The Council is sorrowed by the recent death of one of our most prominent masters of the Matters Arcane Dagan, who finally succumbed to a serious illness and old age. Despite losing his voice, he kept on studying and researching till the and, faithful to his only lifetime passion - magic. Last Rites will be performed by one of the Councilmen himself to honor the service Dagan has performed for our kingdom.

Your a noob until you win a noob-only game.

I take it Tien Chi and Agartha are buddies.

*sigh*

I know that if you have a fort in the province, a 'Defend' order has them stay in the castle.  Patrol is what you use if you want them to be out of the castle for a fight.  Research definitely has them stay in the castle, and blood hunt I think has them outside the castle.  Haven't tried things like pillage, but I assume that has them out of the castle as well.

News arrives from the front at Zanthrast!  A scribe was there to recount the events of the battle:

The lowly markata volunteers (freeloaders) were placed out in the front and ordered to charge at the enemy.  They hesitated, but the force of Palankasha's (think tiger people) threatened to cut them down if they did not do as they were told, and so reluctantly, they charged ahead.  The demons took great pleasure in watching the tiny monkeys be cut down in a hail of stones and javelins, meeting a fate they so richly deserve.

When the little monkeys were all but wiped out, the two armies clashed.  Enemy gladiators formed the front line of the opposing army, while the core of our army was formed by our blessed Palankashas.  Our demons proceeded to cut into their ranks causing heavy losses.  The enemy launched a counter attack, but to little avail, as the spears could not find their target.  Those demons that were injured, promptly healed their wounds as they reengaged the enemy.  With the gladiators virtually wiped out, our Lankan army clashed with the backbone of the Ermorian legion.  The result was much the same.  As the enemy army started to dwindle in their ranks, they began to break, and our faster demons were able to hunt most of them down to their deaths.

A similar victory was acheived on the Canese Plain, but resistance there was somewhat lighter, composed mostly of an organized local defense.  Our human fanatic human volunteers did better than expected in that battle, staying engaged throughout, and even taking down quite a few of the defense forces.  But as usual, it was our Palankasha's that carried the day.

The fortress at Zanthrast is being sieged, with the fortress in Ermor in sight.

News of our initial victories against Ermor have given me the strength to finally break free from my infernal prison!  I can finally bring my spirit into this world and be with my fellow monkey people!

Family comedy at its best

On the contrary, Angelina Jolie welcomes all nations to send observers to view her latest reality series called, "Agarthan Captain and the World of Tomorrow".  She's going to bring all her friends to the party!

The denizens of Arcosephale, once peaceful under the reign of their Great Thinkers, have been corrupted by vicious television-and-movie hating demogogues.  These so-called rhetoricians are proclaiming some nonsense about the power of debate, logic, and public speaking, when they should be at home watching television.  Led astray by such, they have invaded Agarthan lands, and we are forced to defend ourselves.

Sadly, as a peace-loving people, Agartha does not have a large army, so the tempo is definitely against us.

I got it in on time!

"Well, that's more like it. Take that, poo flingers."

I am confused. Do you refer to the battle outside of the City of Ermor, where Lanka just crushed your PD and beseiged your castle?

Firstly nobody "forced" you to defend yourself, you chose to get in the way of that spear so you wear the responsibility yourself.

Secondly you have a bunch of Umbrals. They are size 4, larger than my size 2 dudes thus you do have a large army.

Lastly, our Great Thinkers have not been corrupted, they have always been that way

Thank you, sir. I researched your troops and their weaknesses and planned accordingly.

Now, if only I had researched the difference between "Patrol" and "Defend", grrr. That was a rather drastic mistake, I think, and things would have gone very differently indeed had I given the orders I intended.

I actually lost more troops than you in that battle, by the way, though most of my losses were just slingers and gladiators, the latter of which leave the battlefield after battle anyway (which make them nice for absorbing friendly fire). Your losses, though fewer in number, looked very expensive, in either gold or summoning costs. So I count the battle as a victory, if a somewhat costly one.

Now, sir, with all due respect, get the hell off my lawn!

Thanks. I postponed to be sure. I had to get in bed, but I did not want any stales if they could be prevented.

Is 24 hours still working for everyone? Games are commonly moved to 48 hours by turn 30. I like the regular progress of getting in a turn every day, but I do not want anyone to play badly because there is not enough time to do all they need. Post here or PM if you need more time, otherwise it will stay as it is.

For anyone who is interested, Tophat1812 is getting another game started here.