The Twelve Domains Question about tactics (what's going on here?)

[johnjdc]

Hi, I'm in a state of confusion in a 12 domains game I'm playing. Nobody appears to be playing sensibly!

http://www.majorcommand.com/Games/Game.php?gameid=108648

LanceCorporal is ahead, but his main opponent holds the tower. He has not tried to take the tower away (and indeed has agreed a truce which makes it much harder). I have offered to use some of my troops in the first instance to take the tower for 1 turn, but he has actively put troops in my way to make it impossible (I would have to go round the south).

USAPhoenix, meanwhile, is getting the bonus from the tower each turn, but instead of trying to draw level on troops with LanceCorporal is using his turns to make minor incursions into my territory, meaning that we each lose troops and LanceCorporal remains ahead.

DaddyDiaz seems to be playing for safety/cards which is fair from the position he is in, though it's escalite not escalate so I'm not sure how much use it will be. I have suggested he free up a path for me to the tower, same route but from a different place as the path LanceCorporal could create - will see if he responds!

 

[johnjdc]

Never mind, DaddyDiaz made me a way through. Now let's see what happens!

 

[BentSaetherBANNED]

expect to lose either both your castles or the tower

lance didnt intervene because he was too busy doping

I meant: Phoenix's dragons are not a direct threat to lance
he's propably hoping 1 phoenix will attack someone else but him and 2 someone will take the tower

 

[johnjdc]

Yeah it's not the threat of the dragons so much as the 50 troops per turn bonus by reinforcing from one of them...

Anyway thanks, I can't do a whole lot but defend now, I don't think, wait and see whether they come to an agreement to wipe us out between then and defer the actual fight, or actually battle one another at some point.