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Fall from Heaven II: Gandalf wants beer
I call the above picture "Gandalf Wants Beer". Click on it for a full screen view in which you can better see that, yes, the Gandalf-looking dude does indeed want beer. That's just the sort of thing that can happen in Fall from Heaven.
After the jump, more highlights of my conquest of the world of Erebus.
* On two (2) different occasions, my Wonder spell, which randomly pops off 3-5 magic effects, summoned a Kraken onto dry land. The poor giant squid just sort of flopped around on the ground for a turn before teleporting to the nearest ocean tile. It must be terribly embarrassing for something as mighty as a Kraken to show up at such an inappropriate time in such an inappropriate place. He could probably swap stories with the poor whale in the sky from Douglas Adams' Hitchikers' Guide to the Galaxy.
* My favorite useless Wonder effect was the penguins. Below, you can see Gibbon Goetha's puppet has just cast Wonder, populating a hill with a bunch of adorable flightless fowl that do absolutely nothing. Any game with penguins is all right by me!
* Below is a Wonder spell effect that wasn't particularly funny at the time. Note the text:
* While I'm swallowing up the Svartalfar territory, I notice that the adjacent lands have caught fire. Uh-oh, I think to myself, the Sheaim have gone and kick-started Armageddon, which is going to start ruining the land and burning up my farms (being an Aristocracy, I need those farms for food and money). But as I investigate, I realize it's just a bunch of clumsy old Pyre Zombies shambling around, inadvertently setting things on fire. It's probably not a good idea to let burning zombies wander around.
Tomorrow: We won, we're doing to Disneyland!
(Click here for the previous Fall from Heaven II game diary.)
By shoggi at 7:17 PM ON 01/08/09
actually, penguins produce happyness if they are in a cities build radius, which i guess doesn't help much if you attack with your wondercasting mages and produce them in enemy lands.
By Tom Chick at 9:26 PM ON 01/08/09
That's cool to know, shoggi, although I feel compelled to correct you: penguins produce happiness NO MATTER WHERE THEY ARE. At least, that's how they work in real life.
By Warren at 10:55 PM ON 01/08/09
"It's probably not a good idea to let burning zombies wander around"
Your words are wise.
I think that would also make great t-shirt wording.
By Theocrat at 1:27 PM ON 01/09/09
Penguins are awesome...but unfortunately I feel that kids are being misled due to Christmas. Other than the zoo, penguins cannot meet Polar Bears or even Santa Claus (unless he goes to their home as well). I hate those little south pole birds during Christmas. Glad I haven't yet encountered them in my games.
But then in my marathon game I was as the Khazad and not much magic. Now that the game is updated to patch N I've not gotten too far, as often its not cool with saved games. I'm wondering what most of you use for the game speed? Winning by round 600 for TC means that he must be much quicker than my long games.
Be WEll. Be Well Civilized.
Theocrat
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