyrm Lord... his shout aparently!"

"Psst"... he whispers to the Big E, (*note "Psst" is a quiet sound made from either end, to attract attention and aka result of copious Lager consumption),

"Don't tell the lads it can't be done... weez be just inspirin themz and raise their morale", as Eoder listens in with fingers clasping nose, just in case.

"Morale?", says Eoder, who checks the cellar thinking Barlin can't be serious... but 'clicks' when he realises it wasn't 'More Ale' he wanted,

"Ahh, morale Barlin, It be high as the lads after saturday night's pub crawl or the view our horse neighbours have (or 'Hoarse' from too much shouting "Charge!"), atop Mount Morannon" (or mount anything given the chance, aparently)

So the story is told and the Northmen Bards begin to sing songs with titles like, "Mountain of Love" and "Wake me up before you Go Go", which made no sense but was a merry time we had :D

Ditski of the NorthBoyz... Dredgin or Sledgin weez the Ladz :D

[Ditski]

Brad,
my mates will consider it and the chance that they will move back isn't really high.

Have Fun !

Gixxx


Well, not as high as the view from the Mountain real estate :D

Ditski.... the Northmen Wise One and a serious conversationist... Where's Winsten?

[Another Darrel]

how many witch king commanders are sitting in space, not recruiting troops(thanks for selecting double tactics at 1804, made my arthedain happy to face less hi). wait, did i slip??

I'd be willing to bet I outrecruited your 900HI last turn. I also appreciate your failure to downgrade me and transfering your HC to a crappy commander...thus saving me the 400HI you think I didn't recruit recruit at my capital.

I certainly don't like paying 5k to hire army but it's better than losing PC's and the markets have been kind to me.

I've previously given you kudos for your aggressive attacks so I think I can rib you back a little. :-)

The woodrats made a good move sending more troops to Buhr Fram last turn....but I'm just buying some time for now. I'd rather have them after Mt. Gunderbad than Goblin Gate so I'm happy with that. Maybe I lose it, maybe something happens otherwise? I just might continue to have this streak of beginners luck.

[VEO]

That's "Woodrats"..proper noun, needs a capital "W"...thanks.

Beorabrad the Grammatical

[Ditski]

I'd be willing to bet I outrecruited your 900HI last turn. I also appreciate your failure to downgrade me and transfering your HC to a crappy commander...thus saving me the 400HI you think I didn't recruit recruit at my capital.

I certainly don't like paying 5k to hire army but it's better than losing PC's and the markets have been kind to me.

I've previously given you kudos for your aggressive attacks so I think I can rib you back a little. :-)

The woodrats made a good move sending more troops to Buhr Fram last turn....but I'm just buying some time for now. I'd rather have them after Mt. Gunderbad than Goblin Gate so I'm happy with that. Maybe I lose it, maybe something happens otherwise? I just might continue to have this streak of beginners luck.

G'day A.D.,

Transferring to crapy commanders comes natural to freeps as not many of us start with the commander pool the WK does...

Out recruiting your opponent, hire, buying chars... taxes up then and you'd be about ready to receive a transfer.... you'd be hoping Robin Hoodlem and his band of merry football hooligans don't intercept the kings ransom? :)

Enjoy the time you have, spend big, there's plenty of money, trust me yoru allies will bail you out ;)

Aggressive attacks? Your not cooperating with Dragin the chain lord... he says we're not aggressive enough but feel free to slap him around for good measure if he's not singing the company song

Beginers luck? Does that only happen at the begining of a game? I'm going to use begrinners luck for the moment :D

I'm Begrinning to enjoy this forum thingy

I know, I just can't mind my own business...

Anyway, what happened to the good old fashion back door Mordorians, scampering to save Mumma Sauron's beloved Hill top views? Surely one of you have a come back to that :o

If it is your first Darrell???? Hope you enjoy it all the same

Northmen... coming to a theatre near you!

[Another Darrel]

Well Ditski,

I guess I have to choose the lesser of two evils in that spending gold is better than losing PC's at this point. Want to send me some gold this turn? ;-)

As for scampering back to protect Mt. Gunderbad....well...I can't protect everything and for now Ashdubuk has done his job of buying me a little time.

Nah, this isn't my first game...#5 or 6 I think. You should have an easy time beating me...it's just that I've been really lucky so far. :-)

[Another Darrel]

That's "Woodrats"..proper noun, needs a capital "W"...thanks.

Beorabrad the Grammatical

I meant what I said. :p

http://www.gpnc.org/ratew.htm

[VEO]

:rolleyes:

I 'spose you can go cryin to grandpappy Ed when the hangnails get infectious. He'll care as much as I, but differently.

Beora

[Pfendi]

I meant what I said. :p

http://www.gpnc.org/ratew.htm


Better that than a "Heterocephalus glaber" so consider yourself lucky to be called woodrats.

[Ditski]

I meant what I said. :p

http://www.gpnc.org/ratew.htm


We said what we meant :D

[Ditski]

Well Ditski,

I guess I have to choose the lesser of two evils in that spending gold is better than losing PC's at this point. Want to send me some gold this turn? ;-)

As for scampering back to protect Mt. Gunderbad....well...I can't protect everything and for now Ashdubuk has done his job of buying me a little time.

Nah, this isn't my first game...#5 or 6 I think. You should have an easy time beating me...it's just that I've been really lucky so far. :-)

G'day AD's

You want gold, come get it, I'm rolling in it... stupid Barlin spilt beer on it :p

Ashdu's time is DS money... as I said, spend up your allies have plenty is my best tip for a beginner... on the other side :)

"Beating you?" The boys are mean and keen but from whence we sit, it not be so easy yet. Having a mage learn 'beam me up' spell, be over in a minute though. Nothing else to do seeing as your allies chose the least populated area to attack in Rhun <yawn> :D

"# 5 or 6", I'm past that... beers that is ;)

Playing my umpteenth game and proudly never won one yet... smashed up a few that have though, or so they say?

See, the important thing to me is not victory but actually embarrissing those that think they're victorious and using your pecker as the weapon of choice, even if it is the smallest Rod of Righteouosness

You have a fun game and one more thing,

I simply aint buying your Rookie sales pitch. Not accusing you of anything but if you do something that proves your green, ok. Or alternatively you could profess to me your "experienced" and I'd treat you the same... by roasting your nations leaders on the Rhun Barbeque :D

I hate war games, nobody wants to be my friend anymore :)

Cheers,
Ditski of the Northmen.... where there's Beer, there's food :D

[Ditski]

Better that than a "Heterocephalus glaber" so consider yourself lucky to be called woodrats.

Is that one of those German or Yor a Pean Ales? I keep saying the best beer is one sillybal

I couldn't find that name in the Dickshunairy... you must have spelt it rong :p

Couldn't find woodrats either :confused:

D of NM

[Ditski]

:rolleyes:

I 'spose you can go cryin to grandpappy Ed when the hangnails get infectious. He'll care as much as I, but differently.

Beora


Does Mr Ed live in a stable at Morannon? Aweful lot of horses live there... just wondring :rolleyes:

[Pfendi]

Is that one of those German or Yor a Pean Ales? I keep saying the best beer is one sillybal

I couldn't find that name in the Dickshunairy... you must have spelt it rong :p

Couldn't find woodrats either :confused:

D of NM

Spelling is correct, look here

http://animaldiversity.ummz.umich.edu/site/accounts/information/Heterocephalus_glaber.html

[VEO]

G'day AD's
I simply aint buying your Rookie sales pitch.

Ego games Dit, you're an Aussie, you likely play more overt masculinity boosting games like "smash em in the head with a chair" or "drink em till they sign over their sheep and fall in a hole". Here in NA we have developed a fondness for false modesty. It's win-win, really. Play like crap, well, there's an excuse. Play any better than that and you've set yourself up to fish for compliments. I'm not complimenting anybody, take your rod back...and keep away from the fire... :p

No Dit, fishing rod...geez you guys....

Beora the Vain

[Another Darrel]

Ego games Dit, you're an Aussie, you likely play more overt masculinity boosting games like "smash em in the head with a chair" or "drink em till they sign over their sheep and fall in a hole". Here in NA we have developed a fondness for false modesty. It's win-win, really. Play like crap, well, there's an excuse. Play any better than that and you've set yourself up to fish for compliments. I'm not complimenting anybody, take your rod back...and keep away from the fire... :p

No Dit, fishing rod...geez you guys....

Beora the Vain

Nah, I just thought your earlier comments about being new were funny and so I've been poking fun at the whole "new" thing. Frankly, if I were on my own I'd be in a lot of trouble....fortunately I have several good resources on my TEAM to come to my aid.

Frankly, I don't want to hear compliments from you but rather more complaints about Ashdubuk tying up most of your armies and commanders oh ravager of empty hexes....lol.

[Ditski]

I never mean what I say nor say what I mean. How do you think I got old?

Defending Morannon??? :rolleyes:

[Ditski]

Nah, I just thought your earlier comments about being new were funny and so I've been poking fun at the whole "new" thing. Frankly, if I were on my own I'd be in a lot of trouble....fortunately I have several good resources on my TEAM to come to my aid.

Frankly, I don't want to hear compliments from you but rather more complaints about Ashdubuk tying up most of your armies and commanders oh ravager of empty hexes....lol.

First off... too much Frankly for my liking. I prefer not to be Frankly'd, thank you very much...been there, done that

Second, you've been "poking fun at the whole" Watch out you don't get sucked in :D

Third, several good resources on your team... must mean the one's that left the Rhun fight. Point 3.1 might be: Your not the only one who's gonna need resourcing.... takes a bit to rebuild the mountains once they're Bulldozed level ;)

Fourthly (not frankly) I have not been giving you any compliments so stop trying to sober me up :)

Finally (though I doubt it), Ashdu is not tying anything other than his shoe laces right at a time when he should be looking over his shoulder to see the Mighty Rod Rifling towards him. Reminds me of the Johnny Cash song "Buring Ring of Fire" actually and 'Ash du' would be the 'end' result (al puns intended) :D

The only raveging of empty hexes is DS armies as they past thru unowned ex DS Pop centres.. looking for Ash I spose?

I think we should let you live the longest to keep the men in their merry state, though you may have to be killed second last, Dragboy does deserve more rodding and prodding for his earlier comments :p

Ditski... talk in wet cement with a mouth full of marbles

[Ditski]

Ego games Dit, you're an Aussie, you likely play more overt masculinity boosting games like "smash em in the head with a chair" or "drink em till they sign over their sheep and fall in a hole". Here in NA we have developed a fondness for false modesty. It's win-win, really. Play like crap, well, there's an excuse. Play any better than that and you've set yourself up to fish for compliments. I'm not complimenting anybody, take your rod back...and keep away from the fire... :p

No Dit, fishing rod...geez you guys....

Beora the Vain

Here in Aus we don't have a fondness for false modesty or any chick with false anything... well false teef have some advantages but Sheepses, they are beautiful, plenty around too

Funny... but I only see one ego... The DS, 'Ego' down faster than grany's knickers on fathers day :D

[Ditski]

Defending Morannon??? :rolleyes:


Whoops, spelling mistake again, I meant Morannun :D

[VEO]

Moron'in, methinks..

[Winsten Wun Toof]

The 3rd month in the war was dawning, and things were going well for the darkies. Derdy Dwar's defence strategy was working a treat - walk around backwards with a goofy look on your face, and when you hear the scary music start .... walk faster :D

Maybe the next tap on your shoulder will not be a loving one :)

Khamul's defensive strategies were similarly excruciating for the Freepies. The defence of Harondor was causing the Freep no end of pain..... Well it would have if they had turned up :)

You've shown how devestating your defences are where we aint, time to progress to defending the things where we is..... :)

Winsten Wun Toof - turning Mordor into Middle Earth's largest swimming pool...... but mind the bobbing Nazgul :)

[Winsten Wun Toof]

QUOTE=VEO Moron'in, methinks..[/QUOTE]

*I believe that by convention - the owner gets to name it (so that cuts out the DS from the debate at least). All of the names in Mordor are soooo drab. I think we should rename it "Misshappypants" :D

Winsten Wun Toof - helping darkies everywhere to 'discover' themselves :)

Oh BTW - I'm back :cool:

[VEO]

Ladies get in free after 11..?

[Ditski]

QUOTE=VEO Moron'in, methinks..

*I believe that by convention - the owner gets to name it (so that cuts out the DS from the debate at least). All of the names in Mordor are soooo drab. I think we should rename it "Misshappypants" :D

Winsten Wun Toof - helping darkies everywhere to 'discover' themselves :)

Oh BTW - I'm back :cool:[/QUOTE]

Great... what chance do me Northmen have of renaming anything? :(

I can't even get the LR to attack me and he hides on a deserted Island in the middle of the Great Puddle of Rhun, (The boys did add a bit to that), he runs his orcses to the least populated abodes and won't challenge our spokesmens over the startling truths found in the Dead Rhun Scrolls... written by Sauron aparently :confused:

It's created lots of idle Northmen drinking large quantities of Rhununlager... the best brew on planet Freep :p

Bring back the Smack, The Ape is Back!

Ditski <Hic>

[Ditski]

Moron'in, methinks..


Methinks... to get into an argument I'm going to have to start a fight with you and Winsten... not much else on offer :rolleyes:

[Winsten Wun Toof]

QUOTE=Ditski Methinks... to get into an argument I'm going to have to start a fight with you and Winsten... not much else on offer :rolleyes:[/QUOTE]

*What? Get in a fight with a man with no teeth and a beer fixation? You've got nothing to lose in a fight (well not your looks anyway :-) I've got an uncle like that - on beer and in fights all the time. One morning he come home with a beatific smile on his face, a mashed nose, his front teeth knocked out and two black eyes. Turns out a Samoan bouncer reshaped his head into a stubbie holder (holds a 375ml beer bottle). The reason for the beatific smile? Better than plastic surgery - he managed to straighten a previously broken and bent nose :) So no, I don't fight blokes with faces like catcher's mits, I'm probably doing them a favour. Me on the other hand - well I'm beautiful :D

Winsten Wun Toof - Neither lover nor fighter.... just don't touch me!!!! :mad:

[smuller]

pochak blindly challenges gildor at 3924..
morannon under eothraim ownership, stripped of defenses.
3322 provides a nice roadblock, for the freeps? ji playing with women in web?
2421. the disappearing m town as 2600 dog lord cav arrive.

so far, so good, so what? interesting game, but the market is way too high.

good hunting bad guys, in all things outside 18.

sm freep

[Ditski]

pochak blindly challenges gildor at 3924..
morannon under eothraim ownership, stripped of defenses.
3322 provides a nice roadblock, for the freeps? ji playing with women in web?
2421. the disappearing m town as 2600 dog lord cav arrive.

so far, so good, so what? interesting game, but the market is way too high.

good hunting bad guys, in all things outside 18.

sm freep

You forget.. the Nmen just batched another brew of the good stuff <hic>

Hey Smulls, you forgot to tell them what color our under garments were but I think you've covered the part about our enemy isn't wearing any :D

I like the disappearing MT bit, like the disappearing Moragone but far less likely to make your bank manager nervous... around 9k gold per turn while the hordes at 2421 play the poker machines, Sauron will be impressed :eek:

[Ditski]

Barlin wiped his eyes with a broken beer bottle as he woke... "Hmmm, the sun is up early today... and it is in the wrong place... cripes, it's afternoon!" He'd been sleeping for days and it was always past his bedtime. "And this rash?"

Eoder was laughing because he'd slipped some vegetables into Barlin's Brew, knowing full well he was allergic to solids...

Still, they had nothing to do anyway so why not have some fun thought the Big E.

They both looked at the big rock in the middle of the piddle... puddle, perhaps but it didn't matter, the sea of Rhun was deserted anyway and both tasted the same... "<yawn> is that the Long Rider in the distance" said Eoder? Barlin burped the belch or boldness " who cares"... and they happily cracked another coldie

It seemed nobody missed such far away places? They only missed real combat of which no enemy could be found that was worthy

2 months since the war had started and the enemy was yet to be seen at close range?

[Ditski]

How many evil eyes does it take to change a light bulb? Just can't be done, apparently :confused:

How long is a peice of string? Twice the distance from the centre to one end or even further than a DS army from his own pop centre with a light bulb on it, apparently :eek:

Northmen - nothing else to do but write silly stuff on a Forum - to himself... where did the enemy go :(

[Winsten Wun Toof]

Well as far as our gaming goes it's been pointed out to us that we're so incompetent that we could be thrown into a bag of boobs and come out sucking our thumbs :) but at least we've proven that we are da men when it comes to forum trashing. Do they have some manky award for forum bothering? If they do, I vote me for #1 :D

Winsten Wun Toof

[Winsten Wun Toof]

Dendra Dwar sat stunned amidst the utter destruction, surrounded by the smoking remains of rubble, iron works, gizzards and other assorted wiggly bits.... and that was only his underpants!!! Morannon had faired considerably worse......... :D

Excerpt from Ode de Morannon

Yea verily it was written that Mahrcared slapped Dendra so hard that he shut Khamul up :)

Wassup laddies - something unpredictable happen? :D

Winsten Wun Toof

[Winsten Wun Toof]

Hey who turned out the lights?

Is the game over?

Did we win?

It seems kinda lonely in here...... :rolleyes:

Winsten Wun Toof (predicting that he'll be told that he'll get a reply when he has something useful or amusing to say :-)

[VEO]

If we're enjoying the "ebb", they you're suffering our "flow"...correct? So, once we've...er....flown, we then, ebb? At which point, you'll be flowing..? I get it, like Go Fish, we take turns..? Good. So after we flow, we ebb, but then the lights change and we flow again... I see, I see, very nice. Fair and equitable to all parties. Okay. Good. Um,er....but then what?

[Winsten Wun Toof]

QUOTE=VEOIf we're enjoying the "ebb", they you're suffering our "flow"...correct? So, once we've...er....flown, we then, ebb? At which point, you'll be flowing..? I get it, like Go Fish, we take turns..? Good. So after we flow, we ebb, but then the lights change and we flow again... I see, I see, very nice. Fair and equitable to all parties. Okay. Good. Um,er....but then what?[/QUOTE]

*If it ebbs - the DS go back onto solids :) If it flows, the DS try to muster one set of teeth between the lot of 'em :) All in all, not as much fun as Khamul's stunningly accurate predictions (two turns after the event :D I say - "Bring back the prodder" being predictable has never been so profitable :) Meanwhile, as advised by Ed we'll continue to collect shellfish like Ashyr to add to our collection :)

Winsten Wun Toof

[Brad Jenison]

Winsten are you trying to talk about the game? It's kind of hard to follow. There hasn't been much to comment on. As for Khamul two turns after the event. You guys seem to expect that even outnumbered three to one the Dragon Lord would attack in some powerful offensive. Has your side accomplished anything? The Duns have withdrawn from the Rhudaur border lands. Nothing has fallen in Mirkwood but Woodmen and Sinda population centers. The South has not been a resounding source of victories for the Free.

A major push at Morannon and the Ithil Pass but you still haven't accomplished much besides wasting time and killing troops who were put there for the express purpose of dying to slow your progress. Looks like all your eggs are in one basket. I have nothing to report, oh except that you took Ashyr, I took Guntram. True Guntram is not all that great a character but then again neither is Ashyr. Go ahead and take Nahald Kudan, I expected that 3 turns ago, but better late than never I guess.

Brad

[Winsten Wun Toof]

QUOTE=Brad JenisonWinsten are you trying to talk about the game? It's kind of hard to follow. There hasn't been much to comment on. As for Khamul two turns after the event. You guys seem to expect that even outnumbered three to one the Dragon Lord would attack in some powerful offensive. Has your side accomplished anything?

*No not really.... oh wait up, a gaggle of Eothraim did manage to sidestep all of your defenders and lob up to Morannon virtually unopposed :) A gaggle of other less august locations will get jumped on by various unwashed freepies, and you still haven't caught us yet......

The Duns have withdrawn from the Rhudaur border lands. Nothing has fallen in Mirkwood but Woodmen and Sinda population centers. The South has not been a resounding source of victories for the Free.

*You're about to win there then? :)

A major push at Morannon and the Ithil Pass but you still haven't accomplished much besides wasting time and killing troops who were put there for the express purpose of dying to slow your progress. Looks like all your eggs are in one basket.

*Actually I think your eggs might be in my basket, have you seen them lately? :)

I have nothing to report, oh except that you took Ashyr, I took Guntram.

*No we took Morannon, Ashyr plopped onto our lap. I suspect we got the better deal :)

True Guntram is not all that great a character but then again neither is Ashyr. Go ahead and take Nahald Kudan, I expected that 3 turns ago, but better late than never I guess.

*I just love to have someone curse my team for predictability and sloth. It makes it so much more amusing when I hit the quote button a couple turns later :D Maybe we are being a bit more circumspect about our approaches than rushing in like a bunch of gerbils??? Or maybe we are just applying a bit of seasoning before we eat you :eek: The finger's on the quote button :)

*I see you don't know why you're getting so much attention. Read your early mail. It might explain how that big red bullseye came to be on your forehead :)

Winsten Wun Toof

Brad[/QUOTE]

[Brad Jenison]

Have a good game Winsten. We have won in Rhudaur. With all the advantages in troop strength you guys accomplished what? Took a couple of camps, wow, they were replaced, with no impact to our economies. Now the Duns are clustered around their capitol and not attacking Rhudaur, why is that? Could it be the fact that there are cavalry armies about that just cleared 2619 and 2520 of the Free then destroyed the Dun cavalry in the process. Your attack on Angmar will have some initial success but nothing that cannot be dealt with.

Congratulations you took Morannon. Of course you are using just about everything the Eo can scrape together. Speak to me when you are inside of Mordor and not just standing on the threshold trying to build the courage to come in. Not in at Minas Ithil either I see. Even with close to 10,000 troops you cannot seem to take a town. Again speak to me when you are in and not just whistling Dixie.

Come on in boys we really wish you would. If not go back to your beer swilling bragging.

Brad

[VEO]

I've been drinking a surprisingly reasonable local red recently, no beer here...

[Winsten Wun Toof]

QUOTE=Brad JenisonHave a good game Winsten. We have won in Rhudaur.

*Really? I hadn't looked at the allies turns to be honest, but you must be really something to have taken all their pops by turn 4 :) Or is this something that just happens on Planet Brad? :) I'd have thought it a bit early to call that one.....

With all the advantages in troop strength you guys accomplished what? Took a couple of camps, wow, they were replaced, with no impact to our economies. Now the Duns are clustered around their capitol and not attacking Rhudaur, why is that? Could it be the fact that there are cavalry armies about that just cleared 2619 and 2520 of the Free then destroyed the Dun cavalry in the process. Your attack on Angmar will have some initial success but nothing that cannot be dealt with.

*Again you've got us there Brad. Another campaign lost alas. You are quite the genius mate :)

Congratulations you took Morannon. Of course you are using just about everything the Eo can scrape together.

*This is uncanny Brad, how do you know so much :)

Speak to me when you are inside of Mordor

*Sorry can't - you wont be playing by then :)

and not just standing on the threshold trying to build the courage to come in. Not in at Minas Ithil either I see. Even with close to 10,000 troops you cannot seem to take a town. Again speak to me when you are in and not just whistling Dixie.

*Brad not to put too fine a point on it, but you should talk considerably less, that way we would only be guessing :)

Winsten Wun Toof - amused at watching while Brad digs a hole and fills it in after him :)

Come on in boys we really wish you would. If not go back to your beer swilling bragging.

Brad[/QUOTE]

[Winsten Wun Toof]

QUOTE=VEOI've been drinking a surprisingly reasonable local red recently, no beer here...[/QUOTE]

*Where on earth would a grape be able to grow in Canada? Or do you make them out of something else?

Winsten

[VEO]

Global warming bro....

And when you pick on Jenison, qualify the Brad...I get enough dis' on the boards already, don't need the voyeurs misinterpreting your bile.. :)

[Winsten Wun Toof]

QUOTE=VEOGlobal warming bro....[/QUOTE]

*Yeah well I'm hazarding a guess that I know where the hot air's coming from :D

Winsten

[Brad Jenison]

Winnie don't get so riled up.

We consider the outlying DS nations to be at greatest risk so to us the fact that you have not eliminated us is to us a victory. Never mind the fact that you haven't even hurt us. So yes to us we have won against the Duns.

As for you not being able to speak with me because I won't be there. I think you've got it turned around. I doubt that you will get into Mordor so you are right you won't be able to speak to me when you are in Mordor. Oh, I'll still be around of course but you won't be in Mordor. Just on the outside looking in as you are now.

Still, I am glad you're having such a good time.

Brad

[VEO]

Niagara, Point Pelee, some valley in British Columbia also. We figured out wine well before wheat up here, priorities you know...

[Winsten Wun Toof]

QUOTE=Brad JenisonWinnie don't get so riled up.

*I'm not getting riled up. I'm just considering what I should do with your head when you're finished with it. I think a garage. Seems such a waste of a room with an unimpeded view though :)

*Otherwise - I'll give you this, you're making me take alot more interest in what's going on with the rest of our map.

Winsten Wun Toof

We consider the outlying DS nations to be at greatest risk so to us the fact that you have not eliminated us is to us a victory. Never mind the fact that you haven't even hurt us. So yes to us we have won against the Duns.

As for you not being able to speak with me because I won't be there. I think you've got it turned around. I doubt that you will get into Mordor so you are right you won't be able to speak to me when you are in Mordor. Oh, I'll still be around of course but you won't be in Mordor. Just on the outside looking in as you are now.

Still, I am glad you're having such a good time.

Brad[/QUOTE]

[Winsten Wun Toof]

QUOTE=Ed Mills*Where on earth would a grape be able to grow in Canada? Or do you make them out of something else?

Winsten[/QUOTE]

The south shore of Lake Erie, from Cleveland to Erie PA, is one big grape field. Hear there a lot of grape fields on the north shore also. Probably just produces grape juice though.[/QUOTE]

*Wow there you go. I might be wrong about sooo many other things then :)

*Well one thing's for certain, playing with you lot has taught me reams about alcohol (and why I should never drink it :D )

Winsten Wun Toof

[Ditski]

Well as far as our gaming goes it's been pointed out to us that we're so incompetent that we could be thrown into a bag of boobs and come out sucking our thumbs :) but at least we've proven that we are da men when it comes to forum trashing. Do they have some manky award for forum bothering? If they do, I vote me for #1 :D

Winsten Wun Toof

Stop beating your chest you big Ape :)

Incompetent us Northmen should be with all this free time making us lazy and all the beer we're drinking... must be the interval... when does this movie actually start <burp> <Blurp> :confused:

[Ditski]

It is the nature of wars and wargames that they ebb and flow. Enjoy the ebb, collecting driftwood and shellfish. Just don't have the barbie to close to the water's edge. The flow is coming.

Going thru the mail one at a time Ebb... <burp> <hic> I mean Ed,

The tide is truely out around Rhun but the flow isn't coming, it continues to pour down the already mositened Northy throats.

No time for collecting Sea Shells by the Seashore... too busy collecting Numb Skulls at the Mor Door :D

[Ditski]

Have a good game Winsten.

# Now BJ don't be like that, share some of that good will with the rest of us... truely thus far we are all having a good game, not just Winsten

We have won in Rhudaur.

# Hmmm... congratualtions you owned it to start with but hey, if you can't get along with yourself then by all means, beat yourself up :D

With all the advantages in troop strength you guys accomplished what?

# A damn good laugh... what else is there? Glad to see you wandered away, maybe now it's time to play? :cool:

Took a couple of camps, wow, they were replaced, with no impact to our economies.

# Troop Maintenance would be zero for you then, economically speaking or you given up recruiting now your doing so well?

Now the Duns are clustered around their capitol and not attacking Rhudaur, why is that? Could it be the fact that there are cavalry armies about that just cleared 2619 and 2520 of the Free then destroyed the Dun cavalry in the process.

# I'd hardly say keeping some of the boys in reserve to deal with the potential Dog attack is clustering.... Bashing the Duns cav with the Dog cav plus recruitment hardly seems a major victory but if your like me, small things for small minds... looked down lately? :eek:

Your attack on Angmar will have some initial success but nothing that cannot be dealt with.

# By a Forum verballing from Draggin Lord?

Congratulations you took Morannon. Of course you are using just about everything the Eo can scrape together.

# The Eoth is scraping a few girls together to knock out a Capital Keep, while the entire DogL and friends is muscling down the Dun cav... If your not laughing at what you wrote, you should join me in a beer and a major giggle :D

Speak to me when you are inside of Mordor and not just standing on the threshold trying to build the courage to come in.

# Nads to climb Moranomore may not be courageous, nads to defend it mightily wouldn't count as courage either (as you perceive it) but if we keep pushing your threshold down your throat, you'll find out soon what part of the anatomy it comes out of :eek:

Not in at Minas Ithil either I see. Even with close to 10,000 troops you cannot seem to take a town. Again speak to me when you are in and not just whistling Dixie.

# You can tell us when we're not in... technicaly your right, every time we drive your front line back, it no longer is your front line :rolleyes:

Come on in boys we really wish you would. If not go back to your beer swilling bragging.

# Your finally making some sense... we've only beenrinking in celebration over the first 4 turns <hic> Celebrations and beer drinking to continue :p


Brad

# Ditski of the Beermen ;)

[Gixxer]

Congratulations you took Morannon. Of course you are using just about everything the Eo can scrape together. Speak to me when you are inside of Mordor and not just standing on the threshold trying to build the courage to come in. Not in at Minas Ithil either I see. Even with close to 10,000 troops you cannot seem to take a town. Again speak to me when you are in and not just whistling Dixie.

Come on in boys we really wish you would. If not go back to your beer swilling bragging.

Brad

Hi Bradden,
the " Black Gate " isn't any longer in DS's hands.

It's the best fortified fortress around Mordor and now it's in possession of the EOs and the forties are down !

Please don't tell me that this wasn't a loss for you.

You would like to tell me that the Dog was able to compensate it by taking some unimportant pops ?

Ha, ha can't believe it !--

Your starting armies will be toast soon and I'm really curious to see what will happen without your starting armies.

Have Fun !

Gixxx

[Winsten Wun Toof]

QUOTE=GixxerHi Bradden,
the " Black Gate " isn't any longer in DS's hands.

It's the best fortified fortress around Mordor and now it's in possession of the EOs and the forties are down !

*No apparently Morannon is not part of Mordor. We still haven't gotten to Mordor. I suspect that Mordor will always be one hex away from where we are :)

Winsten Wun Toof

Please don't tell me that this wasn't a loss for you.

You would like to tell me that the Dog was able to compensate it by taking some unimportant pops ?

Ha, ha can't believe it !--

Your starting armies will be toast soon and I'm really curious to see what will happen without your starting armies.

Have Fun !

Gixxx[/QUOTE]

[Ditski]

QUOTE=GixxerHi Bradden,
the " Black Gate " isn't any longer in DS's hands.

It's the best fortified fortress around Mordor and now it's in possession of the EOs and the forties are down !

*No apparently Morannon is not part of Mordor. We still haven't gotten to Mordor. I suspect that Mordor will always be one hex away from where we are :)

Winsten Wun Toof

Gixxx[/QUOTE]

Aparently it's the threshold of Mordor that is untouched... but after 2 of Barlin's brews the lads are saying he forgot to mention his no hope lads parked at 3222 which is also a threshold of Freepdom.

Did we thank the Cloud for handing that over as it was very handy :D

[Pfendi]

Hi Bradden,
the " Black Gate " isn't any longer in DS's hands.



Your starting armies will be toast soon and I'm really curious to see what will happen without your starting armies.

Have Fun !

Gixxx

Well with the starting armies gone, we don´t have to pay for them. That question is easy to answer.
But I don´t see much left from the FP starting army at my doorstep either. The big push by the Gondors all their starting armies and what have you acomplished? Even the MT of Minas Ithil as this nice flag of the Dark L flying.
Too bad my threat failed or it would be the flag of Dirty Harry.

Oh and you know what happens around turn 5 don´t you?

Nice liizzzard, eat Human/Elf/Dwarf flesh, be a nice (evil) dragon.:D

Martin

[Winsten Wun Toof]

QUOTE=PfendiWell with the starting armies gone, we don´t have to pay for them. That question is easy to answer.
But I don´t see much left from the FP starting army at my doorstep either. The big push by the Gondors all their starting armies and what have you acomplished? Even the MT of Minas Ithil as this nice flag of the Dark L flying.
Too bad my threat failed or it would be the flag of Dirty Harry.

Oh and you know what happens around turn 5 don´t you?

Nice liizzzard, eat Human/Elf/Dwarf flesh, be a nice (evil) dragon.:D

*Wont do you much good when you don't have any armies :-) That reminds me lads - burn all of their camps...... >:-)

Winsten Wun Toof

Martin[/QUOTE]

[Brad Jenison]

Gixx,

Yes Morannon is yours for the time being but knocking down those fortifications makes it a much less significant obstacle. Now it really isn't all that important is it? Poor, Winston doesn't seem to realize that we can always raise armies and even a tiny army with a dragon in tow will be very bad news indeed for your splendid huge armies. Nothing has really changed since the last time you asked me if I could see the Free Army icons. They are still where they were, our nice reception was ruined by your lack of initiative. The offer stands come right on in.

Oh, Winston, that is good advice we will burn what ever camps we come across as well.

Brad

[Winsten Wun Toof]

QUOTE=Brad JenisonGixx,

Yes Morannon is yours for the time being but knocking down those fortifications makes it a much less significant obstacle. Now it really isn't all that important is it? Poor, Winston doesn't seem to realize that we can always raise armies and even a tiny army with a dragon in tow will be very bad news indeed for your splendid huge armies. Nothing has really changed since the last time you asked me if I could see the Free Army icons. They are still where they were, our nice reception was ruined by your lack of initiative. The offer stands come right on in.

Oh, Winston, that is good advice we will burn what ever camps we come across as well.

*Hmmm, I see this conversation is only flattering to you. It must be a shock and a pleasure for you to have a 2 way conversation for a change. But in the words of the wise, "I bet you wont be annoying me when you're eliminated"

Winsten Wun Toof

Brad[/QUOTE]

[smuller]

Oh and you know what happens around turn 5 don´t you?

Nice liizzzard, eat Human/Elf/Dwarf flesh, be a nice (evil) dragon.

Martin

been there, done that.
dragon killer. no more lizards. basic tactic in grudge games.

sm

[Ditski]

Gixx,

Yes Morannon is yours for the time being but knocking down those fortifications makes it a much less significant obstacle. Now it really isn't all that important is it? Poor, Winston doesn't seem to realize that we can always raise armies and even a tiny army with a dragon in tow will be very bad news indeed for your splendid huge armies. Nothing has really changed since the last time you asked me if I could see the Free Army icons. They are still where they were, our nice reception was ruined by your lack of initiative. The offer stands come right on in.

Oh, Winston, that is good advice we will burn what ever camps we come across as well.

Brad

Brad, When you say Moragone is a much less obstacle.... for which side do you speak of.. and yes it is less important isn't it :D

...and as you guys alude to you only need small armies with wyrms and we only need slightly larger armies to disperse them... that is so cool :cool:

Yawn

[Ditski]

Oh and you know what happens around turn 5 don´t you?

Nice liizzzard, eat Human/Elf/Dwarf flesh, be a nice (evil) dragon.

Martin

been there, done that.
dragon killer. no more lizards. basic tactic in grudge games.

sm

Barlin cracked another brew with one hand, stroking his nice lizard with the other and thought: Hope my allies don't eliminate all the lizards? :D

[Gixxer]

Well with the starting armies gone, we don´t have to pay for them.

So it's a jubiliant time for you !

The CL won't have to pay his forces any longer !

Completely wiped out ( including cav ).


Have Fun !

Gixxx

[Another Darrel]

Thanks for the good laugh this turn guys....that was one miraculous threat of Mt. Gunderbad with 1200 troops. Loyalty there was 65 at the start of the turn too...happy to share pdf's after the game is over.

Anyway, at least that keeps the west interesting. I really don't see you guys rooting us out by turn 10, maybe not ever at this point. You can fluster and bluster about it (the usual forum ribbing stuff) but you know the truth.

I give Arthedain an a grade of A so far....if I ever play them I will steal several of your actions...well done.

I'd like to thank the Dwarves for swapping 2004 for 2005....better view and a safer neighborhood. :-)

Glad to see Cardy is still with us...I thought they were being special serviced again. I suspect Cardy will take thier first and only PC of the game this turn. Huzzah! :-)

[VEO]

...that was one miraculous threat of Mt. Gunderbad with 1200 troops. Loyalty there was 65 at the start of the turn too...happy to share pdf's after the game is over.

What do 1200 troops have to do with it? I'm liking our chances ever more. Keep your 10 turn thingie going, keep hearing the same trite from BJ - "Oooh, Aaah, the FP 'always' do *this* and the FP always do *that* and you aren't so you suck!"... Nice box you're living in, air holes would help...the DS *always* have air holes in their box (not too large, you might see out of it now.:D )

Beora

[Brad Jenison]

Come on Brad. I have never said you guys sucked. Much too thin a skin there I think. I am impressed by how many troops your nation has fielded and keeps in the field. It is obvious your team has deep pockets. Your team has not played in a conventional way that much I think you would have to agree with. We didn't expect you to, and have not been disappointed. I don't think we have played the DS inside the box as you say. Maybe you expected the cavalry raiding armies, perhaps you expected the moves in the West. You obviously were surprised by my lack of offensive action or at least spent a lot of type commenting on it. So if your teams comments are an indication of what you guys felt the game would develop into I would have to say Mirkwood was outside the box you expected me to be in. As far as the other areas in the game, if our other players wish, they can comment on their own. Don't take it too personal Brad. I haven't got much else to say about this turn. So I won't be commenting. When you guys get all those troops onto Dol Guldur that should be interesting.

[Winsten Wun Toof]

QUOTE=Another DarrelThanks for the good laugh this turn guys....that was one miraculous threat of Mt. Gunderbad with 1200 troops. Loyalty there was 65 at the start of the turn too...happy to share pdf's after the game is over.

*Yeah tell me about it. I spent some time and went into some length explaining why it could not work, and the moment I did it, I had to laugh because I knew that Brad being as difficult as he is - would find a way :)

Anyway, at least that keeps the west interesting. I really don't see you guys rooting us out by turn 10, maybe not ever at this point. You can fluster and bluster about it (the usual forum ribbing stuff) but you know the truth.

*What truth? I look very sexy in tight clothes? YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!!! Least ways not without buying me a few beers first :)

I give Arthedain a grade of A so far....if I ever play them I will steal several of your actions...well done.

I'd like to thank the Dwarves for swapping 2004 for 2005....better view and a safer neighborhood. :-)

*Great we'll have all your things sent up to your retirement home then :)

Glad to see Cardy is still with us...I thought they were being special serviced again. I suspect Cardy will take thier first and only PC of the game this turn. Huzzah! :-)[/QUOTE]

*Famous last words? :) You bit the hand Darrel.... you bit the hand....

Winsten Wun Toof

[Winsten Wun Toof]

QUOTE=VEOWhat do 1200 troops have to do with it? I'm liking our chances ever more. Keep your 10 turn thingie going, keep hearing the same trite from BJ - "Oooh, Aaah, the FP 'always' do *this* and the FP always do *that* and you aren't so you suck!"... Nice box you're living in, air holes would help...the DS *always* have air holes in their box (not too large, you might see out of it now.:D )

*That's pretty funny Veo :) I've got an air hole too you know, but I try not to look out of it, breathe through it (ick!), and I definitely don't let it put too many of my turns in :) Otherwise, .... it's a good'un....

Winsten Wun Toof

Beora[/QUOTE]

[VEO]

Don't take it too personal Brad.

You talking to me or you?

;)

[Gixxer]

Come on Brad. I have never said you guys sucked. Much too thin a skin there I think. I am impressed by how many troops your nation has fielded and keeps in the field. It is obvious your team has deep pockets. Your team has not played in a conventional way that much I think you would have to agree with. We didn't expect you to, and have not been disappointed. I don't think we have played the DS inside the box as you say. Maybe you expected the cavalry raiding armies, perhaps you expected the moves in the West. You obviously were surprised by my lack of offensive action or at least spent a lot of type commenting on it. So if your teams comments are an indication of what you guys felt the game would develop into I would have to say Mirkwood was outside the box you expected me to be in. As far as the other areas in the game, if our other players wish, they can comment on their own. Don't take it too personal Brad. I haven't got much else to say about this turn. So I won't be commenting. When you guys get all those troops onto Dol Guldur that should be interesting.

Greetings Brad,
let's say I'm a bit dissapointed about your gameplay.

I've expected much more resistance !

Your armies trying to hit our backyards were intercepted, they won't be able to do much harm to us.

Further on your doggish armies will be wiped out soon !

Have Fun !

Gixxx

[Diehard]

I haven't got much else to say about this turn.

I've got some suggestions:
* Duran isn't half as scary as he thinks he is
* Attacking with a blocker just saves the bigger guy an order
* All those light bulbs around DolG really brighten the place up... ;)

[VEO]

Whoa...Hold on there Diehead.. Duran Terrifies me. TERRIFIES. Yup. I'm scared over here. SCARED. Let me be clear. Duran is one bad dude. I'm quite worried that he'll do bad things to be. It's frightening, in fact. Bad things could happen to the Woodmen...! The WOODMEN!!!! Have you not read my results..??? A newly named Veteran got KIDNAPPED! And now he's gonna slaughter a bunch more of me!! I'm gonna DIE! What, what can POSSIBLY matter next to that? Please, Blowhard, stop with the silly forum chatter (to be expected, sigh, I know...). Leave me my FEAR!!

[Ditski]

Thanks for the good laugh this turn guys....that was one miraculous threat of Mt. Gunderbad with 1200 troops. Loyalty there was 65 at the start of the turn too...happy to share pdf's after the game is over.

Anyway, at least that keeps the west interesting. I really don't see you guys rooting us out by turn 10, maybe not ever at this point. You can fluster and bluster about it (the usual forum ribbing stuff) but you know the truth.

I give Arthedain an a grade of A so far....if I ever play them I will steal several of your actions...well done.

I'd like to thank the Dwarves for swapping 2004 for 2005....better view and a safer neighborhood. :-)

Glad to see Cardy is still with us...I thought they were being special serviced again. I suspect Cardy will take thier first and only PC of the game this turn. Huzzah! :-)

g'day ad's
first point to make with you is there is nothing funny about losing a major town...sauron will be displeased. talking about threats, you guys have been luckier with those towns than one wild go with the woodies and what about the forum one's, you guys haven't been much chop there :)

second point, i don't want you rooting anything of mine.... specially the lovely sheepses. eoder will be unhappy about that :eek: you are right we know the truth but trying to convince bj of it isn't going to work is it :confused:

turd point... try stealing something of arths other than his actions... actions are for girls while beer and sheep are for men, as we northies see it :D

forf finger point is, don't swap things with dwarves... do you know where they come from and their girls have bigger beards than my sheep... also that's not soft ground your treading on... you noticed the smell lately :rolleyes:

fiff and final finger, the cardy is special but not his service, as you will soon find. :mad:

i was going to go to another point but fingers are short in supply when one hand is occupied with a beer but how's all that attack going on the duns... hard to get anywhere once you cross the river... all soggy and no fight left perhaps...cav all tied up at the gap... such a poor nation is the duns and yet all that mighty cav and northern armies yet to make a dent, yawn :p

eoder and barlin, brothers in bastardry ;)

[Ditski]

Brag, brag, brag. Wish I had something to brag about.

me too ed... no lounge rider, no blind sauce to go with the beer and pizzas, dog horsies in a far away land, damn super agents twiddling thumbs on some deserted vacant lots, can't get a bite on the forum, a fight from the enemy and i have to make fun of my own nation to keep awake. :(

barlin is making jokes about eoder like, e o der nothing when he slipped out the back door...what's the game coming too ;)

ditski of no ideaski's

[Ditski]

Whoa...Hold on there Diehead.. Duran Terrifies me. TERRIFIES. Yup. I'm scared over here. SCARED. Let me be clear. Duran is one bad dude. I'm quite worried that he'll do bad things to be. It's frightening, in fact. Bad things could happen to the Woodmen...! The WOODMEN!!!! Have you not read my results..??? A newly named Veteran got KIDNAPPED! And now he's gonna slaughter a bunch more of me!! I'm gonna DIE! What, what can POSSIBLY matter next to that? Please, Blowhard, stop with the silly forum chatter (to be expected, sigh, I know...). Leave me my FEAR!!


the only thing i fear is you sending another one of these letters or you being relocated as my neighbour hic.. do guys drink beer, we might get along:p :D

sorry veo, enemy isn't rubbing me up, so i may as well start on my allies and get into a fight... besides you're probably closer ;)

[Ditski]

*What truth? I look very sexy in tight clothes? YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH!!! Least ways not without buying me a few beers first :)

## :rolleyes: Truth..she got nice hooters??? I got the beer on tap ;)


*Famous last words? :) You bit the hand Darrel.... you bit the hand....

Winsten Wun Toof[/QUOTE]


# Glad your not talking to me... if i bit the hand it wouldn't hurt, given i lost me teefs. But it does help the beer go down without those obstacles :D

Baaarlin

[smuller]

i hate this game. germans, and aussies and canucks oh my! i feel like ji indur, dressed to kill, and nobody to slay. whats with orduclax at 3222?
following the yellow brick road.
sm

[Ditski]

i hate this game. germans, and aussies and canucks oh my! i feel like ji indur, dressed to kill, and nobody to slay. whats with orduclax at 3222?
following the yellow brick road.
sm

An bloody yanks... the multiculture middle earth mayhems... Oh, I recommend Ji kills orduclax for stupidity, gets a skill increase and cuts back on the freep iodine supplies used on Mahrcared's paper cuts :D

[Another Darrel]

The whole drunken, non-sensical, multiple posts in a row thing has gotten old guys.

I sometimes wonder if you guys are posting to the wrong threads?

[Brad Jenison]

Darrel; I guess we should just give up now. They have seen through the plan and fled to avoid the wrath of Ji Indur and Orduclax. Gerhard is dissapointed by our level of play. The masterful play by the Duns has stopped our attacks. The Dragon Lord's conquest of Mirkwood has been completely derailed. Angmar is obviously about to perish. Finally oh my God after only loosing six thousand or so troops Gondor has managed to reach Barad Ungol. Lucky for them their sly commanders left fortifications in their rear, oh check that those fortifications are still held by the DS, a dim ray of Darkness to bolster our resolve I guess, well let's muddle on. We're doomed but too oblivious to recognize it.

[VEO]

Drink more and repeat thyself thricefold. Salvation is at hand.

Beora

[VEO]

For the record, *we* notice you all have nothing to say, so you lash out and attack our style. "Well, well, well...well, you're a poopie-head!". Very typical, predicatable, and, unfortunate for supposed *first* worlder's. Enlightenment is surely at hand... At least swampy doesn't have to play sandbox pride games. Good on you.

Beora

[Winsten Wun Toof]

QUOTE=Ditski

fiff and final finger, the cardy is special but not his service, as you will soon find. :mad:

i was going to go to another point but fingers are short in supply when one hand is occupied with a beer .....

*Your other hand should be good for the 6 then Ditto cos you know what usually occupies that one :D

Winsten Wun Toof

[Ditski]

The whole drunken, non-sensical, multiple posts in a row thing has gotten old guys.

I sometimes wonder if you guys are posting to the wrong threads?

It's my forum and I'll use it how I like :mad:

:p just kidding but I am having fun adn pay a packet for it. As for posting in a row... I don't sit around with the computer on hoping you guys post so I can be a smart A. When I go look, there you are and here I come

If it's annoying, then I have acheived my goal. yep, that's right I don't even care about the game 18 battles or lack of them :p

[Ditski]

Darrel; I guess we should just give up now.

# Shouldn't you ask the rest of the team about surrendering?

They have seen through the plan and fled to avoid the wrath of Ji Indur and Orduclax.

# :cool: Any more wrath from Ji and orduclax and laughter will kill us off one by one :)

Gerhard is dissapointed by our level of play.

# and his own probably? :D Forgive him, he told us you guys were alright and now he has egg on his face :rolleyes:

The masterful play by the Duns has stopped our attacks.

# Just another smarty pants reply to your comment about how "the Duns ran home" (remember?). IF you don't recall expect me to remind you.

# When you think about it, he attacked up the right flank of Rhu drawing several armies around 1910 and you threw 3 armies at him,(2wk+rhu)... could have been nasty? Then the dog cav appear at the gap and he musters a block, just after fighting the Ice troops and losing his cav (so easily) as you put it. You were making some sense before (before you spoke :rolleyes: ) but surely you can see why I'm happy for my mate and ally and wished to remind you? :D

# Anytime I make a statement and you shove it down my throat on the field, please remind me...it's all fair in war and war

The Dragon Lord's conquest of Mirkwood has been completely derailed.

# Heard about that, sorry but Fair call...

Angmar is obviously about to perish.

# Working on it...

Finally oh my God after only loosing six thousand or so troops Gondor has managed to reach Barad Ungol.

# Notice when you throw the numbers around you tactfully don't mention your own losses... one guess from an uneducated man might say if the gondors lost 6k, you lost twice that? Care to place a bet ? ;)

Lucky for them their sly commanders left fortifications in their rear,

# leave our rear alone please, mine being the nicest looking...

oh check that those fortifications are still held by the DS, a dim ray of Darkness to bolster our resolve I guess, well let's muddle on. We're doomed but too oblivious to recognize it.

#OK, here comes the honest bit in an effort to see that this doesn't become a sour puss forum.

# It's just smack talk as players like to put it. I am only having a dig, a bit of a go, a tease...whatever. You don't have to bite at everything. When you start to make some sense, you go and do the grumpy thing... throw a smile or a sarcastic icon or whatever in there... add some colour and beat the sheeite out of me if you can, on the field, on the forum... I'm totally unphased :cool:

# AD's is cool, Ed's had a go but BJ get smart and talk the talk but use the right end to do it :o

Ditski aka Ditto of the northmen

[Winsten Wun Toof]

Baltab crept along the pass of Morannon, his troops fanned out in front of him. (He found that was usually the best strategy, that way they didn't get in his way :) Very soon he expected to spring his trap on the Eothraim Heavy cav as Hukor led his force from the other end of the pass.....

Mahrcared hid behind a fig leaf. He suspected it wasn't very good cover since he'd had many complaints when he'd worn it as a swim suit, and it was especially bad since it was leopard skin pattern, but it was worth a try. As the two orcish forces closed, 3000 Eothraim cavalrymen sneaked behind the fig leaf and away into the night.........

Now you just gotta love the Eothraim 'Stealth cav'. Now come on, give the big fella some love :D

Winsten Wun Toof

PS can we stop with the contempt for each other's teams. If you want to make a funny - I'll laugh with the best of them, but showing contempt for the opposition's play doesn't inspire anyone to want to put much effort in, or to play another. If you aint got humour - shut up......:eek:

[Winsten Wun Toof]

QUOTE=Ed MillsBrag, brag, brag. Wish I had something to brag about.[/QUOTE]

*Oh make something up. It seems to be all the fashion :D I'm not really the world's exotic dancing champion but it's just as believable as the "clever" comments of half the players here :D

Winsten Wun Toof

[Winsten Wun Toof]

Quote:
Originally Posted by Brad Jenison
Don't take it too personal Brad.


You talking to me or you? (Veo)

*Bad move either way ;)

Winsten Wun Toof.

[Winsten Wun Toof]

QUOTE=GixxerGreetings Brad,
let's say I'm a bit dissapointed about your gameplay.

I've expected much more resistance !

*You've been hanging around Anja too much Gixxx, Brad doesn't know you that well yet :) Actually doesn't she use the first line on you as well? :D

Winsten Wun Toof - helpful as a pocket in undies.

[Winsten Wun Toof]

QUOTE=Ditski # Glad your not talking to me... if i bit the hand it wouldn't hurt, given i lost me teefs. But it does help the beer go down without those obstacles :D

*Just as well you're not one of the Darkies with their preference for biting people. It would take a looooooong time to die with you gumming on them. You'd probably have to suck them to death :D I'll leave you with that in fear and trepidation that I'm about to cause a disorderly queue :D Anything to shut you up right :)

Winsten Wun Toof.

Baaarlin[/QUOTE]

[Winsten Wun Toof]

QUOTE=smulleri hate this game. germans, and aussies and canucks oh my!

*Could be worse, you could be with all the Americans getting - how you say? - Fanny spanked around Modo :)

Winsten Wun Toof


i feel like ji indur, dressed to kill, and nobody to slay. whats with orduclax at 3222?
following the yellow brick road.
sm[/QUOTE]

[Brad Jenison]

Go ahead and lay it on guys. Glad you're having a good time. Glad you feel such confidence.

[Winsten Wun Toof]

QUOTE=Brad JenisonGo ahead and lay it on guys. Glad you're having a good time. Glad you feel such confidence.[/QUOTE]

*Brad you are soooo cute when you pout :) I love you Brad, you can be my new Modo Ho :D

Winsten Wun Toof

[VEO]

Entertainment+Comedy+Fantasy <> Fate of the Free World.

Come now come now, you don't have to be so glum now!

Hey WWTooph - you just slack up a bit and let them get an edge, so we can show them how the Forum is supposed to work..! :)

[Winsten Wun Toof]

QUOTE=VEOEntertainment+Comedy+Fantasy <> Fate of the Free World.

Come now come now, you don't have to be so glum now!

Hey WWTooph - you just slack up a bit and let them get an edge, so we can show them how the Forum is supposed to work..! :)[/QUOTE]

*Aaah to hell with that! I'm going to whale on Ditto for a while :) (Embarrasing him may be the only way I get to stay ahead of him in number of posts - he's had more posts than Warren the Wonder Dog, must be all that beer the silly bugger absorbs)

Winsten Wun Toof

[Brad Jenison]

Wail away WWT. You seem to be trying to wind me up. Not going to happen. It's a game, I don't know you so don't know how much of this is gamesmanship on your part. You and Ditski can post what ever you want. I just am not going to respond in kind.

[Ditski]

I just am not going to respond in kind.

:D You just did reply, it happens imediately after you hit the "submit reply" button but you are rarely kind and that's why I like you :D

[Ditski]

QUOTE=VEOEntertainment+Comedy+Fantasy <> Fate of the Free World.

Come now come now, you don't have to be so glum now!

Hey WWTooph - you just slack up a bit and let them get an edge, so we can show them how the Forum is supposed to work..! :)

*Aaah to hell with that! I'm going to whale on Ditto for a while :) (Embarrasing him may be the only way I get to stay ahead of him in number of posts - he's had more posts than Warren the Wonder Dog, must be all that beer the silly bugger absorbs)

Winsten Wun Toof[/QUOTE]

Embarrass me, Dit the meek, whom was meant to inherrit the earth :o

Bring it on you big ape and I'll show what banana does to your internal complextion :p

Hope that inspires BJ to spank you mightily on the forum ;)

[Ditski]

I haven't paid my phone bill... can someone give Eoder's lot a call, they seem to have wandered off south and I can't reach him to tell him the party has finally arrived at Rhun... some of the guests at least

[Ditski]

Shhhh.. be berrry berry qwiet, we're sneaking up on wasskily wabbits with weely worried faces

It's weely qwiet now

[Gixxer]

When you guys get all those troops onto Dol Guldur that should be interesting.

Aha,
so now this game is more interesting for you ?

Have Fun !

Gixxx

[Another Darrel]

All is quiet on the western front.

Some pops lost, some pops taken....Rhudaur and the WK remain pretty much dug in and mostly unscathed for the time being.

[Brad Jenison]

[QUOTE=Gixxer]Aha,
so now this game is more interesting for you ?

About the same actually.

Good job at Barad Ungol.

Brad

[Ditski]

All is quiet on the western front.

Some pops lost, some pops taken....Rhudaur and the WK remain pretty much dug in and mostly unscathed for the time being.


Dug in... like a grave you mean ;)

[Gixxer]

Good job at Barad Ungol.

Brad

If you think so !

Have Fun !

Gixxx

[VEO]

All is quiet on the western front.

Some pops lost, some pops taken....Rhudaur and the WK remain pretty much dug in and mostly unscathed for the time being.

Witch King has lost 1 MT, 2 towns, and 3 villages. "mostly unscathed"...? That's interesting. But hey, now you can give Mordor your extra MT's instead of the other way around. We like to do things differently here, you're welcome.

Beora

[Ditski]

[QUOTE=Gixxer]Aha,
so now this game is more interesting for you ?

About the same actually.

Good job at Barad Ungol.

Brad

If you are "about the same" as Gixxx... no wonder I find you hard to understand. ;)

Good job at barad? What did we do there? I thought we were attacking elsewhere but if we're doing well there too, I'm for that.... and a little praise from our enemy is good for morale too i spose :D

[Ditski]

Where's all the Blind troops... you guys aint gonna tell me all you have out back is the wounded LR startups?

Eoder slurred his command orders..."<burp> down drinkths, party's over flellas, time for business and 'urp' bloodbarfs, the DS have left the dunny door wide open... Charge, last turd in is a rotten Margott... leave noffin alive!!!"

[Another Darrel]

Witch King has lost 1 MT, 2 towns, and 3 villages. "mostly unscathed"...? That's interesting. But hey, now you can give Mordor your extra MT's instead of the other way around. We like to do things differently here, you're welcome.

Beora

Hmmm, so the stuff I take or take back doesn't count? For the record, the Rhu and WK defensive protectorate ;-) has taken an MT and two towns...and will have reclaimed many of the WK pops you've taken by the end of this turn. (Arthedain didn't even say thanks when they won the movement coin toss at 1907 and reclaimed the 11k of food they'd given me earlier :-) )

Granted everything is relative....I see now that you hold a defense of the west to a much higher standard than I.

[VEO]

Ah yes, I see, I forgot Imladris. Okay, so defend the west. We'll be content with Morannon, Durthang, Barad Perras and Dol Guldor for the time being.

Cheers,

Beora

[Another Darrel]

It's an interesting game so far, still up for grabs and I am learning some new tricks and enjoying myself so thanks for a good game so far.

Any interest in a pdf swap after the game or general question\answer?

[VEO]

I archive all my game files, but respect the players rights to their files. For those who provide me with permission, I'll distribute those files.

[Ditski]

Hmmm, so the stuff I take or take back doesn't count? For the record, the Rhu and WK defensive protectorate ;-) has taken an MT and two towns...and will have reclaimed many of the WK pops you've taken by the end of this turn.

Granted everything is relative....I see now that you hold a defense of the west to a much higher standard than I.

G'day AD's
Rhu and Wk took back a MT? Perhaps you "exchanged" some of yours for some of ours or vice versa but we are a sharing freep... you must love us for that :rolleyes:

The defense of the west is highly achievable... me and the big Ape have been there and done that, got the shirt for it, in this style of gaming. I grant you, our oposition 'May not' have been as good as your lot?? but I think Brad ('the good Brad', if there is such a thing ;) makes a good point in regards to your up coming relocation plan...

Swapping Mordor for a couple of brown lands towns and a long winded northwest capaign doesn't cut it with our lot, I'll let you know.

However, by all means display your joy right here in post so you can have your balloon deflated by pricks like me, any/every time :D

And may your Dog cav continue to flounder around uselessly towards the west and the Duns so we freeps can make and rename "Nodoor" (it's wide open), a better place. Just remember this, when the B's (Bain's Boys and Beora Brad) clean their hive out and the Duns removes your letheless Dog doo doo from MEarth, your going to be in for a whole lot of fun with your "defensive protectorate"

Have fun all the same

Eoder, story teller of the East

[Ditski]

I archive all my game files, but respect the players rights to their files. For those who provide me with permission, I'll distribute those files.

You have my permission but who'd want to look at the boring Nmen game... I just ask you wait till after I've cleared out the backdoor and snuck off with their wallets before you hand my files over :D

The Tripple X files of the Northmen should be available soon

Ditto

[Gixxer]

Greetings Freps,
I guess we will see some interesting battles next turn.

.. and I'm not speaking about the NW !

Have Fun !

Gixxx

[Ditski]

Greetings Freps,
I guess we will see some interesting battles next turn.

.. and I'm not speaking about the NW !

Have Fun !

Gixxx


Your not speaking of the nwest because you don't live there.... otherwise you'd be talking nothing else :D

Where's the Blind sorcerer troops... lets talk about them :)

[Brad Jenison]

The patrol from the Osgiliath garrison watched from their hidden position as the two men approached them. Finally the sharp eyed scout said "Sir, they appear to be wearing the uniform of Gondor." The Targen quickly ordered the patrol to mount up and they approached the two. Only when they got closer did they recognize the muddy and tired Gondorian soldiers as the famous Lords Caranthir and Argirion who had left a month ago at the head of 9,500 troops on an expedition to wrest back control of the City of the Moon. The weary pair told of the tragedy that had befallen the flower of Gondor. They told of nearly constant fighting and the destruction of the entire army by the screaming hordes of Mordor. Many of the finest of the land had been lost including the famous lords Vinyaran and Celdrahil of Southern Gondor. It would be a sad day when this news was received back within the walls of Osgiliath. The quest had failed, the City of the Moon was still firmly in the hands of Mordor. Only two remained to tell the tale.

[VEO]

Hmmm.... I thought they told of the constant fighting and the destruction of the screaming hordes of Mordor. It will be a happy day when Osgiliath recieves this news instead of said hordes... Perspective. Now, who's gonna assemble another "horde" first...? :)

[Brad Jenison]

Well perhaps that's the question. Then again perhaps not.

[Ditski]

.... and the useless lords of the Northmen watched on as all the ancy nancy Mordorians made remarks about killing some cannon fodder known as SoldaPill and Vinyard.... sounding like a good party to attend, he wondered at how he could join such a festival?

What focus does our enemy have wondered Barfin... who continued to do so, for he had run into the runaway chariot horde the Rider who was Long.... a long way from his home.

While the City of the Moon was held by the Lords of Darkness, the Moon of the Northmen was revealed but the moon did not shine upon many of the enemy for there was little of them to speak of? Still, Eoder said, "it's the thought that counts"

Still, the empty minded Northmen wondered what stories would be told behind the walls of Dol Nomore, Durgone and Morannone, which still remains a walless wasteland?

It didn't matter, for the orders had come, "The people of Rhun, down your tancards, we must move on Mordor fast before our greedy allies claim it all for their own" "To Battle, we wait no more for our enemy to arrive, we fight him in his own backyard!"

[Gixxer]

The patrol from the Osgiliath garrison watched from their hidden position as the two men approached them. Finally the sharp eyed scout said "Sir, they appear to be wearing the uniform of Gondor." The Targen quickly ordered the patrol to mount up and they approached the two. Only when they got closer did they recognize the muddy and tired Gondorian soldiers as the famous Lords Caranthir and Argirion who had left a month ago at the head of 9,500 troops on an expedition to wrest back control of the City of the Moon. The weary pair told of the tragedy that had befallen the flower of Gondor. They told of nearly constant fighting and the destruction of the entire army by the screaming hordes of Mordor. Many of the finest of the land had been lost including the famous lords Vinyaran and Celdrahil of Southern Gondor. It would be a sad day when this news was received back within the walls of Osgiliath. The quest had failed, the City of the Moon was still firmly in the hands of Mordor. Only two remained to tell the tale.

... after they were able to beat the FK, DaLi's and the whole CL-army as well.

Hey there Bradden,
not much to report ?

Have Fun !

Gixxx

[Brad Jenison]

Yes they did save the Cloud Lord a lot of gold. She was looking for a cost effective way to lighten her maintenance burden so many thanks to the Gondors. Other than that, well let's see the Fire King hires armies for Free so his losses aren't that big a deal, as evidenced by the fact that it was his new recruits and those of the Dark Lieutentants that put paid to the expedition. Must not have been too awfully serious a loss to the Dark Lieutentants when looked at from that perspective. Minas Ithil still sits firmly in the hands of the Dark Lieutentants and Barad Ungol in the Fire King's.

Brad's point is well made, however we remain on our recruiting centers. So our horde production proceeds. You failed to mention the expendable cannon fodder commanders. That is indeed one advantage to the Free that 60 rank commanders are cannon fodder.

[VEO]

They are but an expensive burden. Most aren't true Regents, so many years of peace. New, eager, battle ready blood seekers, that is our goal. Thanks for accelerating the modernization of our forces.

[Another Darrel]

You guys are lucky to get anyone at all responding to you from the DS team after the slurry of drunken incomprehensible posts out of some of your team buried the thread.

Brad is to be commended for being charitable enough to banter with you.

[VEO]

Spare change for the bus? Honest sir, I need to get to Goblin Gate..! Why, the War, don't you know? Haven't you heard? Oh, of course, you're from Rhun... Well, charity for a poor soldier who actually has a real life war to get to? You see, the government doesn't pay us, the local's won't sponsor us, and Great Prince Celdrahil has been deaded - he was our greatest supporter you know, "I love those little beorninglingeons up there..I'll pay them not to come here" he used to say. Honest! I swear! Oh wait, you're from Rhun you say? Um, okay, pity a poor man and buy him a pint good sir? Good on ya mate!

[Ditski]

:confused: You guys are lucky to get anyone at all responding to you from the DS team after the slurry of drunken incomprehensible posts out of some of your team buried the thread.

Brad is to be commended for being charitable enough to banter with you.


Hic... Agreed! I was surprised at your weesponse but me and Brad (any Brad will do, seeing how I'm seeing at least double , maybe tripple?)... will have a beer post game and I will provide the Brew seeing how the brew gets better with every turn (so far?)

Afterall, isn't that what the game and the Forum is all about????

Please advise me (from either side) if I've got it all wrong :confused:

[Ditski]

They are but an expensive burden. Most aren't true Regents, so many years of peace. New, eager, battle ready blood seekers, that is our goal. Thanks for accelerating the modernization of our forces.


"Expensive"? I thought it was a cost saving? "Regents"... you mean we are losing posh characters in battle and we aren't bragging about it? :D

The beauty is, everyone knows what your name, rank and serial number is, it's the value of Cleanliness that's not understood. :cool:

My lads... worthless by name and nature, ranked like Australian Football players at the world cup as no hoping sheep herders from an isolated area of a no legged nation..... but those no-names kicked somebody's higher rated rectum!

Untypically, but expectedly as the commander of No-names, I prepared for the expected massacre of Northmen commanders by Din and the generally accepted loss of pops, despite my expectaions of thwartation to those efforts, my nation turned to the drink... hic, and so doth their bbbb leader...

Offencive behaviour from the Bong Rider and potentially/usually the Blind Sauce on Her... together, usually making a mess of the unsociably isolated Northmen... they proved to be no more than Regents in Rags, running to the clothier for a new set of undergarments :o

Given I am not normal and my IQ amounts to no greater than the combined amount of bottles one can consume in any one moment using only 2 hands and one mouth, agreeably and purposefully no-one on either side can disagree... the massive combat of the "Moon" City, the loss of many Gondorians and their fancy clothed leaders, simply was born as another statistic. ;)

However, your Moon is nowhere as big as the Moon of a peed off N'men commander who pays too much for troops... who can't find an enemy but incoherently states his enemy MUST take some responsibility?

His point is... There is no point in harping on about the loss of a few pointless knife recipients like, What's his name?... crappo in charge of?... minister for sanitation?

When my granny is cutting your grass with a pair of snippers while your fleet of ride on mowers are parked in the desert mowing over watered cactus, you need to rethink the power of the old flower :D

[Ditski]

Great Ceasar's Ghost! Think I will surrender now. Part of being a wise man is knowing when you are overmatched/ Beer drinking Aussies feel no pain, so no point in kicking them when they are down. Canadians are only safe to approach during their six-nonth winter hibernation.


Arggh, anudder good spellerer like me... lucky you didn't have a "sex-nonth" winter hibernation or our alliance would be a severely uncooperative one :p

[Gixxer]

They are but an expensive burden. Most aren't true Regents, so many years of peace. New, eager, battle ready blood seekers, that is our goal. Thanks for accelerating the modernization of our forces.

It wasn't necessary to buy wheelchair for them ...

Could have been a deadly weapon with some blades at the wheels.

Have Fun !

Gixxx

[Gixxer]

You guys are lucky to get anyone at all responding to you from the DS team after the slurry of drunken incomprehensible posts out of some of your team buried the thread.

Brad is to be commended for being charitable enough to banter with you.

Hmm,
I've thought and seen that there wasn't much to report concerning your actions.

Have Fun !

Gixxx

[Gixxer]

Great Ceasar's Ghost! Think I will surrender now. Part of being a wise man is knowing when you are overmatched/ Beer drinking Aussies feel no pain, so no point in kicking them when they are down. Canadians are only safe to approach during their six-nonth winter hibernation.

Heyja Ed,
what's about the Germans ?

No hibernation, a lot of beer ....

Have Fun !

Gixxx

[Another Darrel]

Hmm,
I've thought and seen that there wasn't much to report concerning your actions.

Have Fun !

Gixxx

Sorry, but I don't understand your post.

A pretty quiet turn in the west.

[Gixxer]

Sorry, but I don't understand your post.

A pretty quiet turn in the west.

Greetings Darrell,
I haven't known that it was so difficult to understand my words.

Okay, so let's explain it :

Looking on the things the DS have done the last turn, there wasn't much to post !

Have Fun !

Gixxx

[Gixxer]

Gix: My wife is a Kraut, so I have to be careful what I say about Germans.

Hi Ed,
that's the explanation ( and a real good one ) !

Have Fun !

Gixxx

[Brad Jenison]

Gixx,

Get some sleep man, or are you just an early riser.

Brad

[Gixxer]

Gixx,

Get some sleep man, or are you just an early riser.

Brad

Hi Bradden,
I would like to get some more sleep, but some manual workers are making my life harder !

It's Saturday, but this bastards have started to use their hammers at 7 o'clock this morning !

Have a nice weekend Bradden !

Have Fun !

Gixxx

[smuller]

slow turn, took 2 capitols, killed starting cloud lord agent. recovered artifacts.
financed freep war effort. blunted enemy incursion into cardy.
ed, gonna be tough to project force into the plains without morannon,caravad, and durthang. that boil called the olde gap road region, shall be lanched very very quickly. now we focus on the pass and the east. angmar, a sideshow. nice use of dragons, you seem to have a lot of them. have to work on that. starting, now.

sm

[Ed Mills]

Ahem, this has not been my best game.

[VEO]

No finger pointing? Blaming nameless/named allies for not coordinating? No accusing another of sabotaging what would have been a perfect victory? I almost sniff a glimmer of humility and personal responsibility here.. You certainly ARE old around here Ed.. ;)

Beora, who's done nothing but watch, all the Glory to the Front Lines of Eothraim and North Gondor

[Another Darrel]

Greetings Darrell,
I haven't known that it was so difficult to understand my words.

Okay, so let's explain it :

Looking on the things the DS have done the last turn, there wasn't much to post !

Have Fun !

Gixxx

Your individual words are perfectly understandable, it just that they are organized as if assembled by a team of manatees. (gratuitous South Park reference)

Wow, a whole 4 MT's in 7 turns...amazing...I'd heard rumors of games where the FP might destroy 1-2 DS MT's in the early rounds but a whole 4? That's just got to be a record around here...better check with Clint.

[VEO]

4 is better than 2 which is better than none, which is why the FP are smiling and the DS are sour. See how this works?

Beora

[Brad Jenison]

Naw, not sour. I don't believe we're on the Schneid Brad, but I'm not going to quibble. Glad you're smiling. Read Muller's post. Angmar a sideshow? I don't buy it, the east well bring it on, notice there wasn't much movement this turn. Killed a starting Cloud Lord agent but lost Tarondor. Hmm, who can be replaced faster? Concentrating on the Pass yet again, OK then. This game isn't going to end soon I can see that, you guys can probably as well.



Brad

[VEO]

We have no doubt we'll be quibbling for many a moon yet to come..! ;)

Beora

[Ditski]

Naw, not sour. I don't believe we're on the Schneid Brad, but I'm not going to quibble. Glad you're smiling. Read Muller's post. Angmar a sideshow? I don't buy it, the east well bring it on, notice there wasn't much movement this turn. Killed a starting Cloud Lord agent but lost Tarondor. Hmm, who can be replaced faster? Concentrating on the Pass yet again, OK then. This game isn't going to end soon I can see that, you guys can probably as well.
Brad

SMull's is right about Angmar being a sideshow. Sauron doesn't live there for a start. The fires of Mordor are lit but not by the DS :D

I guess the only thing left for you guys will be the Ring... show me yours for the kicking me thinks :eek:

Of course the one thing about Angamar we need to be clear on is it will become an important camaign in the near future given you are going to hitch the cart to the wagon and drag the rubble to the north :o

Tarondor... you compare an army commander to several major pops and potential killer agents to him.... your values are screwed but I'm happy to entertain your camparisons in jest.... another beer sunk for another lost comm, hic, life goes on for the freeps

Umm, something else on that, I'll let you know if you don't spread it to my allies I'm releasin gconfidential information but we Do NOT intend on threatening your pops away either KaBOOOM... the Big T was caught in the explosion... and how is the Ice King anyway, recovering in the burns unit of the Hospital is he? :D

How's the money going... planning any buyouts to boost the economy? Perhaps buying mage and conjuring some hordes will be the answer to recruitment? :p

I was hoping it wouldn't end before I got into the fight.... if you think it's not ending soon then I take it you your prepared to play on with half a team and one third your startup... for example :confused:

Just joshin with ya... yes I'm a smartarse but I got nothing else to do :cool:

Northmen, to the back door we come!

[Another Darrel]

Did you guys kick winstun off your team or did he die of alchohol poisoning?

[smuller]

winstun is keeping busy deciding what enemy capitol he wants to burn next. since durthang and morannon are gone, hes got a bit of distance to march. plus, hes been spending time with some of his starting hc. hes amazed hes still paying for some, but it does help gather new recruits.

maybe we'll call it winstuns 1650 tour de force(ver 18).

morannon-captured and stripped
durthang- burnt and stripped
next stop?

sm

[Another Darrel]

winstun is keeping busy deciding what enemy capitol he wants to burn next. since durthang and morannon are gone, hes got a bit of distance to march. plus, hes been spending time with some of his starting hc. hes amazed hes still paying for some, but it does help gather new recruits.

maybe we'll call it winstuns 1650 tour de force(ver 18).

morannon-captured and stripped
durthang- burnt and stripped
next stop?

sm

So he dropped huh? The first rat swims off.

I love your team's posts....you guys have more chutzpa (and less grasp on reality) than the Iraqi information minister.

[Ditski]

So he dropped huh? The first rat swims off.

I love your team's posts....you guys have more chutzpa (and less grasp on reality) than the Iraqi information minister.


He's no rat he's the big Ape and living on an island he's probably got some swimming ability..... swimming in little Orc girls blood at the moment :)

We love your posts too but not as much as your military tactics :D

No need to grasp reality in a fantasy game ;)

AD's you guys are the last to use reality in a post... not once has any of your mob mentioned the Eothraim, is he nothing? Maybe nothing is killing you off one by one but that's the reality your going to have to face sooner or later... death but we shall not mention it's name :p

[mgrazebrook]

4 is better than 2 which is better than none, which is why the FP are smiling and the DS are sour. See how this works?

Beora

Love and peace, man, the Dark Liutenants may wear sinister threatds, but why destroy major towns when you just need to talk to the people nicely and they'll hand you the keys?

- DkL, up two major towns ... and counting

[Winsten Wun Toof]

QUOTE=Another DarrelDid you guys kick winstun off your team or did he die of alchohol poisoning?[/QUOTE]

*la la la la, he don't drink..... he don't smoke.... he don't fool around with all da blokes..... la la la..... but he got style, he got grace..... he aint no rat, he's da ape with the nana that sends all his enemies running wit their skirts a flyin' and there eyes crossed in girlie squealin' terror....

*Can't remember the rest but it's all about how good I am :)

*I'm still here. I'm just a wonderin' what to do next??? I'm thinking of kicking over all the floral arrangements that the DS are building in my area (while I've been slaughtering their undefended capitals :-) or mayhap I'll cut all the hair off their barbie dolls? Hey I could call it "Winsten's bed time Barbie - 'everyone gets a spanking' tour". It's catchy and you can dance to it ...

Winsten Wun Toof - largest collection of Nazgul wiggly bits in Middle earth.

[Another Darrel]

Good too see you made a full recovery, we were worried about you.

http://stupidaussies.curvedspaces.com/proof.htm

[Elf baiter]

Good too see you made a full recovery, we were worried about you.

http://stupidaussies.curvedspaces.com/proof.htm

Hey AD that's one of the funniest F&&*ing websites i have ever seen :D


Adrian

[VEO]

A little tasteless, but it seems people have for generations had too much time on their hands...Now I have to google "stupidcanucks.curvedspaces.com" I guess, eh? :)

[Elf baiter]

If it's as classy as this one it'll be a real cultural treat :p
i wish you luck finding it. Get some valuable pointers on how the rest of the world sees ya ;)

Adrian

[VEO]

Rest of the world be damned, although the rest of the world looks better every beer...sorry, every Canadian beer, every 3 American beers (I guess it's our metric alcohol content or something...)... :p

[Gixxer]

Love and peace, man, the Dark Liutenants may wear sinister threatds, but why destroy major towns when you just need to talk to the people nicely and they'll hand you the keys?

- DkL, up two major towns ... and counting

... coutning down to zero, I guess !

Have Fun !

Gixxx

[Another Darrel]

Hey AD that's one of the funniest F&&*ing websites i have ever seen :D


Adrian

Thanks. I saw that picture and just had to post that link. :-)

Anyway, is it just me or does is this game heading down the path of game 3? (Except the DS seem to be in a lot better shape this game enroute to victory.)

[Gixxer]

Thanks. I saw that picture and just had to post that link. :-)

Anyway, is it just me or does is this game heading down the path of game 3? (Except the DS seem to be in a lot better shape this game enroute to victory.)

So, so,
the DS of game 18 are in a better shape than the DS of game 3 ?!

Maybe you're right, but looking on game 3 the next turn will be 21.
What will happen to the WK and Rhu in the next 14 turns ?

Ha, ha, ha !

Have Fun !

Gixxx

[Another Darrel]

So, so,
the DS of game 18 are in a better shape than the DS of game 3 ?!

Maybe you're right, but looking on game 3 the next turn will be 21.
What will happen to the WK and Rhu in the next 14 turns ?

Ha, ha, ha !

Have Fun !

Gixxx

Hmmmmm.....way to bolster the troops morale Gixx....but they've played enough to have the same odd feeling that the FP have passed their apex.

I figure that the next few turns will be somewhat balanced and then the character advantage will rear it's head and the FP will start to wilt.

I'm not sure we will still be playing by T21.

[VEO]

Sorry, isn't Ed on your team? Such a narrow, standardized, MEPBM 101 version of the game, no? One must thing beyond, around, and behind such theories...

Beora