Baron Jerak of the Humans, Day 1
Before setting out towards the eastern fortresses of Khazlkound itself, I will see what local humans can be rallied to the cause.

Craaak craaak I hope I won't croaaakkkk ♪ ♫ ♬

Singing the frogs' military march I advance in these dark waters. For now, nothing...

I think you're up.

Thanks. I'm hoping to do some good. :)

Prevent Southern from any further postings re: AoW:1 modding. That ship sailed away, um, over a decade ago... Of course, if there is one place left in the world to post said messages, GOG would be it.

Friendship ended with modding, now mass spellcasting V heroes are my new best friend

If he never posts any more AoW1 modding stuff, how will I get to tell him he's wrong and broke everything?? :O

I too give false hopes to players watching the thread ;-(

Dark Elves
We see a land rightfully ours - ripe for conquer.

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Turn sent!
Sorry for delay - new computer, Surface pro - as my old PC died.
Intriguing map and start! :)

..Sleet

Orcs, Day 1

The horde has come to the valley. The nearby town eagerly greets our leadership. The nearby kobolds are put down for their rebellion.

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Lord Sassoun of the Dwarves, Day 2

We encounter a fire elemental with physical immunity.

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(neat touch!)

Duke Jerak of the Humans, Day 2
My two court mages and I establish rule over a hamlet and a farm, with liberal use of Ice Shards.

OOC: First time initial expansion depends on damage spells!

Any funky stuff like Physical Immunity Fire Elementals is because of me absentmindedly starting the game with my mod enabled. Unit abilities are recorded in save files, so unloading the mod doesn't get rid of them. Unit stats do get reverted though.

However that IS pretty cool, and since it affects only the units present on the map when the mod is used, this technique could be used to add some cool features to maps such as the physically immune fire elemental... just deliberately instead of accidentally. There are so many little possibilities to write lore/map intro stuff reflected in game using this!

Dark Elves
We continue to bring much needed stability to the world - leading a group of gold miners to working with us. Some of the guardians are immune to magic nearby so more mundane forces are needed!

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OOC Yes, our wizards use the ice shard spell as well. Very beneficial. :D
Looks to be a fun and interesting map, thanks for the invite.

Orcs, Day 2

We fry some sort of horse person and take position of their air.

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OOC Ice Shards are for noobs. Lightning bolts are where it is at. :D