Monday, August 8, 2011

Turn 27 - An enemy's friend is still an enemy, just not the one with the knife at their throat

Every day I awake to the wails of the Sisyphus and that infernal boulder of his falling down the other side of the hill. I have felt the Sisyphusian nature as of late as I sit here plotting with no plots coming to fruition. But enough! Dawdling is for those who wish to be destroyed.
I charge into the hall of ministerium to see what the minions have brought forth.


Today, the fruits of jealously have paid off. Neighsayer Matt and Gormash James have conspired together to play an event card causing the Tower of Eden to revolt against the one known as Eric of Ebola. Apparently, the people of Eden did not feel the revelry enough and decided to revolt. This pays off two-fold.
  1. I had sent out the demand for Tribute in hopes of capturing the City of Eden, now I can use Eric of Ebola's upcoming denial of tribute to go after his legion that initially captured the City
  2. I am the controller of the Sceptre of Regent, which means that I get to go first, so even if Eric of Ebola tries to take it, he will be blocked by my capture of it first (If I so choose) and I do.
    1. I harbor a concern about Gormash James and Neighsayer Matt's ability to forecast in the game. They waited to play the insurrection card until this turn, which means they knew I would go after the City of Eden. If they did this on purpose, they are truly better strategists and need to throw more effort at their demise than I first planned.
  3. This is bad in that now Eric will know that my vendetta is against his Legion, so he may run for the hills.
    The Tormentor's are now under my control. They are not particularly powerful, but they can move 4 SPACES in flying mode! I can now threaten everyone from a single position. The fact that I won it means that people were not paying attention to this fact, or I outbid them (I placed an extra three sulfurs on the bid, to sway the auctioneer). Oh the wonder.

    And now the attack. Simply move the Order of the Brotherhood into the City of Eden, with the forces assembled, success is guaranteed. The minions are betting more than their honor on this.

    As for the Event Card, I must choose between the Wrath of God, a card that will take one attribute point from all players or A Paladin in Hell. I cannot afford to lose a martial skill at the moment with all the units on the board. The Wrath of God will be good to use later on as James has hinted that he has been leveling up his characteristics and I believe the other two are doing the same. That means they will have burned a lot, and we mean a lot of resources toward the building of items.

    Opponent's Goals
    My taking of the City of Eden benefits Neighsayer Matt and hurts Eric of Ebola. However, it makes me a dangerous leader in the prestige generation field now with +5 per turn.
    • Eric's Goals - Take back City of Eden
    • Neighsayer Matt - Hurt Eric and whittle his prestige down to victory
    • Gormash James - Support Neighsayer Matt, hopefully he had the hand behind the throne to take victory away from Neighsayer Matt at the end.



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