A Warlock beginners AAR

[MetalDog]

My dilemma has been, do I spend the large amount of mana for an area of effect 15 Elemental Damage, or do I stay with Terror of Night for 30 Mana and 15 Spirit Damage on one target?  With a few exceptions, Rrat Bastige III is fielding a lowlevel, weak army, so I choose Firestorm and pray for the best.

[MetalDog]

This is the end of turn 58, the second of the war.

[MetalDog]

A number of, to me, inexplicable moves constitutes Rrat's turn.  He takes Calatirn, but reorients most of his forces inside the boundary of Bearling and towards Rainrat.  I retake Calatirn.  Unfortunately, the city is now a 2 instead of the 4, almost 5, it was when I lost it.  And the disposition of my troops at the end of my turn.

[MetalDog]

Rrat Bastige retakes Calartirn and reduces Hugue to half HP.

[MetalDog]

Have to pull everyone back to rest and heal.

[MetalDog]

None of the current research paths offer anything immediately useful, so I pick one at random.

[MetalDog]

The situation at the end of Turn 61.  I cast Firestorm again.  I feel that a good target base will present itself next turn.

[MetalDog]

Voila!  Turn 62 puts a gaggle of Archers at risk.  Just shuffle my Hero out of there and blast away!

[MetalDog]

There's enough Mana left to cast fireball this turn and drop it on Rainrat.  So I do.

[MetalDog]

The Imps in Rainrat are gone and i hope to take it next turn.  His Troll Hero is still out there though.  I killed the Mage and Healer several turns ago.  He only has the one Hero and a Troll unit in play.  The rest are weak Archers and Imps.

[MetalDog]

Gnome Settlers will found a city with a Holy Ground in its borders!  There are eleven Turns left to build the Temple to Fervus.  I think I will lose out on that.  It takes five turns to build the Temple and I won't be able to start until the city grows to a level 2.  Here's keeping my fingers crossed.

[MetalDog]

I have yet to ascertain if accelerated Food Production hastens the levelling of your city or it just increases the amount of food you produce there.  I'm not taking any chances.  I cast Harvest Blessing from my meager store of Mana and hope for the best.

[bob48]

Excellent AAR, Bro!

[MetalDog]

Excellent AAR, Bro!

Thanks, bob.  You want in on the next one?  A Warlock MP AAR extravaganza?!!?!?!??!!!!!

[MetalDog]

Rainrat is now mine and looks for a new building.  I choose the Alchemy Laboratory for the Shaman's Guild.  The Guild is the unlit building on the hex RBIII's Troll Hero is occupying currently.  Once the Lab is built, I will automatically have access to Shamans.