"The Silence of the Dog - Scot - Gunner"

[Shogun Gunner]

2710 bc to Paddy

[Paddy]

DogScotShogun, to Andy, 2710 BC

[Andydog]

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[Shogun Gunner]

2670 bc to Paddy

[Paddy]

DogScotShogun, to Andy, 2670 BC

thanks for the session

I am taking Rebecca out for a cuppa down the horbour

have a great day to you both bye

[Shogun Gunner]

I had to go into the office anyway -- that was going to be the last one for me until 5-6 hours from now, tonight when I'm home.

Yes, that was good. I hate PBEMs that move slow -- today was PBEM on fast forward

[Andydog]

that wee tonk around knocked off a week or so of our DogScotGunner lives!

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[Shogun Gunner]

battle reports? But I can guess what happened....

or are we not doing that in this silent PBEM? Can't remember...

2630 BC to Paddy

[Andydog]

as always, battle reports should be provided on request.

shall i post the report or email it to you shogun? at the risk of sounding w@nky

[Shogun Gunner]

on request? That doesn't make sense to me. A unit could be killed which was forgotten due to not playing the turn in a few days. How would I know to ask for a battle report?

In this particular example, I think I know what went down I hope you think that was worth going to war over.

You are up late tonight....

[Andydog]

Originally posted by Shogun Gunner
on request? That doesn't make sense to me. A unit could be killed which was forgotten due to not playing the turn in a few days. How would I know to ask for a battle report?

Quite right. I meant if someone requests them at the start of the game - for example 'detailed combat reports' or 'a brief summary' - like the IC Warrior Code.

And it probably wasn't worth going to war, being on accelerated production and all. But you are pulling ahead quite nicely so something had to be done..

[Shogun Gunner]

okay, maybe we can agree to "brief summary" so folks are alerted to when and where their forces came under attack.

Maybe something like:
I attacked you south of city x
I lost 2 archers, killed two of your spearman.

No need to go into detail about hp, the sequence of attack, etc. How does this sound?



For the life of me, I don't understand why the developers didn't put this in the game...

[Paddy]

DogScotShogun, to Andy, 2630 BC

[Andydog]

Sounds good to me.

I don't know why battles couldn't be replayed to the defender either. I'm guessing the old Civ2/SMAC engine wasn't understood by the design team.

You okay all with that Mr Scot?

[Andydog]

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