Azer
01-07-2007, 11:59 AM
So I was on Banff as Azer and asked for a dropless grey game on floor 5. Unfortunately some illiterate gold decided to jump me.
My move, I move out my knight and hit his scout. He stones. I shoot his Stoney. He heals and runs his cleric away. I attack his scout from behind. He DSM's my knight. I heal. He stones again. I shoot his Stoney. He attacks my knight w/ scout and retreats the scout. He napalms my Knight w/ his Dragon. I attack his dragon and then retreat said knight to barrier ward range.
It goes on like this for a while. He manages to kill a knight but I took out both his scouts with it, so I felt it was worth it. I witch his Dragon and the witch gets DSM'd. I charge in my Assassin against his Dragon, taking it down low enough that my scout can finish it off.
The possible game winning move: he attack my Assassin with his dragon. I'm at 21 HP. A DSM attack kills me. A knight attack gives me the bomb. I can't kill his DSM in one shot, so I figure to go after his Dragon. Then at best , I get the bomb, and at worst, he DSM's me w/o a Dragon for 13 damage - I would then heal, to 20 HP and a knight attack still give me the bomb. Unfortunately, I forgot the Dragon has 40% blocking, since from the back and sides, that's negligible. I decide NOT to move my Scout for a side shot on his Dragon (which would have won me the game) and decide to stay put for a front shot. Needless to say, the Dragon blocks (dammit, why did I get it in my mind that Dragon's had no blocking....) and he DSM's my Assassin. I move my Chanty to then freeze his dragon. He starts to charge his knights. I kill the dragon w/ my knight.
Oh, I forgot to mention that my second knight had been charging his cleric, but he DSM, Dragon, and Knight x2 'ed it to death...
I realize now that I made two HUGE mistakes. 1) I didn't kill the DSM 2nd turn of the game (2 knights). I felt that I'd rather be dealing with a DSM than a full-power Dragon. To my misfortune, I learned the hard way when he DSM'd probably 3 to 4 units to death. On the plus side, his Dragon didn't really do anything... 2) Well, I can't talk about this mistake yet... it happened after I took the s/s.
Heres where we end up...
http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/8663/banffrp1707vx6.jpg
Who should win?
Highlight if you care how the game ended->
I'm in the process of moving my troops back to the Cleric. He sends in a lone Knight against my Chanty. I figure "What do I have to lose? I don't even need to move to freeze." So I freeze. 2 Wait turns. He sends in his other knight. I barrier. 1 Wait turn. He attacks the barrier. I can't hit both knights with a freeze, so I attack his frozen knight. 0 Wait turns. He ends. I end. He stones the third knight. MY BIG MISTAKE. Instead of continuing to harass his frozen knight (and killing it on the next attack, thereby relieving myself of a knight to freeze) I move my knight down to attack his Stoney. He charges the other knight. I go "O crap." Two knights in attacking range of my Chanty, barrier ward on 10 HP. I just end. He realizes he can't attack my chanty b/c then I'll move out of range of the 3rd knight and refreeze, then barrier. He just moves his knight up. I decide to attack his frozen knight (its still alive, but next hit kills). He stones the knight. I heal. He heals. I'm getting tired of this, so I move my Knight to block off a route of attack against my Chanty. He move up. I freeze. 3 wait turns. He moves his 3rd knight. I barrier. 2 wait turns. He destroys the barrier. I end. 1 Wait turn. He ends. I end. 0 wait. He move back to attack the chanty. I move out to freeze. I forget that his one knight isn't dead yet. I lose.
It was entirely my game to win, and I screw up. If I had concentrated my attacks on then frozen knight, I still would've won, but meh.
My move, I move out my knight and hit his scout. He stones. I shoot his Stoney. He heals and runs his cleric away. I attack his scout from behind. He DSM's my knight. I heal. He stones again. I shoot his Stoney. He attacks my knight w/ scout and retreats the scout. He napalms my Knight w/ his Dragon. I attack his dragon and then retreat said knight to barrier ward range.
It goes on like this for a while. He manages to kill a knight but I took out both his scouts with it, so I felt it was worth it. I witch his Dragon and the witch gets DSM'd. I charge in my Assassin against his Dragon, taking it down low enough that my scout can finish it off.
The possible game winning move: he attack my Assassin with his dragon. I'm at 21 HP. A DSM attack kills me. A knight attack gives me the bomb. I can't kill his DSM in one shot, so I figure to go after his Dragon. Then at best , I get the bomb, and at worst, he DSM's me w/o a Dragon for 13 damage - I would then heal, to 20 HP and a knight attack still give me the bomb. Unfortunately, I forgot the Dragon has 40% blocking, since from the back and sides, that's negligible. I decide NOT to move my Scout for a side shot on his Dragon (which would have won me the game) and decide to stay put for a front shot. Needless to say, the Dragon blocks (dammit, why did I get it in my mind that Dragon's had no blocking....) and he DSM's my Assassin. I move my Chanty to then freeze his dragon. He starts to charge his knights. I kill the dragon w/ my knight.
Oh, I forgot to mention that my second knight had been charging his cleric, but he DSM, Dragon, and Knight x2 'ed it to death...
I realize now that I made two HUGE mistakes. 1) I didn't kill the DSM 2nd turn of the game (2 knights). I felt that I'd rather be dealing with a DSM than a full-power Dragon. To my misfortune, I learned the hard way when he DSM'd probably 3 to 4 units to death. On the plus side, his Dragon didn't really do anything... 2) Well, I can't talk about this mistake yet... it happened after I took the s/s.
Heres where we end up...
http://img412.imageshack.us/img412/8663/banffrp1707vx6.jpg
Who should win?
Highlight if you care how the game ended->
I'm in the process of moving my troops back to the Cleric. He sends in a lone Knight against my Chanty. I figure "What do I have to lose? I don't even need to move to freeze." So I freeze. 2 Wait turns. He sends in his other knight. I barrier. 1 Wait turn. He attacks the barrier. I can't hit both knights with a freeze, so I attack his frozen knight. 0 Wait turns. He ends. I end. He stones the third knight. MY BIG MISTAKE. Instead of continuing to harass his frozen knight (and killing it on the next attack, thereby relieving myself of a knight to freeze) I move my knight down to attack his Stoney. He charges the other knight. I go "O crap." Two knights in attacking range of my Chanty, barrier ward on 10 HP. I just end. He realizes he can't attack my chanty b/c then I'll move out of range of the 3rd knight and refreeze, then barrier. He just moves his knight up. I decide to attack his frozen knight (its still alive, but next hit kills). He stones the knight. I heal. He heals. I'm getting tired of this, so I move my Knight to block off a route of attack against my Chanty. He move up. I freeze. 3 wait turns. He moves his 3rd knight. I barrier. 2 wait turns. He destroys the barrier. I end. 1 Wait turn. He ends. I end. 0 wait. He move back to attack the chanty. I move out to freeze. I forget that his one knight isn't dead yet. I lose.
It was entirely my game to win, and I screw up. If I had concentrated my attacks on then frozen knight, I still would've won, but meh.