The Kuriotates: A Tale of Centaurs, Hubris, and Unbridled Enthusiasm

[Mardoc]

Well, if I'd been smart about it, we could be 1 south of that sheep tile right now, and march into his capital on the next turn (assuming terrain doesn't slow us down)

Oh, I see, I missed that detail.

Well, fingers crossed!

[HidingKneel]

New turn is in. Turns out we couldn't declare war this turn either. We're at "0 turns of universal peace" (the peace treaty was cancelled at EOT). But we've got our scout at Selrahc's gates:



As you can see, we've got a straight line to his capital. Power graph is still flat so far. So next turn could be a big one.

In other news, we lost our southwestern scout to a polar bear last turn.
On the eastern front, we've now got a pretty thorough idea of what things look like around our third city:



That should be planted two turns from now.

Settled Vesta in the capital, which can now turn out warriors in two turns. Looks like we're going to need them:



The [expletive deleted] barrow spawned another [expletive deleted] skeleton! [expletive deleted]!

[Mardoc]

As you can see, we've got a straight line to his capital. Power graph is still flat so far. So next turn could be a big one.
...

The [expletive deleted] barrow spawned another [expletive deleted] skeleton! [expletive deleted]!

The other option is to use the skellies to promote some warriors to shock, then trying again vs. Selrahc .

[Mardoc]

Looks like Selrahc did build something - but only a 2K power rise corresponds to a scout, not a warrior. Up to you whether you want to take the gamble, and tip our hand now. I think we'll have maybe 30% odds of taking him out, but of course if we fail, it'll be a while before we can bring anything else to play.

[HidingKneel]

I already played it, didn't take the gamble. [STRIKE](is 30% right? It's 2 vs. 4.05, I thought: odds sound much longer than that)[/STRIKE]. Missed what you said about the scout. Damn, if I'd noticed that I'd probably have taken the gamble. Need to pay more attention .

I'll update more when the FFH XXII blitz is done.

[Mardoc]

Holy Cow! A Sage from a lair, too! And at least one more lair to loot?

I see we're going to come very close to crashing our economy - definitely need some more workers out building plantations and wineries in the near future.

[Mardoc]

...and Selrahc enters Slavery. Which means that he's got Philosophy. Which means he's probably already building the Prophecy with his 2 warriors/1 goblin to defend himself.

Dang, but that's quick! Can we hit him before he finishes spending those 335 hammers?

[Commodore]

...and Selrahc enters Slavery. Which means that he's got Philosophy. Which means he's probably already building the Prophecy with his 2 warriors/1 goblin to defend himself.

Dang, but that's quick! Can we hit him before he finishes spending those 335 hammers?

And any chance of anyone else also beelining him? If Plako and Illos know what's up they'll come running now too.

[Mardoc]

And any chance of anyone else also beelining him? If Plako and Illos know what's up they'll come running now too.

Hard to say. Plako doesn't have contact with Selrahc yet (nor does Bob). Is diplo on? We could give Plako directions if we're allowed.

[Mardoc]

Hard to say. Plako doesn't have contact with Selrahc yet (nor does Bob). Is diplo on? We could give Plako directions if we're allowed.

Ay yi yi. For the Horde, now. Looks like a net of ~8 warriors for Selrahc. I don't think we'll break that until Centaurs.