Pluel ii

[frankdog]

Our Pluel seems to have turned into a couple of Duels - for now.

The Aztecs (Smartfart) and Chinese (me) are battling it out over the thin land-bridge that separates us. I am not exactly sure what is happening between the Babylonians and Vikings. Reports I've heard from that front indicate quite a blood-bath.

I'm ready to play Wednesday 6 pm PST. My new DSL set up seems to be working well as the host, eh?

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[KenThur]

I'll be there!

Continues to be an interesting situ.
As F'dog says, it's currently 2 totally separate engagements.
Altho, i did have a sneaky, snooping yellow boat show up on my coast. It landed a horse that got EXTREMELY lucky... ended up next to a diplo & elephant on their way to repeal the invaders. Naturally, they were on the road in open ground. @#$%&*@#)#!! ):
But our always ready, always vigilent achers finished off the horse & another (i'v got plenty ) diplo convinced the escaping trieme crew to stay with us & stop snooping for the #1 power, Aztec / Croatians!
We'll have to re-trace their trail back to where they came from.

As for the Vikings... another empty city to show for our VETERAN army's sweep up the pennisula to... ?
At least we got a tech out of this 1.
Clever Potsy the Vik has spent all his gold so our rewards have been meager. But this only spurs our loot-hungery troops on! ):
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Sorry to seem to slow down the game. I do as much of my city mgt as possible during others' turns. But how do watch for enemy movement & patrols when the city window is open? I even set city window to min & move to lower corner of screen so can try manage & watch @ same time!
Also, don't U others rearrange units to keep martial law & minimize shield maint costs? Perhaps it's because i have the most units / city ratio? If i don't manage that it becomes rather costly in monarchy to maintain a field army & navy.
I do think it is a bit unfair to lay it ALL at MY doorstep. In every MP with 4 or more, there's at least 1 player that takes his time, the others know it. So they can safely release their turn & know they'll have time to complete their admin stuff before the turn pops back to them.
I am...
Open for suggestions from ANY reader / player of MP.

[SmartFart]

Milo: micromanaging during your turn is sacrilege. Only way to keep MP going is TO MOVE YOUR UNITS DURING YOUR TURN AND EVERYTHING ELSE DURING OTHER PLAYERS TURNS. This is unwritten rule. Everyone play this way. If you don't believe me,start a new thread in MP section. If you get only one,i repeat ONE answer that support your way,i'll back off.
Your turn take 5 minutes and it's only 100AD or so. Frankdog's,Potsy's or mine turn take 15 seconds most.
Do you think it's OK? What if all of us take 5 mins per turn? Do you find it fun to wait 20-30 mins until next turn?
You know i respect you,but if you don't change your way of playing i am sad to say that i'll retire from pluel II.

Newsflash: Chinese and Aztecs fighting to take control over bottleneck that separates our 2 empires. No progress from any side. Looking forward to 3rd session.

[KenThur]

Ready, willing, & semi-able to do it...tomarrow, Fri. &/or Sat = good for me.
Could actually play Fri during day for awhile.
S'Fart... U R the most offset by the time table; when can you jump in?
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Last session was a good one... at least during the net progress times.
My apologies also, for ending the nite with a meltdown.

War with the _______ Vikings continued well as we rolled up yet another city. Lucky for them their capital was spared a similiar fate, thanks to:

1&gt; a rather fortunate Aztec trieme whose bold ruler has now killed 4 of our gallant seafarers off his & my coasts!

2&gt; several strokes of stupidity on the part of our harried leader, Miss Milo the Mindless(she's a blonde, what can i say?). That the semi-fearless Potsy the Plutz, ruler of the Vikings. immediately turned to his advantage.

Continues as an interesting, but plodding game play. w/o wonders to go after & gain & fight over... it's pretty straight line. That means the Supreme Power Aztecs don't need any more good fortune. Gr-r-r-r
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[frankdog]

Another Wednesday night.. another slog in the swamplands that separate China and Aztec-land.
Again, everyone, my sincere appology for that city bribe - I simply forgot. It cost Smartfart a unit when a hut produced a barbarian on the reload!

I am fired-up to have another session before next Wednesday night.

I am available - Sunday anytime, Monday anytime, Tuesday evening, and of course Wednesday evening.

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[Potsy-KTC]

Sorry for taking so long, all.
I'm available now, tonight, possibly tomorrow day, definitely tomorrow night, and MAYBE sunday. I have relatives coming to town, and I'm not sure what day yet. I'll post as soon as I find out.

As far as the game - more of the same. Milo took another city, but seems to have backed off. My tribe still has no knowledge of boats, so I cannot carry the attack to him. The highlight of the game so far came this last session when I bribed one of his vet elephants. I haven't won a battle with Milo for 1000 years
He even killed a vet pikeman on a forest with an elephant
I'm still laying down cities, so not all hope is lost. I look forward to our next game session!

[frankdog]

Let's try for Sunday again. Mrs. Frankdog has made plans for tonight (Saturday) again. I am turning into a social butterfly.
Anytime Sunday or Monday works for me. I will check back in the morning.

[KenThur]

how about noon Pacific time?
Can U do that S'fart?
U tell us, since U R in the different zone.
If can't, perhaps U can find a sub?

Let's do it!

[Potsy-KTC]

So what's the consensus? Did you guys play already or are you planning to later? 2100PST will work for me, I can play as early as 1800PST. Let me know.

[frankdog]

Sunday I am online - I will hang around to play for the duration of the evening.

[frankdog]

Monday I will be around tonight... 18:00 PST and can play if you others are interested...

[frankdog]

Are we playing tonight? I will be online at 18:00 PST.

Americans, too bad about your country... http://www.theonion.com

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[KenThur]

LOL!
Love that pic!
That U on top of the cabin on your 1 day of above-freezing, sunshine?

Seriously tho, this is the chance U Cannuks have been waiting for all these generations!

Cuba's already said "See, who are you, US, to tell other people how to run their elections?"

You & the rest of the Mounties & snowbirds can sweep down from the frozen north! Offer US the opportunity to be like you... solid, stable, sensible, second best(oops, sorry), stand-up kinda folks!

You mite even cut a deal with ol' Castro to take Florida off our hands. Then we could get things strightened out AND keep English as our national language.
Of course, we'd have to deal with the Quebec'ers & that silly language THEY use.

What'd ya think? You look like you're ready for the big time! We need a leader, & judging by your picture... your our HOMBRE' (oops, i mean, MAN)!

[KenThur]

Smartfart... where ar-r-r-re you?
If not going to finish this, pls let us know so we can find a good sub to take over your #1 power Aztecs.
Hope all is well over there?

[Potsy-KTC]

Hear Hear! If this game doesn't finish, I guess that means I'm not a loser! Seriously, though, we haven't had a session in almost 2 weeks. I'm still available at the appointed time, more or less, and available weekdays if we want to have a pluel IIb.