I tried something new instead of my usual Huge map with raging barbs. I kept the Fantasy Realm map with 9 AI civs and chose to play Sheelba with the BAR trait. Actually, I wanted to try out the Nature's Revolt ritual, but, sadly, never got that far.
Things started off great. I got four Worg Riders when my goblins landed on Wolves. I got a couple of free Spearmen too. Also, lots of experience and gold as I sent the Riders and Spearmen out to explore the map and seize all the goodie huts. I had over 1,000 in gold with the map about 80% explored.
I was watching my score closely so as to avoid going 50% in pts over the next AI civ. I was firmly in the middle of the pack.
Then, disaster struck.
Incredibly, in two turns, my guys popped loose three free Technologies for goodie huts. This caused my score to go up to 105.
The next civ, Von Gosam, had, you guessed it, 70.
Well, all hell broke out as my troops still in the field, and unable to make it back to defend my cities were quickly killed. My cities were protected each by a lone Spearman with only Combat 1 and after the swarming barbs did u-turns to come after me, my cities were destroyed in short order.
I went from being in good shape, to getting those 3 free techs (usually a great thing!), to losing the game.
Just another reason why it is so much fun playing this mod!!!
Things started off great. I got four Worg Riders when my goblins landed on Wolves. I got a couple of free Spearmen too. Also, lots of experience and gold as I sent the Riders and Spearmen out to explore the map and seize all the goodie huts. I had over 1,000 in gold with the map about 80% explored.
I was watching my score closely so as to avoid going 50% in pts over the next AI civ. I was firmly in the middle of the pack.
Then, disaster struck.
Incredibly, in two turns, my guys popped loose three free Technologies for goodie huts. This caused my score to go up to 105.
The next civ, Von Gosam, had, you guessed it, 70.
Well, all hell broke out as my troops still in the field, and unable to make it back to defend my cities were quickly killed. My cities were protected each by a lone Spearman with only Combat 1 and after the swarming barbs did u-turns to come after me, my cities were destroyed in short order.
I went from being in good shape, to getting those 3 free techs (usually a great thing!), to losing the game.
Just another reason why it is so much fun playing this mod!!!