Julia, day 1

Ah, back to the valley we are, and it is alive with drums of war. All the wizards have gathered! We the keepers shall ensure the reign of balance, using if necessary even strength...

PS: I've found this strange couple in a cave. Either I caught the orc and the spider queen in the act - that swap of HP is suspicious - or I'm missing some mod?

https://i.imgur.com/GQlHcpT.png

...Southern are we to watch out for death finger spirit puppets again?? :D

Sadly not, that looks like a hangover from Inioch's ruleset, which is surprising as I thought saving the map under TS136 would've got rid of such things. Maybe it did, but HP modifications remained.

Anyway I don't think there will be any truly radical stuff like Invoke Death Spirit Puppets - just Fairies with Healing at worst.

"sadly" he says X-p

Here's what I think happened; the map was originally saved under your ruleset, then under TS136 when I changed it. the TS136 save probably reset all abilities back to TS136, including the unit's max HP stat, but not their current HP. Your ruleset modifies the HP of those two units right?

As for Invoke Death Spirit puppets, that's from my S&S mod, so won't be seen on this map... sadly.

Those Dark Elves are very light.

Ooops sorry, I mistook it for the Xelm game.

So... was I supposed to install that 1.36 to play the map or what?
Because I most certainly didn't.

Orcs, Day 1

I knew I will be more of amusng distraction and turn 1 only confirmed it. I already managed to make some blunders.

Turn hopefully sent.

It refused to download, so I downloaded it manually, played it, it told me it got sent through wrapper but then it finally DL'ed it instead and marked it as sent instead.
If it won't arrive, please let me know.

Received. I'm installing PBEM email wrapper and 1.36 right now, will have my turn completed tonight.

So do I need to have that 1.36 installed to play it then?
If it is the case maybe you shouldn't play it, I should replay it after installing it to not break the save?

1.36 is the default - Inioch usually plays with his own Ruleset

Yes, you'll need 1.36.

Email Wrapper seems to be working, it says I've received the turn; I'm just trying to refamiliarize myself with 1.36 before I open the game.

edit: Does the savegame get broken if someone opens it with a modded release file? I believe that's what Vitek is asking.

2nd edit: Actually there's no savegame file in my EmailIn folder despite showing as received in the Wrapper. Might just do it manually if I can't figure it out.

Yeah, had to do it manually. Maybe I'll make a Gmail account once multiple games get going, but for now this is my only active PBEM game - not so bad for now.

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Inioch, Day 1

The Decade of Silence has ended, and so too shall all life within Athla. The emergence of the Star, hanging over the ruins of my old kingdom, is seen by the common folk as a glimmer of hope. There is no need to extinguish it, for the powerful use it as a call to arms, leading their followers to their timely demise. The wretched living cannot see that it is but a subtle foreshadowing of my sombre embrace. Looming over the heads of foolish kings and greedy lords, death welcomes them all with open arms. I will bring a new era of tranquility to my kingdom. A tranquility that could never be disturbed.

TS

Someone else had this issue but I can;t remember the solution.

https://www.gog.com/forum/age_of_wonders_series/age_of_wonders_1_pbem_best_way/?search=emailin
this might hold the answer, or maybe uh.... turning off User Account Control?

Also, maybe the savegame file has been placed by the wrapper in the Save folder instead of Emailin, it has an option for that. Or if you have multiple AoW installations, it may be pointing at the wrong one, whichj should be fixable using registry editing as described in the Wrapper's manual. Trying searching your computer for the name of the savegame.