Re: MEPBM The Worst Position?

From: Chelsea Wood <auril@delphi.com>

Date: Sun, 07 Jan 1996 00:00:00 +0000

I played the Dragon Lord for over 30 turns in a 2950 game and
was able to build a Sickness squad, which played a big part in
decimating the Sinda Elves (heck, when I revealed 2514, it was
literally a ghost town !)   I'd decided early on, along with a
supportive WK, to go the mage route, and by the time I went
bankrupt (Rhun Easterlings and Silvan emissaries did me in by
Infi'ngOther Dol Guldur after conventional assault and Threat
had repeately failed (I mean, like 5 or 6 of that.<G>) although
I did receive a backup MT (3622 also InfOther'ed away too...)
it couldn't support my characters, plus I made a major blunder
in my recruitment of Gaurithoth (actually a bit funny after the
fact....I added a extra zero to my Bribe offer resulting in
what had to be the most overpaid character in ME-PBM history, I
mean 70,000 gold ???? just for Gaurithoth ?) I should've read
my turn a bit more closely that day before emailing it to GSI.

At one point due to assassination, I was down to 6 characters -
Maben, Khamul and Ogrod were among the deceased, but I picked
up several WK mages to fill in the vacancies in my Sickness
squad.

IMHO, a Sickness squad along with a bunch of DS agents with a
couple of Dragon Lord scouts is a scary thing to have if you're
a Freep - in your capital. That's how Galadriel, Helkama and a
few others got slain, even nailed the Silvan's best agent at
Dol Guldur with Sickness after a RC placed him close by and I
gambled by Sicknessing him.

References

MEPBM The Worst Position?
"Laurence G. Tilley" <laurence@lgtilley.demon.co.uk>
Mon, 01 Jan 1996 00:00:00 +0000
Re: MEPBM The Worst Position?
"Laurence G. Tilley" <laurence@lgtilley.demon.co.uk>
Thu, 04 Jan 1996 00:00:00 +0000